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We've had a few Division I coaches contact us about some kids, and not that I don't trust them, but I want to see them myself before I make a commitment. So we're waiting on film. Once we get that we'll make a decision and we'll get on it.

Joe Girardi

The reason it took so long is I really focused on coaches who have been in the mode of teaching young players.

There is no league that can refurbish its rosters as quickly as this league, and I think the coaches have done that once again. The Southeast is as talent-laden as there is in the country. Coaches can go out and get (good) players rather quickly so it doesn't surprise me that our league is strong this year.

We have a couple more who if we were voting today would probably get in, ... and I'll match the strength of our coaches with any league in the country.

We as coaches need to take some responsibility for preparing our girls. It's not a matter of physically being able to perform, but getting it through your head that you can.

We're all excited to be back as coaches to work with this group. We know we have some real good Bantams coming up, so the tryouts are going to be super competitive. The whole group comes back and this is going to be that much more of a strong team.

When I was coaching in the schools years ago, I remember working about an eight-week period for the season. Now for many coaches it is practice every day, with preseason and postseason activities.

We would not be where we are without everyone on this team. All the players, our managers, our four coaches and all the people who have supported us.

This report shows we are making progress. With the commitment we have from our coaches and student-athletes, we expect continued improvement in the years to come.

There have been some issues in the past with these guys and this was just the final straw. In talking about and discussing it with our coaches and the kids, it was decided it needed to be the end.

There hasn't been that much said about it because Tony, the coaches and the players have made it look so easy.

We said when he got here that he would have to work his way up. I told my coaches that there aren't going to be any battlefield promotions out on the field. He's going to have to go through the process. When he shows us he knows the system and he's getting the job done, then he'll move up.

We key on a lot of stuff in this defense. I did have some input because I played this team seven times in the past three years with the Vikings. I just let some of the coaches and the guys know what it was going to be like.

Willie Anderson

We're pushing this week like it's a regular week. We haven't been told by the coaches that we weren't playing a whole lot. We're told that we're playing the whole game, and we all want to play the whole game.

Those 20 points, we (the offense) really put the defense in that situation. I was really pleased with the defense. Our coaches had a great gameplan, and the guys played hard.

With 17-minute periods, we have learned that it is a long game and that you have to be patient. The players know that. If the coaches are feeling panicked, the players will feel that, too.

Barry Alvarez

We were scoring so fast a lot of the times, there wasn't a lot of time on the sidelines for the coaches to get enough conversation to know what the problem was, before they were back on the field.

We have more coaches teaching at the school than we ever have. That's important because (coaches) need that school-day contact with the kids.

Marv Levy

We will make every effort to retain him, every effort. Dick has expressed the same, and other coaches (here have). He's a talented player who can get better.

We will have five defensive coaches on the field. We want the players to see that where the emphasis is being placed. Defense is where you win championships.

We are excited to get home on our own turf. I think we are a lot more confident now, and our coaches keep reminding us that it's not where you start but where you finish.

Steven Jackson

The position coaches and Coach Fairchild, they've done a great job of stepping in and taking hold of what needs to be done on our side of the ball.

We are really happy to get a win and the week off really helped the kids prepare. The kids are improving with each game, and the coaches are very pleased with the performance.

Sean Payton

We are putting together a staff of dedicated coaches who know how to relate to players and are teachers.

The payoff is to make the national team. The pay is very good there, as well as in the reserve pool. So the reason these players come here is so they can train under high quality coaches and hopefully get a shot with their national teams.

Joshua Johnson

The past two games the coaches were trying to see who was going to be their go-to guys.

We didn't play real well in the third period, they kind of took it to us. It left a real sour taste in our mouth. The coaches and players were pretty unhappy and used that as something to kind of get us a little extra fired up.

Bobby Bowden

The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.

Bobby Bowden

Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left.

Antawn Jamison

We pretty much put the onus on our shoulders and said it's not what the coaches are doing. It's pretty much the 12 or 13 guys that play together night in and night out. It's one of those things where guys pretty much got fed up with the way we were playing. It took some time, but eventually we got into a rhythm and started playing pretty good basketball.

Tim Howard

I think I have some ideas on coaching, but listen, coaches work harder than players. The hours they put in, the headaches that they have. That's the one thing I've never liked about coaching. They have all the emotion, passion and preparation without actually getting to be able to dictate what happens.

We did what we had to do. We were rolling kids in and out of there. Getting our defense healed up is going to be key this week. But I have confidence in our defensive coaches to get the job done.

We're a tight-knit group. The coaches weren't going to let us fall apart. We all worked so many hours. I don't think we would have been able to look each other in the face if we'd given up.