Bill Davidson
Bill Davidson
good kids left
Kids are working hard. They're positive. There's a lot of good things left here. There's a lot more kids left than there are gone.
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I hope we have a big crowd, ... It's the home opener. There's been some talk going on about us playing Brookhaven. How many times do you get to see a team that's won a state championship?
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I'm very proud of Givens. He stepped up and played the big game tonight. He was our emotional leader before the game and at halftime. He put his whole heart and soul on the line out there.
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The kids have overcome a huge batch of adversity the last two weeks. I thought they played very hard tonight. A couple plays made a big difference in the football game.
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I like him a lot. Flip will earn the respect of the fans here. I know he will. They're obviously not going to accept him at the beginning -- you shouldn't. See what he does, but I know he's going to succeed.
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This is his first true look at tailback. We ran him some at split back earlier in the season. Unfortunately a couple of times that we fumbled the ball, we had his number called.
couple earlier football number ran split true
This is his first true look at tailback, ... We ran him some at split back earlier in the season. Unfortunately a couple of times that we fumbled the ball, we had his number called.
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Right now, we're not giving Caleb (Knights) enough time to throw. Everyone knows he's young and are going after him in a hurry. We have to develop ways to keep him safe a little bit longer. We have two plays we're going to try next week, some quick-release stuff so he can get rid of it a little bit faster.
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I can relate to him (Saunders), we have similar values, backgrounds, ... (Saunders) coming from Cleveland, being a Big Ten man -- I'm a University of Michigan man, he's University of Minnesota -- I just relate much, much differently to Flip than I do the other two coaches (Rick Carlisle and Brown). ... From the beginning, you can start with low maintenance, can start with not having an ego, or he's going to overwhelm everybody, Flip's going to work the way I'd work, as I see it.
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You're a 14-year old at homecoming starting against a team that's a perennial power in Central Ohio? We knew he's be nervous. He's going to be an exceptional quarterback. He's already an exceptional kid.
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These kids want to win, ... You come out and put all the work into it that they do - and you're right, conference championships are probably gone and playoffs are probably gone - but you can still win. You can still win your last three games and have a positive feeling about yourself. There's lots of things that can still be positive.