Chris Hatcher
Chris Hatcher
brought coaches experience good team
It was a good team-building experience for us, as well. The coaches were out there with the players. That was one thing that we did that really brought our team together.
attitudes champions chance changed coaches course defending finish happened hopefully hunt last national season since team throughout title tv until
We've been in the title hunt before, but last season we just happened to finish it off. Our attitudes as coaches and as a team haven't changed since 2002. We're still the national champions until Aug. 27, and then we become the defending national champions. And hopefully if we play well throughout the course of the season, we'll get a chance to play in Florence on national TV once again.
among best difficult expecting game ready regional
We went into the game expecting to win. We feel like we play in a very difficult conference, and that our regional play is among the best in the country. So we were pretty much ready for just about everyone.
good players prove themselves waiting wings
We've got some good players that are waiting in the wings to be the starters. But they are going to have to prove themselves early.
both deserve good played time
He's a competitor, and he played well. We've got two good (quarterbacks), and both of them deserve to play, but you can only play one at a time at that position.
good guy
Maurice is a good player. Maurice is a big play guy for us.
finally good nice practice
It was good to see us get the block. We practice that all the time. It was really nice to see us finally get back there.
defense finally good offense playing special teams
It was good to see our offense finally get on track. Our special teams made some big plays, and our defense is still playing solid.
best case conference everybody five four hope last target titles won
We've won four conference titles in the last five years, so we've always had that target on our back. We know we have to show up and play the best we can each week. We just hope our best is better than everybody else's, and if that's the case we'll be successful.
forward season start teams wrong
No two teams are ever the same. It's just the start of a new season. And as a coach, if you don't look forward to the start of a new season then you're in the wrong business.
came extremely last offense ran
I thought he did really well. He didn't get to play last week. (Saturday) he came back and ran the offense extremely well.
dominated except felt game hard locker played plays second winning
I thought we dominated pretty much the whole game except for two plays in the second quarter. I really didn't say much (in the locker room), just to take it one play at a time. It felt like we were winning the ballgame. We played well in the first half, and being down was kind of hard to swallow.
funny goes kids people remember seem teaching ways
If the kids find them funny, they seem to remember them better. That goes a long ways in teaching people what you want them to do.
I don't think we can get that one in the paper.