Dan Hooks
Dan Hooks
charming ready schedule tough week
Yet another week in a 'bulldog pen' for us. What a charming non-district schedule we have, huh. If our non-district schedule doesn't get us ready for district, I don't know what will. It's as tough as you can get.
against bit depth district few football good great knows players problem takes team win
Beasley is a great football player. He's intelligent and knows what it takes to win a football game. We were up against a good football team that was well-coached. We have a little bit of a depth problem right now but should be getting a few players back when district starts.
age-and-aging darn forward kinda year
At my age, I kinda look at it as a year by year thing but each year is so darn enjoyable. There is always something to look forward too.
backs ball bunch firing good great juniors playing starting
I think our young linemen are getting better every week. We have a bunch of sophomores and juniors playing in there. They're starting to get off the ball a little bit. Our little backs are firing in the hole. Garrett did a good job; Earl (Thomas) did a great job, and also Kendrick Leblanc.
district league might rough work
We have a mega-school powerhouse district. We're used to being in a 4A league that was rough like that. I thought we might be in a five-team district but it didn't work out that way.
athletics difference great overall passes
He's a great athlete. I thought his passes sputtered a little bit, but you know, overall he's a difference maker.
felt good happened nicer talked win winning year
I felt like he was going to win it. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. He's talked about winning it all year long and I like to see good things happen to good people.
battle both came hard kids playing practice road
We have 23 people. Our kids are playing both ways, so it's a battle of the numbers. We're working hard in practice and just came away with two big road wins.
whatever
We want to do whatever we can to help.
adjusted equipment far faster gets good haul meal planning ready seems stuff
To get in there and get it done faster seems to be a better option. It gets a little dicey as far as planning things like the pre-game meal and getting all the equipment and stuff ready to haul but I really think it will be a good thing once everyone gets adjusted to it.
coach cut depth football games group hard job key kids playoffs seem solid sound straight success together tremendous turn won work year
Nederland is always such a sound and solid football team. Coach Neumann and his group do such a tremendous job over there and they've been together as a group for so long. I think they've been to the playoffs 10 straight years or so. They always have some good-looking kids. They look the same as they did in 1981. They have big kids that work hard year around. They look like they're just cut from a different mold. They just seem to reload every year with the tremendous depth they have. Another key to their success is that they don't turn over the football. They've won a lot of games over the years doing that.
coaching field good hear kids life love ready ride succeed success tremendous truly
It's truly been a tremendous ride and I'm not ready to let go of it just yet. Coaching is something you have to love to do. You like to see kids succeed on the field but what they do in life is what's most important. To hear all the success stories, that's what makes a coach, a good one, the proudest.
butler crossing deep defense effort few great halftime kept patterns team
It was a great team effort for the Mustangs. You may get (defensive coordinator) Cornel (Thompson) in the first half, but he'll come out at halftime with some adjustments and did tonight. We put Beasley in on defense and kept Butler to just a few crossing patterns and nothing deep after that first score.
ahead coaches consensus gives inside less minutes turning worry
It was the consensus of the coaches to go ahead and go with the 7 p.m. start. It gives us 30 less minutes to worry about our stomachs turning inside out.