Jay Graham
Jay Graham
Jay Grahamis a former running back for the Tennessee Volunteers and currently the running backs coach for Florida State University...
against certainly columbus concerned focus good guarantees nice success team
We certainly know a lot about them and they know a lot about us. It's nice to have an all-Columbus (district) final. That guarantees a Columbus team will get (to state). ... We've had success against them this year, but we know they have a good team. But we're more concerned about ourselves. Our focus is on what we need to do.
ethic games hockey prepared run solid understand win work
We need to have a solid work ethic and come prepared to win hockey games. If we do that, I feel like we can make a run in the tournament. But everyone now must understand that we need to play with a sense of urgency.
carry early hopefully momentum rest tone
We wanted to come out and set the tone early and hopefully carry that momentum the rest of the game.
close gap needed older talked younger
We talked to the younger kids, and told them they needed to close the gap for the older guys. They did their job.
five hopefully impact lose next seniors teams
We lose five seniors and they were all impact players. Hopefully we can rebuild. We have the most underclassmen of all the teams here (at state). We feel that next year's team will be very competitive as well.
beating considered message respect sent time
I have a lot of respect for them for beating us the first time ... but we sent a message that we considered (the loss) to be a fluke.
beat length respect sure within
We always had a (player) within an arm's length of (Kirstein). We respect his game. We wanted to make sure that he didn't beat us.
great job kept
(Springboro goalie Ryan) McNutt did a great job. He kept them in it for as long as he could.
breaks definitely gave hard played winning
(Jerome) definitely played hard and wanted it more than we did. We gave up too many odd-man breaks and that's how they scored the winning goal. ... We also have to be better at finishing.
giving goals late period
Giving up two goals late in the first period was something we couldn't overcome. That was too much.
bitter certainly chip expect guys people run
If we run into them in the tournament, I certainly would expect our guys to have a chip on their shoulders. There are some bitter feelings. ... We want to show people why we got that seed.
capital distance hockey people team win
We want to show people that we're the team that everyone should be gunning for (in the Capital Hockey Conference). We want to keep distance between us and everyone else because we want to win the league. ... That's why the lapses are very concerning.
accomplish catch continue game reclaim title winning
We want to reclaim what we think is ours. Winning the (CHC) title is one of the things that we want to accomplish this year. ... We just want to continue to play our game and let everyone else try to catch up.
far feels short
We feel for them. We know what it feels like to get this far and come up short of your goal.