John Manion
John Manion
John "Jack" Lawrence Manion, OCwas a Canadian civil servant...
covered focused key knew ourselves people stayed within
We had people covered well and as long as we focused on our jobs, we knew what to expect. We stayed within ourselves in those key situations.
ball coach fired nice
We fired off the ball well, and (Assistant) Coach (Fred) Kent made some nice adjustments, ... We just steamrolled from there.
exactly expecting game
We were expecting a game exactly like this. It's the way we play Donegal every year, ... They always play us tough.
bit
While they are a bit young for a team, they are experienced,
best coming experience freshman honestly kids season strong ten willing work
I can honestly say I think we are going to have our best season in ten years. We have a lot of experience coming back and a lot of young kids that are willing to work hard. It's a very strong freshman class.
four man played push strength
Cato is scrappy, ... They played all four quarters. Man on man, its just strength on strength. We were able to push them off the ball.
aspects game run successful sure
Sure, we want to keep (the run game) at a successful level, but we also need to make sure all of the aspects of our game are working.
beat biggest eyes guys kept momentum swing team
That was probably the biggest momentum swing of the night, ... Once he did that, the look in our guys eyes was like, This team is not going to beat us now. We just kept it going.
boy good great
He's a great player, a great kid, and boy he makes me look good coaching,
until word
There is a moratorium on the word Canastota until 4:30 today.
ride running
We're going to ride (the running game) as long as we can.
backs biggest concern handle line pushing realized success sure week
My biggest concern all week was making sure we could handle their line. We started getting a surge and pushing them off the ball. The more success the backs had, the more the line realized it and they wanted to do better.
guys might quality three top
Our top three guys are solid. I think we should be better. We might not have as many arms, but I feel like the quality is better.
eric opened past played practiced week
We practiced well all week and played well the past week. They really keyed on Eric and that opened things up for Doug.