Mike McKenzie
Mike McKenzie
drawing fight hold instead opportunity ready situation three
That's a situation where we need to fight and hold them to three instead of a touchdown. That's part of football. You have to be ready for those situations. We didn't do it. But we have an opportunity to go right back to the drawing board.
home matter water
If you have a home and you can't go there, it doesn't matter if it's under water or not. You can't go there.
control definitely people reference tend view worry
I mean, it was different. Me being from Miami, it was definitely different, ... But, you know, I am who I am and that's all I can really say in reference to that. How people view me or feel about me, I have no control of any of those things, so I tend not to worry about them.
looking truthfully
I mean, the only thing that I was truthfully looking for was a fresh, new start, ... Everything else was on the up and up from that standpoint.
felt hearing move needed time
That's my first time really hearing of that, ... I know that's a first-class organization over there, so from that standpoint, they felt that was a move that they needed to make.
loose played staff took
It took a little while for our staff to see who played well together. Then we played loose and aggressive.
good time turn
Things didn't turn out like we would have liked, but at the same time it was preseason. I feel like we're going to have a good defense.
excellent phase
They were excellent in every phase of the game.
contract folks led ultimately underlying wanting
A lot of folks may have thought that it was really about the contract with me, ... That was never the front-runner issue. It was a lot of underlying things that really ultimately led to me wanting to be elsewhere.
care disney entity given magic meeting slap today
This meeting today was a big slap in the face, an insult. It showed that there was no care given to any other entity other than Disney Magic Express.
across bay coaches fingers folks green handled happened issue league minority pinpoint point relationship somewhat within
Folks within over there know how a lot of those things are handled are somewhat of a shame, but you can't really just point fingers to say it's the Green Bay Packers because it's an issue all across the league, ... There's not enough minority coaches in the league across the board. So, just to pinpoint that one, that just so happened to be an issue that I kind of experienced first-hand from my relationship in Green Bay as well as with Coach Washington.
ball moved played today
A lot different than Tuesday. Monmouth played well but we moved the ball better today and that's what we've typically had happen. We've moved the ball and made some things happen.
good next saturday
The good thing is we're off next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.