Steve Roberts
Steve Roberts
area people recognize
He was one of the first people to recognize this area for its aesthetics.
belt bowl fans frustrated last state sun
We're representing a lot of groups. We're representing all the underdogs. We're representing the state of Arkansas. We're representing the Sun Belt Conference. We're representing a lot of frustrated fans for the last 30 years or so that haven't been to a bowl game.
aware chris continuing situation
We are aware of the situation with Chris Littleton and have conducted our own investigation and are continuing to do so.
ahead daunting task
We have a daunting task ahead of us.
mentally prepared running spread taken team
I was taken off-guard by our start. I thought our team was prepared mentally and emotionally. As much as they spread the field, there's a lot of running room. Even if you play perfectly.
confident director encouraged excellent process produce quality selection
I am very encouraged by the quality of the applications we have received, and I'm confident this selection process will produce an excellent new director for SMPA.
act assessment chris discipline fair program record stern strict strong
I have a very strong record of stern and strict discipline. But, I am also fair and we're fair to our program and we want to be fair with Chris. In our assessment of the situation, Chris did not act inappropriately.
depends job money perhaps six
It depends on your situation. Perhaps you think you can do a better job with the money than the lottery, then you take the cash. It's probably six of one, half-dozen of the other.
half last obviously played pleased
I was very pleased with the way we bounced back defensively after last week. I thought we played much better and obviously we still made some mistakes. We played very well in the first half and didn't give them much.
built kids ski
Our kids just have fun. We're built for ski racing.
best came half played run second
I thought Antonio did not have his best first quarter. He played much better in the second quarter. Shermar came in the second half and had a big run for us.
accomplish felt locker nobody outside predicted room situation
There is nobody outside of our locker room that felt we could accomplish what we accomplished this year. There's nobody outside of our locker room that predicted that we could be in the situation that we were in.
chance court create depth full game moved players points press shots switched wore
We switched some things up at halftime, we moved our press up into a full court and we started to create a lot of shots and scored a lot of points because of that. I had a chance to use 12 players in this game and that was a key. Our depth just wore them down.
ball force ground guys pipe run stop
We told our guys after the interception that we were going to keep the ball on the ground and we were going to force them to stop our ground game, ... We were going to run it right down the pipe and see what happens.