Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Judson Brooks, MBE JPwas a British coal miner and politician who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament. A spiritualist, his main achievement was to lead the successful campaign to repeal the Witchcraft Act 1735...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1880
came defense guys might rest scoring second sure talked
After the second score, the defense came over and said, 'Coach, they're not scoring again,' ... And sure enough, they didn't. Our guys did a lot of gang-tackling. You might make one or two miss, but the rest of them are coming. And that's the thing we talked about - pursuit.
guys nervous
We had some first-game jitters. The guys were as nervous at the beginning.
contend excited good grasp guys offense playoff
We will contend for a playoff position, ... The guys are getting a good grasp of the new offense and the defense. We're getting real excited about the season.
guys lost whatever
To go 2-0 would be tremendous. We lost those two (Kendall and Teddy), but these guys will persevere. They'll do whatever it takes.
ability athletic charisma guys hard player respect type work
He has the charisma a quarterback should have. The other guys respect him for his hard work and athletic ability, and for the type of player he is.
face field guys handling kids respond shut talk
We talk about handling adversity. Things aren't going to always go your way. We have to face it and respond to it. You can shut down, but that's not what these guys do. They want to win. The kids get out on the field and think they're going to win.
game kept played situation sports tough
They just played outstanding. They kept us in the game long enough to win. They were put in a tough situation but kept playing.
great injuries move people teddy
It was great to have those weeks, especially after the injuries to Kendall and (wide receiver) Teddy (Williams). It let us make some adjustments, move people around and make us a better club. I think we put people in the right position.
aggressive
They weren't as aggressive at first. That's something we have to get better at.
mistakes won
We won (last week), ... But we know we have some mistakes to correct. But the more we get reps, the better we'll get with our assignments.
athletes capable number
We try to do that. We have a number of athletes capable (of contributing). We don't want to be one-dimensional.
game helps toward win
Each game just helps with our confidence. A win would go a long way toward us making the playoffs.
ball execute move people whenever
Offensively, we can move the ball when we want to, and whenever we have to. I would like to see us execute better and be more consistent. If we want to play with the people in our district, we have to be consistent. We're not there yet.
blitz kerry offense people position send stay stop
Defensively, they're a 4-3 and they're aggressive, send people and stay in man. We have to have people in position or they'll take advantage. Our offense has to stop the blitz and give Kerry time. If we do that and put Kendall in the secondary, we'll be successful.