Carroll McCray
Carroll McCray
Carroll McCrayis the head football coach at Gardner–Webb University. He was previously the head coach at Austin Peay State University from 2003 through 2006 and at North Greenville University in 2012...
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I think just getting out here means we can start a measuring stick and really work from there. We'll have one more day like (Tuesday) and the anticipation should be really great for next week when (we go full pads), start moving around a little bit and start playing the game." ()
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We had a couple that couldn't get out here, but it was good to get out here and get day No. 1 under our belts. We've got a lot of spring break still in us. I saw some positive things, but I've got to see a lot more. But it was good to go ahead and get on the surface and work our way back into conditioning. We worked on our agility quite a bit and got a few things done offensively and defensively." ()
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(Athletic Director and head basketball) coach (Dave) Loos did a really fabulous job working that first game out for us. He spent a lot of time on the phone trying to make it work for Austin Peay. I've very appreciative of that. We're going to be able to have a home game in our transition year in the opener here at Governors Stadium and it just comes form his hard work. How we'll play, we'll know on the second (of September). But I know, we're excited about the opportunity." ()
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I'm pleased with what we've done so far. But this is a big, big week, to see how much more we can improve. Every individual group has goals we're working on. I thought we got good work today; we picked it up more at the end in live competition. I think it's important we have segments every day where we put them in competitive situations, while working hard on our fundamentals." ()
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Anytime we're able to get people back from injury is good. David has gotten better these three back-to-back days. We had some specifics we wanted to work on. I thought we got better in some coverage areas and I think we made some ground with some of our perimeter players." ()
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Really our goal for this week is to take the people that have performed the best and work them together. We're going to start doing that today (Tuesday). We're going to go three days in a row, which is a little much for us, because of this weekend's track meets." ()
It had some to do with us and a lot to do with them." ()
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Joe is one of the finest football players in our program. I think if you get pinned down there, you try to get up. He kind of got cross ways in a situation, but I didn't see anything that was flagrant that showed something unrepresentative of what we want to see at Austin Peay." ()
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We can't focus on what was happening on the scoreboard. I told our players that the one thing that they can't beat us at is playing with pride and class. We stayed together as a team and we did not turn on each other." ()
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That was interesting to see. I think it proved that Jess has confidence in a lot of people." ()
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I wish we were a little more consistent in what we were doing. I think injuries have caused us to be that way some." ()
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(Valparaiso) came out fast and got us on our heels. But at the same time we challenged our guys to make some plays. So when we got the ball back and Chris broke the big play, a lot of times one guy making the big play really, really makes others think they can, too." ()
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We're going to evaluate whether we moved the right guys. We're not opposed to moving any more. But with the two moves last week, and now with Brandon this week, everybody else should stay in their spots pretty much between now and next Tuesday." ()
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He's been invaluable so far. ... Just the fact that when you get down there on that 25-and-in and you have somebody who has shown that he can get points means a lot. Certainly, in the punting game, field position is key to everything we do." ()