Chris Hatcher
Chris Hatcher
dominated except felt game hard locker played plays second winning
I thought we dominated pretty much the whole game except for two plays in the second quarter. I really didn't say much (in the locker room), just to take it one play at a time. It felt like we were winning the ballgame. We played well in the first half, and being down was kind of hard to swallow.
funny goes kids people remember seem teaching ways
If the kids find them funny, they seem to remember them better. That goes a long ways in teaching people what you want them to do.
forward season start teams wrong
No two teams are ever the same. It's just the start of a new season. And as a coach, if you don't look forward to the start of a new season then you're in the wrong business.
good players prove themselves waiting wings
We've got some good players that are waiting in the wings to be the starters. But they are going to have to prove themselves early.
attitudes champions chance changed coaches course defending finish happened hopefully hunt last national season since team throughout title tv until
We've been in the title hunt before, but last season we just happened to finish it off. Our attitudes as coaches and as a team haven't changed since 2002. We're still the national champions until Aug. 27, and then we become the defending national champions. And hopefully if we play well throughout the course of the season, we'll get a chance to play in Florence on national TV once again.
best case conference everybody five four hope last target titles won
We've won four conference titles in the last five years, so we've always had that target on our back. We know we have to show up and play the best we can each week. We just hope our best is better than everybody else's, and if that's the case we'll be successful.