Jay Graham
Jay Graham
Jay Grahamis a former running back for the Tennessee Volunteers and currently the running backs coach for Florida State University...
capital distance hockey people team win
We want to show people that we're the team that everyone should be gunning for (in the Capital Hockey Conference). We want to keep distance between us and everyone else because we want to win the league. ... That's why the lapses are very concerning.
bitter certainly chip expect guys people run
If we run into them in the tournament, I certainly would expect our guys to have a chip on their shoulders. There are some bitter feelings. ... We want to show people why we got that seed.
coming loss swagger took
That loss took away a lot of the swagger that we had coming into the new year.
beating considered message respect sent time
I have a lot of respect for them for beating us the first time ... but we sent a message that we considered (the loss) to be a fluke.
empty leaves loss upsetting
This is a very, very upsetting loss for us. It leaves us with an empty feeling.
breaks definitely gave hard played winning
(Jerome) definitely played hard and wanted it more than we did. We gave up too many odd-man breaks and that's how they scored the winning goal. ... We also have to be better at finishing.
fast fill lead pressure sure
It was very important to come out fast and fill the net. We wanted to make sure we got the lead and put the pressure on them right away. We wanted to make sure they didn't get any momentum.
bad physically sick
I am physically sick to my stomach. That's how bad we played.
christmas half players playing split
They were playing in two tournaments over the Christmas break, so they had a split squad. I'd say they had about half of their varsity players and had some players from their j.v. team.
against brilliant defensive four goals scoring zone
Offensively, I thought we had one of our better games. Scoring four goals against Padua is impressive. ... We were brilliant offensively, but I thought our play in the defensive zone was sub-par for our standards.
carry early hopefully momentum rest tone
We wanted to come out and set the tone early and hopefully carry that momentum the rest of the game.
five hopefully impact lose next seniors teams
We lose five seniors and they were all impact players. Hopefully we can rebuild. We have the most underclassmen of all the teams here (at state). We feel that next year's team will be very competitive as well.
far feels short
We feel for them. We know what it feels like to get this far and come up short of your goal.
beat length respect sure within
We always had a (player) within an arm's length of (Kirstein). We respect his game. We wanted to make sure that he didn't beat us.