Jeff Bower
Jeff Bower
coaches good league overcome players ready
The league is going to be very competitive this year, especially with the new teams. There are a lot of good players and good coaches in this league and it is going to be tough. We already have a lot to overcome so there is much to do to get ready for the season.
few guys hurts move
It hurts because we had wanted to move a few guys around to different positions, and now we can't.
good pencil
I think you do (try to pencil in your starters), but it's not set in stone. That's always one goal, to feel good about your (No. 1 and No. 2 units).
frustrated lost punch rabbit threw
I was disappointed in that penalty. ... He made a mistake. He threw a rabbit punch in the pile. He was frustrated and he lost poise, and you can't do that.
repeat
I will repeat that, again, he's been disciplined.
bunch football game good keeping positive pushing resilient tough year
It's been a very, very different year and a tough year -- like tonight's game was tough. What a resilient bunch of football players. They've just been so good pushing through it and keeping a positive attitude.
mother nature won
It's amazing, two years in a row. But what are you going to do? Mother Nature won again.
discipline discuss
I'm not going to discuss it, but it was addressed, and I think the discipline was pretty serious.
against asked believe call east eliminate good honest time watched
We do need to eliminate the 15-yard penalties, but I don't think that was a good call on roughing the passer against East Carolina. He was honest with me. I asked if he roughed the passer and he told me, 'Coach, this time I did not.' I watched the tape, and I believe him.
against following game marshall move preference saturday whether worked
Our preference would be to move the Marshall game to Saturday and then play the following Saturday against Houston. Whether or not that can be worked out, I don't know.
We've got some things in there for them.
add cap coach create damage hurt jeopardize player salary support team trying understand
While we went out to support our team and get more help, we didn't want to damage anything. We didn't jeopardize our first-round picks, we didn't want to hurt our salary cap flexibility and we didn't want to add a player that didn't understand what the coach wanted and was trying to create here.
good year
Overall, this was a good year for us in Mississippi.
best treating
That's kind of the way we're treating it. We can't take everybody, but we're going to make the best of it.