Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
available chiefs chris coaches finding good great head interested join knack learned phenomenal talk thoughtful work
When I head that Chris McKeown was available I said 'Yes' I would be interested in having him join us, ... The talk was can two head coaches work together...you know, too many chiefs and not enough Indians. Chris was such a professional person and he told me this was my deal. He was very thoughtful and he is a phenomenal head coach. He is also a great recruiter. He has a knack of finding good talent. I learned so much from him.
please stay
Please get down off the wall-bars, stay off the seats,
excel good great league matt move next onto players season
It's always good to have one of your players move onto the next level. That's what this league is all about, ... Matt had a great season and I know he will excel at the next level.
none pardons seemed thorough
All of these pardons seemed appropriate. None of these (17 pardons) jumped out at us as something that would be untoward at all. It's a long, drawn-out and thorough process, as it should be.
adam anyone athlete believe came character chris coach coaching family great heard knew line matt players proven represent staff suggested
Chris also suggested Adam Shakelford as a line coach and so we had our coaching staff in place. Then we had to get players. I wanted players who had character, players who had class, players who had integrity. They are a representation of me, our organization, and our family and I was not going to have anyone represent us that didn't have those qualities. Even if a great athlete came in, if he had a character flaw, he was gone. Matt Sauk was our first transaction. When I heard he wanted to play for us I couldn't believe it! He is a quarterback that I knew could get us where we wanted to go. He was a proven quarterback. Coach Petrino (University of Louisville) called and recommended him.
known problem serious wish
It's a serious problem from our standpoint. We wish we'd known about it sooner.
effort friday good helped near night order pass qualify run shot
Friday night is so important these days, and I thought we had to really concentrate on making a good qualify effort this weekend, ... After being No. 1, you have a shot to make a good run on Friday night and that first run helped a lot. It's so important to make a good pass on the first run to put yourself near the back of the order for the night run.
mix seen though took
I've seen what he does as a coach. Even though I took a lot of what I do from him, I mix in some of my own. He's never seen me as a coach.
abundance
I think we're still learning. But we can't have those penalties. And we had an abundance of turnovers.
confident decent dropped high hole john last pass problem qualified race racing run setup smoking tire
The last pass was actually a pretty decent one, ... It dropped a hole (cylinder) about 500-feet into the run. We addressed the tire smoking problem and I think we can go down there and run a high 4.70 in the first round. Even racing John Force, I'm as confident as I can be. We qualified ok, but we've got the setup to race on Sunday.
against challenge couple cowboy field good great hope players rounds together
This will be another great challenge for our players to play against a great field in the Cowboy Classic. I hope we can put a couple good rounds together and make a good showing.
against car elevate force guy handle race short three time tough toughest weekend
We had a tough weekend getting a handle on the race track, ... This time of year, (John) Force is the toughest car and you have to elevate your game. We've come up just a little short against them three times lately. We're still a competitive car. He's always a tough guy to run, but especially at this time of year.
level match
We did not match their level of intensity.
ball drop penalties several supposed weeks
We had 10 penalties two weeks ago. When you do that and drop the ball several times, you're not supposed to win.