"Yeah, he was asking me to come down there and come talk to some of the kids and talk about football and life and stuff. Just rappin with the kids, it was awesome, just talking about building momentum and having some success and performing a little bit. Kids need to find where they can fit in the mix."
"They have some kids in there who can really, run, who can really play. Some of these kids are really big and strong and really smart. Steve has been able to get some great kids and some great coaches in there. It always helps to have kids in the system and knowing what they're doing. Steve (Fairchild) asked me about their offense, what they should do or where they should go, whether they should run the ball or go more spread or whatever - I told him that 'It's not about running this offense or that offense, it's about doing what you do and getting better at that.' That's what it's all about right there."
"Steve asked me about their quarterback position, whether he should name Pete Thomas his starter now or have an open competition. I told him that I never liked coming into the spring and saying, 'He's the starting whatever,' because to me, you've just got to start over and say let's see who's going to play and do the things it takes to be successful. So I told him he should have guys who will play with the 'ones' and the 'twos' and evaluate them every day and see what happens in the scrimmages. And then see where you're at."
