Joe Kines Quotations

Most coaches can't stand (this system). They're going to add two more plays, thinking if this one is good, then one more would be great. But they're running the same plays and the same system.

Neither can you rush everybody. Then you're one missed tackle away from a touchdown.

I thought the effort was good today. We were trying to get better as a unit. We haven't played together. The only thing that's going to help us is playing.

His wife is getting an extra star in heaven, I promise you.

We really started out worrying about it. And as the game wore along, we said, 'Look, the coverage is great. They're not going to beat us scrambling. He'll get whatever he'll get, get on the ground, and we'll go on and play.

If you go into the game thinking we are going to throw strikes every snap, we could drive ourselves crazy. We could drive our youngsters crazy. They understand what is in front of them.

We're going to play them all and give them all the chance and let it all shake down. We'll get in a hurry in the fall.

(Secondary) coach (Chris) Ball is grinning from ear to ear. The main thing today is to find out who can make a play, who can come together.

He doesn't talk much around anybody. Maybe he does when he's not in the (football) building. What he does say, though, matters. You need to listen when he talks.

I don't know that you enjoy looking at any of this mess. It's fun to look at if you're not involved in it. We just have to find a way to rush the passer, to cover some folks and then find some way to pressure it.