Mike Greene Team Quotations

For some reason people think they can pick on him because he's on the shorter side, but he played on that team last year and he's pretty crafty. So often times, they're pretty disappointed with that strategy.

Glidden really showed us that. They made a point to cut him or double team him to keep him from making a play. We decided to move him back and we have some capable linemen to move in there to fill those spots. We weren't worried about the defensive line so much. We just got a bigger linebacker in there and he had a couple of nice, full tackles. We're talking the wrap, pick 'em up and drive them into the ground.

We thought we were going to have a good team for years to come. We didn't have a lot of old guys then. But we weren't expecting the injuries.

This team came right at us from the start. Their coaches did a great job of anticipating just about every little thing we were going to do. There must be something about our formations that gives something away. We've got to take a look at our formations and inject some new stuff maybe.

They're going to be missed. They were a great part of the team on defense and special teams.

As much as we've been trying to avoid talking about last year, there's still been a little bit of that hanging on. This was an eye-opening experience for all of them. We're not the same caliber of team that we were last year. This team's capable of that, but we've got to work for it. We're going to have to go toe-to-toe with people and battle it out. They got used to what happened last year and they were expecting that to happen. This team has got to make things happen. I think that's something that was driven home tonight.

It was a tough game for Megan. She actually went down in the fourth quarter and bruised her knee cap. We had some smaller players bumping her when she was in the air. They were a team that played pretty hard.

I'm upset because I'm a competitor. I let my team down. I let myself down. But that's the way this game is. I know in my heart I'll bounce back.

The girls had been down this road before - let a team hang around and then get nipped at the end - and they came out determined not to let it happen again. We kind of cranked it up and took it at them. We were a little tired of being pushed around and we decided to push back.