Kent Baer Quotations

(Lynch has) great vision, tremendous speed. You've got to make him run east and west, not north and south. He's a game-breaker kind of back, the kind of back you'd love to have on your team. He's a tremendous ballplayer.

He hasn't changed a bit. He's the same old Tyrone. I don't think Notre Dame scarred him one bit.

We need to improve our depth and some of the safety-type kids may need to play out on the edge.

I've worked for him for 11 years, and I can count on one hand all the times he stepped in and said something in defensive meetings. He really trusts his assistants and expects them to do the job at hand.

I've never seen a better one than him. He showed it on that punt. That's the kind of football player he is. He's always been a great football player. I think he's playing harder now than I've ever seen him play. I think he's on a mission. I think he'd like to prove something.

It really bothers me when people say the program was in great shape Sunday-Friday. We took over a team that was struggling and when we got there we had done a great job.

It's a little bit scary putting a uniform back on him after all he's gone through. He's a good guy and he's been through a lot. I had heard from some people going into last fall that it was questionable whether he'd come back, so you really have to tip your hat to him to come back as strong as he has.

I'm going to be careful because there are a lot of guys that are very athletic at their position, but in terms of playing safety in the secondary, C.J. is something else.

I don't think I have any different emotions than anybody else. Sure, there is some emotion involved with the players, that's only human. ... But when you walk on the football field, there's no emotion involved anymore.

The guy's got so much talent, and everybody knows it. He's got to step up his practice a little bit and be more of a vocal leader. When he turns it on and plays hard, he's as good as there is.