Tim Dougherty Quotations

We got up in a hurry, but it seemed like we kind of went to sleep a little bit. Any time you can jump up by two touchdowns, you'll certainly take it. But I knew Alton was going to come alive.

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I don't think you'd find a better person to be around kids. He's a career Hall of Fame coach and just a great guy, a solid fundamentals coach with great principles.

Fortunately, we don't have to deal with that. We didn't even address it with our kids this week because to us, it's a non-factor. We've just been working to prepare for a team that we know will be ready to play us.

He made some great strides from the first week. He had a solid game.

He's getting more and more comfortable with the system. That's pretty obvious with what he's done. We have a system that you can plug a lot of things into, and he's fit in that system very well.

Kicking field goals is my job. I'm lucky I could help out my team.

I was able to scout them and we understood what they were doing.

Our kids have prepared hard all season and they came ready to play. We beat a very good football team tonight. I couldn't be more proud of our kids.

Our guys were looking forward to this challenge. We felt this was a big challenge for us against a very good football team.

Our team has shown improvement each week, and they did it again last week. We certainly moved in the direction of a more complete game.

Our first goal is to win the section title this year, but we know that's going to be tough because the section has definitely gotten stronger,

Our top priority this week is to play good defense because Alton can beat you in a lot of different ways. They can play ball control, grinding it out for eight or nine minutes, or they can complete a 70-yard pass, like they did against us last season. Our defense is going to have to be ready for anything.

Our toughest football is ahead of us. But I think these kids have taken the next step. I sure hope so because we're going to need it.

Our big focus coming into this game was that we had to come out and play 48 minutes of football on both sides of the ball, and I think our kids did that tonight.

Our offense responded at some key times in the game. Our offense answered three or four times at key times and I think that was a big difference.

Our offensive line answered the bell tonight. It's been a while since we've had one of those games from our line. But it was pretty darn good football.

That was a great punt by Conner. He put it right there in the corner and that was a key play. It was big-time.

We can't elect someone who needs a learning curve,

We do have some tough challenges ahead. I've been pleased with the progress of this team. I think we've prepared well for these last four games. Now we have to go out and accept the challenges that lie ahead.

We have to make sure our intensity level stays up and we can't take anything for granted,

We didn't execute the way we're going to have to the rest of the season. I've coached enough football to see that and now the guys have seen that.

The defense has progressed each week, which is all you can ask. I've been pleased with our defensive effort so far, ... But each week presents a new set of challenges and you have to prove yourself all over.

What we've done now is taken that to the next step. It's still built on that same application, but now it can go totally wireless and connect into the Internet.

To the average fan in the stands, you see 49-0 and think we did everything right,

When the game was still in the balance, Joe completed some passes that kept drives alive. That was a big key to this win.

We've just taken it one game at a time. That's been our kids' focus. Just getting that fifth win and a win at home is more important than being 5-0.

We have to continue to execute offensively, to do whatever it takes to keep the ball. We plan to take what they give us, whether its on the ground or in the air. That's a great philosophy, but you still have to go out and execute.

We didn't have that many last year, all season. That helps.

EJ is a big part of what we're doing, but so is having all the other aspects of the offense in place so teams can't just key of him. We've been working real hard to install a new offense and the kids have embraced that and made a nice improvement.

Communication needs to improve on the field. I would also like to see improvement on our possession. We are okay, but we can get better.

Our defense did a great job on run defense.

Our execution offensively was considerably better than it was in the first week and our defense did another great job against a physical and athletic team. With the travel and all the distractions that come with it, I thought the kids handled everything very well.

You take away the penalties and dropped balls and we've been pretty efficient on offense, ... We have to clean that up.

They went out last week and beat East St. Louis without two of their best players, that's should tell you what kind of team they are.

They have three running backs that could start anywhere in our conference. I mean, they have a fullback that they run a corner route with. You don't normally see that until you get to the college level.

They've played some good teams already. Like I told our kids, we haven't played Alton or East St. Louis yet like they have, so we could be in the same boat,

I practice 1,000 of those a week, so it was just another kick,

Before Rochelle could blink they were down by two touchdowns. Rochelle beat them on a deperation pass at the end of the game. So they were lucky to escape with a win. We're going to have our hands full, that's for sure.

The line has had spurts this season, but last week they played a complete game, and that's what I'm pleased with. They played for 48 minutes and physically, I felt we were in control of the game up front.