Bennett post-game comments
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2002 11:41 pmI don't type too fast, so forgive me if this isn't word for word. But here's (basically) what Coach Bennett said on the post-game show on the radio broadcast:
"Well, we got totally manhandled tonight. That's my responsibility. It was a poor, poor performanmce, a poor coaching performance, but it's something we're going to learn from.
We could have laid down in second half, but we didn't. We had some turnovers before halftime that they got points from, and I don't care how strong you are, that breaks your spirit a little bit.
I told them at halftime, going to watch second half with great intensity to see who comes out and fights, regardless of what the score is in the second half.
We've got to get a lot better - they were just throwing the ball up. We totally lost our technique in the secondary and didn't play well, and now we're fixin' to play a team that throws the ball 45-50 times a game.
These kids aren't quitters, and i know dang sure I'm not. We're going to go back to work and get better. I thought in the second half we did throw the ball better, caught the ball better. But we weren't good enough.
I've got to look at this tape, look at it long time .... like said very disappointed in our defensive play. And offensively, we couldn't covert third downs to keep the defense off the field."
"Well, we got totally manhandled tonight. That's my responsibility. It was a poor, poor performanmce, a poor coaching performance, but it's something we're going to learn from.
We could have laid down in second half, but we didn't. We had some turnovers before halftime that they got points from, and I don't care how strong you are, that breaks your spirit a little bit.
I told them at halftime, going to watch second half with great intensity to see who comes out and fights, regardless of what the score is in the second half.
We've got to get a lot better - they were just throwing the ball up. We totally lost our technique in the secondary and didn't play well, and now we're fixin' to play a team that throws the ball 45-50 times a game.
These kids aren't quitters, and i know dang sure I'm not. We're going to go back to work and get better. I thought in the second half we did throw the ball better, caught the ball better. But we weren't good enough.
I've got to look at this tape, look at it long time .... like said very disappointed in our defensive play. And offensively, we couldn't covert third downs to keep the defense off the field."