Quotes about backups (16 Quotes)


    We are going to get the quarterback ready that is going to play in the game and we are going to try and get the backup ready to be the backup. It is really insignificant to me, because there are players at every position that get limited amounts of reps to be backups and if something happens to the guy ahead of him, whether they are having trouble performing, they get injured or whatever, that guy has got to get you through the game.

    For the administrators who dial in from California, yeah, I'm concerned, but in many cases I didn't have much choice. I'll take what I can get, but we have backups on-site, and they can be talked through dealing with those systems. We're filling in creatively where we can.

    Our offense is probably ahead of our defense, right now. Not having starters back is deceptive, because a lot of them played as backups. A couple of them even got experience in the playoffs.

    To take a player like (Russell) out of the game hurt us. Her two backups are out for the season. We had five guards on the court. They gave us everything they could.

    Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.


    That will be a tough situation, ... But it's not like we haven't dealt with bigger issues than that. That's why we have quality backups, because everybody is capable of playing well. That's what we need right now.


    You hope to have capable backups, but the comfort level or familiarity of the team with each other is usually just not there. I remember telling Lindsay 'Just do your best.' I had no idea that she would be the kind of kid that would lead us to a title.


    Neither of these goaltenders has ever been viewed as backups, ... They indeed are at different stages in their careers, but we saw that as a positive. Curt has an impressive history but isn't content to rest on his laurels, while Boucher has every intention of creating more history. They both welcome the competition for minutes and don't expect to have anything handed to them.

    Backups simply are not good enough to meet archiving requirements. People assume that part of archiving is putting data on tape, so backup technology must be good for that. But it's not. Backup is optimized for something different... They have not created a manageable environment for getting to data if they don't have advanced media management and if it's not organized to be viewed and managed across a long period of time.

    We're going to go back to the fundamentals of base footwork and hand placement, ... Some of those things don't look very good right now. I don't think it's a personnel answer. There's not a group of backups chomping at the bit to get in there. It was made clear about six months ago that we have an issue with depth in the offensive line.


    In the NFL every year, a situation like this occurs. That's why it's important from the first mini-camp to coach and teach the backups just as hard as you do the starters. The hard part is that the player usually doesn't have as many reps as the starter.

    All the offerings share the common good of dramatically improving recovery point objectives vs. traditional nightly full or incremental backups. Continuous data protection vs. near-CDP might mean the difference between recovery points of 1 second or 1 hour. Either is much better than what we do today.

    In college some players don't want to because that's where they think backups play. (Players who enjoy special teams) are the type of kids we're looking for.



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