Bill Snyder Quotes (45 Quotes)

I think for everything there is probably a right time, and its normally pretty difficult to define what that right time is, ... To me, this is the right time and the reasons are pretty simple.

It's not about losing at Nebraska, or the Colorado game or the Texas AM game it's not about those things. ... It's what is best for this university that has been very special to me and what is best for my family.

I don't know. I thought he ran very, very well. Yes, he'll be a factor.

Put the coffee on now Kansas State kicks off Saturday at 930 a.m. CDT at Marshall. The response on the early hour from coach Bill Snyder was typical of a man who reportedly gets only four or five hours of sleep each night. Young people are resilient and can get up at early times, ... They just like to play. We're not going to make a major issue of it.

I thought his presence on the field allowed you to gain some confidence and understand that he wasn't going to get shaken. He wasn't going to get rattled.

The individual pass rush, which was a major concern, has made some improvement,

First and foremost, coaches, and then players, have to really recognize what are the issues. We're in that process right now. We got a decent start on it (Monday), and we hope to continue through the week.

That's certainly a concern for us, and maybe as big as any. The fact that we only have two sacks in two ballgames probably addresses that issue as much as any other stat that's out there.

Penalties and turnovers probably put us in a hole more than anything else. It's a matter of focus and discipline, and penalties and turnovers really created the difference.

It was my intent for him to be here, and Thomas was on board with that. But because this hasn't been settled yet legally, we'll wait until that takes place. His not being here is not his doing at this time. It's mine.

Anything that happens within the confines of our program, it has been our policy to keep it in-house. Indeed, I will always do that.

Every time we put him on his back, he threw to the end zone.

As I said to Davin or any of our players, no one play (decided the outcome). I can think of 100 in any ball game.... No one should have to carry the burden for that. Not Davin. Not anyone else.

I think the time is right ... because first and foremost, it's best for the university, ... I think that because of the nature of the profession that we are in, it becomes a difficult thing to follow a great deal of success.

Every game, T.J. always finds hustle points. Every game he is going to kick in with pure hustle plays, and those are the plays that lift you emotionally. When you see a teammate make plays like he does, you've got to kick it up a step, don't you

The difficult thing is that it's still an early season game, there's a change in the coaching staff and there's a number of different things,

All three of us coached together at Iowa. Both Dan and Kirk are dear friends. You can't pick a winner you love them both, but the agony is that someone has to lose, so you have a tremendous sense of pain for whoever that happens to be.

Beating Chippewa Valley is a pretty good win for us or for anybody. I don't care what their record is when we play them. They come out and they play hard and play good defense. They have everybody coming in playing their A game against them because they are Chippewa Valley and they are trying to get their footing right now and it has been tough for them.

There's no doubt there will be things that will be different from when we played them two years ago. We can run ourselves silly looking at Ohio State tape (when Mark Snyder coached there), this year's Marshall and looking at our game with them.

The county attorney did what he had to do, ... I'm confident there was no intent on Thomas's part time bring harm to anyone. He made a bad choice, a bad decision, and outside of that I don't have anything in particular to say.

The other 10 guys need to give him some help. We've got a lot of talent at other positions, and to make that kind of commitment to one guy can be somewhat risky.

I can't root for that game, so I can't pick a winner. ... But it's not surprising. Dan's done an incredible and amazing job at Iowa State. That victory was not a fluke.

Rhett just gives you the complete package, I think. Now, it's just a matter of growth for him.

We spent a lot of time looking backward, and that was out of necessity. What has taken place is we've worked very diligently and hard collectively, our staff and our players, to define exactly what the issues were from this past season.

I'm making myself available. We communicate back and forth. I'm abreast of everything taking place.

I think he's learning what this conference is all about. What I like is his mental toughness. He did a pretty nice job today.

Well, how do you want me to measure it, ... On a scale of one to 10, we were a zero.

There will be some consequences for Thomas. We have to let things settle down a little bit. It's not what it appears to be. And I'm not in position to tell you, to elaborate on that.

I've not been the kind of father than I should have been, nor the kind of husband, ... I don't know if I can correct that. I'm going to spend some time because they have been so wonderful.

It was a monumental game, I think, for him. I thought he handled it quite well, from what I saw. He's a very poised young guy.

I would have gotten the money, ... There wasn't any doubt. We were fighting tooth and nail to get this thing going. We weren't just going to let it fly by the wayside.

Thomas is a better back than what you saw today. I'm not saying he was bad, he wasn't bad at all. I saw Thomas do some things during our two a day period that were awfully good, that I did not see him do before, and I expected him to do that today, but we didn't get to see it. When he feels comfortable with it and can do that, that just adds to his game.

As far as I know, my doctor has not complained well, he's complained about some of my habits, ... But to my knowledge, I'm physically fine.

There was a period of time after we had given the gift of 10 points, probably 12 and a half-, 13-minute period of time, where we probably played as well as we've played for quite some time.

Part of it is he presses awfully hard. He wants to make a play every time he gets a chance.

If they are in the middle of the field all the time, yes, it is probably pretty hard for anyone to stop, ... If you can get some field position, and you give them the three- and four-yard completion . . . then eventually they miss one of them.

It was a tough year. I give my kids credit. The (MAC) White division is so physical. The second time through the league is just brutal. I couldn't be more pleased with my kid's performance all year.

I'm not thinking about dignity right now, but what happened and what we need to do to make sure it doesn't happen again. As bad as it was, we did have opportunities in the ballgame to make a difference. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities that p

People are beginning to understand the value of heart screening, and Sharon has been instrumental in promoting that effort.

Thomas had no intent, nor did he harm anyone. He was wrong in departing from where he was, and he accepts that responsibility. He knows that there are consequences, and he is in the process of responding to those consequences.

I'm pleased we won. That shows character. ... I'm more concerned with the fact that we found ways to self destruct. It's the same as was last week (against Florida International), three turnovers and 90 yards in penalties.

I think I would assess his play somewhere in that category (mediocre), with the thought behind it meaning that he's a very capable young guy, ... Even though he did well, he believes there is a lot more in the tank, and I believe exactly the same thing.

They did a good job of taking away our transition game and not letting us get out and run and that is how we do most of our scoring. The pressure of the game and the noise of the crowd caused us both to make mistakes out there.

I think there is a misperception that Vince Young does a lot of things that Chance Mock can't do. If you get lulled to sleep with the idea that they won't let Chance run the ball or handle the option, you could get yourself into some serious trouble because he can do these things and he can do them well.

He's done some tremendous things, as you've seen, ... and he's made some errors. The interceptions (and) the decision-making process needs to improve. He's got segments of his game that just need to get better.