Danny Maciocia Quotes (20 Quotes)

We persevered. We fought back. I absolutely love these guys. This is the best football team I've ever been associated with.

We have an intense week ahead of us.

I questioned if he'd be ready but by the end of the third day he had it down. It shows the level of commitment and work effort he has.

I would say for the most part we haven't had anything like that in almost two years. That's as effective as you're going to get of a running game. Hopefully we can build off of it. I just know one thing If we can get it going it will make us so much more effective through the air and ultimately that's what we want to do.

From a special teams perspective, it's a huge loss. He's a veteran, well respected and a high-energy guy. He plays every play like it's his last play.

You're always looking for an edge. When you take a look at the West, which is pretty competitive I think, anybody can come out of the West, and an opportunity like this comes along you need to consider it.

Do you pick right now and worry about today or do you look a year down the line

I'm flattered to be a finalist. For a first-year coach it doesn't get any better than that. But Tom Higgins took a team that hadn't made the playoffs for the last few years and led them to a playoff berth and second place in the West.

The fact of the matter is we had a tailback that had the hot hand. What are you going to do Pull him out and play someone else

I felt that we needed a spark. There was nothing wrong with how Ricky played.

They were able to solidify their offensive line by getting two established quality Canadians. The mind set for them going into the draft may be altered a little bit.

I'm glad (Maurer) didn't get hurt because obviously it would have hurt (our team).

We won a game by two points and he went three-for-three in field goals.

I said (to the other coaches), 'There's no way a guy can come in here on three days work and be able to line up and do the things that we expect our tailback to do,' but he had an amazing three days. Every question I asked him he had an answer for. He convinced me and we lined him up out there and let him go.

We're going to pick the best available player in the draft. If there's two players of equal value and talent, the next criteria is let's address our need as a football team.

I knew he had it in him. I've said it all along, you've got to believe in your people.

He'll be touch-and-go as far as training camp is concerned, but we were actually debating up until last week whether he should be the first pick overall, that's how much we like him.

I'm pretty comfortable going into camp as far as the talent pool is concerned and the depth that comes at every position.

This just makes it a little easier and you don't have to go through a player to get a time out.

Kwame has been a first-class individual since we acquired him and this is just my way of trying to accommodate him, because I think he deserves to play.