Mark Mangino Quotes (56 Quotes)

Blocking and pass receiving are going to be important for Jon to sharpen up. Even though he makes good plays for us, there is still a lot more involved than just running with the ball under your arm.

I think that's the right thing to do. We won't plan to do this every week, but this week it's appropriate.

We think right now he's the guy. There's nothing I can tell you that you haven't witnessed tonight about his ability, how he handles himself.

Normally I give credit to our opponents, ... But I'm not going to do that today because our kids outplayed them.

It was a good day's work here. It was beautiful weather a great facility and I really like the way our kids practiced. It was intense, and we're finding out a little about ourselves.

No is going to confuse him with Broadway Joe or something like that, ... but Clark is a hard-working, dependable guy.

I'm sure you sensed the poise he has. The physical ability he has is hard to overlook. He made some mistakes, a couple of checks he missed. But he was poised.

It was a good win for our kids. I thought that our offense played well, our defense played well, and we made some big plays on special teams.

We're moving in the right direction and when I feel like, and the coaches feel like, we have the guy who's going to be the starter, we'll make that decision. We don't feel we're under any pressure to do it quickly. We like to set-up we have now and we'll see how it turns out.

(Cornish) and Clark Green complement each other very well, ... Jon has a natural lean to him and he keeps his pads low. He's got a very strong lower body and he's a very good athlete. ... Jon's been doing a great job, he's got to work on his pass protection and some other little things that will make him a complete back, but he's given us an added punch, that's for sure.

I think we are going to be pretty decent on defense. We have more speed on defense now than any time we have been here. You can see the defensive line is a pretty hard-nosed bunch of guys.

It was so smooth. We got here about 50 minutes earlier than we anticipated. It was a good trip, and the Fort Worth Police Department got us over here to the practice site quickly and efficiently.

Our players are well-conditioned. But you can see that the most conditioned teams have an advantage as the games go on.

It's up to Clark. He can look at it and say, 'I've got to be the main guy.' Or maybe he'll look at it and say, 'Jon Cornish and Gary Green are doing some good things, so I'd better keep going strong.

They were going to be able to dink and dunk for a while. But it was going to be a matter of time before our defensive front wore them down.

We shut down the run. They could dink and dunk for a while, but it was only a matter of time before our line wore them down.

When people talk about our linebackers, he's seldom mentioned. But he's the consummate team player. He doesn't care.

The coaches all vote on these awards. It was unanimous that those two both received it.

It's better to look for outstanding athletes that are also good people, ... When you don't have a lot of egos, you can get more done. The reason we've made progress every year is because of team chemistry.

We were informed last week his waiver was denied. However, we are putting together an appeal process. We feel like we have some additional information that we did not submit the first time, which would probably support him and give him a chance to win the appeal.

Charlton has a lot of heart. I was concerned he couldn't play tonight, and despite all that, he put pressure on the quarterback, he made plays in the running game, he hustled around. It's a real tribute to him because he was very, very ill.

We're going to get in that horse race.

I'm not sure about that just yet. I can't answer that at this point in time.

We'll have a basic plan before we go in about how we're going to do things and who we'd like to use. But we're going to start Brian Luke, there's no question about that. It's what we do from there, and how we do it and who we do it with.

I informed him it's in his best interests, and ours, to look for another opportunity and we're assisting him and helping him with a Division II opportunity. He's a good kid. We really like Bruce, but feel like it was in our best interests, and his, to part company.

We don't assume anything here. We go day to day.

You really can't say that something will make you or break you. If you get into that, you're setting your program up for failure.

One game is not going to make or break our season, we're in this for the long haul.

It's hard not to focus on all the points the offense puts on the board, ... When people are preparing to play Tech, they realize that defense is pretty doggone good, too.

He is just a tremendous player for us. He doesn't get a lot of credit when people talk about our linebackers.

He has been an awfully good player for us the last three years. People talk about our linebackers, and they leave him out. That's a mistake.

I'm disturbed that one of our players would be involved in something like this, ... This behavior goes against everything we stand for.

Our kids are ready to play. We've had some very good practices. It's great to be in a bowl game, but it's even better to win a bowl. We're a much more mature team now then when we started four years ago.

Let me give you an example. He'll start the winter program like he's suffering from some terrible disease. Then after about three weeks, he'll be fit and get it going. But that's his personality. When he has pressure on him, he gets it done.

I thought, on the defensive side of the ball, we're going to be pretty decent again. We're pretty green and have some young kids that are learning on the run a little bit, and there were some mistakes here and there, but they're going to be pretty good.

They do a lot of good things on offense with a lot of talented players. On defense, they really come after you. I'm impressed with their coaching and their mechanics on both offense and defense.

He needed some personal time off. He'll be back with us next week.

Todd has the most to learn about our system. But he will get repetitions. He won't stand around in practice.

We're going to play defense the way that we play defense all the time. They execute well so we have to play sound, fundamental football. That's what we plan to do.

But you have to understand we were at the same point with those guys a few years ago where they weren't always at the right place. These kids have learned a lot from the older ones. They'll get there.

We played well against a very good Texas Tech team that throws the ball probably on a consistent basis better than anyone in America. I feel good about the match-up. I think our defense understands their assignments, and they're well-prepared for the game.

Things didn't go his way in the first half. He didn't make the kind of plays that he's capable of, but he kept his poise.

I'm impressed with this Florida Atlantic team. They are going to win their share of games. We knew it was going to be a tough game.

We need to run the ball to have balance on offense. We just have to make sure we can do it every week.

This has been by far our best winter. They've fought through it mentally. They've really pushed themselves the extra little bit to get better.

He is absolutely fine. He's going to be back practicing and back to normal. There's nothing to worry about.

We've had very business-like practices. We've been very focused.

Collectively, the coaching staff and I agree that this is a class that really meets our needs. I thought our assistant coaches did an outstanding job in evaluating and getting the right kind of kids in front of me.

Charles is fine. He's doing well, and he's a key guy for us on defense.

That's a career for a lot of guys. We're real proud of his accomplishment, as well as the rest of the defense.