Richy Brooks Quotes (11 Quotes)

We just did not play the way a varsity baseball program needs to. No one was into the game, and it was a total team effort because everyone was out there almost like they were sleeping.

We are a team that is still trying to find its identity. We are trying to find the right people to put in the right places with the right combination of people that will help us the most, but we are starting to figure that out I believe.

We've been having this tournament a few years, and we've gotten a lot of good feedback from it. The main thing about it we try to bring in some pretty good teams to play each other and see teams they would not normally see during the regular season.

We have Russell County here for Senior Night Tuesday, and we'll hopefully hit and play defense the way we did today. We've got games against good teams after that as we're trying to get ready for the playoffs, so we'll hopefully have some guys step up and fill the holes that have been left because of injuries.

We are confident in the ability of all these guys, and we think they will give us some good innings throughout the season.

We have Valley at home Tuesday, and we need to get better before they come here. We still control our own destiny in the area, and we'll need to keep it that way next week.

Coach Powell came to help me in 1998 when he retired from teaching. He has been a great help to me ever since, and this baseball program as well as this community are very blessed to have him here to help guide these young men when they are in high school.

I, as well as this community and school system, are very blessed to have the staff that we have on this team that care and work hard to teach this game. Our problems may be because of me as the head coach, but it is certainly not because of my assistants.

There will be competition at all positions. No starters are set in stone.

Except for two innings, we left at least one runner in scoring position. When you come up here to play this bunch in this ball park, you have to take advantage of those opportunities, because they will make you pay for it if you don't.

With all the games we've played, I don't know who will start in a number of positions Tuesday. We need some leadership on this team, and everyone is waiting on someone else to take charge.