Mike Leach Press Conference Quotes
August 21, 2000 | Football
Aug. 21, 2000
On Preseason Practice "Practice has gone well. We've had a lot of good ones. We're tired of playing each other. It's time to play someone else."
On the New Offensive System "Everybody is excited to play. The dedication of the players has been tremendous, trying to figure out all of the little extras for each play. They have picked up the system better than any place I've been so far."
On Getting Ready for New Mexico "We just need to polish things up. Football is a constant state of corrections. We just have some screwdriver-type stuff, nothing major."
"The best teacher you get is the first three games. You're in a developmental stage of the season."
On Pressure To Win First Game "The pressure I feel is for us to play to the best of our ability. We just want to do that consistently, regardless of the score."
On Sophomore QB Kliff Kingsbury "He works incredibly hard. He is ahead of schedule. As long as his effort level is there, everything else will take care of itself."
On Players Who Have Performed Well In Practice "On offense, (Jamall) Broussard, (Foy) Munlin, Dylan Gandy has done some good things, (Wes) Welker. Defensively, C.J. (Johnson), Geremy Woods, Mike Smith, who's going to redshirt this season, and Marques Turner."
On Coach McMackin's Defense "I expect we'll be aggressive defensively. The secondary will have more people to stop the big play, and I think there will be quite a few turnovers."
On Preparing For First Game As Division I Head Coach "There are really two things. I don't want to forget any of the organizational details. Then just staying in the routine of practice, following the gameplan completely."
On New Mexico "They played a lot of close games last year and got better at the end. With them being as close as they are and playing them as many times as we have, I think that adds a little extra to it.
"They're going to change things up a little this year, run the option. They have a pretty good quarterback to do that.
"Defensively, they like to hide the peanuts under the jar, change up the fronts and bring people from different spots."
On Ricky Williams And Running Back Situation "Ricky (Williams) will be our feature back, and Shaud (Williams) will spell him some when he gets tired, plus Shaud plays the slot position. Ricky's been pretty flashy sometimes during practice. We've rested him more as a precaution, but he's looked good in practice."