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East Carolina Head Coach John Thompson and Player Quotes
10/23/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
East Carolina Head Coach John Thompson and Player Quotes
Head Coach John Thompson Quotes
On his team?s performance:
?I?m extremely disappointed with the way we played in the first half, but I?m proud of the way we performed in the second half. I saw some fight in us in the second half, and we?ve got to do that all of the time. They?re a good a football team, they played well, and we played poorly. We?ve got to find a way to play better, and we did not do that. We?ve got to get a lot of things corrected.?
On Southern Miss? performance:
?You can pinpoint how they got in the end zone, whether it was a turnover or a big play. We knew they had tremendous return guys, and we got gashed by them. We?ve got some guys who don?t give the effort that they?re supposed to give. We?ve come too far in this thing to let this continue to happen.?
On what Jeff Bower said to him after the game:
?He said hang in there, keep doing it, and when it turns it?s going to turn. He said some personal things that I respect. I care about him. He?s a great coach, a good man. I love all of those guys.?
On what makes Southern Miss a special place:
?Coaches and players. Good people. Wonderful, wonderful people.?
QB James Pickney
?Southern Miss did a couple of things that we were not prepared for. We all need to look at ourselves and get this thing turned around. It was my fault for not hitting the receivers. I take all the blame. I feel like we did not come out and play in the first half.?
LB Chris Moore
?We just didn?t compete in the second quarter. Give Southern Miss credit, they out played us. We just didn?t fight. It was tough being down that many points in the first half. We have to keep fighting. Starting Monday at practice we half to get better and win on Saturday. We have to learn from our mistakes and the players need to sit down and talk. We are just not wrapping up.
