Kevin McCann Quotations

We're always looking to advance as many as we can. We're happy with nine, I feel bad for Sammy (Martin) and Preston (Johnson). It would have been nice for those to get those kids, too. But nine isn't bad. We'd take those numbers any time. Ever since the sectionals, the kids have been wrestling well. I just hope we keep it going.

Obviously, as a three-time state champion, he's at a level that is above anybody else. With Jimmy, I think he's really close, but a lot has to do with confidence. When he took a shot at him, he (Conroy) took him down. He needs to have a little more confidence and let it fly. Nobody expected (Bryan) Hunt to beat (Ryan) Wilson.

He looked like he was asleep for awhile.

Hunt set the table. That was pure conditioning there. He's by far our hardest worker. He stays after practice, works on his feet. He waited for his shot.

I think the kids are gonna be gun ho for that one. But I just hope they aren't thinking about that and underestimating Ocean.

I think we proved (how good we are) at the states. I think this puts an exclamation point on it.

I think this puts an exclamation point on it.

I think they let it fly in the first match and they were down in this one. They were flat and weren't ready to wrestle. They were so elated with that first win that to come back against a quality team ... they had to be ready to go, and they weren't ready to go.

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We knew we didn't wrestle well the first time we saw them. The kids had wanted High Point to win (against Central Regional in the semifinals). They got them and they wrestled like they wanted it.

We kept preaching to the team that it was a new season. We just told them that we had four matches left to get where we wanted to go and they all jumped on board. This is really what it's all about.

We didn't expect that there. It was hard to come back from that. We were thinking that was going to be a win there.

We had a few matches like that today. We just didn't wrestle well the first time. This time, the kids were ready . . . really ready.

You go after Eddie, especially in a match like this ... He's such a team player that when it comes down to match time, he's looking for the six (points for a pin) -- every time. One mistake -- that's exactly what happened. For a split second.

We went through Ocean to get to High Point. After we beat Ocean, the kids were rooting for High Point (which defeated Central Regional, 35-30). We kept telling them after Voorhees (which South Plainfield destroyed 60-4 in the North 2 Group III final on Thursday) that it was Ocean first, then High Point.

That's what they did, and we let it happen.

You really can't compare the two championships. These kids really worked hard for this and they deserved it.

This is the goal, and everyone did their job.

You can't lose the close ones -- 40, 52, 60. We lost them all. You can't lose the close ones. In a match like this against a team like that, you have to win those. Our goal is to always win the group, and if they want to win the group they can't wrestle like they did tonight.

They are loaded, but I think we can take at least seven (matches). A lot will depend on who wins the toss and where (Ocean junior Kyle) Kiss goes.

They just outwrestled us -- that's a great team there. They came in ready to go and let it fly.

The kids have been wrestling great these last four matches.

I hope we wrestle them again. It's good, but it's also bad. These kids worked so hard to get the No. 1 ranking, and they kind of just gave it away. We tried to warn them that High Point was a great team and ready to take it to us.

I questioned it. I thought the buzzer had gone off. The angle didn't look like it was 45 degrees. He had the kid beat.

If he went 119 (Grey) he could've won. If he went 130, same thing.