Dan Mullen Quotations

Whenever you capture information, there should be checks and balances. It's certainly important to bear security in mind whenever you're working with databases.

When you can only get in touch with them by phone once a week, it (text) provides more direct constant communication with the players you're recruiting. It's a big, big benefit to stay in touch with them.

I could sense he was a little bit nervous. He had been the starter here for a couple of years. He came in kind of quiet, and we knew that had to change.

Because we feel there was a good-faith argument to make that the statute as written was constitutional, we feel we have an obligation to make that argument if at all possible.

I don't think we've gone away from the option as a staff at all. That's still a big part of what we want to do.

If something comes out, you had better be ready, no matter how incorrect it might be.

He would be in our meetings, then run out to take batting practice. Even if he couldn't go out on the (football) field, he would try to come see us and he would come in on his own time and study film.

He does a very nice job of doing that. He's one of the first quarterbacks I've coached who is really comfortable throwing on the run. He's real comfortable on the move out of the pocket, so that's part of (the offense). You'll see us do a little bit more of that because that's where his comfort level is and that's us evolving the offense.

He's going to have to play in that first game to get some experience.

Just by making sure he's got that red jersey on, we don't let him run around. The thing he does best right now, with being mentally and physically tough, is run the ball. If he's struggling, let's go run someone over. We don't let him do that. So, that brings a little more frustration for him. But in the long run it's going to be for the best.

We need to know what kids are reading, what they are saying.

Yeah, I do. It's a big comfort level. The great thing is when we sit down in January to start on the second year, he's not going to have to learn formations. He already knows all the plays, all the formations. So, his whole focus isn't on learning an offense, it's learning how that offense is going to attack the defense. That's where the comfort level comes in in the second year.

Bob is a true leader and goes off of his gut instinct. This is a key to why his employees support and follow him.

The toughest part for these kids is coming in mid-semester, and not coming in with a full group of young guys. You have to make sure they are being looked after.

Some successful kids are so driven they have in mind what they want to achieve and that is more important to them than hanging out or going to senior skip day.

A recruit may say one thing to you, then tell someone else something totally different.

Athletes face some of the same issues any student deals with: academics, family and personal issues, career or educational path changes. Each person has a unique set of circumstances that lead to decisions they make.

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Your job as coaches is putting your team and players in the best situation. We've tried to do that and the offense has kind of evolved around the players.

This is his first chance to really sink his teeth into an offense and be ready to go. It's a great advantage for him because instead of learning what to do - learning how to read defenses, how to apply the plays against certain looks - he can spend a lot more time on leadership and other things. It takes a lot of time to learn all that stuff.

It is time to take control of it. That is what we are forcing him to do. ..... He still needs to become a much more vocal leader. He needs to take control of this team, not look for somebody else to do it.

Everybody's pretty sad around here. He was our captain and he was a good kid and a great personality. It's just a tragedy.

In a lot of controlled situations, I can make either guy look good.

He's working really hard and that's all you want out of him. We're installing new things every single day for a guy who should be getting ready for his senior prom. It's all going to happen really, really fast for him.

You usually have an idea of when people are going to use certain defenses and certain formations. But every down and distance, they'll use both. I don't know if I've seen that.

The mechanics had more to do with timing and footwork and balance; it's all lower body getting his feet underneath him planting and throwing the football. He's going to fix that up pretty fast.