Jay Bly Quotations

We're going to line up in a one-back offense most of the time. We're going to be in the shotgun a lot. I hesitate to call it a Spread offense, though. It's really a ball-control offense, and that's something the Spread is not known for in general.

Greenwood had more people in the stands at Fair than Fair did. They drew big numbers all year long. It was just electric. Everything they did was electric -- the way they came on the field, the way they lined up. They were not a real big team. They were not a real fast team. But, they took it to Fair. Their kids reminded me a lot of our kids size wise.

Our junior class has a year's worth of experience. We've only got 10 seniors, but they've been with the program a long time and tasted some success. We feel like they're the ones who've overcome since their freshman year. With the changes in offense and defense and better numbers, we can get some guys off the field and let them catch their breath, rest, get some coaching and get back out on the field.

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Our level of execution seemed lower than what it was against Barton.

We have some sophomores who can plug holes, but last year many of our sophomores never came off the field. That's different.

Well, we saw a lot of good things. Everybody contributed, Actually, we saw what we needed to see.

We need to speed up the tempo of the offense. That's important because it will wear on the defense. In the last eight minutes last week, you could see it was beginning to wear on the Paris defense.

The defense really saved the night for us. You're not going to be able to say enough about the way the defense played.

What can I say, they are PA. They throw the ball around a lot, mix in the run, bring a lot of motion and moving people around. They use many different formations. We've got to do a better job in coverage and put pressure on the quarterback against Pulaski Academy.

They are always looking to bring a linebacker on a blitz from somewhere.

Coach Taylor will give us just a little different look as far as the defense goes.

The Brinkley Tigers are always dangerous because of their athletic ability. We've had a tough time with them the last couple of years.

Although we ended up on the short end of the scoreboard, we got some questions answered.

They give you a little bit of everything to work on. If you don't go out well prepared, make your tackles and so on, they're going to take it to the house on you.

They executed their offensive and defensive game plans pretty well.

They'll just do whatever they need to do on defense to shut you down.

All I've asked the kids is for them to get us four yards. It doesn't even have to be a pretty four yards.