Mike Hohensee Quotations

My family and I are excited to be staying in Chicago through the 2009 season. Thanks to the passion and commitment of my staff, players and the entire Rush organization over the past six years, we have been able to build a team we all can be proud of.

Onsides are a tangle of arms and legs with bodies flying.

I thought he did some tremendous things. I thought he did some poor things. He has a lot of room to grow.

I went for the kick instead of two points because I felt their team was tiring.

Nashville went on a big run last year and Arizona the year before that, so I see no reason why we can't be that team this year, especially knowing the makeup of our players. They're a never-give-up bunch who have suffered through some close losses.

Matt has done everything a quarterback needs to do to prepare. He earned the job.

That's what happens when receivers run the wrong routes, drop balls and fumble.

We'll be sure to recommend him when the time comes.

We'll have a new kicker in here on Monday.

We had a play no one has seen before but couldn't get it done.

The play was called an 'S Choice Special. We still have it, but it's called something different now.

We are excited to see what Kevin can do during training camp. He is an accomplished athlete who had a great career at Iowa and owns a Super Bowl ring from his time in the NFL. He will be a great addition to the receiving corps.

We all will miss Keith. He is a true professional and always conducted himself in a way that reflected positively on the organization.

We had to do some unconventional things out there in our kicking game, and we ended up having to draw some 2-point conversion plays up on the bench, but we found out we have a pretty good quarterback under center. I am impressed with the team's character and look forward to the next 15 games.

We had to do a few things to get back on track.

Bottom line is we didn't win. I think we come out of this game with a lot of positives that we found out about our football team. But, we have to continue to get better.

Bobby came to us with some baggage, but he's ours now and we're glad to have him. He's a good route runner and has incredibly soft hands, much softer than I realized.

Every game has been a learning process for us. Hopefully, we'll win enough games to get to (the playoffs) because we're going to play our best football at the end of the season.

They made plays when they had to. We didn't make throws when we had to, didn't make stops when we had to and didn't make catches when we had to.

It was a tough decision but something we felt had to be done because kicking is so important in this game. We will all miss Keith. He is a true professional and always conducted himself that way. It wasn't personal. We would have kept him if there wasn't another kicker out there, but there was.

Taking the world champions to the last second without a kicker, that's not bad.

It was a game we should have won, but they made the plays and we didn't.

It's to our advantage. It's about the time we're finishing up our daily practices.

I don't know if we pushed someone in the back or not. I'd like to see who wasn't holding on that play. ... It's a very unpopular way to lose a football game.

Chad is doing a lot of things differently. He's smarter and seeing the field better.

I don't look at the second half as easier. Every team is a challenge. Grand Rapids might be the most improved team in the league.

I don't like the fact that we are 0-1, but I think we found out we have a good football team today. They are the defending champs and a very good football team.