Tommy Lewis Quotations

One of the things we wanted to do tonight if we could was to establish some other offensive threats.

I wouldn't say there's great cause for concern here. While it may have been a trend, I don't see it happening. ... It's not going to be a continuing trend.

I don't have too many complaints defensively. I think we're playing well as a unit. I think we're playing hard, and we're getting about the most we can out of our kids.

We've got to realize that the things we're doing now will affect what we're doing 3, 4, 5 weeks down the road. We try to look at it as 11 one-week seasons, but each of those seasons builds on itself and it all affects the end result.

We've got to put together a good game on offense and execute. We haven't done that for a couple of weeks.

I think it's going to continue to grow. I think there is a group of students who are really embracing the sport and a group of parents, who might not have made up their minds about letting their kids wrestle at first, who are embracing the sport now, too.

I think the biggest reason they're 0-2 right now is their turnovers. I think they had five against Prep, and I think they threw three interceptions against First Baptist. I think they've played decently other than the plays when they've turned the ball over.

I think this will be the first time all season we've had everybody healthy. That will be nice.

I thought we were a little sloppy on offense, and Gabe wasn't very sharp. But you can get better after any game, so that's what we're going to try to do.

I think they're a team that we need to certainly respect and go out and play our best. We can't just see that they lost two games and think they're going to be a pushover. I know better than that.

Man, that was a roller coaster. We were puttering along for a half, and then we got on a roll and scored three times, and then we went right back in that valley again.

We're doing some makeshift patchwork, but I think we'll be OK.

Both teams lost to Thomas Heyward last Saturday, so the kids did a good job responding and played much better than they did against Thomas Heyward.

We installed that offense this week. That particular set is something that you'll see again.

That team and program, they line up and play as hard as they can. They're a proud program, and they'll be back. They're going to have a lot of varsity experience with these young kids that are out here right now.

They're kind of policing themselves on that, and that's great when you see the team's leaders holding themselves accountable. That's exactly the kind of attitude you want to see.

I told the kids this was a night that they won in spite of their coach. I thought we could run against them, but I got away from the game plan. I tried to out-think myself and shot myself in the foot.

It's something that I feel makes us a better team not just on the field but also in team chemistry and camaraderie. Even though it's football related, it's time that they wouldn't normally be spending together, so the relationships between the guys are definitely accentuated and deepened.

It's something I started when I first got here, and I've always told the guys it's optional,

It was made very clear when I got here that Colleton Prep was one of the premier football programs, and that's not any different this year, ... We'll have to play well if we want to compete.

They were big and physical and tough up front. ... They put a lot of pressure on us, but fortunately, we came up with some big plays.

Once Josh let his intentions be known, we started working on trying to find a replacement, and that's ongoing. We don't have one yet, but we do have a few candidates.

The neat thing about it was the seniors kind of stepped up and said we needed to have some more consequences for mistakes, because they didn't feel like just doing a play over was good enough. The best thing about it is that it came from them.

It's really a tribute to the guys that they have bought into it. It really means something that they're willing to give up some of their free time to get together and make an effort to get better.

I kept telling myself I didn't do it. But I knew I had. I know I'll be hearing about this the rest of my life.

I know families do stuff on the weekends, and sometimes people have plans that take them out of town, but as long as the guys don't have family plans, they're usually there.

I just felt like the tempo of the game that we started the first quarter with was what we'd like to carry through an entire game, ... The second quarter we'll use as a teaching tool to say 'Hey, this is what we need to not let happen.'

He's very quick, very elusive. It's very difficult to get a clean shot at him. He definitely stretches defensives and makes them cover their whole field.

The kids bend but don't break. They find ways to either force turnovers or stop them.