S. Walker Guys Quotations

Until our kids start believing in the potential they have, that's exactly what it will be - just potential, ... We're getting some good individual efforts from a handful of guys but we're not getting it from a lot of others. Everyone, including us coaches, expected big things from this bunch. But if the players don't realize the opportunity they have, we might end up being just another better-than-average Hilliard football team that wins seven games or so.

Maine's won three in a row and they're shooting the heck out of the basketball. They're shooting 53 percent from three in the last three games so those guys are on fire right now. We just happened to catch those guys on two nights when they didn't shoot it very well.

Losing to those guys is always the worst. It's terrible.

If they want to send two guys at me, that's fine. It doesn't mean they're going to be able to stop us.

He's a great coach a player's coach. The guys all love him.

Hands down, they are the best defense we'll face, ... They are in a well-respected conference, and this is the first time in a long time that our guys have seen these types of athletes with that kind of speed and size. So it's a good experience. The thing that I like most of all is our guys remained positive throughout the whole game.

I was cheering our guys on and watching those guys celebrate in the other dugout. It would have been tough for us to hold in our emotions if we were in the same situation.

We were sporadic because we have one returning starter. It's tough. We've got a lot of guys working hard. When you open up with a great team you have to execute every down. We had some opportunities in the red zone and we didn't take advantage of them. Our players made some bad decisions. That's part of it. That's what the first games are about.

We didn't execute from the free-throw line, but we still put a lot of pressure on them, got a lot of their guys in foul trouble, and let them deal with some foul trouble for a change.

You know, you haven't been out there with the guys practicing the technique,

We have actually used his swing over the last couple years to teach our guys. We like the way that he uses his lower half. We have had problems over the last few years with how some of our guys used their lower half. They were basically beat before they started.

You guys (Enid) bring in a lot of good venders for the shows, ... There are some vendors and collectors here all the way from California.

That's something that's hurt us a lot, ... Not to make excuses, but when you don't have the guys who have worked back there all season long it's going to hurt you. Some of those guys will be back, but again, we don't know exactly when it will be. It's a case by case deal.

It's an end of an era, and now you have guys who don't know who Clint Walker and lots of others are. And many don't even know about the business of making pictures.

It's very unfair for Barry when there are other guys who could be talked about and ripped -- because I see it, and you guys (the media) see it. I'm not naming names, but you'd have to be blind, you know?

They certainly had an offensive performance today. Those guys have the green light to take shots and we haven't been making as many as we like, but we knew we were gonna make them at some point in time and that point in time was today.

It was just before we got (Sullivan) and we were struggling, so I came back early (from a groin strain) and it wound up bothering me for about 10 more games. There was a lot more pressure then, but there isn't as much now. I still want to get back as quick as I can, but the guys are doing really well.

It was just one of those situations where I fell on the ground and one of their guys landed on top of me. It was just a bad day for me.

In terms of depth this will hurt us, but we have guys who can step up.

The guys in the bucket were talking to him, keeping him cool. Once we had him in tied into our system he had nothing to worry about other than his own harness failing.

The guys have always been good character guys and we have always gotten along with each other. That's a big part of being part of the Nashville Predators. The guys they brought in may have more skill than some and a little more speed than others, but for the most part their personalities fit with what the Nashville Predators are all about. That's makes it more easier to play with them than anything.