Charlie Coe Guys Quotations

We need to make sure we've got the guys out there who want it the most.

I feel good about these guys. I think all of them can come in and help up right away. That was our reasoning for going after these guys -- we needed experience. And these guys provide some quality, college-level, game experience.

We're probably not going to name anyone the starter coming out of spring, but I'd say he'll be the likely starter. These other guys we have are so young and just don't have the experience Engram does. You can see it in the way he carries himself on the field and with the way he controls the team when he's on the field.

Like I've said before, we had to get some experienced players in here and that's why you see all the transfer JUCO players. We needed warm bodies, so to speak, and we got them. We really believe these guys can come in here and help us out right away.

With the transfers and JUCO kids and if all these guys who have made commitments end up signing, that'll do it for our numbers. I think we'll have just a little room to do some things after the spring, but not much.

I was pleased. We got the guys we knew were coming and didn't lose anybody at the last minute. I think we're all pretty excited about this group.

We're lacking in the size department. Big linemen are at a premium right now. We went after several guys during this last recruiting season, but all of the ones with decent size were snapped up by Division I schools. There just weren't that many to be had. I guess everybody is facing the same problem.

We've got the (National) Coaches Convention coming up. All of these guys are going to that, and you never know what's going to happen during that thing. A lot of job opportunities spring up during those meetings. I just want to wait until after that to see what I'm dealing with.

I lashed them pretty good. I'm just so tired of it. There's nothing more we can do as coaches. It's up to these guys to play up to their capabilities.

I'm pleased. That's what I'll say. I'm not happy, but I'm pleased. Given where we started, we've made good strides. I'm certainly proud of that. These guys have put in a lot of work and it's paying off.

That's concerning to me. We held out a couple of scholarships and we're going to wait until the end of the next semester to see what happens. You know, when these kids go through the spring, some of them don't like their situations and some of them won't make it because of grades. Hopefully, we can pick up one or two guys that way. We sure need to.

It won't at all be an accurate gauge of what people will see next season. We want to have a good afternoon, not get anybody hurt and give these young guys a chance to play. But it won't be an indication of anything, really.

It was a struggle. There were some positives out here, but for the most part, we're still trying to get guys comfortable.

We've got a long way to go. We've got a lot of young guys out here who are still trying to get the feel for things.

It's going to be probably after this week. We've got signing day this week, and I don't want to do this stuff then. I'll get these guys in here sometime late this week or next week, and we'll get everything wrapped up.