J. Hoover Year Quotations

Maybe next year we can improve on this by increasing the field from eight to 12. We would like to create some rivalries between Region 7 and Region 8.

Last year was an exception because we don't usually have a running back gain 1,000 or 1,200 yards like Wisey did, ... Usually we're more balanced. Anytime you gave Wisey the ball, he could break it. We're going to miss him. But you can't harp on it. He gave us two good years, but we have to move on.

I can't imagine Walton going through a year without playing Delhi, ... I was comparing our schedule to last year and I think our schedule is tougher this year and we're D. ... That's one thing when we decided to go D, I asked (Delhi coach and Section Four coordinator) Dave Kelly if we could still play Sidney, Unatego and Delhi, and he said they could arrange it.

We didn't have a good draw the first year. We didn't have a good draw last year either.

We're a year older and a year wiser, and Morgan is more of a dominant player. We're a better outside shooting team, and we have one more year of playing in bigger games.

We are pleased with our results in a challenging 2005, even though the 4% improvement in diluted earnings per share from operations was below our goal to increase those earnings 10% to 15% per year over time.

The team I really feel bad for is Indiana State. I think last year they should have been the number one seed, and this year they should have been also. The winner of the tournament is going to come out of our side of the bracket. It's going to come down to Indiana State or us.

Defensively from last year we have four back and as far as points allowed, I think we were in the top three of the section,

I?m blessed to be a coach who has this kind of talent that believes in defense. That has been a key for us all year long.