Quotes by Pat Monroe

“You know youre not going to have all the bases covered, but you have to concentrate on the strengths you have. Ive had some good players every year Ive been here, big-play kids that allow you to be a little more creative offensively and on special teams. But people tend to find an answer for us defensively, especially power-oriented teams that find where weve tried to stash our weaknesses.”

“It isnt that the kids like to play football. Year after year, they come ready to play, and weve been blessed with key talent at the skill positions.”

“If a guy goes down at this level, its like you lose five guys because you lose a guy on offense, defense, on both your special teams and on the bench. One injury will devastate you, and two will end it for you.”

“It was unfortunate the way things turned out. We wanted to see how the team matched up and how much we progressed. We were going to play a top quality opponent.”

“Hes been in our program for four years. Hes shared time and been on the field with some pretty good running backs.”

“We dont have a lot of wiggle room in our budget for something like that.”

“There were a lot of people scrambling trying to help us out. It was just unfortunate that we ran out of time.”

“Somewhere in that scope of things there was a breakdown. Specifically where, I dont know. Its a tremendous disappointment.”

“We can compete, but I have no idea. I guess well probably find out on Saturday against Greensburg Central Catholic.”

“Weve played in rainstorms and monsoons and things like that, but never something like this.”