Quotes by Rob Kittrell

“Well only suit up 27 kids on the varsity this year but this is the first time in a long time that we dont have a sophomore on our varsity.”

“Its been nice to coach an experienced team. Were so far ahead of where we were last year at this time. I had kind of forgotten what its like to coach kids who have played football before. Every year we had to pull kids out of the hall to fill out our teams. We had to teach football almost from scratch. This year we havent had to do that.”

“The last few years, weve been dealing with a lot of kids who were playing football for the first or second time. We spent a lot of time just teaching the basics. So now we can do a lot more. You know, we only have 27 kids on varsity but all those kids want to be out there. They all want to be part of something. This team has a lot of enthusiasm.”

“He also went to the combine this summer, and his sheer size caught some (college) coaches attention. You cant teach 6-8. Hes always been good in the weight room, and I think football will help him in basketball, too.”

“Going into these games, our kids feel like they can compete. Thats the biggest difference.”

“If anybody knows how good he is, its us. It seems like hes gotten 1,000 yards on us the last two years.”

“Hes a great back but I also give a lot of credit to their offensive line. Those guys do a great job of opening up a seam and he does a great job of exploding through it. When hes going north-south, one guy is not going to bring him down.”

“Its been a learning experience for us. Our players learned a lot and we learned a lot as coaches.”

“This is a real tough league with a lot of good football teams. We love being in this league. Its a lot of fun to go to some of these smaller towns where football is very important.”

“Truckee, they just reload every year. With them, its all about the system. The key with Truckee is that they have a real good youth football system up there. The kids they get have all played football before. Those kids can just step into that program and play.”