He ran better (Wednesday), but not well enough to run in practice. I am going to challenge him to come out tomorrow and go. If he is ready to do that, we will see how he does.

It has been a great process, ... It has been really fun to put the thing together with the challenge of trying to replace really terrific football coaches. Now we have to go out and prove what we're all about. There is a lot of scrutiny and question marks that I think are valid, but I think this group is going to do a great job.

We make a lot of demands on them in practice about rebounding. They were up for the challenge tonight.

About 10 seconds after they announced our name, David Pak was yelling, 'let's go practice, let's go practice right now.' Everyone was ready to leave behind him. It recharged our batteries.

He loves the challenge. (Steele) is out there in practice going as hard or harder than he was today. He's tough. He's a guy who will make the big play next time.

It's a challenge, because we typically have one week of practice before Christmas and then one week before we get into our games. The kids improved significantly throughout the season. It's always a challenge for us because there are so many other things to do in Steamboat.