He's hitting the ball well for us and that's helping the lineup. He's been consistent and he's able to do so many different things. He puts the ball in play and moves the baseball and that is what we need out of our lead off hitter.

They know what to expect from us as coaches every day. The first year is always tough, especially for your older kids. When things change, it can be a tough transition for them.

For us to have a chance this season, we need to throw strikes and make the routine defensive plays. When you do that, you have a chance to win.

We've never talked about a timetable, but both of us are experienced enough to know that things like this don't happen overnight. But at the end of the day we need to be a competitive football team that fits the university's image and its mission and its values. Tyrone will have as long as it takes to make sure that happens.

They just wore us out. We have to sit in zone because we can't defend, and we knew they could make some runs. We thought we could sustain them, but we missed easy shots.

To get a pole for us is phenomenal. We usually set up for long run. We don't even do qualifying runs in practice.