This was an opportunity to bring cultures together for a common love - the game of football. These kids, they're playing for pride. If you watch their games, it's fantastic because of the passion.

It gives kids more opportunity to come in and compete. It's a window of opportunity. We've got good football players here and we'll be just fine.

It gives bigger kids an opportunity to see what football is all about before they get to high school.

It's a good idea in principle because the kids round here love football.

It was hard (to leave) because I love college football. If it wasn't the opportunity it was, I probably wouldn't have taken it. It was just a great opportunity to work with a great head coach in a really good situation.

We have a good crop of kids returning from last year's team. I'd love to have an opportunity to get back in that environment, for sure. Absolutely, I think we can. Field hockey is a crazy sport, anything can happen. We just have to take care of what we need to do and win the games we should. It's going to be difficult. There are a lot of strong teams in our division.