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Quotable Mack

Posted by HenryJames on November 9th, 2009 under Football

Talking about Malcolm Williams at today’s press conference:

“Malcolm’s about 220 pounds, and it’s amazing to me that he’s on kick coverage, he’s on punt coverage, he’s on the kickoff return team and playing 35-40 plays a game and making a difference. I walked into Oscar Giles’ office and tried to get him off the kickoff coverage team, and it was like trying to steal a child or something.“

That made me laugh.

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  1. The General said:

    November 9th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    Who do you call to steal him some more snaps on offense? Oh, yeah . . .

  2. Vasherized said:

    November 9th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    They’re spreading his explosive plays across all phases of the game.

  3. parlinhall said:

    November 9th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    Intentional irony like this seems rare in Mack’s repertoire.

    Do any other instances come to mind?

  4. HenryJames said:

    November 9th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    I wasn’t being cynical so I highlighted the part that made me laugh.

  5. Guy said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 3:27 am

    Another funny quote (but not written down, you had to listen on the radio). About how the BCS rankings work:

    “I’m still trying to get the computers to return my calls. They won’t. And they don’t come to any of the games.”

  6. Vasherized said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 6:15 am

    Quotable Greg (on continued running game woes):

    “There’s no magic number”

    Hmmm … Last week there was a bunch of them.

    “It’s always everybody’s fault,” Davis said.  “Could we have blocked them better?  Sure. Could we have put our eyes in the right place?  Sure. Could Colt have pulled it one the ‘read’ one time? Sure. Could I have sent a better play?  You can’t just point to one area.”

    Nice. It’s everybody’s and nobody’s fault. That is how you teach accountability.

    Unsatisfied with these results now 10 weeks into the season, we’ve telegraphed our stubborn resolve to run it down Baylor’s throat.

    “Cody could see 20 carries in Waco.”

    2.7 ypc, holla!

     

  7. TaylorTRoom said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    I’m reminded of the movie “Gallipoli”, when the British commander, on a ship miles from the battle, is told that the Australian troops’ first wave were all mowed down by the Turkish machine guns within 10 yards of leaving their trenches. An Australian officer gently suggests that an alternate strategy might be a good idea. The British commander decides that his battle plan is not the problem, and that the Australian troops’ personal courage is the problem. He orders two more waves of troop charges into the machine guns…with predictable results. The last wave didn’t even bother to fix their bayonets (they knew they wouldn’t need them), and instead used them to hold goodbye messages to their loved ones in the trench walls.

    That’s Davis’ analytical approach to our running game. The players have to try harder and execute better.

  8. nordberg said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 7:32 am

    ““It’s always everybody’s fault,” Davis said. “Could we have blocked them better? Sure. Could we have put our eyes in the right place? Sure. Could Colt have pulled it one the ‘read’ one time? Sure. Could I have sent a better play? You can’t just point to one area.”

    Sure I can. I’m pointing at your fucking disastrous scheme, Greg. That seems to be the elephant in the room that he never touches on.

  9. nordberg said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 8:03 am

    Also, every time Davis opens his mouth he says things that would never, ever come out of Muschamp’s mouth. Hey, Greg, we’re still “working on the run game”?? Seriously, try to imagine Muschamp failing so badly in an area so consistently. And then just throwing up his hands and saying “well, shit, must be everyone’s fault!”.

  10. Capt. Insano said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 8:23 am

    Why the HELL would he want to take him off the Kickoff team?!?!?!

  11. LosHorn said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 8:48 am

    This weekend we will run for 200 yards and on Monday all we’ll hear about is how the running game is fantastic and has been all year. Then they’ll take the newly skewed avg’s and throw those at us.

    Numbers only matter when they’re on the coaches’ side. when they don’t say the right things, they’re irrelevant.

  12. BEHorn said:

    November 10th, 2009 at 8:53 am

    HJ – “I wasn’t being cynical ….”

    I’m not sure I quite follow you here.

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