Press Conferences

Here's a quote from June Jones' monday press conference.

On the play of the defense...
"I thought the defense had its best game last week against San Jose State. They were very efficient. (Defensive Coordinator) Jerry (Glanville) has done that everywhere he has been. He gets the most out of his players. We have a lot of talented players, but Jerry gets some of those guys to play better than they are."

And Dick Tomey has even nicer things to say about the Warrior defense in his press conference.

“I don’t think we physically competed with them nearly the way I hoped we would. They have a heck of a football team. They were a much better team than we were Saturday night. I’m very hopeful we can put that game behind us and look forward to what is the most important game in our season now against the University of Idaho.

"If we stopped them there and they kick a field goal, we’re less than two scores behind. I think that puts the game within reach. After that, it made it very difficult and we turned the ball over. When we turned it over, we were in tough shape. The game was really more about their superiority physically. They were stronger. They were tougher. They were better coached.

"That’s the best Hawaii defense I’ve seen in many years. They have two pro prospects playing defensive end. They have a free safety (Leonard Peters) that is in his sixth year. He’s a player who I watched play in high school. They’re very well schooled in what they are doing. It’s simple. They execute very well and they play their butts off. They really play hard. The biggest change in their team is the way their defense is playing and their turnover margin has changed dramatically since the first four games of the season. They were last in the conference early in the year. Now, they’re in ‘plus’ territory. So, they’ve done a great job in that category.

Very nice.