The Mouse Influence / Nate Ilaoa Quotes

Kalani Simpson goes off on another tangent from the June Jones Q&A, and it's pretty funny/scary/awesome. In a previous article, June Jones says he has never let an opposing team score just so he could get the ball back. Nonethless, from Kalani's column, June has anecdote about being majorly influenced by a "Let 'em score" situation from his playing days under Mouse Davis. An excerpt:

The Vikings can't stop them, and time is draining away. Montana is going to run out the clock. Montana is going to score. Montana is going to win.

The young Jones is standing on the sideline, watching, horrified, standing next to Mouse as hope fades away. He looks over, only to see that Mouse is walking toward the defensive coach.

"Let 'em score," Mouse says.

"What?!!!"

Mouse is serious. "Let 'em score."

In the retelling Jones uses italics in the tone of his voice: "They got into a physical altercation."

Read the whole column, it's a great story.

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And Nate Ilaoa, who signed a 4-year contract with the Eagles, has various quotes spread around various articles. This one, from Larry O'Rourke of the Morning Call is about the upcoming training camp.

''I heard it's hot up there,'' said running back Nate Ilaoa, a seventh-round pick from Hawaii. ''Yeah, it can get hot in Hawaii, but there's always a breeze in Hawaii. They told me there isn't any breeze up [at Lehigh].''

From the Star-Bulletin regarding the competition in the backfield:

"Its not about competing with Moats or whoever, its about just going out there and competing period," Ilaoa said. "I just want to get there and let the tough part rest with the Eagles, make it hard for them to cut me."

And from the Advertiser, about getting used to the NFL:

Ilaoa, who served as an instructor at yesterday's Hawai'i Football Camp, is scheduled to return to Philadelphia on Wednesday.

"I'm getting the hang of things," said Ilaoa, who was admittedly nervous when he first reported to the Eagles' mini camp in May. "It was like that the first time I came (to UH). I got comfortable after that."