FOOTBALL | EASTERN KENTUCKY POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE 8/31/24

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coach I guess maybe just a general observation it seems like some great things happen but some teachable moments uh maybe that's in your will house as a coach so how would you kind of assess that yeah I I think there was a whole lot of good proud of our guys for their energy man their competitive Spirit the toughness played with but there's so many things to clean up and I think that's the the biggest takeaway is that you got a chance to go win the way we won uh but we're going to need to play better play cleaner and that's what we're going to look forward to as we get back into it coach you talked about the the energy and a lot of these guys have been through a lot the last few years and just it seemed like from the sidelines and the play on the field those guys were really excited to play today I mean what's your thoughts on how they've handled that day-to-day and and especially today in their first game yeah I think uh our guys understand man that that we do we want to have fun doing it every single day we want to have fun every single Saturday you get so few opportunities at this thing and to to have the ability to come out uh and open the season at home our energy should have been through the roof and we should have played as if we were having fun and so that was the expectation again I I love where our guys are mentally and how much we've come together in a very short amount of time we're going to need that as we get going later on in the season during training camp a lot of your defensive players talked about hudler wanting them to fly around be around the ball I'm like OAC Smith did that a lot tonight and I think he had 10 first half tackle just talk about what you saw from him yeah I saw a guy playing the game the way it's supposed to be played you know a guy that that is violent when he gets to the football he he is playing incredibly hard got plenty of things to clean up but that part of it man is is evident and so if we can get 11 guys every single snap playing that way I think we got a chance to get done what we're trying to get done coach I know it's kind of fresh on your mind but just a little bit what did you see from your guys tonight that you liked and what do you see that you didn't like that you may really want to improve on going into this next week yeah there's plenty of things that that we have to clean up you know offensive you look you look at it there's whether it's the fourth down noncon conversion and the detail that we played with there whether it was some of the penalties where we have opportunities for chunk plays and it just made the drives harder the fact that we get down there in the second half and uh you know we don't end up scoring a touchdown and then we end up botching a field goal th those are things to me that are incredible uh teaching moments for us to understand man we got to play better we got to play cleaner the expectation is when we get down there we score touchdowns so why did and we do that and then we've got to be able to go execute and go kick a field goal I think defensively as you look at it we did some some great things at times they they had drives going we found ways to get off the field the only drive obviously that we want back is the one right before half as they're able to go down and finish that drive and and go punch one in but again so so much good but so much to clean up and that was the message in the locker room we we know that the expectation is going to continue uh to be man we got to be better we got to play better we got to play cleaner our guys want that they understand that and I think that's the best part about it um coach uh Jordan Mosley hadn't done a whole lot in a bulldog uniform before this year but a lot of guys in Fall Camp talked about the the work that he' made and the progress he'd put in uh what did you see from him tonight obviously he created that explosive play right off the bat yeah I I saw exactly what I thought I would see I really did got incredible confidence in that guy and to me he's a guy that's got a chance to have a really really good year um he is a pro every single day the way he goes about his business is going to give him an opportunity to be a really good player and it's a guy that's got ability too so uh excited for him to be able to go get some production and as we build this thing man we're going to need five six seven guys to have great production in that room again for us to be able to go do what we want to do Jeff up Blake I mean you know phenomenal first half and those 35 points in the first half I mean what do you kind of take away from an offense like that when you know everything's clicking and and how do you really even know what you need to improve on when when things are going so well offensively in the first half like that yeah there were still some things in the first half that were incredibly muddy we could have played a lot cleaner again we had the two penalties that were back to back that should not ever happen the ball was on the ground too many times and so for us like we've got to take that and and understand that it is a very fine line being on the right side and the wrong side of things and so again Blake knows that I think our entire unit our football team knows that and that's U that's that's what is going to be the attention of you know all week hey coach here in the back right um congrats on your first win uh Kevin Coleman seemed to provide a spark on special teams early on and obviously that big touchdown in the second half what did you see from him that stood out to you in his first game with you guys and and also if you don't mind asking me asking why'd you change your hat color at halftime yeah I uh so cev uh is a guy that we knew we were getting a guy that had really good return ability and that was a huge thing for us as we were in the portal in December we knew we had to be able to go get a very electric slot love Creed and that gives us the ability to have Kev and Creed playing in the slot both guys being returned guys so we've got two guys right there that got a chance to be really really good players for us um so I I thought Kev would have the ability to to make some plays in teams and then on offense tonight did that so proud of him and then I changed hats because the white one was soaking wet coach right here Dylan Flo obviously Elijah Cannon finished finished that game with a pick six right there at the end of the game and then Isaac Smith had an impressive performance as well in the secondary what would you kind of evaluate the secondary's performance overall yeah I thought there was a lot of good again you know when you look at it you want the the drive back right before the end of the half where they go down they make some plays they convert on some third Downs they throw and catch and pretty tight windows we got to do a little better job challenging at times but but again I saw guys playing the game the way we want them to play flying around hats to the ball trying to get contact on the ball Non-Stop and so just proud of of the way our defense finished the way they finished in the second half and being able to get off the field having the pick six all right then punting the football out of their own End Zone and us being able to block and and scoop and score that is a credit to our defense fin finishing the way we needed to finish which was really good to see coach too quick when so any preliminary report on on dinkin no we we'll probably know more tonight than obviously tomorrow second I know your guy wants to dominate the fourth quarter but you get two non-offensive touchdowns there that had to kind of ignite the sideline there what what did you feel like when the G the game keeps expanding but your quarterback standing next to you yeah it's it's fun to see those guys get out there and go make plays it's a play game players got to make the plays and so for those guys to have the ability to finish the game that way a guy like JP who I I cannot brag on enough a guy that's been through a ton since he's been here and is the ultimate teammate and so for him to be able to go create the block Rio be able to scoop it and score was a lot of fun to see and then Elijah makes a play on the ball and is able to go house one so again fun for our Sidelines fun for our guys to be able to see them make plays late in the game like this coach back here on your left just kind of talk to me about you know starting your career off with the win just kind of talk to to us about what does that mean to you personally just getting off on the right track with your career as a head coach here at Mississippi State yeah it means a ton I think one of the coolest things for me and for us and my family man we get off the bus and we get to the dog walk and here we are week one and and our fans showed up and showed out and it was incredible the atmosphere the energy over 10,000 students show up tonight and hang with us through the rain a true torrential down poor all right at times and they did an unbelievable job of creating energy so our home F Advantage we don't take that for granted it's not taken lightly so thank you to our fans our our student body for showing up tonight and being loud and having great energy you got off the plane when you got here your message was about showtime and putting on a show offensively where do you feel like this game ranks on that scale and what you want to do here as far as putting on that show yeah not not good enough you know know at the end of the day again our guys did a bunch of good I've said that many times we've got to play better we got to play cleaner the expectations is not kick field goals down there when we have to we got to go bang them through and and then the next piece of it is you know we weren't able we didn't play a lot of plays offensively tonight because of some of the things that happened there late in the game which is which is a great thing but I I did love the fact of how we started but we're going to have to continue to to play cleaner it was again for Blake really good start for for our entire unit and our team but the expectations continue getting a lot better Coach one last question for you um I know that it's overreactive on halftime adjustments you know and of course letting them down there to score in the last possession but then in the second half you guys had two straight turnover on Downs was that something that you guys worked on defensively at halftime or something as such no it was just our guys doing a really good job coming out and playing hot in the second half you know that was the message at halftime is respecting the game and understanding we're not going to walk out there and it's just going to happen like you got you got to go play uh with great intent and our guys did that we did that defensively all the way through the second half and again that's probably what I'm most proud of is what we did on that side of the ball to close the game out and and that that was fun to watch uh coach from your introductory press conference till now just talk about the journey that you've been on and was it kind of a relief to find fin get the first game going and get the first game over with so you can finally have that career starting as the head coach here you know the Journey's been it's been great I've said this a thousand times the people uh in our community in staro have been incredible it's it's truly been humbling our fan base has been awesome and the people inside our community the support has just it has it's been incredible for me and my family so being able to get out there tonight lead our guys down the ramp and lead them through the dog walk and have the ability to to go get our first win together you know again and don't take it for granted you know it'll be the the first of many could not be more excited about where we are today but I'm a heck of a lot more excited about where we're going thank you'all appreciate it

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