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Here are some quotes/notes from the post-game press conference. I typed this live, so they are not verbatim.
Tracy Claeys:
I thought the kids played hard. It's been a tough week for us. They gave us the opportunity to win. Didn't make the play at the end. Great effort. Hate to lose the Jug under these circumstances.
Have to be able to get half a yard. I'd do it all over again. The play before that took a little longer because of a shift and motion. Were looking to get two plays off. It didn't work but that's my personality. Have to get the ball in the end zone.
Santoso punted for Mortell because of a prior poor punt on the long return. Mortell isn't hurt. Worked two weeks on punting and you have to put the ball in the right spot.
Leidner played awfully well. Made some good plays. I'm proud of him. Made plays to win, just were one or two short.
Talked to Kill last night. Said he was going to watch the game. Said Rebeca would keep him from throwing things at the TV. Said to take good notes for Sunday.
I think we all did pretty damn good to get ourselves ready for the game. This is a tough game for tough people.
On the muffed punt: I was going to challenged but the refs told me it doesn't matter if he touches, it's still part of the kick. He could have run around in the end zone as long as he wanted and it wouldn't have been a safety.
Here is the Claeys quote explaining the sequences at the end of the game:
"I think in those situations, you have to be able to get half a yard. If it's outside the one-yard line, we'll kick it and move on. In that situation, I felt like we could get it. I'd do it all over again. I'd do the same the same thing. That's what its about. The play before that, did take a little bit longer than what we thought with the shift and the motion, but the bottom line is, we ran that play after they brought the touchdown back, it was one of those things where we thought we could get two plays off. That's really what we were looking at. We were going to go through a little shift-motion thing to see if we could get somebody open on a short pass and then from there, go back and try to stick it in. Obviously, it didn't work, and it was my call. That's my personality, you get it down inside there, I think you've got to get the ball in the end zone."
Claeys on when they used Santoso to punt from the end zone. Was he injured?
"No, Pete's fine. Pete's fine. He had a little leg injury over the open break but he's fine. He made a bad punt on the one return. He kicked a low one, away from the coverage that they returned down there on the short field. They've been pretty good at returning punts all year long, that a little bit to do with it [too]."
On why Santso went in to punt:
"Because Pete didn't put the ball where was supposed to and that caused a long return. We worked two weeks on it, so we said hey, let's give the other guy a try. Placement of the ball is so important on punt coverage--I mean it really it."
On if they knew the clock was running after the TD was reversed:
“Yeah, we did. We did.”
On the emotion of getting the TD overturned and if they were fully ready at that point:
“I don’t think there is enough time, you don’t have any choice. You got to be ready. As soon as they put the ball down to go, you got to go. You have to have the next play mentality all the time. I’m not saying it doesn’t take away some momentum, obviously it does but I’m also a big fan of that rule. I don’t think you should lose the ball game to somebody that doesn’t score points they way the should. The replay got it right, after I seen the first one, I knew there was a chance it was going to be marked short, so that’s why we had the offense ready to get up there right on the line and get going.”
Tracy Claeys:
I thought the kids played hard. It's been a tough week for us. They gave us the opportunity to win. Didn't make the play at the end. Great effort. Hate to lose the Jug under these circumstances.
Have to be able to get half a yard. I'd do it all over again. The play before that took a little longer because of a shift and motion. Were looking to get two plays off. It didn't work but that's my personality. Have to get the ball in the end zone.
Santoso punted for Mortell because of a prior poor punt on the long return. Mortell isn't hurt. Worked two weeks on punting and you have to put the ball in the right spot.
Leidner played awfully well. Made some good plays. I'm proud of him. Made plays to win, just were one or two short.
Talked to Kill last night. Said he was going to watch the game. Said Rebeca would keep him from throwing things at the TV. Said to take good notes for Sunday.
I think we all did pretty damn good to get ourselves ready for the game. This is a tough game for tough people.
On the muffed punt: I was going to challenged but the refs told me it doesn't matter if he touches, it's still part of the kick. He could have run around in the end zone as long as he wanted and it wouldn't have been a safety.
Here is the Claeys quote explaining the sequences at the end of the game:
"I think in those situations, you have to be able to get half a yard. If it's outside the one-yard line, we'll kick it and move on. In that situation, I felt like we could get it. I'd do it all over again. I'd do the same the same thing. That's what its about. The play before that, did take a little bit longer than what we thought with the shift and the motion, but the bottom line is, we ran that play after they brought the touchdown back, it was one of those things where we thought we could get two plays off. That's really what we were looking at. We were going to go through a little shift-motion thing to see if we could get somebody open on a short pass and then from there, go back and try to stick it in. Obviously, it didn't work, and it was my call. That's my personality, you get it down inside there, I think you've got to get the ball in the end zone."
Claeys on when they used Santoso to punt from the end zone. Was he injured?
"No, Pete's fine. Pete's fine. He had a little leg injury over the open break but he's fine. He made a bad punt on the one return. He kicked a low one, away from the coverage that they returned down there on the short field. They've been pretty good at returning punts all year long, that a little bit to do with it [too]."
On why Santso went in to punt:
"Because Pete didn't put the ball where was supposed to and that caused a long return. We worked two weeks on it, so we said hey, let's give the other guy a try. Placement of the ball is so important on punt coverage--I mean it really it."
On if they knew the clock was running after the TD was reversed:
“Yeah, we did. We did.”
On the emotion of getting the TD overturned and if they were fully ready at that point:
“I don’t think there is enough time, you don’t have any choice. You got to be ready. As soon as they put the ball down to go, you got to go. You have to have the next play mentality all the time. I’m not saying it doesn’t take away some momentum, obviously it does but I’m also a big fan of that rule. I don’t think you should lose the ball game to somebody that doesn’t score points they way the should. The replay got it right, after I seen the first one, I knew there was a chance it was going to be marked short, so that’s why we had the offense ready to get up there right on the line and get going.”
