I asked him how important it was to the senior class to leave Odom on more solid footing than he's been the last couple of years. Here's his answer:
"It’s a very big deal. We got to make sure we leave (Odom) with a real good platform. On and off the field. We’ve got to let the younger guys know, the guys up under us, that it’s going to be a certain way. We’re all about winning. We’re trying to set the tradition right now. It’s a process. When I got here, it was 5-7, 5-7, 7-6, whatever it is. We’re just trying to set this winning tradition and we’re going to do that. That’s the main deal. We’re going to win on the field and off the field. We’re going to win in the classroom. Coach Odom ain’t going to have to worry about giving guys boards or extra punishments and stuff like that because of guys acting crazy. We moved all that out of the way. No offense, but we got guys off the team that wasn’t being a part of it. You know what I mean? And if you ain’t a part of it, you better get with the program. The guys who come in as freshmen, they got to know, this is how I got to be. You can’t do this, you can’t do that. It ain’t all fun and games. We came here for winning."
"It’s a very big deal. We got to make sure we leave (Odom) with a real good platform. On and off the field. We’ve got to let the younger guys know, the guys up under us, that it’s going to be a certain way. We’re all about winning. We’re trying to set the tradition right now. It’s a process. When I got here, it was 5-7, 5-7, 7-6, whatever it is. We’re just trying to set this winning tradition and we’re going to do that. That’s the main deal. We’re going to win on the field and off the field. We’re going to win in the classroom. Coach Odom ain’t going to have to worry about giving guys boards or extra punishments and stuff like that because of guys acting crazy. We moved all that out of the way. No offense, but we got guys off the team that wasn’t being a part of it. You know what I mean? And if you ain’t a part of it, you better get with the program. The guys who come in as freshmen, they got to know, this is how I got to be. You can’t do this, you can’t do that. It ain’t all fun and games. We came here for winning."
