Jeff Brohm:
Jordan Geurad and KeyJuan Brown:
Chris Barclay:
Jeff Brohm Quotes:
Louisville head coach Jeff Brohm: (Opening Statement) “Disappointing game. This one stings and hurts and it is supposed to. We
have a lot of things we have to go back and work on and find a way to get better. There were a lot of dumb penalties that have hurt us throughout the year and just continue to happen – just dumb, just really dumb. Some of them might be a little questionable, I understand that, but just really dumb penalties. We have to make better decisions. We have to stick in there and play tougher. We need to make catches when your number is called and block when you are supposed to – all those things. We need to coach better. We have to be tougher coaches. If something is not working, we have to figure it out and get it fixed and make it work. We need to demand that our players work hard to get it done. On defense, we let them throw all over us. One receiver got open whenever he wanted to and that was not a good plan to cover him. We finally faced a good throwing quarterback like I said we would, and we will continue to see as the season progresses. The next three games will face good throwing quarterbacks, and we are going to have to play better. We had a chance at the end to win, and we have to be the tougher team and buckle down and find a way to win. Mental toughness and physical toughness and we have to be tougher as coaches, so that is disappointing.”
(On making changes or tweaks at this point in the season)
“These are our players, so we’ve got to get our players to do the job better. And if that’s not working, we’ve got to figure out a better plan to help them do the job better. That’s what we’re here for to coach and to find ways to win. You’re not going to win them all, but you’ve got to really work hard to get things fixed. We had plenty of chances in the second half to come through and make a play and we did not. And some of them need to be made, just to be quite honest, so that’s disappointing.”
(On Jacob De Jesus consistently getting the ball)
“I thought ‘the quarterback can throw the ball’, we knew that. When I saw him warming up, I said ‘yep, we’re finally going to face a really good quarterback’. And he threw all over us. The disappointment is when they throw to one guy that much and you don’t have a plan to cover him better, and you don’t cover him better, even at the end to allow their best player to be one-on-one for an easy throw in the corner. We need to coach better; we need to play better.”
