[Coach Howard]

They are working hard but you nailed it in your earlier post when you said that I was thin at the offensive line. I guess we have been spoiled over the last few years with the size and mass that we have had. Looks like we are going with small and quick this year but that's alright because they are pushing themselves daily and I can see improvement from all of them. I say that we will be a middle of the pack team early but we will come around by the end of the regular season and be fine when it counts. Your to quick to give me credit for these boys playing so well. I honestly owe my great assistants more than most people realize when it comes to our wins and success, I lost a good one in Chad Bates, he has always worked with my offensive line and he moved up the high school staff and it will be impossible to replace him with only one person. I would say that my staff works as hard as any in the mountains to prepare these kids and they do not get enough credit and remember these guys are unpaid volunteers. But most of all I have been lucky enough to have the best kids in the world to work with, they are always up to try anything that I may think up and never complain, just a bunch of "Yes Sir" kinds of kids that work their butts off for us.