Quotes about Greg McMackin

About moving to Hawaii yesterday after watching his 11-year-old granddaughter dance in Lubbock's 4th-of-July celebration, GM said:
"I got to see her perform, and now I'm thrilled to get back with June (Jones, UH's head coach) and the other assistants. I feel thrilled to be part of it again. Everyone has been so great to us." (HA)


Hoping to help UH win a WAC championship, GM said:
"I hope to be able to help June and the other assistants and the players win a WAC championship. June's done such an amazing job in beating so many good teams. Hawai'i has had a good football program through the years, but what he has done is served notice on all of the big-time teams that 'you'd better not come here for a vacation because you can get your tail kicked.' " (HA)


About how JJ wanted to create a football tradition like Miami has when JJ came to UH, GM said:
"He wanted to make (the Warriors) the Miami Hurricanes of the Pacific. There's some real football tradition in Miami, with all of the NFL guys. Under June, (UH) really has become the whole Miami Hurricanes of a few years ago. June has really developed a football tradition, and I'm excited to be part of it." (HA)


About the 2-inch thick playbook each defensive player received at the start of Spring training, GM said:
"We introduced the terminology and a lot of the package, and we put the players in the right positions." (HA)



About how he collected most of the playbooks after Spring training, GM said:
"I always collect them. You never know who's going to go to another school or something. Coaches are paranoid in that way. A few of the guys have them — the linebackers and guys who are going to make calls." (HA)


About the attitute he wants to instill on defense, GM said:
"We want them to have the attacking, swarming attitude. Hopefully, we'll make some big plays and play with emotion. That's what we're going to strive for." (HA)


Setting a goal for the defense, GM said:
"It's an old adage, but our job is to get the ball back to our offense. The big statistics for us are three-and-outs, takeaways, quarterback sacks, hurries, tackles for losses. Those will be the big stats. I'm not into the yardage thing. When you have a quarterback like we have and an offensive genius like June Jones and the guys who work with him, they're going to score. We need to be in shape so we can get the ball to them again and again. That will be our contribution." (HA)