Quotes about turnovers

About how he has had success with his emphasis on turnovers, GM said:
"In my last year (1998) with Seattle we set the NFL record for defensive touchdowns. At Texas Tech a defensive back punched the ball loose from a receiver inside the 10 and the Red Raiders took it the distance the other way in a stunning reversal of fortunes." (HA)


About how the Warriors want to get 3 turnovers a game, GM said:
"One of our goals — one of our biggest goals — is to average three turnovers a game. ith this (UH) offense that's an opportunity for us to score a lot of points." (HA)

HA Note: "The last time Greg McMackin ran the UH defense here, the Warriors had one of the most productive defenses in school history, forcing 35 turnovers in a 13-game season. It was the 9-4 campaign of 1999 that marked the biggest single-season turnaround in NCAA history and an aggressive, pouncing defense was a big part of the rebound from the depths of an 0-12 record for futility.

While the defense was rebuilt, it was also reprogrammed. The Warriors made going after turnovers their trademark and knew what to do when they got them, recycling five into defensive touchdowns.

The defensive paydirt was not an accident, as visitors to the Warriors' campus practice field these days have come to understand. There are strip drills, circuit tackle training and a swarm school that instruct, minutely, not only how to separate opponents from the ball but how to turn each opportunity into a quick trip to the end zone."