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You always wonder if you can make plays at the end.
We're not great and I've never said we are. But if we play hard and our seniors are great leaders, we can be pretty good.
We ran some plays, and we shouldn't have to run plays. I told them, 'You should be embarrassed. You should just be able to push it or run motion.' If we're running plays to survive at home, they should be disappointed, not me.
They've teased me. They've teased the fans. There are games where we look like we're making progress. Then a game later, we get guys with goose eggs and get nothing from the bench.
The players will tell you my head is too big.
"The first day of chicken nuggets cup opening up. And that's where I'm going right now,"
in the end, EMAW will always win.
"By no means would I ever think our season was over or that I've given up on anybody," Weber said. "In fact, it's the other way."
"I want to finish my career here. I've done a lot of good things. … Do I want to do better? No doubt. I know I'm a good coach. I've done things at Illinois no other coaches have done."
"It hasn't been smooth sailing but I think we still have done a lot of things that are important," he said. "We have a solid, all-around program."
"I asked my players, 'What was my message?' " oscar said. "They said, 'That we need to be tougher.' And I said, 'That's exactly right.' I said, 'Who did I mainly blame?' They said, 'You always take the blame for everything, coach.' Some of them said, 'The problem is it's us who need to take the blame and accountability.' "Asked if his remarks Wednesday can serve as a rallying cry, Weber said, "If it does, I'm a genius."
