Georgia Tech Coach Brent Key Talks Heartbreaking Loss To UGA Football
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ATHENS - Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key and quarterback Haynes King gave their thoughts on Georgia Tech’s heartbreaking loss to Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs.
Tech head coach Brent Key:
On how he felt about QB Haynes King’s performance tonight...
“He’s a warrior. He’s one of the toughest kids I’ve ever been around in my life. He wills others around him. I’m proud of him. I’m proud of all of them”
On what you tell your team after a tough loss like that...
“Sucks. Losing stinks. Losing like this. I told them there are no moral victories. I’m proud as heck of them. I’m proud of the seniors and what they’ve done for this program. I’m proud of everyone on that sideline and the work they put in since January, they’ve never wavered. They’ve truly cemented what our vision is of the Tech way.”
On what no moral victories means to him...
“There's so much about college football that is special. There are so many things that as a college football coach you take pride in. Yet the judgment comes when the scoreboard hits zero but the things we do with these kids and to see these kids grow and mature, to see them do what they do in school, socially, and on the football field, they’re special and it hurts. The locker room, I’ve never seen anything like that. What I know about these kids, what I know about this team, what I know about this school, it’s emotional turning into fuel and we use that fuel.”
#10 Haynes King | RJr. | QB
On his emotional state following the game...
"It was definitely tough, but right now my emotional state is just, I'm just kind of tired of feeling like this. Tired of always, you know, playing your heart out, doing all this until the last minute and just always coming up short. I'm just tired of feeling that way right now."
On Georgia's defense tonight...
"They were obviously trying to take away the run game. And then the pass game, you know, they're going to play their regular coverages. Zone match it, man it on certain downs, stuff like that. So, in regard to the pass game, they played, I guess you would say, what we thought they were going to play. Running game, they were trying to load the box, stop the run, quarterback run for sure."
On their message to their team going into eight overtimes...
"Just keep your head up, keep pushing. Everybody says it's nobody's fault, but at the end of the day, with me being who I am, I can't let that fumble happen towards the end. I have to have six points of pressure on the ball, two hands, no matter what. I know he made a really good hit with the helmet to the ball and it popped out, but I can't let that happen."
On if there's some level of satisfaction from going toe-to-toe with Georgia...
"No. You either get it done or you don't. We didn't. That's just how it is."
#44 Kyle Efford | RSo. | LB
On defensive game plan tonight...
"We knew they were going to come out and throw that ball, explosive pass plays. We wanted to make them one dimensional, let them know that they couldn't throw the ball. Played out how it played out."
On message to teammates...
"I'm proud of the fight. I don't have too much to say, it is what it is. I'm proud of our fight though."
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