Re: Strength in Unity.
Francois fiery press conference leaves Bulls fans with more questions than answers
Anthony Washington -- The Tampa Bay Chronicles
The typically jovial Malcolm Francois was not present at the USF Bulls press conference following the team's 55-42 loss to East Carolina. Instead, the man that stood in front of the podium in a sweat soaked polo was anything but jovial.
"It's an embarrassing performance," Francois said right off the gate with his press conference, not answering any question in particular.
Francois went on a five minute, expletive rant about his disgust with the team's performance, their character as well as the quarterback play.
"I don't know if we have 20 football players in there," said Francois, "We've got guys that are good athletes, decent athletes but I think they play football just to post some cool pictures and some dumb *** quotes and make a highlight tape of the same five plays over and over again. We're a soft team and that starts with me, I need to toughen this bunch up because this isn't a team I want to be apart of."
When asked why he was so dissapointed in this particular loss: "We didn't compete, we folded. I've been hearing these [expletive] talk about how bad they want it, how they wanted to come in here and defend their home stadium and they just laid down and got [expletive]. [East Carolina] is a good team, a real good team with a good coaching staff but fifty five points? That's ridiculous. We need to fix this, I need to fix this."
When asked why he pulled quarterback Mike White in the first quarter, he was rather blunt: "Wait for him to throw six picks? Like, at what point do you pull the guy if two interceptions in the first quarter isn't enough for you."
Francois continued talking about the quarterbacks, unprompted: "We don't have our [quarterback], yet. Frankly, I don't think he's in that room. They've all been bad, period. There's no need to sugar coat it, they've been bad quarterbacks, bad throwers of the football, just bad. I think somebody is going to need to step up and fix that because I can't make a quarterback appear out of nowhere, someone has to step up and come in and take the job."
Francois in the past has stayed away from naming a starter for the next game. This time, he was quick to call it just hours after the game: "It's Bobby [Eveld]. Maybe I was wrong to pull away from him so early in the season but I think he's our guys for at least the next quarter and who knows. If he throws six interceptions, he's going back on the bench and if he throws six touchdowns, I'll name my second born after him. We'll see."
Anthony Washington -- The Tampa Bay Chronicles
The typically jovial Malcolm Francois was not present at the USF Bulls press conference following the team's 55-42 loss to East Carolina. Instead, the man that stood in front of the podium in a sweat soaked polo was anything but jovial.
"It's an embarrassing performance," Francois said right off the gate with his press conference, not answering any question in particular.
Francois went on a five minute, expletive rant about his disgust with the team's performance, their character as well as the quarterback play.
"I don't know if we have 20 football players in there," said Francois, "We've got guys that are good athletes, decent athletes but I think they play football just to post some cool pictures and some dumb *** quotes and make a highlight tape of the same five plays over and over again. We're a soft team and that starts with me, I need to toughen this bunch up because this isn't a team I want to be apart of."
When asked why he was so dissapointed in this particular loss: "We didn't compete, we folded. I've been hearing these [expletive] talk about how bad they want it, how they wanted to come in here and defend their home stadium and they just laid down and got [expletive]. [East Carolina] is a good team, a real good team with a good coaching staff but fifty five points? That's ridiculous. We need to fix this, I need to fix this."
When asked why he pulled quarterback Mike White in the first quarter, he was rather blunt: "Wait for him to throw six picks? Like, at what point do you pull the guy if two interceptions in the first quarter isn't enough for you."
Francois continued talking about the quarterbacks, unprompted: "We don't have our [quarterback], yet. Frankly, I don't think he's in that room. They've all been bad, period. There's no need to sugar coat it, they've been bad quarterbacks, bad throwers of the football, just bad. I think somebody is going to need to step up and fix that because I can't make a quarterback appear out of nowhere, someone has to step up and come in and take the job."
Francois in the past has stayed away from naming a starter for the next game. This time, he was quick to call it just hours after the game: "It's Bobby [Eveld]. Maybe I was wrong to pull away from him so early in the season but I think he's our guys for at least the next quarter and who knows. If he throws six interceptions, he's going back on the bench and if he throws six touchdowns, I'll name my second born after him. We'll see."
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