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Saturday, Sept. 13

LCHS vs. Jacksonville --
an interview with Coach Oaks    
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[SEPT. 13, 2003]  Lincoln 6, Jacksonville 35     Pictures from game

LDN:  How hard is it to get a team up for a game like this after starting out with two wins on the road?

Coach Oaks:  I wouldn't think it would be hard, but it isn't something that they have done before. When you are trying to turn a program around you go through some spells, or they are learning some lessons, sometimes the hard way… Like I told them, you can't just show up and expect people to roll over for you. You've got to come ready to play.

We came ready to play the first two games, but tonight we where just sluggish out there. We had a couple turnovers and too many penalties. Those were things we were not doing the first two games. That just shows me that we weren't mentally ready to go tonight.

LDN:  The fire just didn't seem to be there tonight. Was it just a letdown from the first two games?
 

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Coach Oaks:  I think part of it was. Then we had a couple of guys dinged. That didn't help things as the game went along -- hopefully nothing serious. You've got to learn to keep that week in and week out and keep the desire and the fire going and come to play that way.

LDN: How are you going to get them ready for next week's game?

Coach Oaks:  This is a wake-up call for them. If we can't get ready after this week, we are in trouble… Either they will learn a lesson from this or they won't. I think this team wants to be successful and they are working hard to be successful, and this is a lesson that they will learn from and be ready to come out ready to go like they did the first two weeks.

[Bob Frank]

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