Huff spent the last four minutes of his press conference yesterday expressing that he expected more out of the fans this season.
Here is what all he had to say.
"I expect Albany to be a sellout. I don't know we haven't announced it Grant, but I mean the expectation for this football team is to when every game and I accept that. Well the expectations for the fans is to show up every game. If we're going to be in this thing together then we're going to be in the this thing together. It can't be because we're playing "X" school everyone wants to show up. If I coached like that you guys wouldn't me here because we're playing "X" school I'm going to coach really really hard. And that's not a knock because I know there are a lot of fans that do show up, but we need more. You know we need some people that actually get in the car and drive 4 and 5 hours. Because that's what we do. That's what Marshall Football is about.
I think we have shown. I'm not saying we're perfect. I'm not saying we're there by any stretch of the imagination. I think we as a department, university wide, has shown that we're making strides and making efforts to improve things around here. Now we need the fans do their part and come and cheer and come and be loud and support regardless of the opponent. Regardless of the outcome.
Umm its our job as a football coach, and basketball coach, and tennis coach, and every other coach around here to win every game. That's the expectation. There's no if ands or buts about it. Okay if that's the expectation for us and our program which I fully accept. Umm then the expectation is for the fans to fill the stadium and the gyms and the courts and the pools. I don't understand why we have such a.....I still don't understand why we have such an issue. I don't care six hours away or twelve hours away. You get in your car and you support your family. Every weekend. People go to family reunions all over the world. You come to every family reunion here. I just think that's where we gotta get out of this well I'm gonna come to this game. But no. We're coming to every game.
If I just said well the teams just not going to show up to the Virginia Tech game. We're not going to show up. We got something to do. You know what. We got something to do. Well everybody would be wait what was that. The person that Section 328 Seat B you're supposed to be here. And I don't say that in a negative way. We just got to change our thinking. i think the university. I think Brand Smith and Christian Spears and all the other department heads that board. They're showing that we're making strides to do things in a different way. Umm now I think we've got to start to do things together in a different way. And I know there's life. Trust me. I slept on a hospital cot last night. There's life. I get it.
Umm but if you can't come then give your tickets to your neighbor. It's that simple. Somebody's got to be in your seat. Somebody's got to be in every seat out there. And when we get to that level. No different then we get to the level to where we've got depth across the board and we execute consistently we will win every game. Ummm. But we can't say when they win every game we'll come. When basketball wins every game we'll come. When baseball wins every game. That's not...that's not how it works. We're in this together. We're a family. Ummm and trust me. There are a lot people that do. There's a lot of fans out there that are at every event. Who are supportive.
And I'm not saying that those people aren't appreciated, but we need more like we need more wins. Nine wins is great. Awesome. High five everybody, but we need more. We're not satisfied as a program with nine wins and we're not satisfied with half a stadium or half a gym or half a court. And until we get to there I'ma come up here every week and say every game should....we should sell out the bye week. There should be people that don't care if we play or not. They should just be here man. I got a chance to come to the Joan man. We could sell out the bye week. And...and we are making strides from a holistic organizational standpoint. Uhhh we got to make sure we get everybody on board and that's what hopefully this season will show."
Here is what all he had to say.
"I expect Albany to be a sellout. I don't know we haven't announced it Grant, but I mean the expectation for this football team is to when every game and I accept that. Well the expectations for the fans is to show up every game. If we're going to be in this thing together then we're going to be in the this thing together. It can't be because we're playing "X" school everyone wants to show up. If I coached like that you guys wouldn't me here because we're playing "X" school I'm going to coach really really hard. And that's not a knock because I know there are a lot of fans that do show up, but we need more. You know we need some people that actually get in the car and drive 4 and 5 hours. Because that's what we do. That's what Marshall Football is about.
I think we have shown. I'm not saying we're perfect. I'm not saying we're there by any stretch of the imagination. I think we as a department, university wide, has shown that we're making strides and making efforts to improve things around here. Now we need the fans do their part and come and cheer and come and be loud and support regardless of the opponent. Regardless of the outcome.
Umm its our job as a football coach, and basketball coach, and tennis coach, and every other coach around here to win every game. That's the expectation. There's no if ands or buts about it. Okay if that's the expectation for us and our program which I fully accept. Umm then the expectation is for the fans to fill the stadium and the gyms and the courts and the pools. I don't understand why we have such a.....I still don't understand why we have such an issue. I don't care six hours away or twelve hours away. You get in your car and you support your family. Every weekend. People go to family reunions all over the world. You come to every family reunion here. I just think that's where we gotta get out of this well I'm gonna come to this game. But no. We're coming to every game.
If I just said well the teams just not going to show up to the Virginia Tech game. We're not going to show up. We got something to do. You know what. We got something to do. Well everybody would be wait what was that. The person that Section 328 Seat B you're supposed to be here. And I don't say that in a negative way. We just got to change our thinking. i think the university. I think Brand Smith and Christian Spears and all the other department heads that board. They're showing that we're making strides to do things in a different way. Umm now I think we've got to start to do things together in a different way. And I know there's life. Trust me. I slept on a hospital cot last night. There's life. I get it.
Umm but if you can't come then give your tickets to your neighbor. It's that simple. Somebody's got to be in your seat. Somebody's got to be in every seat out there. And when we get to that level. No different then we get to the level to where we've got depth across the board and we execute consistently we will win every game. Ummm. But we can't say when they win every game we'll come. When basketball wins every game we'll come. When baseball wins every game. That's not...that's not how it works. We're in this together. We're a family. Ummm and trust me. There are a lot people that do. There's a lot of fans out there that are at every event. Who are supportive.
And I'm not saying that those people aren't appreciated, but we need more like we need more wins. Nine wins is great. Awesome. High five everybody, but we need more. We're not satisfied as a program with nine wins and we're not satisfied with half a stadium or half a gym or half a court. And until we get to there I'ma come up here every week and say every game should....we should sell out the bye week. There should be people that don't care if we play or not. They should just be here man. I got a chance to come to the Joan man. We could sell out the bye week. And...and we are making strides from a holistic organizational standpoint. Uhhh we got to make sure we get everybody on board and that's what hopefully this season will show."
