Saint Thomas Aquinas

# 1

Coach Mulhern, thanks for taking some time to catch us up with the Falcons How are you feeling about your team currently?

I'm feeling great, you know. I think it was important for me when coming in and with our staff that we wanted to try and make the goals small and manageable and really kind of build one little good thing on top of another I'm feeling very positive about it We have a lot of senior leadership that's really started to buy into the message and the culture that we're trying to produce here, and that's more than I could ask for right now because I know how that translates to success in the fall

# 2

You're a newcomer to not only St Thomas but Louisiana as a whole Has it been an easy transition for you and your family?

I think it has and I think that's a testament to Hammond in particular. This community has embraced my family, which has made this transition spectacular We love it; I love it culturally There's a bluecollar attitude to Hammond and that resonates very deeply with me, along with just the incredible families that make Saint Thomas Aquinas special It's like this perfect world where there are two things combined for an excellent school community, so they've been tremendously supportive of me and my vision

# 3

I've heard through the grapevine that you've had a great turnout for summer and that numbers are up compared to previous years Are you at all surprised to see how quickly young men are seemingly buying in?

I'm one of those people that you just kind of put faith into action. So to me, I just knew that if we were going to do things the right way, that we were going to expect some sort of positive result Just to be candid about it, the program finished with about 22-23 players on at the end of last fall and right now we're over 50, so to see that turn the corner the way it did has been just absolutely tremendous My favorite part, honestly, is to see those core guys that remained, how empowered they are to see this resurgence

# 4

Do you have a message you'd like to share with Falcons fans about the upcoming season?

We're very blessed and we're grateful that we have a community that is rallied around our vision and what we're trying to do - being a competitive football team and rewriting the story of what it means to be a Saint Thomas Aquinas football player We're going to rewrite this story together; that's the biggest thing I'm going to say about that

C o w b o y s

FOOTBALL

17 AUG

INDEPENDENCE

AWAY (NON -DISTRICT) 6 PM

# 1

Hello Coach Currier. Hope you're doing well today What’s your favorite part of this point in the year? Please do not say the heat.

I like watching the kids as they get a lot stronger, bigger, and faster. They come and they show up everyday, and they kind of light up on their faces when they do weights they weren't expecting to do If they don't come, you don't see that But when they show up everyday and they put in the work, they get results I just enjoy seeing that more than anything else I’m kind of a weight room guy

# 2

When I looked at your schedule, five straight home games in the middle of the year jumped out to me. I know every game is just as important as the other, but what are your thoughts on that stretch? Do you think it will be a defining point of the year, or are you not worried about it?