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October 27, 2008 1:55 PM

Locker reacts

Quarterback Jake Locker just concluded his meeting with the media here and said "it's tough'' seeing Tyrone Willingham being forced to resign today.

"It's obviously tough being that he was the coach that brought me in and I kind of had close relationships through the whole process, so it will be difficult to see them go,'' he said.

But Locker said he understood why the decision was made.

"We all understand it's a business as well, and they understand that as well as any of us and when we are not able to win games and produce what we all wanted, there are going to be consequences for that,'' Locker said. "It's unfortunate that it has to happen this way, but we didn't take care of what we needed to do.''

Locker said that "change can be good'' but that it also can turn out bad, as well.

"Only time will tell,'' he said. "I think, at some point, us as players need to make a decision that we need to make the difference for this football team. I think the coaches are able to give you a game plan and put you in the best position to have success and then it's up to the players to execute that. No matter who is in there, it's going to fall on our shoulders so it's an important time for us as a team to come together and rally around each other and realize we are what's going to be left and that we need to get through this together.''

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