Moore, Demetrius Ply

September 9, 2008

This is Detective Dan Alpiger with the Louisville Metro Police Department. Today's date is September 9, 2008. Current time is 11:43. I'm here in my car in Pleasure Ridge Park High School parking lot with Demetrius Arnez Moore in relation to Case file #08197.

Alpiger

Mr. Moore, please state your name and spell it for me.

Moore

Demetrius Moore. Moore M-O-O-R-E.

Alpiger

And your birthday, Mr. Moore?

Moore Alpiger

D-E-M-E-T-R-I-U-S

And you go by Demetrius, is that right, or Metri or…

Moore

Demetrius.

Alpiger

Demetrius? Okay. Uh, Demetrius, what's your birth, uh, your birthday?

Moore Alpiger Moore Alpiger

You said that. Your address and your phone number? x x

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Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay.. And you're a student here at PRP?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

What year are you?

Moore

Sophomore.

Alpiger

You're also on the football team. correct?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. And, uh, you know why we're here?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Why, why I'm talking to you. It's in relation to, uh, Max Gilpin. Did you know Max?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. How did you know him?

Moore

Uh, I had class with 'im, and I knew 'im from being on the football team my freshman and sophomore years.

Alpiger

Okay. Speak up just a little bit for me, okay? Max was on the football team. You also had a class with him both freshman and sophomore years. Right?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Uh, before I started this tape, you explained to

Is that

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me that you were not on the practice field this particular day that Max fell out. Is that correct? Moore

That's correct.

Alpiger

Okay. Explain that to me.

Moore

Uh, I had hurt my shoulder the day before practicin', and Coach told me that it was best not to practice the next day, and, uh, just, uh, in the whirlpool the next day and try to stay off my shoulder. And he had me getting' treatment inside, so I really wasn't on the field that day. So I didn't know what happened.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, do you recall what day that was?

Moore

Uh, I can't remember the exact date, but, you know, it was probably like a Wednesday, and I'd hurt my shoulder that Tuesday.

Alpiger

Okay. And about how long ago was it?

Moore

(Inaudible).

Alpiger

Okay. We know that it was, uh, that Max died on Saturday. Is that correct?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. The day he died was the 23rd. So you…

Moore

Okay. He…

Alpiger

…you're saying that Wednesday before that…

Moore

Uh, yes sir.

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Alpiger

Okay.

Moore

So if he died on the 23rd, I'd say it was on the, like the 19th, 'cause they said he died three days later, so…

Alpiger

Okay. Here's a small calendar with August on it. I don't have a big one, but, uh, Wednesday looks like the 20th. Does that sound about right? You're sure…

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

…You're sure it was a Wednesday?

Moore

Yes sir. He died on the 23rd, and it was three days before that.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, and it was, the 19th was the day that…

Moore

I hurt my shoulder.

Alpiger

…you hurt your shoulder. And you hurt your shoulder during practice?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, anything in particular about the way you hurt your shoulder that day that you feel significant that could have been prevented?

Moore

No. I just… Me and another player had just went head on, and his helmet kind of hit my shoulder. I tried to arm tackle 'im, and kind of got a stinger on my shoulder. So he told,, Coach told me to lay off of it for a day.

Alpiger

Okay. And so that being said, you hurt it on

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the 19th. This particular day, the 20th, we're believin' that it was, uh, you're actually at practice, but you're inside treatin' your shoulder in the whirlpool. Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

I wanta make sure I understood you correctly. Uh, so what happened outside, you, you're not…

Moore

I'm not sure what happened…

Alpiger

…first-hand…

Moore

…I was inside.

Alpiger

…you don't have any first-hand knowledge of it.

Moore

All I know is they was just running gassers, and, you know what I'm sayin', Max and another player fell out. That's all I heard when I, when they came back from, uh, the practice field…

Alpiger

Okay.

Moore

…and they told me what happened.

Alpiger

Okay. So you didn't witness it, did, but you did hear that somethin' happened.

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, we're not gonna get into any more of that unless there's somethin' that you heard other than that. Did you hear… Is there any other, anything that somebody was sayin' about

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the practice being particularly hard, or the coaches really runnin' our asses off today? Moore

No sir. I heard it was just like a regular day as far as everybody else was sayin'. It's just he had fell out, and he had, I 'on't know, he was full of water, or whatever. I don't know why he fell out. I guess that's why, but as far as it being a different practice, everything was the same as usual.

Alpiger

Okay. So you, you just, as far as you know, nobody said anything about this being a particularly harder practice than anything usual? Okay. With that being said, can you explain a usual day of practice to me?

Moore

Uh…

Alpiger

First, let me ask you this. When did practice for the season start?

Moore

When practice for the season started, well, we start in January just weight liftin' and conditioning. And then over the summer, we, you know, we get our pads and our equipment on, and then we start practicing seriously. So I'd say about like July when we get back from camp. And that's when practice really started.

Alpiger

Okay. So camp… And a couple other guys discussed camp with me a little bit. Camp is, uh, when you guys went to…

Moore

Georgetown.

Alpiger

Georgetown. Is that Georgetown, Kentucky?

Moore

Yes sir.

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Alpiger

Went there, spent a few days, uh, in all-day camp, uh, practicing.

Moore

Yeah. We had…

Alpiger

…you practiced…

Moore

…We had two practices a day. We had one in the morning and one in the evening.

Alpiger

And, and what's the purpose for camp?

Moore

Just to get a feel of what, you know what I'm sayin', of how it is to, just getting' up early, playin' football, and then, you know, being in condition and ready to go when August comes around. Being ready for game situations. You know, we scrimmage each other and, you know, we do different drills. And then sometimes we'll be in upper, upper gear like when it was like the peak of the day, when it's hot, we'd be just in uppers. And like in the morning or at nighttime, we'd be in full gear when it's not as hot.

Alpiger

Okay. And how many days is this?

Moore

How many days was camp?

Alpiger

Yeah.

Moore

We was up there for like three days.

Alpiger

Okay. And it's also a time where you're livin' with…

Moore

Yeah.

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Alpiger

…all your teammates?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Is that correct?

Moore

Yeah. Each team made of… Uh, two teams were assigned to a dorm each, pretty much was like, like a li'le college, whatever. We just played football.

Alpiger

Uh, so when you get back from camp, that's essentially what you're sayin' is the beginning of the practice season?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

And this is some time in July?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

So we've had a full month of practice before this incident happened. At least a full month?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Uh, tell me, uh, a typical practice day. What… How many days a week do you practice on a typical week. Not, I know there's things that are gonna throw things, wrenches in it, but, uh…

Moore

Well, this was, since this happened before the season started, we practice Monday through Friday. You know what I'm sayin'? Now that, that we have games and stuff, we have JV games on Monday; we'll have a regular practice on Tuesday; a regular practice on Wednesday; and they'll be a freshman game on

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Thursday; and we play our varsity games on Friday. So we probably get two good days of practice a week. Two hard days of practice a week. Alpiger

Okay. And that's what it's like now after season started?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Pre-season was a little bit more than that?

Moore

'Cause we wasn't havin' games during the week. So now that there's games, it just kind of threw us off, and we probably won't get two days worth of practice in.

Alpiger

Okay. So what was it like before the season?

Moore

We would practice…

Alpiger

Did you get five days a week? Six days a week?

Moore

We'd usually get, uh, Friday off, depending on how good we practiced on that Thursday. So we'd usually go for a couple hours right after school, then, you know, on that Thursday, we'd practice good, we’d be off that Friday. And usually on a Thursday, we wouldn't, we wouldn't go as hard. We usually be in uppers instead of full gear.

Alpiger

Just light on the gear? Okay. So on a typical day of practice, what's, what's the protocol for a practice?

Moore

Like, uh, what all do you, do we do at practice?

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Alpiger

Right.

Moore

We would, uh, start off stretchin'. Uh…

Alpiger

Do you know what time this starts off?

Moore

Uh, we're usually on the field about, I'd say about 3:00. So school lets out at 2:20, we get on the field about 3:00. We'll, uh, stretch. Uh, we, uh, go team take-offs, and then that's, uh, when we get our first water break. And then we'll go individual period. Then we get another water break. And then we'll go team and seven-on-seven, and then after that we get a water break. And then we would run.

Alpiger

Okay. And running's conditioning?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. So make sure I got this right. You get a water break pretty much after each…

Moore

After each session.

Alpiger

…of the sessions. You have a session of, uh, stretching…

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Then you have a session of…

Moore

Uh, team take-offs.

Alpiger

Do, after stretching, you didn't go get a break, did you?

Moore

We, we didn't get a break after stretching 'cause we pretty went, much wasn't doin' much.

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Alpiger

It was just to loosen you up?

Moore

Just loosen up…

Alpiger

Okay.

Moore

And then we would go team-offs, which involved a li'le runnin', so we'd get a water break after that. And then we'd do individuals; and then after individuals, we get our water break.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, team take-off, you get broke up…

Moore

Broke up in defense and offense. And then…

Alpiger

And doin' a little individual…

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

…offensive runs and defensive…

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

…runs? Uh, from… Where’d… From then, after, after you, Let’s say after team take-off, you do your… How, how long is that?

Moore

How long is team take-off?

Alpiger

Right.

Moore

It is probably like five minutes at the most, just, you know what I'm sayin', just… We run plays, and then we… Nobody against us, just the defense on one side offense on one side, and then we just run plays. And then after that, we go get our water. Then we split up…

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Alpiger

So after five minutes, you go get a drink of water?

Moore

Five or ten minutes. It's not long at all.

Alpiger

You go get a water break. And the water, uh, is the little homemade fountain thing out there in the field, right?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

It's just a water spicket…

Moore

And it just shoots out from all different sides, so we like…

Alpiger

And you can rinse your face off 'cause it's shootin' out. It's not, uh…

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

You can rinse yourself off under it and, and drink it, however you wanta do it. Uh, after team take-offs, you get your water break. Uh, does the whole team take a break at the same time?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Or did the defense go and then the offense goes?

Moore

We all go as one to get water. And then we all meet back up in our different, in our different individuals where ever we go.

Alpiger

Then you meet back up as, uh, defense still on one side, the offense on the other, but then you

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break it up… Moore

Break it up in positions. You go with your position coach.

Alpiger

Okay.

Moore

And we'll be in the different little, li'le stations. Like line backers will be here, running backs 'ill be there. And then after we do that for awhile, we'll go get another water break, and then we'll meet up again and do, uh, seven-onseven. And then after…

Alpiger

Okay.

Moore

…after seven-on-seven, we'll do team and then…

Alpiger

How long are these water breaks?

Moore

Uh, we usually get about five or six minutes to get water, and then we gotta…

Alpiger

Is somebody actually timin' it, or is it mostly…

Moore

No sir.

Alpiger

…when everybody's done?

Moore

No sir. But he usually wants us to get water and then get back to the, wherever we're goin'. He don't want us to take like real long. He usually wants us hustlin'.

Alpiger

Cool off a minute, get a drink of water, come back?

Moore

Yes sir.

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Alpiger

Okay. So once you get back to your individual, uh, coaches, you do that for a few minutes, get another break.

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

And you're a line backer, so you got a line backer coach?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, again, does the whole team go at the same time?

Moore

In individuals, they'll send the line backers first. So whoever… Whoever gets done first. And, you know, we'll break it down, then we'll go and get water, and then… These guys gives each, each group enough time to get water before we all get over there and be crowded up. So like line backers will go, and then once we leave, then the running backs come over there and get water.

Alpiger

Okay. So it's kind of staged.

Moore

Yeah. It's kind of staged.

Alpiger

It's not… Uh, is any, at any point, does a coach like say, uh, "Demetrius, you're doin' a hell of a job. Why don't you go take, get yourself a break. Take a drink of water?"

Moore

Usually when we're doin' team, the first group, like the startin' defense and offense, once they're done, the, the twos 'ill come in, the second group 'ill come in. And while the second group's in, the first group 'ill go get

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water and then come back. So that gives, you know, us time to get water while the other, while the second groups are out there goin' against each other. So that usually works out pretty good. Alpiger

But it's not very often that he would say, that you're coach, or whoever it may be, may, will say somethin' like, "Demetrius, uh…"

Moore

I mean, he doesn't single anybody out. He just sends us as, as a team, like I said.

Alpiger

As a group?

Moore

As a group. Yeah.

Alpiger

Okay. Is there any time that you can think of where like, uh, an athlete was havin' a particular hard time with practice, whether the heat or whether an illness or anything like that, in need of a break, and the coaches would say "Uh, no, you wait 'til, you go get a drink when everybody else gets one?"

Moore

No sir.

Alpiger

Uh, you, you don't recall anything like that? You ever recall anything like, uh, maybe somebody tryin' to cool off, maybe stand in the shade or somethin', and then the coach said, "No, get back out here in the sun with everybody?"

Moore

No sir. If somebody's feelin' like they can't go anymore, you usually go sit under the shade, the shade tree out there. There's uh, some bleachers under there, and…. Like if you get hurt or if, you know, you fall out, or whatever,

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you'll go sit under the shade tree. And if you don't feel like you can go no more, then you can just sit out the rest of the practice and, you know, 'til coach sees what's wrong with you. We have our coach that will… Coach Deacon, he'll, he's like the team trainer, so he'll look out for you. Alpiger

Okay. So that, that's a good point. If, if you were havin' a particularly hard day of practice, for whatever reason, and you feel like you just need to stop, you can stop.

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

And they're not gonna say anything? Deacon, Coach Deacon's gonna come out to you and see, find out what's goin', what's wrong with you and, uh, make sure you're taken care of?

Moore

Yeah. Ice you down; and if you feel like you need to see the, the doctor the next, the next day, he'll make an appointment with the team doctor and he'll get you over there, get you taken care of.

Alpiger

Okay. But there's none, as far as I…. There's no incidents that you can think of where the coach would say, "You aren't hurt. Get your ass back in here. Uh, you don't need a drink of water. Get your ass back in here?

Moore

No sir. But if he does feel like that, you know what I'm sayin', you not giving your effort, and, you know what I'm sayin', and you just wanta sit down and be lazy, then, yeah, he will make you get in there. But if he sees you're givin' all you got, and you're out there bustin' your ass, then he will, you know what I'm

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sayin', he'll accept that. But if you're not givin' all your effort, then, you know… Alpiger

Okay. Let's go back, uh, to the conditioning part. And the reason I'm bringing this up, 'cause apparently, that's the, the part that Max fell out in. Uh, you, you're, you said gassers.

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Uh, what other kind of conditioning is there?

Moore

That's usually… Once we run gassers, we usually… To finish off, we'll run around the field and meet back at the water, at the water facin'… He'll just… Like on our last gasser, he'll tell us just to run around the field, get you some water, and then meet under the shade tree, and we'll break it down from there. That's the only… That's probably the only different thing that he ever does, uh, as far as conditioning. All we do is gassers.

Alpiger

Okay. And gassers are what?

Moore

Uh, You… It's like you're on the sidelines, like you run back and forth, back and forth across. That's one gasser. You know what I'm sayin'? Like…

Alpiger

So you, you run…

Moore

You go down and touch the line, and then come back…

Alpiger

You…

Moore

And then you run back over there and touch the line and come back.

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Alpiger

You're on a football field, and…

Moore

Instead of runnin' long ways, you're on the sideline.

Alpiger

You're on the sidelines.

Moore

Sideline to sideline…

Alpiger

And you got the whole team lines up?

Moore

We use… He'll let the, uh, like say the linemen go as a group, and he'll let like, like the running backs and line backers. It's like the quicker guys go as a group.

Alpiger

So you have two groups.

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

You got the slow group, uh, uh, the bigger people, uh, will go first, and then another group behind them?

Moore

Yes sir. Then the freshmen 'ill be on a different side doin', uh, doin' gassers with the freshmen coaches.

Alpiger

Okay. So they're not even on the same, doin'…

Moore

They're not even…

Alpiger

So you, being a linebacker, while the linemen are runnin', you're restin'?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

And then when they get back, then you guys

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run? Moore

It’s time for me to go. So, I mean, so you have like, like a minute or two to rest between each gasser while the other group's runnin'.

Alpiger

Okay. So when you get back, when you take off, then the linemen are resting?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

And, uh, you make this trip side, side-to-side four times. One, once across once back, once across once back.

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. So, uh, in a football field, uh, I don't know what yours is, but it's typically 50 yards wide. Ok, So we’re talking a 200 yard sprint?

Moore

Sprint.

Alpiger

And it's not a jog, they want you to hustle?

Moore

Right.

Alpiger

And if you don't hustle, they're gonna tell you "Hustle?"

Moore

Right.

Alpiger

Okay. It's, uh, what about when you're doing these sprints, and, let's say, it's 90 degrees outside, or 95 degrees outside, you're doin' these gassers. Do, and you're dressed out. How…

Moore

He'll make you take… He'll let you take your

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shoulder pads off. Alpiger

So you start…

Moore

And on that particular day, everybody had their shoulder pads off.

Alpiger

So he starts lightening up a little bit.

Moore

Right.

Alpiger

Uh, do they… I wanta make sure that's… You weren't there, so you don't know what happened that day…

Moore

I did…

Alpiger

…but you did see that?

Moore

Yeah. Because I was, you know, I was comin' out of the locker room, and I was walkin' back over there, and everybody, you know, had taken their shoulder pads off and the water was runnin'. And there's been times when I was runnin' and he let us take our shoulder pads off because, you know, the heat, because of the law on the, on the heat and the index, whatever.

Alpiger

Okay. You said the law?

Moore

Yeah. Because, you know, there's a certain degree, you know what I'm sayin', you can't be in full gear, so he let us take our shoulder pads off.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, have you… You said you weren't there, but you heard that a couple people got sick. Or a couple people…

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Moore

Two, two players, uh, passed out, fallin' out.

Alpiger

Do you know who they were? Well, we know one was Max.

Moore

And there's another guy, Antonio Calloway.

Alpiger

Okay.

Moore

He's a senior.

Alpiger

Do you know what happened to him?

Moore

I'm not sure. Uh, I don't know if it's the same thing that happened to Max, or, you know, just, uh, dehydration or whatever happened, but I know that a couple players had to help 'im off the field.

Alpiger

Antonio off the field?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. And from your experience, when something like that happens, they take 'im where?

Moore

When somebody falls out, they'll take you into the locker room and see what happened with, with you; and if you need to get treated for anything, they'll ice you down…

Alpiger

Who's they?

Moore

Uh, Coach, Coach Deacon, and, and our other coaches…

Alpiger

Okay.

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Moore

Coach Stinton.

Alpiger

Have you heard of anybody, you think, heard or seen where anybody has maybe been injured when they probably didn't need to be injured. Let's say you're, uh, one of the coaches may have a problem with your attitude or something, so he puts you in a position, not you in particular, but puts somebody in a position, uh, to where they're being maybe havin' to work harder than everybody else?

Moore

No sir.

Alpiger

If for some reason you have… Uh, and, and, you know, I, I did practice football, play football for several years. Uh, I, I know it happens. They don't like your attitude, they'll do, they've done things where they'll maybe make you take the brunt of the, a hit or somethin' like that, or they'll, uh, maybe make you run a few extra laps or…

Moore

Yeah. If you're not doin' what you supposed to, then, yeah, you, you will have to run. Like if you're late to practice, you know, he'll make you run, run laps around the field, whatever. You know, if he feels you're not giving your effort, or if you not, you act like you don't wanta be there, whatever, you know what I'm sayin', he'll just make you run and…

Alpiger

Okay. But nothin' like, uh, puttin', making you a blockin' dummy or anything like that?

Moore

No. Usually the people who are not in the first group are usually, you know, on scout team, doin' that. Holdin' pads, or whatever. But he never just singles anybody out for…

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Alpiger

Since this, uh, incident occurred, uh, I'm sure you've had several practices…

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Uh, coaches talked about what is goin' on and what's happened? Coaches… all of 'em have probably talked about, you know, what's happened. They've also talked to you a good, told you that, you know, the police may wanta try to talk to you guys in the next couple days. Uh, that's when this letter came out. It went out on… It… Did anybody attempt to tell you what you need to say to us or what you can't say to us?

Moore

No sir. Coach, Coach told us to tell the truth. He told us to tell what we saw, what we know. And he told us not to lie for him about anything. He said just tell what we know.

Alpiger

Okay. What do you feel about your coaches?

Moore

I feel that they're good coaches and, you know, they never meant to run us 'til we passed out; and, you know, they didn't intend for anything like this to happen. You know, it's just an unfortunate situation. But if it had to happen to Max, but we never expected it to be anything like this. And I know Coach is way better than that.

Alpiger

Okay. Max as an athlete, how, how was he? Uh, and, you know, I don't wanta necessarily talk down to, down about 'im under the circumstance, but was he a strugglin' athlete, or was he pretty decent?

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Moore

He was pretty decent, but I don't know about how conditioned he was. Uh, I know that he was, he was a pretty good player. But as far as, you know, his conditioning, or how long he can go or his health or whatever, I wouldn't know.

Alpiger

Okay. Is there anything else that you think that would be pertinent to this that, or anything that you wanta talk about that you wanta put on record that, uh, we'll get that out of the way.

Moore

No sir.

Alpiger

You like your coaches?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

You trust them?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

You trust 'em with your life?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Don't think they'd do anything to hurt you?

Moore

No sir.

Alpiger

Do you think they know you better than you know you?

Moore

No sir. Only I know me better than (inaudible) does.

Alpiger

Okay. So if you were feelin' ill and there was coaches tellin' you, "Keep getting' it. No, you're not sick. Keep on goin'." And you

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know you're self better than he does… Moore

Then I would, I would just go sit down and then, you know, if he thought otherwise, then I would just leave. Only I know if I'm gonna get sick or not.

Alpiger

Okay. What about, uh, other, other athletes on the team that… Have you ever heard of anybody quittin' in the middle of practice because they thought the practices were too hard?

Moore

No. I mean, people have thought about it, but, you know, we, we look out for each other and keep each other from quittin'. You know, we, you know, hold each other up whenever we're feelin' down or tired. We, you know what I'm sayin', we cheer on our teammates whenever they were slowin' down. Just like, you know, we had a few, uh, players who got tired. You know what I'm sayin'. I would run beside 'em just to keep 'em runnin', to keep 'em from quittin'.

Alpiger

Okay. So and that's…

Moore

It has happened some times, but no. They usually come back and just try to make themselves better.

Alpiger

Okay. You say it has happened during like in the middle of a practice, somebody would just walk off and say I can't do this any more?

Moore

Yes sir.

Alpiger

Okay. You know anybody in particular that's happened with?

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Moore

It happened, uh, a few times this year, but I can't,, I can't remember exactly. I remember some players sayin' that, you know, that such and such quit, but I don't remember exactly the names of who quit. But, 'cause they were like freshmen, whatever; and I don't particularly know 'em.

Alpiger

Okay. Is it more common that freshmen quit than like upper…

Moore

Yes sir. 'Cause it's harder for 'em to deal with the first year. You know, they're not used to, you know, high school football and conditioning and everything that comes with high school football.

Alpiger

Okay. And on that note, can you think of anything that we might wanta talk about?

Moore

No sir.

Alpiger

'Cause, I mean, this really, the, although it doesn't have anything to do with this, this particular incident, this thing opens things up as to how, what the mentality is with, with this team, and it is a team. Okay. Okay, Demetrius. I appreciate you sticking this out with me. I wanta get you back in that classroom that you really hate so much. You might not, it might be to late. What time…

Moore

It’s over for that.

Alpiger

I'm sorry.

Moore

That class is over.

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Alpiger

That class is over? Now, which one you goin' to?

Moore

Geometry.

Alpiger

That's just as bad.

Moore

I know. Wish you came and got me at 12:00.

Alpiger

Okay. Uh, I'm gonna end this interview at 12:09 and let you go back to geometry.

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