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| Today we obviously know spring practice tomorrow, something that we go through the recruiting part and everything else that is involved with college football, the academics and the off season program, the running and the lifting which is all part of it, but really the determining factor as to what type of football team we are going to have and how it is going to happen will start tomorrow. This is an exciting time. I am truly excited to just get out there and see our players moving around, even though we have been watching a lot of film on them. We have watched a lot of the breakdown tapes and so forth; I want to see it first hand. I want to see the guy go out there and make a great catch. I want to see the guy go out there and block somebody. Ill sleep better. Our guys have done a great job. Our coaches have done a fantastic job within the time restraints that we have, as far as being able to meet with a player prior to spring practice, to somewhat get the offense and defense system, the changes, the newness introduced. I think they have done a fantastic job. Our players have done a great job preparing themselves for spring practice. I think that they know that there is going to be more competition. |
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| We are going to meet today, we have a team meeting coming up this afternoon, probably wont talk to them too much tomorrow, they will probably be anxious to get out there and get started. I think the message would be we have to improve as a football team. There is a double challenge of one, players trying to prove and improve themselves individually with their skills and at the same time challenge of learning a new system, primarily on offense where everything is new. Its not time to stand up and start talking about Notre Dame, or start talking about wining the Big East. There is plenty of time for that. That will come. Right now we have to, I have to, the coaches have to figure out who are best players and what type of depth we have. Whos going to be our football team, whos going to line up where? That needs to be the focus, not next season. Next season will take care of itself. We need to focus, take it one step at a time. Right now we are at the first step of just trying to figure out what we have and whats the best chance to win.
How different is it now then before? The offense is completely different. From a standpoint of terminology, formations, how we are calling things. Probably a point of emphasis is some areas what we will be doing, that part will change. Defensively there are not as many changes. There are a few. Some of the changes we have made on defense, I really wanted to make the changes but try to keep the terminology and the language as close as possible to what they have been doing. We have been able to do that. I think it will be a little more of a change of what we do, as compared to what we are calling it. They had a complete defensive package here and now it is a matter of looking at it and saying OK, weve got all the different things to do, the three deep, two deep, blitz, man, ok, now what are we going to be? What are we really going to make our foundation? Thats probably where there will be some tweaks. |