If I execute my assignment, what does it matter who is across from me? I’m not getting into the details of where he was at last year. For the players, we got to worry about what we got to do. You’re just trying to gather information, trying to figure out where the pieces will be, where is this guy going to play, and who is going to play. On the challenges of preparing for Oregon… How will they respond in a game atmosphere? I don’t know if we know that yet, and that’s going to be the resiliency factor of where is this group, because I don’t think you really know until you go out in the game and have to execute it in front of the fans and against a really good opponent.” How are they going to respond to that in a game atmosphere? It happens every day in practice. I’ve never coached a defensive player that didn’t give up a play or get beat. They need good things to happen and reaffirm their good habits, and some of them need maybe something adverse to happen and see how they respond. I guess you could say that’s experience, right? So they’re in need of experience, but more so than experience they need to play in a game. At some positions more talented than others, but they’re in need of playing a game. “Where are they right now? They’re inexperienced, you know, and hopefully as talented as we think they are players. On the progression of young defensive players… If you’re going to do it at a position, the position to do it at a receiver because those guys tend to be able to have success at an early age.” We’ve got some young guys that will probably have to play and help us in the two-deep. Same number of soft tissues, hamstrings and things, and it’s kind of been that way this year. We’ve had guys dinged up in every camp I’ve ever been here, and to be honest with you, we look at it every year and every year it’s about the same. We got the same number of guys we’ve had pretty much every camp, so I don’t know that there is a major concern for depth there. Receiver’s no different that are O-line or D-line or defensive backs. I can’t sit here and tell you that we’ve had enough at any position because as a coach you concern yourself with reps, volume of reps, how do I get enough work, how does each player get enough work. “Yeah, you know, I think a lot can be made about depth at any position. It’s great when he have two guys that know the system and two guys that can share that responsibility.” Felt comfortable Glenn would be able to take it over along with Will. That’s what made the transition easier when Dan left.
Dan would be the first to tell you he never would’ve had the success he had here if not for Glenn Schumann. Schumann was here at that time as well, and they were really neck in neck the whole time and both took on the responsibilities. So I think when we had an opportunity to hire him as coordinator, I knew he was going to do a great job. He helped recruit while he was there, and when we had a job come open, it was - I think Kevin ended up leaving, and ended up being a no-brainer for us to bring Danny in because I knew the value he had, No. He just worked and he grinded, and he really did a good job of just doing what you asked him to do. “Well, I think first part of that is I had a great relationship with Dan when he worked at University of Alabama, and had a lot of respect for how he went about doing his job. They’ve got a lot of good football players on their team. Mario Cristobal is a good friend of mine and he’s done a great job recruiting players to Oregon, and Dan has taken those guys, and watching what they did in the spring game, and knowing the intensity and the organization and the leadership that Dan has, they’re going to be a hell of a team. Probably a little bit Wednesday, a little bit Thursday, and then all in Friday, Saturday, Sunday off, and then getting back to the grind for the players. I’m pleased with where we are, and it’s time to lock in and finish up the prep we got started last week. We’ve got a lot of situational football to get ready for. We’re certainly not completely ready for Oregon. I am pleased with what our guys have done up to this point. It’s not easy to be a football player in the fall because you don’t get to do much but practice every day for three and four hours in the heat and school is not here, people aren’t on campus, and all that has changed now. I am really pleased with how hard our guys have worked and strained. I thought we had a really good football camp in terms of physicality, practice, and during the heat. Camp kind of came to end last week for us. Excited to get game week going, game week prep.
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