![]() Sometimes when you walk into a locker room, we're not playing as well as we should at halftime, you need guys to be able to jump up and push the right buttons. So we talked a lot about that. Don't make too big about it, don't ask them about it, they just wanted to talk to each other before camp started, before issues arose. When I was done, some of the players said they wanted players only. Guys are getting better. Just last night we had a great meeting. Our players, we worked directly with Jason Cummins that works hard with our staff to develop that leadership. Sometimes it comes naturally, sometimes it doesn't. Many great leaders that have been through here. Danny Trevathan, from what I've heard, special guys. When you have the great leaders that have been here in the past in Avery (Williamson). We worked extremely hard at developing the leadership and training them to be leaders. We'll see how that goes.ĬOACH STOOPS: The leadership is there. We will play some young guys in certain spots. ![]() That's always a work in progress.Īgain, we're better than we've been. You always want more strength, more play-makers, more depth. ![]() Some have more depth than us, we realize that. We're really no different than any team in the country. Is that one of the things that you're going to be trying to work extremely hard on this fall?ĬOACH STOOPS: It is. That's one of the things I was curious about. Q. Not to be redundant, you talked about depth. You have to make sure you have enough play-makers and guys that can do things that are between them and God. You watch football, and sometimes you're sitting there saying, Oh, no, oh, no. Now we have to have a great camp. That's what I'm most excited about because they can handle what we're going to put in front of them. We've had the off-season, we had the winter, we had the spring. That's what I'm most excited about. It gives us the opportunity to grind them, to work, to have a camp that we need to have. Our team has the foundation to handle more, to practice longer, to have good, detailed practices. I'm tired of working on the broad strokes. Sitting up on the edge of their seat for two, two and a half hours, whatever it takes, and getting the job done in our football meetings, paying attention to detail, improving the fine strokes that it takes to win at a high level. Like last night, we go through quite a bit of administrative meetings. That's basically being able to handle more and do more and practice more. I touched on all the things you've heard me touch on all summer. Q. What are you most excited about and what is your biggest fear, not including injuries?ĬOACH STOOPS: Yeah, I'm most excited, our team, as we get in there, everything has gone relatively smoothly. You're not always going to see the flash, but he's played some good football and we're looking for him to play much better this year. Again, one of the most unselfish players on our team are some of the D-linemen and guys up front. So we have to keep the expectations in check for him. He needs to continue to improve and have a great summer. But he's played some very good football for us. He needs to be more consistent with the weight loss, playing more, being lighter on his feet, playing more snaps. He does a really good job in there. What he does and what we ask him to do, he's not always going to be that guy behind the line of scrimmage playing those flashy plays. He's a guy that's very good over the center in a zero technique which we play quite a bit of. I think as you look at Matt, a lot of people have great expectations for him, as we do. ![]() Hopefully that will translate to the field. The players have been very consistent and working extremely hard. Coach Edmond and our weight staff have done a really good job. Q. Matt Elam looks like a different person.ĬOACH STOOPS: As I've said, you've heard me talk about it, he's worked hard. We're going to work hard at it, that's for sure. We just had a punt install meeting this morning. Q. How comfortable are you with your punting situation going into the season? What are your expectations for Grant McKinnis?ĬOACH STOOPS: We're excited to see what Grant can do. We wish we had him here all summer to put some weight on him. But he's not going to miss camp.ĬOACH STOOPS: It's good that he's here. Q. I know you probably would have loved to have Bonner on campus for summer workouts. We'll get out there today and see what kind of shape he's in. What have you seen from Jordan Bonner? Is he ready to be able to play?ĬOACH STOOPS: He's ready to go. You know, it gets to this point, we’re ready for practice one. The players are looking good physically and mentally. Here are transcripts and video of today's Media Day press conferences:ĬOACH STOOPS: Alright, we’ll get started. Media Day is over, but the fun's just getting started here on KSR.
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