" Yeah. I knew all the excitement that would be associated with the assistant head football coach. But but to do it back home. I'm around family around friends and an environment in a very familiar with this is just been a complete real. Fundamentals. Fundamentals and techniques that go along with play in the game of football. All of it and defensive stabs are going to spend. A lot of time. Coach in the schemes and in so forth but if they don't get aligned properly within a school they don't bend your knees that they don't have."

" Their eyes were -- supposed to be."

" Number matter when it comes to -- the success of executing it so. I do not want to remember who's side of of the fundamentals and and that that technical things about the game of football -- lie to be successful. What's working is. That that tempo control that no huddle offense gives you. As a former defensive coordinators you would you pull your hair out trying to match that temple."

" Kinda the there's no just came through it before. Your opportunities defected to the opportunity to play them what the personnel group we'll see that situation. That. You you'll you'll be an effective if you if you try to do that. But that's still a mistake that that that coaches will make and I think Tom Herman doesn't masterful job of of control in the temple with with his offense. We have to run the football better. You think spread the connotation that goes along with that is is four wide outs and when the ball over the yard and in my opinion. I think that's the further from the truth of what we're doing offensively. Will be physical. Which isn't often something that that you associate with that would spread offense we will run the football. We very talented running backs capable of doing it we're got a couple quarterbacks will be very active and -- running game as well."

" Hopefully tackle better. Spread wishbone drop back pass power -- does matter we'll come off as you defend you better tackle well you're going to play good defense. And in we tackle very poorly we went into our our third day of spring ball first day we'll put shoulder pads on. And in that. Probably looked like the longer than I should've. Before we separated as an -- defensive moves when its private time. And in in worked on tackling this as a defensive football team I think from their own. They understood I was serious that we were going to be a physical football team mobile. And in that we will want to teach them how to attack attack it was just about going up going. And hopefully it. -- fanatic. You. -- and your -- you use angles so on and so forth. Social we got to tackle well we'll we'll play good defense compete against war for eight years in the Big East. I I I saw how his teams play great emotion great enthusiasm. What you believe you need to have if you -- play this this game well these teams have always turn the ball over it's. One of the biggest steps to do this that and win lose football games and and we're opening brings them mentality in those things go with it to our success and I was state. The expectations that were were placed on ourselves or -- to improve. Everything that we're doing to win football games and and and now I'm not dodge and I haven't Dodgers from anybody from from day one. I don't have projection for wins and losses most -- because I don't know the league and our football team but I don't I don't know the league. Three years from now I'd I'd probably ought to know what I think we can win this many football games into -- when last were were were wrong if we win more you know. We've we've we've really they've outperformed ourselves. Right now what we've got to improve and everything that we do. As a start to go along with her what -- what the rest of the town is compared us. And how we have to tweak things from week to week to to take advantage of what our scheme is ever present and then we'll do that. If if we concern ourselves with that. That will meet your expectations every night every week. I didn't grow up just forty minutes down the road. I was born ten minutes to these -- and inject tries. -- my father it was a high school football coach and so I think my fondest memory was was being around. That type of athlete that have been at a very early age I've got a picture. Back I was in junior high when. When Dick Vermeil was was speaking at the Iowa State for -- can. I think -- with his arm around me if I remember standing outside the -- When they're great running backs in the big gate."

" I remember walking out of the end zone himself in the field and playing on the turf and the game was over and -- food network and blown fans. I I feel them yourself wanted to have a lot of fun."