HUFF'S PRESS CONFERENCE HAPPENING NOW!!!!!!!!!
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"This is not a rebuild... This is a program that has had success and is used to being successful. The players in our locker room don't want to hear about how we are going to be good in 3 years, or whatever. They want us to be good now and to have sustained success."
I tell you what, if you don’t get fired up after watching Coach Huff speak, then go root for someone else. I’m pumped up and I’m throwing a little extra into my annual donation to the Big Green. This is an exciting time and I like the energy Coach Huff is already bringing to the program.
Agreed... Collin Cowherd talked the other day about intro pressers for coaches and he pointed out that the best ones always are prepared, and always know what to say to win the opening press conference with the players and the fans (he was talking about Robert Saleh). It doesn't guarantee success, but its certainly a better indicator than a guy like Josh McDaniel, Matt Patricia, or Adam Gase, etc. who look bad in the opening presser.
If you truly are good at what you do and you're passionate about it then it will show. You can tell this dude is all about it. Being around Saban and being hired by Saban shows you the mentality of Coach Huff. No nonsense, hardworking, and championship or bust.
I love how he said he wanted to be the most hated team on the opponents schedule. That's awesome. No more buddy ball and sitting on 10 point leads.
"Every former player....Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich....Coach Pruett, Coach Dunning...I'm probably forgetting someone..."
Pretty cool the coach from Maryland will have his first game in his home state.
Most of it, which is not a criticism as it is what you are supposed to do. was standard coach-speak.
The big take away is the line of "recruit within 5 hours". Certainly a policy change, and not just from Doc, but back as long as anyone can remember.
So draw a circle. You end up with something whose outside edges are Detroit, Indy, Chattanooga, Charlotte, the outside edge of the Swamp, and Cleveland. So, roughly, WV, OH, most IN, western PA, most of KY, half of TN, half of NC, most of VA, most of MD.
We should out recruit the lowly MAC and the rest of the G5 in that circle. We certainly are not taking kids from OSU or the like. The question is the P5 field fillers like WVU, Pitt, UK, Maryland, Louisville, Indiana, and such, and then Cincinnati and ECU.
The big take away is the line of "recruit within 5 hours". Certainly a policy change, and not just from Doc, but back as long as anyone can remember.
So draw a circle. You end up with something whose outside edges are Detroit, Indy, Chattanooga, Charlotte, the outside edge of the Swamp, and Cleveland. So, roughly, WV, OH, most IN, western PA, most of KY, half of TN, half of NC, most of VA, most of MD.
We should out recruit the lowly MAC and the rest of the G5 in that circle. We certainly are not taking kids from OSU or the like. The question is the P5 field fillers like WVU, Pitt, UK, Maryland, Louisville, Indiana, and such, and then Cincinnati and ECU.
True. But, having seen a lot of these transitions, there's a lot that can be learned from the delivery of the coach speak. I think we can all see why he's the "top recruiter in the nation." Nothing worse than interacting with a person who is simply going from their notes. We had the opposite with my middle son whose replacement simply recited the notes he took from the HC he worked under with no personality added. It will make a difference with the players also, and their motivation also.
I agree, and I thought the other noteworthy item was... "We are going to be aggressive, no matter the opponent, no matter what the scoreboard says, no matter the weather, any of that. We are going to be aggressive."
Let's get back to having some swagger and hammering people.
If it gets us back into the tidewater area the. I’m all for it. Pruett recruited the area hard. It’s been neglected the last 15 years.
I think it was really cool what Coach Saban had to say about the state and our program.
I liked what I heard and read. To me, the test for any coach coming into a new program is 1) discipline, and 2) conditioning., and that starts now and goes into the spring. Part of being disciplined is acting like a team, not a group of individuals. I think that is what he was talking about "being a champion." I worry less about recruiting based on his background, and more on his ability to manage a staff. It is a far cry from being on a staff and managing it. He/We won't have the depth of a large support staff that Alabama has. I would suspect we will have coordinators in their first coordinator jobs at this level. That's OK, just so they work together. I really, really like the emotion he showed when he talked about finally getting a program of his own. Plus he doesn't seem like a guy that will shy away from the media, nor be a backslapping, glad-hander. Loved how he fired a few comments back. I thought his response to Keith at the end was OK, that's a tough question coming in and he probably doesn't want to be accused of either looking back too much or ignoring the past.
I appreciated all his comments and really like the way he approaches life in general...the right way is the right way! Regarding the game, I love his commitment to aggressiveness, conditioning, and consistency. Can't wait for fall! Welcome, Coach Huff.
This message is for @The Real SamC after watching the press conference:
"This program isn't for you. It's time you move on."
"This program isn't for you. It's time you move on."
Hearing the 5 hour rule of thumb is nothing new. I've heard it before from Pruett and Nehlen. Build your core from there. Most if not all of the speed players will come from the South. Pruett used to get a lot of kids from the DC, MD and VA area and Nehlen from PA.
I had forgotten the part about wanting to be the most hated team on the schedule. In a way, he reminds me of Nolan Richardson and his, "40 minutes of hell" at Arkansas.
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