Pre-Spring Game Presser Synopsis-like Twitter

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Here's a long Twitter like blog about today's presser.

Sitting here at the presser for the Spring practice review. Ralph is speaking about the events around this weekend including the Letterman's picnic on Friday and the Saturday parents gathering and spring game. We hopefuly will have a big crowd, we've emailed Pop Warner teams , HS teams. Weather looks good.

We have had a very good spring - young team - but very impressed about the hard work put in by our kids. Lots of progress over the last 4 practices. Concerned about lines - inexperience - need to get stronger. Skill people look good. Defense is impressive. Corner play very good - 4 safeties, Skinner, Perez, McCullough, Tate. Wiseman and Hughes coming on. Lbers - Gloster has had a good spring. Moten and Hartsfield doing very well. 5 Freshman should help, Murray and Drakeford, red shirts are doing well. Offense - Cannon had a great scrimmage, making plays, good catches. Torrey Smith also doing well. Kevin Dorsey made a bunch of plays. Logan, McCree, Dorsey playing with confidence. Making plays tough catches. Robinson and Turner playing well. D. Scott, Meggett, Morgan, and Douglas doing well. Special teams - Baltz excels at punter - Wallace and Barbour - good field goal kickers, waiting on Ferrara. Tony Logan good as PR; Torrey top kickoff in conference and expect the same for this year.

Very good practice this AM, next one Thursday and hopefully finish with a good game on Saturday. Good experience to have game like situation with people in the stands.

Questions-
Dinich - notable changes in defense? - Don Brown good addition - his D is diferent from many that we play - plays different typrese of cover 2 - and PRESS MAN - not sure we could do that - now we challenge every throw. QBs have to throw very accurately and receivers have to go up and make plays. Will need to consider some ramifications for pre-season practices. Don great teacher - works well with Lempa and Seamonson and Sollazzo. Players and staff have responded very well about Brown.

Cavanaugh - Freshman usage? - can't count on freshman; red shirt freshman - need to get Campbell and Armstrong eligible and they should make a difference. OL is like fine wine, takes time. But there is a desire to do well. Dill, Pinegar and Gilbert improving. Key will be guard - Young neds to be further along, Lewis has responded, Gonella doing well, Hampton struggling but working hard. Phil Costa at Center and doing great, leadership extraordinary and Danny Edwards playing the best football since he arrived.

Stevens - AJ Francis - competitor, smart, keeps fighting, never quits - that tells me alot about an individual. Must work on production. Right now he is starting NG, but he may become an OL. Need to get the best players on the field - don't need good players sitting on the bench.

? - significance of R/W game overall? - Game is a simplified version - don't want to show alot. Value is to calm nerves - how do the young players react to playing in front of a crowd. Coaches will go through all mechanics of a game situation, not from Tyser, but the sideline. We need to evaluate players in a game like situation. Last week's scrimmage helped. This team has had more reps in spring than any other time. Need to correct mistakes. Has been a fun team to coach; confidence growing; they joke with me. Monday in weight room was the best this spring according to Deege. Working hard in drills but problem working in "team" - have to assimilate lots of info - now they are getting the whole picture and things are starting to happen.

DB - Kenny Tate run at corner? - We talked about it but not sure who goes in on safety. Kenny is a good blitzer - big body - can play as LBer, made 8 tackles last week and 11 week before, 2 INTs. He will be on the field alot.

Keith - Jamar as QB? - Saturday he has made progress and in today's practice more progress. With 2 QBs still was making some mistakes as a #2 QB - he did talk to me today picking up hots - today he got his hots. Last 2 practices good improvement.

DB - Bankins kickoff return schemes - Known for his KO returns, we did have a return by Torrey last week. Punt protection should stay the same. He will have some flexibility in KO.

Dinich - Torrey? - Needs to make more plays as a receiver. As a punt returner, he can run and he is fast. He is a remarkable kid. Good student, leader, hard worker, well respected - will be a very good football player and moreover successful in life.

Keith - Dion? - Can he finish - he's improving.

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