GopherLady
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Here are the notes, not verbatim, but you get the jist...
• You're so dedicated and energized, there's so much to do, there's really not much time for rest. For us, that's what we do best, when you work under pressure or expectations.
• When you come here, you don't have that background knowledge? We were going on the official visits together, by word of mouth, trusting your people to show recruits and Elite time.
• MN kids - This is our state, period. It truly is, we're the only D1 football program in MN. Those kids mean the world to me, a lot of them, we recruited to WMU. When we got here, they still wanted to be Gophers, that just shows the power of the University of Minnesota. When you are born here, you want to play here. It means a lot.
• You're not able to fill every need with your 1st recruiting class
• It's amazing, it comes full circle. They're pretty naive to the recruiting process, then they get weathered, and see how they come full circle. They've had to fail to get to where they're at - battles against other teams, teams they didn't really like, that's the fun thing, they all have this specific journey.
• Getting to know upperclassman - I don't care how much you know, it's how much you care. I've met with 1/2 of them already. We've had team meetings, winter workouts. There's a lot of leaders on this football team on this football team already.
• QB position - Everyone wants to know about, and it's the most important position on the field. We haven't had a chance to throw the football around or watch and evaluate them, that's for spring ball. I like how they work, and how the QB room works.
• 1st - you're always prepared as a FB coach, I have a 5 deep chart in case anything happens. Even if you're not hiring, you're getting to know people. Your agent helps you with that as well.
• Stars are overrated at some times, it doesn't measure the will - the "how" - the mind, the spirit, stars don't capture that. We look heavily at that. The word "just" doesn't exist at the University of MN because we're THE University of Minnesota.
• We want to build a big PWO program, they're the glue that keeps everyone together. I was one day away from being a walk-on. Everyone gets treated very fairly, you won't know who's a walk on.
• If you can't dance better than I can dance, we probably won't recruit you, because they're athletes! We want to see those moves on the field.
• I think it's energy, the ability to teach lifetime lessons in a cultural way - you can't use Bird and Jordan anymore, they think Jordan is the guy that makes the sneakers. You've got to talk Kayne and Drake. You have to teach based on things they'll understand. They don't need you for just the information, they need for you to explain the information.
• The timeframe - the assistants will take a breather, start 2018 and 19 evaluations, investing into our players, everyone deserves the utmost attention. We're going to get with our players, conditioning, getting ready for spring ball.
• You're so dedicated and energized, there's so much to do, there's really not much time for rest. For us, that's what we do best, when you work under pressure or expectations.
• When you come here, you don't have that background knowledge? We were going on the official visits together, by word of mouth, trusting your people to show recruits and Elite time.
• MN kids - This is our state, period. It truly is, we're the only D1 football program in MN. Those kids mean the world to me, a lot of them, we recruited to WMU. When we got here, they still wanted to be Gophers, that just shows the power of the University of Minnesota. When you are born here, you want to play here. It means a lot.
• You're not able to fill every need with your 1st recruiting class
• It's amazing, it comes full circle. They're pretty naive to the recruiting process, then they get weathered, and see how they come full circle. They've had to fail to get to where they're at - battles against other teams, teams they didn't really like, that's the fun thing, they all have this specific journey.
• Getting to know upperclassman - I don't care how much you know, it's how much you care. I've met with 1/2 of them already. We've had team meetings, winter workouts. There's a lot of leaders on this football team on this football team already.
• QB position - Everyone wants to know about, and it's the most important position on the field. We haven't had a chance to throw the football around or watch and evaluate them, that's for spring ball. I like how they work, and how the QB room works.
• 1st - you're always prepared as a FB coach, I have a 5 deep chart in case anything happens. Even if you're not hiring, you're getting to know people. Your agent helps you with that as well.
• Stars are overrated at some times, it doesn't measure the will - the "how" - the mind, the spirit, stars don't capture that. We look heavily at that. The word "just" doesn't exist at the University of MN because we're THE University of Minnesota.
• We want to build a big PWO program, they're the glue that keeps everyone together. I was one day away from being a walk-on. Everyone gets treated very fairly, you won't know who's a walk on.
• If you can't dance better than I can dance, we probably won't recruit you, because they're athletes! We want to see those moves on the field.
• I think it's energy, the ability to teach lifetime lessons in a cultural way - you can't use Bird and Jordan anymore, they think Jordan is the guy that makes the sneakers. You've got to talk Kayne and Drake. You have to teach based on things they'll understand. They don't need you for just the information, they need for you to explain the information.
• The timeframe - the assistants will take a breather, start 2018 and 19 evaluations, investing into our players, everyone deserves the utmost attention. We're going to get with our players, conditioning, getting ready for spring ball.
