ASU players don't have a problem with coach Herm Edwards' cutting threats

ASU insiders Doug Haller and Jeff Metcalfe discuss Herm Edwards comments about cutting players.

Before Herm Edwards told the media of his possible intention to cut scholarship players, the first-year Arizona State coach informed his team.

ASU starts every practice day with a special-teams meeting inside the program’s new football facility. After the meeting, Edwards addresses the players. According to several, most of these talks are inspirational in nature, and this recent one was no different.

“It wasn’t like a down-in-the-dumps type of speech,’’ senior linebacker Jay Jay Wilson said after Thursday’s practice. “It was more like an inspirational type of speech, it was more motivation. It was…