“As I told the team, our family name is Terrapins — Terps for short — when people say it, I want them to say it with some respect. I want our players to be very prideful about that family name and I want us to display and be the program we need to be to make the Terp name proud and successful.” (Kevin Richardson)
Introductory news conferences for just-hired coaches often set the tone for the months — or even years — ahead.
When Randy Edsall was introduced as Maryland’s football coach in 2011, he came off as stiff and somewhat defensive about the way he left his players at Connecticut.