On Saturday, Special Teams/Tight Ends Coach Vince Okruch met with the press to discuss progress to date as Spring football has passed the halfway mark in terms of practices. One critical piece that was discussed was the coaching staffs’ focus this spring. Rather than work on schemes, the staff is working on the basics. Here is what Okruch said about that:
“Well, to be honest with you, this spring we’ve been focusing on the fundamentals. We haven’t done a lot of ‘scheme things’ because until we get as good as we can on the fundamentals, the schemes aren’t going to matter.