Bobcats Get Down to Business on Day Two
8/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
The pleasantries are dispatched, the how-do-you-dos in the rear view mirror. Tuesday, Rob Ash and his staff got down to the nuts and bolts of running a fall camp.
What MSU's first-year head coach saw during his second practice with the team, he liked. "Today was a lot better in a lot of respects," Ash said. "The tempo was better today, partly because they know where to go, what to do. We were late getting our reps in yesterday, today we were on time, which means we were getting plays off in a better tempo."
As the players acclimate to MSU's new coaching staff and new system, so, too, is Ash adjusting. "I was more comfortable out there. Yesterday I was worried if the next drill was organized, if the next period was set up how I want it. Today I was actually able to watch the football team to see how we're doing things, see how we're executing. I feel like I coached more today."
Ash said the coaching staff hasn't moderated its pace in terms of installing the program's offensive and defensive systems. "That's our hardest question right now," he said, "trying to figure out just how fast to go. We're not putting it in as fast as we would if we were a veteran team and (with coaches that have) been here two or three years, but we're not going slow, either. We decided to figure out just how much they could pick up, and actually I'm pretty happy with how they're doing. Basically they're studying hard and they're really driven to learn this.
The Bobcats enter a new phase of fall practice on Wednesday, donning shoulder pads. "Shoulder pads take us to a different level," he said, "where we can go what we call thud tempo. We can go with an inside run period, we can look forward to having a little more contact because the upper bodies are protected."
Ash said as his team and staff move forward, he's most pleased that the progress is coming at an advanced rate. "We decided to just practice like we practice. That's one of the things I'm most pleased about, we didn’t even have to slow down. We decided not to take an ABC approach, we're throwing the whole alphabet at them."
What MSU's first-year head coach saw during his second practice with the team, he liked. "Today was a lot better in a lot of respects," Ash said. "The tempo was better today, partly because they know where to go, what to do. We were late getting our reps in yesterday, today we were on time, which means we were getting plays off in a better tempo."
As the players acclimate to MSU's new coaching staff and new system, so, too, is Ash adjusting. "I was more comfortable out there. Yesterday I was worried if the next drill was organized, if the next period was set up how I want it. Today I was actually able to watch the football team to see how we're doing things, see how we're executing. I feel like I coached more today."
Ash said the coaching staff hasn't moderated its pace in terms of installing the program's offensive and defensive systems. "That's our hardest question right now," he said, "trying to figure out just how fast to go. We're not putting it in as fast as we would if we were a veteran team and (with coaches that have) been here two or three years, but we're not going slow, either. We decided to figure out just how much they could pick up, and actually I'm pretty happy with how they're doing. Basically they're studying hard and they're really driven to learn this.
The Bobcats enter a new phase of fall practice on Wednesday, donning shoulder pads. "Shoulder pads take us to a different level," he said, "where we can go what we call thud tempo. We can go with an inside run period, we can look forward to having a little more contact because the upper bodies are protected."
Ash said as his team and staff move forward, he's most pleased that the progress is coming at an advanced rate. "We decided to just practice like we practice. That's one of the things I'm most pleased about, we didn’t even have to slow down. We decided not to take an ABC approach, we're throwing the whole alphabet at them."
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