Al Bagnoli
Al Bagnoli
Al Bagnoliis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Columbia University, a position he assumed in 2015. Bagnoli served as a head football coach at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1982 to 1991 and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 2014...
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We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, which is never easy. Maybe our expectations were not what they should have been. I think he had a productive year, even though it was somewhat inconsistent to Mike Mitchell and Gavin Hoffman.
guys hope skill
We're cautiously optimistic. We think we're going to have a lot of skill on this team, but we have some unproven guys that we hope will perform.
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Bryan Walker has the most snaps and the best recall of some of the things we did.
facility filled games smaller stands suffice
While it is a shame, a smaller facility will suffice for now. It's not like the stands are filled during games anyway.
chance decent
We've got a chance to be a decent defense. We're not there yet.
coaching expected learning somewhat
We're still erratic. It's somewhat to be expected -- we have a lot of coaching changes. We've tweaked some things, so we're still somewhat on a learning curve.
extent hard healthy hurt obviously pat starting
You never know. I don't want to take anything away from Harvard. On that day they were obviously the better team. The extent that we were hurt by Pat not being there, it's hard to gauge. Obviously, you like to have your starting quarterback healthy for that game.
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Kyle was a remarkable young man, a true scholar-athlete, an ambassador for Penn, a tremendous teammate and leader on and off the field, as well as a caring and outstanding brother. His loss will be felt for a long time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this time.
dealing defensive group leadership provides side talented
He is really a talented kid. We're still pretty young on the defensive side of the ball, and he provides some maturity, and he provides some leadership that we need with we're dealing with such a young group of kids.
facilities people terms
He'll do more in terms of the development end, the fundraising end, the facilities end of it. He'll get more people involved.
beneficial color time
Any time you get a different color jersey, it's beneficial and it also give you an idea of where you are.