Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Harry Friedgenis an American football coach. He was most recently the special assistant coach for Rutgers after serving as the offensive coordinator in the 2014 season. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2000 to 2010. After the 2010 regular season, it was announced that Friedgen would not be returning for the 2011 season, ending his ten-year run as head coach. Affectionately known as "The Fridge", Friedgen was previously an offensive coordinator at...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 April 1947
ball expect expectation good great happy keeps matter player red stop throws today turning
I expect him to be a great player and nothing less. When he doesn't live up to that expectation, I'm not a happy person. I'm not happy when he throws interceptions like he did today in the red zone. That has to stop if we're going to win. It doesn't matter how good he plays, if he keeps turning the ball over we're not going to win.
ahead good honestly searching
I can honestly say that I think we're ahead of where I thought we'd be at this point. I thought we'd still be searching at quarterback. Joel has had a good spring.
against defense game good pleased rushing
I was really pleased with the way our defense responded. We had a very very good game against a very good rushing offense. And we got some turnovers, which isn't something we have been doing lately.
against ball good learn line physical running starting struggle takes
If we don't get more physical at the line of scrimmage, we're going to struggle running the ball. They're just starting to learn what it takes to really run the ball against a good defense.
bring close good happen josh last playing running table year
If we can get Lance playing even better than he did last year and Josh even close to what he was, I think we'd have two pretty good running backs. What Josh would bring to the table is he can go all the way. If we can get him back to that, we'll be in pretty good shape. I don't know if that will happen or not.
bit coaching good luck
A lot of it is good coaching and fundamentals. A little bit of it is luck.
advantage ball difference field good hard played position turning
I think we played hard and we had the opportunities, but we didn't take advantage of them. When we had the ball with good field position after turning them over, we weren't able to come away with any points. That was really the difference in the game.
credit fourth game took
We had the game in hand, and we have to give credit to Clemson. Really, I thought they took it took it to us in the fourth quarter, which disappoints me greatly.
ability close run seen
I've seen him run with close to the same ability he had before the injury.
game running
The running game wasn't there. If we could have run the ball, we would have won.
bring great guys human protect trying vernon
The thing that is so great about Vernon is that he doesn't think another human can bring him down. I'm trying to get our other guys over there to protect him.
bring eight guys human protect reaching trying
I was reaching for my whistle, but I didn't have it on. He doesn't think another human can bring him down. I was trying to get our guys to go over there and protect him after he had about eight guys on him.
confidence gives hoping
I'm hoping this gives us the confidence we need to get better.
again pressure time tired winning
The pressure is on. I'm tired of losing. I don't know if that (pressure) is self-imposed or not. But it's about time we started winning again around here.