Randy Edsall
Randy Edsall
Randy Douglas Edsallis an American football coach who is currently the director of football research-special projects for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2015. Edsall was previously the head coach at the University of Connecticut from 1999 until the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, and oversaw the program's promotion from the NCAA Division I-AA level to Division I-A. He has the most wins for a head football...
ability knew learning matter mental physically playing standpoint
I knew physically that he had the ability to do it. It was just a matter of him learning his assignments and the things that he had to do from a mental standpoint of playing the position.
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I like everything about Dennis in terms of what he can do, ... I have the utmost confidence that he'll go out and do a good job. We'll put a game plan together that we know he'll be able to handle and that everybody on offense will be able to execute.
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I like everything about Dennis. I have the utmost confidence in him that he'll go out and do a good job. He's a student of the game. He's a guy that's very conscientious and wants to learn. He did a good job on his own throughout the summer trying to learn on his own.
field gave guy larry position
The field position that Larry gave us was very big, ... He's a guy who will be missed.
football gets guys respect
The guys respect him for that. He gets it done in the classroom. He gets it down on the football field.
addition alumni bringing football great help job personally program
a great addition and a great help to me personally and also the program and the kids. He's done a great job of bringing our football alumni back into the fold.
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You want to get your program to the point where every day kids go out and know that they have to compete to get better because if they don't they know there's somebody behind them who has the ability if they slack off. Overall we're at a point in our program now where we have more competition than we've ever had before.
hand shake thank trailer watch
All he did was shake my hand and say thank you. And off he went into the trailer to go watch film.
bring table
All of them bring something to the table or we wouldn't have recruited them.
kids lay nobody step
The kids competed and nobody lay down. But we've got to be able to step it up a little more.
games guy rather
I'd much rather play our non-conference games first and then get into the conference. Every game is important, but I'm a guy that would much rather play the non-conference first.
attitude commitment early hurt shows stayed
That shows his toughness. He hurt it early in the game, but he stayed in because of his attitude and commitment to his teammates.
expect
I expect Dennis, being relaxed, to go out and play the game,
close exactly feels last pleased
I don't know if he's all the way back, but I know this, he's a lot better now than what he was at the end of last season. I think he feels a lot more comfortable. There are things that he's doing that I think he's getting close to exactly where he was before. I've been pleased with what he's been able to do and the workload that we've been able to give him this spring.