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...
best guys looking means opportunity
There will be two guys competing. I don't look if a guy is a walk-on or a guy is a scholarship player. I'm looking at who is the best guy that's going to give us our best opportunity to win. That's who we're going to go with. Walk-on or scholarship means nothing to me.
backs bit effort everybody expected guys job line offensive pass playing pride regardless running work
Everybody has to take a bit more pride and effort that the No. 1 job of the offensive line and running backs is pass protection. You don't want that quarterback to be touched. You have to work to do that. Regardless of how many first-year guys we have in the offensive line, they're playing and that's the job they're expected to do.
along doubt further guys next nice plus sweat throwing winter year
There's no doubt about it, we would have been inside. We'd like to be able to get things done. And plus we'd be further along. We'll be further along next year because our guys will have been throwing all winter long and doing things. That's the advantage. If this was next year at this time, we'd have a nice sweat going.
came concerns executing guys played proud situations terms
I was proud of the way our guys came out and played the game, in terms of going through executing the way we did. Sometimes you have some concerns in situations like this.
developing guys leadership level lost number opportunity people spend terms time understand
Because of the number of people we lost - we had to spend time doing some different things in terms of developing leadership and getting guys to understand what it's going to take to play at the level that we want to play at, ... A lot of the guys haven't had the opportunity to play at that level.
ability amount guys job order possibly respect successful team tremendous
One thing that Dennis can do is that he can do all the things we are going to want to do offensively in order to be as successful as we possibly can. I know that all the guys on the team have a tremendous amount of respect for him, they know that he has ability and they know that it's their job to make his job easier.
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Lou made some really nice runs. Donald probably had his best day of the spring. Andre also had a good day. They all did some good things. They're guys that proved they can help us. I wouldn't be hesitant to put any of those four guys, plus Larry (Taylor), into a game.
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When you can get that kind of field position through special teams it's a big advantage. Guys like that, the one thing it does is it gets the guys in front of them to keep blocking longer and sustain their blocks because they know that whenever he touches the ball he can go the distance.
bring few guys
When you play defense, it is about emotion. It is about enthusiasm. You want to see that and you want to have that. And we have a few guys that bring that to the table.
good guys
When we've been really good here, we've had guys that have been that way. You go back to when Alfred (Fincher) was here.
conditions guys played understood wind
It was one of those days, where the wind and conditions weren't very good. It was a little sloppy, but the guys that have played understood their assignments.
contribute ethic guy guys reward saw work
It was a work ethic that we saw. And then we also saw a guy that was able to come in and contribute for us in different ways. You try to reward guys when they do that.
compete four guys job last year
We had some inconsistencies last year at that position. We'll have four guys compete for the job this spring.
freshmen guys step wide
We'll see if some of these other guys can step up or see if we're going to be inserting some of the freshmen. Right now I'd say we'll be inserting some of the freshmen at wide receiver.