Vic Koenning
Vic Koenning
Victor E. Koenning, Jr.is a former professional American football player, and currently serves as the defensive coordinator at Troy University. He was the interim head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2011 and was the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 2000 to 2002, where he compiled a record of 5–29...
good limits trying
We were trying to see what the limits were on guys. That's one of the things you do. He's been in good shape.
ball field good held holding kept position
We got tired, no doubt. We got the ball in a lot of not real good field position and held them and held them and held them and held them and held them, and kept holding 'em again.
coach knocking people saying start
This is coach Bowden's way of saying we need to start knocking people out.
answer bus felt forest generating looked mud pressure ride running rushing strongly wake worked
It worked OK. It's just something I felt pretty strongly about during the bus ride back. We looked like we were running in mud sometimes at Wake Forest and not generating the kind of pressure that we need. I don't know if it's the right answer, honestly. I think the right answer is just (to) get better at rushing four.
twice
I've never had that before, in how many years of coaching? So we've had it twice in two games, so we've got to get that squared away, too.
built compete defense excuses might short talented
This defense is being built for the long term, I'd say, as much as it is the short term. I know that we need to compete right now, and I'm not making any excuses for what might or might not happen. But there's a lot of talented young players.
trying
They were just trying to get through it.
establish games guys help next point work year
The big thing for us right now defensively, is to work on our depth. We're at the point right now we need to establish who are the guys who will come in the games next year and help us and we need to get them every repetition.
becomes deals four row string
So I said, 'Well, I'll try it,' and we proceeded to string four (wins) in a row together, and it becomes one of those deals where you don't ever go back.
anxious bar guys push reach watch
I'm anxious to watch these guys play. We have set the bar high, and we're going to push to reach it.
along bad blame coming early memorize players starting trying understand
Now they're starting to understand why we're doing things, not just, 'What's my assignment?' So I think it will start coming along faster. Early on I think we had a bad approach, and you can blame me. The players were trying to memorize everything.
davis james occasion offense serves situation step
It's a situation no different than the offense is going to have with James Davis being out. Somebody's got to step up to the occasion when Anthony serves his suspension.
curve learning process seventh sound
It's a learning curve and a process that we're in right now. It probably doesn't sound right being in the seventh year, honestly.
guys step
We're going to put it on those two guys, but frankly, I think there are some other guys that can step up and get there, too.