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...
answers confidence guys played position time
We've got some answers with some guys who have played this position before. We have confidence in those other guys that have played when that time does come up.
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.
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.
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.
guys position sure
I think we've got some guys I think can play. We just have to make sure we put them in position to make plays.
beat early guys opponent played playing ready schools sore
We're pretty beat up. We've got some guys playing sore and having to get them ready to play by Thursday, but that's part of the way it is. We haven't played an (easy) opponent like some schools play early in the year.
couple ends gotten guys interior rather
I'd really rather have a four-man front, have a couple ends to go 'sic 'em and have interior guys get in the step-up lanes. We just haven't gotten that yet.
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.
upset
I was pretty upset with the way we played.
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.
help hill quite
We've done some things to help him, which have put Tye Hill on some islands, quite frankly.
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.
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.