News and Notes from #CanesCamp from www.hurricanesports.com:
· #100 Days Countdown to Kickoff: 15 days (Miami vs. FAU at 8 p.m. on 8/30).
· Thursday was the Canes’ third two-a-days session of #CanesCamp.
· Both Thursday practices were held on the UM intramural fields, while the grounds crew worked on the Greentree Practice Fields.
· After wearing a red (non-contact) jersey Wednesday, junior WR Rashawn Scott was back in a white offense jersey for Thursday’s practice.
· Sophomore RB Brandon Yosha remains in a red (non-contact) jersey, while sophomore DB Deon Bush and junior DL David Perry wore yellow (limited contact) jerseys.
· Thursday’s morning session started late after the campus’s lightning detection system alarm went off at 7 a.m. Practice eventually started after 8:30 a.m. The Canes wore full pads for the morning practice.
More weather delays hampered the start of the afternoon practice session. The Canes went without shoulder pads for the afternoon, practicing for 90 minutes amidst intermittent rain showers.
QUOTABLES
Al Golden on what the biggest things for Friday’s scrimmage…
“It’s time to cut the cord with some of these guys. It can’t be about yelling from the sideline. They’re going to have crowd noise and music. They’ve got to learn to signal. They’ve got to be independent thinkers out there. They’ve got to work collectively in terms of safeties to corners, safeties to linebackers, linebackers to the front. On offense, just getting the signal and playing fast. We’ll see who can play. It’ll probably be 40 to 50 plays with each group. Maybe a little bit more. I think we’ll get a break with the weather. Two nights ago it was nice at night. So I think the guys will be excited about that, and this will obviously set the way it is because it’s two weeks out from FAU.
Golden on how correctable tackling and completion percentage is…
“Well we’ve got to get the tackling squared away fast because that will rear its head in the opening, there’s no question. And you don’t want to be a day late on that. A bad tackling performance in an opener can destroy you so we’re trying to take care of that. Again, there’s excuse for the completion percentage to be the way it is with the experience that we have, with the protection that we’re getting, and the type of Quarterback that we have leading us there’s no excuse for that. So that was disappointing and we’ve got to get it fixed. But as I said, I’m worried about everything right now. We have a long way to go as a team and there’s a lot of practices between now and game week.”
Golden on whether or not the scrimmage will be like a game-like situation…
“Yeah, what we’ll try to do is have orange on one side and white on the other. Again, there’s a sense of comfort if you just go offense and defense because if I’m the second team guard I’m looking at Linder, I’m just waiting for when coach calls me. When they’re on that side, and you’ve got a first until on each side the three’s got to be ready to go. Guys come out and they’ve got to go in. They’ve got to pay attention. But I think the biggest thing is that they learn how to go on and off the field with the sub patterns and it makes them think fast so it’s important for us.”
Beau Sandland on whether spring was different than what he expected…
“I don’t know if it was different than I expected, but
it was definitely a transition period with everybody being bigger, faster,
stronger, smarter and everything at this level. You have to do everything by the
book and do your techniques and your right steps and foot placement or else
you’ll get exposed and stuff. I always said you could get away with it high
school and junior college maybe you wouldn’t get away with it this level with
the athletes and smarter defenders.”
Sandland on his biggest adjustment so far…
“Probably, like I said, maybe the speed. So much faster than junior college and all of the defenders do a way better job at jamming you up at the line and everything like that. Just a combination of all those things… the speed of the game and physicality and just having to know all of your footwork and hand placement and everything.”
Duke Johnson on the importance of Friday’s scrimmage…
“It’s a big deal. The first scrimmage was just to get them warmed up to what we’re going to be doing and how things are working and the other scrimmage is going out there and fighting for your position.”
Stephen Morris on how to improve on pass coverage and percentage…
“I definitely think that’s true. We definitely need to
improve on our completion percentage. I think that the best way to do that is
just take what the defense is giving you and not force anything. All camp we’ve
just been stressing just accuracy and decision making from the quarterback’s
room. And I think Coach Coley’s done an unbelievable job of really stressing
that every single day with us, not letting us forget where we need to be. We’re
trying to have 75 percent at the end of the day for practice. We’ve just got to
do the little things right. That comes with pocket presence, receiving the right
guys, finding the right targets, and never forcing stuff.”
Morris on the process of working on his footwork…
“That started after the (2012) season. Throughout the whole off-season, throughout spring, that’s just been my main concern is just continue to make myself better in the pocket, continue to improve my footwork. And other than that, everything will come after that.”
Morris on what he wants to see at Friday’s scrimmage…
“For the scrimmage tomorrow, I just want to see us compete. I just want to see the defense come out strong. I want to see offense respond well. I want to take care of players. You know, no stupid hits and no cheap shots and stuff like that. I just want to see the offense move the chains.”
CGNC U still moving to Jupiter Farms? I was there last night at my daughter's soccer game at Jupiter Farms park and the mosquitos almost carried me away!
Posted by: tjl3909 | August 16, 2013 at 10:12 PM
You have to get guys who make plays on the field in the game...O, D and ST.....not coddle people who are supposed to be stars.
That is how Clappy and Onion coached...dem stars baby not on pure effort ability success....Coley makes it happen...Duke does....Morris does....you play dynamic kids give them the opportunity.
CF Live says UF has the best secondary in the nation....hope we prove em wrong. I hate UF...I hope our D can get some knockouts carryoffs limpoffs we have to punish them....Driskell needs a target on his back....I want to hurt them bad....destroy their season....man I hate them so much....have 2 friends who are UF and FSU guys.....a chimp could go to those schools if he could play....and they would let it in........
Posted by: VA Cane | August 16, 2013 at 10:12 PM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: SOUP | August 16, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Monty, how can he suck? He worked with the same QB-guru VT brought in to work with their converted TE calling signals and I keep reading that means he'll show instant improvement because it worked so well for Timmay's mechanics as we can all see by the exaggerated windup and the molasses slow release he still employs.
Over/under on number of losses on the season before his insane fan-base calls for him to start over Brady? 1 1/2 sounds about right?
VA C, you sound like you're trying to get him a taste of reality while he's still impressionable enough to take it to heart and transform his person at a core level to change himself for the better, hope you can get him on board and help him out for his own sake.
The best thing I can say about Dye to this point, I've never heard any word of him refusing one of his four position changes by either two of his head coaches.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | August 16, 2013 at 10:22 PM
Marcus forston beasting right now....
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | August 16, 2013 at 10:36 PM