In full pads for the first-time on Saturday and then again today. Will go in uppers on Thursday and then a scrimmage on Saturday. He is really pleased so far with the start of camp.
On outside WRs, he remembered MVS as a freshmen at NC State, kept up with him, they really want someone like that in the boundary WR, good size, Xavier Weaver is very talented with potential, plays longer than he is, 6'1" range, but plays 6-3, 6-4 because he has over a 40-inch vertical. He has to get stronger, has elite change of direction and ball skill. Fred Lloyd played TE, moved to boundary WR, getting more comfortable. It is a key position, lot of 1-on-1 man coverage and throw the ball on conversion ball there. Throwing the deep ball is big for USF this year, you have to be good at throwing the deep ball because the D can cheat and bring a safety in the box. Need to hit the deep ball with the QB and the boundary WR.
He said he did not see a physical or mental toughness from the team last year, he said they had all the injuries and practicing on air last year, so the spring is when they develop mental and physical toughness. They went 2 hours and 45 minutes on Saturday and put the pads on to challenge their guys. Said the pads develop that along with having a physical practice and today was physical and Saturday will be physical. He said they are going to be more aggressive in that area.
On the chips he gives out, he wanted to reward guys who did well, they give out four after every practice, one by Scott one by OC one by DC and one by SPTC. Lot of guys have earned them this year.
On MVS visiting practice, all the guys know him from the NFL and he represents USF every Sunday, for the players to know him or JPP with the Bucs they are guys who are some of the best players in the NFL and that is a strong encouragement for the players. He can be anywhere in the world and he chose to come watch USF practice. That was something lost in COVID, he wanted to invite all the former players back, with the COVID protocols they've had to be more careful, but hopes with the spring game he can have more of them around to have an impact on the team.
He set last year was about developing a culture and standard within the locker room. They are setting the table now for the season, said that the schedule is a great challenge and a great opportunity, but they need to attack every meeting, walk thru, drill and take action with everything they do and do it together, that is the message for the guys, embrace every meeting, practice or drill and do it together and keep your head down. That will dig USF out of the hole that was built over the last few years.
I feel very confident in our guys here, not sure I felt that way last year, it is still under evaluation. Cade Fortin is the MVP through 4 days, the way he has improved with his processing and delivering the ball, having a year to digest the playbook. Excited and pleased with Jarren Williams and he is very talented, smart and instinctually but is learning the offensive.
Marsh has the strongest arm of anyone he has coached, has a long way to go, but arm talent can make some incredible throws.
Timmy McClain looks like Michael Vick sometimes and sometimes he gets in trouble. Has a smooth release and elite change of direction.
Great competition 11 practices left and the spring game, competition likely to go into fall camp and confident they will have a great QB this fall.
He thinks the OL is maybe the deepest and most experienced group on the team, he can name four of the five guys upfront that are leaders, you want the QB and OL to be leaders on offense. They work extremely hard and having all of those guys come back.
On RT, Demontrey Jacobs is massive when he lines up out there. His knowledge has improved from last year, he is more physical and less timid. Josh Blanchard has a bright future, battling a elbow injury. Hopple is a versatile guy can play outside or inside, has played more inside this spring.
Andrew Kilfoyl is a true freshman holding his own out there and has a bright future moving forward.
Boyles has really shown up in practice so far. Things out of his control with COVID and contact tracing, missed several weeks and tried to come back and play. His body is in great shape, very physical.
LaPointe has had a really good start at spring practice and is becoming a leader.
Yates is a really physical player with an edge and Thad Mangum as well has stood out.
Lot of the guys figuring out what to do and where to go.
Davon Hicks has shown some flashes from him, sooner he learns the D, he can make plays.
Scott said he is really excited about the new S&C coach, can't talk about him yet until paperwork is done, players are very excited and he should be here by the end of the week.
On where he really needs to see improvement, overall on offense they need to get better on 3rd downs and third and medium and were bad on both sides of the ball. That is something they've really mixed in, need a better pass rush as well on third down.
They spend 20 minutes in practice on just special teams. They pick out the more important core teams punt, punt block, field goal and field goal block to focus on and then PR and KR. Last year they had a lot of guys forced to play special teams and improving the fundamentals and why they do things.
On guys being chippy, he said he would rather tell guys whoa than sick'em, he said the team is hungry and they've come out with the right mindset and he wants to see them be physical for an entire practice and tempers flare, there may be a scuffle, they've got to control that between the whistle, overall mindset of the guys.
He said he is loving coaching the WRs this spring, likes the potential of the group and he has seen improvement, guys are very diligent and want to improve, through 4 days the throwing and catching is the best its been since he has been here. This group worked harder before spring practice, in Jan/Feb they were throwing 3x a week leading up to spring practice on their own. Loves coaching WRs, but enjoys it.
Overall looking for consistency at RB, there is explosiveness, but need consistent play particularly in pass protection and they have to find some guys to get the tough short yardage situations, guys have been working on it. Cam Aiken has done a great job with that group, have been one of the most improved positions overall in the 4 practices.
Post-IPF announcement, anytime you announce that it makes a statement to HS coaches, recruits and people are taking notice that USF is serious about athletics and investing dollars into FB and other programs. It speaks a lot of the alignment with the president, AD and athletics. There is an alignment between the leadership and he said at Clemson that is when they took off, when they had that alignment. Response has been phenomenal.
On outside WRs, he remembered MVS as a freshmen at NC State, kept up with him, they really want someone like that in the boundary WR, good size, Xavier Weaver is very talented with potential, plays longer than he is, 6'1" range, but plays 6-3, 6-4 because he has over a 40-inch vertical. He has to get stronger, has elite change of direction and ball skill. Fred Lloyd played TE, moved to boundary WR, getting more comfortable. It is a key position, lot of 1-on-1 man coverage and throw the ball on conversion ball there. Throwing the deep ball is big for USF this year, you have to be good at throwing the deep ball because the D can cheat and bring a safety in the box. Need to hit the deep ball with the QB and the boundary WR.
He said he did not see a physical or mental toughness from the team last year, he said they had all the injuries and practicing on air last year, so the spring is when they develop mental and physical toughness. They went 2 hours and 45 minutes on Saturday and put the pads on to challenge their guys. Said the pads develop that along with having a physical practice and today was physical and Saturday will be physical. He said they are going to be more aggressive in that area.
On the chips he gives out, he wanted to reward guys who did well, they give out four after every practice, one by Scott one by OC one by DC and one by SPTC. Lot of guys have earned them this year.
On MVS visiting practice, all the guys know him from the NFL and he represents USF every Sunday, for the players to know him or JPP with the Bucs they are guys who are some of the best players in the NFL and that is a strong encouragement for the players. He can be anywhere in the world and he chose to come watch USF practice. That was something lost in COVID, he wanted to invite all the former players back, with the COVID protocols they've had to be more careful, but hopes with the spring game he can have more of them around to have an impact on the team.
He set last year was about developing a culture and standard within the locker room. They are setting the table now for the season, said that the schedule is a great challenge and a great opportunity, but they need to attack every meeting, walk thru, drill and take action with everything they do and do it together, that is the message for the guys, embrace every meeting, practice or drill and do it together and keep your head down. That will dig USF out of the hole that was built over the last few years.
I feel very confident in our guys here, not sure I felt that way last year, it is still under evaluation. Cade Fortin is the MVP through 4 days, the way he has improved with his processing and delivering the ball, having a year to digest the playbook. Excited and pleased with Jarren Williams and he is very talented, smart and instinctually but is learning the offensive.
Marsh has the strongest arm of anyone he has coached, has a long way to go, but arm talent can make some incredible throws.
Timmy McClain looks like Michael Vick sometimes and sometimes he gets in trouble. Has a smooth release and elite change of direction.
Great competition 11 practices left and the spring game, competition likely to go into fall camp and confident they will have a great QB this fall.
He thinks the OL is maybe the deepest and most experienced group on the team, he can name four of the five guys upfront that are leaders, you want the QB and OL to be leaders on offense. They work extremely hard and having all of those guys come back.
On RT, Demontrey Jacobs is massive when he lines up out there. His knowledge has improved from last year, he is more physical and less timid. Josh Blanchard has a bright future, battling a elbow injury. Hopple is a versatile guy can play outside or inside, has played more inside this spring.
Andrew Kilfoyl is a true freshman holding his own out there and has a bright future moving forward.
Boyles has really shown up in practice so far. Things out of his control with COVID and contact tracing, missed several weeks and tried to come back and play. His body is in great shape, very physical.
LaPointe has had a really good start at spring practice and is becoming a leader.
Yates is a really physical player with an edge and Thad Mangum as well has stood out.
Lot of the guys figuring out what to do and where to go.
Davon Hicks has shown some flashes from him, sooner he learns the D, he can make plays.
Scott said he is really excited about the new S&C coach, can't talk about him yet until paperwork is done, players are very excited and he should be here by the end of the week.
On where he really needs to see improvement, overall on offense they need to get better on 3rd downs and third and medium and were bad on both sides of the ball. That is something they've really mixed in, need a better pass rush as well on third down.
They spend 20 minutes in practice on just special teams. They pick out the more important core teams punt, punt block, field goal and field goal block to focus on and then PR and KR. Last year they had a lot of guys forced to play special teams and improving the fundamentals and why they do things.
On guys being chippy, he said he would rather tell guys whoa than sick'em, he said the team is hungry and they've come out with the right mindset and he wants to see them be physical for an entire practice and tempers flare, there may be a scuffle, they've got to control that between the whistle, overall mindset of the guys.
He said he is loving coaching the WRs this spring, likes the potential of the group and he has seen improvement, guys are very diligent and want to improve, through 4 days the throwing and catching is the best its been since he has been here. This group worked harder before spring practice, in Jan/Feb they were throwing 3x a week leading up to spring practice on their own. Loves coaching WRs, but enjoys it.
Overall looking for consistency at RB, there is explosiveness, but need consistent play particularly in pass protection and they have to find some guys to get the tough short yardage situations, guys have been working on it. Cam Aiken has done a great job with that group, have been one of the most improved positions overall in the 4 practices.
Post-IPF announcement, anytime you announce that it makes a statement to HS coaches, recruits and people are taking notice that USF is serious about athletics and investing dollars into FB and other programs. It speaks a lot of the alignment with the president, AD and athletics. There is an alignment between the leadership and he said at Clemson that is when they took off, when they had that alignment. Response has been phenomenal.
