Challenges and Progress: Building Depth and Leadership in Football

We are nowhere near where we need to be. I feel like we have less depth than we’ve ever had. Progress has been good. I wouldn’t say that the first scrimmage was really up to the standard or our expectations. We did not have a lot of enthusiasm, didn’t play to the level that I think we need to play to. But good news is I got another chance this Saturday and really every day to go out and practice. We have been pleased with all the details that go into the leadership in terms of showing a younger player how to do it. Guys are coaching guys. Guys are on time. We must have 6,000 checks and balances in the last two weeks of what time you’ve got to be somewhere. And the guys have been great about that, which says a lot about them as people. But we’ve got a long way to go as a football team. We are nowhere near where we need to be. I feel like we have less depth than we’ve ever had. And that’s kind of a common theme talking to other coaches I talk to. I call it the deterioration of football because every year we’ve been here, I feel like we’ve had more players capable of going in and play winning football. And every year that goes down. So we’ve got to keep working to increase that number.