Notes
*** for some reason the youtube channel played a video from last month introducing the offensive staff. That wasn't today.
*** has now started but I missed the first part... Will go back and update notes.
>Today was a great day for our program starting with pro day. It was an excited day. We had the opportunity to practice, compete. We had a bunch of mistakes but a lot of energy and effort.
>Haven't decided on any position changes. Will look into moving guys around after more evaluation.
>We pushed back spring practice so guys could have a better understanding of our playbook and scheme.
>We've challenged our quarterbacks not to make the same mistake twice. Likes how the quarterbacks handled tempo in practice. Made mistakes but did a lot of positive things also.
>Kaiden Salter wasn't at practice today as he's one of the group who has been suspended.
>Defensively our staff has great chemistry. Some have worked together before and have a high level of trust. Our players can feel that. Have great confidence in Tim Banks. Players players with great energy and communicated well.
>Some of our players are prideful and not excited about what happened last year.
>There's leadership starting to take place among the players. Great championship teams are built from within the locker room. This group is started to move that direction.
>Saw energy, effort/attitude today.
>Neyland Stadium is an unbelievable venue.
>Your program is always about who is in your locker room and guys in the building. Not the guys who aren't here. We're on a long journey of where we want to go. Our guys are competing and trying hard to meet expectations. We welcome anybody back that wants to be a part of that, but it's about the guys inside the locker room.
>We balance our practice on offense and defense. When we got into our tempo periods our skill players operated in a pretty good way. They had a good grasp of how we want to operate.
>It's a prideful group of kids. The expectations and standards here are extremely high and that's why they came to Tennessee. That's why I came to Tennessee.
>On the offensive line, communication is the biggest thing for those guys. The have to be able to see, recognize and communicate really quickly. It's a group that will continue to get better. Today was a tough day to see much, but we'll find out more when we get into helmets and shoulder pads in a couple of days.
/the end.