March 18, 2008
PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS
QUOTES
Head Coach Bobby Bowden:
Opening Statement:
“Well what I observed today, the first day today, no comparison to the first day last year. Just no comparison, you know what you got, you’ve got coaches that are familiar with the players which they were not last year and you had them putting in a whole new system last year which we’re not having to do this year, you can just tell the difference. Kids are picking it up quicker; know a little bit more, what they are doing. Coaches know a little bit more what they can do. As far as this first day compared to last year’s first day is a lot of difference. Of course now the key will be how much can this improve. We’ve got to improve. I think that if they stay healthy and get all these practices in, then we will be okay.”
On who impressed him today:
“It’s hard to single anybody out when you’ve got no pads on. You get two different looks. You get kids with no pads on; some of them look like All-Americans. Then you put pads on them and some of them that didn’t look like All-Americans all of a sudden do like All-Americans. You can’t give them much comparison of who did good and who didn’t do good today. They worked hard, that’s the big thing, they looked like they were listening, looked like they were attentive to what the coaches were trying to tell them to do. But the good thing, again, I could see so much difference between this first day and last year’s first day.”
On
“Well, I think what you would like to do is get him settled in one position, which you would like to do. So if we can get some help from some of these kids we signed or some of the kids that are here, that last year redshirted. It’s according to how much help we can get back there. One of the good things about
On having D’Vontrey
“It’s good for us and good for him. It’s hard to play, especially quarterback, on a partial basis. You can’t hardly do it. Now he’s out here getting his reps and watching what’s going on and not missing anything. That’s got to help him which will help us.”
Freshman LB Nigel Bradham:
On his first practice at
“It was good, everything went hard today, we worked hard today. I’ve got to adjust to the speed right now. Basically I’m just learning right now and trying to get adjusted.”
Expectations for the spring:
“Just to get better, aiming for that number one spot. As a team for us to get better and to just have a great season next year. Hopefully get to the ACC Championship and the National Championship.”
On getting to play football for the first time as a Seminole:
“It’s always exciting to be back on the field. I love being out here with these guys, they are showing me a good time. Everything is great, getting friends and as teammates we are bonding.”
Senior WR Greg Carr:
On his number change:
“Just coming to my senior year, I wanted to recreate myself and get better. I felt the number change was something I wanted to do and get better. I just wanted to change my number. Seventeen was my number in high school, and I knew there wasn’t no way in the world that I was going to get 17 so I just settled on 18.”
On what he wants to change this year:
“More on route running. I feel like I’m getting better as far as running and blocking. I just feel like I have to get better each and everyday. But I just feel like this is something I just have to continue and let it come second nature to me.”
On his relationship with the coaches compared to last year:
“This relationship is a lot different now. Coming into last spring and me and coach (Jimbo) Fisher and coach (Lawrence) Dawsey for the first time was kind of like `Whoa…wow’ because with their coaching style is kind of something you have to get used to. But now coming into this spring you know that if you mess up, coach Fisher will come and find you. But now rather then last spring, you know this is something to expect because you know that he only wants the best for you.”