He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. He has quickly turned that around and really has played some great lacrosse in recent weeks.

I am not in a situation where I am nervous or trying to live up to coach Emmer. I hope to honor the tradition by giving everything that I have to my guys and to the recruiting process to bring in the best players.

Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the season has progressed. I think the experiences he had last year, more or less being thrown into the fire, are benefiting him this season.

It wasn't my goal to come in here and turn everything around because they have had some success. With a lot of things, if it's not broke I am not trying to fix it. There are a lot of things that last year they did very well.

I am just proud to take over a program with such great tradition.

Those are some pretty big hits.