Here's what I tell them: Each day you're making a deposit. The more deposits you make, the bigger checks you can write.

It's not spit out by some computer. I have objective numbers like that, but my pencil is my coaching tool.

You can see his shadow. He'll watch. He is a great observer. When the head coach seriously believes in it, not just paying lip service to it, it makes my job more efficient. Guys know what he wants.

I will have them do movements that are specific to their position. I'm not technical enough when it comes to football. That's for the position coaches.

You create a team atmosphere, and the guys really learn to trust each other. They're doing things when the lights aren't on.

We enjoyed having him here and everything. We just wish him the best now, ... [Cut day] is painful because you have a lot of real good guys there that have worked very hard and put everything they got into it. It's just the rules up here just kind of take care of all that.