I worked with Joe at the Eagles and the one thing you can say is that his players always excel.

I worked with Joe at the Eagles and the one thing you can say is that his players always excel. Joe has a tremendous amount of NFL knowledge both coaching the position of linebacker as well as serving as a head coach in this league. That is an asset that we cannot overlook.

We've worked hard to fill our coaching staff with assistants who know the game and have excelled at educating players on doing the little things that make a difference.

We've acquired some players because it was an area we felt like we needed to improve and whether or not it's finished there, it's probably too early to say. Some of these guys we've been able to sign we're getting a good look at now and some have more experience than others.

Joe is one of the finest football players in our program. I think if you get pinned down there, you try to get up. He kind of got cross ways in a situation, but I didn't see anything that was flagrant that showed something unrepresentative of what we want to see at Austin Peay.

I think there's a prototype we're all looking for, whether it's Brett Favre or Troy Aikman. And everyone's got that picture in their mind of the prototype at the position.