Quotes from UH football’s first practice
By dreardon
Here are my quotes that didn’t make it into Friday’s column about the University of Hawaii’s first football practice of fall camp Thursday.
Offensive coordinator Tommy Lee on choosing a starting quarterback:
“The big thing we’re looking for is consistency. We don’t want to have ‘A’ look good one day then ‘B’ be better than him the next day. But if ‘A’ is tshe guy today and tomorrow and the next day, then maybe you’ve got something.”
Jeremy Higgins took the first rep under center, but all involved said to not draw any conclusions from it.
Lee: “Nothing should be made of that. He didn’t stay with the first group the whole time.”
Higgins: “It’s just the first day of camp. Anything can happen.”
Higgins, on what he needs to improve on most: “My feet. Gotta get my feet right. The faster my feet go the faster the ball goes out. My high school coach Vince Passas, he’s real big on that.”
Lee on newcomer, former Duke quarterback Sean Schroeder:
“We like him, we don’t think we can go wrong with him. He’s smart, he picked up the offense pretty fast and he’s got a good arm.”
Schroeder, on learning the UH offense quickly:
“It’s very similar (to what he was used to at Duke). Coach (David) Cutcliffe knew coach (Norm) Chow and they run very similar offenses. Rhythmic passing game, West Coast style. Establish a running game to set up play action. The only big difference is terminology. It’s like learning a new language.”
On his performance in the first practice:
“It was a good first day overall. Good effort all-around. But there’s no such thing as a perfect session. You can always do more.”
David Graves on offense’s improvement from the end of spring practice.
“Our timing has gotten so much better. Everyone.”
On not getting the first practice play at quarterback:
“We never know who goes first. It’s more of a jump in thing.”
” just go in and focus on the play. When I’m not in I’m taking mental reps.”
Quick Reads
August 3rd, 2012 at 5:10 am
Good stuff Reardon. Thanks for posting.
August 3rd, 2012 at 5:38 am
best updates i saw yet ..thanks fo the info
August 3rd, 2012 at 7:07 am
DR, Good post. Please keep us posted on Sean’s progress through fall practice. Have a feeling he might be the one to lead Warriors.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:22 am
Whether Graves gets the nod or not, we need to find him a way to get on the field. Brother is a good athlete. I wonder if he’d be open to being a “slash”?
BIK
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 am
Without a clear cut starter at quarterback at this point and probably without the services of the punter for several games, I hope warrior fans will be realistic about “chasing championships”. I think it will be more like “chasing wins” this seasons. I think they should make T-shirts with that quote for this upcoming season
August 3rd, 2012 at 12:56 pm
I been taking mental reps with the Lakers for years now.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 pm
The mental raps I took in earlier years are catching up with me now.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 pm
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