Bret Bielema Quotes
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Assistant coaches make recommendations. Head coaches make decisions.
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He never had the daily repetitions of a mike learning curve, the reads, the reactions, the fits and drills. It was kind of a season in learning. When he began to start to play pretty well is when he had that little injury and didn't really play well again until the bowl game.
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Hodge and a couple other guys are kind of in a holding pattern. I'm going to sit down and have a discussion with Elijah. I think he's been a little bit hampered by the groin injury. Now, you're getting in the season, you've got to kind of concentrate on the guys you're going to play.
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He's intriguing to us because he's very athletic. But we were so thin in the offensive line and we wanted him to learn the elements of blocking before switching him, again.
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After the second day, he's got it mastered, too. He's just a guy who takes a lot of pride in what we ask him to do.
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We really think, hopefully, all three of those guys will hit the ground running June 12 when we start our summer conditioning.
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I would like to assemble a group of coaches that carry two common traits: great passion and great integrity. Kerry has great passion for the game, for recruiting, for his players and for people overall.
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He's been battling through that. He rolled it right toward the latter part of winter conditioning. I was going to say something to him before practice because he wasn't taped. He's usually taped on that one ankle and he wasn't. But he was after that.
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It's just great to be part of it. I think it's a great testament to the leadership Alvarez provides. From Day 1, it's been about this game.
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Whatever it was, we really emphasized that we wanted it to be consistent time and time again and weren't going to accept anything less.
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He's a big body that can run. I would like him to have a little bit more ability to flip his hips and run in certain situations. But I think he can really be a good football player.
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I'll never forget opening up a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant on the very day that Fry offered me the job, ... It said, 'Choose a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life.' It's turned out to be true.
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The thing that you've got to be always conscientious of when you're playing a team that likes to chop block, ... is not overemphasizing to the point that they're looking for the chop block instead of going to make the play.
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Would you rather have an overachieving 3-Star, or an underachieving 5-Star?
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I feel pretty good about having an experienced guy like John back there. He's been through some battles before, and we'll need him to lead us through some more battles when we start our season. I'm counting on John to do some good things for us and get us prepared.
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I'm just worried about his health right now.
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He's a guy who stands out in these situations. He has the ability to make plays in game situations.
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It's hard to train that in practice time. You can make calls, you can make adjustments, but just that pressure, 'This is what it is, this is reality, I need to concentrate on every play,' that's what we've got to get through.
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The No. 1 piece of advice I've been given is to be your own man and I plan to do just that. Coach Alvarez put me in a position to have success and I solicit him for advice, but he hasn't placed any limitations or restrictions on me.
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We knew they were going to line up in 12 personnel (one back, two tight ends) and run their inside zone and try to get at us. Thank God, we had a couple of guys step up and make a play.
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We can run and we can hit people. I like that from the defensive standpoint.
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People will ask, 'And what do you do?'
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He got up and talked about what they ran and why they ran it. I was just amazed at his presence and his knowledge.
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It was a unique experience to get out there and mix it up for the fans. I was pleased with the turnout. We wanted to get as many people in the stands as possible to make it a game-day environment.