Sunday morning practice highlights
Tennessee first year linebackers coach William Inge had lots of praise for his team on Saturday and followed that up on Sunday morning with motivational coaching at practice. It’s a building up for a room that knows if they earn it, they will be on the field.
“The one thing we try to do—and this is also where recruiting comes into play—we tell guys if you’re prepared and you’re ready, you’re going to play. That’s what I want to be able to do. I want to be able to play five or six guys, because if we can give everyone a role and be fresh at the end of a football game … I just experienced that at my previous place, and that’s why we were in a position to play in the national championship game, because our guys were not worn out at the end of the season. If your goal is like you want it to in your room, you can be fresh at the end of the season if you’re playing enough guys. That’s something we want to look forward to doing on defense, is being able to have a good healthy rotation so our guys won’t get over-repped, but also know that your stars are going to get the money plays.”
Junior linebacker Kalib Perry loves everything about his position and those in the room.
“Something special. Everybody puts in so much time and extra work outside of just what is required as a program. It’s awesome to see just how unified we have become. From the three years I have been here, how much we have grown close together and gelled so well. Just awesome to see us go out, work and show what we can do. Like all of our abilities, everyone is pushing each other, finding our weaknesses and coaching up each other. It’s not leave one man out for himself. We are all doing it together trying to see who we can turn around and bring along with us. It’s been awesome.”
Tennessee will be back at practice on Monday morning.
