After careful consideration I've decided we need to move in a different direction from a staffing standpoint on defense. We certainly wish coach Edwards the best and appreciate his loyalty and dedication to Furman football over the years. |
Anytime you are ranked No. 2 in the country on the road, people are going to come out gunning for you. We were outplayed and out-coached, bottom line. |
Coming to Furman to play quarterback was just natural for me. But I knew I wanted to go into the coaching field. |
He's probably the guy we signed and beat the most people on in Division I schools. |
His first five days at spring practice were probably the best I've ever seen from anyone. The improvement he's made from his first practice a year ago is remarkable. I think he could be even better this season. |
It had nothing to do with our season because we had an outstanding year. |
It's Renaldo's turn. He's shown he's capable of leading our offense, and our team has complete confidence in him and in his abilities. |
Julius Dixon (Furman's current defensive ends coach) will coach our defensive line during spring practice, and we'll complete the transition to our new defensive setup thereafter. |
That's the thing about Furman. I just felt like, if I stayed at Furman long enough I'd get a shot. I'm not sure what I would have done if I didn't get it, but we've always hired from within. |
They're very potent on offense. Defensively, they're a big strong team. We'll have to establish the run, but we've got to get our passing game going, stretch the field out vertically and horizontally to have a chance to win this football game. |
We plan to go for about two hours and look forward to getting a lot accomplished. We're already about halfway through spring practice, and we're pleased with the progress we've seen in several players. |
We should have some good competition in several key areas, including offensive line, defensive tackle, and cornerback. |
We signed 23 last year, and this year we signed 12. This year we were very selective because we were looking at taking one at every position, basically. |
We were good enough to win, to beat the national champion last year. You just got to hand it to James Madison. They deserved it that day. |
We're not shooting from the hip when we talk to recruits about Furman. We're shooting from the heart. |