I figured I'd tackle the other stuff Key talked about separately and we were out at practice briefly this morning. I was late thanks to a combination of parking being eliminated due to construction causing a lack of parking spaces on that part of campus and overall ATL traffic and being up with a toddler with mosquito bites from my in-laws who have turned hippie on spraying their yard because they are way into having gardens.
Key said that they will start introducing Louisville Thursday as I pointed out last week since they are both on a compressed timeline and you want a little jump especially with so much ground to cover with a new HC and QB plus 20+ transfers on the Cards squad.
I asked Key how many of the transfers in will be in the two-deep when they drop it next week and he said a lot of guys would be including the transfer receivers, Brett Seither and the three LB transfers. They expect all of them to play a role and they may go 6-8 deep at WR, 4 deep at TE, 4-5 RBs. He said the RB position will be a committee approach and could change even week to week. Key said all the RBs are back full speed today after having some out with bumps and bruises recently.
I asked Key about how he changed his way of watching practice or games from being an OL coach to being the HC now. He said that he always had to watch everything on the defense because it informs so much of what the OL has to do and you have to have an overall understanding of things, so it changed a little but not as much as you'd think in a game. Obviously, he is watching the defense and special teams now during the game instead of working on offensive line adjustments or whatever on the sideline. He said practice is the biggest difference because he has to set up how he wants to use his time each day and making sure he gets around to see everything he can. He said he still will mark off a little time every couple of practices to work with the OL during Indy periods as Geep's assistant.
Key said he is very excited about starting up the season. They have a plan all the way until the weekend after Thanksgiving lined up and every minute of the day is planned out until then for him and the team/staff.
Key said that they will start introducing Louisville Thursday as I pointed out last week since they are both on a compressed timeline and you want a little jump especially with so much ground to cover with a new HC and QB plus 20+ transfers on the Cards squad.
I asked Key how many of the transfers in will be in the two-deep when they drop it next week and he said a lot of guys would be including the transfer receivers, Brett Seither and the three LB transfers. They expect all of them to play a role and they may go 6-8 deep at WR, 4 deep at TE, 4-5 RBs. He said the RB position will be a committee approach and could change even week to week. Key said all the RBs are back full speed today after having some out with bumps and bruises recently.
I asked Key about how he changed his way of watching practice or games from being an OL coach to being the HC now. He said that he always had to watch everything on the defense because it informs so much of what the OL has to do and you have to have an overall understanding of things, so it changed a little but not as much as you'd think in a game. Obviously, he is watching the defense and special teams now during the game instead of working on offensive line adjustments or whatever on the sideline. He said practice is the biggest difference because he has to set up how he wants to use his time each day and making sure he gets around to see everything he can. He said he still will mark off a little time every couple of practices to work with the OL during Indy periods as Geep's assistant.
Key said he is very excited about starting up the season. They have a plan all the way until the weekend after Thanksgiving lined up and every minute of the day is planned out until then for him and the team/staff.
