Rodriguez returns to the WVU Spring Football Training

Rich Rodriguez went on the lawn of the Caperton Indoor facility on Tuesday morning to carry out a spring practice of the West Virginia University football again. It was almost two decades since he last supervised a spring practice for the mountaineer for the last time.

Did he give himself a second or two to soak that his journey through college football led him back to the place of some of his greatest coaching triumph?

“No,” said Rodriguez with a smile on Tuesday afternoon in front of the media. “Hell No. Fifteen seconds later I scream someone like an idiot, probably about nothing. “

This task of returning the clock to the plateau, which you enjoyed in Rodriguez as a coach of WVU from 2001 to 2007-Hat priority over nostalgia. There is a lot to do, he said, and he was always one who laser focus in this job.

“It is almost like a switch is over, do you know what I mean?” he said. “You go in there and it is as if a bomb behind me or a crash is going with five cars. I wouldn't even know because I was looking forward and preparing myself to shout the quarterbacks. “

From Tuesday to April Gold and Blue Spring Showcase, Rodriguez and the mountaineers will have 15 exercises to form this new version of the WVU football. “New” will be the operational term during this time. There are new faces in the coaching team among some of the well -known WVU football fans. There are many new faces under the squad, players who have to roles in the roles after an almost complete turnover of the first string of the last year in relation to offensive and defense.
On the first day, Rodriguez said that he estimated the team's efforts.

“I think the intention was good,” he said. “You worked pretty hard. I will also see the film. But we had chocolates in front of the snap, four or five of those on the offensive. And I'm used to doing four or five exercises without having one.

“We have to repair that with the big boys at the front,” he continued. “You still feel in your way in the first training session and bring down the timing. But I liked the effort of back where I saw it. “
While Rodriguez made the effort, he also demands effectiveness. WVU Brass is looking for a reversal of assets with the football team. Since the mountaineers started in the BIG 12 in 2012, they have only ended four times with eight or more wins and only ended once with 10 wins. You are 3-6 in Bowl games, and the 6-7 finish last year cost the former coach Neal Brown his job.

Under Brown, the WVU ended six or less victories in five of his six seasons. This was directed by Rodriguez's return, which spent the last three seasons to shield the state of Jacksonville from the Football Championship division into the division of football Bowl and ended as a conference USA champions last year.

Rodriguez tries to return the WVU on the glorious days of his first stay, in which he won 60 games and won his teams two New Year's shells. He and his coaching team will spend these 15 exercises to evaluate talents in 11-opposite 11 drilling as well as single and two-against-two holes. There will be more of it if the team can practice in pads.

One thing that Rodriguez and his employees will always analyze is the competition of the players. To show the fire that the fire will make a big contribution to climbing the deep card.

“The boys who are not competitive will not make it,” he said. “That doesn't make her a bad person. I want boys to crawl over people to win. If you are not a competitive type, you will notice the wrong way. “

The mountaineers are without a top running trainer after Chad Scott took over this job on the eve of spring practice in Texas. This does not mean that WVUS Running Backs does not receive any instructions, said Rodriguez. The senior offensive assistant Travis trickett has worked with the group, as did the assistant, the trainer Noel Devine. Rodriguez hopes to hire a new RB trainer within a week.
“I have some people in mind,” he said. “I will be able to find a good trainer.”

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