Paul Tidwell Quotations

Last year after Junior Day we met as a staff and talked about what kids we liked. We decided who we wanted more film on and who would be coming to our skills camp.

We'll also have a panel of some of our current players. The coaches leave the room and the players and their parents can ask questions.

Those captains are really helping the team take ownership of each unit. We've seen the effort level raised and they are accountable for their responsibilities. The captains will show a clip from practice and tell guys when they're letting down their unit. It's been great.

Every phase was poor last year. Not average, but poor. It's something we dissected as a coaching staff and the whole staff had input and comments.

It's an important day. It helps to evaluate a kid's character, how he feels about us. We show them the facilities and talk about academics. It's more to educate them on what we have to offer than finding out what they have to offer.