I Like The Duche

I don't know if we'll be better in our running game, and I don't know if he's right on things, but I like him based on the stuff he says.

"It's just a group of special people coming together," is how Verducci explained the recipe for success. "It's unselfishness. It's a willingness not to let the other guy down. It's an unselfish attitude where you're going to do your part and you don't care who gets the glory for it.

"It's the satisfaction of leaving something behind that you can look back on and call your own.

"It's people. You learn very early on, you can be the smartest guy in the world, but if you can't bring a group together, get them to focus as one and get them to care about each other, you don't stand much of a chance."

And the strategy side doesn't get ignored...

"There's a schematic aspect," Verducci said. "You go against a particular opponent and they play a particular scheme you can exploit.

"The other is a personnel matchup. You exploit a certain weakness. The schematic aspect may not be there, but your guy is just better than theirs. You wear them out that way.

"It's somewhat of a melding of the two to get a perfect run game."

And then, Tony Alford comes out of nowhere to gain on The Duche for some of the best quotes of the Spring so far.

"The biggest thing, in all reality, (is that) you're more physical than the guy across from you.  When he lines up, he knows he just got punched in the mouth (on the last play). The scary part of it is, he knows it's going to happen again and there's not much he can do about it.

"You know they're going to do it. I'll tell you we're going to do it. And, you still can't stop it. Then you know you've got 'em over."

Well done Tony.   I like the new hires.  Boy, I like 'em.  Now, let's go maul somebody.