UW coach Kalen DeBoer talks about the possibilities for Ulumoo Ale.
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00:00 how much of that is Illumina, all this progression over this last year?
00:04 And how well positioned is he to kind of be a major factor for you guys this year?
00:09 >> Yeah, I remember the conversations a year ago with him,
00:12 just as a staff in regards to him.
00:15 It's like, man, if he could do it, if he could, if, if, if, and
00:19 you can see as the fall camp was going along and just that, hey,
00:25 this is gonna take time, but he's a guy that just wreaks havoc up front.
00:31 And so now that he's been through a full cycle where he's adjusting his body,
00:36 he's learning this, not just the skills it takes, but also the defense too.
00:42 And the freedom he has within the schemes, playing free, playing loose.
00:47 I'm excited about the impact he can make,
00:50 which I think will be much greater than anything he did a year ago.
00:53 >> You said the offense is at 200 or 300 level already install wise.
00:58 What does that mean later on?
01:00 Can this offense look even more advanced?
01:02 And what would you like to see progression wise from last year?
01:05 >> Yeah, I mean, I think the defense is too.
01:06 I mean, where we were at a year ago, just more guys, more depth,
01:10 more guys you're confident in putting out on the football field.
01:14 Then there's certainly another level of where we're at now with what those
01:19 installs look like and how they're executed.
01:22 But to answer your question about what the offense could be,
01:25 I think it's just more of just being even more well rounded early on than we were
01:31 a year ago, where really the pass game was hitting on all cylinders.
01:37 And the run game was a little slower to develop.
01:40 And so we gotta be balanced because teams are gonna try to take length and
01:44 receiving core away.
01:45 And from what I've seen so far with the spring, especially today,
01:51 I know we don't have pads on, I'm excited about the personnel at running back and
01:56 what they're gonna give us and how much further they're along.
01:58 And the focus they have to rise to the occasion for
02:03 us to be better early in the season and make an impact.
02:06 So I think that's one of the areas offensively we can really,
02:09 those short yardage plays, those goal line plays maybe that we came up short in
02:13 the early part of the season, putting points on the board.
02:16 It might not be leading to more yards all the time, but
02:19 just putting more points on the board when you got in those situations where we
02:23 felt maybe we fell short a year ago.