Jeff Hafley press conference from Friday
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00:00 Obviously, I meet with the medical people.
00:02 We've had Zooms with the parents and me.
00:04 We've had Zooms with the parents and the doctors and the trainers.
00:08 The doctors and the trainers have spoken to the players.
00:12 And we just continue to educate everybody
00:16 and do our best to follow the protocols.
00:17 And that's, you know, there has to be a reminder,
00:21 and there still has to be education.
00:24 You know, because just when you think things are going well,
00:26 that's when you really have to ramp up and do even better.
00:30 So we just have to continue to talk about it.
00:32 And the guys have to continue to work at it.
00:34 That's all.
00:35 Are you talking about offensively?
00:37 Or defensively, too, just in general as a program?
00:41 Yeah, I mean, I think any coach would tell you
00:44 you have to be able to run the football.
00:46 Just like on defense, we have to stop the run.
00:48 If you can't run the ball and you can't stop the run,
00:51 it's going to be a long day.
00:53 Now, does that mean that we're only going to run
00:54 and we're only going to be built to stop the run? No.
00:58 And without getting into too much scheme here,
01:00 since really no one has much film on either of us,
01:04 you know, we'll keep the scheme at that.
01:06 But our identity, like I said all along,
01:09 is built on toughness, loving each other, and competing.
01:12 And I talked about that again today.
01:15 The mental toughness to do what we're doing right now,
01:17 not just on the football field,
01:18 but the mental toughness to be here in this bubble
01:20 for as long as we have, that's not easy, guys.
01:23 It's not easy on these players right now.
01:25 And I know that. And that's mental toughness.
01:28 And then the physical toughness of being on the field.
01:30 And then loving each other.
01:31 I mean, the guys have showed that.
01:33 You know, love is respect, right?
01:35 And these guys have respected one another so much
01:37 that they've taken care of each other
01:39 and making sure that nobody's sick.
01:42 And now we're learning how to compete.
01:44 Every single day we step on the field and in the classroom.
01:46 Those are the three things we're going to be built on.