It isnt up yet on wqam.com but i heard the interview. Pretty interesting.
-Golden said this year has been like a 15 round title fight and he's still standing. You cant knock me down.
-Touched on recruiting and depth issues. Said linebacker, wide receiver & corner are trouble spots.
-He likes to have 14 linebackers on the team and we'll have 5 come spring ball. Said that has to be fixed.
-Same thing for corner. Likes to have 12 db's on the roster and we will only have 6 or 7 in the spring.
-Said when a player goes down we need to have his backup play. Instead of having a guy switch positions to fill the spot. The example he used was.. "If your left tackle goes down then your backup left tackle needs to go in not your starting right guard" Said that should give us an idea of what they had to deal with this year depth wise.
- He again talked about strength. "we clearly need to be stronger. missing the bowl will give us 25 or 26 extra lift sessions. Obviously we're not strong enough up front on both sides of the ball"
My thoughts... he's obviously upset with the lack of strength on the team. Not sure if that means swasey is out or not. But he's putting a big emphasis on it this offseason. I really dont see coach golden leaving. I think he's too invested here and really wants to see this through. The way he talks just doesnt sound like a guy who is going anywhere anytime soon. Lastly, every indidcation he's had is that the ncaa investigation is going well and it wont be nearly as bad as some suggested. Took a swipe at wqam by saying some people "on your radio station" were talking about 12 players being out for the year and the death penalty. Thats all I got. Edit. The interview is up now.
http://wqam.com/index.php?page=347&sid=dhs4f4qjcgfk4sf4kfobnhh1ldga3c2r
-Golden said this year has been like a 15 round title fight and he's still standing. You cant knock me down.
-Touched on recruiting and depth issues. Said linebacker, wide receiver & corner are trouble spots.
-He likes to have 14 linebackers on the team and we'll have 5 come spring ball. Said that has to be fixed.
-Same thing for corner. Likes to have 12 db's on the roster and we will only have 6 or 7 in the spring.
-Said when a player goes down we need to have his backup play. Instead of having a guy switch positions to fill the spot. The example he used was.. "If your left tackle goes down then your backup left tackle needs to go in not your starting right guard" Said that should give us an idea of what they had to deal with this year depth wise.
- He again talked about strength. "we clearly need to be stronger. missing the bowl will give us 25 or 26 extra lift sessions. Obviously we're not strong enough up front on both sides of the ball"
My thoughts... he's obviously upset with the lack of strength on the team. Not sure if that means swasey is out or not. But he's putting a big emphasis on it this offseason. I really dont see coach golden leaving. I think he's too invested here and really wants to see this through. The way he talks just doesnt sound like a guy who is going anywhere anytime soon. Lastly, every indidcation he's had is that the ncaa investigation is going well and it wont be nearly as bad as some suggested. Took a swipe at wqam by saying some people "on your radio station" were talking about 12 players being out for the year and the death penalty. Thats all I got. Edit. The interview is up now.
http://wqam.com/index.php?page=347&sid=dhs4f4qjcgfk4sf4kfobnhh1ldga3c2r
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