I had the opportunity to interview Will Hall this morning. Unfortunately, due to Dr. visits and physical therapy, I was not able to put the full interview out on here yet. I thought that I would post some tidbits of the interview before I am able to finish the whole thing up. Here are some of the more important highlights of the conversation....
The first thing He did when he got here was address the team and reach out to some of the opt-outs. I have not reached out to a lot of the opt outs, but have reached out to some who have made a lot of plays for Sothern Miss. There was a reason they chose USM and it hasn't worked out like they hoped. I wanted to sell them on my dream and philosophy of coaching the team.
He would not mention any certain names.
He does have all his coaches already selected. He will not release those names officially yet. He felt as if it would be a distraction to the coaches and players who are preparing for FAU.
He believes with a few new players and some different schemes, that USM has enough talent here to win a CUSA Championship.
He believes the Eagles biggest need in recruiting is at QB. Tate is an outstanding QB and he looks forward to working with him, but they need to build quality depth at QB. At every other position on offense, if we get everyone to come back, we have talent and some depth at every position.
After the QB position is addressed on recruiting. After that it will they will look to fill immediate needs after finding out who is officially staying and who is not.
On defense the need is for big run stuffing DL and for DB's who can play man to man, these are the 2 areas on defense they will be looking to bolster this offseason.
This year we will only have 13 scholarships. Next year we will be back at 25. Because so many guys are supposedly coming back, that allows for them to only use 13 scholarships this recruiting period and they don't have to "rob Peter to pay Paul" and take scholarships from next season to fill out a roster.
Just some quick hits for you all. We talked in depth much more about this and other topics. Be looking for that to be out tomorrow.
On a personal level, I was nice to speak with a HC who was not so guarded and didn't mind answering questions and will allow the access we have missed the past 4-5 years. Hope you all enjoyed this and comment below, would love to know what you guys think about what he said.
The first thing He did when he got here was address the team and reach out to some of the opt-outs. I have not reached out to a lot of the opt outs, but have reached out to some who have made a lot of plays for Sothern Miss. There was a reason they chose USM and it hasn't worked out like they hoped. I wanted to sell them on my dream and philosophy of coaching the team.
He would not mention any certain names.
He does have all his coaches already selected. He will not release those names officially yet. He felt as if it would be a distraction to the coaches and players who are preparing for FAU.
He believes with a few new players and some different schemes, that USM has enough talent here to win a CUSA Championship.
He believes the Eagles biggest need in recruiting is at QB. Tate is an outstanding QB and he looks forward to working with him, but they need to build quality depth at QB. At every other position on offense, if we get everyone to come back, we have talent and some depth at every position.
After the QB position is addressed on recruiting. After that it will they will look to fill immediate needs after finding out who is officially staying and who is not.
On defense the need is for big run stuffing DL and for DB's who can play man to man, these are the 2 areas on defense they will be looking to bolster this offseason.
This year we will only have 13 scholarships. Next year we will be back at 25. Because so many guys are supposedly coming back, that allows for them to only use 13 scholarships this recruiting period and they don't have to "rob Peter to pay Paul" and take scholarships from next season to fill out a roster.
Just some quick hits for you all. We talked in depth much more about this and other topics. Be looking for that to be out tomorrow.
On a personal level, I was nice to speak with a HC who was not so guarded and didn't mind answering questions and will allow the access we have missed the past 4-5 years. Hope you all enjoyed this and comment below, would love to know what you guys think about what he said.
