Just listened to a bit of his "Ways to Win" podcast (Spotify link) and figured I'd add some quotes he had on building his roster.
“You make think I’m crazy, but I told my staff I only want to have 8 or 9 guys.
“They’re leaving anyways. And why would I develop a kid for someone else? Why would I do that? An injury, okay now we’ve got 7 or 6. I coached 6 when I was at UMass.
"And then the other piece becomes, you put that together and now I’m hearing a lot of guys are saying 8 or 9, 9 guys. Now, I want to have GAs — the guys behind the benches.
"I want those guys to have played in Europe or have just got done playing and can still play. We can use them in practice. The women’s programs have 5 guys that they call ‘managers’ but that’s who they scrimmage against.
"I’m saying, you know what, maybe I do it that way. We have some walk-ons, we have some GAs, we have 8 or 9 guys and that’s it. And if there is a 10th guy, he knows he’s the 10th guy."
“You make think I’m crazy, but I told my staff I only want to have 8 or 9 guys.
“They’re leaving anyways. And why would I develop a kid for someone else? Why would I do that? An injury, okay now we’ve got 7 or 6. I coached 6 when I was at UMass.
"And then the other piece becomes, you put that together and now I’m hearing a lot of guys are saying 8 or 9, 9 guys. Now, I want to have GAs — the guys behind the benches.
"I want those guys to have played in Europe or have just got done playing and can still play. We can use them in practice. The women’s programs have 5 guys that they call ‘managers’ but that’s who they scrimmage against.
"I’m saying, you know what, maybe I do it that way. We have some walk-ons, we have some GAs, we have 8 or 9 guys and that’s it. And if there is a 10th guy, he knows he’s the 10th guy."
