Feb 11, 2020 by [ "James R. Miller" ]
Categories: football Tags: football longhorns yurcich presser

Yurcich Presser 2020-02-11

Here are my notes from Yurcich’s presser.

• Very complementary to his wife
• Sam is a “proven winner” and a “big reason he chose this position”
• Thrilled to recruit in Texas
• Texas is best HS football state
• Not going to change too much from a “bones” standpoint
  • Doesn’t want 60 guys to have to learn something new
  • A lot of OSU-style here
  • Morph and change and develop but not a dramatic change
  • Tweaks, additions, and deletions, continuous process
• “Players, formations, plays”
• Players have to be playing “fast”
• Complementary to Mike Gundy “he moves boulders instead of pebbles”
• Funniest take: Calling plays “gets me off”. He literally said that.
• Thinks Big12 is so good at teaching the passing game. “Big12 is superior than any other conference in America” when it comes to moving the football.
• Defenses are more dynamic in how they defend you in the Big12, thinks it’s due to the evolution in Big12 offenses.
• Loves Sam’s “toughness”.
• Sam is “high football IQ” and “good business mind”. “A very intelligent man”. “Good footwork”.
• Sam is the “total package”.
• His leadership ability is his “most significant trait”.
• Thinks it’s good for Sam to display leadership to the incoming freshman, specifically mentions Hudson Card.
• Got to get our best 11 and he returns to the “Players, formations, plays”. Bet we’re going to hear that until we’re sick of hearing it.
• Hints at a limited playbook and using tempo to make up for lack of variety.
• The point of tempo is to:
  • interrupt the DC’s communication to the safetey and Mike
  • and to exhaust the D

And that’s where it ends.