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Jason Candle - Postgame Lafayette · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Down here in the locker room with new UConn head
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  Speaker 1: coach Jason Candle. Week one in the books, a 56-7
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  Speaker 1: win over Lafayette. We talked to you at halftime, but
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  Speaker 1: when you reflect on the full 60 minutes, what did
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  Speaker 1: you like most about what your team was able to do?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I thought we played with great rhythm in the
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  Speaker 2: first half. Complimentary football in all three phases in the
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  Speaker 2: first quarter, and that kind of got us a lead
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  Speaker 2: there where we could, you know, Get some other guys
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  Speaker 2: in the game. A lot of players played today. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: my gosh, we probably played 80 players today. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think you're coming out of camp in your first year.
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  Speaker 2: You're trying to find out what guys can do, and
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  Speaker 2: you're trying to put them in simulated situations like that
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  Speaker 2: in practice, and that can be a difficult task. So
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  Speaker 2: to be able to get them game reps, I was
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  Speaker 2: really happy to see that and really proud of our
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  Speaker 2: first units to be able to go create or lead
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  Speaker 2: to be able to do that. So a lot of things, though,
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  Speaker 2: first game that you'd like to take off the tape?
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  Speaker 2: but like I said before, I truly believe your biggest
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  Speaker 2: jump should be from week one to week two, so
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  Speaker 2: we've got to address the tape, fix the mistakes, and
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  Speaker 2: get better.
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  Speaker 1: Caleb Osborne was the decision to go under center here
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  Speaker 1: in week one. The numbers speak for themselves. When you
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  Speaker 1: look at his performance and what he was executing, especially
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  Speaker 1: in that first half, what did you like most about
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  Speaker 1: what he was doing?
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  Speaker 2: I thought he played very poised. Prior to the ball
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  Speaker 2: being snapped, I thought he had a good command of
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  Speaker 2: that part of it, and usually when you grasp that
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  Speaker 2: at a really high level, you're probably going to be
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  Speaker 2: really good when the ball does get snapped, so You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a guy that can extend plays with his feet. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sometimes when you're on the side of a block,
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to get him on the ground, right? So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I thought he, you know, good solid first start.
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  Speaker 2: And we're going to make sure that he makes the
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  Speaker 2: necessary corrections leading into week two here.
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  Speaker 1: Again, looking at the run game, 40 carries for 300 yards.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we can highlight the runners, but the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line unit, what were you taking away from what the
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  Speaker 1: front five was working on?
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  Speaker 2: I'd say good first game. I mean, I think that
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot to improve there. I think there's, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we want to set the table with the run game
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  Speaker 2: for everything else that you do. And, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: didn't see any communication errors, but maybe one or two
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  Speaker 2: that were, you know, that got us caught up. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you want to make sure that you do,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that number should be zero after the game.
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  Speaker 2: You should be, we're all on the same page. If
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  Speaker 2: one guy's wrong, we're all wrong. But I thought, again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, once you get deep into the game, you
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  Speaker 2: start putting other guys in the game, you know, sometimes
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't look very good, and I thought at times
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  Speaker 2: today it looked very good.
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  Speaker 1: Last one for you, 1-0 at home, Rensselaer Field, what
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  Speaker 1: was it like after all this waiting and practicing and
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  Speaker 1: all of that to get four hours to go out
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  Speaker 1: there and see the guys perform in front of the
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  Speaker 1: home crowd?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's good to be here, good to
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  Speaker 2: get here finally, you know, and get game number one,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just to be out on the grass with
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  Speaker 2: the guys and watch them do what they love to do,
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  Speaker 2: and Obviously, I said this earlier in the week, it's
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  Speaker 2: not really about the coaching staff. It's about these guys
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  Speaker 2: doing what they love to do and having fun doing it.
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  Speaker 2: To get off the start we had today was really
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  Speaker 2: cool to see because I know those guys were energized
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  Speaker 2: on the sideline and everybody was in the game, which
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  Speaker 2: was a cool thing to see.