WEEKEND WRAPUP

The coach is starting to like what he sees.

RH: What did you think of the weekend?

CM: We are pretty happy with the way the weekend went Robb. We cut down on Saturday night and since then I think the intensity has risen. As the weekend kind of ended we’ve had some tired bodies and some hurt bodies. It’s a long grind, training camp, especially when you just get back into it. I think Sunday was a good afternoon off for them and will have done them real good. We are looking forward to a real intense intrasquad game her Monday night.

RH: After the intrasquad game, what’s the next round of cuts entail?

CM: We are going to cut right down after the intrasquad game. We haven’t decided exactly how many numbers but we are going to make that decision sometime on Monday and in regards to some of our injuries and how many bodies we need around in which case it gives some extra looks too. It’s an ongoing process and we don’t have a whole lot of time to get through it and start getting some systems in place and playing some games and evaluating some of the talent we still have.

RH: I asked you after day one what you would like to see more of and you said intensity. What would you like to see more of heading into the intrasquad game?

CM: Well I think the intensity level has to stay. Like I said, I think the rest and recouperation on Sunday afternoon will have done these guys real well and so we are just looking for them to get back and playing hard and keeping the intensity and emotion level up. It’s going to be a real physical and emotional grind for the next couple weeks getting ready and those guys that show that they can handle that will be the ones that end up staying and playing. It’s always interesting because you are playing against yourselves and you are happy with it against yourselves and now we are going to get a chance, this week, to test ourselves against some of the other teams and some of their young guys and see where we are shaking down.