clean,'' Groy said. "It's kind of a refreshing time.
We need to get back into the swing of things and
get to know the offense. You have to blend with the
coaches and get a feel for their coaching style.
"This spring, as a team, we have to really understand the new coaches and understand where
they're coming from and understand their coaching points and what they want out of each position
group. Everybody has to be on the same page and
everybody has to know their responsibilities.''
Borland has only been healthy enough to participate in one spring practice during his UW career and Andersen plans on keeping a close tab on
the number of reps that Borland gets this spring,
which will also hold true for some of the other UW
seniors, including White and Southward.
"The spring is a good time to get better as an
individual, especially for the younger guys or the
guys who didn't get a lot of reps in the fall,'' Borland said. "It's a time for them to improve and prepare for next year. You can also begin to develop
an identity as a team in the spring.''
It will be a learning phase for everyone, to be
sure, as the players gain a better understanding of
what the coaches want, and the coaches get a better read on what the players can do.
"There are going to be ups and downs,'' Andersen
said, "and the offense is going to play better than
the defense and the defense better than the offense
and so on and so forth. But we want to see consistent effort and smiles on their faces and I want to
see them get better every day.''
So far, so good. Groy and Borland were both
smiling while talking about the transition.
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