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I ALMOST snoozed my alarm and missed this week's Al Golden appearance on WQAM. But, luckily, I got up just in time to catch the conversation. Crisis averted.
And we begin.
Joe Rose starts by asking about the defense minus Bush/Carter in 1H: Golden "obviously we don't have Deon as our nickel".
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Golden says Elder and Howard will rotate at Nickel. Also says Crawford and Jenkins will start at S, will Jaquan Johnson also seeing snaps
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Joe Rose asking about convo w/players re: Targeting Golden "we talk to them. Those guys are aggressive and we don't want them to lose that"
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Golden "We're disappointed for them." Reiterates that Bush/Carter work to hit the right way. Says they'll bounce back
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Golden "We're disappointed for them." Reiterates that Bush/Carter work to hit the right way. Says they'll bounce back
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Joe Rose asking about the Gayot injury Golden "of course that's scary for us." Says UM has great medical team, and they work well
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Golden: "Gayot has normalcy. Everything is going great." Says they'll work him back as they can. Very fortunate that he'll be fine
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Rose asks about Grace Golden "He's ready to go. He looks good." Says they put Grace in yellow to give him another light day.
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Joe Rose talking about Yearby taking his game to another level. Golden "He's so much stronger than he was a year ago".
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Golden says Yearby can hit, spin, move, and do things now he couldn't before. Also says he wants Yearby to "step on defenders toes"
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...make defenders uncomfortable. Golden "Joe's a man's man." Alright
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Joe Rose asking about rotations Golden: "We still have competition." Says a lot of guys will play on D. Cincy ran 100 plays, avg 90 on O
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Golden "we'll need a lot of guys to play. A lot of guys have stepped up in the last week." Says offense still rotating skill guys, too
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Golden praises Njoku and Herndon as guys who have been building towards good performances who finally showed it in-game vs NEB
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Golden talking about nomenclature and other changes. Missed the question, tho.
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I know. I know. I'm not supposed to miss questions. But you know what guys, it starts with me. I have to do better. I have to transcribe and tweet better. I'll look at this, I'll check the systems, and I'll improve. We'll get this fixed.
Joe Rose "is it more about being aggressive vs Cincy or what?" Golden "it's all of what you said. it's difficult." Says many factors matter
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Golden says a combination of factors, pressure, blitz, coverage, will affect how D handles Cincy's offense
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Golden talking about differences of blitz vs zone coverage vs man coverage
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Golden "certainly, you gotta get there" with the pass rush.
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Joe Rose asking about Cincy's QBs. Golden "they're both good. Either one can play. Both those guys can chuck it"
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Golden says team will prepare for both Cincy QBs
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Joe Rose asking how team is focusing on Cincinnati with the FSU game only 12 days away
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Golden: "our leadership. We have to go to the well right now. Everybody has to focus. We've got to learn to block distractions"
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Golden says team came back with lots of energy after 3 days off. Also says RZ and money down work will happen today at practice
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And that's a wrap. Golden's appearance is over. #Canes play Cincinnati THURSDAY NIGHT at 7:30pm on ESPN.
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You can listen to the whole interview below:
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