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roving D-coordinator? he's athletic. We've got to tweak him a little bit, but Hudson: "I spent most of the time with the line- when you watch guys after the snap turn and run backers, some of the time taking guys by position. to the ball, get off of a block and go, he's still a litThe other thing is we've got a lot of good young guys. tle rusty. People don't realize spring ball, you miss We've been able to take them out of the meeting spring ball, you are way behind. This is such a develroom with the position coach and divide the group opment sport, especially up front. up, and I've been meeting with a lot of the young "That's why high school kids don't go to the NFL. groups and watching everything. Some of the 2s, the You've got to develop. Quarterbacks aren't great un3s and 4s, the D-line, same with the linebackers. til they're 30 or 28. This is a tough, tough sport to Now they're getting everything, so they're watching develop in. But he's done some things that just have all their film and it's making us develop a little faster been flashes. I like to say in our meetings, 'Man, I because some of those young kids are going to go in didn't feel him out there.' But if I can feel the guy at some point." and I'm standing on the sideline, that's good." Gold and Black: Who of those young guys could Gold and Black: What do you like about the play this year? makeup and the character of this defense? HavHudson: "I'd say right now there's two D-linemen, ing a vision for what you want them to be and Evan Panfil and (Jake) Replogle. Then (cornerback) then getting what you got in your first year, how Leroy Clark, he's really coming into his own a little bit. I'd say those guys, and even (safety) Austin Logan. A couple DBs and a couple linemen, that would be such a bonus for us." Gold and Black: The linebackers are pretty far away from a physical standpoint. Maybe Danny Ezechukwu, but not yet probably. Hudson: "Yeah. Danny is probably the closest physically, but it's pretty brutal down there in the box for a young kid." Gold and Black: Has Bruce Gaston shown you enough discipline and toughness yet for you to believe he can be an all-conference player? Hudson: "No doubt. He can. I've been lucky the last few years, not just at Florida State but at East Carolina, our strength was in our front. A bunch of guys in the NFL, so it's easy for me to compare him to them. He's right there with him. This kid is special. The thing about Bruce is he's got such a personality, but it also translates to Construction Planners and Contractors his play. He plays like that personality. He's loose, he's trying to do something positive, he's trying to get a young person to come along with him. Commercial & Industrial General Contractor LEED Certified Projects He'll be just fine." Gold and Black: Who really stuck out to you this camp? Augie Ziccarelli, CEM 1981 Hudson: "(Ryan) Isaac. There's just someOne Overlook Point, Lincolnshire, IL 60069 Phone: 847.913.1000 zicbuilders.com thing different about a big man who runs and Ziccarelli Builders, Inc. 34 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 1 f