Spring football heating up for Bulldogs
“What I like is the effort and the attention to detail,” Grant said. “The young men are doing a really great job of paying attention to detail. Whether it’s in the locker room or out here at practice, they are very respectful to the coaching staff.
“To be honest with you, right now there is nothing to be worried about. The only thing I have to be worried about is if we get banged up (a lot of injuries) in spring. I would like to come out of spring 100 percent healthy.
Don’t expect to see a lot of differences in the offense run under Tim Hatten, but Grant, an old offensive lineman, said the Bulldogs will have times when they might play a little more power football and run at people. But when all is said and done, it will just be a matter of taking advantage of the opponent’s soft spots.
“The one thing I learned from coach Hatten is you have to take what the defense gives you,” Grant said. “If the defense wants to lighten the box (drop more defenders back in pass coverage) then we have to be able to run it against the lighter box. If the team want to stack the box and make you throw it, you have to win one-on-one matchups and attack the perimeters (with the pass).
“On offense we are trying to find their weakness and how we can attack it. We want to get our best player on one of their weaker players. Today (May 3) we scrimmaged and I’ve been very happy with what I’ve seen so far.”