Bobby Hauck Week One Preview

coach thanks for being here it is week one of college football season Camp is over you were picked at first in the Big Sky preseason polls how are you feeling after seeing your team at fall camp and heading into your matchup against Missouri State this week well it's that's a hard question a little bit because I'm always apprehensive that we're not ready for the first game so it's a deal we work on every day trying to be ready um we're including today and we'll work right up to kickoff to to hopefully go out and perform in the opener but I do in fact like our team I think they've worked really hard I think our our seniors on our team have pushed the envelope with the guys all summer and and I'm excited to see if we're uh any good here coming up in the opener coach you had one of the best defenses in all of the FCS last season this year two new defensive coordinators Roger Cooper and Tim Hal sharing that role how would you describe their dynamic this year we've had new coordinators each of the last three years um I think everybody has done a great job with the the transition each each time uh I think Tim and and Roger really work well together they're both great guys uh they're both likable guys uh they work and play well with others so uh that's been smooth I think our defensive staff is is uh clicking along uh working very smoothly and you know I we're we're constantly working on our tackling and our our defensive scheme we evolve it uh each of those guys bring something new into the to the mix in terms of coordinating uh they've both been coordinators before uh obviously cp's been a coordinator in this league Tim's been uh coaching the NFL coordinated uh all over the place so it's really been a nice blend and it's been smooth so far how have your players adjusted to having two men in that role as opposed to one that we've seen in recent years well I you know the players either adjust or there's new players so our guys have handled it really well we all but all those guys back and um you know our our our guys have done a good job both these coaches have been with them um going on a couple of years now so it's not like there were new faces coming in the room it's not like there was a whole new scheme coming in the room like I said earlier everything's been really smooth our players have great understanding about what we want on the defensive side of ball and uh you know I I think I don't think there's been really any adjustment for our players offensively you are returning one of the top receiving cores in the nation and kelen white told me at media day that they call themselves The Waffle House because they are open 247 what do you think of that nickname for your receivers well I think Talk's cheap we get to see when we open up but uh I like it it's uh it's all over their meeting room there probably some copyright infringement there going on but uh they uh they they uh are a confident group uh there's a lot of guys in that room that have made a lot of plays we're excited about them and like you said when you talk to kelen the at media days um they're a fun group to be around and I think they've done a nice job working on the Run game piece of it they're energetic butt blocking as well as catching passes and I I think that they should be a strength for us Junior Bergen was on the preseason all Big Sky Team both offense and special teams how do you plan on using him this season as a kick returner punt returner and a wide receiver well Junior in his time here has done a lot of things he's he's thrown passes he's started at running back um obviously the return game is a place where he's he's really stood out in particular last year during the playoffs but the last two years during the playoffs he's scored touch he's scored four touchdowns I think in the playoffs the last uh two years so uh junior is a really versatile guy um the biggest uh issue is he's not the he's not a big dude so the the gaug is how much to put on him uh we want to keep Junior healthy through the year so you know that that's all day-to-day see what he can do but he's a guy that can do a lot of things and will do a lot of things for our team coach I know it's only week one but last year you played for a national championship what will it take for the Grizz to get back to Frisco and win the whole thing this season I think anytime you win to that magnitude you've got to get a few breaks here and there um and one of the the main things you need to get uh a break on is staying healthy um you know we we've had years where we had really good football teams where we couldn't quite get to that point of winning a championship or competing for a championship just because we weren't healthy enough at the end of the year so we need to get some breaks in terms of staying healthy and then you know you got to win some games in the fourth quarter because there's always going to be close games no matter what we got 12 regular season games starting with this first one that we need to win so you know at this juncture our approach is there's 12 potential losses on the schedule and there's 12 potential wins on the schedule and we get to play one each week starting with Missouri State coach really appreciate your time and you being here and I wish you the best of luck not just this week but all season long well I look forward to seeing you again soon thanks for having me on M