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Expectations growing for UConn safeties Tyler Coyle, Omar Fortt
>>While Pindell made some impressive connections with receivers Hergy Mayala and Kyle Buss as well as tight end Aaron McLean, those plays did not sit well with the key players on defensive side of the ball.
It was a much different story on Monday as the Huskies had their first practice in pads during summer camp. Things were just getting started when sophomore safety Tyler Coyle broke up a pass and then intercepted a tipped pass during 9 on 9 drills. Fellow starting safety Omar Fortt also came up with an interception when the first team defense squared off with the No. 1 offense. “We stressed that a lot in meetings, we have to play with good eyes,” Coyle said. “We had a lot of eye violations in the first couple of practices and I feel like we are doing better.”
Being watched not only by Curome Cox, their position coach,, and defensive coordinator Billy Crocker but also by head coach Randy Edsall, both Coyle and Fortt heard it from the coaches. Edsall, in particular, was rather vocal in directing criticism in the direction of the two in-state products who are primed to play key roles in their second season as starters. “That is a good thing because he holds us to a standard that even though we are young safeties, we are veterans so we have to teach the young guys,” Fortt said. “I know everything is out of love, no hard feelings. He wants us to win, that is what it takes so he holds us to a standard and we have to follow through with it.”<<
>>Jones saw time both as an interior lineman and a defensive end on Monday. “Right now we have him as an end,” Edsall said. “The biggest thing for him is we have to get him to come off the ball a little bit quicker. He is a big human and he is very athletic for a guy his size and he wants to do well. I love being around him, those kids have all done some good thing. You can see the athletic ability they have right now but they are just raw and green right now.”<<
>>While Pindell made some impressive connections with receivers Hergy Mayala and Kyle Buss as well as tight end Aaron McLean, those plays did not sit well with the key players on defensive side of the ball.
It was a much different story on Monday as the Huskies had their first practice in pads during summer camp. Things were just getting started when sophomore safety Tyler Coyle broke up a pass and then intercepted a tipped pass during 9 on 9 drills. Fellow starting safety Omar Fortt also came up with an interception when the first team defense squared off with the No. 1 offense. “We stressed that a lot in meetings, we have to play with good eyes,” Coyle said. “We had a lot of eye violations in the first couple of practices and I feel like we are doing better.”
Being watched not only by Curome Cox, their position coach,, and defensive coordinator Billy Crocker but also by head coach Randy Edsall, both Coyle and Fortt heard it from the coaches. Edsall, in particular, was rather vocal in directing criticism in the direction of the two in-state products who are primed to play key roles in their second season as starters. “That is a good thing because he holds us to a standard that even though we are young safeties, we are veterans so we have to teach the young guys,” Fortt said. “I know everything is out of love, no hard feelings. He wants us to win, that is what it takes so he holds us to a standard and we have to follow through with it.”<<
>>Jones saw time both as an interior lineman and a defensive end on Monday. “Right now we have him as an end,” Edsall said. “The biggest thing for him is we have to get him to come off the ball a little bit quicker. He is a big human and he is very athletic for a guy his size and he wants to do well. I love being around him, those kids have all done some good thing. You can see the athletic ability they have right now but they are just raw and green right now.”<<
