Spring practice rolled on in Charlottesville today and the Cavaliers began their second week of work.
After practice today, Cavaliers head coach Tony Elliott spoke with the media for the second time this spring and here is everything that he had to say:
1. On losing Mitchell Melton, Cazeem Moore, and Daniel Rickert…
“It was the production is really the trait we were looking for, first and foremost. Encouraged that we had Fish (Fisher Camac) coming back and enjoy developing and some other young promising guys. The biggest thing was just to try and find guys that have been productive. And then look at the measurables, try to make sure we match some of the link that we had. The ability to run, the ability to be physical against the run, and then in that same guy be able to find guys that can go get the passer. And so I think we got a good little mix in this class.
We still got one coming (Ezekiel Larry) that won’t be here until the summer. It’s still just day four and second in shoulder pads and so we’re still teaching all of these guys how we practice But this week’s going to be a great opportunity to evaluate these guys. Furthermore because we get to do some live stuff on Wednesday, and then we’ll do some live stuff on Saturday.”
2. On Matthew Fobbs-White…
“: First thing is that he’s a football player. I mean, he loves ball. You could tell he’s a very focused young man. eager to get better and to be coached and to learn. I think he was looking for just a situation to where he could get back to being himself. And I think the bandit position that we have allows him to be able to do some of that from a two-point stance. And so you saw the productivity, but then when you met him in person, you saw just the intangibles that he brings. A really, really good young man, and he’s a football player that loves ball…