On if playing this late has affected the way he approaches the day
“If you want to be a good recruiter, you have to recruit every single day. We probably spent a little more time over the last couple of weeks to recruit just knowing this was coming based off our schedule. Just trying to stay on top of things. Its unusual, it is for everybody. There have been a lot of firsts this year. We are learning from it, adapting to it and really going full speed ahead.”
On his reaction to the team’s continued work ethic despite a difficult year and season
“I’ve kind of been on both sides of it. I’ve been on teams that haven’t lost any games and there have been times where it seems like you have to drag it out of them every single day. Obviously, we haven’t had the season that we would love to have. A lot of it is that we have good leadership on our team. We have a lot of guys who know they are going to be back and are looking forward to the future of our program. They understand where we are at and the things that we have to do to get to where we have to get to. With the leadership that we have on the team, they have a lot of pride in the University of Tennessee and they want to finish off the season the right way.”