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Date Posted: 12:45:43 08/04/06 Fri
Author: J.J.
Subject: Central Thinking Big
In reply to: J.J. 's message, "Football" on 12:10:18 08/03/06 Thu

From the Courant's Tom Yantz (Aug 4):

The goal for first-year Central Connecticut football coach Jeff McInerney is one step higher than what predecessor Tom Masella accomplished.

"Tom did a great job winning back-to-back co-Northeast Conference championships," McInerney said. "We want to win it outright, and that's only expected. It's the right goal for us."

The quest begins Monday night when 80 players are expected to participate in Central's first summer practice. The Blue Devils' running game should be bolstered by Justise Hairston, a transfer from Rutgers. A knee injury and lack of playing time contributed to his transfer to his hometown. He played at New Britain High School.

"He was successful in the Big East [with 696 rushing yards]," McInerney said. "I would say Justise was a very good find for us."

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FB on television, so far.

CCSU at Monmouth on Oct. 28 @ 12 noon is scheduled for Fox Sports-NY.

I think the game at Georgia Southern is on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS); but it its a cable only network (like Cox 3) and is not carried in the Northeast or on satelite.

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[> Time becomes CCSU's first opponent -- J.J., 10:02:03 08/07/06 Mon

NB Herald
08/07/2006
By: Matt Straub, Assistant Sports Editor


NEW BRITAIN-New head coach Jeff McInerney showed a different side of himself on Sunday than most followers of the Central Connecticut football team have seen from its biggest addition of the offseason.

When last he was seen in public, McInerney was the master of ceremonies at the most jovial spring game in most observers' memories. The new leader of the Blue Devils had spent the entire winter out and about talking up the Blue Devils to anyone who would listen and had managed to turn the doldrums of spring practice into a carnival.

On Sunday, however, he was stoic. In his hand as he sat behind his desk in Central's football offices was a detailed itinerary of how each day of the Blue Devils' training camp was to be structured.

There were still numerous smiles and boundless enthusiasm from the man who uses the phrase "fired up" more than most people say hello, but now that bundle of energy was being channeled into final preparations.

It's time to go to work.

The Blue Devils reported to training camp on Sunday afternoon, and take Arute Field for the first time tonight. The NCAA puts more restrictions on what can be done during the early training sessions every year, but McInerney is ready to get the absolute most out of every minute he and his staff are allowed to spend with the 80 players who arrived in the office on Sunday.

"You have to take care of the little things," he said. "Knowing that we need the work, every minute is a pressure situation because it's a race against the clock... These next 20-some-odd days will determine the fate of your team. They will determine your condition, your team chemistry, your health. All those things will be determined in the next three weeks."

Some of those things, especially team chemistry, will have to come naturally to the Blue Devils. Team bonding, for the most part, can't be forced. Health can be aided by attention to detail and form and a good training staff, but it can't be guaranteed.

In a year when McInerney is putting in new wrinkles on offense and revamping the defense, time will be of the essence. The Blue Devils season opener against Marist was four weeks from Saturday, and in that time teaching systems will be just as important as conditioning drills.

"I know all the work it's going to take," McInerney said. "There's about 26 work days. The makeup of your team will be done in the next 21... We have to use them."
With summer seemingly racing away faster than quarterback Aubrey Norris can run up the sideline, McInerney intends to throw the Blue Devils right into the fire tonight.
"We're going to hit it and go get it," he said. "It's going to be a real physical camp. We want to be tough, and we want to be able to run the ball in the fourth quarter and yet we want to be able to open it up. We're going to be very multiple and (Offensive coordinator) Rob Likens is going to do a great job with our offense."

Then came McInerney's trademark wide smile, and out came the itinerary.

"Every practice has a plan and they're already done," he said. "They're in the book and the plans won't change unless (something drastic happens.)... Everything is modeled off of the way NFL practices are run. They say those guys are the best in the world at scheduling, but only time will tell."

McInerney has a plan, and more energy with which to execute it than most. The one thing the Blue Devils don't have much of is precious time.


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