Feature on UH's first day of Spring Practice

About visiting with Mack during the early portion of yesterday's practice, Dick Tomey (who coached at UH for 10 years and coached the last 5 years at SJSU), said:
"There's a lot of wonderful memories here. It's fun to be back. We're enjoying living here now and we're trying to get settled." (HSB)

About how Spring Practice provides the foundation of their team, Mack said:
"This is the foundation. If things ever start going bad, you go back to your fundamentals, you go back to your base packages because you know it like the back of your hand." (HSB)

About going over the fundamentals of their offense in yesterday's practice, Greg Salas said:
"We're going over all the old plays, making sure everybody knows what they're doing, making sure everything's crisp. As the week goes on we'll get into more technical plays, but right now we're practicing our bread and butter." (HSB)

About stepping up into a leadership role, Vaughn Meatoga said:
"I've been learning ever since guys like (former UH lineman) Mike Lafaele were here. They taught me how to be a good leader. So I have to step up, can't stand in the background any more." (HSB)

About how they are already preparing for the start of their season, Rich Miano said:
"We're working to next year already. We're acting like this is an extension of summer camp. The seriousness, the approach, everything. There's nothing casual about this." (HSB)

About getting blown out by Wisconsin to end last season, Salas said:
"It's never fun to lose, and to lose in that fashion is the worst. We have a little chip on our shoulder. That's the first time since I've been here we didn't make a bowl game, so hopefully this year we can get things back to the way they should be." (HSB)

About how he's enjoying retirement, Tomey said:
"I love coaching; I coached for 48 years. But I'm enjoying doing what I'm doing right now." (HSB)

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