As Mike Kramer looks down the barrel of spring's final Bobcat
football scrimmage, he likes the progress that his team has made
through its first 14 practices. But he wants more.
"I'm excited that we've made progress," said Kramer, whose second
Bobcat team participated in the Sonny Holland Classic to conclude
spring drills Saturday in Bobcat Stadium. "As a coaching staff
we're finally able to look at our team as we would a championship
team. We're not there yet, but we can start gauging ourselves
against some of the better teams we've been around. We certainly
have to make progress in some particular areas, but we've made
progress in our two most glaring weaknesses, quarterback and wide
receiver."
"We want to continue to work on the passing game," Kramer says,
"to throw the ball with relative confidence, withstand the rush,
and make some highlight-type catches. There are issues to be
resolved, but the major blemishes have been addressed in the form
of (quarterback) Tyler Thomas and (receiver) Junior Adams."
Improved play in the defensive secondary and establishing depth
in the offensive line were each priorities prior to the spring.
Kramer said both areas have been solidified. "I'm very excited
about the depth and quality of our young offensive linemen. They
have a long ways to go, but they've shown in the last few days an
ability to play. I think we're all very excited about the
elevated play of Jay Hackett and Joey Thomas at corner. Overall
defensively, we're as good as we can probably be around here.
Offensively, we have a lot of room to make up to get to the level
the defense has attained."
