Spring Football Notebook No. 8
April 03, 2017 | Football
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina passed the midway point of its spring practice period Monday afternoon, bouncing back from its first scrimmage with a physical 100-minute workout in full pads on Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
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The session also opened the third week of action and initiated preparations for the Pirates' second intrasquad scrimmage scheduled for Friday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
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While second-year head coach Scottie Montgomery has been generally pleased with the progress his squad has made during the first half of drills, he was also quick to explain the amount of work still on everyone's agenda.
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"The effort and intensity level continues to be high, which is good to see after a scrimmage," Montgomery said. "I think we're a little further along in the process at the halfway mark than we were a year ago obviously, but that's to be expected with the number of returners and the amount of experience we have with us this spring. However, there's still many miles to go and I don't believe there is ever a point where you're satisfied. We'll continue to address our execution and other concepts on a daily basis, but yes, there's been some progress."
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The Pirates remained consistent to their traditional practice script Monday before closing the outing with an abbreviated 14-minute team-on-team segment. Similar to Friday, the outing was capped with one-on-one board drills and conditioning work.
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The Pirates are scheduled to knock out their ninth and 10th practices Wednesday afternoon and Friday night, the latter serving as the aforementioned second scrimmage.
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NOTES: Sophomore DE Kendall Futrell, sophomore SS Tim Irvin and sophomore OL D'Ante Smith returned to full-contact action Monday after missing workouts last week due to injury ... Additionally, senior TE Stephen Baggett participated in drills after sitting out Saturday's scrimmage.Â
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EAST CAROLINA'S 2017 SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Next Workout: Wednesday, April 5 (4:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.)
Remaining Workouts: April 7 (scrimmage), April 10, April 12, April 19, April 21 and April 22 (Purple-Gold Game, 2:00 p.m.)
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The session also opened the third week of action and initiated preparations for the Pirates' second intrasquad scrimmage scheduled for Friday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
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While second-year head coach Scottie Montgomery has been generally pleased with the progress his squad has made during the first half of drills, he was also quick to explain the amount of work still on everyone's agenda.
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"The effort and intensity level continues to be high, which is good to see after a scrimmage," Montgomery said. "I think we're a little further along in the process at the halfway mark than we were a year ago obviously, but that's to be expected with the number of returners and the amount of experience we have with us this spring. However, there's still many miles to go and I don't believe there is ever a point where you're satisfied. We'll continue to address our execution and other concepts on a daily basis, but yes, there's been some progress."
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The Pirates remained consistent to their traditional practice script Monday before closing the outing with an abbreviated 14-minute team-on-team segment. Similar to Friday, the outing was capped with one-on-one board drills and conditioning work.
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The Pirates are scheduled to knock out their ninth and 10th practices Wednesday afternoon and Friday night, the latter serving as the aforementioned second scrimmage.
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NOTES: Sophomore DE Kendall Futrell, sophomore SS Tim Irvin and sophomore OL D'Ante Smith returned to full-contact action Monday after missing workouts last week due to injury ... Additionally, senior TE Stephen Baggett participated in drills after sitting out Saturday's scrimmage.Â
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EAST CAROLINA'S 2017 SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Next Workout: Wednesday, April 5 (4:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.)
Remaining Workouts: April 7 (scrimmage), April 10, April 12, April 19, April 21 and April 22 (Purple-Gold Game, 2:00 p.m.)
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