He never missed a play, and he played at a high level,” McClain said.
The goal of new position coach Adrian Klemm, promoted after Shaun Sarrett’s contract wasn’t renewed, was to bring a sense of nastiness back to the group.
When covid-19 contact tracing removed Illinois center Doug Kramer from the lineup two days before the Purdue game, Green moved into the middle again.
When you’re teaching a scheme, he’s going to keep working at it.
Judging by Green’s lower-body strength and physique, he has the size and power to match up with equally strong 300-pound men on the other side of the ball.
McClain doesn’t disagree with that claim, and he thinks Green will fit in nicely if the Steelers transition to an outside zone blocking scheme.
If you’re in a zone system and your center is not real athletic, you use a lot of combinations with your guards to allow the center to be able to reach the d-tackles.
Even when he was an underclassman with us, he was viewed as one of the best leaders in our program.
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