Badin vs. Fredericktown
Miamisburg graduation 2012
Valley View vs. Greenville
Home > Blogs > RedHawk rumblings | Miami University sports news > Archives > 2009 > October > 16 > Entry
Gafford: Miami’s new coach, QB making a difference
By Pete Conrad
Miami co-captain Jordan Gafford said he is impressed with the way coach Michael Haywood and quarterback Zac Dysert have inspired confidence among the players.
“I really like coach Haywood a lot,” Gafford said. “If I had to describe him in one word, it would be discipline. He told us the first day he got here that’s the one thing he’s going to bring. He didn’t lie to us, that’s for sure.”
Over each of the previous three weeks, Haywood had suspended a player for a week for various violations of team rules (Jordain Brown, Caleb Bostic and Ben Bennett).
“He really came in and set a standard of what’s acceptable and what’s unacceptable in the way you approach football, the way you approach life and the way you approach academics,” Gafford said. “There are clear, set standards now, and that’s what we needed. We needed somebody to come in here and really straighten things out, to put discipline back into this program. He’s definitely done that. ‘
Gafford said he also has been impressed with Dysert.
“He’s one of those guys who works really hard and is a guy the team really likes and respects,” Gafford said. “He fires the team up when he runs the ball, isn’t scared to get hit, doesn’t slide all the time … It’s easy to follow him and be on his side and in his corner and we’re really excited about his future as a quarterback here.”
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment |
Comments