
{"id":27296,"date":"2012-08-09T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T13:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=27296"},"modified":"2012-08-09T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T13:59:48","slug":"taking-hold-of-a-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/08\/09\/taking-hold-of-a-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking hold of a challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Eddy Landreth<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20318\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/08\/18\/support-the-players-by-filling-kenan-stadium\/landreth-mug-30\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"landreth-mug\" width=\"100\" height=\"134\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1-84x113.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1-74x100.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddy Landreth<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThere is no way to listen to Carolina football players talking about the start of practice and a new season and not believe their enthusiasm is anything but sincere.<\/p>\n<p>This group of players is excited about being in camp, excited to get to work on a new season and excited to continue learning and executing the new schemes on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We loved the summer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said senior linebacker\/defensive back Gene Robinson. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was the hardest summer we have had here. We worked all summer long. It only got harder every day. And we loved that, to come together as a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had more team bonding during the workouts because they were so difficult. Everybody had to overcome them. There was no \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to be able to do this.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 No, you have to.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Now we are just thriving out there every day, continuing to be together.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Now the excitement is turning into the reality of summer camp and continuing to learn new offensive and defensive schemes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a blast to get out there,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d junior quarterback Bryn Renner said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Spring was a little teaser, but we wanted to get started in fall camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The first day was like Christmas. We were so happy to get on the field. Coach [Larry] Fedora has done a great job of telling us what we need to do to get better.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Renner said there is no doubt in his mind that this entire team is united in the drive to be as good as it can be and execute the schemes Fedora and his staff have brought to UNC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All 105 guys that are here are on board to win 12 ball games this year,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Renner said.<\/p>\n<p>The players\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 actions are their true testament to how much they are throwing their hearts and souls into following Fedora and this staff in a new direction, on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We challenged them, where we left off in the spring, to see how far they could go the rest of spring and through the summer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fedora said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All the coaches are really pleased with their recall and how much more they have picked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You just watch them in the drills,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fedora said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153how they do the drills, they are so much further along than they were in the spring. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been really nice. That has been one of the easiest things. They have bought in from day one. They have had this sense of excitement, enthusiasm, eagerness to get going. In each phase, they have shown they are willing to do whatever we ask them to do.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Another telling point is that the players met the goals placed before them regarding losing weight, gaining strength and being in the best possible shape. Fedora said that speaks volumes about the commitment this team has genuinely made.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You have guys like [Travis] Bond, who has lost a tremendous amount of weight,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fedora said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Every one of the guys our nutritionist decided needed to lose weight did what they needed to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how many of you have tried to lose some weight. You have to decide you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to do it. It can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be because a coach says you need to lose weight. If they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decide to do it, they are not going to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That just tells me that much more about how much they have bought in. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just happen. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just melt off. There is some sacrifice. They have to eat right and do things the right way, which these guys have done. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no way to listen to Carolina football players talking about the start of practice and a new season and not believe their enthusiasm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":20318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-27296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27298,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27296\/revisions\/27298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}