You can hear all of Head Coach Pete Mangurian's comments on the team from yesterday's Ivy League Football media conference call by clicking here.
I think a major theme for him was the talk about "tearing the program down to build it back up from scratch."
As far as personnel news, I thought the fact that Tom Callahan has switched from OL to DL was interesting. At 6-5 and 260 lbs. at last check, he could be a great addition to the defense.
Kal Prince moving over to linebacker was also notable, but considering how weak that position looks overall it may have been a desperate move.
Mangurian gave the nod to Cameron Molina as the starting RB. It seemed like he had some good talent in 2012 in that one short appearance he made against Penn. But last season he didn't stand out.
Mangurian said Garrett DeMuth is the #1 TE for now, but it was hard not to be more excited by what he said about incoming 6-5 freshman Zach Dansby, who is being identified as a serious downfield receiving threat.
Sophomore Cameron Nizialek is the starting kicker and punter as of now.
The apparent leaders on the crucial O-line for now seem to be Ryan Thomas, Marshall Markham, and Keith Ramljak. Mangurian mentioned some other names, but they all had significant question marks. At one point he talked about "Billy Williams," but I think he meant Billy Lawrence.
Brett Nottingham is of course still the #1 QB.
Mangurian was optimistic about the WR corps in general. Much of that was because Connor Nelligan is back from his concussion injury last year.
Did Mangurian get the most time of any coach on the call yesterday? It seemed like it. It's nice that he was allowed to go on and on.
Frankly, the whole call was more depressing than ever. All the gushing over retiring Penn Head Coach Al Bagnoli from every other coach got to be a little much. One of the other listeners on the call Tweeted that he expects Bagnoli to get some kind of special farewell at every road game this year. If true, I'm glad we're playing them in Philly.
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