STORY.
PETE: TYRONE WHEATLEY TOOK THE
JOB AT MORGAN STATE IN EARLY
2019, KNOWING HE WOULD NOT HAVE
SPRING PRACTICE TO IMPLEMENT HIS
STRUCTURE.
NCAA SANCTIONS LEVIED ON THE
PRIOR REGIME ENSURED THAT.
FROM THERE, THE UPHILL BATTLE
CONTINUES.
BUT CONTINUES WELL.
>> WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
YOU CAN ONLY MOVE FORWARD.
SO YOU HIT AGAIN, NO SPRING
BALL, COVID WE HAVE NO CONTROL
OVER IT.
CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES.
PETE: THAT MESSAGE IS A COMMON
REFRAIN FROM COACHES DURING THIS
TIME OF ZOOM CALLS AND VIRTUAL
TRAINING.
BUT FOR WHEATLEY, EMBRACING
THESE CHALLENGES, MAKING THEM
BECOME A POSITIVE, THAT SEEMS TO
HAVE HIT HOME.
>> BUT THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE
HAS BEEN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY
VALUABLE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT
THAT YOU CAN’T GET ON THE FIELD.
NOW IT’S ALL MENTAL.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE’RE
SHARPENING OUR MENTAL SWORDS SO
PROFOUNDLY THAT GUYS ARE NOW
SPEAKING LIKE THEY’RE
COORDINATORS NOW.
PETE: AND EVEN WHEN WHEATLEY
TRIES TO LOOSEN THINGS UP,
LETTING HIS PLAYERS RUN MEETINGS
WITH IMPERSONATIONS OF COACHES
INCLUDED, THIS IS THE RESPONSE.
>> BUT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU,
WHEN YOU TRY TO GET DOWN TO FUN,
I’VE EVEN HAD GUYS SNAP BACK AND
SAY "QUOTE -- COACH, LISTEN NOW,
WE’VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO."
AND THAT’S A GOOD THING, YOU
KIND OF SAY WOW, I’M TRYING TO
THROW YOU A BONE AND THEY THROW
IT RIGHT BACK AT YOU.
PETE: HOW DIFFERENT IS THAT FROM
A YEAR AGO?
>> IT’S A DELIGHT TO SEE.
IT REALLY IS.
IT’S A DELIGHT SEE AND HEAR.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.
PETE: THE BEARS ARE SCHEDULED TO
OPEN UP THE 2020 SEASON AT
APPALACHIAN STATE SEPTEMBER 5.
HERE’S TO HOPING WE GET TO SEE
WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS MORGAN
STATE HAS MA
