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Off to a right start
Q: Coach Tomczak, first of all on
behalf of the LDN and the area residents, welcome to Lincoln.
A: Thank you.
Q: Ron, I know you’ve been here for
several days now. What are your first impressions?
A: Some of my first impressions...the kids are great. So far,
they have been hard workers. Of course, with somebody new, everybody’s
always easily good to them. I’m impressed with the kids and their
work ethic right now and what I want to do is try to build off of
it. So far, we really haven’t had any problems. There have been a
few kids that haven’t been showing up...that I’m checking into
to find out where they’re at. They are going to find out that this
is what makes up the team...the off-season workouts.
Q: Tell us a little bit about what has
already transpired this summer and what plans you have for the next
few weeks leading into the season.
A: Well, I was offered the position approximately a week after
school got out. The first thing I tried to do was to have a team
meeting for all freshmen through seniors interested in football. We
had that meeting the following Monday and had about 95 kids there.
That’s a good showing for a football program. Football is a game
of numbers right out of the chute in order to be successful. I told
them what we’re going to have strength and conditioning-wise for
the summer. I told them that we would be lifting weights every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 8:45 a.m. and from 3:30 to
5:30 p.m. I asked the kids to come to one of these sessions each
day. If they have to work in the afternoon, then they’re supposed
to be there in the morning and vice versa. So that’s how we
started initially.
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