Doeren meets with the media during bye week: Bulleted

If you want to watch NC State head coach Dave Doeren meet with the media during bye week in full form, you can do so above, but if your just looking for the main points, look no further.

– Aaron Henry (safeties coach) has done a great job as a motivational speaker and Doeren looks as him as a leader (his speeches have gone viral thanks to the Wolfpack Football Documentary ‘ONE’)

– Doeren doesn’t hear Henry’s speeches until Mondays on ‘ONE’. He doesn’t tell him what to say, just tells coaches to give players what they need.

-Coaches having one on one with players to talk about things they’ve done well and where they can improve.

– Spending a lot of time this week on special teams

– Started work on Notre Dame on Wednesday

– Doeren says the timing of bye week is critical and loves having it in the middle of the season. Gives guys time to mentally and physically recover.

– Coaches are recruiting today (Friday) and will get to be with families on Saturday.

– Doeren says Chubb really benefitting from returning to school and underclassman are benefitting from seeing that.

– Chubb and Samuels had preseason goals and they are achieving those goals. They want to leave behind a legacy and they are doing that.

– Jakobi Meyers and Tim Glass have surprise Doeren and shown him something he didn’t expect to see.

– This week, Chris Ingram has really flashed and he’s playing all special teams this year. Another surprise guy for Doeren.

– Doeren doesn’t think Deter Wright played very well and needs to get better. Maybe played tentatively? But, he’s had a good week this week and has good focus.

– Says he’s in awe of AJ Cole (punter), not just as a punter but as a person. He took Spring Break trip to Kenya to help out.

– Doeren very proud that offensive line has not led up a sack in conference play. Says Dwayne gets a lot of deserved credit, but running backs have done well also. Finley is quick to get rid of the ball too, so that helps.