Casey Holman: Duke needs to improve effort

To turn around its 0-3 start, Duke needs to play with more effort, tackle Casey Holman says. That means focusing on blocking from first to last step.

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00:00 It was a little warmer outside, but we had to get it done.

00:03 We got to win the game on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday before we even

00:05 play on Saturday.

00:06 Well, like you said, we had to look at it with fine tooth comb.

00:10 We had to get out there, understand what we did right and

00:13 transfer that over to what we did wrong.

00:15 We had a lot of positives out there and

00:18 although the outcome didn't show it, there was some really good stuff.

00:21 On those negative plays, we got to focus in and figure out what we did good on

00:25 the other plays and how we can carry that over to the bad plays,

00:28 whether that's effort, whether that's technique, execution and things like that.

00:32 It varies from play to play.

00:34 Mostly what we've seen is a lot of effort.

00:36 We have to finish blocks, finish is huge around here and

00:39 that's mostly what we got to do.

00:40 We got to get the first step right and we got to finish through the last steps.

00:44 So it's from the first step to the last steps, we got to be better.

00:46 Well, certainly we didn't expect it.

00:48 We expected to come out and compete every game and

00:51 ultimately win every game is our goal.

00:53 Last year our mentality was to focus on it and

00:57 not look back and this year I think we need to focus on that.

01:00 And not an aspect of wallow in it, but

01:03 we need to really remember how we feel after those games.

01:06 Being up, going into the fourth quarter, we need to really focus on how that felt and

01:10 how it felt after the game and carry that over,

01:12 because we don't want to feel that again.

01:14 You never have enough time.

01:16 We're always finding time, we're limited on time,

01:19 especially with what's going on this year.

01:21 We have to mesh better and we have to do that in practice and outside of practice.

01:27 We don't mesh in games, that's when we have to show that we are meshed together and

01:30 like you said, become that five group unit.

01:34 So we have to do that outside in practice, outside of practice,

01:37 build those relationships, but ultimately play together as a team on Tuesday,

01:42 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, before we even step in our uniforms on Saturday.