Duke is 0-2, but David Cutcliffe says the team can improve quickly, if they put in the effort at practice. "There’s a lot of getting better to do in all three phases"
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00:00Well, you certainly have to prioritize what you're doing on the practice field anyway.
00:05It's under unique conditions and circumstances.
00:08You start with personnel always, making sure everything's happening with what you want
00:13from a personnel standpoint, and that you're doing the right things that best suit your
00:18personnel in all three phases.
00:21And then you put a practice plan together, and the only way you get better at football
00:25are quality repetition after repetition practice.
00:30I tell you what it does, it makes permanent.
00:33If you practice really well and you have a prioritized list of what you've got to do,
00:39you can improve much quicker than people think in this game.
00:42Well, you hit a lot of concerns, and they're certainly there.
00:47We really had some good performance in camp that would have indicated an offense that
00:55can be consistent, and we still can be.
00:59I've got to look at myself, I've got to look at what we're calling, I've got to look at
01:03every little thing we're doing there.
01:06No time to punch a panic button, but you have to respond.
01:11Players expect some form of response to put our offense back on track, to do things that
01:17we believe in, all of us, players, coaches, a belief system is critical in offensive football.
01:25From a specialist standpoint, Porter and Charlie are extremely talented, they're great young
01:31people.
01:32I have extreme confidence in both of them.
01:35I want to see us across the board in the kicking game, be better in our return game.
01:41Everybody participates in the kicking game, not just the specialists.
01:45So we've got to snap, we've got to hold, we've got to kick, we've got to do everything we
01:50can in the punt game, we've got to be better in the kickoff return game.
01:54The punt return game, I think we've got a good start, but there's a lot of getting better
01:59to do in all three phases right now.
02:01We've got to tackle better on defense, no question that some of the explosive plays
02:07we couldn't get a quarterback on the ground.
02:10Little things along those lines that we can work on on the practice field and we'll work
02:14on them and get better.