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...coaching in bowl games. Excerpt on Tenuta:
Georgia Tech's Durant Brooks, the Ray Guy Award winner as college football's top punter this season, said the Yellow Jackets' practices have been more intense and demanding since Tentua took over. Tenuta has worked the past six seasons at Tech and has coached at nine other schools during a 26-year career.
Tenuta will work as a head coach for the first time when the Yellow Jackets play Fresno State in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, on New Year's Eve (ESPN2, 2 p.m. ET).
Like Darnell, Tenuta is probably coaching his last game at his current school. But Brooks said that hasn't stopped Tenuta from leaving his mark on the program the past few weeks.
"It's a totally different style," Brooks said. "We had our first team meeting with him and he laid out his rules and said, 'This is the way it's going to be and if you don't like it, you don't have to be here.' We had our first practice and we ran wind sprints before practice. It felt like spring drills again. He's going to let you know how he feels, and he's going to let everyone else know how he feels about you. He's blunt, but I like it. It's a very different approach from Coach Gailey."
Georgia Tech's Durant Brooks, the Ray Guy Award winner as college football's top punter this season, said the Yellow Jackets' practices have been more intense and demanding since Tentua took over. Tenuta has worked the past six seasons at Tech and has coached at nine other schools during a 26-year career.
Tenuta will work as a head coach for the first time when the Yellow Jackets play Fresno State in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, on New Year's Eve (ESPN2, 2 p.m. ET).
Like Darnell, Tenuta is probably coaching his last game at his current school. But Brooks said that hasn't stopped Tenuta from leaving his mark on the program the past few weeks.
"It's a totally different style," Brooks said. "We had our first team meeting with him and he laid out his rules and said, 'This is the way it's going to be and if you don't like it, you don't have to be here.' We had our first practice and we ran wind sprints before practice. It felt like spring drills again. He's going to let you know how he feels, and he's going to let everyone else know how he feels about you. He's blunt, but I like it. It's a very different approach from Coach Gailey."
