Wesley Bissainthe was tabbed a potential breakout player all offseason, and he helped spearhead a strong defensive effort on Saturday. Bissainthe met with reporters after practice to discuss the state of the team:
On the difference in culture since he arrived: I see a huge difference, man. You see what happens when you put your head down to work. That's all I can say. We heard all the noise. Just put our head down. We kept working. We're going to continue to do that.
On continuing to get pressure without Bain: We have probably one of the best defensive line groups in the country and it shows. I love those guys. They free us up to go run and hit. Bain is definitely a key part of the D line, but I feel like we have no drop off. The next guy up is going to perform and do what he has to do.
On staying focused after UF: We train for everybody the same. We're gonna attack each week the same way. We're not letting up on nobody. We're going to keep our foot on the pedal. Treating each game the same way. We're going full force at it.
On whether the U is back: I don't really like the feeling to that. I just want to win, man. My focus is on the field. I don't care about nothing else. I just focus every day coming in and being consistent, doing what I got to do to lead this team to where I know we want to be and I know where we could be. That's my focus. I'm not really focused on “the U is back.” Nah, I'm keeping the main thing, the main thing.
On why recruits should come to Miami: The people, man. The people, the coaches, they just want to see you be great. They put you in a position to be great. And that's all you can ask for. You want a coach to lead, mentor you, and just want to see you do good. I can honestly say that every coach here does that for us. They really care about us. They want us to work. And they push us every day
On the players that stood out to him: Probably Tyler Baron, Cam Ward. You said defense, so probably Tyler Baron. That guy works hard. I'm happy to see It translates to the game and I'm happy to see that he got off to a good start. I can't wait to see what he does for the rest of the season.
On the difference in culture since he arrived: I see a huge difference, man. You see what happens when you put your head down to work. That's all I can say. We heard all the noise. Just put our head down. We kept working. We're going to continue to do that.
On continuing to get pressure without Bain: We have probably one of the best defensive line groups in the country and it shows. I love those guys. They free us up to go run and hit. Bain is definitely a key part of the D line, but I feel like we have no drop off. The next guy up is going to perform and do what he has to do.
On staying focused after UF: We train for everybody the same. We're gonna attack each week the same way. We're not letting up on nobody. We're going to keep our foot on the pedal. Treating each game the same way. We're going full force at it.
On whether the U is back: I don't really like the feeling to that. I just want to win, man. My focus is on the field. I don't care about nothing else. I just focus every day coming in and being consistent, doing what I got to do to lead this team to where I know we want to be and I know where we could be. That's my focus. I'm not really focused on “the U is back.” Nah, I'm keeping the main thing, the main thing.
On why recruits should come to Miami: The people, man. The people, the coaches, they just want to see you be great. They put you in a position to be great. And that's all you can ask for. You want a coach to lead, mentor you, and just want to see you do good. I can honestly say that every coach here does that for us. They really care about us. They want us to work. And they push us every day
On the players that stood out to him: Probably Tyler Baron, Cam Ward. You said defense, so probably Tyler Baron. That guy works hard. I'm happy to see It translates to the game and I'm happy to see that he got off to a good start. I can't wait to see what he does for the rest of the season.
