Received this nice summary of the Bennett interview from a fan and wanted to share:
1. Arrangement sounds a lot like the one with Skaldany--he s going to coach. Doesn't even sound like he is going to live in Denton in the off-season. Mentioned Littrell initially--he presumed--consulted with him about possible names for the job and philosophy.
2. He addressed coaching the defense on a team with this style of offense. To me, I cannot describe how important that is from a philosophical perspective. He will coach the defense realizing there are going to be a fair amount of 3 and outs and quick possessions.
3. Implied within his comments is Littrell's belief that we will be markedly better on offense next year
4. He is confident that the defense can be fixed good enough and quick enough to produce wins. In what I have heard so far he has not said anything about getting HIS players.
5. Made a comment or 2 about moving players while at Baylor--he knows what he wants each position to be and produce. Implication is, he will put square pegs in square holes
6. Littrell and Baker's comments about where we are and where we want to be and how we plan to get there convinced him of the commitment at North Texas--I found this incredibly interesting and important. (Hopefully, Tennessee won't come looking at Baker for AD.)
7. He is definitely going to hire more than Gush. This too is important if what I suspect is true--everybody it appeared on the prior defensive staff was not on the same page. These guys will know each other and know how the defense has to be played at every group to work--CONSISTENT expectations and application of philosophy. (BTW: as I look back on it, that was why we were (at times) highly effective on defense in the past --maybe not great and certainly not embarrassed with talent but effective through execution.)
8. He seemed excited. He seems to respect Littrell a lot and not just as a person but also because of his ability to coalesce folks.
9. Wasn't addressing how NT is all of a sudden gonna be Georgia or Alabama or Clemson on defense like they were a few years ago.
10. Let slip Oregon had contacted him.