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Anthony Campanile – October 27, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Linebackers Coach Anthony Campanile

(When you’ve watched practice the last few months and you’ve seen QB Tua Tagovailoa just from your linebacker perspective, what have you seen? What sort of observations have stood out to you and has he approached you at all with any questions to try to understand things from a linebacker perspective – things he’ll face defensively?) – “I think just great leadership qualities. (He’s a) very good athlete (and) a guy that guys enjoy playing with. I’m seeing a lot of great qualities to be honest with you, just standing back and observing and he’s always a very inquisitive guy and really a great kid. (He) has a great way about him. I think everybody in the building feels that way.”

(I’ve got a little date coming up and I need some help. I need to know what to make for dinner for this date I got coming up. I need a nice bottle of wine and I need a nice little quick recipe, if you can give me something for this date I got coming up.) – “This is tough. You start off with a nice little Caprese salad. That’ll be nice. That’ll break the ice a little bit. Do that. A little mozzarella, tomato, basil. You’ll be good with that. Get a little balsamic glaze, too. I think that’ll be a good starter. That’s a nice little starting dish. You can go a lot of ways with that. That’s a tough question, but I – I’m more of a Chianti guy – but as far as the dish, I mean, you can’t go wrong. Look, anything with red sauce, you can’t go wrong. I’ve said that before. I think that’s the key to having a great night.”

(Hard to follow up that question. My wife actually recently put me onto the balsamic glaze. That’s some good stuff, so I can corroborate that. I wanted to ask you about LB Jerome Baker. He sent a tweet out last night that said “It’ll be all right in the end. If things are not all right, it’s not the end.” I’m just curious if you’ve gotten more of Jerome Baker’s philosophical side – kind of the way he motivates through his words or just about Jerome Baker and his personality that way.) – “No, the only thing I would say about ‘Bake’ (Jerome Baker) is he’s a great person. Really a great guy to be around. (He) has a great energy. The players on our team love him. I think he’s a really good teammate and he’ll do anything that you ask of him – not just as a player but as a man, as a person. He’s one of the people I enjoy being around every day, to be honest with you. I’m pretty fortunate that way. My room is filled with guys like that and that’s really a great thing when you can come to work and you feel like you’re going to be around people who are going to make you better, create a great energy and have a great spirit about them. So just on every level, to be honest with you, he really, like I said, has a great way and is a really, really good teammate and a great guy to coach.”

(You needed LB Sam Eguavoen obviously for 49 snaps last week. You’ve been sort of a fresh set of eyes on him this year. Your evaluation of him of what he does well would be what?) – “I think Sam (Eguavoen) – I want to say I said this earlier in the season when we were all speaking, I think he’s really got a very multiple skillset. He can play off the ball, in the box, physical in the run game, has some pass-rush ability. He does a very good job in terms of coverage because he can run and he has some good change of direction, but he’s another guy that brings great energy. I think when you watch him from afar just as a fan, that’s one of the things that he radiates. He’s really a guy that plays with great emotion, great energy. He has a lot of pride in who he is, where he’s from. He’s just got a lot of great qualities and really another great dude, a great guy to be around every day. He will do anything that we ask of him. I love coaching that guy.”

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