Wisconsin running back Chez Mellusi on team's new-look running back room in 2024 season

Published: Aug 07, 2024 Duration: 00:01:49 Category: Sports
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how do you envision this partnership combination with you and how we work how do you how do you think that's going to how do you think it's going to play out yeah I mean allows us both to say fresh you know I think it a long season uh a lot of Big Time teams coming in here the Big 10 especially so I mean we got to feed all each other you know I've been a backfield where there's two three of us that you don't have to touch the ball during games so I mean at the end of the day you know running backs especially where you can't be the only one eating anymore so has to be like down the line dude I mean as far as strength I mean do you do you feel your games compliment each other do you feel get similar and then can you talk a little bit about in what ways yeah I think we compl each other really well you know similar to how me and BR confident in each other I think tawi is you know he's a D in my lightning so I think at the end of the day you know he he he brings the he brings the pop for sure you know I can't too but we do we do similar things well he does things in areas that I need to get better at in Vice ver so I think we call each other each other very well I mean leadership you know I wouldn't say it's taught but at the end of the day like you know you know teams know who the leaders are and like you don't have to be vocal every people lead in different ways so I mean assembling a group of guys that people feel that lead the room or like there's a couple guys in these room that are in these meetings so I mean identifying who they are just making sure you're bringing along everyone with you because leaders are you lead by example you leave with how you do it how you do things so you know Gathering those group of guys and kind of making sure everyone's on the same page you know goes a long way what do you still anxious to learn about the running back room so many new faces and you're you know you're the Elder Statesman you know what what what are you you curious about what are what's fascinating you over the next few weeks I mean we have a lot of bodies you know I've never been in a running back room where I think we have like nine guys in the room so you know going into fall Camp I'm excited to leave this group of guys you know there's a I wouldn't say there's a lot of touches to go around but you know FC C's long so you know a lot of people are going to get the show what they can do and I'm excited to me these guys

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