They didn't directly address the Durant/Lea cases, but Simone and Foster talked about staying focused this summer despite the distractions (good and bad):
For the redshirt senior defensive back Simone, the biggest thing this summer has been blocking out the distractions.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Simone joked. "See? That's how we do it. It just goes over our head. You can control what you can control, and that's what we do every day on this field."
Foster said it's on the leaders of the program to keep them looking forward, not back.
"Leadership," he said. "I truly believe it. Mike (Bercovici), Jordan (Simone), all of our seniors. Gary (Chambers), Vi (Teofilo), Nick (Kelly), Christian (Westerman), all these guys, how we can just keep our team focus. I know there's going to be lots of distractions and we know that as seniors.
"It's a long season and there's a lot of things that can happen, but if we can install in these young guys that if we can just focus and continue to focus, no matter what happens just continue to stay as a team and it'll work out. That's what we did this summer."
For the redshirt senior defensive back Simone, the biggest thing this summer has been blocking out the distractions.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Simone joked. "See? That's how we do it. It just goes over our head. You can control what you can control, and that's what we do every day on this field."
Foster said it's on the leaders of the program to keep them looking forward, not back.
"Leadership," he said. "I truly believe it. Mike (Bercovici), Jordan (Simone), all of our seniors. Gary (Chambers), Vi (Teofilo), Nick (Kelly), Christian (Westerman), all these guys, how we can just keep our team focus. I know there's going to be lots of distractions and we know that as seniors.
"It's a long season and there's a lot of things that can happen, but if we can install in these young guys that if we can just focus and continue to focus, no matter what happens just continue to stay as a team and it'll work out. That's what we did this summer."
