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Media Transcript: Offensive Line Coach Hal Hunter

Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/4/2018 3:15 pm
Offensive Line Coach Hal Hunter

April 4, 2018

Q: What did you do last year?

A: I took the year off. I’ve been coaching for 35 straight years, so when I parted ways with the Cleveland Browns, I had some opportunities, but I wanted to get in the right opportunity and the right opportunity didn’t present itself, so I decided to take some time off. Went and visited some colleges, watched what they were doing in college because basically what they’re doing in college, we eventually get here in the NFL, So, I visited some colleges. Then I went down with some people that I knew in the NFL, went down and spent some time with some NFL programs. You never get a chance to see how other people do things. You’re only on the staff that you’re on. So, I spent some time with some other people. Watched a lot of video tapes, and then just basically prepared myself to get back in the NFL this year. So, I knew I’d be back in. So, when it rolled around about December/January and everything starts, the musical chairs start again, I had a couple different opportunities and this opportunity presented itself and I jumped at it.

Q: Have you defined what kind of scheme you’re going to be running with the offensive line?

A: No, I mean it’s an NFL-type scheme. It’ll be just a mix of everything. It’ll be power offense, it’ll be zone offense, it’ll be drop back passing, it’ll be a variety of different things. You have a lot of different coaches with a lot of different backgrounds, they bring a lot of different things. We have a lot of coaches with a lot of experience. So, I think you bring the experience from all those different things, where we’ve been and all those different places and then you try to pick and choose to put the best thing. I think the most important thing for an offensive line, for an offense, is to fit what you do to the personnel that you have. It’s square peg, square hole. That’s kind of what you need to be.

Q: What did you see when you went over the film of tackle Ereck Flowers?

A: I’ve looked at some tape. I’ve had a couple conversations with him on the phone, I’m looking forward to seeing him here in the near future. Anything that I’ve talked about him, it’s kind of private. It’s like when you have a conversation with somebody, I like to keep it private because if it’s not private, if he reads about it in the paper or on the internet, then he’ll never have a conversation with me again. So, I’d like to keep what I’ve seen him do in the past, I’ve discussed with the head coach and the personnel people, but I’d like to keep that just between them and us. And then basically when I’ve had a chance to work with him - you can’t do anything in phase one except meet him, but phase two, and then minicamp, then OTAs, I’ll have a better understanding of being able to say, ‘Hey, this is what I see now working with him.’ So, I’d kind of like to hold off on that. I’ve had a lot of players that have come into my office and visited with me and I’ve talked with a lot of guys on the phone. I’ve been really encouraged by them reaching out to me and wanting to visit and we’ve had a lot of conversations. But like that, I’ve told them that I wanted them to be honest with me. And so, with that honesty comes having some confidentially with that so that they’ll continue to be honest with me. But I can say one thing: they’ve been very positive and very enthusiastic and I’m looking forward to getting them in the room and working with them.

Q: Can you talk about the transition from the left side to the right side for Flowers?

A: Yeah, the left side or the right side, I don’t think the assignments are that tough. It might not be quite as hard, but it would be like, I golf right-handed, if all of a sudden I have to golf left-handed, it’s going to be awhile. He’s been playing left tackle for a long time. He’s been playing it in college and I remember we had a pre-draft visit with him, I met him at the Combine a few years ago. Good, solid left tackle. So, the footwork is going to be different. Everything is going to be just the opposite and he’s a good enough athlete that he’s going to be able to adjust to all of that, but it’s like anything. You’re writing and all of a sudden you guys all have to write left-handed. You can do it, but it takes some time to adjust. So, there has to be a patience on the learning curve. Like again, the better the athlete, the easier the transition and he is a good athlete.

Q: Does Flowers’ age make him a bit of blank slate, or does his experience cancel that out?

A: Well, it depends. Until you actually get your hands on somebody and work with them. Nobody is a real blank slate. He’s had a high school coach, he’s had a college coach, I believe he’s had two coaches here since he’s been here at the Giants. So, everybody has different ways, so sometimes you have to erase the tape. Sometimes you can’t just re-record over it. So, it’ll take some time to get him doing some things that we want him to do then, but I know both his offensive line coaches that he’s had in the past. I’ve known them for a long time and they were very experienced, very highly though of coaches in this league. And I know things that they teach are fundamentally sound.



Not exactly glowing comments toward Flowers  
George from PA : 4/4/2018 7:37 pm : link
He seemed to perk up with the guys he met personally
Disagree  
V.I.G. : 4/4/2018 10:41 pm : link
His ability to over reach and waist bend will be the same on the right.
He seems weird  
Joey in VA : 4/4/2018 10:46 pm : link
But I like it. He does NOT sound too high on Flowers or Jones. When you mention someone's motor and all that crap it means he's not very good but he's tough as a boot. Not Ben Fricke tough, but close.
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