“Well, the thing is, first and foremost, we always want guys to come out and not take anything for granted, just like we discuss all the time,” Bieniemy said. “There’s an imaginary sign outside the door: We’re hiring all applicants. But at the end of the day, we want these guys to make sure that they’re reapplying every single day. We can’t get comfortable and not enjoy the fundamentals that we have to work on every single day. I think, more than anything, that’s what we have to do. And so, we got to get comfortable being uncomfortable, but on top of that, we’ve got to continue to work. We can’t get bored with the little things that’s going to help us to grow.”
Bieniemy harps on fundamentals and the little things, but not just on the football field. How you manage the details off the field and in your preparation makes all the difference in the world.
“When I say the little things, it’s just not necessarily taking place on the football field,” Bieniemy continued. “It’s how we enter the building, it’s what we’re doing in the weight room. What we’re doing in the training room. It’s what we’re doing in our meeting room. So, we got to make sure that we’re not taking anything for granted, because those little things end up adding up for either good reasons or bad reasons. So, we just want to make sure that our perception becomes our reality.”