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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keenan Cummings" data-source="post: 131242386" data-attributes="member: 1041048">--Right now they understand that the players are going to have some strength drop off, but the focus is conditioning although it can't be mandated or tracked.--Brown obviously doesn't know when football could resume, but when it comes to summer interaction and possible OTA he said discussions are ongoing. The Big 12 will stay consolidated on the issue regardless. They are focused on the next few weeks right now as far as any activity that could be allowed but once the immediate plans are laid out it moves to when teams are able to get back together and what it could look like. Brown is not a proponent of adding onto training camp because it isn't productive or positive for the players, but he is in favor for an OTA type work-out with headgear but no pads. You could get a lot of quality work done in that frame and he would like to see teams allowed to get 15 of those, so since West Virginia had a pair of practices he would like 13 limited from a time standpoint. There is a lot on the table right now, but that would be his preference.--Construction is still ongoing on the Puskar Center and they are continuing to work. It's too early to tell if it affected the timeline but the crews have to abide by social distancing measures that are in place.--The magnitude of this hit about 15-minutes after the last spring press conference that West Virginia had before it was all shut down. They had to get a plan in place to work from home and have communication with the players. Then the next step was the accountability phase once they are able to progress which another plan is set. Whenever they do get the go-ahead to do football activities they have planned for that as well. This period has afforded them a lot of time to think and plan for all of the different scenarios.--Nothing football is going on right now until at least March 29 when the Big 12 is expected to evaluate things. If nothing changes and there isn't an extension, the coaches have been looking at planning as a staff in order to be prepared in case football activities are allowed. If there is an eight-hour off-season work environment, how do they do that remotely, how do they hold position meetings and what are the most effective ways to get participation? Brown said he wants to use as few different types of technology as possible for example all meetings are being done on zoom right now to limit the learning curves. They're preparing as if the Big 12 athletic directors are going to allow them to work football so once it does go down they will be ready to roll.--This unexpected transition has forced more of a player-led team as opposed to a coach-led team which is what you want to see eventually anyways.--When it comes to time to get a team prepared and not affect the product of the game as well as the health of the players, it's hard to speculate right now. There are just too many unknowns. The conditioning aspect of it will be critical and they will have to avoid shortening the prep to limit injuries.--With summer camps and in-person evaluations, Brown said that they are planning to move forward with camps with the planning right now until told by the Big 12 or West Virginia otherwise. He thinks it would be difficult to move the spring recruiting period because school is in session and that is built around that. He just wants to have everything prepared in case but right now all of the teams are on the same playing field when it comes to these live evaluations.--If a player did elect to go home and returns they are quarantined for 5 days but if you're in one of the hotspots nationally for COVID-19 that is a mandatory 14-day quarantine.</blockquote>

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