Burden smiled when asked whether the players are ever tempted to press the mute button on their position coach.
"Nah," Burden said. "We're still learning the defense, so we have to keep (the sound) up."
Both defenders said it's funny to listen to the voice-overs because Minter's fiery spirit comes out even in the mundane. When the coach sees something that displeases him on film, he makes it clear.
"He's never called my name out, but he's called other names," Burden said. "We've gotten a few laughs off of that."
All jokes and pokes at Minter aside, Sneed and Burden said it's made the transition to a new defensive scheme much faster.
"It's easier for us to understand what he's getting into with the new play calling," Burden explained.
Less running, more lifting
It was clear that Ronnie Sneed didn't like saying it, but he knew it was true.
Despite strength and conditioning coach Ray "Rock" Oliver's grueling regimen put in place last season, UK's players didn't always feel as if they were dominating on their side of the ball. They said they wanted to do more to change that.
"We just felt that last year, we might have gotten pushed around a little bit more than we wanted to," Sneed said.
So Oliver has taken what Sneed called "a different approach" to UK's off-season strength and conditioning. This summer, the Cats are lifting weights four times a week versus last summer, when they ran four times a week and lifted two times.
"This time, we have more emphasis on pumping iron a lot harder and not as much running," Sneed explained.
He added that he thinks the players are seeing a big difference. (And so will fans and opponents, he hopes.)
"Everyone has packed on weight and gotten much stronger," Sneed said. "We can really see it in our appearance, as well as in our weight-room numbers."
For instance, the senior said he was 233 pounds at this time last year, and he's bulked up to 242.
"If we want to elevate our game to the next level, we have to add more girth and strength," Sneed said. "We feel like that will help us win more ball games than maybe being faster."
It's been a positive change, Sneed
and fellow defender Burden noted.
"It's better to do more lifting because everyone is more focused in the weight room, and we don't have to think about running as much," Burden said.
But don't think that means that staying in shape has taken a back seat, Burden said.
"When we do run, we come out here and run as hard as we can," he said.
"Nah," Burden said. "We're still learning the defense, so we have to keep (the sound) up."
Both defenders said it's funny to listen to the voice-overs because Minter's fiery spirit comes out even in the mundane. When the coach sees something that displeases him on film, he makes it clear.
"He's never called my name out, but he's called other names," Burden said. "We've gotten a few laughs off of that."
All jokes and pokes at Minter aside, Sneed and Burden said it's made the transition to a new defensive scheme much faster.
"It's easier for us to understand what he's getting into with the new play calling," Burden explained.
Less running, more lifting
It was clear that Ronnie Sneed didn't like saying it, but he knew it was true.
Despite strength and conditioning coach Ray "Rock" Oliver's grueling regimen put in place last season, UK's players didn't always feel as if they were dominating on their side of the ball. They said they wanted to do more to change that.
"We just felt that last year, we might have gotten pushed around a little bit more than we wanted to," Sneed said.
So Oliver has taken what Sneed called "a different approach" to UK's off-season strength and conditioning. This summer, the Cats are lifting weights four times a week versus last summer, when they ran four times a week and lifted two times.
"This time, we have more emphasis on pumping iron a lot harder and not as much running," Sneed explained.
He added that he thinks the players are seeing a big difference. (And so will fans and opponents, he hopes.)
"Everyone has packed on weight and gotten much stronger," Sneed said. "We can really see it in our appearance, as well as in our weight-room numbers."
For instance, the senior said he was 233 pounds at this time last year, and he's bulked up to 242.
"If we want to elevate our game to the next level, we have to add more girth and strength," Sneed said. "We feel like that will help us win more ball games than maybe being faster."
It's been a positive change, Sneed
and fellow defender Burden noted."It's better to do more lifting because everyone is more focused in the weight room, and we don't have to think about running as much," Burden said.
But don't think that means that staying in shape has taken a back seat, Burden said.
"When we do run, we come out here and run as hard as we can," he said.