The message on Mike Harley’s phone after the Hurricanes wrapped up their first day of spring practice was simple.
“Good work,” fellow receiver K.J. Osborn had written, before providing Harley with encouragement and reminding the rising junior of some of the things the two should work on together to continue improving.
It was, Harley said, an appreciated lift from an experienced veteran.
“That’s what we needed, that leadership,” Harley said of Osborn, a former standout at Buffalo who transferred to Miami in January and has quickly emerged as a veteran presence on the Hurricanes’ offense.