CORAL GABLES — The Hurricanes’ practice on April 7, their 11th of the spring, was not going the way new coach Mario Cristobal wanted.
“He just didn’t like the atmosphere, the way we were doing things, the tempo,” linebacker Corey Flagg Jr. said. “We were walking off the field.”
The former Hurricanes offensive lineman, in his first spring as the head coach at his alma mater, wasn’t going to let that dip continue. He stopped practice and let the players know that wasn’t how they were going to conduct practice, even one in the middle of spring when the first game of the season is still five months away.