After completing a drill during fall camp, Tulane linebacker Travis Burks turned around and nearly bumped into a guy he never thought he'd see next to him: Coach Bob Toledo.
"I turn around and see him and go, 'Oh, OK,'" said Burks, shaking his head. "When he's around, you are really just on your p's and q's. Not to say you weren't doing the right thing before, but it's just like when he's watching you, you want to perform to the T."
Toledo has a new role this season. He is no longer micromanaging an offense he felt needed every last bit of obsessive-compulsive adjustment. He has pulled back and is managing the managers.
Instead, Green Wave offensive coordinator Dan Dodd will call the plays this season. He has earned Toledo's trust after working with him the past four seasons -- one year at New Mexico and Toledo's entire tenure at Tulane.
"What I do is I coach the coaches," Toledo said. "I see things out here, we watch the practice video, and I go over it with the offensive guys and the defensive guys. So I watch both sides, and then I watch special teams, and I tell them what like and things to do, corrections. I tell these guys about players -- how much I want each guy to play in the game, who should play the most and who shouldn't play very much, and who shouldn't play at all."
It leaves Toledo free to roam at practice.
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