Originally Posted by shamrockfan
MM announced shortly after his hiring that he felt it was extremely important for the team to be entirely together, veterans and rookies, for the extra camp. He said he saw no reason to have only part of the team there, because it would require duplicating some of what was presented in the first camp when everyone was together for the second camp. It would waste time..
He also said he valued all of the time before the draft getting the staff together, players evaluated and the season plan worked out. Once all that and the draft were done, it would be time to bring the players in for the minicamps, training camp and the season.