Savage ON: Pt. 3

Jon Gold: At what point do you start to say, 'Hey, we haven't lost?'
UCLA baseball coach John Savage: "We're really focused on the approach day to day. What matters most is today's practice. What matters most is today's game. We're not getting ahead of ourselves. We've done that in the past a little bit. We have played in the post season. We haven't gotten where we've wanted to get to. We feel like we have the chemistry and the team to do it.
"We'll be 0-0 next Thursday, when we open against Stanford. Our players realize that."

JG: I covered Tony Gwynn at San Diego State for four years, and at times, his players seemed almost in awe of him, sometimes scared. How are you more suited for this? How do you, with your career, fit with this team, especially this 17-0 team?JS: "It's a lot of help. We've got great assistant coaches. Coach Vanderhook, Coach Pearse, Coach Shaw, our complete support staff - they're really connected. We know what to expect. There are no surprises in day to day operations. That's major. We can't get ahead of ourselves. Can't be thinking we're on the next plane to Omaha. Just try to be positive, a good example, make sure players know what to focus on."