'“He’s the type of guy that took a hold of everything,” said Lal. “Every little glimmer of knowledge, he took it, he wrote it down, he went home and did it. I have video evidence of what he was doing in the offseason. He’s an example of a guy that no matter where you start, if you take the coaching that everyone in this building is giving you and apply it here, you’re going to make strides. He’s done that.”'