Stork: 'So far so good' working with Scarnecchia

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CAMBRIDGE -- Brian Stork and several of his teammates on the Patriots offensive line will have to deal with a new voice in their positional meetings this season.

As a fourth-round draft pick in 2014, Stork is one of a handful of Tom Brady's personal protectors who've never played for Dante Scarnecchia before this season. Now that Scarnecchia is back on staff as Patriots offensive line chief after two years of retirement, the third-year center and his teammates are getting accustomed to their new boss.

"So far so good," said Stork, who spoke to reporters at Harvard Satdium following a football clinic for disabled students run by AccesSportAmerica. "Just do what I'm told and try to get better."

Patriots offensive tackles Nate Solder, Sebastian Vollmer and Marcus Cannon as well as guard Josh Kline were all on the team during Scarnecchia's last season in 2013 so they have some sense of what they're in for.

The others -- including Stork, center David Andrews, guards Shaq Mason, Tre' Jackson, Joe Thuney and Ted Karras and tackles LaAdrian Waddle and Cameron Fleming -- will find themselves following orders from someone other than Dave DeGuglielmo, whose contract wasn't renewed at the end of last season, for the first time in their pro careers.

It might be a bit of a wakeup call, according to one former Patriots offensive lineman who knows Scarnecchia well.

“[Scarnecchia will] just [bring] a demanding style, which he coaches with," Logan Mankins told the Providence Journal earlier this offseason. "He’ll always have his guys prepared and if they’re not prepared he’ll find someone that is prepared. That’s the best thing about Dante. Those young guys have a rude awakening coming. They have never had anyone like him. They better be in shape because he’s going to test you."

Though many of the offensive linemen on the Patriots haven't played for Scarnecchia, they knew who he was before he was re-hired. Even in retirement, he helped the Patriots during the pre-draft process in each of the last two years, working out linemen and reporting back to coach Bill Belichick and director of player personnel Nick Caserio.

Scarnecchia is close with Florida State offensive line coach Rick Trickett so both Stork and Jackson have interacted with him in the past. He also worked out Mason during Mason's pro day last year.

Phase Two of the Patriots offseason training program began on Monday, meaning that coaches and players are now able to work together on the practice field to perform drills and do some instruction. While offense versus defense sessions are prohibited, it's the first time Scarnecchia will be able to teach some of his new pupils.

From the sounds of it, Stork likes the way it's going.

"It's nice to be home," he said. "I definitely missed it. It's great to be back with all the guys and just getting ready for next year. Definitely really excited."