Chew on this one. The winningest coach in college football history didn't have contact in practice. John Galiardi, 489 wins.
No Wonder the Defense was a Mess
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Chew on this one. The winningest coach in college football history didn't have contact in practice. John Galiardi, 489 wins.
Never heard of him, must be NAIA (non-scholarship) or some such..... what school?
I suppose if I were 18 and lazy, I would have, too. “It’s great under Riley. You don’t have to lift, practice, and he lets you play xbox instead.” Reminds me of my friend back in middle and high school, who had those cool parents who let you party in their basement and had all the junk food in their cupboard.
I was just going by what McBride said:
"as an assistant coach, you can't be afraid to say something that you thought was better."
He gave the example of TO telling him that he would have 10, maybe 15 minutes of individual work. McBride told TO, "That won't work. I need at least 25 to 30 minutes."
Follow what I wrote above? I said JP probably had an opportunity to spend more time on fundamentals and that I didn't know if he had spoken up about wanting to do it. I also said that if DW wanted to correct his position group, in relation to fundamentals, then he should speak up to get that time.
So going by what McBride said, which is what this thread was about, DW and JP should have said they want to work on fundamentals if they thought it would be better to spend more time on fundamentals.
Maybe DW or JP was watching film and thought to themselves, "Man, my position group sucks! I wish there was something I could do about it." If they thought something along those lines, then they should speak to their boss about it and let their boss know that they would like to have a few extra minutes to spend time on improving their skills so it can help the defense out. That is not something to get fired for. It is a request. If I am getting paid to do a job and I believe I am failing at that job, then if I care about my job and employer, I would want to do better. Why is that a bad thing?
As a boss or manager, which I was for 10 years, I wanted my employees to improve and get better results every single day. If they were failing, I would go to them and discuss what is wrong and how we can fix it.
As a boss or manager, why would you not want successful employees? Why would I be mad if one of my employees was disappointed in his results and wanted to do better? Wouldn't you rather have an employee that cares and gives effort instead of just a 'yes' man that blindly follows you? I always looked for ways to improve, and if one of my employees had an idea, I was all ears.
I am not saying all employees (assistant coaches in this case) should question their bosses every time they ask or tell them to do something, but by the sounds of McBride, the coaching industry allows it and JP should have spoken up if he felt the need to.
Amen.
One thing that would be nice to know going into next year is whether or not our talent is actually there to succeed. For all we know, it might be there and just was under such a crappy scheme that the talent couldn't shine.
Maybe the lack of working on fundamentals explains why the team got worse throughout the season. Hopefully, with a little bit of actual coaching this spring and in fall camp, the D can drastically improve.
Didn't Frost make a comment regarding practice and that they will run a ton of plays (over and over)? Will that actually leave time for individual work?
Yea I hear ya but we just don’t know Diaco’s style so to comment on Parrella should have done this or that is naive.... Diaco could have been a control freak (sounds like he was) and for the coaches to question him would have blown themselves up and their careers....
Man what a mess this defense was Diaco didn't have any confidence in the other Assistance's In teaching this defense..
Our practice habits were terrible.
Counting on the new defense coaches doing a better job of coaching them up where they're playing fast and not thinking about it...
So glad Eichort experiment only lasted 3 years long enough to get the Coach we wanted.
Our practice habits were terrible.
Counting on the new defense coaches doing a better job of coaching them up where they're playing fast and not thinking about it...
So glad Eichort experiment only lasted 3 years long enough to get the Coach we wanted.
Your post makes perfect sense. As great as Frost very well may be turning 180 degrees fluff-ball to physical smashmouth line play probably isn't going to be a five minute project.
Two years sounds about right to me. Again, excellent post sir.
Probably not any standing around will be tolerated of anyone. Whaddya think?
Right on the money sir. St. John's College, D3 Minnesota. Gagliardi was there forever it seems.
I've thought the same thing for quite some time. I would suspect they were managing their practices like they only had a 45 - man roster.
All in all, big difference between 85 and 100% effort in practice, regardless of the "context." What TO, Frost believe is in giving that maximum effort in practice, which leads to development and the ability to win on Saturday, or at least compete up to a player's potential. Really that simple. GBR
I wonder too what Parella could have accomplished under a different scheme. Now we will never know. It will be interesting to see what happens next year. If it is more of the same woeful defense, then maybe we might just have to acknowledge that we are simply very, very deficient in talent. But if the defense shows improvement we can conclude that either the coaching was deficient this year and/or the players simply mailed it in after the NIU game, figuring that this staff was toast.
As for Coach dubs... I overreacted and exaggerated to make a point. I did not like his insinuation that McBride should not be taken seriously because he just says things he thinks will please the average fan. But ok... I get your point. And it is a good one.
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