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re: How do you feel about your team's strength & conditioning program?
Posted on 2/9/23 at 10:45 am to WayneDawg
Posted on 2/9/23 at 10:45 am to WayneDawg
It still comes down to recruiting. I remember Scott Cochran at Alabama allowing AJ McCarron to attempt a 600lb squat, can you imagine if he had gotten hurt? A 600 lb squat is not going to help your qb. He is a good strength coach, he just made a bad decision.
The one team's strength coach that I can think of that made the biggest difference was Iowa's former strength coach.Iowa doesn't recruit in the top 20 and developes players in and out of the weight room better than any team I have seen in CFB. The best signs of a strength coach are not just big strong players, but fewer injuries. People talk of players not in shape at end of the year, but they are in shape. If your offense doesn't move the ball and your not deep on talent/ depth on defense your defense wears out no matter how well conditioned you are in. Every SEC team has a good strength coach, Georgia had good strength coaches in the past, the difference is the recruiting by Kirby (top 3)and the way he is running the program.
The one team's strength coach that I can think of that made the biggest difference was Iowa's former strength coach.Iowa doesn't recruit in the top 20 and developes players in and out of the weight room better than any team I have seen in CFB. The best signs of a strength coach are not just big strong players, but fewer injuries. People talk of players not in shape at end of the year, but they are in shape. If your offense doesn't move the ball and your not deep on talent/ depth on defense your defense wears out no matter how well conditioned you are in. Every SEC team has a good strength coach, Georgia had good strength coaches in the past, the difference is the recruiting by Kirby (top 3)and the way he is running the program.
Posted on 2/9/23 at 2:59 pm to Tropicofcapricorn
Well said. Recruiting does seem to trump everything. When a kid comes in already running a 4.4 in the 40 and lifting big numbers and a low BPF, it's easier to develop them when you don't have to spend a season or two, whipping them into shape.
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