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Liberty City El said:
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One takeaway from players at Manny Diaz’s initial team meeting Sunday night: This is going to be different from the Mark Richt regime, with less tolerance for missteps. And players will be more accountable for their teammates’ behavior than ever before.

Some of what we’re hearing, from close associates who were briefed by players after the Sunday evening session:

Diaz named a bunch of designated leaders — primarily respected upperclassmen — and those players will look after the players that they select to join them in their groups.

Players who commit violations — tardiness and far worse — will be subject to discipline, with pushing a weighted sled the most minor of the disciplinary consequences.

The appointed leaders are expected to carefully watch over those players on their “teams,” monitor their missteps, make sure they’re not slacking in their workouts or anything else and take ownership of their groups. Ultimately, the group leader will be held accountable if there are repeated missteps by somebody in their group.

Each leader and his group of players will be situated close to each other in the locker room and, ideally, work out together.

This all feeds into the belief, held by some coaches, that the best locker rooms are the ones where players police their teammates.

It was made clear to players in the meeting that nobody has won a starting job for next season. Everything will be a competition.

Another takeaway: These coaches are “very serious,” as one player conveyed. One UM person predicted there will be greater respect — or fear — of Diaz’s discipline than Richt’s.
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Good. I hope everything goes as plan.
 
Caneillac said:
Coaches self appointing leaders again. SMH

Leadership doesn’t work that way. LOL
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Ideally it would happen organically, but we don't currently have players policing other players, and we need that.

He's not self-appointing leaders though; he's been in the locker room for three years and is formalizing the role. I'd rather have it done purely by the players, but hopefully this is a first step towards that.
 
That's why you make Jt4 a leader...you give a kid like him the keys to lead drills and wr room by example....it will let him know he's special....it could turn all those past negatives into positives....tell him this is his last real chance to make the league...no time to slackoff....you gotta get your family to a better place...Willis became a different man once he became a leader.....some coaches let their ego get in the way...instead of doing everything possible to help both parties...it's about winning....it's worth it....Jt4 is elite!
 
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ItsACanesThing7 said:
Ideally it would happen organically, but we don't currently have players policing other players, and we need that.

He's not self-appointing leaders though; he's been in the locker room for three years and is formalizing the role. I'd rather have it done purely by the players, but hopefully this is a first step towards that.
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Coaches are RARELY if ever in the locker room to be honest.
 
So saying all of that...

No way he can allow Jeff Thomas to come back

I mean I want him to, but that's completely contradictory
 
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ItsACanesThing7 said:
Ideally it would happen organically, but we don't currently have players policing other players, and we need that.

He's not self-appointing leaders though; he's been in the locker room for three years and is formalizing the role. I'd rather have it done purely by the players, but hopefully this is a first step towards that.
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it's gotta be your productive players....cuz nobody really listens to scrubs
 
407cane said:
So saying all of that...

No way he can allow Jeff Thomas to come back

I mean I want him to, but that's completely contradictory
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Technically, he'd be giving Thomas a "clean slate". That's actually a pretty consistent message.
 
407cane said:
So saying all of that...

No way he can allow Jeff Thomas to come back

I mean I want him to, but that's completely contradictory
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Disagree, I actually think the opposite. Bring him back, assign him to a leader, let him know that this is his last chance for this, maybe any football team.
 
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