Coach Richt and Mat Drills

[AllbouttheU]

So is this basically what they'll be doing all throughout February or every month?

 

[Jmhcane]

**** looks intense.

he took these to georgia from fsu. there are a bunch strategically-placed trashcans around the gym because they make guys puke on the reg.

mat drills also (literally) killed devaughn darling because of their intensity and him having the sickle cell trait.

This is exactly what I was thinking. It is unsafe to put players through extreme workouts before they are in good condition.
It would be better to END Spring practices period with these drills than to start the Spring with them.

 

[HurricaneVision]

If anyone's interested, I did a profile on the mat drills a little bit after Richt was hired.

There's some really good quotes in there with a link to a book online about Richt and his start at Georgia.

 

[HurricaneVision]

**** looks intense.

he took these to georgia from fsu. there are a bunch strategically-placed trashcans around the gym because they make guys puke on the reg.

mat drills also (literally) killed devaughn darling because of their intensity and him having the sickle cell trait.

This is exactly what I was thinking. It is unsafe to put players through extreme workouts before they are in good condition.
It would be better to END Spring practices period with these drills than to start the Spring with them.

Wait. Are you being serious? The players are given conditioning protocol.

This is just part of it. You have to push players to the next level. Most players do not go there willingly.

 

[Torocane]

The

**** looks intense.

he took these to georgia from fsu. there are a bunch strategically-placed trashcans around the gym because they make guys puke on the reg.

mat drills also (literally) killed devaughn darling because of their intensity and him having the sickle cell trait.

This is exactly what I was thinking. It is unsafe to put players through extreme workouts before they are in good condition.
It would be better to END Spring practices period with these drills than to start the Spring with them.

SWASSEY is that you??

 

[Jmhcane]

The

**** looks intense.

he took these to georgia from fsu. there are a bunch strategically-placed trashcans around the gym because they make guys puke on the reg.

mat drills also (literally) killed devaughn darling because of their intensity and him having the sickle cell trait.

This is exactly what I was thinking. It is unsafe to put players through extreme workouts before they are in good condition.
It would be better to END Spring practices period with these drills than to start the Spring with them.

SWASSEY is that you??

8-12% of African Americans have sickle trait, so a significant number of Hurricanes likely do as well. Darling and others in college who have died sudden deaths have almost exclusively collapsed during early training camp workouts due to inadequate conditioning. These don't happen during the season or later in camp. I will trust the trainers and medical personnel are closely watching and aware of this, but to talk like this is because we are "soft" on these kids shows you don't understand db305's comment

 

[The Franchise]

This ain't **** compared to George O'Leary's firing squad at GT. He'd have a slacker stand still while the rest of the team lined up one by one and smashed him into the ground. That's teaching right there.

 

[omaha]

Yes, every school has something like this before spring.

What happened at FSU was a tragedy but was singular and I hope all staffs monitor better. But training can not be eased off because of it. Kids who die in football at the high school level every year a large percentage happens in conditioning at the start of camp. Lazy kids who come off of summer break. Some do have heart conditions that are not found in a physical. But I do not think you should not stop hard training.

Peer pressure is far superior to individual punishment. I had a player who was clearly ADD. Could not focus. Parents told me he could not focus. He would have to run around the goal post 4 times per practice the first 6 practices for ******** around. The 7 practice I made him get water while the team ran around the goal post. The team ran around the goal post 4 times for him that day. Next practice the team ran twice. I told the coaches to stay away from the team at water breaks and see how many 3rd graders came up to him. Nearly the entire team said something to this kid. The rest of the year the kid seemed to have focused somehow and the team never had to run for that kid again.

 

[1mg of Epi]

The

**** looks intense.

he took these to georgia from fsu. there are a bunch strategically-placed trashcans around the gym because they make guys puke on the reg.

mat drills also (literally) killed devaughn darling because of their intensity and him having the sickle cell trait.

This is exactly what I was thinking. It is unsafe to put players through extreme workouts before they are in good condition.
It would be better to END Spring practices period with these drills than to start the Spring with them.

SWASSEY is that you??

8-12% of African Americans have sickle trait, so a significant number of Hurricanes likely do as well. Darling and others in college who have died sudden deaths have almost exclusively collapsed during early training camp workouts due to inadequate conditioning. These don't happen during the season or later in camp. I will trust the trainers and medical personnel are closely watching and aware of this, but to talk like this is because we are "soft" on these kids shows you don't understand db305's comment

Most of the problems u allude to are due to heat exhaustion/stroke.

All these kids are given complete physicals and their medic histories evaluated.

 

[RoCanes]

I use to hate team drills where if one dude Screwed the whole team suffered. **** that ish, make his *** run or start over

When I coached youth football, I would let the person who messed up actually lay back and chill with a cold water bottle while the rest of the team had to do it all over. What that did was allow peer pressure and the team to understand how one person can mess things up for everybody. Trust me any player rather have a ****ed coach than 50 ****ed teammates.

umm..coach u would of lost the team Coach Philbin style if u did that to me...first time that happened kid would get rocked who messed up?...u coached in s.fla?...

My Drill Sergeant did that to us Squad Leaders in Boot Camp

Same here Uknow, Did your DS ever put you guys in the dying **** roach position? painful ****! LOl
He'd do this only after chow while we're marching if we didnt sound off or he heard talk we knew to drop in the dying **** roach position
guys be ****ed cause we knew pain was coming and some one was going to puke.LOL I can laugh now but back in 1980 at Ft Benning,it wasnt funny.

 

[UknowWhat]

I use to hate team drills where if one dude Screwed the whole team suffered. **** that ish, make his *** run or start over

When I coached youth football, I would let the person who messed up actually lay back and chill with a cold water bottle while the rest of the team had to do it all over. What that did was allow peer pressure and the team to understand how one person can mess things up for everybody. Trust me any player rather have a ****ed coach than 50 ****ed teammates.

umm..coach u would of lost the team Coach Philbin style if u did that to me...first time that happened kid would get rocked who messed up?...u coached in s.fla?...

My Drill Sergeant did that to us Squad Leaders in Boot Camp

Same here Uknow, Did your DS ever put you guys in the dying **** roach position? painful ****! LOl
He'd do this only after chow while we're marching if we didnt sound off or he heard talk we knew to drop in the dying **** roach position
guys be ****ed cause we knew pain was coming and some one was going to puke.LOL I can laugh now but back in 1980 at Ft Benning,it wasnt funny.

I felt the same pain..lol...or holding that M16 in a parallel position..lol then have to lie.. when ever he asked if we had enough..and we answered **** no..we want some moe...lol

 

[RoCanes]

From Dave Hyde article...

"...The first day's subject was discipline. Players can't be a minute late for class or they run at sunrise. Players must keep lockers clean or they run at sunrise. Players must wear the same clothes in the weight room or....

"Any stealing, you're off the team," said assistant Mike Rumph, the former American Heritage-Plantation coach.

The point is, this isn't just about personal discipline. Miami was the most penalized team in college football last year. The Hurricanes averaged 9.8 penalties per game. The next worst team, Baylor, averaged 8.8...

"You don't have personal discipline, you won't have it in the fourth quarter of games," said linebacker Shaq Quarterman, a recruit from Orange Park who enrolled at Miami in January.

Do you think Richt's message is sinking in when a new recruit repeats it?"


If true, this is a great first step in transitioning the actions of disparate individuals into the focused effort of a team. Quite simply its a force multiplier--just basic military-derived discipline and attention to detail that has only been proven to work without exception over the last 3,000 years...


AWESOME...can't wait to see if this new organizational strategy can translate into a dominant and successful ACC program.

Well said Shaq!

Love his attitude and approach towards Richts rules