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David Feely Expected to be hired as SC Coach

How hard is it to get a guy off bama or clemson strength staff? I hope this guy is good we don't have time to experiment on a S&C coach, this is the most important hire.
 
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Just like on O and every other aspect of the team, the S&C coach will implement Manny's vision. As long as this guy is not morbidly obese like our last S&C coach, I'm fine with it.
 
iLoveTDs said:
Agree to an extent.

I was a strength coach for a JUCO, have my bachelors in Exercise & Sports Science, and was certified via NASM.

I’m not pretending to have all the answers, but some of us do know a bit about S&C and can call a spade a spade from a mile away. I was never a fan of Gus because he had little experience as the main guy in charge, and his mentor was John Thomas ( old PSU strength coach who’s methods and program are outdated - John spoke openly about his training philosophies).

Kurt Hester’s background is impressive. He’s been exposed to some of the best strength coaches in athletics.

He was hired by Skip Bergman (who knows more about how to hire a good strength coach than most CFb coaches), and helped build those 90s guerilla ball LSU squads.

From where I sit, Feeley is a much better option than Felder. Feeley learned from Jay Butler, who’s one of the best in the biz.

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Not sure I see a player over 200lbs.
 
Mr. Dynasty1 said:
Never said it was a bad hire. Looking at his resume and previous stints, its a very underwhelming hire. He COULD turn out to be good. All i have to go off is the resume and doesn't seem to be at the level that Miami needs.
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so you dont know **** like me
 
Has Manny checked the Strength coach at places like Slippery Rock - you know - places that they're already used to wearing green?
 
ssj4cane said:
I came across numerous threads complaining about Moffit and him being old and outdated on LSU boards. They pop up every time they lose and the fans feel they were pushed around.
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Look at LSU athletically and physically they stack up to Bama,they have explosive strength
we do not we never get a push off the Oline and get manhandled by any good offensive front
 
I don't know dic about this meatball, I am sure he is a competent SC coach (Felder was an obese diabetes time-bomb, so good riddance); however, this Miami-Temple tango that continues is somewhat bizarre - feels very amateurish in any event. Proof is in the pudding as Ron Jeremy used to say.
 
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I am a (now former) S&C coach. His bio/resume is underwhelming when compared to other leaders in the field, particularly when I broke down Hester's background.

Looks like he bounced around a little bit from Rutgers and USF as an intern to a grad assistant at UNLV, to Ball State, South Carolina, and then Temple.

Feeley, who will enter his 14th season working in collegiate football, came to Temple in 2017 as one of Geoff Collins’ first hires. The two first linked up when they were both on FIU coaching staff in 2010.
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This is super common and something most people don't get: It's all about who you know. Is he a great coach? Maybe. But once he's established a connection to other coaches, it's common to just go with what you know. Happens all the time. "Oh we need a strength coach? Let's get the guy I used to work with back when we were at FIU."

The other thing I'm concerned about is his educational background. Most bios on a school's website will sort of proudly display their educational background and relevant certifications when they have them, but mention nothing of them when they don't. Go check his bio, there's nothing about him having at least a bachelor's in Exercise Physiology, no "Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified" or "Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist", not even a "USA Weightlifting Level 1" cert. Nothing about using data tracking, innovative strategies for training, attending/leading national conferences...

There's just really not a lot here. Again, maybe he's great. But most really great strength coaches have bios that write themselves.
 
iLoveTDs said:
Agree to an extent.

I was a strength coach for a JUCO, have my bachelors in Exercise & Sports Science, and was certified via NASM.

I’m not pretending to have all the answers, but some of us do know a bit about S&C and can call a spade a spade from a mile away. I was never a fan of Gus because he had little experience as the main guy in charge, and his mentor was John Thomas ( old PSU strength coach who’s methods and program are outdated - John spoke openly about his training philosophies).

Kurt Hester’s background is impressive. He’s been exposed to some of the best strength coaches in athletics.

He was hired by Skip Bergman (who knows more about how to hire a good strength coach than most CFb coaches), and helped build those 90s guerilla ball LSU squads.

From where I sit, Feeley is a much better option than Felder. Feeley learned from Jay Butler, who’s one of the best in the biz.
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Strength coaches unite!

Agree. As I posted above, I'm not gonna completely rip on the guy because we just don't know a lot about him, but it's easy to spot a dinosaur in this field, and guys like Swasey and Felder continue to perpetuate this "old school, that's just what ya do" mentality. I think Feely will be an upgrade, it's just frustrating because it's easy to see this isn't really a home run hire, and the optics of this weird Miami-Temple relationship aren't good.
 
Regardless of who we hire as a strength and conditioning coach, what will dictate a large amount of their success is the quality of athlete we provide them. Make no mistake, biology, genetics, all that scientific **** matters.

You can't steal players from Appalachian State and deliver them to Alabama's training facility and have them turn into Alabama players. They won't even look like Alabama players.
 
Canegrad89 said:
S&C is an extremely important hire. I like his personality, intensity, communication and interpersonal skills. If he knows what it takes to be a truly elite athlete (at the college HOF and NFL all pro levels), I think he will do very well at Miami. He should spend a considerable amount of time with elite former Canes in the NFL and pick their brains extensively.
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I would take this, if he's open enough to take information from the greats and not just scoff at them like the last regimen
 
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nystateofmind said:
Very disappointing hire.

This reminds me of when we thought we were getting Ivey and we ended up with Gus.
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The fact is almost no one on his board knows **** as to whether a strength coach will be a good or bad hire. If that maniac looking guy from la tech was same guy at temple most would be hard over it being temple when temple and la tech both kinda suck. But then again not really. There is a reason Diaz aside that temple coaches keep getting poached for bigger jobs from hc ranks. And it’s not because they’ve done a **** job there.
 
simplycanes said:
Regardless of who we hire as a strength and conditioning coach, what will dictate a large amount of their success is the quality of athlete we provide them. Make no mistake, biology, genetics, all that scientific **** matters.

You can't steal players from Appalachian State and deliver them to Alabama's training facility and have them turn into Alabama players. They won't even look like Alabama players.
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Yup.

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smack99 said:
Not sure I see a player over 200lbs.
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Like dude, it's Ball State. Do you think a strength coach can turn a 2-star athlete into the next great outside LB?

Cochran at Bama is the ultimate Confirmation Bias in S&C. Guys like Julio Jones, Marcell Dareus and Mark Barron show up every other day. You know how easy it is to look like a genius when you're getting genetically gifted athletic freaks like Trent Richardson? His #1 job is just making sure they don't get hurt in the weight room.
 
Does this guy actually have any formal education in this field?

Swasey and Felder did not.
Hester has a degree in exercise physiology.
 
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