What’s gets me about them is Davonte Smith is just as small as them but a ballerYou could use unicorn horn spray on Harley and Pope and those boys wouldn't get any bigger. Different athletes.
What’s gets me about them is Davonte Smith is just as small as them but a baller
I mentioned that 2 MONTHS AGO and I wss accused of being crazy. We are not a physical team PERIOD. Good observations.Honest questions... I don't see our athletes as physically developed as other programs, not as explosive. I see our players don't get injured as often which is positive
Do we have a problem at S&C?
Is it the athletes the other programs are recruiting?
Are other programs using "substances" we are not utilizing?
We've been beating this drum forever. At the end of the day, results (whether good or bad) aren't much of a tell. You can have a phenomenal S&C program and still lose all of your games.
You guys can keep referencing the big dogs of college football and how their players look different...
Well how many of our players were offered by those schools coming out of HS?
Very few, right? And I bet the ones who were, are some of our best looking players.
Better athletes usually look "bigger, stronger, faster" on the field.
There's kids at freakin' D2 schools right now who bench-press 450lbs. You know how they'd look going against SEC/ACC level athletes every week? Weak and slow.
I had a DT who left HS bench-pressing 375, squatting 605 and dead-lifting 605. He signed with Western Illinois where he was a 3 year starter.
You know what happened when that DT played against Ohio State? He got pushed around.
Compare that to the Lineman we had who signed at Miami, who was a better athlete but nowhere near as strong. He spent 4 years pushing other people around in the ACC, became The University of Miami's all-time leader in starts, and is pushing people around in the NFL. (while my kid that went to Western Illinois is a big a$$ bartender)
11 elite athletes versus 11 elite lifters - the elite athletes are gonna LOOK stronger/faster on the field.
You want Miami to look stronger/faster on the field, then start landing the stronger/faster kids out of high school like these elite programs are.
Nope. Technique is a problem.When our D gets bulldozed by a single RB who carries five guys after contact, and gains 2-3 more yards or a 1st down, **** yeah, S&C is a problem.
I’ll bite... what’s coming?We’re weak very weak we just don’t know it yet BUT we will very soon it’s coming boy is it coming
Alabama's Scott Cochrane went to Georgia.Honest questions... I don't see our athletes as physically developed as other programs, not as explosive. I see our players don't get injured as often which is positive
Do we have a problem at S&C?
Is it the athletes the other programs are recruiting?
Are other programs using "substances" we are not utilizing?
We have an athlete problem.We have an S problem, not a C problem.
You are literally explaining what makes better players BETTER PLAYERS. I can go find a **** at William and Mary who can impress all of the S&C experts on here also. If you watched Trey sermon at the beginning of the szn I’m sure you’d question OSU strength program lol Alabama recruits freaks. All those kids had a impressive athletic profile before they ever stepped in a Bama weight program.Our guys don't look as big or fast, we lack that tough streak, Chaney being an exception, runs with a mean streak and it usually takes two or three guys to bring him down. Brevin and Mallory fit that mold also, they have that dog and fight in them. Those NC running backs had that dog in them, so does Trey Sermon and Najee Harris. It has a lot to do with the athlete, but I don't think we're near the same level as the top programs with our strength and conditioning program. As much as I hate Notre Dame they were the first team in a while that were more physical than Alabama, the Tide won because they had better athletes and much better coaching.