Miami Hurricanes coach Mark Richt says team made ?amazing? fitness gains in offseason | Canes Watch
I know the argument re: how good/bad the OL was last year and will be this coming tilt has gone round and round. Seems Richt's assessment is closer to (not solidly in...settle down) the "they were/will be bad" camp than the "they were/will be good" supporters.
"..Richt said his offensive line, which struggled with injuries last year, “transformed their bodies."
We gave everybody a target weight and a target body fat. Sometimes, like, there might be a guy where we said, we want you to weight 315 and have 18 percent body fat, if you’re an offensive lineman. Guys might have got down to 320, but their body fat was right so we were like, you know what? That’s right, you’re in great condition, 320’s OK. 315, maybe we’ll – because we’re learning about these guys, to a certain degree.”
Commenting on the state of the line itself, he said this: “We probably got seven guys that we think can function and play well in our league. We’ve got to stay healthy. We’ve got to develop the younger guys.” Those who can “function” are likely Trevor Darling, Kc McDermott, Nick Linder, Danny Isidora, Alex Gall, Sunny Odogwu and Tyree St. Louis, all of whom saw significant action last year. St. Louis, a sophomore, is the only underclassman."
When an organization's leader, especially one as well spoken and deliberate as Richt, uses the phrase "can function" wrt ANY capability in said program (i.e. equipment, personnel, etc...), that is not exactly a ringing endorsement. In fact, it implies, "we will use what we have until we can get the asset(s) in place that we want..." The Wellness Center "can function" as an IPF, just not a good one.
I want to believe their D3 level performance for most of last year (probably cost the Canes x2 Ws, and made several other games too close for comfort) was the result of lack luster coaching and/or scheme (not dog piling Kehoe or Coley..who cares at this point).
I want to believe the new staff can coach and scheme better performance from the athletes in-place today (good luck Searles and Richt).
I remain concerned, like others on here, that the OL (the foundational unit for whole O) could be the weakest link headed into rhis year's campaign.
Go Canes.
I know the argument re: how good/bad the OL was last year and will be this coming tilt has gone round and round. Seems Richt's assessment is closer to (not solidly in...settle down) the "they were/will be bad" camp than the "they were/will be good" supporters.
"..Richt said his offensive line, which struggled with injuries last year, “transformed their bodies."
We gave everybody a target weight and a target body fat. Sometimes, like, there might be a guy where we said, we want you to weight 315 and have 18 percent body fat, if you’re an offensive lineman. Guys might have got down to 320, but their body fat was right so we were like, you know what? That’s right, you’re in great condition, 320’s OK. 315, maybe we’ll – because we’re learning about these guys, to a certain degree.”
Commenting on the state of the line itself, he said this: “We probably got seven guys that we think can function and play well in our league. We’ve got to stay healthy. We’ve got to develop the younger guys.” Those who can “function” are likely Trevor Darling, Kc McDermott, Nick Linder, Danny Isidora, Alex Gall, Sunny Odogwu and Tyree St. Louis, all of whom saw significant action last year. St. Louis, a sophomore, is the only underclassman."
When an organization's leader, especially one as well spoken and deliberate as Richt, uses the phrase "can function" wrt ANY capability in said program (i.e. equipment, personnel, etc...), that is not exactly a ringing endorsement. In fact, it implies, "we will use what we have until we can get the asset(s) in place that we want..." The Wellness Center "can function" as an IPF, just not a good one.
I want to believe their D3 level performance for most of last year (probably cost the Canes x2 Ws, and made several other games too close for comfort) was the result of lack luster coaching and/or scheme (not dog piling Kehoe or Coley..who cares at this point).
I want to believe the new staff can coach and scheme better performance from the athletes in-place today (good luck Searles and Richt).
I remain concerned, like others on here, that the OL (the foundational unit for whole O) could be the weakest link headed into rhis year's campaign.
Go Canes.
