I've said this about South Florida players in the past and was told I'm an idiot. I've seen it with my own eyes players up north where I'm at and the ones coming out of HS in Florida.Unfortunately, strength programs at a lot of public high schools in Florida are severely lacking. They just don’t have the funds for equipment nor to pay a strength coach. That’s why a lot of these private school kids are more physically developed. A large portion of the funds for athletics come from fund raising but a lot of public schools can’t rely on their local community to raise a lot of money.
Changed significantly with the hire (by Richt) of Kyle Bellamy.
We have actually made some legitimate strides in nutrition compared to how it was even 5 years ago. When Richt hired Bellamy in 2016, UM didn't even have a full-time sports nutritionist... now we have a program in place.
It's not really about kale salad, is the thing. Maybe you're not really saying that but it reads that way. The whole salad thing is advice for people who don't burn a ton of calories every day. These kids do. They don't need less calories. What they eat and when and how it times in their day to working out matters for performance. Better quality protein would help. Managing carbs and fats and protein balance would help. Electrolytes matter. It should be pretty easy for them to have high quality protein smoothies from a nutrition program as a supplement to basic meals, and get the basic meals down so their breakfast and lunch and in-between options are designed for maintaining energy level.They’re college kids. The average college diet consists of fast food, pizza and ramen noodles. The trainers can only control what they eat from the training table. You’d like them to make better health choices but what 19 year old kid goes out to dinner and has kale salad instead of a burger and fries?
This. All day long.Everyone here complains because Mark Pope is 6'1" 172 lbs. Devonta Smith is listed as 6'1" 175 lbs. I guess the Bama steroids are good for 3 pounds.
My response was more directed to the guy who said the players post pictures of themselves eating junk food when they go out to eat. The food available on campus for them is highly nutritious and designed to fuel athletes but when college kids go to a restaurant with friends, they’re going to eat pizza or burgers. To expect college kids to never enjoy occasional junk meals is completely unrealistic.It's not really about kale salad, is the thing. Maybe you're not really saying that but it reads that way. The whole salad thing is advice for people who don't burn a ton of calories every day. These kids do. They don't need less calories. What they eat and when and how it times in their day to working out matters for performance. Better quality protein would help. Managing carbs and fats and protein balance would help. Electrolytes matter. It should be pretty easy for them to have high quality protein smoothies from a nutrition program as a supplement to basic meals, and get the basic meals down so their breakfast and lunch and in-between options are designed for maintaining energy level.
We have actually made some legitimate strides in nutrition compared to how it was even 5 years ago. When Richt hired Bellamy in 2016, UM didn't even have a full-time sports nutritionist... now we have a program in place.
Like I said previously, probably about 2% of the porsters here even know this.
But they’ll bltch about the nutrition part without knowing what’s even going on
Honest question
Do we have anything remotely close to this?
Alabama Unveils $15 Million Nutrition Center For Athletes
Alabama also has remodeled its recruiting room.247sports.com
And this was 3 years ago
amen, take a look at Bama, LSU, OSU Wisconsin,,,, look like they came out of a lab experimentFeeley needs to get ahold of some of the products Bama’s guy is using to pump their guys up...Pretty sure you ain’t getting that stuff at CVS or Walgreens
It doesn’t matter whether we have leather couches and art on the walls, what matters is do we have the nutritionists, the meals, the programs, and a place to eat them in place. We have all that.
The chairs might not be as nice, and there may not be a flat screen on every wall, we may not have state of the art smoothie machines, but that’s what Alabama is spending their money on.
I mean you’ve got to be kidding me using that as an example. They literally have money to burn.
We have the manpower, and the meals, and the program. We have what we need. If you want waterfalls, and big flashy rooms with strobe lights and disco lights, that’s not Miami and never will be, we don’t have that kind of money.
Most importantly we have several full-time nutritionist on staff that do meal planning and supervise nutrition for the football team and other teams. That’s what counts.
Well, I honestly think Bama recruits the most physically gifted athletes as well. They don’t take 150lbs corners like we do. Nor 200lbs linebackers. Most of their players come in close to their ideal playing weight.Feeley needs to get ahold of some of the products Bama’s guy is using to pump their guys up...Pretty sure you ain’t getting that stuff at CVS or Walgreens
Yeah, can't disagree but my point is the pizza here and there isn't hurting them. As long as they get quality protein and sensible fueling for their workout schedules, they should develop and perform fine. When it comes to habits, however, the ones who take nutrition seriously will have better careers for the most part.My response was more directed to the guy who said the players post pictures of themselves eating junk food when they go out to eat. The food available on campus for them is highly nutritious and designed to fuel athletes but when college kids go to a restaurant with friends, they’re going to eat pizza or burgers. To expect college kids to never enjoy occasional junk meals is completely unrealistic.