Chris Brown at Smart Football uses Mattison on the challenges posed by Nebraska's offense to make a point about watching the Denver Broncos. Brown also makes a point how the Michigan defense is developing. Both are highly complimentary. I think most of us will agree. http://smartfootball.com/defense/what-coach-said-this-about-facing-what-...
While an interesting article,
Mattison gets it.
Mattison gets it.
Greetings from Bolivia.
"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple." - Gary Moeller
Is he turning the tide of THE
Is he turning the tide of THE rivalry?
Michigan Arrogance ... Something to be proud of.
That man can turn the tide of
That man can turn the tide of the oceans.
Coach Mattison makes a great
Coach Mattison makes a great point there about communication & talking up alignments and assignments pre snap. This is a staple in the NFL, and the best defenses do as many checks as the best offenses. Mattison has these kids playing confidently and knowing their assignments and checks...this type of communication really ads to the ability to be in position and it starts from the safetys down but all areas are communication with each other. This is the number one reason why we are not getting burned by being out of position like we have been the past several years. Not alot of blown assignments and that comes down to knowing your assignment and communicating pre snap.
The thing I like most
The lack of yelling from the coaching staff, it seems to really have an impact on the players. If you do make a mistake it's not the end of the world, get back out there and make a play. I like that.
TRUTH.
this is phenomenally true. I think they've got that sort of relationship, the coaches & the players, where the yelling becomes unnecessary. I remember I've had teachers & coaches, & the ones I cared about the most, the ones I respected the most, they never had to hound me to do the right thing. I wanted to do the right thing & do my best, without being asked to, because I didn't want to let them down. I think the players look up to our coaches like that - it causes the players to drive themselves, & that seems like the best way.
Yelling at people
typically gets them to mentally shutdown. It becomes equivalent to "check your brain at the door, I'm doing all the thinking around here." As Mattison makes clear, these guys need to be mentally engaged on every play to stay agressive and look for opportunities, so you can't make them get so concerned about the yelling that they become timid and passive. Timid and passive = bad defense as we've seen the past few years. [Not saying that it was all due to yelling. It's just that we played that way and it didn't generate good results.]
Well Bo yelled quite a bit
And his teams did pretty well.
Go Blue!
yeah but Bo yelled with a
yeah but Bo yelled with a twinkle in his eye... his player knew that he had their back and cared about them.
This is evident in this 1971 video (click the link I dont know how to embedd here):
Also
Bo would insult you to your face and praise you behind your back.
Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.
Saban yells.
Saban yells.
For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue.
Mattison
is like the Anti-Kelly
It’s talking and taking care of your buddy, and when you make a mistake, not hanging your head, coming off and getting ready for me to rip them, but them saying, ‘Okay, coach, I got it.’ And then you not having to yell at them because you know it means something. That’s what happens when you have a group that’s come together...
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
The man.
Mattison could have made Rudy an every down player... and for a good school, not just Notre Dame.
Yes, and
Mattison would've taught Rudy to line up properly! He was ofcourse, offside when he made his monumental sack!
Burn!
Burn!!!
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One would think... being able to play for Mattison would be a pretty tantalizing prospect, to a potential recruit... getting an NFL education for 4 or 5 years before, you know, actually going to the NFL.
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While an interesting article, most that comes regarding Mattison at all is quoted straight from the press conference. I saw very little in there of the writer discussing it, unless I missed an option to read more or something.
Quick! To the Hindenpeter!