discipline

Submitted by gpsimms not to… on

Seems to me that RichRod has been way tougher on player mistakes than Carr had been in recent years.  Carr used to love to punish players by taking away their position as "starters."  If he really did sit them an entire game, it seemed like it would only be for Toledo or something.  In a must-win, they might be in as early as the second play.  Seems like coach rod doesn't hesitate to sit their ass on the bench.  Especially if they have mono, a serious rules infraction deserving of severe punishment.

Edit: I suppose I should have included examples.  Grady 2 game suspension, one of which we lost.  Butler functional DNP after swinging in ND game.  Stonum on practice squad for "rules infraction."

Well, you know what they say, spare the rod, spoil the child.  +1 (Edit: -1 for +1ing myself)

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ShockFX

October 2nd, 2008 at 1:07 PM ^

Giving yourself a +1 is like masturbating.  Having other's +1 you is more circle jerk-ish.  The advantage being it's NOT your hand.

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60blue

October 2nd, 2008 at 4:57 PM ^

I have no proof of this but it seems to make sense that Rich Rod is tougher on the players because of the offense he's running.  Getting 20 year old college kids to play full-time no huddle and condition like crazy is a mindset you have to instill in their heads from day 1.  Cutting players any slack is undermining your effort.  Plus, once you start getting used to giving a little, you start giving a little more, and then a little more, etc.  Oh, and most of the team are really young too.  That might have something to do with it.

 

+1 for on-topic post!

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Ren

October 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 PM ^

Hmmm, hadn't thought about that. I have been thinking he is tougher on players, but in a different sense (i.e. practicing--even though you can't tell from the game play--conditioning, etc). He's more emotional than Carr. It's funny at times--watch his face when Michigan is losing. He looks disgusted, devastated, pained. His reaction to the Thompson interception touchdown--never would have seen that from Carr. It's great because that's one big thing I didn't like about Carr. But I'm pretty sure he is a huge @sshole in practice, from clips I've seen.

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wigeon

October 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 PM ^

it carries over to game-time too. Given the no-huddle offense, etc, doesn't it seem like we have way fewer false starts and IP's than we used to?

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hat

October 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 PM ^

Sportswriters who have attended practice at multiple programs say that it's not so much that Rod is an asshole in practice, as that Carr was unusually soft on his guys.  Rod, they say, is pretty typical for a football coach (and, perhaps, closer to what Bo was like).

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