December 29th, 2017 at 4:01 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
It's just heresy. . . hearsay.
December 29th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
Always gotta add that qualifier ya know
December 29th, 2017 at 4:07 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 5:41 PM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 4:17 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 7:58 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 9:44 AM ^
Michigan Mae is a whore, Michigan May, is a lady.
December 29th, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
off of A2.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^
Marla Hooch.... What a hitter!
December 29th, 2017 at 4:41 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 5:17 AM ^
He was Bert's S&C coach during his last 4 years at Wisconsin as well. He was a D lineman at Wisc during the early 2000's so he has first hand experience of Wisc Oline. He's also earned S&C highest honor when he was named Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC) by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association at the age of 35 becoming the youngest coach to ever earn the award.
I've never heard his name before but he seems like a S&C coach this Oline needs.
December 29th, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 2:11 PM ^
Who is the "we" who will need to start checking butts? There's no way I'm signing up for that duty.
December 29th, 2017 at 12:31 PM ^
I'm with you on the amount of time I spent researching him. I don't know him and it looks like he's only coached at Arkansas and Wiscy and went to Wiscy, so it's unlikely I'd know anyone in his coaching tree (most of the guys I know are in the Northeast). At first blush without knowing anything about him he seems more like a football guy than a performance/S&C guy, but that's just an impression I get based on his background. I'd like to see someone with a graduate degree and a little more variety in his exposure to other S&C coaching influences. It seems like he's only ever really been around the Wiscy S&C guys as both a player and a coach, which may mean he is somewhat limited in his philosophical influences.
December 29th, 2017 at 5:47 AM ^
Here is a Arkansas message board thread on him:
http://www.hogville.net/yabbse/index.php?PHPSESSID=c1da236fb5b95c460e66…
Obviously, a lot of noise and differing opinions (and lots of the standard: S&C coach is easy scapegoat, S&C is given too much credit, etc., etc.).
One thing that stood out to me in the discussion was the hype video made showing Jonathan Williams doing a "one-leg" squat with 455 pounds (around the 1:20 mark):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOXJM8tJZb0
One poster mentioned that this was just before Williams had a season-ending foot injury. Probably unrelated, but let's just say I would find it interesting to hear some S&C experts discuss the pros and cons of Herbert's approach (re: injury avoidance and prevention, developing explosiveness vs. mass, etc.).
It does seem that Herbert (and Bielema) valued adding bulk over all else. (It's not the approach I would favor.)
In digging for information, I was depressed to learn that Saban said in 2015 that MSU's S&C coach might be the best at what he does in the country. (MSU's S&C coach Ken Mannie and Stanford's Shannon Turley have both won a S&C coach of the year award given by a website not favored by posters here. As the nominations are made by ADs, AD staff and coaches, and previous winners vote on the result, I think the award has some credibility.)
I have not heard of any other names being thrown around. Last time around, Kaz Kazadi's name popped up on the board. (He was Baylor's S&C coach at the time, and also is a former winner of the S&C coach of the year award.) He's at Arkansas State now working for peanuts. I assume he would not be considered now by Michigan given that he worked with Briles at Baylor.
December 29th, 2017 at 7:06 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 9:15 AM ^
So, Mannie left Toledo in '94, and the 2015 team was good. Was Mannie in charge of the S&C program at daycare?
December 29th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^
It's a typo. They were 11-0-1 in 1995.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:41 AM ^
Thank you.
December 29th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
there was, I got no juice.
I was lightest and shortest of our O-Line folks at 6'4" 298 lbs at the time...so...Maybe?
/s
/maybe
December 29th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^
Yep. Ask any Bullough...
December 29th, 2017 at 7:37 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^
such is life. I always wonder how many people actually knows what they are talikng about. My guess... not many.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:31 AM ^
Ugh do not think we just need a bulk strength guy, this seems like an overreaction from Harbaugh. We weren't strong enough so go get a guy who focuses primarily on adding bulk. Would much rather a guy in the Turley vein who focuses on functional football strength, flexibility, etc. as that is much more in line with more advanced training techniques and more recent research being utilized by top tier professional sports.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
late in games. That's not a strength issue. Neither is being much better at run blocking than pass pro, in fact that's quite the opposite.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
Anyhow, I don't think that Arkansas having enormous OLs would have anything to do with this hire. The fact that Wisconsin consistently gets the most out of their talent would make me look at their staff, present and former. UMBig11 below suggests that we will also be hiring assistant S&C coaches away from the Badgers.
December 29th, 2017 at 11:24 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^
It's not a huge coincidence at all. We're reportedly bringing Arkansas' OC on board. With the coaching changes at Arkansas, their S&C coach is available too.
December 29th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^
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December 29th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 8:33 AM ^
So there was an early connection to enormous OL. Two questions though. Isn't having the largest OL much more a reflection of recruiting strategy and offensive philosophy than S&C? We could have Faalele (plus Onwenu), for example. Wisconsin had those kinds of lines before Herbert and Bielema. Do S&C coaches specialize on working with the OL or is that just what fans talk about? Seems like working with the rest of the team is important too.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
...Arkansas finished 7-6 and 8-5, going 7-9 in conference play. Big whoop.
December 29th, 2017 at 11:29 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 2:24 PM ^
I generally like your business on here; that said, I'm not sure that the correlation you are making is reasonable.
December 29th, 2017 at 5:18 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 5:39 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 6:58 AM ^
Thats the plan, Wouldnt want to wait until after winter workouts
December 29th, 2017 at 7:00 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 7:39 AM ^
Tolbert is just the fall guy...
December 29th, 2017 at 8:36 AM ^
December 29th, 2017 at 8:49 AM ^
Arkansas isn't particularly good. Haven't heard Ben's name nationally. A connection to the staff in some way prior?
December 29th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^