How much further can we go with Wellman than with Barwis?

Pet anacondas?

I think S&C is very important, but overrated (the Barwis effect) on this site in terms of wins and losses on the field.  Our defensive alignments wouldn't have stopped a pee wee team even with Lou Ferrigno teaching weighted hip thrusts to Will Campbell.

This kind of talk will happen every spring from now until forever. It is what they call fluff. What really matters is what the players do when they leave campus and the coaches aren't watching over them. That is when champions are made my friend.

I don't think our conditioning was a problem at all under Barwis. I doubt we will be significantly more impressive in that category. Frankly Barwis' resume is more impressive than Wellman, but he's young so we'll see.

Really far.

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While this is a good question, we may never truly know. 

I loved the almost folklore mentality that the fanbase had for Barwis, but honestly, most big time S&C coaches are pretty good.  There are still the hold outs to the old days of just put on weight, but most modern day guys are all pretty good.  I don't expect there to be any difference between Wellman and Barwis.  The team was conditioned with Barwis, and I expect them to be conditioned under Wellman.

S&C is fundamentally a branch of biology.  It ought to be something that can be quantified and scientificized the point that there is really just compitent and not.  I assume both Wellman and Barwis are in the former category.  That said this team is older, more physically mature with more time in a college weight training program than than last year, so I assume the team will be bigger, faster and stronger for that reason alone.

Who is feeding the wolves now?

with barwis we could only win the B10 title and with wellman we can win the MNC.

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I don't think there's a significant difference between S&C coaches like Barwis and Wellman. They're both similar, so I can't really believe that one is better than the other. It's important to have players in shape for the fourth quarter, but I doubt that it really makes any difference if the team isn't talented or well-coached.

I'm sorry. How does this relate to Jim Tressel? I thought this was Tressel time, all the time.
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I want to try this /s thing out so here it goes. So Barwis was the reason for our collapse down the stretch and not Gerg after all.

and bad pizza is.......pretty good.

six of one, half a dozen of the other

I think as long as Wellman's training approach doesn't include suggestions like "eat more pizza" or "milkshakes are a good toothpaste substitute", we should be fine.

How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

Echoing what many have said, I think that both of these guys are great S&C coaches - along with about another 75 S&C coaches at other big programs - so they are both more than capable of reaching their goals.

However, I think that different S&C coaches focus more heavily on different aspects of training.  Under RR / Barwis, I think that there was an emphasis on speed - RR / Barwis may have been willing to give up some size for speed.  Under Hoke (and therefore Wellman), I would imagine that we will be accept slightly less speed in exchange for more size.  These goals will affect how the S&C coaches go about their jobs.  (Note:  Not commenting on which approach is better / worse - obviously, the focus on speed never hurt RR in the past).

So, I would expect to hear more stories over the next few months about how much weight and strength our guys have put on than we did during the prior two offseasons.

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I just want to add whenever you have a change there is always praise for the change.  It's just the way things go.  Look for the articles coming in a couple of days saying it is more of this or that.  Look for buzz words of tougher, accountability, flexibility, simpler, aggressive etc..   9 times out of 10 it's all bullshit. 

Both appear to be top strength coaches they won't save the team, but they won't hurt us either.  Michigan players have done very well at the combine since Barwis has been here.  Will Johnson set or came close to the record, BG did well, Schilling did well out benching Boren, etc.. 

We're going to be fine and Barwis was great.   No need to compare let's just move on.

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To be honest, I think at this level a player's genes and dedication to training matter a lot more than the training itself.

Regarding Wellman:  Wellman is a behind the scenes type of guy, and that is the reason there is very little hype surrounding him.  Out of all of our coaches, Mattison and Borges should be the best judge on this (because they have worked with so many S&C coaches) and both feel he is the best.  What Mattison and Hoke have said about him is,  Wellman is amazingly good at getting guys to thier optimal weight.  What that means is he gets a guy to whatever weight he plays the best at, for his position.  I think that is a good thing, because some guys are just maullers and aren't meant to be quick and fast.  If a big, strong guy plays meaner and stronger at 310, but is a little quicker at 280, I'll take 310.

and turn them all by himself into All-Americans. When he had somebody with drive and talent to work with, like BG, then his methods worked just fine.

When you add in the inept coaching on the defensive side of the ball, eeeeBarwis was never going to be what it could have been.