Taylor Lewan interview with ESPN at IMG Academy

His 40 time and running technique are not at all important while at Michigan.  This is ONLY important for the combine.  Coaches at Michigan care about blocking technique, quick first steps, and strength.  

Not to mention OT is among the positions for which the 40 is least important. His foot quickness, blocking, and shorter runs are important, but he will never run a 40 in a game.

Taylor Lewan gets into a fully developed sprint all of never during a game. 

i hope those questions are sarcastic........

Exactly. Those things don't make you a better LT necessarily. They get you a better draft position.

Has nothing to do with his actual job or rather an insignificant amount. Why would the coaches spend time on running form for a left tackle? We clearly had other areas where our time could/would be better spent.

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Not sure it is coaching as much as it is training. This is not a knock on Wellman or Barwis, it's just that I imagine Lewan, in preparation for the draft, gets evaluated and works on his weaknesses.

It makes sense, you guys, because the team that drafts Lewan is counting on him to make a bunch of tackles in the open field after their quarterback throws a pick.  I mean, someone has to stop the defense from scoring.  

/s

YEAH FUNK WAS PROBABLY TEACHING HIM A BUNCH OF GARBAGE!

Seriously though, just how fucking dumb would it be to be teaching OL how to shave a tenth of a second off their 40 time while in college?  Back to the drawing board for you, OP.  Need a few lessons in football, methinks.

/assholepost

OH NO! ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT TRAINING FOR COMBINE DRILLS WOULD LEAD TO IMPROVEMENT? IS THIS AN INDICTMENT ON THE MICHIGAN COACHING STAFF?

There's only 1 solution here. Fire Hoke.

This is sarcasm right.

Maybe I'm alone on this, but I think we should just hold a team combine competition on Saturdays instead of games. Team with the faster average 40 times and bench reps takes home the glory.

I agree. It the same with academics - all high school classes should be converted to ACT and SAT prep courses. Skip law school, just prepare future lawyers to take the bar. The same with doctors - dont train them to actually operate, just to be able to pass tests based on operating. 

It's gotta be coming up right?

The coaches taught Lewan how to block and win football games; IMG teaches him how to pench press and run shuttle drills.  Both are important, but one is run by a bunch of agents whose vested interest in seeing Lewan makes millions means they don't really care how he performs on the football field.

I had a similar reaction after reading that Terrelle Pryor never knew how to properly throw until the 2013 offseason, and Michael Vick was never taught how to carry the football. (Link)

I've often thought the same things as the OP when I've read stuff like this and I think I've come to a satisfactory answer......it's all bullshit.

 

Everytime there is a change in anything concerning your team or your player you will get reports on how they have improved, blown away, night and day, made big jumps etc... from where they were previously.  Sometimes you may in fact see an minor improvement but nothing you will notice.  Lewan obviously got very little on hands training running a 40 at Michigan(as we know coaches can only spend so much time with kids), but if he wanted to he could have trained right here.  I'm sure Wellman could have done the same things.  Barwis works with a lot of kids getting ready for the combine. 

It's just how life is.  Newer is better.  If you have ever had a contractor to your house you'll see this effect.  I've never come across a contractor who said, "man this guy really did a nice job".  Every time it's the same thing.  "Whoever installed this had no idea wht they were doing."

Remember when Michigan was going to be more phyiscal when RR came in?

Remember when Michigan was going to be even more physical when Hoke came in?

126th in rushing last year.  Everything new is not better. 

#JimCaldwellisgoingtobringaccountability

I've been here before, OP. Just take a few days off and rest the limbs. Get a hammock. Try a new drink that you normally would never order. Most of all, live damn you. LIVE!

YeeHaw

I see what you did there, tricking people into reading freep shit... I didn't fall for it, won't anymore either

Assuming he's in Bradenton then at IMG is the International Performance Institute (IPI) where they really are ahead of the game in conditioning and sprinting. I was fortunate to spend a summer there and not only did those guys go beyond my S&C staff but the Williams sisters, Al Herrington and Peyton Manning were there to learn as well. I'm sure they can find things for Lewan to improve.

at the combine.