Michigan Football needs a new weight room
Brian mentioned this in the mailbag...
As for maximizing Michigan's resources, I literally cannot imagine what else Harbaugh could be doing to increase Michigan's recruiting profile and on-field fortunes.
How about getting a new weight room that can compete with the big boys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fquDTF09bk
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/7/31/4574556/oregon-football-building-new
Our current weight room looks like an 80s basement compared to Alabama and Oregon.
Didn't they redo it when Rich Rod came in? I think it's pretty new, but I could be wrong.
yes, they did.
Martin spent $1 million to acquire the equipment Barwis wanted, but they didn't actually renovate the weight room.
No, they didn't. They bought $1 million worth of new equipment. Not sure why this misnomer still exists after 8 years and it getting repeatedly debunked by people.
It's not exactly a conspiracy theory. Spending $1 million sounds like a renovation to me. Or are we talking only structural changes?
Of course structural changes. The weights are the least important thing about a weight room...
Ah. Of course. How could I be so silly?
March 16th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
Look at Bama's weight room then imagine recruits who just visited there coming to see Michigan's weights in the basement. Enough said, they should be able to generate the $$$ who knows 9 mill or whatever to get the most badass weight training facility in the country.
could have a negative contribution to actual player development.
Not recruiting, but actual attitude in the weight room.
March 17th, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
I wondered the same thing. Sure, ours could be updated, but Oregon's weight room doesn't exactly seem to scream "blood, sweat, and tears" to me. Recruiting aside, I don't see the need to make it look so aggressively modern and sleek.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:43 PM ^
You act like for the last 8 years someone once a week has been publishing information suggesting there was a renovation of the weight room in 2008 instead of new weights. One of the great misinformation campaigns of our time.
This is literally the first time I've ever heard anyone even argue the distinction between renovation and new weights since the actual upgrade happened.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^
Mutley = pansyass
March 17th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^
Mutley = pansyass
March 17th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^
mutley = pantywaist.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
Michigan Football doesn't need weights, they just drink milk and tell each other how great they have it. They are quite happy with this. I guess a 42-13 beat down at the end of the year is a price worth paying to not have to work lifting weights. They know that they need to leave the hard work and championship football habits to programs like OSU and MSU, it's not something UM is interested in, the results show this.
If anything I would expect Crazy Jim to get rid of the weights and fill the room with sleeping bags, this sounds much more likely.
didn't they just redo the weight room when RR was around 5-6 years ago?
I camped at Michigan in 1996 and 97. Back then i thought the weight room looked awesome. I still do and for the same reason i thought then. It's fucking old school. Let's not turn our gym into some atrium. There's a ton of history in that gym.
The others look like a Lifetime Fitness.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:20 AM ^
I sooo miss upvoting!
I'm one of those that liked the older look and feel of a weight room. I also really like the Rocky movies and always thought a weight room was a place to train, sweat, and possibly get tetanus.
They just bought new weights a few years back. If any changes to the room I'm sure they were minor. I remember that my HS bought or was gifted several of the old machines and we had to go up there to get them.
Honestly, does it matter? It's a place to lift weights.
Yes it matters. How much it matters depends on which recruit you are talking to.
Do our football facilities cost us recruits? Doesn't seem like it.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:43 PM ^
Maybe not the weight room on its own but if a recruit is big on the athletic complex/facilities in his decision the one we have certainly wont help our cause.
Will it alone make or brake any potential commits? No, but it does contribute to the big picture.
Granted, i think i remember hearing Harbaugh wanted his weight room bare bones... i can live with that :)
When you say this just think of Oregon and how much talk you hear about their connection with Nike and being the test bed and "Nike's campus". Google Oregon facilities, wait i have a link for you http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/7/31/4574556/oregon-football-building-new
Facilities are a huuuuuge deal. It's the place you'll spend the majority of your time on campus and you want to make sure that it's feels good, that you like it.
It even mattered back in the day when Bo started coaching. If you recall the story about the players complaining about their locker room and Bo had to tell them that the bench that they were sitting on was special and that the nail on the wall that he hung his coat on is the same nail that Yost hung his coat on. My point wasn't that the nail or bench are special and the players should appreciate it, but it was on first glance the players didn't appreciate it. They had to be convinced.
It means a lot, first impressions and such.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
complaining that the facilities they had in Miami (ntm) were better.
Point still stands. I spent a lot of time in the ME help room and it was an all brick room with a bunch of tables and no windows. It wasn't a great place to be, but I was efficient as hell when I was in there. No looking off into the beautiful weather, no distractions, just business.
And yes, it's probably a pretty rediculous comparison, but it's all this engineer has.
March 16th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^
neither does recruiting. Did you even click on the link to watch hthe Bama weight room tour? That's from 2013, gee, wonder why Bama with their 37,000 sq foot state of the art training facility keeps getting the number one ranked class every year. Time to call Mr Ross, Mr Twitter, Mr. Google, or Mr Glick and tell them we need a 50,000 sq foot weighht training facility and we break ground tomorrow.
Maybe it has something to do with four national championships in seven years?
That Bama weight room is badass. Squat racks for days.
Yes, but that super annoying strength coach makes that place unbearable.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:08 PM ^
Super annoying according to who? I've talked to Alabama players and they love the guy as a strength coach and as a mentor off the field. There's a reason he's the highest paid S&C coach in the country.
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that power this blog need a new weight room AND the help of Barwis.
They're working on it right now. It's been out there for awhile now.
All you need to see is the logo to know the weight room hasn't been touched recently.
Might as well order some more weights and machines since they're building a performance center out by the new Lax & Track stadiums which will be right by U-M Soccer Stadium.
Where the fuck is the waterfall?
Where will the football one be? I assume they're not tearing out the current spot.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:12 PM ^
and go back to their computer and triple the size. They're not here to drink chai lattes and practice their downward dog, They're here to bench 500 lbs and squat a car in wide open luxurience.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
Jesus why does everything we build have to look like ikea? Enough with everything blasting maize and blue garishly. Classic and timeless for once
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has old fashion lighting, metal halide. LED would be a better way to go.
It's actually fairly new as is. Not up with the times, but it's only a few years old.
Even when it was new I didn't think it was that impressive. Same goes for the locker room. The bball facilities are way better. If they would just get rid of those awful tile ceilings it would make a big difference.
Completely agree. I just meant that for it being so relatively new, it's sad how outdated it is.
Except it's not new.
Unknown to mankind!
March 16th, 2016 at 11:04 PM ^
Bama's is 37k sq feet, make it 50k square feed, it has to be HUGE.
Where are we supposed to put it? I mean the one we have is built on Schembechler Hall so it would be tough to redo the WHOLE fucking thing. But seriously where do you put it? ...unless you are going to take out one of the practice fields.
March 17th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
There's room between Schembechler Hall and the softball stadium. They could also demo Oosterbaan Field House and build it there. It looks like an eyesore next to the new Glick.
Ceilings look a bit on the low side at Mich, but besides that, I'd bank that the weight sets and equipment valuation at Big Blue are on par with the best. Lovely view at Oregon though.
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I'm sure IBM's weight sets are second to none but their last several quarters of earnings have been dog shit. I guess years of ignoring the cloud caught up to them. #fireginnyrometty
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