Hi Bob, I would really enjoy this but I will tell you its very difficult to do based on just reporting. Film tells the story. Film over a period of time/practices shows ability, execution and technique. For me to really do this right, I'd need to watch the last 10 practices of 11 on 11 and o vs d line drills. Tough to properly evaluate …
Hi Bob, I would really enjoy this but I will tell you its very difficult to do based on just reporting. Film tells the story. Film over a period of time/practices shows ability, execution and technique. For me to really do this right, I'd need to watch the last 10 practices of 11 on 11 and o vs d line drills. Tough to properly evaluate otherwise. Here's a little story for you: when I coached at the JC level I had a kid one year who played RG. He was 6'1" 305#, had gone to all the camps and had great technique, and he was tough. But he was sloppy fat and couldn't even bench 225#. The HC wanted to start him because he was a sophomore and had paid his dues. Finally, after three games of film I sat down with the HC and convinced him to make a change. This kid was blown backward on every down by bigger and stronger D-lineman. The only guy I could replace him with was a tough little 5'10' 215# freshman who had no fat, was very quick and very strong and was a former wrestler. It worked. The smaller kid couldn't blow guys off the ball, but he did not get blown a yard backward on every play. Just to give you an idea of how impactful that one change turned out to be, we lost our first three games and won the rest, including our league championship, even beating an opponent in a bowl game, to whom we had previously lost early in the season and by pretty big numbers. Little things add up in big ways.
Hi Bob, I would really enjoy this but I will tell you its very difficult to do based on just reporting. Film tells the story. Film over a period of time/practices shows ability, execution and technique. For me to really do this right, I'd need to watch the last 10 practices of 11 on 11 and o vs d line drills. Tough to properly evaluate otherwise. Here's a little story for you: when I coached at the JC level I had a kid one year who played RG. He was 6'1" 305#, had gone to all the camps and had great technique, and he was tough. But he was sloppy fat and couldn't even bench 225#. The HC wanted to start him because he was a sophomore and had paid his dues. Finally, after three games of film I sat down with the HC and convinced him to make a change. This kid was blown backward on every down by bigger and stronger D-lineman. The only guy I could replace him with was a tough little 5'10' 215# freshman who had no fat, was very quick and very strong and was a former wrestler. It worked. The smaller kid couldn't blow guys off the ball, but he did not get blown a yard backward on every play. Just to give you an idea of how impactful that one change turned out to be, we lost our first three games and won the rest, including our league championship, even beating an opponent in a bowl game, to whom we had previously lost early in the season and by pretty big numbers. Little things add up in big ways.