Is this necessary?

Is this necessary?
by BeijingIrish (2013-02-26 12:23:23)
Edited on 2013-02-26 12:35:03

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In reply to: Longo and testing posted by SEE

That is, why is it necessary to mount a defense of the strength coach? If the gap between ourselves and Alabama relates exclusively to strength and conditioning, maybe the discussion is important. But I don't think that was the key to our being humiliated. Alabama has better players, and they are better coached. They were prepared to play; we, on the other hand, spent a month engaging in 12-0 triumphalism.

It's going to take awhile to wash that sour taste out of my mouth. Longo is a sideshow. There are much bigger issues looming.

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Nothing was posted when Eifert's numbers came out. * - NDMike2001 2013-02-26 15:42:05
I agree with that. * - fasted68 2013-02-26 13:56:31
Quite serious, what in that post is a "defense"? - SEE 2013-02-26 13:25:16
- It certainly read that way to me. * - bleedsgreen04 2013-02-26 14:04:24
  - I get it now. See below. I don't think Longo needs defendin - SEE 2013-02-26 14:26:12
    - pretty sure he stresses sprints, SEE - jt 2013-02-26 15:37:35
People are just wasting their time.......... - Ty Webb 2013-02-26 13:20:58
- no one is trying to figure out if Longo is a problem - jt 2013-02-26 13:22:09
  - is comparing him to Mickey Marrioti an imaginary attack? - ThreeD 2013-02-26 13:26:53
    - Didn't Mariotti coach 2 BCS-winning teams? - irishaddict 2013-02-26 13:39:30
      - You missed the sarcasm - ThreeD 2013-02-26 13:40:29
        I did. Wasn't he criticized while he was at ND? * - irishaddict 2013-02-26 13:41:59
        Of course he was - ThreeD 2013-02-26 14:00:58
        I'm not sure if he was criticized while at ND - NavyJoe 2013-02-26 13:47:27
        say, that's a good idea * - jt 2013-02-26 13:48:42
    - no, not at all - jt 2013-02-26 13:37:59
Curious about these bigger issues looming? - Domer99 2013-02-26 13:17:29
- I don't want to put words in BI's mouth but - irishhawk49 2013-02-26 13:30:02
  - And the mismatch would have been worse the prior year. - Domer99 2013-02-26 13:35:08
    - LSU has been a very poorly coached team offensively - jt 2013-02-26 13:40:12
      - I don't want to harp on the LSU comparison - Domer99 2013-02-26 13:46:41
        sure - jt 2013-02-26 13:47:36
        It's been continual thus far - Domer99 2013-02-26 14:03:06
To me the issue isn't the training techniques as much as - BAC69 2013-02-26 13:01:53
- which is much different than it was in the past - jt 2013-02-26 13:05:42
  - It's a level playing field. No excuses. * - SteakNFootball 2013-02-26 16:39:33
    - it's the same as it ever was - jt 2013-02-26 16:47:05
      - It's not the same. - SteakNFootball 2013-02-26 20:26:48
        cheating is probably less now than before - jt 2013-02-26 20:44:47
  - ND had other advantages a long time ago which it - BAC69 2013-02-26 13:53:57
    - more excuses (and factually inaccurate ones at that) * - jt 2013-02-26 14:12:59
    - '88 Fiesta; '77 Cotton; '73 Sugar - ThreeD 2013-02-26 14:04:27
I'm sure Longo's resume is long and illustrious - ACross 2013-02-26 13:01:20
- Yeah, well so is my Johnson. * - pmac98 2013-02-26 15:22:52
That's a defense? There's zero editorial there, just fact. - SEE 2013-02-26 12:40:38
- You call selective posting of old quotes "fact"? - ACross 2013-02-26 12:57:08
  - Are you now suspecting a nefarious motive? - SEE 2013-02-26 13:02:31
Agreed on all counts. Having said that, - Papa November 2013-02-26 12:39:58
- You have a strange understanding of statistical distribution - fontoknow 2013-02-26 13:16:02
  - except that's not what I said. - papanov ember 2013-02-26 16:20:19
  - claiming S&C guys are normal seems to be a bit far-fetched - ThreeD 2013-02-26 13:18:20
- More impactful: the training table or a good SC coach? - NavyJoe 2013-02-26 12:58:13
- Are your friends steroid dealers? - irishaddict 2013-02-26 12:57:57
  - Well fed 18 year olds can overcome poor coaching * - NavyJoe 2013-02-26 12:59:13
    - Not really, that's how you win a man's heart not his 40 time * - ProV1x 2013-02-26 15:18:53
      - Of course, I meant S&C coaching - NavyJoe 2013-02-26 15:56:41
- This is NOT a snarky post at all, but an honest question: - 53stackmonster 2013-02-26 12:52:20
  - Quick responses. - Papa November 2013-02-26 13:03:13
    - IIRC, you attributed the spate of hamstring issues in 2010.. - NavyJoe 2013-02-26 13:22:44
  - Not at all, which is why I have no opinion of whether Longo' - SEE 2013-02-26 12:53:43
    - I'm pretty sure nobody was confused on this point. - irishaddict 2013-02-26 12:58:51
      - Agree about that.Which is the idea of "defending" Longo - SEE 2013-02-26 13:12:23
        Sure read like a defense to me - irishaddict 2013-02-26 13:29:27
        That assumes I think combine results need defending. I - SEE 2013-02-26 14:04:55
    - I think he's asking PN. * - Ryno 2013-02-26 12:56:05
      - I'm trying to ski and keep up. Bad combo. * - SEE 2013-02-26 13:16:06
        video proof: - jt 2013-02-26 15:44:39
      - Correct. Question was for Papa. Sorry if unclear. * - 53stackmonster 2013-02-26 12:57:34
        it was crystal clear * - jt 2013-02-26 13:06:12
- Curious- if Longo is average/mediocre, would you be willing - Ryno 2013-02-26 12:51:36
No, it's not * - jt 2013-02-26 12:31:58

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