Post by buckeye7525 on Jul 28, 2009 19:27:10 GMT -6
Tonight at practice during our lineman's conditioning I have a few guys who wanted to start bickering with each other. I let it go a couple times, really because I wanted to see how the others handled it, hoping that it would be resovled internally.
Finally I had enough and put the whole unit on the line (we were pushing the sled for conditioning) and ended up running about 3 full gassers and 3 half gassers (in about 7 minutes), with me just ripping them up and down about this.
After a few of them I began to talk to them about how we are a family within a family, being an offensive line, and if we have bickering during conditioning it becomes a habit and pretty soon you start to play the blame game when things don't work out during the season (this was a major problem last season).
We talked a little bit more as a unit following practice about this because I want to nip this kind of thing in the bud before it starts to run rampent throughout our line. My assisant made a great comment about how a real leader is a guy who does things the right way and leads by example, not someone who has to yell and drop f-bombs. I retiterated that as far as I am concerned the matter is over and that I am still proud of how hard they worked the last week and how far ahead we are of where we were last year.
I think it set in because I had three of my freshman come up to me as they were leaving the lockerroom saying, "coach we understand what you mean."
With that rediculusly long winded story over, how do you guys handled it when players start bickering within your team during practice or a game? I understand that competitors will get chippy at time but I don't want to tear a unit apart either.
Finally I had enough and put the whole unit on the line (we were pushing the sled for conditioning) and ended up running about 3 full gassers and 3 half gassers (in about 7 minutes), with me just ripping them up and down about this.
After a few of them I began to talk to them about how we are a family within a family, being an offensive line, and if we have bickering during conditioning it becomes a habit and pretty soon you start to play the blame game when things don't work out during the season (this was a major problem last season).
We talked a little bit more as a unit following practice about this because I want to nip this kind of thing in the bud before it starts to run rampent throughout our line. My assisant made a great comment about how a real leader is a guy who does things the right way and leads by example, not someone who has to yell and drop f-bombs. I retiterated that as far as I am concerned the matter is over and that I am still proud of how hard they worked the last week and how far ahead we are of where we were last year.
I think it set in because I had three of my freshman come up to me as they were leaving the lockerroom saying, "coach we understand what you mean."
With that rediculusly long winded story over, how do you guys handled it when players start bickering within your team during practice or a game? I understand that competitors will get chippy at time but I don't want to tear a unit apart either.
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