Post by carookie on Apr 12, 2016 22:20:54 GMT -6
This brings up an interesting question.
At the last program I was at the HC did not believe that strength and weights was the cornerstone of a good program (i was the DC and tried to covey to him that this was the reason we struggled to tackle). He simply refused to take roll, get on kids about not showing up in the offseason etc. When it came down to playing guys, he played the guys who had the most talent even though they didn't work hard in the off season. It used to drive me bananas.
I always wondered is this guy lazy? Then I came to conclusion that back in the day when he played and first started coaching weights and off season training was not year round. And maybe since that is how he was brought up then maybe he incapable of changing. Has anyone else experienced this?
We hired multiple S&C guys, and they would quit, because he just wanted them to do his pieced together program that had little scientific merit. Basically, the only purpose of lifting wts was to get a good max to sell to college programs or to fill time. This guy was not lazy though (we'd put in multiple hours a week conditioning and watching films year round), he just had little understanding of how lifting weights could improve an athlete, and to an extent placed too much value on the small sample size of what he did when he played/coached at other places.