Post by aceback76 on Sept 26, 2017 10:37:13 GMT -6
John Gagliardi (born November 1, 1926) is a former American football coach. He was the head football coach at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota from 1953 until 2012. From 1949 to 1952, he was the head football coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. With a career record of 489–138–11, Gagliardi has the most wins of any coach in college football history. His Saint John's Johnnies teams won four national titles: the NAIA National Football Championship in 1963 and 1965, and the NCAA Division III National Football Championship in 1976 and 2003. Gagliardi was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
He stressed not faltering in preparing to be brilliant in the basics, and no lack of attention to fundamentals and the little things.
NO DISTRACTION FROM THE BASICS (FUNDAMENTALS): "Football is a game of mistakes". Four things go into winning (not losing) a football game.
1. Be brilliant in the BASICS.
2. Making fewer mistakes than the opposing team.
3. Inviting fewer penalties than the opposing team.
4. Suffering fewer officiating mistakes from the refs than the opposing team does (you can't control this but you CAN focus on the fundamentals -- make fewer mistakes and give the refs fewer reasons to call penalties).
He stressed not faltering in preparing to be brilliant in the basics, and no lack of attention to fundamentals and the little things.
NO DISTRACTION FROM THE BASICS (FUNDAMENTALS): "Football is a game of mistakes". Four things go into winning (not losing) a football game.
1. Be brilliant in the BASICS.
2. Making fewer mistakes than the opposing team.
3. Inviting fewer penalties than the opposing team.
4. Suffering fewer officiating mistakes from the refs than the opposing team does (you can't control this but you CAN focus on the fundamentals -- make fewer mistakes and give the refs fewer reasons to call penalties).