He did not, nor could not, recruit a single athlete he was asked to build. Raw material is important...
McKnight leaving for Houston
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He did not, nor could not, recruit a single athlete he was asked to build. Raw material is important...
That's great...and where do you coach at? So easy to rip strength coaches at schools like UNI and NDSU and claim that they don't know their stuff and you do...on an anonymous message board.
CycloneErik
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You actually seem to speak with a modicum of experience and FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE. I miss the uninformed posters as they reinforce my negative attitude.
Very true - and there are TONS of effective strength coaches out there, those that get their athletes to progress both in functional strength and flexibility. If Oyster or Anthony are two of those, and they're sticking around, fine. We need to run the ball.
Classic....doesn't support whatever you want to believe so bash the guy who works in the field because he is being "anonymous" just like all of us.
You actually seem to speak with a modicum of experience and FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE. I miss the uninformed posters as they reinforce my negative attitude.
Don't worry Tornado Man is still here.
And UNI and NDSU have both been more physical than us when they've played us.
Claiming you know more than Jed Smith, a nationally-known strength coach currently at an top-level FCS school, and listing your "qualifications" without identifying yourself, well, sorry, don't buy it.
But for the rest of you who know nothing about the weights and are just impressed by his vocabulary...that's great.
UNI hasn't. NDSU maybe. UNI does a lot of things to negate their physical disadvantage up front. I wouldn't say we lost either game because we were less physically able. We lost both games on defense because we couldn't play disciplined at all. Offensively, like every other game we couldn't run the damn ball because our targeting was pretty bad and we had a freshman LT or RT.
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I'm guessing people are bashing Mcknight for either leaving or not being good at his job. Not unlike when Herman left and almost everyone applauded his departure. The problem is the grass is greener at Houstons football program than ISU, good luck to him, he played the hand he was dealt.
I'm guessing people are bashing Mcknight for either leaving or not being good at his job. Not unlike when Herman left and almost everyone applauded his departure. The problem is the grass is greener at Houstons football program than ISU, good luck to him, he played the hand he was dealt.
Sorry you missed my entire point. I'm not the one anonymously claiming that I know more than Jed Smith and Jim Kramer, and that they are ignorant. What BS.
Like what? The game in the trenches is a series of helmet-on-helmet battles. Physically.
If you knew his name and where he coached would it make you believe him? Highly doubtful.
On an anonymous message board you sometimes have to just put faith on which posters are believable. Kc clone kicks your butt on being believable although your attacks were noted by a few as being hateful. Nobody can take THAT away from you.
My point was not that they are terrible strength coaches. My point is that being a coach at a high profile school doesnt mean you are good. You have to have connections first off. I interned at ISU back in the day and have been in the SEC as well as coaching at the highest professional level. I have seen great coaches and terrible coaches at every level. The best coach I have ever seen was my high school baseball coach. I have coached with guys that got their job because they played in the NFL and no other reason and they were terrible coaches. I know Jed Smith squats his guys 4 days a week in season and every workout he does they train at or above 90% of their 1 rep max. I am not a fan of bashing other people....but he lifts his guys into the ground and they do very little speed work and mobility. But he is doing what he thinks is best for them and that is great. It is different than my philosophy. Training smart is sometimes better than training hard!
