Who is the Strength Coach?

[temptn]

I thought the same about them compared to Oregon. There was a graphic where almost all their defense is is 4th and 5th year seniors. Grown ass men. Reminded me of the age difference when we played the Morman Mafia.

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That's a good point. The difference between a 17 year old and 23-24 year old is typically huge. With so many kids leaving early it is almost impossible to build a long term program. I think that is one reason that teams like BYU and Vandy typically have half way decent teams. Their players are motivated to stay for reasons other than to just make more money.
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[temptn]

It was like looking at a pic of VN posters

I resemble that remark.
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[VOLLeeann]

Hypertrophy does not equal power and force application. FYI.

 

[Volfan1000]

Kirk Schmidt is the strength and conditioning coach at Tennessee.

This has been a revolving door position at Tennessee since the Fulmer era.

 

[VolinMichigan]

We made big changes to S&C after the beat down by Nebraska in the 1997 Orange Bowl

Wouldn't hurt to do something similar

Yea we adopted the Nebraska training method of juicing to the gills.

 

[VolinMichigan]

Kirk Schmidt is the strength and conditioning coach at Tennessee.

This has been a revolving door position at Tennessee since the Fulmer era.

I think we’ve been pretty good in that department under CJH. Injuries haven’t hit us particularly hard the last few years.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Yea we adopted the Nebraska training method of juicing to the gills.

That's not true

 

[VolinMichigan]

That's not true

Which? That we were doing it or that Nebraska was?

 

[JRich]

The kids have to be willing to put in the work, put that extra plate on, push those extra reps, etc.

S&C is pretty much the same everywhere, sure there may be a couple of coaches that are on that test and do all the screaming and posturing, but it's about the work ethic of the player. Other schools just have better players. It's not always the coach.

 

[TJVol95]

We've slowly trended down in S&C since Heupel arrived, IMO.

Guess it’s the price to win more games and beat Bama and the turds twice.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Which? That we were doing it or that Nebraska was?

I know Nebraska was, and we might have had a player or two doing it.

 

[VolinMichigan]

I know Nebraska was, and we might have had a player or two doing it.

Just a player or two?

 

[MikeHoncho724]

Most D1 lineman arent ripped, for a reason.

They aren’t ripped but they are jacked. You can look at shoulders, traps, arms, and chest size as an indicator of strength. Linemen won’t be ripped, but they also shouldn’t look the way we looked.

 

[MikeHoncho724]

I've seen posters call for the jobs of Heupel. Pope. Elarbee. Banks. And now the S&C coach because OL look fat? What do you think OSU OL look like?

It's always been about the Jimmy's & Joes and always will be. It's about individual matchups and winning those. OSU has probably 12 NFL starters on the field. UT has probably 2.

Coaching/chemistry/scheme/etc. can overcome talent differences. But most of the time the team with the most talent will win.

Case in point. Everyone is praising Chip Kelly right now. He went 35-34 at UCLA. Jimmy's and Joes would be the answer for his record.

Enjoy the 10 win season. Championships or deep runs aren't happening until UT is recruiting at an elite level.

This would be a decent argument if we were in the top 5 recruiting/not being outbid in the portal for players.