My concerns, 10 points listed.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:50 pm
I've heard some details from members of the athletic department and people who work them that I believe that concerns me. These are some of the issues I've heard about.
1. Lax practice schedule. The decision was made to take the fall easy, usually going at half speed. Pursuit drills and difficult workouts were eliminated and hitting was limited to only a few times in total. During the season practices have maintained that schedule, sometimes being taken off entirely, such as the bye-week when the players were given the week off of football.
2. Film study. There are no expectations for outside film study. Some guys on the team are spending time doing film study, but a lot are not.
3. Strength and Conditioning. Some of this information comes from people who are trying to CYA, so take it with a grain of salt. There has been a lot of complaining about S&C and the methodologies being poor, but one of the things I've heard is that it's not the program that's bad, it's that only one or two position groups are actually requiring their guys to put in the full time in the S&C and that the reason players are obviously weaker and slower than UMASS is because they simply are not working out. I personally think that the program is also outdated and not utilizing the latest research into training for fast movements.
4. School studies. News is slowly starting to leak out from other players that this year's team has the lowest GPA ever recorded by the football team. Apparently academics isn't considered important.
5. Drinking, Drugs, DUIs. The coaching staff tried to implement LaVell's "sweep it under the rug" philosophy of HC violations without understanding that today's social media and sports reporting business is going to find out everything.
6. Frivolous activities. BYU fans complained endlessly that BYU players were doing a 45 minute fireside in the days before games. Now, the players are going golfing, to see movies, and doing other activities that don't exactly prep them for the game.
7. Locker room/Team room. Word is that it's a big party in the team room with lots of game systems, candies, donuts, etc. One of the first things Bronco did when he took over for Crowton was eliminate all the candy and junk food from the team room and replaced it with healthy snacks. That has been changed back.
8. Team fighting. I've heard some rumors that fights are brewing between the players who actually work out, and those who are coasting.
9. Coaches fighting. We hear all week from Kalani about how the offense needs to open it up, throw down field, and be aggressive. Then after the game Kalani goes on the air and says the offense is "throwing the freaking ball too much," and that he doesn't know what the offensive game plan is or why they did what they did. Why isn't Kalani talking to Ty Detmer during the week? Why isn't he talking to him during the game? He should know, as the head coach, that the game plan for the next game is to do X Y and Z. If he disagrees with that, he should help formulate a plan for which he agrees with. I still have yet to hear him say having the 100th ranked passing defense is a problem.
10. Losing to UMASS. Simply unacceptable.
1. Lax practice schedule. The decision was made to take the fall easy, usually going at half speed. Pursuit drills and difficult workouts were eliminated and hitting was limited to only a few times in total. During the season practices have maintained that schedule, sometimes being taken off entirely, such as the bye-week when the players were given the week off of football.
2. Film study. There are no expectations for outside film study. Some guys on the team are spending time doing film study, but a lot are not.
3. Strength and Conditioning. Some of this information comes from people who are trying to CYA, so take it with a grain of salt. There has been a lot of complaining about S&C and the methodologies being poor, but one of the things I've heard is that it's not the program that's bad, it's that only one or two position groups are actually requiring their guys to put in the full time in the S&C and that the reason players are obviously weaker and slower than UMASS is because they simply are not working out. I personally think that the program is also outdated and not utilizing the latest research into training for fast movements.
4. School studies. News is slowly starting to leak out from other players that this year's team has the lowest GPA ever recorded by the football team. Apparently academics isn't considered important.
5. Drinking, Drugs, DUIs. The coaching staff tried to implement LaVell's "sweep it under the rug" philosophy of HC violations without understanding that today's social media and sports reporting business is going to find out everything.
6. Frivolous activities. BYU fans complained endlessly that BYU players were doing a 45 minute fireside in the days before games. Now, the players are going golfing, to see movies, and doing other activities that don't exactly prep them for the game.
7. Locker room/Team room. Word is that it's a big party in the team room with lots of game systems, candies, donuts, etc. One of the first things Bronco did when he took over for Crowton was eliminate all the candy and junk food from the team room and replaced it with healthy snacks. That has been changed back.
8. Team fighting. I've heard some rumors that fights are brewing between the players who actually work out, and those who are coasting.
9. Coaches fighting. We hear all week from Kalani about how the offense needs to open it up, throw down field, and be aggressive. Then after the game Kalani goes on the air and says the offense is "throwing the freaking ball too much," and that he doesn't know what the offensive game plan is or why they did what they did. Why isn't Kalani talking to Ty Detmer during the week? Why isn't he talking to him during the game? He should know, as the head coach, that the game plan for the next game is to do X Y and Z. If he disagrees with that, he should help formulate a plan for which he agrees with. I still have yet to hear him say having the 100th ranked passing defense is a problem.
10. Losing to UMASS. Simply unacceptable.