@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Welcome Coach to P-5 football:
The little things you’re talking about don’t happen overnight. Leipold and staff did not have a spring to install their system and way of doing things. Fall practice is when that installation happened and it’s obvious this team and staff are still learning. Knowing formations, QB’s going through progressions, receivers learning the route trees, these are things that can vary from coach to coach and it takes time to learn these things and get quality reps.
The only thing you said that shouldn’t be a problem is ball security. The fumbles that have happened, particularly against ISU were careless and preventable. Most of the other stuff you mentioned comes down to a lack of experience within the new systems in place and there will be growing pains this year. Progression this year will be those types of errors happening with less frequency by November.
I concur.
I had another instructor who always said “be brilliant in the basics”. Without a lock on the fundamentals it’s really difficult to advance in just about anything.
But, I’m also interested in the “other stuff”. How much time are they putting in to studying the playbook outside of practice? Are they hitting the weight room and conditioning like they should? Are they getting enough rest? Are they eating right? I know they are college kids and should enjoy their time at that age, but if one wants to be a premier D-1 athlete, every individual must ask himself if he is willing to put in the time and the sweat and the sacrifice to get better. One has to be mentally tough as well as physically tough to play this game. I just don’t know where this team is on either front.
Appreciate your insights.
