Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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utkevdawg1 said:
Post the recipe or STHeckU.

Also I'm cranky because I have a procedure tomorrow and am not allowed to eat anything today. Wrong time to see that as waffles are top five breakfast loves for me.

Edit: Maybe hold off until tomorrow afternoon to post the recipe...
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Only click if you want to know. But don't eat anything before your procedure. Seriously, my wife is an OR nurse and people have lied to them and nearly died because of it. Don't eat anything. It's serious.

1 scoop cinnamon roll protein powder from my protein.com
1 egg or 3tbsp of egg whites
1 tsp baking powder
if too thick just add a little water.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
My wife made waffles this morning out of cinnamon roll protein powder. Holy crap they’re good! 127 cals for 23 grams of protein 😍
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I know we have seen some discussion on weight loss in the past especially with @nicksjuzunk. My own personal experience if anyone cares...I am not unhealthy per se. I work out 5 days a week for 1.5 to 2 hours but in March (27th I think) I weighed 197 in my yearly physical. I needed a change...heaviest I have ever been. Last week, 169. I want to drop 9 more pounds. The diet I have followed...Keto. I started on June 3rd and have lost 28 pounds in 2 months as of August 3rd.
 
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Sleegro said:
Most kids aren't ready right away.
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yep. people forget/ignore this as a possibility because we suck, and every new guy has to be immediately better than the old guy, because all the old guys have done is lose.

so if the new guy isn't great now, then he sucks too, cause we don't have time to wait on him to be ready.

another reason why "the profile" for the types of kids we need to bring in has to matter. physically we know we've been lacking.

but it also takes the right mix of personalities to take on a challenge like we have.....cause some just do need to develop some, regardless of how readily available playing time might be.

i think we're on the fortunate side of the scale with the number of kids that have been brought in the last two years, that actually DO appear to be ready to contribute right away......that JJP isn't, isn't saying anything.............yet. :)
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
All of what follows is just my understanding/opinion.

Last week during staff interviews Chaney said we needed to find the 18-20 guys that will play on our offense this year. Ainge talked about this in the preseason last year. He said for games that are competitive you really only play around 40 guys. There may be others that play on special teams that make the participation list but they’re not part of the offensive and defensive rotations in tightly contested ball games. Again, this is for games that are competitive. For games that are blowouts one way or the other you can use those games to get some experience for guys not in the regular offensive and defensive rotations.

One of the other things Ainge talked about last year is that fall camp is a lot shorter than many may think. The last week of fall camp the rotations should be set and then the next week is game week So at least the back 2 weeks leading up to the first game are sort of booked. The time between the 5 day acclimation period and the start of those 2 weeks all the guys are competing to make that 40 man rotation, approximately 20 on each side of the ball. This number could be more or less but the number is limited to the best players and then those players work together to develop chemistry or our Team Identity.

This doesn’t change the fact that with our teachers everyone is continuing to develop because if one of the top guys goes down or for some reason struggles we need a pool of players to pull from to keep our best rotations for the tougher games. Another factor that could lead to a change in the rotations is how fast some of the younger more athletically gifted guys are able to demonstrate in weekly practices consistency at executing what they are being taught.

We just completed day 3 of the 5 day acclimation period. I think by NCAA rule we have to take at least one day off per week so I’m guessing sometime between now and Thursday we have to have an off day. We have 2 more practices and then the pads go on and then, according to Pruitt, the real competition to make the rotations begin. Only with pads on can it be determined who is going to be a football player and who is not. So once pads come on we should have at the most 2 weeks for the competition to shake out who the top 20 (plus or minus) guys are for the rotations on both sides of the ball.

We don’t really have a depth chart per se because if for example we need to replace one of our cornerbacks we want the next best athlete/guy in the defensive back room, hence, we do a lot of cross training.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the guys with experience, the guys who have played ball for us in the past and even the new guys who were here in the winter and spring, they’re mostly going to be ahead of the guys that just got here this summer, in regards to having had the opportunity to learn what our staff is teaching. I think I finally figured out why this is so important and it’s in Pruitt’s oft repeated phrase, we want guys who will play the right way. Change the words “the right way” in that phrase to “the way they’re taught” and it begins to make a lot more sense. Consistency, mental toughness, things like that are all embedded in playing the way our coaches are teaching. A lack of mental toughness is synonymous with losing focus and becoming distracted from doing the things the way the guys have been taught.

We have a lot more than 40 players that many of us think can play. We’ll soon find out who our coaches think are those top 40 heading into game one. I think if Trey Smith comes back in time he probably gets an automatic slot in the rotation. The same goes for Solomon’s waiver. I think the consensus is if he’s eligible he’s a starter.

After or while we’re figuring out our rotations we also need to make up our touch list. How many times are we going to try to get the ball into the hands of each of our playmakers? As fans we think so and so ought to be getting some touches and when you add all those touches up there’s just not that many plays in the ball game. The rule for making the touch list is Think Players NOT Plays. How many times do we want to get the ball in Jennings hands per game? How about Wood-Anderson? Chandler? Callaway? Some of these guys need more than one or two touches in order perform at a high level. Nobody is going to be 100% on every target or touch. Remember when fans were complaining about the incessant rotation Azzanni was using for our receivers? The thinking was that some running backs and receivers may do better the longer they’re in the game and have an opportunity to figure out the defensive players they’re up against and get into the rhythm of the game.

Anyway, these tables are presented as an example of what our rotations and touch list could look like:

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Good post is good.
 
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Talking weight loss and such, the new gym is now officially open. Went by at lunch today to scope it out, the only negative (which I expected) was they don't have a power rack.

So squats will be on the smith machine or with dumbbells :(

Other than that I dig the layout, colors, and cleanliness of it. Plenty of cardio machines (including step climbers @Big Gucci Sosa) after a bit of research I found a solid total body 3 day split, will use the other 2 days to do abs/cardio.

Have lost about 10lbs already just from portion control, not doing keto or anything specific just trying to eat less per meal mostly.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Talking weight loss and such, the new gym is now officially open. Went by at lunch today to scope it out, the only negative (which I expected) was they don't have a power rack.

So squats will be on the smith machine or with dumbbells :(

Other than that I dig the layout, colors, and cleanliness of it. Plenty of cardio machines (including step climbers @Big Gucci Sosa) after a bit of research I found a solid total body 3 day split, will use the other 2 days to do abs/cardio.

Have lost about 10lbs already just from portion control, not doing keto or anything specific just trying to eat less per meal mostly.
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Switch to single leg squats or just work some lunges in. I’ve never liked smith machine squats it feels so off
 
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Big Gucci Sosa said:
Switch to single leg squats or just work some lunges in. I’ve never liked smith machine squats it feels so off
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Yeah not a fan myself. The split does Bulgarian Splits Squats in the Workout B so I'll probably try it out in the smith machine. Move to DB squats if too much of a headache, or just find a machine that can replicate the full range of motion.
 
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Wickman said:
I know what you’re saying but a lot of these bs stat lines correlate to wins. JG is not our problem (as you already know).
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What’s the point of converting 3 downs if you can’t score?...he has control over that👀🤷🏽‍♂️ I’ve seen nothing from him that says starter other than knowing the playbook and being here longer.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Yeah not a fan myself. The split does Bulgarian Splits Squats in the Workout B so I'll probably try it out in the smith machine. Move to DB squats if too much of a headache, or just find a machine that can replicate the full range of motion.
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Or find a real gym that has proper equipment and not one that hands out tootsie rolls and pizza...

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