Hiring a strength coach

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I think at times our defense looked a little weak physically this year, how much of this could be contributed to a strength coach? For instance Laron Landry,

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We have a strength and conditioning coach. His name is Johnny Long.
 
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And Jacques McClendon broke the UT bench record at 560 lbs. I think that kind of thing falls into individual effort. Also for LaRon to be as big as he is while maintaining his speed and agility is an extremely rare feat.
 
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I know what you are saying and we do have a strength Coach.

We had a strength coach that went to USC several years ago. I do not remember his name but ever since he left we seemed to drop off in conditioning...
 
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we also aren't as physical as I can remember. Maybe the new-age athlete just isn't as physical.
 
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DC Vol said:
And Jacques McClendon broke the UT bench record at 560 lbs. I think that kind of thing falls into individual effort. Also for LaRon to be as big as he is while maintaining his speed and agility is an extremely rare feat.
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Maybe a little help from some bottles? Im just sayin
 
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There was an article not too long talking about the UT strength and conditioning coaches from the nineties. One of them is now at USC. The other is at LSU. Is it just a coincidence those guys look like men compared to our boys? Maybe. Also, the article criticizing Fulmer a few months back said that the weight room from the nineties was ultra competitive and extremely serious. Some of the football alumni claim that today guys goof off in there and don't take lifting seriously. I'm not sure if any of that is true, but I'm just putting it out there. Anytime a huge guy like Demonte Bolden gets blown off the line on a third and short I think about these things.
 
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I remember reading a lot of press this past summer talking about how rigorous our conditioning was last year. Apparently it was all hype.
 
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kptvol said:
There was an article not too long talking about the UT strength and conditioning coaches from the nineties. One of them is now at USC. The other is at LSU. Is it just a coincidence those guys look like men compared to our boys? Maybe. Also, the article criticizing Fulmer a few months back said that the weight room from the nineties was ultra competitive and extremely serious. Some of the football alumni claim that today guys goof off in there and don't take lifting seriously. I'm not sure if any of that is true, but I'm just putting it out there. Anytime a huge guy like Demonte Bolden gets blown off the line on a third and short I think about these things.
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I remember those articles. I think the weight room should be considered another part of their job, not somewhere to goof off.
 
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tim said:
I remember reading a lot of press this past summer talking about how rigorous our conditioning was last year. Apparently it was all hype.
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I think they have good endurance. I wonder about strength, sometimes.
 
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Seems like this subject comes up every year. The issue of whether or not UT is as physical or as strong as the best programs in the SEC.

UT's defensive line is not at the level it needs to be, there is no quesiton of that. They are not dominant.
 
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There was a write up in the KNS after the whole fire Fulmer deal saying that some of the former players are saying it's tougher now than it used to be when they played... who knows?

I remember being at the Fla game in '06 and watching Micheal Frogg get knocked back on his rear end at the goal line. He got benched not long after that, so was that strength conditioning or physical ability?
 
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Johnny Long is the white Trooper Taylor.. But with better facial hair.. Everyone around where I sit at is constantly noticing the fact that our guys get manhandled alot more often now then let's say the 90's.. I'm pretty certain to say that none of us were consultants on ' Pumping Iron ' with Arnold Scwarzenegger, but I'm pretty sure the change in toughness and power has been noted by many... As evidenced by this thread...
 
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volsforever27 said:
I remember being at the Fla game in '06 and watching Micheal Frogg get knocked back on his rear end at the goal line. He got benched not long after that, so was that strength conditioning or physical ability?
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Frogg was a walk-on with limited ability that was forced into action. It's probably not a coincidence that Josh McNeil got on the field as early in his career as he did
 
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The weight room is just as important as anything else in football. You can have perfect blocking technique but if you can only bench 125 you're going to get cleat marks down your back.
 
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Whoa fellas lets think about this we already lost one towel waver. If we get rid of the other one we might not win one game next year.

Is it possible to have Tennessee football without people on the sideline waving a towel?

Seriously, I was calling for a new S&C coach after 2005. I'm not a big Long fan, more so after he made some kind of excuse in the KNS about having eight weeks instead of 12 to work out. While all these schools with 8 weeks also are blowing us off the line and such.
 
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I don't think strength is the problem. In fact, I think it's dangerous to be too concerned with strength over talent. Lots of "workout warriors" post great numbers and look good in their Under Armour but don't translate it to the field. Kinda like speed doesn't automatically make you a great WR. Strength and speed are great tools to have but in the end, you gotta play football. Having said that, even if you are hung up on the numbers even that doesn't appear to be that big an issue. Consider:

Jacques McClendon set a new OL bench record at 565 lb.

Nick Reveiz power cleaned 362, a new LB record.

Luke Stocker set a new TE squat record at 525.

Ja'Kouri Williams set the WR bench record at 415.

Heck, even our new kicker Lincoln set the power clean mark for kickers at 300 lbs.

I've also included a link to a John Adams article that addresses this issue.

Adams: Ex-players need update on current events : Columns : GoVolsXtra.com
 
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