Just an FYI on our S&C position....

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g8terh8ter_eric

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Smith has reached a deal to leave (but not agreeing to it), and barring something that is unforeseen Aaron Ausmus will be our new S&C Coach by the end of the week. That is all. :hi:
 
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This needs to happen quickly. Doesn't look good to the campers who are checking out the program.

But I am sure it is not the biggest of deals.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
This needs to happen quickly. Doesn't look good to the campers who are checking out the program.

But I am sure it is not the biggest of deals.
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I don't see it as a really big deal at all. I mean look at the turnout we had starting two weeks ago for camp.
 
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I hate losing Smith because of his ability. However with him and O not getting along I say bring on Ausmus. He will be a very capable replacement...
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
I don't see it as a really big deal at all. I mean look at the turnout we had starting two weeks ago for camp.
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may not have been a big deal for this camp but most HS players realize they need to get into a college weightroom to start competing for a position. Not having a S&C coach in place could be a negative when they choose to commit.
 
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utvolpj said:
may not have been a big deal for this camp but most HS players realize they need to get into a college weightroom to start competing for a position. Not having a S&C coach in place could be a negative when they choose to commit.
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Since most of the guys out there will not commit until between September and December, it wasn't a big deal at all. Not to mention, there will be many defections in commitments before NSD.
 
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VolDad said:
That makes no sense to me. What am I missing?
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Me either. Here's how I understand it....

1. He doesn't have to work and he still gets paid his contract for the time specified in it.

2. If he gets another job and it pays less, UT will pay the difference up to what he was making here. So, if he makes 200,000 somewhere else, we will pay the other 100,000 that equals what he would have gotten paid here.

3. If he gets another job that pays the same or more, then we are not liable to pay anything else.

That's my understanding.
 
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I think Ausmus will be great. He used to work thousands of hours in the weightroom at UT so it won't be like starting over. Between his many years as an athlete and coach, I am sure it will be like coming home. I think having a true 'Tennessee guy" in there can only help to build the program. Ausmus will bring back the old school, hardcore training without all the BS. He is a "Hatch" guy......

Gayle Hatch was one of those names. John Stucky, then the strength coach at Arkansas, was another. Stucky later hired Moffitt to work at Tennessee.

Moffitt used the Hatch system for training football players but also helped Aaron Ausmus rise from the ranks of the virtual unknown to NCAA indoor champion in the shot put in 1997.

When Moffitt left Tennessee for Miami, Chris Carlisle took his place. Stucky later retired, and Long took over Tennessee's program, ensuring the Hatch method would continue there.

Carlisle, who doesn't know Hatch but uses his system, is now the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Southern California, which is ranked No. 1 in both polls and hopes to stake a claim to the national championship with a Rose Bowl victory Jan. 1 over Michigan.

One of Carlisle's assistants at USC is Ausmus, Moffitt's former pupil. The Hatch system is spreading, and in some fairly respectable neighborhoods.

"If you were to take what Southern Cal does in the weight room, and what they do at Tennessee, and what we do here, and put them all side by side, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference," Moffitt said. "Miami too. Those are four pretty good teams."

According to the BCS standings, they are four of the top nine teams in the nation this season. LSU is No. 2, one spot ahead of USC.

The Hatch system is part of the blueprint for another champion LSU fans are aware of: running back Jay Lucas of Redemptorist, who has helped the Wolves to two state football titles and a state basketball title in the last 13 months. Lucas could become another Hatch man in purple and gold.

LSU defensive end Marcus Spears said the team's durability owes a lot to what the Tigers call their Fourth Quarter program, the offseason conditioning work.

"This year we didn't have that many guys get injured, and that's a tribute to the workouts," Spears said. "Guys are in shape and able to play for 60 minutes. That's where we get that motto."
 
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all that i know about our S&C program is the dietUSC before and after pictures when Smith was there. someone stated that his program is geared for football strength and explosiveness, not just heavy lifting. can the other guy produce these kind of results?
 
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Lofton4Three said:
I hate losing Smith because of his ability. However with him and O not getting along I say bring on Ausmus. He will be a very capable replacement...
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What happened between them?

I knew that something happened between one of the coaches and Smith, but I didn't ever hear who it was or what happened. Do we have anymore details?
 
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orange parmejohn said:
all that i know about our S&C program is the dietUSC before and after pictures when Smith was there. someone stated that his program is geared for football strength and explosiveness, not just heavy lifting. can the other guy produce these kind of results?
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Pretty much all S&C coaches have the philosophy of "football strength and explosiveness." Fulmer's staff did too.
 
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People have disagreed with me on this in the past, but I firmly believe that the strength coach is the most important member of the staff in each sport.

I can also say from speaking with many close to the situation, if Fulmer had replaced Johnny Long two years ago as many tried to get him to do, the disasters of 2007 and the 2008 season never would have happened, and he would still be the head coach. Newcomers to the program at that time were shocked at how much the Tennessee Football Strength program had fallen off.

The biggest problem that this program faced over recent years is a lack of attention to detail, and that absolutely started in the weight room.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
People have disagreed with me on this in the past, but I firmly believe that the strength coach is the most important member of the staff in each sport.

I can also say from speaking with many close to the situation, if Fulmer had replaced Johnny Long two years ago as many tried to get him to do, the disasters of 2007 and the 2008 season never would have happened, and he would still be the head coach. Newcomers to the program at that time were shocked at how much the Tennessee Football Strength program had fallen off.

The biggest problem that this program faced over recent years is a lack of attention to detail, and that absolutely started in the weight room.
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No doubt it's important and vital, but it's a stretch to say he's the most important coach. The strength coach wasn't going to help the Clawfense perform better. It's a two-way street.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
People have disagreed with me on this in the past, but I firmly believe that the strength coach is the most important member of the staff in each sport.

I can also say from speaking with many close to the situation, if Fulmer had replaced Johnny Long two years ago as many tried to get him to do, the disasters of 2007 and the 2008 season never would have happened, and he would still be the head coach. Newcomers to the program at that time were shocked at how much the Tennessee Football Strength program had fallen off.

The biggest problem that this program faced over recent years is a lack of attention to detail, and that absolutely started in the weight room.
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I could not agree with you more. this is 100% spot on.
 
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JZVOL said:
No doubt it's important and vital, but it's a stretch to say he's the most important coach. The strength coach wasn't going to help the Clawfense perform better. It's a two-way street.
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And I can agree with that to a certain extent, but I think guys that had been led thru an off-season program that paid attention to the little things and was heavy on discipline (which I'll tell you wasn't the case in the later Long years) would have been much quicker on the uptake in the Clawfense.

Detail and discipline are two of the most important things that separate mediocre from great. A great player that plays without discipline will never be more than mediocre. A player with less talent that does everything right and busts it every day will outplay his talent level.

It all starts in the offseason. A player doesn't loaf in the weight room, then turn it on when camp opens in the fall.

Fulmer thought that they could, and overlooked the problems in the S&C program. "Just make them ready for Saturday," was what he always said. Ultimately, that lack of discipline bled over to practice and games, and now we have a new head football coach.
 
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