Team meeting in Colorado Springs

[westsidefan]

the negativity in this thread is amazing

 

[CowboyCO]

I live in Colorado Springs and I am friends with the former O-line coach at AF before Calhoun was hired. He said recruiting to a service academy was the hardest recruiting job he had ever had. Why? No NFL contracts dancing in their heads. You're not going to the NFL (at least not right away). You are going to basic training right away (before you even go to football practice). You are going to get up at reveille and do calisthenics with the other cadets before you go to class.

At the Academy, honor, duty, and commitment to excellence are more than words on a wall.

And they take those men that are willing to make that kind of commitment and turn them into a highly disciplined unit that can go beat 5* recruits at Notre Dame.

 

[ShanMan]

update on the team meeting?

 

[tennfever]

Please somebody take the job except cut

 

[tm3]

I live in Colorado Springs and I am friends with the former O-line coach at AF before Calhoun was hired. He said recruiting to a service academy was the hardest recruiting job he had ever had. Why? No NFL contracts dancing in their heads. You're not going to the NFL (at least not right away). You are going to basic training right away (before you even go to football practice). You are going to get up at reveille and do calisthenics with the other cadets before you go to class.

At the Academy, honor, duty, and commitment to excellence are more than words on a wall.

And they take those men that are willing to make that kind of commitment and turn them into a highly disciplined unit that can go beat 5* recruits at Notre Dame.

and maybe, just maybe, the character, integrity, and personal discipline those players bring to the football field have a greater ultimate payoff than a couple tenths of a second advantage in the 40 yard dash.