If I'm Ron Prince and Timmy Weiser . . .

[sonofdaxjones]

I triple what this guy is making at Florida, and make him the Director of S&C at KSU, and the head football strength coach.



Matt Balis
CSCS, NSCA
Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning
Football Strength Coach

[WildCatzPhreak]

crap I'd be content with "satan."

Our basketball players look more muscular than our football players.

[Racquetball_Ninja]

Come on Dax, you know you can't coach speed!  Although... I will admit that the Florida D was nasty!  Big, strong, and mean.  I just don't know that we'll ever get more than a few of those kind of athletes here.  Sh*t that thought is football depressing...

[fatty fat fat]

And again, another national championship team that has been recruiting lights out for years now......

[Racquetball_Ninja]

And again, another national championship team that has been recruiting lights out for years now......

Meh, Boise St. would have rocked Florida.     Just kidding...

[catinthehat]

sure you can coach speed, it's their job to do that.  they can take a 4.55 guy and make him a 4.5 guy.  and there ar a ton of good strength guys out there, you just let one get away.  The strength coach can't make the player get stronger and faster, that is up to the player.  as soon as you change that attitude the rest will fall in line.  you have got to want to put in the championship level dedication to weight training.  how many guys did you have this year to out of shape to even practice?  that isn't strength coaches faulty

nebraska had the exact same problem under Solich.  A small degree of complacency set in.  Players wouldn't follow the programs, eat right, train right.  they would sign in for workouts, then just walk away, come back in 2 hours and sign out.  When you have something like that you get rid of the players not the coaches unless the coach doesn't care either

[cireksu]

Oh, so you can coach speed but it's a foregone conclusion that Lamark brown is too slow to be a WR.

[catinthehat]

to slow for WR?  I don't know about that.   I guess the question is, you have  a natural athlete that can play several positions well, maybe some better than others.  the question then becomes, when do you want this kid to make a differance on the field?  If you want him to make a differance next season he plays linebacker, maybe safety.  if you want to see him play wr and make a differance you need to be prepared for atleast a 2 season project.  if he comes in at wr this year and burns his redshirt the odds are stacked very very high against him.  not because he is a bad wr but because the position is really hard to learn, especially for a guy that has played so much defense.  he isn't even considered a wr yet.  Either that or he takes a redshirt and waits a year that way.

so yeah, he could be a good possesion type wr in 2 years, or he can be an awesome linebacker in 7 months.  For a team needing playmakers on both sides of the ball it's an easy decision for me.

[waks]

will you atleast decide if you are a Husker or a KSU fan. I'm getting sick of trying to keep up with your multiple personalities. If you are going to post on this board, the least you can do is stay a Husker or try and bullcrap us again into believing that you are KSU fan.

[cireksu]

I thought in another thread, he was waaaaaay too slow for wideout at 4.5

[sonofdaxjones]

What has been the knock on SEC teams, all speed no physicality.   Well, not only did Florida out speed Ohio State they out muscled them as well.

And yes, you can teach speed, you can improve speed . . . if you couldn't there would be no reason to have sprint coaches in track and field and no reason to send sprinters into the weightroom . . . there's a reason world class sprinters are all ripped.   There's also a reason companies sell tons of sprint form parachutes and sprint sleds to football programs.

[ksuno1stunner]

to slow for WR?  I don't know about that.   I guess the question is, you have  a natural athlete that can play several positions well, maybe some better than others.  the question then becomes, when do you want this kid to make a differance on the field?  If you want him to make a differance next season he plays linebacker, maybe safety.  if you want to see him play wr and make a differance you need to be prepared for atleast a 2 season project.  if he comes in at wr this year and burns his redshirt the odds are stacked very very high against him.  not because he is a bad wr but because the position is really hard to learn, especially for a guy that has played so much defense.  he isn't even considered a wr yet.  Either that or he takes a redshirt and waits a year that way.

so yeah, he could be a good possesion type wr in 2 years, or he can be an awesome linebacker in 7 months.  For a team needing playmakers on both sides of the ball it's an easy decision for me.

Calvin Johnson.  6'4'' 235.  Wide Receiver.  Projected #1 Player.