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Title: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 15, 2010, 06:36:25 PM
Can't believe LHCBS didn't think of more pushups earlier.


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Drilling Defense

Not even a full week into the new policy, Tre Walker has already had had an up-close encounter with the LHC Bill Snyder Family Stadium turf. The recently named Freshman All-American has felt his nose touch the cold turf on several occasions. "I've already done probably 20- some up-downs," the linebacker said on Wednesday, and there are certainly more to come. It may or may not have any effect, but don't accuse LHC Bill Snyder of not making every possible effort to sure up his 118th-ranked rush defense before it takes the field for one, final time this season in a New Era Pinstripe Bowl Appearance against Syracuse.

A militant style of penance is alive and kicking on the practice field in Manhattan, Kan., this postseason. The more tackles a defensive player misses in a drill and scrimmages, the more pushups he does, and the tally being kept isn't some kind of loose estimate. Watchful eyes are prying.

   
LHC Bill Snyder and his coaches have begun preparations for the Pinstripe Bowl later this month.
"We've only been doing it for not even a week," Walker said, "The most I've seen somebody have to do was 35 so far."

Each misstep is worth five, a total that could increase as bowl-season practices wear on. Fistfuls of in-pad pushups aren't simple, but, then again, the Wildcats defense has made tackling look much harder than in recent weeks. It's unlikely that the pushup punishment alone will make a stunning difference for a unit that has appeared to be a step slow all season, but according to the players doing them, its the accountability the rule breeds that matters.

"They say you practice how you play, and we want to be focused," safety Tysyn Hartman said. "We're trying to develop better practice habits. Those things can add up out there, too."

A few sore arms and a renewed sense of responsibility alone aren't going to completely shut down a rush-heavy Syracuse offense or its tailback, senior Delone Carter, who has rushed for 1,060 yards this season. The Orange's offense isn't exactly a juggernaut, but K-State has shown a knack for making even average attacks look like the Spanish Armada in a shootout with a rubber ducky.

"I think we've gotten their attention to a certain degree, Snyder said, before going on to discuss his Dec. 30th opponent's offensive tendencies. "They are a very physical offensive line with a two-back offense.

"The running back is a thousand-plus-yard rusher. He's nifty and he picks his holes well. They run the same kinds of things as we do."

The tweaks to the defensive approach at practice go beyond a few calisthenics. It's just that reporters have a better chance at walking from here to New York on their hands than getting Snyder to discuss them.

"I'm not telling you," he said quickly putting to bed questions about his defensive approach on Wednesday.

The rapid-fire response was unmistakably Snyder-esque. A coach that has earned reputation for being paranoid and secretive when it comes to … well, everything, he's treating the Bowl season no differently. So much for the holiday spirit, as giving the gift of information is not something the leader of the Wildcat football program seems willing to do.

His players are a bit more loose-lipped when it comes to the defensive changes, but not much. Then again, even saying they exist is sharing more information than Snyder is comfortable with leaking.

"I can't really get into all the different things we've been doing, but we've been doing some different things," Walker, who wouldn't say which player holds the early record for pushup following a practice, said. "Syracuse has TV. Syracuse watches TV. We watch TV too, so I just can't talk about it."

Whatever is being done to help plug the leak that has helped 123 points trickle through during K-State's last three games has roughly two weeks to stick before one last test, the site of which will be Yankee Stadium.

"We understand how serious this is," Walker said. "I think it's finally been driven home."

 :facepalm:


Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: doom on December 15, 2010, 06:42:57 PM
They were going to make the number go with missed tackles in the UNT game but then realized that everyone would be dead. 
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 15, 2010, 06:48:21 PM
I wonder if Cosh is on the "watchful eyes" or "pushups tallying" duty.

Whatever the case, this time they're really getting serious.  Like REAL serious.



Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: WillieWatanabe on December 15, 2010, 06:48:45 PM
 :zzz:
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Trim on December 15, 2010, 06:57:10 PM
Pushups = bigger, stronger arms = more successful arm tackling.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 15, 2010, 06:59:57 PM
"They say you practice how you play, and we want to be focused," safety Tysyn Hartman said. "We're trying to develop better practice habits. Those things can add up out there, too."

 :thumbsup:

Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: catzacker on December 15, 2010, 07:11:57 PM
I hope Bill takes their names off the backs of their jerseys.  that seemed to really work the last time.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Rams on December 15, 2010, 07:17:32 PM
"We understand how serious this is"..."I think it's finally been driven home."

Christ on a rough ridin' crutch!! Let's see...you're the 118th ranked rush defense and you turned the likes of North rough ridin' Texas' running back into a Heisman candidate.  But high schoolesque up-downs 2 weeks before a shitty rough ridin' bowl game are what finally drove it home!?!??!!   :goodbyecruelworld:

i quit.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: michigancat on December 15, 2010, 07:21:59 PM
I'm glad they're doing pushups as punishment, I can't tell you how much that strategy helped my Jr. High team in the SKL postseason. 
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: KSUBrian on December 15, 2010, 07:51:31 PM
"They say you practice how you play, and we want to be focused," safety Tysyn Hartman said. "We're trying to develop better practice habits. Those things can add up out there, too."

 :thumbsup:



Don't they think that maybe this should have been worked on like maybe....last spring?  Did the defensive coaches just sit on their hands for the last year? Last year I remember several HCBS quotes about practice changes they were going to make to correct deficiencies and the D got better throughout the year.  This year all that happened was the D got progressively worse.  Did HCBS mettle in the D more and push the DCs last year since VK was new to his staff and this year he sat back and trusted Cosh to do his job and he didn't?  Are maybe we seeing he JL influence on practices?
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Pendergast on December 15, 2010, 08:14:58 PM
He's nifty.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Dugout DickStone on December 15, 2010, 08:25:05 PM
I wonder if Cosh is on the "watchful eyes" or "pushups tallying" duty.

Whatever the case, this time they're really getting serious.  Like REAL serious.





Cosh makes sure they go all the way down, and lock out their arms at the top.  Billy helps.  IT'S THAT SERIOUS!
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 15, 2010, 08:48:19 PM
When I hear things like "militant style of penance" and "I think we've gotten their attention to a certain degree", I know things are really getting serious.

Thanks for fixing the problem, Bill.



Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: sonofdaxjones on December 15, 2010, 08:51:14 PM
OB has clearly gone to the well that Frank's been dipping his cup into a lot lately.   This "get tough" policy no doubt has shirt tucks everywhere standing a little taller, tucking in their shirts a little tighter, "Coach'll get them boys toughend up, you can tell he's real serious like about this bowl game . . . now rassle me up some supper woman!!"

Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wiley on December 15, 2010, 08:56:07 PM
there were times when opposing blockers would come through a hole with absolutely no one to block.  how in the eff is push ups going to fix timid players and stupidity?
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Dugout DickStone on December 15, 2010, 09:07:41 PM
OB has clearly gone to the well that Frank's been dipping his cup into a lot lately.   This "get tough" policy no doubt has shirt tucks everywhere standing a little taller, tucking in their shirts a little tighter, "Coach'll get them boys toughend up, you can tell he's real serious like about this bowl game . . . now rassle me up some supper woman!!"



EXTRA MONTH OF PRACTICE!!!!!
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: KSUTOMMY on December 15, 2010, 09:26:47 PM
Nothing and I mean NOTHING says working on fundamentals like having guys do rough ridin' push ups! Just when I thought this staff couldn't get any more Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!), they go and do this... and TOTALLY redeem themselves! Dumbasses.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 15, 2010, 09:42:21 PM
there were times when opposing blockers would come through a hole with absolutely no one to block.  how in the eff is push ups going to fix timid players and stupidity?


I'm assuming Snyder is fixing Cosh with pushups as well. 

Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Pett on December 15, 2010, 09:45:02 PM
I never thought Snyder of all people would ever resort to this. :facepalm:
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 15, 2010, 10:10:46 PM
I never thought Snyder of all people would ever resort to this. :facepalm:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.  I'm just glad Bill is fixing us with pushups as opposed to fixing us with better assistant coaches.

Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Panjandrum on December 15, 2010, 11:05:04 PM
OB has clearly gone to the well that Frank's been dipping his cup into a lot lately.   This "get tough" policy no doubt has shirt tucks everywhere standing a little taller, tucking in their shirts a little tighter, "Coach'll get them boys toughend up, you can tell he's real serious like about this bowl game . . . now rassle me up some supper woman!!"



Man, I love this "Junction Boys' bullshit. 

Let's make everyone run until they puke and do pushups until their arms fall off.  That will really help them when that short, fat, balding turd of a defensive coordinator has them running into each other like a bunch of blind kids driving bumper cars.

Great work, Bill.  Way to address the root cause.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: OlatheWildcat on December 15, 2010, 11:15:30 PM
OB has clearly gone to the well that Frank's been dipping his cup into a lot lately.   This "get tough" policy no doubt has shirt tucks everywhere standing a little taller, tucking in their shirts a little tighter, "Coach'll get them boys toughend up, you can tell he's real serious like about this bowl game . . . now rassle me up some supper woman!!"



Man, I love this "Junction Boys' bullcac. 

Let's make everyone run until they puke and do pushups until their arms fall off.  That will really help them when that short, fat, balding turd of a defensive coordinator has them running into each other like a bunch of blind kids driving bumper cars.

Great work, Bill.  Way to address the root cause.

TrustChrisCosh.com
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: MadCat on December 16, 2010, 09:33:13 AM
I never thought Snyder of all people would ever resort to this. :facepalm:

Desperate times call for desperate measures.  I'm just glad Bill is fixing us with pushups as opposed to fixing us with better assistant coaches.



So is Cosh's position safe now that they have been armed with previously untapped pushup power?  Maybe the strength coach should lose his job over this as well.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 16, 2010, 09:58:09 AM
Hopefully Bill is using pushups to fix our recruiting as well.

Like, I wonder how many pushups are required for every DT recruit we swing and miss on?  And who does them???


Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Panjandrum on December 16, 2010, 10:11:27 AM
Hopefully Bill is using pushups to fix our recruiting as well.

Like, I wonder how many pushups are required for every DT recruit we swing and miss on?  And who does them???




No, he just gives them a nice pat on the back, a grandfatherly talk about working hard, and then he hands them some videotape to break down for the next fourteen hours.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: sonofdaxjones on December 16, 2010, 10:12:09 AM
Hopefully Bill is using pushups to fix our recruiting as well.

Like, I wonder how many pushups are required for every DT recruit we swing and miss on?  And who does them???




More pushups for failing to sign-up mentors.

Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Cire on December 16, 2010, 10:14:44 AM
awful
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: 114Hickory on December 16, 2010, 10:42:15 AM
Willie Wildcat at DT?
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Pete on December 16, 2010, 12:37:27 PM
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"We understand how serious this is," Walker said. "I think it's finally been driven home."


And Old Balls won't fire that mother rough rider.  eff YOU OLD BALLS!
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wes mantooth on December 16, 2010, 12:39:41 PM
lot of retards outing themselves in this thread  :emawkid:
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: theymightbegiants on December 16, 2010, 06:56:28 PM
Go ahead and say a better way to improve the players we are stuck with in the bowl game if you don't like the idea of adding push-ups plus the drills, strenth and conditioning, and scrimages that they are already doing. Sometimes simple works. Just hopefully not to well so Cosh will get the fudge out.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Panjandrum on December 16, 2010, 07:43:11 PM
Go ahead and say a better way to improve the players we are stuck with in the bowl game if you don't like the idea of adding push-ups plus the drills, strenth and conditioning, and scrimages that they are already doing. Sometimes simple works. Just hopefully not to well so Cosh will get the fudge out.

Using pushups to try and fix this is like using a band aid to try and cure cancer.

The only way to fix it is to fire Cosh.  Anything less is unacceptable and is LHC Bill Snyder's way of slapping us all in the face with disrespect.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 16, 2010, 07:43:29 PM
Go ahead and say a better way to improve the players we are stuck with in the bowl game if you don't like the idea of adding push-ups plus the drills, strenth and conditioning, and scrimages that they are already doing. Sometimes simple works. Just hopefully not to well so Cosh will get the fudge out.

Pushups are great.  Firing coaches is better.

Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: 0.42 on December 17, 2010, 07:53:22 AM
Go ahead and say a better way to improve the players we are stuck with in the bowl game if you don't like the idea of adding push-ups plus the drills, strenth and conditioning, and scrimages that they are already doing. Sometimes simple works. Just hopefully not to well so Cosh will get the fudge out.

Using pushups to try and fix this is like using a band aid to try and cure cancer.

The only way to fix it is to fire Cosh.  Anything less is unacceptable and is LHC Bill Snyder's way of slapping us all in the face with disrespect.

I'm thinking more along the lines of a Prince/Gill-y "EPAW" chant after practice every day
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: WillieWatanabe on December 17, 2010, 07:54:33 AM
I'm thinking more along the lines of a Prince/Gill-y "EPAW" chant after practice every day

ya know, if you keep deleting your account and coming back with a shorter username. You won't have much left.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: 0.42 on December 17, 2010, 07:55:47 AM
that might be part of the plan.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: yoga-like_abana on December 17, 2010, 07:57:18 AM
that might be part of the plan.
You deleted your account again? We haven't even played Nebraska in roundball yet.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: MadCat on December 17, 2010, 10:08:21 AM
I missed the account deletion...was it glorious? :crossfingers:
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: 0.42 on December 17, 2010, 10:15:19 AM
I missed the account deletion...was it glorious? :crossfingers:

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=9154.0 (http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=9154.0)
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: MadCat on December 17, 2010, 10:21:40 AM
:gocho:

yeah, your way was much more dramatic, imo

The sequel was good, but I have yet to see one that can hold a candle to the first.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: wabash909 on December 30, 2010, 06:17:33 PM
I have faith OB will get this defense fixed for Cosh in the off-season.

Prayers.


Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: WillieWatanabe on December 30, 2010, 06:23:50 PM
Congrats Wabash.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: michigancat on December 30, 2010, 06:27:57 PM
Congrats Wabash.

oh, eff off.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: WillieWatanabe on December 30, 2010, 06:41:37 PM
Congrats Wabash.

oh, eff off.

Congrats Rusty.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: KSU Scott on December 30, 2010, 07:34:43 PM
Someone needs to pop in a tape of the Buhl, Pierce and Hickman days and this "D" should play a bit better out of sheer embarrassment alone.
Title: Re: OB'll fix er!
Post by: Pexikan on December 30, 2010, 08:52:59 PM
Someone needs to pop in a tape of the Buhl, Pierce and Hickman days and this "D" should play a bit better out of sheer embarrassment alone.

fixed