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Interesting Quote from Dan Campbell's Presser

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Campbell said several times that the team didn't compete enough in practices and therefore they weren't competing in games. He was specifically asked if any players complained internally that the practices weren't tough enough... and he replied that a couple of players brought it up. This is odd because there were several reports out there that players complained about practices being too tough and that Philbin needed to scale back and that's probably why they were fading at the end of the season..


So which one is it, were practices too tough or not tough enough? :-\
 
I think practices are easy and we have a lot of entitled babies on the team who don't want to practice hard at all. I think this is obvious, the ones complaining about padded practices on Thursday's need to be handled accordingly. Letting them go not being off the table. We've been calling this team soft for years, I think Campbell just confirmed that we are right. I know many here will disagree with me but I don't care if any players get let go. We've been trying with many of these guys for a while and haven't been better than 8-8. is anyone really that valuable?
 
Difference between grinding out long practices that appear pointless when you don't believe in your leadership and there plan, and having a tough practices in the sense that the intensity and competition is ratcheted up.
 
Does this team look like they practice tough come Sunday. Absolutely not. Philbin comes across as that dad that lets their 13 year old daughter sleep over at her boyfriends house and lets her cuss him out. I hope Campbell cracks the whip.
 
The oldest axiom in sports....... You play like you practice. I like Campbell already
 
Should be pretty obvious that the guys complaining about practice were not getting it done on Sunday,

because there were only a handful of players getting it done on Sunday.

Landry should be the team captain.

Tannehill needs to step it up.

Moore should get reps and the best player should start
 
Dan Campbell

Its Good To Be King

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No Woosses allowed
 
I'm sure the few players who give a damn were the ones complaining about the lack of intensity in practice. The giant ******* we've got half assing it on this team were the ones bitching about it. The practices under Dan Campbell are going to be very interesting to follow.
 
nerfball said:
Difference between grinding out long practices that appear pointless when you don't believe in your leadership and there plan, and having a tough practices in the sense that the intensity and competition is ratcheted up.
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Most NFL practices last about 2-3 hours. Not many teams go past that so how long could they be? The reports were that players complained about tired legs, long practices don't tire your legs out. Hard practices do though.

I don't know. All i know is that the two seem to contradict. I guess we'll see it play out the remainder of the season.
 
He should meet with the team and tell them everyone has a clean slate, but no more loafing will be tolerated.
The team will be run his way, and if any players(or coaches) challenge him, they will be replaced.
 
JTech194 said:
Campbell said several times that the team didn't compete enough in practices and therefore they weren't competing in games. He was specifically asked if any players complained internally that the practices weren't tough enough... and he replied that a couple of players brought it up. This is odd because there were several reports out there that players complained about practices being too tough and that Philbin needed to scale back and that's probably why they were fading at the end of the season..


So which one is it, were practices too tough or not tough enough? :-\
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Conflicting reports tells me the inmates were running the asylum and didn't respect the coaches. If theirs real leadership nobody is questioning the intensity of practice either way.
 
As a football coach myself, I'm all for high intensity practices but there needs to be a balance. Players need to know what they're doing schematically and you can't ratchet up the intensity during those teaching sessions but you should have those no thinking head banding sessions penciled into your practice plans at least a few minutes every damn practice. If players complain about banging in practice what do you think will happen when they play a team like the Jets, Buffalo, Ravens, KC that play physical smash mouth football? They will wilt.
 
Here's the answer to this riddle: The culture of this team was so WEAK that players felt they COULD whine about practices (and everything else) being too hard.

We now have an enforcer. Here we go!
 
Aqua and Orange said:
Here's the answer to this riddle: The culture of this team was so WEAK that players felt they COULD whine about practices (and everything else) being too hard.

We now have an enforcer. Here we go!
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The only downside I see is that Campbell has limited political capital with the team. It's not like he has much in the way of job security as an interim coach. There likely will be players who challenge that and all he can do is bench them. On the plus side it seems the players like him.
 
Campbell is showing himself as "OLD SCHOOL!"

Nothing fancy pants -- which we have built our OL around. He wants hard nosed FOOTBALL PLAYERS who play at the limits and don't count on tricks and gimmicks to win.

I would certainly expect a much more vigorous commitment to running the pig and being straight up physical on the LOS.

How the team responds will of course tell the story. I think some heads and going to need to roll.

And of course Coyle must go -- and whatever defensive assistant is the most hard-nosed gets the DC for now.
 
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