was asked if he & his fellow teammates had ever locked their head coach out of a room after a loss "when you played in the B1G or the pros" (in reference to something LA Kings players apparently did) and he said "yes", which caused the host to laugh hysterically and say "Really? We've got to talk about this when we get back from break..."
After commercials, the player - whose name I didn't get, but is evidently the "producer" for the radio show - said that when he played for Dinardo at IU that Dinardo used to often make them practice "four hours straight" which consisted of two hours practice in full pads, and if they missed too many tackles or whatever, he would "start practice all over", and that they would afterward then have to study with their tutors "till midnight or 1 AM" and then start the process over the next day.
The host thought that was too funny and would taunt him by saying, "well, I'm sure coach Dinardo was just trying to make you better players & better men", etc., which the storyteller denied. When asked if he disliked or hated Dinardo, the former player said "no, I liked him, he came to my home and recruited me, but his practices were over the top..."
He said that one time they decided that if Dinardo started practice over that day that they would all walk away, and that he did, and so they did.
He talked about how BenJarvus Green- Ellis used to have to practice twice a day in pads and then have "to carry the ball 40 times in the game". He said these double-practices would sometimes happen the day before a game, and when the host asked for a specific example, the player mentioned that they did it on a Thursday before travelling to Penn State the next day for a game on Sat., and the host said:
"Well, see, your body had a day to rest while you traveled" and laughed & the guy said "no, it was brutal", etc.
The player then added that somebody once "told the university" & somebody "from compliance" would then come to watch practice and began to limit the time Dinardo had them out there....
"And then they fired Dinardo after my junior year...!" he said at one point, sounding a bit surprised...
That was about all I heard - and it was funny to listen to - but never caught the name of either the former IU player or the host, tho I'm sure it can be googled for those curious...
This post was edited on 4/14 7:23 PM by codylance
After commercials, the player - whose name I didn't get, but is evidently the "producer" for the radio show - said that when he played for Dinardo at IU that Dinardo used to often make them practice "four hours straight" which consisted of two hours practice in full pads, and if they missed too many tackles or whatever, he would "start practice all over", and that they would afterward then have to study with their tutors "till midnight or 1 AM" and then start the process over the next day.
The host thought that was too funny and would taunt him by saying, "well, I'm sure coach Dinardo was just trying to make you better players & better men", etc., which the storyteller denied. When asked if he disliked or hated Dinardo, the former player said "no, I liked him, he came to my home and recruited me, but his practices were over the top..."
He said that one time they decided that if Dinardo started practice over that day that they would all walk away, and that he did, and so they did.
He talked about how BenJarvus Green- Ellis used to have to practice twice a day in pads and then have "to carry the ball 40 times in the game". He said these double-practices would sometimes happen the day before a game, and when the host asked for a specific example, the player mentioned that they did it on a Thursday before travelling to Penn State the next day for a game on Sat., and the host said:
"Well, see, your body had a day to rest while you traveled" and laughed & the guy said "no, it was brutal", etc.
The player then added that somebody once "told the university" & somebody "from compliance" would then come to watch practice and began to limit the time Dinardo had them out there....
"And then they fired Dinardo after my junior year...!" he said at one point, sounding a bit surprised...
That was about all I heard - and it was funny to listen to - but never caught the name of either the former IU player or the host, tho I'm sure it can be googled for those curious...
This post was edited on 4/14 7:23 PM by codylance
