Coach Wellman is going back to the NFL , and the NY Giants . Was contacted by Texas A&M , and Notre Dame , but decided to go with the Giants . Loved Btown , but you go where you are wanted .
Coach Wellman
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Surprising. I felt like there was a clear drop off from the dudes Bama poached.
It all had to do with the OC Dell demanding that players lose weight so he didn't have enough time to get them stronger.
It also seemed like whatever he was doing during the Summer wasn't getting it done...
I wonder if he wasn't a bad fit, coming from the NFL. Those guys don't need to get bigger, faster, stronger, they're as big, fast and strong as they're going to get, they just need to keep toned and flexible to fight injury. And they all have private trainers in the off-season. At the college level players need to grow in every way.
Was he using NFL methods? I wouldn't think so but who knows.
Was he using NFL methods? I wouldn't think so but who knows.
He had coached at San Diego , Michigan , and Notre Dame at the college level before going to the Giants the first time . So I think he knows how to work with college kids . A&M and ND both contacted him so they must think he knows what he is doing . As an assistant coach you have to coach to the system that the head coach wants or is running .
These posts feel weirdly personal. I had never asked myself where I thought the S and C conditioning coach would wind up, but I guess I'm glad that he's been vindicated and cleared of all wrongdoing while working here and headed to another job.
He's one of our last close connections to Coach Mallory. It's good to know he's landing on his feet...
I hope Coach Carey does too.
I hope Coach Carey does too.
Carey should get a fat stack in a buyout. If anyone, he has really polished his reputation while here.
I'm sure you're right and it makes sense ... it's just that I watched our linemen, on both sides of the ball, getting pushed around and I had to wonder "what is the strength coach doing about it?"
I mean, Ballou and Rhea are widely considered the best in the business, so anyone we got after them was most likely going to have a drop-off.
Still though, our guys seemed to get hurt at a much higher rate then before. Not good.
I'm excited to see what obvious changes our new S & C coaches, Derek Owings & Nate Adams achieve.
From what I've read, they are really into the science end of things, so from my understanding, it's much like what Ballou and Rhea were into.
I'm excited as well to see what they can do.
From the jump, I was amazed at what CTA paid Wellman while we were hiring totally green DCs and had an obviously underperforming oline coach. Yet another head scratching personnel decision/self-inflicted wound.
Addition by subtraction.
We will suffer the Wellman loss painlessly. Both on the field and in $.
We will suffer the Wellman loss painlessly. Both on the field and in $.
