May try to come off like a hillbilly as he so proudly reminded us all in his first presser, but if you look closely at the video of the Wildcats' workout, there are a couple team building nuggets in there that say he's a pretty savvy dude. I notice that when he had the competitions like the tug a war's etc., that he had teams made up of a combination of both offensive and defensive players. Good for an overall team identity instead of offense vs defense. Same with having everybody paying respects to each other at the end. I swear when I was watching that at the end I almost expected to see guys jumping up like Rocky on the steps of Philly city hall.
Not to make too being a deal out of it, but I have not seen that type of attitude on display before from Az. It is how I envisioned Tomey, but I cant recall seeing players just have fun together.
"Arizona has no tradition" - Bill Walsh
"We have a tradition of kicking Bill Walsh's ass" - Teddy Bruschi
Ricky, you are correct and I will add that at least half of those drills are used in certain types of military training too. Great way for the guys to build a team.
Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say he came off as a hillbilly, I said and I quote, "may try to come off like a hillbilly as he so proudly reminded us all in his first presser." That's the presser when he said he was a hillbilly who came from a "holler" and then went on to explain what that is. Geez, gimme a break. I think I said he's a pretty savvy dude.
This post was edited by rickyk on 3/3/2012 at 4:16 PM
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