Strength, Conditioning, Nutrition, & Cultural Change Under GMAC?

[kingtidge]

Do we see an overhaul in our philosophy here under GMAC or will it be more rinse and repeat in these facets?

We saw a new nutritionist come in and the swap out of program strength trainers under Red, but saw no noticeable impact/improvement on the court in this regard.

I kinda earmarked Donnie as the test case this year for strength development and he was still really weak for his size this season, got the ball muscled-off him by point guards repeatedly, and bumped-off by bigger, more aggressive defenders in the paint too often... and did not have the requisite strength to even try and fend off the double-team.

Anyways, seems like this has been a perpetual cultural deficiency under both JAB's and Red's tenures...

Can/will GMAC change that and modernize and improve Strength, Conditioning, & Nutrition??

We also have the JG3 Clemson transfer as an example of a before and after player that went somewhere with a real Strength, Conditioning, & Nutrition program and reaped the benefits...

 

[M2MPrinciples]

Not my Uncrustables!!!

 

[Newhouser]

I'd hire whoever worked out Brandon Triche.

 

[cusefan88]

I'd hire whoever worked out Brandon Triche.

No joke he used to lift by himself at the JCC in HS. I think he's one of those guys who was naturally quite strong.

 

[kingtidge]

No joke he used to lift by himself at the JCC in HS. I think he's one of those guys who was naturally quite strong.

I am hoping whatever GMAC does, the players are strong and play tough... We've had too many softies and need a cultural shift on this IMO.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

Seems like the infrastructure was there all this past season and it was more a matter of motivation. Some of that is on the players, but I never got the sense that Red was an effective communicator or motivator so I wouldn't be surprised if it fell off. If nothing else you'd think players would keep after the conditioning for their next NIL deal.

 

[AZOrange]

More offseason fishing!

 

[kingtidge]

Seems like the infrastructure was there all this past season and it was more a matter of motivation. Some of that is on the players, but I never got the sense that Red was an effective communicator or motivator so I wouldn't be surprised if it fell off. If nothing else you'd think players would keep after the conditioning for their next NIL deal.

Motivation and cultural shift... You gotta sell it. "Your AAU days are over. This is D1 Power-4 bball and EVERYONE is good. You can slide by on your athleticism alone anymore. Elite strength and conditioning gives you an edge... You need that edge... You gotta WANT that edge. You gotta work for that edge... You gotta push each other to get that edge and hold on to it. You will succeed with or fail without that edge..." yada yada...

How are teams like Houston doing it and getting their players motivated and bought in on S&C and measuring and making gains?? They would be a great case study...

 

[OrangeFoo]

Maybe I am not remembering correctly, but didn’t we just hire a new s&c person last summer and didn’t we get a whole summer of workout warrior videos that we all examined with a microscope under max power? And we all came away quite impressed? And wasn’t GMAC’s idea of a summer workout grabbing a fishing pole?

We kept the S&C guy right?

 

[NineOneSeven]

I'd hire whoever worked out Brandon Triche.

No joke he used to lift by himself at the JCC in HS. I think he's one of those guys who was naturally quite strong.

Triche goes to my gym near his hometown. I talk with him quite a bit. Really nice guy and he’s still in really good shape. Retired from pro ball and has dealt with knee injuries but he’s still solidly built and is often doing body maintenance work vs any heavy lifting.

We’ve talked plenty about hoops and he effectively said when he played that time in the gym w weights wasn’t really required by JB (my high level summary).

Looking forward to chatting about Gmac.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I wish SWC was still around so he could answer all of these threads with his wry, “you could ask the coach himself during his call in show….”

 

[Forloveoforange]

You know, maybe its time for Brandon Triche to come back. Hasn't been the same since he left.

 

[Col. Bleep]

The culture already has changed.