Strength Coach Salaries

[HoopsDawg]

Strength coach is the one place we should be investing. If you want to see the biggest difference in effort and mental toughness in our 2010 team vs. 2016, look at the strength and conditioning staff. That relentless effort and strain that Mullen is always talking about - the strength program is where they are supposed to develop that. It's one of the most important parts of the program in my opinion.

Those 9 future NFL players on defense didn't hurt either.

[I seen it dawg]

^^^The butthurt is strong with this one.



Every bit of that is 100% true. Of course, nobody argued that. But that is neither here or there.

Yeah no argument was made bc you were all alone in meh they are a dime a dozen. Means not important. Whatever you say though.

[BB30]

You raise some good points as we definitely seem to have lacked toughness the last couple of years conpared to 2010. However, the question becomes how do you really know who is to blame for that? Maryland and UConn haven't exactly been setting the world on fire since Balis and Court left. You could just as easily blame Mullen or the on-field assistants for lack of fire and motivation as the S&C coach, I would think. And if you do decide S&C is to blame, do you suggest firing Savage and making a play at a hire from a big time school? I admittedly haven't followed it much, but I don't recall a sitting coach ever firing a S&C coach. The only exception being Croom when he had to fire whatshisname that got into it with the volleyball coach, but that wasn't performance related.

Yes, after talking with a guy that works with the S and C football there is a huge difference in what Balis was doing and what the new guy is doing. He said the workouts are way more laid back and less aggressive now than they were when Balis was here. He said we do more of your general high school S and C and less of the odd mental toughness/push yourself past the mental limit type of stuff. So basically more standard IE your general 3x8 on bench,squat incline etc to maintain 3x6,4,2 squat etc. all good stuff for maintaining or adding strength dependent on the time of year and what you want to accomplish which every program still does. But, he said we are doing less of the mental strain workouts putting bodies through complete hell IE getting in squat position and holding a plate straight out for a certain amount of time... thats just a simple example of a mental strength workout aimed to push yourself past a normal limit. The things that help build a mental toughness.

[Bubb Rubb]

Those 9 future NFL players on defense didn't hurt either.

Balis made. They will all tell you that, too.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

I believe Scott Cochran may be almost as valuable to Bama's success as the OC/DC....

No troll Tusk...why do you think he is so important and what is he responsible for that makes such a big impact?

[TUSK]

No troll Tusk...why do you think he is so important and what is he responsible for that makes such a big impact?

the "4th Quarter Program" gets high praise for player conditioning... He's an excellent motivator (ancillary)... He's done well manipulating player weight to help the athletes adapt to changes in philosophy...

I'm not saying he's "as important" as coordinators, just that it seems his impact is greater than the sum of the parts....

[HSVDawg]

Yeah no argument was made bc you were all alone in meh they are a dime a dozen. Means not important. Whatever you say though.

Uh...that's actually not what "dime a dozen" means at all. Just....nevermind.

[HSVDawg]

Yes, after talking with a guy that works with the S and C football there is a huge difference in what Balis was doing and what the new guy is doing. He said the workouts are way more laid back and less aggressive now than they were when Balis was here. He said we do more of your general high school S and C and less of the odd mental toughness/push yourself past the mental limit type of stuff. So basically more standard IE your general 3x8 on bench,squat incline etc to maintain 3x6,4,2 squat etc. all good stuff for maintaining or adding strength dependent on the time of year and what you want to accomplish which every program still does. But, he said we are doing less of the mental strain workouts putting bodies through complete hell IE getting in squat position and holding a plate straight out for a certain amount of time... thats just a simple example of a mental strength workout aimed to push yourself past a normal limit. The things that help build a mental toughness.

That is interesting to hear and not something I've seen posted before. Do I infer that to mean you are in favor of replacing Savage? And if so, what would your budget look like for a replacement?

[coastdoglover]

Southern Miss is ahead of us. Embarrassing.

USM has a great strength coach and I wish we had him.