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TheRef
05-06-2015, 10:18 AM
So our long-time strength coach, Richard Akins, is retiring this summer. It'll be a sad day to not see him at the complex. I wonder who we will bring in as strength coach now. Say what you want, but the guy knew how to run a strength program.
BankerDog
05-06-2015, 10:29 AM
Ravern Johnson says otherwise.
TheRef
05-06-2015, 10:31 AM
Ravern Johnson says otherwise.

Or there are people that just struggle to put on weight/muscle no matter what you do.
bgover4
05-06-2015, 10:33 AM
Ravern Johnson says otherwise.

Jarvis Varnado too
Coach34
05-06-2015, 10:36 AM
Ravern Johnson says otherwise.

some guys don't workout hard and skip workouts all together. Stands allowed this to happen and it caused a lot of friction between Akins and Stands
TheRef
05-06-2015, 10:38 AM
Jarvis Varnado too

Jarvis literally could not gain weight. They sent him to a buffet and had him eat until he almost got sick, and he put on maybe half a pound.
BeardoMSU
05-06-2015, 10:43 AM
Jarvis literally could not gain weight. They sent him to a buffet and had him eat until he almost got sick, and he put on maybe half a pound.

Yup, even NBA S&C programs couldn't get him bigger. It's a shame too; if he was built more like a Tyson Chandler (not the 7', obviously), he'd have a lot more staying power in the league.
starkvegasdawg
05-06-2015, 10:50 AM
Jarvis literally could not gain weight. They sent him to a buffet and had him eat until he almost got sick, and he put on maybe half a pound.

I hate Jarvis Varnado now. I drive by a Pizza Hut and gain two pounds.
AROB44
05-06-2015, 11:15 AM
Was he that strength coach for baseball too? I sure hope not.....doesn't look like we have a strength program for baseball.
TheRef
05-06-2015, 11:16 AM
Was he that strength coach for baseball too? I sure hope not.....doesn't look like we have a strength program for baseball.

He was not. Only basketball.
LeakyD
05-06-2015, 11:20 AM
I had Coach Akins for Coaching Football in the early 90's. Good guy and an easy A. Wouldn't let you wear a hat in class though.
maroonmania
05-06-2015, 11:21 AM
I hate Jarvis Varnado now. I drive by a Pizza Hut and gain two pounds.

LOL, I can sympathize.
the59dawg
05-06-2015, 12:06 PM
So our long-time strength coach, Richard Akins, is retiring this summer. It'll be a sad day to not see him at the complex. I wonder who we will bring in as strength coach now. Say what you want, but the guy knew how to run a strength program.

Ware also. Hands were apparently so weak as defenders repeatedly snatched the ball from his hands after he retrieved a rebound
Dawg61
05-06-2015, 02:06 PM
Palmeiro for strength coach!!
Political Hack
05-06-2015, 02:22 PM
Mullen to Mississippi State.
bulldogcountry1
05-06-2015, 04:20 PM
Renardo for new strength coach!
Dawgcentral
05-06-2015, 04:29 PM
some guys don't workout hard and skip workouts all together. Stands allowed this to happen and it caused a lot of friction between Akins and Stands

I heard this also at the time. RS wouldn't stand behind him and enforce the rules.