Appears at first glance that the S&C is already paying benefits. looking for this to translate on the filed in the fall.
One area McGlinchey wanted to focus on was the weight room. Head coach Brian Kelly said the left tackle was bench pressing 225 16 times last year, but eight weeks into new Director of Football Performance Matt Balis’ program, McGlinchey is up to 24 reps.
“'Built by Balis,' I guess you could say,” laughed McGlinchey when asked about his progress. “Coach Balis has been a blessing on our program. He has done things for me and everyone else in our program. The way we are training, how we are training and everything that encompasses performance, the detail and pride he takes in doing his job is something tremendous.
Link: http://irishsportsdaily.com/s/2128/notre-dame-and-mcglinchey-on-the-right-track
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For comparison,Taylor Decker who is a similar height/build, put up 20 at the combine.
As with most things that come from press conference and specifically weight training, I'm not sure I buy either number or the methods to reach those numbers.
Gaining ground. No wonder we crapped out late in so many games----outta shape for sure.
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Yet another reason to fire him for not being aware of such an important program short coming, or possibly being aware of it, but deciding to give his personal friendship a higher priority than the welfare of the football program.
Swarbrick should have fired Kelly already.
Hey Baron
Have you always understood everything regarding optimal structure of your job? Or have you been like most of the rest of us engaged in continuous improvement?
Your solution is short sighted and superficial.
Coach Kelly has a proven historical track record of success in his career.
During his speckled career at ND, he has been the coach of an undefeated national championship participant. No other ND coach since Lou can say that.
You have no idea where his replacement...would come from... and wether a replacement could do as well.
All of that considered, I do agree that he is not who I want to see coach the ND football team, and I would be on the hunt for his replacement while he continues.
...and that is the only track record i care about.
Rgearding a replacement, that is something that Swarbrick should have figured out and long ago. If there is a fabulous option that requires wating a year, then ok, but Swarbrick isn't looking.
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That's one amazing track record.
While attempting sarcasm, you should at least try to be precise.
I never used the word "amazing" re track record, what I said was historical (meaning prior to ND, which should have been obvious). And I would consider career records of 34-6 at Cincinnati,
118-35-2 at GV State, and in 3 years at Central Michigan, taking a perennial loser to a record of 19-16 to be a successful historical record, but you could probably do better right?
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bench - max of no less than 150% of body weight
Squat - max of no less than 200% of body weight
Overhead press - max of 100% of body weight
If an interior lineman cannot do those, they shouldn't see the field. reps at a lower weight cascade down from max, and 16 reps @ 225 for a lineman well over 300 lbs is not a good reflection on the person or the program. McGlinchey should be putting up no less than 450 lbs.
But those percentages you reference aren't comparable for very tall people like McGlinchey (6' 8"). They need to lift the bar almost twice as far as a someone a foot shorter due to the length of their arms.
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I haven't seen any of that posted.
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I don't buy that. If for no other reason than it is pretty well publicized that the drill is more about technique, rhythm, and endurance than strength. I think people put waaay too much emphasis on it. Consider that two Offensive Tackles taken in the first round of last year's NFL draft did 19 and 20 reps respectively at the combine. Including Ohio State's Taylor Decker. (Only 3 of the 5 OTs taken in round 1 did the drill -- they did 19, 20, and 25 respectively).
And not to be misunderstood: I'm not arguing that ND had good S&C. I'm just questioning the emphasis fans put on one lifting drill. ND's S&C may well have sucked, but McGlinchey's 16 reps at 225 don't tell me any more about it than Nick Martin's 28 reps did.
combine; it's quicker than determining max lifts.
I do agree bench and many lifts are assigned too much weight. There are just too many factors that come into play, but a bench max combined with 3 cone drill and vertical jump give a solid glimpse at physical abilities. The question then becomes football ability, which is very subjective.