Virginia Players Responding To Strict Ways Of New Coach Mendenhall, LINK!

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Former Coaches Mike London and Dave Wannstedt & Paul Chryst seem to have Discipline Problems with Players going off-sides, dropping passes, running wrong routes, but Narduzzi and Mendenhall stopped that in their first years!

Just know the Panthers will be meeting a Cav's Team that does not quit just like Pitt. The Team that gets the lead and does not crack first could be the difference in this Game? This Game can define both Team's seasons.

Pitt at 4-2 has UVA, VT, MIAMI, CLEMSON, DUKE & CUSE left to Win 6 Games for a Bowl Game. Virginia at 2-3 must win 4 more Games to become a Bowl Team. They have PITT, UNC, ULOU, WAKE, GT MIAMI & VT! Pitt clearly has the easier Schedule but cannot afford to lose this Discipline High Offense Team?

The Cav's are coming to play, Pitt Panthers better not take it lightly and one Team will execute better than the other that could result in and Execution to the other on a winning season or 6-6 might be it, if Pitt Is It, but cannot Quit!

We shall see?

EXCERPT:
In his first season, Mendenhall has spurred Virginia (2-3, 1-0) on its current two-game winning streak, including a 34-20 victory at Duke on Oct. 1 that was the program's first on the road since 2012. But it hasn't been easy. After Mendenhall was hired in December — he won 99 games in 11 seasons at BYU — he ordered every player to clean out his locker, stripping them of anything with a Virginia logo or a jersey number. Those things were meant to be earned later. The players responded favorably.........................Mendenhall's approach has been described as militaristic. For example, he introduced burpee exercises as a form of punishment in which a player jumped onto and off a box, hit the floor for pushups and jumped back up — sometimes as many as 300 times. When two players interrupted a spring drill by fighting, he ordered burpees for 17 consecutive minutes. There have been no fights since. Mendenhall is known for saying, “There are two ways of doing things: right or again.” That includes everything from running out of the locker room for practice — he occasionally makes the team repeat it — to refusing to start practice until players warm up to his liking. The team went through spring and most of summer drills without numbers on their backs, only surnames. When it came time to choose numbers, first picks went to players who performed well in practice as determined by teammates. Some players picked numbers that held a personal meaning for them...............After the game, Virginia's players told reporters their opponents kept asking throughout the second half, “Why are you playing so hard?” Some observers were surprised more players didn't quit, but Mendenhall said the reaction was the opposite. “I'm an effort-based coach and discipline oriented,” he said. “The greatest surprise is just how fast and willing they were to embrace that.” After winning only 26 games the past six years under former coach Mike London, the Cavaliers were ready for any change................Sounds very familiar like Pitt Last Year! This is going to be great tests for where Pitt is at before it two week break?
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/11298595-74/mendenhall-players-virginia

 

[BFo8]

Not saying those methods are a guaranteed path to success, but UVA will win under Mendenhall. He's a good coach, and after the trainwreck the program had become under London I'm surprised they were able to get him.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Not saying those methods are a guaranteed path to success, but UVA will win under Mendenhall. He's a good coach, and after the trainwreck the program had become under London I'm surprised they were able to get him.

Good point, thinking the same thing, those kind of tactics at first produce good results, shows the Coach is King and it is only his way or the bench and highway. Chryst did it differently but did state this is my Team and Players have to understand it that way. Chryst was just a OC going to Head Coach but had mediocre results.

Now it worked at BYU a Mormon Dominated Hard Working Religious Based University with some Players being as old as 24-27 Years of age due to 2 Years of required Missionary Work. No question Mike London & Paul Chryst had some Discipline Execution Problems on Game Day Failures, missteps, coaching plans, and lack of focus that cost close losses and Chryst 19-20 and London 27-46 left with losing records.

Yet, Mendenhall has his way to build his Players into a Team that rewards Discipline and instills No Quit Attitude and follow my Coaching and Staff teachings. They lost their first 3 and now won there last 2 beating Central Michigan that beat OKSU that OKSU beta Pitt? As well as Duke, that beat ND?

I prefer Narduzzi's way. How he stayed in the Dorms get to know every Player's likes, dislikes, strengths, limits, and desires. How he stood with and went to treatments with Conner, and all 5 Players now Injured and some may never play again, shows he cares about them as people, students, and players.

He also shows them a No Quit Attitude without having to play the games on Jersey Numbers, Burpups Push Ups, and instill focus on where they are on the field, at practice, what they are doing all the time and now Execution can't come from Coaching, just by Players making the plays together.

We will know by Saturday maybe what system is better between Coaches known to be pretty even and we shall see?

I have some long ears into Virginia Boosters and Al Groh used to demean one player a week by making him eat a Baloney Sandwich instead of Full meal if he did not perform well in a game. He ruled by Fear and trying to make Players better by fearing him and making mistakes will have you marked and mocked in front of your Players.

Once UVA President heard about it along with some other demeaning Al Groh a UVA Alum had to go and he did. Temple & Miami Golden DC under Groh his Mentor and failed at Miami but had success at Temple.

It is a perfect example of a Coach like Golden could do good at Temple but fail a bigger program like Miami!

London did good at Richmond but did bad at UVA!

Edsall good at UConn failed at Maryland!

We shall see if it proves Franklin did good at Vanderbilt but so far Mediocre at Penn State.