Cards Add Five More Assistants

[BullheadCardFan]

Rutledge has been a high school head coach in Nashville, Tenn., the past five seasons. He coached quarterbacks at Vanderbilt University for five years prior to that stint, although he has never coached in the NFL. Rutledge played 14 years in the NFL.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=83650

 

[Dback Jon]

Yeah but he was coaching high school before this hire ...

Not just any high school - Montgomery Bell Academy - great football factory.

 

[Totally_Red]

Not just any high school - Montgomery Bell Academy - great football factory.

Yeah, but they were only 4-6 last season and lost their last three games.

http://www.montgomerybell.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=3819

 

[JeffGollin]

Reading Between the Lines

The John Lott interview is revealing:

When asked: "Will there be any additions to the Cardinals weight room?" he replied:*“We are getting rid of everything, but the lights. We are getting new carpets, a new floor, new squat racks, new benches, new dumbbells, medicine balls, cabinets, and it is really going to be a lot.”

He also pointed out that most of the recently hired assistants have worked with Whisenhunt and one another "so that the players know we are speaking with one voice."

We won't know whether or not all of this will pay off (nor when) until we see the team in action, but "so far so (really) good."

 

[justAndy]

questions about specific assistants aside, it seems the Bidwills have FINALLY broken out the checkbook and are moving up from the bottom of league standings in paying for coaching talent.
No longer 20 years behind the times, they are now withing 5 years of the present...

 

[lobo]

The John Lott interview is revealing:


We won't know whether or not all of this will pay off (nor when) until we see the team in action, but "so far so (really) good."

from 10,000 feet above ground what it looks like is a very good mix of guys with a lot of experience, younger guys who may bring some different points of view...this is a good thing...i believe that is the way the better organizations put a staff together...it is good that kw has guys he has shared a foxhole with...that is very important...we know that whatever we did in the past five decades or so didn't work most of the time..

 

[Southpaw]

16-17 coaches???? Where will they all stand on gameday?

 

[Skkorpion]

Kitchens and Rutledge: ROLL TIDE ROLL

Hey, hey Judy. I figured you'd pick up on that right away.

 

[Skkorpion]

Jeff -- the Cards weight room was filled with every conceivable type of weight training machine, but not free weights. Switching to free weights is a complete change in workout philosophy.

Many players prefer free weights and used to go to outside trainers and gyms because of that preference.

My guess is this weight room makeover cost a lot of money. I wonder if the biggest change may just be the new necessity by the players to work together in free weight workouts. Before, players didn't need spotters and could just go solo on the machines.

 

[Stout]

Jeff -- the Cards weight room was filled with every conceivable type of weight training machine, but not free weights. Switching to free weights is a complete change in workout philosophy.

Many players prefer free weights and used to go to outside trainers and gyms because of that preference.

My guess is this weight room makeover cost a lot of money. I wonder if the biggest change may just be the new necessity by the players to work together in free weight workouts. Before, players didn't need spotters and could just go solo on the machines.

They didn't have free weights before? WOW. That is quite telling. I doubt very seriously you can have the most effective workout system for football players without free weights. Wow!

 

[Sandan]

What is telling about it ?

 

[ajcardfan]

What is telling about it ?

It tells me why we've had such a hard time getting anywhere near 100% participation in the offseason weightlifting programs. Football players like free weights.

 

[Sandan]

Ah ok

It does eem like we have a completely difference approach now.

 

[Stout]

Ah ok

It does eem like we have a completely difference approach now.

It's telling in the offseason workouts, which was mentioned, and also may be a contributor to our poor play. Football players need free weights, on the main, because they are much better able to isolate the muscle or muscle group you are focusing on. Working with free weights will give you a little more explosion.

 

[Sandan]

Not being a weightlifter, why is that ?

 

[Southpaw]

Not being a weightlifter, why is that ?

Basically, machines allow a "lifter" to cheat. Free weights isolate a muscle or muscle group. Serious lifters hate machines. Us yuppies think machines are "cooool". They are the lazy man exercise tools.

 

[Austin Zonie]

Free weights are much better with building "stabilizing muscles" than machines...

 

[Skkorpion]

Welcome Austin zonie.

 

[Mulli]

Free weights are much better with building "stabilizing muscles" than machines...

Welcome.

 

[lobo]

Free weights are much better with building "stabilizing muscles" than machines...

amen....if one dedicates himself to free weights the results are far better than any machine....