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Deacon · 07-27-2018, 10:16 AM

To me, The beginning of Training Camp is the most critical of times because the mindset and expectations that the staff wants to be known need to be reinforced at that point. A team's culture exists no matter what, but is it the culture that the Staff is wanting?

What I would like to know is:

How do the players transition between drills / stations? Are they loafing? Are they jogging? They don't need to be all out sprinting from spot to spot but they do need to have at least a jog to them.
Relevant to the above, are the coaches seeming to just get in as many reps as possible and letting bad things happen just to get to the next rep? Practice only makes permanent; perfect practice makes perfect. Don't let bad habits develop early just so you can burn through reps.
Do the Coaches lead the energy level? You must coach within your style but it's my belief that your enthusiasm must be apparent to the players. Are the coaches running the drills or just letting the players perform them?
How would you rate the players competing to win drills? Are the coaches pushing the players to beat the guy across from them? Are the players responding to that?
Is there snippiness between competitors? I don't mean, for example, between WRs but between WRs and DBs who are aligned against one another. Maybe I'm a little old school but I think that a little pushing and shoving between guys who are working against one another is a good thing. No injuries of course, but go ahead and push the edge of that envelope.

I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!