Esiason. “At the end of the day, I think the McNair family got something that they really wanted and that was for him to lose his job.”
Well, it's a weird payback, but... ?
Esiason. “At the end of the day, I think the McNair family got something that they really wanted and that was for him to lose his job.”
Well, it's a weird payback, but... ?
Some people just don’t get it. These aren’t some 120 lb XC beanpoles doing strides. Jordan McNair was around 346 lbs at the time of these drills. And he did 10x110 yards. For an offensive lineman of that size and weight it’s akin to running 10x800m all out. Just look at offensive lineman trying to run after a turnover. They struggle after about 30 to 40 yards.
For all the money that goes into football the strength and fitness is stuck in the dark ages for many of these programs. I played 6 years of tackle football through middle school and high school and it wasn’t until I started running college track did it dawn on me how bassackwards the football strength and fitness programs were.
Having massively overweight lineman run 10 x 110 yard “gassers” (which have very little rest) is simply sadistic punishment. The best way to get football players game fit is to have them practice at tempo to simulate game drives. Most of today’s ACL and hamstring injuries can be attributed to the strength and conditioning programs the player is a part of.
“It’s amazing how so many of these schools, they are doing one thing, and when they find out it’s not popular, then they’re totally changing,” the 31-year-old former professional football player explained Friday morning on ESPN’s “First Take.”
“Look at Tennessee last year and Maryland right now. You know, I think when these universities make decisions: one, they have to wait to try to make the right one, or when they make it, you got to stand up for your decision,” he added. “Or you can just be pushed around non-stop.”
“Because right now, it shows that people are so afraid to have conviction … they’re like, ‘Oh my goodness, social media is against us. Well, we’re going to fire him now,'” Tebow explained.
“You just made a decision to keep him,” he exclaimed. “If you believe that’s the best thing that’s right for the program, then it shouldn’t matter what I say. It shouldn’t matter what social media says.”
Tebow continued, “But so many people, they want to be liked instead of being respected, and I think more universities need to stand by what they believe is right … Too many people in our day and age — they just want to be liked and have all of social media … social media is never always going to like you.”