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Jon Embree? I love this guy

boulder77 said:
So troo. But, as the players get indoctrinated to this staff, get to know the system better, and make fewer mistakes, JE will get to back off a bit. If he still needs to crack the whip and call out players repeatedly next year, we may all be in trouble....
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Once the culture changes (in years to come) older players may take care of some of it for him. However, I believe camp is a place to be hard, once players have proven they can deliver on what is being requested the attitudes may change. Also - the 'manner of speaking' on the field in practice may be dramatically different from that of meeting rooms and teaching sessions.

I do think that it is far better for a coach to bruise a few egos at the beginning of each season, and set expectations early, so that if a player isn't getting it don in a game and a change is needed there won't be ripple effects with the players at that time. I hope that doesn't change with wins, because if it becomes to cozy after a few wins the wins won't continue.
 
sackman said:
What Embree is doing now is setting a new standard that the players have to adjust to. After years of juiceboxes and zen bull****, Embree is a slap in the face. Eventually, he'll have to back off a bit, though. You can't keep up the hardass taskmaster bit indefinitely. It starts to wear thin.
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Too early to talk like this. Embree has a brick to deliver.

Expectation, Performance, then Reward.

It's camp prior to the first game of the first year. He has got to be 100% about setting expectations. Praise good effort, annihilate bad habits.

If the Buffs come out of Aloha looking good, and continue to impress through the CSU game, then the hard-nosed approach will gain a lot of currency among the players. "It's working".

But if the team is tired, sloppy, and gets blown out, then it's time to re-evaluate the coaching style during camp.

Stay the course. I'll trust Embree and staff until they screw it up.
 
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Skidmark said:
Too early to talk like this. Embree has a brick to deliver.

Expectation, Performance, then Reward.

It's camp prior to the first game of the first year. He has got to be 100% about setting expectations. Praise good effort, annihilate bad habits.

If the Buffs come out of Aloha looking good, and continue to impress through the CSU game, then the hard-nosed approach will gain a lot of currency among the players. "It's working".

But if the team is tired, sloppy, and gets blown out, then it's time to re-evaluate the coaching style during camp.

Stay the course. I'll trust Embree and staff until they screw it up.
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Anybody have an idea when the team arrives in Hawaii? Just curious if it will be long enough to adjust jet lag, climate, etc.
 
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