Oregon State planning fewer padded spring ball practices

USC need to ramp theirs up because they need to start instilling toughness in the players and team.

 

The Pac 12 leading the way........ ...
With softness!!!!!

 

Not a poke at anyone in particular, but it always amazes me how us message board people talk about how tough or soft football players are. I would venture to say that none of us would so much as utter to one of those big OL or DL that they are soft. I would probably word things more like, they need some motivation and a controlled swagger.

 

Good point, but sadly, there's little relationship between what's written in social media and what is spoken in person between adults.

 

So beavers are the standard. Ok, Fight On

 

I would have no problem telling any lineman he is playing soft if he is indeed playing soft i.e. getting stood up, not moving their feet to get in proper position to make a block, making the wrong block etc. I feel this coaching staff (regardless what Helton has to say) will up the toughness factor across the entire team. This season is going be a bit more like Trojan football not because of Helton, but in spite of Helton....

 

If they're getting pushed around by nd, Whore-gone or Iowa, they're soft. Why can't we say that? Who would have a problem with that?

 

Okay I’d like to know what the elite teams do....and do that. Clemson - Bama - UCLA (just seeing if you’re actually reading) ...how many do THEY do?

 

Fail to see any kind of relevance to the topic? How did we go from a coaching staff’s decision to include practices with pads, to calling a lineman soft to his face? It’s the staff that is being called out on the board, and rightfully so.

 

Sorry Colonel I just can't resist;

 

Thank You, there's always some captain save em dude on here, changing the subject.

 

You brought up "softness" so I commented about message board warriors calling football players soft...when I guarantee none of us would do that to one of those players in person...mostly because I'm sure they know better than us message board warriors whether or not they are soft. So I didn't change the subject at all Sir.

 

Agree. Instead of talking about Oregon State practices, why isn't someone posting about what Clemson, Bama, tOSU are doing? (I was paying attention) Are those teams doing the same things we are doing, is that why nobody mentions it? I would assume that coaches who have come from other top tier programs would be speaking out if we weren't.