Lyons said it begins with instilling discipline and motivating players."Some players can't create their own vision of what they accomplish," Lyons said. "Bill can help lead them in that direction." "You know when the big man comes out here," veteran linebacker Joey Porter said. "He isn't even a coach, but last year when he came out to practice guys were flying around. Guys were like, 'Where'd that come from?' We'd been cheating ourselves for 14 weeks." That's about 13 weeks longer than Parcells keeps players who aren't giving 100 percent. Teams that go 1-15 usually have a lot of those players.That's why Parcells doesn't use a scalpel to trim the roster. More like a hatchet.The '97 Jets had 27 new players on the 53-man opening-day roster. The '08 Dolphins enter training camp today with 45 new players out of 80. Whoever makes it to the Sept. 7 season opener against the Jets will be expected to contribute - or else. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphi...arcells_0726.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=46
Thats the way it should be. Sharpen the ax. THat is what helped make Zach so special. He loved playing the game and did everything he could to be good. That is my one question about Crowder. Does he put in the time BEFORE the game?
That's what being a living legend will do. He's not even coaching anymore, and guys are ignited by his presence alone. The way he just peruses the weight room, not saying a word. Just looking at guys. Out there on the practice field. The fact that he isn't coaching them every day probably keeps that going longer than it would if he were in their faces every day. It's going to work guys. It works everywhere he's been. And now he's got his young, driven left and right-hand men carrying it out, with him overseeing it all.
