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DALLAS — Taylor Doyle says “scared†is not the right word to use, but will admit, more than a year later, that he was nervous. Very, very nervous.
It was January 2014, and Doyle and his Texas teammates were “Googling whatever we could find,†on new coach Charlie Strong, worried about what might await them. The first piece they read did not inspire excitement: Texas players found information on “The Pit,†a “workout/torture regime†designed by Strong and strength and conditioning coach Pat Moorer for injured players sitting out at practice. The Pit consists of brutal, grueling workouts for anyone sidelined with an injury, lest players think about milking it for time off.
“People were, uh, nervous for the first meeting,†Doyle, a senior offensive lineman says now. “But once we met the staff, we knew they were the right choice for us.â€
Doyle and his teammates had grown tired of the Longhorns’ “perceived identity†throughout college football. Once the standard that other programs measured themselves against, Texas had become soft, complacent and easy to beat. Forget competing for national championships, the Longhorns couldn’t even vie for their own conference title. Doyle and his teammates weren’t happy with “the popular opinion of Texas.†Enter Strong, who preached discipline, then practiced it. Publicly. By September, Strong had dismissed nine players. Often portrayed as a strict disciplinarian, players on Tuesday said in private Strong is warm and personable, a “players’ coach†through and through. He’s not the man whose patience you want to test.
Click the link to read more. . . .
DALLAS — Taylor Doyle says “scared†is not the right word to use, but will admit, more than a year later, that he was nervous. Very, very nervous.
It was January 2014, and Doyle and his Texas teammates were “Googling whatever we could find,†on new coach Charlie Strong, worried about what might await them. The first piece they read did not inspire excitement: Texas players found information on “The Pit,†a “workout/torture regime†designed by Strong and strength and conditioning coach Pat Moorer for injured players sitting out at practice. The Pit consists of brutal, grueling workouts for anyone sidelined with an injury, lest players think about milking it for time off.
“People were, uh, nervous for the first meeting,†Doyle, a senior offensive lineman says now. “But once we met the staff, we knew they were the right choice for us.â€
Doyle and his teammates had grown tired of the Longhorns’ “perceived identity†throughout college football. Once the standard that other programs measured themselves against, Texas had become soft, complacent and easy to beat. Forget competing for national championships, the Longhorns couldn’t even vie for their own conference title. Doyle and his teammates weren’t happy with “the popular opinion of Texas.†Enter Strong, who preached discipline, then practiced it. Publicly. By September, Strong had dismissed nine players. Often portrayed as a strict disciplinarian, players on Tuesday said in private Strong is warm and personable, a “players’ coach†through and through. He’s not the man whose patience you want to test.
Click the link to read more. . . .
