redwolf1218
09-01-2004, 09:51 AM
from the richmond times disgrace...some great quotes from bugel:
...the Redskins have gone through the preseason in full pads for almost every practice.
"We wear pads in walk-throughs," said assistant head coach/offensive line Joe Bugel.
Then he laughed. To Bugel and the Redskins' offensive coaching staff, practices without pads are referred to as "working in underwear and having pillow fights."
"We don't like working in underwear," Bugel said. "We don't know how to coach like that. Some teams say they can practice in underwear and say they can go real fast. We haven't figured that formula out yet. We're ignorant towards that We don't like pillow fights."
"You're going to get injuries," Bugel said. "If you worry about it, if you're too cautious, your team is never ready. Our philosophy is put them in pads, keep grinding them, keep grinding them, keep grinding them and make them tough.
"We've had some great practices, big on big, and when you do that, your offensive line and defensive line root for each other.
"If you don't bring them together, you've got the defense over here and the offense over here and they never get to know each other. Here, they're in each other's face every minute of the day. It pulls a team together.
"That's chemistry. Everybody talks about chemistry being guys going out to have a beer together. That's chemistry? Knocking them in the face, that's chemistry. Knocking them in the dirt, that's chemistry. That's Joe's philosophy, and he'll never get away from that."
...the Redskins have gone through the preseason in full pads for almost every practice.
"We wear pads in walk-throughs," said assistant head coach/offensive line Joe Bugel.
Then he laughed. To Bugel and the Redskins' offensive coaching staff, practices without pads are referred to as "working in underwear and having pillow fights."
"We don't like working in underwear," Bugel said. "We don't know how to coach like that. Some teams say they can practice in underwear and say they can go real fast. We haven't figured that formula out yet. We're ignorant towards that We don't like pillow fights."
"You're going to get injuries," Bugel said. "If you worry about it, if you're too cautious, your team is never ready. Our philosophy is put them in pads, keep grinding them, keep grinding them, keep grinding them and make them tough.
"We've had some great practices, big on big, and when you do that, your offensive line and defensive line root for each other.
"If you don't bring them together, you've got the defense over here and the offense over here and they never get to know each other. Here, they're in each other's face every minute of the day. It pulls a team together.
"That's chemistry. Everybody talks about chemistry being guys going out to have a beer together. That's chemistry? Knocking them in the face, that's chemistry. Knocking them in the dirt, that's chemistry. That's Joe's philosophy, and he'll never get away from that."