Is Bronco a robot? I listened to his ESPN "car wash" interview and I was pretty sure that was not a human voice coming through the radio. I have a hard time believing he's going to have much luck recruiting southern boys with his personality, but I guess that's part of the reason he brought in Ruffin McNeal as assistant head coach.
Hes got an odd demeanor, but thats not what bugs me.
He insists on these cornball, 8th grade things/methods/stunts. Things like rigorously enforcing how the team runs on the field, or not letting the team wear numbers until theyve "earned it", or making kids reapond to the s/c like theyre in the army "roger that".
He insists on playing the guy who tries the hardest instead of the guy who is best.
He insists on fanatical conditioning instead of skill development.
He told the players that he doesn't want them drinking alcohol and their free time, regardless of whether they are of age.
Its like hes trying to star in his own cheesy 80s high school football movie where the underdog plucky team full of little white boys overcomes the odds and wins it all.
He's recruiting like that, too.
That was fine in the summer. Bronco had won at his last stop and so the kids bought in. He told them "this is what leads to wins" and because he had a record, they believed him. You will run till you puke every day if you believe the payoff is worth it.
The problem is when, after all that BS, you get bent over by an fcs school. Then maybe you look at it with a critical eye and think "maybe instead of my 10000th situp and pep talk, maybe Id like to spend my limited practice time preping for gt".
And " I know Jimmy tries his butt off, but Kenny is way way better and would help us win the game".
If you lose the trust of your team, all of your talk about trust the system and do things the right way or do them again starts to sound like some chucklehead who's more mouth than fists
