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The next step
Rossi took control of the Gophers defense with the team desperate to stay in bowl contention. Despite the short prep time, Rossi said his focus wasn’t on strategy. It was on the players and how they were handling such an abrupt change.
Even now after a full offseason, Rossi hasn’t enacted a major overhaul. Instead, he tweaks. He puts together different personnel packages that play to players’ strengths. He works on strengthening bonds.
“Details, thoroughness, everyone being clear exactly what needs to be done, like, to a T,” Rossi said. “We’re going to teach guys. We’re not going to be yelling and screaming all the time.
“… The more comfortable that they feel, the better they feel about their relationships with their position coaches and the guys on the staff, the more they’re invested in, the more that they work. And as a coach, you get more out of that experience yourself.”
Rossi, an East Coast guy at heart, might be more direct than his current Midwest counterparts. In coaching, that works because he helps players understand what they’re doing.
http://www.startribune.com/joe-ross...ive-coordinator-is-the-caring-kind/558139492/
Go Gophers!!
The next step
Rossi took control of the Gophers defense with the team desperate to stay in bowl contention. Despite the short prep time, Rossi said his focus wasn’t on strategy. It was on the players and how they were handling such an abrupt change.
Even now after a full offseason, Rossi hasn’t enacted a major overhaul. Instead, he tweaks. He puts together different personnel packages that play to players’ strengths. He works on strengthening bonds.
“Details, thoroughness, everyone being clear exactly what needs to be done, like, to a T,” Rossi said. “We’re going to teach guys. We’re not going to be yelling and screaming all the time.
“… The more comfortable that they feel, the better they feel about their relationships with their position coaches and the guys on the staff, the more they’re invested in, the more that they work. And as a coach, you get more out of that experience yourself.”
Rossi, an East Coast guy at heart, might be more direct than his current Midwest counterparts. In coaching, that works because he helps players understand what they’re doing.
http://www.startribune.com/joe-ross...ive-coordinator-is-the-caring-kind/558139492/
Go Gophers!!