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I love what I've heard and seen from this guy so far. He has a familiar persona that I can only compare to the likes of a Mike Ditka, a Tom Coughlin, a Jon gruden, a Bill Parcells, or even my high school football coach for that matter.
All of the guys I've listed above have several key factors in common. They're known as hard nosed, no-nonsense *******s that have proven they can assemble and motivate a bunch of individual football players, into a team of winners. Fear is their best motivator. And thus far it seems that Fewell has adopted the same ideology.
Screaming at players and belittling them while exposing mistakes in front of their peers is a sure fire way to a winning team. It was the way I was coached through my youth and I can't think of single occasion where it hadn't worked.
My high school coach kicked me off the football team once for having missed just one practice. He didn't ask why, he just simply waited until everyone was dressed out and as soon as we gathered on one knee to his first chirping command the start of practice, he called me out, humilated me in front of everyone (including the practicing cheerleading squad near by). As I stood alone, he told me to pack my **** and get off his football field. Later I was invited back to the team after I did some serious groveling and explaining, but he never once started me that season. A position I was destined because of performance from the previous season. We went undeafeated and came in 3rd in state at the JV level. When he was given the varsity team the following year, the team finished 2nd and 3rd in my two remaining years. During that time there wasn't another player to miss a single practice
Football demands respect, premotes self-discipline and requests assertiveness from it's leaders. The US military uses a similar philosphy and still stands as the world's best today.
I sincerely believe that what Fewell has commited himself to will transpire in the regular season. It may take a game or two to gel and sift through the weak, but when it's all said and done, the Bills will have that monster D once again.
All of the guys I've listed above have several key factors in common. They're known as hard nosed, no-nonsense *******s that have proven they can assemble and motivate a bunch of individual football players, into a team of winners. Fear is their best motivator. And thus far it seems that Fewell has adopted the same ideology.
Screaming at players and belittling them while exposing mistakes in front of their peers is a sure fire way to a winning team. It was the way I was coached through my youth and I can't think of single occasion where it hadn't worked.
My high school coach kicked me off the football team once for having missed just one practice. He didn't ask why, he just simply waited until everyone was dressed out and as soon as we gathered on one knee to his first chirping command the start of practice, he called me out, humilated me in front of everyone (including the practicing cheerleading squad near by). As I stood alone, he told me to pack my **** and get off his football field. Later I was invited back to the team after I did some serious groveling and explaining, but he never once started me that season. A position I was destined because of performance from the previous season. We went undeafeated and came in 3rd in state at the JV level. When he was given the varsity team the following year, the team finished 2nd and 3rd in my two remaining years. During that time there wasn't another player to miss a single practice
Football demands respect, premotes self-discipline and requests assertiveness from it's leaders. The US military uses a similar philosphy and still stands as the world's best today.
I sincerely believe that what Fewell has commited himself to will transpire in the regular season. It may take a game or two to gel and sift through the weak, but when it's all said and done, the Bills will have that monster D once again.
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