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Bobcat36
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| RE: Keith Moore Article in the Dispatch |
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Posted: 9/12/2012 10:04:38 AM |
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Was really cool seeing Coach Solich call him up in front of the team during Relentless to "embarrass" him with praise for doing all the right things.
Keith's story says so many things...
Ohio Football teaches and values good people playing good football...The players choose Ohio for this (among other reasons)...As LC has stated in the past, a solid walk on program is one of the many benefits that followed Coach Solich to Ohio...
It is most certainly a great time to be a Bobcat!
GoBobcats!!!! Always have been and always will be... Ohio's First and Finest!
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L.C.
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| RE: Keith Moore Article in the Dispatch |
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Posted: 9/12/2012 10:41:43 AM |
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...and as I was reminded often enough - a walkon program was also key under Grobe and Knorr.
It isn't about whose idea it is/was - they thing is that a walkon program does a lot for you. It adds a few good players, like Moore, Hastings, Notestine, Clark, Bales, etc, but the thing is that it becomes a key part of the culture. The culture is that the team gets ahead by everyone working hard, and working together. The walkons start without recognition, but they are welcomed as an important part of the team. Because they start at the bottom, they have to work harder than anyone, yet, by working hard, they can become a contributor, and earn a scholarship. Every year one or two players earn a scholarship. That reduces the number that are given to new recruits, of course, and therefore the "recruiting rankings", but the thing is, you know you are getting a good player, and a worthy one.
The thing I really love about Relentless is that rather than just seeing the drills, you see the culture, and the walkons are one aspect of the culture that you get a glimpse of. You see a new walkon, like Scipio, and you don't see the other players treating him like a glorified tackling dummy, or a second class citizen, which is how some schools treat walkons. Instead you see the other players welcoming him, and respecting him for working hard, and his willingness to do whatever is asked. That culture you see is the culture of a winner.
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus
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