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Fox cutting OTAs short

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NOTES: The players let out a cheer Tuesday when coach John Fox announced he'll be cancelling three days of OTAs. The players will have this Thursday off and also will have to practice only two days next week -- Monday and Tuesday.

http://www.carolinagrowl.com/Read.aspx?Story=1099

I know it's good to throw your players a bone. Fox does this alot. HOWEVER, they are installing a new defense and our last game played was a pretty bad loss. What's wrong with using these three days to get better before taking July off?

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http://www.carolinagrowl.com/Read.aspx?Story=1099

I know it's good to throw your players a bone. Fox does this alot. HOWEVER, they are installing a new defense and our last game played was a pretty bad loss. What's wrong with using these three days to get better before taking July off?

They have all of training camp to do that. Besides, you don't want to wear your guys out now. It is a long season, and now is really the only time to give them some rest.

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Oh yeah, well all of you are ghey. :toetap05:

Seriously though, 3 days in June will not burn them out. The defense could get a lot installed in three days. Just sayin'.

It's not the burning out, it's the comradeship between players and coaches that he's working on here...

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I'm not gonna blow a gasket on this, but I tend to agree with SouthCak. You don't get better by taking days off. Maybe the three days could be used in the film room, or simply discussing the plays that are going to be or have been installed. Biggest thing to me is I don't want to see my team come out bad after bye weeks, and this may set a trend towards being too relaxed. for those who don't know. the Steelers practiced during the bye week before the divisional round last season. not a normal week's practice, but still practice. To my knowledge the gmen, titans, and ourselves did not.

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As a former coach(looking to get back at though) this usually was the most effective way to win your players over as well as keeping them fresh.

TC will show the bugs and iron them out.

Like a good presentation, the mind can only absorb what the bottom can endure. Sometimes too much of something has diminishing returns.

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