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- Are two-a-day practices good, to get players both mentally and physically prepared?
- Are two-a-day practices bad because modern players don't need this conditioning and they'll eventually tune their coach out?
- Or do the standard rules simply not apply since the head coach is Bill Belichick?
No special treatment for Patriots by Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald
Remember when we talked about the Patriots being a dynasty? Remember the three Super Bowl championships in four years? Remember when it seemed like the good times would just roll on forever?
Those days are gone. While it’s true the Patriots enter the 2009 season with a healthy Tom Brady and, hence, the expectation they will go deep into the playoffs and beyond, we need to remember that, for now, these Patriots are not those Patriots. Until they actually go out and win games and re-establish themselves as one of the top teams in the NFL, they should not be treated as one of the top teams in the NFL.
And a quick look at the practice schedule proves that Belichick agrees with this point.
“We’ve done it differently from year to year, but that’s where we are this year,” Belichick said in his usual matter-of-fact manner when asked about the Pats’ practice schedule. “We feel like what’s best for the football team is what we need to do. We’ve gone through different schedules, but there’s not much light at the end of the tunnel for right now.”
I'm not sure what Buckley is trying to say; is it: The Pats are toast; the dynasty is over? Belichick is in desperation mode to win this year? It's just business as usual; simply adapting to the current circumstances? Let me (the writer) throw a bunch of ideas out there and hope for debate and hits to the web site?
Regardless of Buckley's intention with this article - any thoughts on the idea of whether or not two-a-days are good or bad? From what I've read so far it doesn't seem as if the players are being worn down and it will effect them negatively late in the season. As I recall there was an emphasis on conditioning two years ago agter the way the 2006 season ended in the AFCCG to the Colts. I'm just curious what those that have been at training camp think what Belichick's motivation was to go to two-a-day's this year.
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