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Great article by Volin on Dante and OL, football philosophy he and BB share, his great experience with Garoppolo and Brissett etc. with words by BB and coaches, players and ex-players
Patriots offensive line has been revitalized thanks to Dante Scarnecchia - The Boston Globe
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Bill Belichick always arrives for work before the crack of dawn. But he never has to turn the lights on at Gillette Stadium. That is already taken care of by Dante Scarnecchia, the Patriots’ offensive line coach.
“Six [a.m.] would be late for him. More like 4:30,” Belichick said. “Oh, Dante’s early. He beats everybody here. You have to pretty much stay here to beat him here.”
“It’s a lot of hours, but not my first rodeo. I knew what it was going to be like” says Dante
BB
“He’s like the sixth man — there’s the five linemen and the coach,” Belichick said. “He has a lot to do with their continuity and their performance. They’re all shareholders. I don’t know if there’s one majority stockholder.”
DANTE
“Every line coach in the league aspires for the same thing — continuity and players playing as hard as they can play,” he said. “There’s no magic to any of it.”
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He has coached football since 1970, and won three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots the last decade, but he called this year’s four-game experiment with Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett “as great an experience as I’ve ever had in coaching.”
“I think Jimmy really showed what he can do,” Scarnecchia said. “And Jacoby, he just earned nothing but huge respect around here given what he did in two games. So for me, personally, as a coach that’s something you want to see every week. I was really lucky to be here for that.”
KOPPEN
“Last year with [DeGuglielmo], you saw a lot more vertical sets, and that pocket was sort of caving in on the outside because those tackles weren’t building width into their sets like they are now,” Koppen said. “You saw the tackles basically going straight back all the time. Now he’s got those tackles understanding when they can go wide in their sets and when they can’t. You can see it in their hands, their body position, where their weight is. You can put on the tape from this year and last year, and the difference is remarkable.”
Patriots offensive line has been revitalized thanks to Dante Scarnecchia - The Boston Globe
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Quotes:
Bill Belichick always arrives for work before the crack of dawn. But he never has to turn the lights on at Gillette Stadium. That is already taken care of by Dante Scarnecchia, the Patriots’ offensive line coach.
“Six [a.m.] would be late for him. More like 4:30,” Belichick said. “Oh, Dante’s early. He beats everybody here. You have to pretty much stay here to beat him here.”
“It’s a lot of hours, but not my first rodeo. I knew what it was going to be like” says Dante
BB
“He’s like the sixth man — there’s the five linemen and the coach,” Belichick said. “He has a lot to do with their continuity and their performance. They’re all shareholders. I don’t know if there’s one majority stockholder.”
DANTE
“Every line coach in the league aspires for the same thing — continuity and players playing as hard as they can play,” he said. “There’s no magic to any of it.”
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He has coached football since 1970, and won three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots the last decade, but he called this year’s four-game experiment with Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett “as great an experience as I’ve ever had in coaching.”
“I think Jimmy really showed what he can do,” Scarnecchia said. “And Jacoby, he just earned nothing but huge respect around here given what he did in two games. So for me, personally, as a coach that’s something you want to see every week. I was really lucky to be here for that.”
KOPPEN
“Last year with [DeGuglielmo], you saw a lot more vertical sets, and that pocket was sort of caving in on the outside because those tackles weren’t building width into their sets like they are now,” Koppen said. “You saw the tackles basically going straight back all the time. Now he’s got those tackles understanding when they can go wide in their sets and when they can’t. You can see it in their hands, their body position, where their weight is. You can put on the tape from this year and last year, and the difference is remarkable.”
