Fruck Frannie. RTR LC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Franchione's staff has short learning curve > A&M coach brought all his assistants with him from > Alabama > > > 03:47 AM CDT on Monday, August 18, 2003 > > By RACHEL COHEN / The Dallas Morning News > > COLLEGE STATION, Texas – A football team with a > new head coach must learn new schemes, new > terminology and new roles. > > But players aren't the only ones learning. That new > coach faces a less obvious challenge when his staff > features a mix of assistants who came with him from > his previous job, remain from the old regime or were > hired from the outside. > > This hodgepodge of coaches must get to know each > other and get on the same page – and do it > quickly. But the adjustment process can take up to a > year, Dennis Franchione says with the relief of > someone who doesn't have to worry about that. > > Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione says it was an > "immeasurable" benefit to bring his entire staff > from Alabama. > > Texas A&M's new coach jokes that he and his nine > assistants just peeled off their crimson shirts and > pulled on maroon ones. Franchione's entire staff > followed him from Alabama to A&M during the > off-season, and he calls the benefit "immeasurable." > > > "When a coaching staff can walk in as a team from > Day 1, getting the players on the same page is much > easier," Franchione said. "Otherwise, you'd have so > much work to do to get on the same page with a > common vision and defining roles." > > As the Aggies race against the calendar to learn a > new system before the Aug. 30 season opener against > Arkansas State, Franchione hopes that this rare > luxury has sped up A&M's preparation. > > Franchione has moved from one school to another five > times as a head coach, and never before had he taken > a whole staff with him. He took seven coaches when > he left TCU for Alabama after the 2000 season. > > Three other Division I-A teams have a new head coach > who held that title at another I-A program last > season. Only Baylor's Guy Morriss, hired from > Kentucky, was also able to take his whole staff with > him. > > Utah, which faces A&M on Sept. 6, and Michigan State > have a combination of assistants who came with the > new coach, remain from the previous staff or were > hired from the outside. > > Southwest Texas State had a similar mix in 1990, > when Franchione came on as head coach. One holdover > was Jim Bob Helduser, now the Aggies' offensive line > coach. > > Helduser said that the transition at Southwest Texas > was not as smooth as the recent ones he has > experienced under Franchione at TCU, Alabama and > A&M. > > Aggies senior receiver Jamaar Taylor said it's clear > his coaches are on the same page and understand the > systems they're teaching. > > The staff's continuity becomes especially valuable > during what Taylor calls Franchione's "machine gun" > practices. With players moving quickly from one > drill to another, workouts would be "chaotic" if > everyone didn't know what they were doing, Taylor > said. > > The coaching staff's stability extends beyond its > wholesale move from Alabama to A&M. The Aggies have > 10 full-time coaches, including Franchione. Six are > in their sixth season together. <snip> > http://makeashorterlink.com/?G12843F95 > > ScR > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics > Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your > subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
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