BWahlberg said:
It was very interesting to see how Coach Stitt works with his players. He was very direct and with the offense most all of the time (of course, as the OC as well). He worked very heavily with the QBs and gave a lot of 1 on 1 assistance throughout most of the practice yesterday.
Talking with someone who now has watched a few years of the Bobcats practices and how Ash works with his players and who was also at yesterday's practice for the Griz. He commented to me that he was impressed with how direct and "hands on" with instruction Stitt is. Said that he believes that Stitt in 2 hours of practice probably gave more 1-on-1 coaching assistance to his players than Ash would in a week.
Reflecting on Delaney, Pflu, and Hauck who I've all watched in practices as well I've got to say that Stitt was also much more involved in direct work with the players than any of them as well. Of course all of our past coaches had OC's - they would drift from position to position or focus on certain areas or spots depending on the day.
A very quick difference noticed was the separation between offense and defense - Stitt is clearly in charge and has control of the offense while Gregorak has top-down control and organization of the defense. At least that's how it appeared. More of a clear division in duties during practice than I've seen under the last 3 head coaches.
And it remains to be seen if this is going to be an effective way for him to run the program. Ash is a manager. He hires the best people he can find to be the position coaches, coordinators, etc, and gives them the leeway to coach up the players on all the technical aspects of the game. Sounds like Stitt is a great x's and o's guy, technical innovator, etc... probably would be a kick ass position coach or offensive coordinator at this level. It remains to be seen if he is head coaching material at hte D1 level. He might prove to be a home run or he might flop, remains to be seen.