Ben Herbert intro press conference
Gives some insight into how he thinks and what he wants to accomplish. Never heard a detailed description from him like in this video. He will be missed!
Why should we care about a former strength coach. Let it go and move on.
He helped us win 3 big ten titles and a national championship and his assistant is our new strength coach. He was a huge part of our success.
And he is gone. Let it go. He couldn’t care less about the Michigan fan base, therefore, I don’t care about him.
Imagine being this sensitive about a S&C coach leaving a program that he helped turn into National Champions.
Lol.
Show me on the doll where Ben Herbert hurt you.
Slowly points to the heart as a single tear falls.
Don’t be bitter, be better!
This is why I don't talk about Michigan alumni. If they cared about the university, they'd still be in Ann Arbor, attending classes or working for the university in some capacity.
-7461 is really cool. How negative does one need to go to see Bolivia?
It's gotta be a lot more than that, remember the poster with like a seven digit negative number?
Please send me a copy of the interview, email, or text he sent you saying he doesn’t care about the Michigan fanbase.
What about professors or administrators who go to new schools to advance their careers? What about employees who move from one company to another. Are we supposed to hate all who make changes in life? Trying to understand the rules and guidelines here.
Um....cause he was super-good and played a big part in the football team's renaissance?
Mind you I'm just spit-balling here.
Why did I read that as “I am just splitting ball hairs here”. I have no clue.
you're gonna have to take a deep look into your subconscious to find that answer
You remind me of those who have said the same thing about Harbaugh. To quote*: "Harbaugh stabbed us in the back and left us hanging out to dry. Why should I care about him anymore?"
*not really a quote
The same is true of Harbaugh.
Coaching Michigan or the Lions? I care.
Coaching anywhere else? You're just the competition.
Which means, I think, that it’s really all about you. You can’t be grateful for the success they achieved at Michigan and the joy it brought you, and wish them well. Instead, there seems to be only anger that they won’t be bringing you more joy. Get used to that anger, I guess, because the chances of anyone at Michigan replicating what Harbaugh did, with a strong assist from Herbert, are tiny.
So I presume JJ and Blake and Mike, and Roman, and Zinter, and Keegan, and Trente and Jenkins, etc. etc.... are all now also "just the competition" unless drafted by the Lions?
Damn, that's a hell of a world view.
Are you kidding? I'm ready to get on a plane and make him a Godfather offer to return right now!
Username checks out....
I mean I’m not bitter about it but I get the sentiment from the OP and don’t get why he’s taking a neg bath. Wasn’t it Harbaugh himself that said something along the lines of, “you’re either with us or against us” when he got here? Kinda feels like that to me…
How do Harbaugh and Herbert leaving for the NFL, where they won’t be competing against Michigan, mean they’re now against Michigan?
You are lacking emotional stability getting your panties in a bunch over a S&C video from our previous coach. Once a Wolverine, always a Wolverine
Be happy cause it happened.
Watched it yesterday. Was going to post it but thought it would make many sad to see what Michigan lost. Let’s hope he makes it back to A2.
We'll just have to hope that he trained his staff well in his ideas and methods.
You can’t replace a guy like that. The best you can do is find someone who might come close.
You're right about that but I think the best we can do is retain consistency and hope that he was also a good teacher to his staff and they are able to continue his program at a high level.
The focus on attention to detail tells me that he's prepared his replacement well. Looking forward to it!
We'll know when we see what the weight racks look like. If they aren't lined up, we're in trouble.
Remember when Rich Rod and Barwis showed up and replaced all the weights and machines in the weight room and that was gonna make us so awesome
https://www.espn.com/college-football/columns/story?id=3293269
To be fair, I think we were coming out of the strength program dark ages at that time. I think we were bulking with large pizzas and lifting anvils.
Pre Barwis, we ran the Nautilus Machine Strategic Reserve for the US government in case of a Nautilus Machine drought.
the strength program dark ages at that time.
An age so dark that we regularly won Big Ten titles and brought home a national title.
Barwis was one of the best self-promoters I've ever seen.
Believe it or not you can win in the 90s and have a strength program in the dark ages in 2008. Your flip phone became outdated at the same time.
I never thought Barwis was the savior as fans worshiped him. By year 2 with too may big ten teams making us look small and then lining up against the top b10 teams on the lines and we looked like a mac school….. No joke it was rough. That wasn’t on Barwis… he did his job. RR told him they were to fat, take the bad weight off.. didnn’t realize how bad it was till year two and once again we couldn’t line up with the top teams in the conference and were still fighting it out losing to Iowa and Illinois while getting rolled by Wisconsin, Msu and Osu… And people still defend RR today.. 1 DT that was legit b10
Ben Herbert and I have similar obsessions. The embossed words on the plates all need to be aligned and stacked neatly. Likewise, the labels on the cans in my pantry all need to be facing outward. Unfortunately, that is where the similarities between Ben and I end.
Not to be that guy, but…
Attention to detail can cut both ways. Belichik is known for his attention to detail, but given his coaching tree maybe he’s taking care of a few too many details himself and leaving blind spots for the staff. However I choose to believe this isn’t true of Herbert.
He did a great job at Michigan, best wishes Ben!
IMO - Herbert was an integral part of Michigan's success - and, I was sorry to see him go.
This being said - I'm very hopeful that Michigan's S&C will continue to build on its foundation and will be curious as to how NFL players "accept and adapt" to what Hebert's going to do with SD.
Harbaugh being Harbaugh, he's always looking for an edge.
What if Herbert can produce a couple of functional minimum salary 2025 starters from the 2024 practice squad (or near practice squad), freeing up salary cap money to spend where it's needed?
Genius.
I saw this on YouTube and it sounded like he mesmerized a cynical, gotcha room full of reporters. Could hear a pin drop as he spoke. Succinct answers with detail, examples and data. Maybe the real reason UM got over the hump.
Herbert is going to prove to be a huge advantage for the Chargers. Instead of having a variety pack of training, I’m sure mostly good, you will have a more consistent unified team approach across the board.
The team, the team, The team.
I would expect Herbert’s process was well learned by Tress.
His overall focus and the process to make them more available and "unbreakable" is compelling to any who like bigger paychecks and will work for them. Those that don't better be Deion good or will be moving on, I suspect.
Harbaugh will carrot and stick them to a "team" concept.
Like the Lions draft "Captains" you get player lead focus and a bunch of on message mini-coaches with little downside.
More words than I would have expected. I expected a stare that pierced everyone's soul and they all immediately ran to the weight room.
FWIW he’s always been like this.
Idk, He started in 2018 here and I get it it takes a couple years to get things going for your program.. Everyone was done with the staff i 2020, though I thought covid year was a raw deal anyway for any staff that followed the rules only to watch programs come out like they didn’t miss a beat.
While I do think BH was great here and I like his program. I believe the biggest impact were the coaching additions of Mike MacDonald, Mike Hart and then Sherone Moore taking over the Oline… guys like Aiden Hutchinson and company getting the full team buy in! That imo changed everything and happened after Ben Herbert was already here. Yes, he’s a great s&c coach. Yes, I’ve never seen a Michigan team more prepared but I think the coaching and player buy in to the entire program including full buy in to the S&C program
The coaching changes and the leadership of the players were the biggest drivers. Not the SC coach. I’ll miss Ben, and I think he’s a big part of the success, but you’re right… it was the coaching changes, and player choices that got Michigan to the top.
This view ignores the fact that the S&C coach runs the team, and is the day to day face to the players, for more than half of the calendar year.
Ditto.