Ben Herbert New S&C coach

Umbig stated that there would be other Wisconsin or Wisconsin lineage guys joining the staff too. edit: could be just S&C support staff.

Wisconsin has been putting out Top rated O-Linemen for the past 20 years.  Any part of that training that can carry over here is fine by me...

I think it's just a few assistant S&C coaches.  Would love to take their LB coach but I don't want to lose Partridge.

the video of herberts technique and philosophy is pretty interesting. In that video he talks about working on the lower half of players and building their strength from the ground up. thats something I think our offensive linemen have been lacking for years. it seems like they were relying on their upper body strnght to move guys and not their leg drive to move people off the ball. if that is something that can be changed here then there should be a good amount of development from the younger o-line and d-line players whch will be good for everyone

Is a positive development for our team but there are still some other changes that need to be made as well

I heard this guy single handedly built Wisconsin's OLine, Arkansas' OLine, Stanford's OLine, Alabama's OLine, Clemson's DLine, the Taj Mahal, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Good hire.

Generally tepid?

Seems like a guy with a measured approach to reconditioning guys out of high school and building them up from there.

Our players have lacked size and strength for a long time. Our o lineman will greatly benefit from this. Heavy weights, low reps, beef and lots of sleep......let’s roll

After reading his bio that another MGoBlogger provided I think this is a pretty solid hire.

You had me at Wisconsin.

This is a home run hire...he will move the needle

Using the Arkansas O-line as a resume point isn't the best idea. I live in Little Rock and have watched the Arkansas qb's just get blasted over and over for the past 3-4 years. I don't necessarily believe it is the strength and conditioning program that caused this. I'm just saying that I'd slow down on anyone using the Arkansas connection as a good talking point.

If the entire Michigan team look like redwoods, I will gladly take it.

Assuming Bush Sr gets safeties coach, that puts us back at 9 assistants, any ideas on who or what position will be targeted for the 10th spot? I keep reading Enos on here but not much on others.

completely gone then or just demoted and staying with the team?

S&C guys are part of the puzzle.  But only part.

They are not going to get you into the playoffs over winter conditioning.

Barwis was not magic nor was Gittleson as bad as people thought he was when the Barwis hype started.

Herbert will be fine, but he's not going to do anything magic.  Nor does he have to.

 

Herbert's received a number of accolades including being named a "Master Strength and Conditioning Coach" which supposedly is the profession's highest honor. The number of players he developed at Wisconsin and Arkansas who went on to the NFL is noteworthy.

However, this didn't prevent Arkansas from going 29-34 in Bert's four years there, which included a terrible 11-29 record in the SEC.

S&C won't by itself win championships.

your average ESPN talking head gang has to discuss the NHL or soccer. "Yeah this is good and ehhh  *desperately scans stats sheet to find something familiar looking*"

i think he'll be a good addition

I know he hasn’t been at Wisconsin for a while but if he can get Michigan’s o-line mauling like Wisconsin’s is against Miami tonight, I’ll be very happy with this hire.

I love a good S&C thread when everyone that has ever been in a weight room is suddenly an expert on how to prepare high level athletes to compete in football.

As long as everyone we recruit on the OL is 6' 7" and 340 lbs like Wisconsin, we can't lose.