Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
March 29, 1982 Page 9
herrill ready for start of spring football drills
iy Frank L. Christlieb practice every clay. We ll spend a ball is just an added plus to see if we can adapt to the all the support you can. I think if what their need
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
I Jackie Sherrill has his team’s
ring workouts planned to per
son.
I Every aspect of the Texas
s' spring training drills,
ich begin Tuesday afternoon
|6, has been mapped out as if
t of the elaborate scheme of a
iterful strategist.
I But 20 days of spring training
the Texas A&M football
i will be work and nothing
for Sherrill, his new assis
ts and the football squad.
Texas A&M coach and
liletic director says he can’t
(jit to get a first glimpse of his
' team.
“I’m really anxious to get
Ijrted,” he said. “I’m kind of
kcited about seeing the players
erform in pads to see if they
hve enough to adapt to what
ere going to try to do with
iem.
I “They’ve been in an off-
on program consisting of
lie weight training and the run-
ling program, which was open
[tall students. It was like an en
hance (program).
“There are four phases,”
herrill said. “One is that you
ant your off-season program
i be tougher than the spring
hd the spring tougher than the
1 practice and your fall prac-
Ice tougher than the season.
\ think an asset I ha ve is
be able to relate to
[layers and get to know
tem and to get their
inCidence. They’re
|ere for a lot of reasons
her than to play foot-
and if everything
jse around them is in
per, and it’s suppor-
reand they’re... doing
le things that a college
udent is supposed to
hjoyand do, then play-
Ig football is just an
pded plus to them. ” —
forrill.
Jackie Sherrill
ties, will end the 20-drill period-
Among those scheduled to
attend the game are New
Orleans Saints coach O.A.
“Bum” Phillips and Alabama
coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, as
well as former Texas A&M
athletes Charlie Krueger, Ed
Hargett, Pat Thomas, Curtis
Dickey, Lester Hayes, Mike
Mosley and Ed Simonini.
Sherrill describes his team’s
spring training as a time find out
how much the team can prog
ress and adapt to the new system
he and his assistants have
brought to Texas A&M.
“We’ll start (each workout)
with punting for 10 minutes,” he
said, “then we’ll go through flex
and stretch. We’ll go through
approximately 40 minutes of
technique, then 30 minutes of
what we call ‘outside,’ which is
the offensive backs and receiv
ers throwing the ball against the
defensive linebackers and backs.
“We’ll go into team (drills) for
20 or 30 minutes, and then we ll
go into goal-line (defense) for 10
minutes. That’ll be a standard
practice every day. We’ll spend a
lot of time on techniques and a
lot of time on the offensive line
and pass protection.
“Probably the biggest part of
spring training will be how
much the players can adapt and
how much the offensive line can
adapt and progress ... how much
they can understand and master
their techniques,” Sherrill said.
Sherrill said that after watch
ing films of the 1981 Aggies, he’s
been most impressed with quar
terback Gary Kubiak, as well as
receivers Don Jones, Mark
Lewis, Jimmy l eal and Jimmie
Williams.
Texas A&M returns a solid
base upon which to build the
1982 team, including nine
offensive starters, eight defen
sive starters and 50 lettermen.
However, Sherrill says, he won’t
rely on returning experience to
win a Southwest Conference
championship next season.
“If it’s a young team and
you’re 11-1, then that’s one
thing,” he said. “If it’s a young
team and you’re 6-5, then that’s
something else.”
“Having the returning star
ters is good if they were 12-0, but
they were 6-5. That’s like saying
you’ve got a great house, but it
doesn’t have any air condition
ing, it doesn't have a shower and
it doesn’t have water.”
Sherrill says that, in the midst
of the hectic schedule during his
first 10 . weeks here, he’s had
plenty of time to get to know his
players.
“I think an asset I have is to be
able to relate to players and get
to know them ... and to get their
confidence,” he said. “They're
here for a lot -of reasons other
than to play football, and if ev
erything else around them is in
order, and it’s supportive and
they’re ... doing the things that a
college student is supposed to
enjoy and do, then playing fbot-
ust like Tuesday’s practice had
:tter be tougher than a game or
ou’re in trouble.”
Slatting Tuesday, the Aggies
1 practice in full gear for four
iys a week during the next Five
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|p.m., featuring several former
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“Football is tough, and if all
the other things are falling on
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You try not to let that happen.
That’s why you try to get to
know each one of them. If you
“Probably the biggest
part of spring training
will be how much the
players can adapt and
how much the offensive
line can adapt and prog
ress ... how much they
can understand and
master their techni
ques.” — Texas A&M
football coach and
athletic director Jackie
Sherrill.
get to know them and relate to
them, then it helps you under
stand them.
“I’m really impressed with the
attitudes of the players,” Sherrill
said. “We asked them to come
back early off their semester
break, and we did it for two
reasons. One is that I wanted to
make sure that they were back
going to class at 8 that (Monday)
morning. The other reason was
that I wanted to see how much
self-discipline they have. It’s
really just testing them more
than anything else.”
Sherrill said he hopes to effec
tively use the talents of Kubiak
and running backs Johnny Hec
tor and Earnest Jackson.
“We’ll run the ball and add
the throwing to it,” he said.
“That’s what we’re kind of ex
cited about.
“I’m increasingly impressed
with the skill people. We don’t
have an overabundance of
them, but I’m impressed with
the defensive people. Our
offensive linemen have great
attitudes, but we need more size.
“The spring will be a time to
see if we can adapt to the
changes we’d like to make and if
the players have the ability to
make them,” Sherrill said.
And who wouldn’t under
stand Sherrill’s straight and sim
ple coaching philosophy?
“When you’re on the field,
you’re there to work,” he said.
“You enjoy yourself, but it’s full
speed, you don’t hold back and
you get after it.
“The only time you raise your
voice is when you have to. Hope
fully, you don’t have to raise
your voice very much. I think it’s
important that you, as a head
coach, do your job before you
get on the field, which means
that everybody knows what
they’re doing and they’re aware
of it.
“You turn your coaches
loose,” Sherrill said, “and you let
them coach. If things need to be
corrected, you correct them and
go about your business.”
Football, however, hasn’t
been Sherrill’s only concern
during the past two and a half
months. The former Pittsburgh
coach has been tending to his
duties as athletic director by
looking into the Athletic Depart
ment’s immediate needs and
possible improvements.
“You want to sit back and
analyze the situation and help
everybody that you can,” Sher
rill said. “You want to give them
all the support you can. I think if what their needs are, then you
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