The Loeffler Philosophy

So, without about an hour of the Big Ten Announcement, Scot Loeffler joined the season ticket holders for a virtual session.  It was excellent, much as the first one.  You didn't have the out-there Phil Villipiano but you did have the out-there Scot Loeffler.

Apparently, a lot of people had been asking about the Big Ten and scheduling issues.  Todd Walker absorbed the question, essentially saying there is no answer to the question so there was no point in asking it.

Which is silly, of course, but whatever.

Coach is into some serious stuff.  He says they are implementing Black Box ideology.  There is a book called Black Box thinking, which, based on reading the dust jacket, means that the aviation industry has such a stellar accident rate because they learn from their mistakes by listening to the...you guessed it...the black box.

Not sure if that's what he is talking about.

He is also mixing in stuff from reading about NASA and the Navy Seals.  It's a high-performing soup.

He said we have to re-wire the brain and learn not to fear.

Then there was the toolbox.

• Elite plan
• Elite strength
• 100% commitment, maniacal in training
• Front sight focus, lock in, be in the moment
• Habitual full-speed training
• Execute with contingency plans when adversity strike

He gets a little more PJ Fleck every time I hear him talk. Says "elite" a lot. 

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I can also remember PJ Fleck coaching in the Cotton Bowl.

Josh Harris and Javon Burks were on the call, with a pretty inspiring story of how they led the team back from the 2-9 record in the last Blackney year.  You should have been there to hear that.

And on we go.