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| Peter King |
In his article, King says that Greg Schiano is a control freak. And that's the major explanation, at least in his mind, for why you trade a productive tight end like Kellen Winslow for something so paltry as a seventh-round draft choice: The new coach doubted he was going to be able to control Winslow.
The Bucs are rewriting the rules of their program under Schiano. A friend of King's at Rutgers once told him Schiano was an acquired taste; he was insistent, for instance, that team meetings at road hotels be held with the room at a precise temperature. King forgets what the temperature was. But that was the depth of his detail work. There's nothing particularly wrong with that. It's just that it's not for everyone King says.
Recently, NFL.com’s Albert Breer interviewed Coach Schiano and asked him about the story. Schiano confirmed the story and explained himself.
The Bucs are rewriting the rules of their program under Schiano. A friend of King's at Rutgers once told him Schiano was an acquired taste; he was insistent, for instance, that team meetings at road hotels be held with the room at a precise temperature. King forgets what the temperature was. But that was the depth of his detail work. There's nothing particularly wrong with that. It's just that it's not for everyone King says.
Recently, NFL.com’s Albert Breer interviewed Coach Schiano and asked him about the story. Schiano confirmed the story and explained himself.
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| Albert Breer |
“If you’ve ever been with a group of men in a meeting room, you know that if you put 70 guys in a room, the temperature goes up right away,” Schiano said. “That might make it harder to focus", if you’re worried about trying not to suffocate.
“Those are the details most people don’t tend to. I don’t know if I put more on that than anyone else, but I make sure we’re thorough. You can bitch about the stuff when it doesn’t go right. Or you can get out in front of it.”
Schiano has brought his meticulous, detail-oriented style to Tampa Bay, and he thinks it’ll work.
“We’re all men here with different roles — mine is head coach and theirs are as players,” Schiano explained. “It’s demanding, what we’re asking, it’s not easy, but it’s the best thing. … The buy-in has been great, they’ve been working incredibly hard. We gave them off this week, and we’ll come back with OTAs and the mini-camp.
“Those are the details most people don’t tend to. I don’t know if I put more on that than anyone else, but I make sure we’re thorough. You can bitch about the stuff when it doesn’t go right. Or you can get out in front of it.”
Schiano has brought his meticulous, detail-oriented style to Tampa Bay, and he thinks it’ll work.
“We’re all men here with different roles — mine is head coach and theirs are as players,” Schiano explained. “It’s demanding, what we’re asking, it’s not easy, but it’s the best thing. … The buy-in has been great, they’ve been working incredibly hard. We gave them off this week, and we’ll come back with OTAs and the mini-camp.
“But so far, the guys have been excellent. It was a change for them, but we didn’t just do it to do it. We explain to them the reasoning, and once they hear that, they get it. Hey, they want to win.”
So, is it a bad thing to have discipline and structure? Is it going too far to actually demand room temperature control? Or is this evidence of having a coach that really does take every single element, analyze it, and maximize it's benefit? Only time will tell.
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