Bell's Back "locked-up"

[CoMoChief]

I think part of all of this is Dick Vermeil's old style reputation. It has been said that Vermeil's practices are too long and longer than any other teams practices in the NFL. I dont think he realizes that we can't go through the injuries and all of that crap like we did last year. Then looked how we crawled out of the gate in the beginning of the season. I jus think that maybe he needs to cut down on the time of the practices a little bit, but I am not an NFL coach so what do I know right?

[tk13]

Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

I think part of all of this is Dick Vermeil's old style reputation. It has been said that Vermeil's practices are too long and longer than any other teams practices in the NFL. I dont think he realizes that we can't go through the injuries and all of that crap like we did last year. Then looked how we crawled out of the gate in the beginning of the season. I jus think that maybe he needs to cut down on the time of the practices a little bit, but I am not an NFL coach so what do I know right?

No way, he's too soft now. That's why we stunk last year, he went too easy on the guys in training camp and babied them. Players got days off all the time, etc. etc. DV even said that when we broke camp, that he didn't feel as good as he did in 2003... and some of the players apparently said the same thing, that DV was too easy on guys. It wasn't vintage Dick Vermeil.

[alanm]

Originally Posted by tk13

No way, he's too soft now. That's why we stunk last year, he went too easy on the guys in training camp and babied them. Players got days off all the time, etc. etc. DV even said that when we broke camp, that he didn't feel as good as he did in 2003... and some of the players apparently said the same thing, that DV was too easy on guys. It wasn't vintage Dick Vermeil.

The guys that have paid their dues like Priest, Shields and Roaf I'd say give them the time off. The rest of the team works their asses off. But don't beat em to death.