Pete Thamel interview with Geoff Collins

[Duke Humphrey]

Pretty good read... Below is excerpt on what he learned from Mullen

https://www.si.com/college-football...-geoff-collins-swag?xid=socialflow_twitter_si

Collins: From the Day 1 when they stepped on campus to the time they left, everything was geared toward the development of the player. The work ethic, the toughness, athletic ability, fundamentals, technique, all was in line to improve on a daily basis. I think this place is a developmental program, so I take pride in that. I actually had a team meeting today, and I talked about Dak Prescott and Benardrick McKinney, two guys now starting at a high level in the NFL, and how they developed and why. What was their mindset? What were the steps? We’re using those things here.

 

[Dogariffic]

+1

 

[DancingRabbit]

His Dak story shows how a rookie earns respect in an NFL locker room.

SI: Quick sidebar: What’s your favorite Dak story? You were there when Mississippi State went to No. 1 in 2014.

Collins: In the off-season, we would have these very intense workouts on certain Fridays, big special workouts and some days there’d be three of them. Thirty kids in one session, 30 in another and then 30 kids in another. Dak always made sure he came to the first one and he would kill the workout, work harder than anybody. Just destroy the workout. After the workout we would break it down, 29 kids would leave, Dak would stay and go to the next workout and would be in there encouraging, pushing, motivating. Wouldn’t do the entire workout physically but would go and motivate this group. Those 30 kids would break it down, go to class, and Dak would go to the next workout and would do every workout with every kid. The thing I talk about when referring to him is how everything he did, he was all in, and that’s what we try to impress upon our football players. How you do in the classroom is how you’re going to do on the football field. How you do in off-season conditioning is how you’re going to do on the football field. How you do anything is how you’ll do everything.

Pretty good read... Below is excerpt on what he learned from Mullen

https://www.si.com/college-football...-geoff-collins-swag?xid=socialflow_twitter_si

Collins: From the Day 1 when they stepped on campus to the time they left, everything was geared toward the development of the player. The work ethic, the toughness, athletic ability, fundamentals, technique, all was in line to improve on a daily basis. I think this place is a developmental program, so I take pride in that. I actually had a team meeting today, and I talked about Dak Prescott and Benardrick McKinney, two guys now starting at a high level in the NFL, and how they developed and why. What was their mindset? What were the steps? We’re using those things here.

 

[KurtRambis4]

This is such a simple

How you do anything is how you’ll do everything.

statement, but so profound, too.