Hevesy explained, he's changing his ways, maybe.

TheBigShaft

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Hevesy is a screaming lunatic who constantly belittles and cusses out his players. He has softened this year on the two freshman tackles. Oh yea, Dillon Day was a prick right back to him as a freshman. Hevesy just raised his assholeness. Those are the cliff notes.

There is a reason why you don't have elite business leaders constantly yelling and cussing their employees. It's because it is an ineffective leadership style that does not allow your employees to grow. It also doesn't allow you to recruit or maintain the best talent. This isn't the 1950s or war.
 

BiscuitEater

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Have a 'bootleg' copy. Basically, Hevesy is a 'no nonsense' coach that doesn't BS the players. Those that do what he says, prosper.

One excerpt ..

"John Hevesy wanted Dillon Day to play center for Mississippi State in 2011. In Day, who was a freshman at the time and played guard in high school, Hevesy saw a vocal “control-freak” and therefore thought it’d work out well. There was one problem.

“Dillon had in his mind that he was not going to play center,” former Mississippi State offensive lineman Gabe Jackson said.

In protest, Day purposely launched the first seven snaps over the quarterback’s head, according to those who attended that preseason practice.
Hevesy recalled then sternly telling Day, a Louisiana native and former three-star prospect, something along the lines of, “If you don’t do it right, you can go to Louisiana Tech.” That’s the cleaner version.

“He really did say that,” Jackson said. “I had got a little upset because we did really need him there. But it also kind of got funny, but I didn’t want to laugh, especially not in front of coach. Trust me, it was hard. It was real hard.”
 

BiscuitEater

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Hevesy is a screaming lunatic who constantly belittles and cusses out his players. He has softened this year on the two freshman tackles. Oh yea, Dillon Day was a prick right back to him as a freshman. Hevesy just raised his assholeness. Those are the cliff notes.

And what you say may be true BUT Hevesy turned a 2-star OG from Louisiana and turned him into a 4 year starter at Center for State and he is still hanging around the NFL.
 

BiscuitEater

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Yea...no surprise he has problems recruiting.

Am interested in what you think about what others are saying about MSU's OL? Like recent reports about 'leading SEC in Sacks allowed' .. 'one of / best run-blocking OL in CFB' .. 'starting two Freshmen OT'

What do YOU say about Hevesy's RESULTS?
 

johnson86-1

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Hevesy is a screaming lunatic who constantly belittles and cusses out his players. He has softened this year on the two freshman tackles. Oh yea, Dillon Day was a prick right back to him as a freshman. Hevesy just raised his assholeness. Those are the cliff notes.

There is a reason why you don't have elite business leaders constantly yelling and cussing their employees. It's because it is an ineffective leadership style that does not allow your employees to grow. It also doesn't allow you to recruit or maintain the best talent. This isn't the 1950s or war.

I don't think anybody can criticize the growth/improvement of Hevesy's players.

Not allowing you to recruit talent is probably fair.
 
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