New York Giants coach Joe Judge defended his old-school practice of running players and coaches for mistakes that have been criticized by pundits and former players alike.
“Everything we do has a purpose,” Judge said, via the team’s official website. “We’re very intent on explaining to our team why we do things the way we do them. I’m a big believer in training our team in why we do things. That we’re not just out there shining the wing and trying to go ahead and force punishment. I explained the next day that if you make mistakes on the field, there are consequences. In the game, there are penalties. During practice, we must understand that there are consequences for mistakes. This is not “It’s a reminder that we need to get our attention and be more detailed about how we approach things.”
The referee’s habit of running players for practice errors has raised eyebrows at the start of training camp, with some considering themselves as amateur as predicting an appearance on a player.
It is the latest instance of a Bill Belichick protégé taking Belichickian doctrine from New England and looking sideways from the bullet. Belichick has the rings and success of getting buy-in at some old school practices. New coaches do not have the same luxury. The hard noses can surprise some players – as we’ve seen in Detroit with Matt Patricia. On the flip side, some coaches, like Brian Flores in Miami, can quickly outbid players.
When he starts his first training camp in New York, Judge makes sure all players are treated equally. Per New York Daily News got the coach after star who sacked Saquon Barkley back on Tuesday.
“We coach everyone the same,” the coach said. “We try to get the best out of everyone and improve them every day. We do not let details slip. The thing I am most impressed with is how coachable this team is. They come in every day in search of coaching points that they want to do better. They understand that it’s about the message and not how the message is always delivered. “
Judge clings to his guns with how he wants his football team to operate, unpack all the details and become a hardnosed club.
“We try to demand the best from everyone and improve them every day,” he said. “We do not let details slip. The thing I am most impressed with is how coachable this team is. They come in here every day, they look for details, they look for coaching points, they want to improve and they want to get better. They understand that it’s about the message, not how the message is always delivered. We coach hard. We are very demanding. This is a difficult job. We are in New York City. This is a difficult place to be. “We need to have guys who are fat and understand that we need to operate in high pressure situations. We can not go out on the practice field and just sing Kumbaya together and think we will move forward.”
Win and any tactic seen as unprofessional will be accepted. Lose, and judge will be Belichick’s last student to fight to install the Patriot Way outside Foxborough.
