Post by Oneback on Apr 9, 2009 12:19:26 GMT
What is your "BRAND"?
I heard my former High School QB - Darren Perry (played for me 3 years in H.S.) - lecture on this subject last Saturday. Darren made All-American at S/S for Penn St. He started at F/S for the STEELERS (& called coverages) from 1992 thru 1998. He COACHED with the Steelers in their Super Bowl win in 2006/2007.
Darren talks about EVERY coach in the NFL as being KNOWN for SOMETHING (thus, that is their "BRAND")! He said that the Steelers DEFENSE (under "DC" Dick LeBeau) is the SAME today as it was in 1992 when he first broke in. They have not changed ANYTHING from his first game as a player (1992) to his last year as Secondary Coach (2006/2007). The Steelers are currently playing the BEST defense in NFL history (another of my former players - James Farrior - is All_pro at ILB for them). Darren maintains that coaches that "look for something new" each year, are the ones that get FIRED!
There is a coach on this site that has changed defenses every year since I have BEEN on the site (6-7 years?). Any offense or defense must be taught to a player from the time he ENTERS High School (or even in Middle School) until he is a Senior. Only THEN can he thoroughly become "comfortable" in it, & gain CONFIDENDE in it!
What is YOUR "brand"?
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Perry was named a first team Football Writers All-American and graduated as Penn State's second leading all-time interceptor with 15. The Nittany Lions culminated a 11-2 season with a win in the Fiesta Bowl versus Tennessee. Perry’s 299 interception return yards and 3 interceptions for touchdowns are school records. Perry had six interceptions his senior year and returned two for touchdowns.
An eighth round draft pick (203rd overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft, (the first for Steelers head coach Bill Cowher), Perry played seven seasons (1992-98) with the Steelers and started the first 110 games of his career, including the postseason. Largely unheralded, the 5'11", 200 lb (91 kg). rookie picked off six passes, becoming the first rookie since 1955 to lead the team in interceptions. The pairing of Perry with Pro Bowler Rod Woodson in the secondary helped create one of the NFL’s most effective and durable secondaries. His 32 career interceptions from 1992-98 are tied for seventh in Pittsburgh history.
Perry signed with the San Diego Chargers in 1999 and rounded out his playing career in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, having played in 139-of-141 possible games, missing only two games in 1997 due to a groin injury. He started 13 postseason games, including Super Bowl XXX. He had a career total of 35 interceptions.
In 1997, Perry was selected as the recipient of the Pro Football Writers’ “Chief Award”, presented annually to the member of the Steelers’ organization who best exemplifies the spirit of cooperation with the media. He was also named the winner of the 1992 “Joe Greene Great Performance Award”, given to the outstanding Steelers rookie.
I heard my former High School QB - Darren Perry (played for me 3 years in H.S.) - lecture on this subject last Saturday. Darren made All-American at S/S for Penn St. He started at F/S for the STEELERS (& called coverages) from 1992 thru 1998. He COACHED with the Steelers in their Super Bowl win in 2006/2007.
Darren talks about EVERY coach in the NFL as being KNOWN for SOMETHING (thus, that is their "BRAND")! He said that the Steelers DEFENSE (under "DC" Dick LeBeau) is the SAME today as it was in 1992 when he first broke in. They have not changed ANYTHING from his first game as a player (1992) to his last year as Secondary Coach (2006/2007). The Steelers are currently playing the BEST defense in NFL history (another of my former players - James Farrior - is All_pro at ILB for them). Darren maintains that coaches that "look for something new" each year, are the ones that get FIRED!
There is a coach on this site that has changed defenses every year since I have BEEN on the site (6-7 years?). Any offense or defense must be taught to a player from the time he ENTERS High School (or even in Middle School) until he is a Senior. Only THEN can he thoroughly become "comfortable" in it, & gain CONFIDENDE in it!
What is YOUR "brand"?
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Perry was named a first team Football Writers All-American and graduated as Penn State's second leading all-time interceptor with 15. The Nittany Lions culminated a 11-2 season with a win in the Fiesta Bowl versus Tennessee. Perry’s 299 interception return yards and 3 interceptions for touchdowns are school records. Perry had six interceptions his senior year and returned two for touchdowns.
An eighth round draft pick (203rd overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft, (the first for Steelers head coach Bill Cowher), Perry played seven seasons (1992-98) with the Steelers and started the first 110 games of his career, including the postseason. Largely unheralded, the 5'11", 200 lb (91 kg). rookie picked off six passes, becoming the first rookie since 1955 to lead the team in interceptions. The pairing of Perry with Pro Bowler Rod Woodson in the secondary helped create one of the NFL’s most effective and durable secondaries. His 32 career interceptions from 1992-98 are tied for seventh in Pittsburgh history.
Perry signed with the San Diego Chargers in 1999 and rounded out his playing career in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, having played in 139-of-141 possible games, missing only two games in 1997 due to a groin injury. He started 13 postseason games, including Super Bowl XXX. He had a career total of 35 interceptions.
In 1997, Perry was selected as the recipient of the Pro Football Writers’ “Chief Award”, presented annually to the member of the Steelers’ organization who best exemplifies the spirit of cooperation with the media. He was also named the winner of the 1992 “Joe Greene Great Performance Award”, given to the outstanding Steelers rookie.
