Re: Gizzi -
Armed with certifications from USA Weightlifting and the National Academy of Sports Medicine, he specializes in sports and physical performance development and injury prevention and recovery. Coach Gizzi has trained, consulted, and assisted athletes, organizations, and teams in a wide variety of performance endeavors.
Emphasis mine. 
Winston Moss hasn't exactly done an admirable job coaching the MLB's... Now he has the OLB's too?
Glad to hear Gizzi was brought in again... He's an impressive dude.
Winston Moss hasn't exactly done an admirable job coaching the MLB's... Now he has the OLB's too?
That was my first thought as well. Then I thought back to Desmond Bishop in 2010-2011.
Winston Moss hasn't exactly done an admirable job coaching the MLB's... Now he has the OLB's too?
How would we fans know ?
Maybe he is getting everything humanly possible out of the limited athletes he has to work with. Or not. The results aren't what we / they want, but I don't know how us fans would be able to tell where the responsibility lies ( and maybe its little of each)
Winston didn't do real well in his interviews when he was a hot candidate for DC or HC awhile back, but he must have done something to garner those interviews in the first place.
Here's his group:
B.Jones was a re-positioned 7th,
DJ Smith a 6th,(injured/cut)
Barrington a 6th, (TBD)
Bishop a 6th (injured/cut)
Terrell Manning a 5th (injured/cut)
Lattimore ( injured, kept)
Francois were udfa. (injured TBD)
Bishop worked out, Jones got a 2nd contract and the rest are imminently fungible
Not sure if that's what you'd expect out of those late picks or if they should have done better than 2-3 players out of 7 tries.
And is that attributable to the coaching ?
he must have done something to garner those interviews in the first place.
He did, he was born a minority. Remember how many interviews Sherm Lewis got? Same thing.
wowza.
During the time when Moss was interviewing, wasn't he titled as an Ass't HC? Either initially or eventually after he had interviewed?
I think I recall that or similar.
Clearly he'd been recognized for his development of Hawk.
Not every coach can take a top 5 overall pick, who is never injured, and turn him into a nobody.
20+ Coaches! That is almost one coach for every two players??? That's not counting training staff and managers. At some point, isn't it a case of having "too many cooks in the kitchen"? Communication paths must be incredibly confusing at times. Just hope it works.
I think that sheds light on why these coaches all hire one another
Whisenhunt goes to Titans and takes Ray Horton with him
Capers knew trgovac from Carolina
Lovie grabbed Leslie for a buccaneer pride parade
MM promotes from within except when he goes out, and those new guys all have some connection to MM at Pitt, KC, N.O.
They trust the guys they know to share their vision and incorporate it into the position groups.
Trust is probably more important than X's and O's when you have 20 coaches
I'd argue that Hawk's knowledge of the defense and ability to get everyone lined up are what have kept him starting this long. His weaknesses as a player are all physical limitations that can't be coached up.
And even though Hawk was a top 5 pick, he was a 4-3 Weakside backer that is still technically out of position.
he was a 4-3 Weakside backer that is still technically out of position.
I concur. I don't care how much traffic he directs or knowledge he has he just doesn't get it done to the level I'd expect. He's completely a backup to me at best in the current GBP 3-4.
Unmet expectations are the source of most unhappiness when it comes to football
X4 is like a huge funnel and no matter where we start; all topics eventually lead to how unhappy fans are with AJ El Ka Hawk.
Re: Gizzi -
Armed with certifications from USA Weightlifting and the National Academy of Sports Medicine, he specializes in sports and physical performance development and injury prevention and recovery. Coach Gizzi has trained, consulted, and assisted athletes, organizations, and teams in a wide variety of performance endeavors.
Emphasis mine.
He's also certified in Rex Kwon Do
thing about Hawk... I stayed out of the bashing for a long time. thought he was maybe getting there. but in the last two years... nope, that dog don't hunt good enough.
Moss received the Asst. HC title after the 2007 season I believe. To be fair to him and Hawk, it looked to me like the Packers had struck gold with Hawk early on. He had really strong seasons in '06 and '07 and we didn't start seeing his decline until 2008 when he replaced Barnett at MLB who was injured. Looking back they should have kept Hawk where he was and just inserted Des Bishop into the lineup. Moss also helped Barnett achieve two of the best seasons of his career in '06 and '07. So I could believe that his stock was pretty high following the 2007 season. His stock dropped when they switched to the 34 and he had to help Nick Barnett and AJ Hawk transition to a different position, one which neither was/is suited for. When he's had guys who fit that position, like Des Bishop, he has done well developing them.
