This was my favorite part

by CJs Burger, Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 08:59 (6244 days ago) @ Jay

Question: When (former Notre Dame offensive line coach) Joe Moore had those successful offensive lines with you, what did he build them on? What was the premise that he built his offensive lines on?

LH: "I've been fortunate. I spoke at Skip (Holtz's) clinic last week at East Carolina and I talked about how to get the maximum out of your players and I referred to two coaches. Larry Bechtol, who coached for me for 11 years at N.C. State and Arkansas and then about 30 years in the pros, great offensive line coach. And I talked about Joe Moore. When I had great offensive line coaches, we won. The thing about Joe Moore was he believed in what he taught. He wouldn't compromise. I think most coaches that really achieve an awful lot have such confidence in what they are trying to teach that they aren't going to compromise the fundamentals in the way you do things. And you have to believe so strongly in what you're doing that I'm going to insist you do it my way and if it doesn't work, I'll take blame for it. So many people don't want to do that. Joe Moore was willing to stand up and be accounted for. He was tough on his players yet he genuinely cared about them. It all came down to fundamentals and it came down to attitude. But being able to run the football is so important in the long run to the mental makeup of your team. I never wanted people in the locker room to say 'Well, we got beat, but they weren't very tough.' I wanted them to be in the whirlpool, in the training tables, saying 'Well, we don't want to play those suckers again.' We just believed physical football, it starts with your offensive line. I think when the offensive line is the leaders of your football team, you'll usually be pretty good. When your wide receivers and running backs are the leaders, that's a little bit more individualism. But the offensive line, they are togetherness. They don't get publicity and they just take a pride in being the heart and soul of a football team. That's how our offensive lines were with Larry Bechtol. That's the way they were with Joe Moore."

looks like it

by Jay, San Diego, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 11:48 (6245 days ago) @ Pat

The stuff on Urban in the third link is pretty interesting.

highly recommend the Lou interview from Saturday.

by Jay, San Diego, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 10:10 (6245 days ago)

There is a lot of interesting stuff in here. A lot. I think it's worth a transcript.

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=nd&media=117038

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