Comments on: Agents grumbling about John Lott’s weight-room antics

By: istateyourname

istateyourname — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:24:01 +0000

why does someone need to try to persuade them to strain past discomfort and into the territory of injury?

Maybe its not a strength test, maybe its really an IQ test?

By: mikemcdorman

mikemcdorman — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:45:48 +0000

Give me a break. This wasn’t worth a story.

By: deconjonesbitchslap

deconjonesbitchslap — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:56:31 +0000

push ups, pull-ups, and dips: nothing will get you a more fit in the upper body. benching 500 pounds is damn impressive but some people are better built for that workout. some of those dudes are so damn huge they only have to lower the bar 6 inches until they hit their chest.

they should also do squats in the draft. i’d like to see some of these guys rack it up. dead lift too. that is a beastly workout. but you’d probably have guys throw out their backs trying to show off.

By: richardhurtz

richardhurtz — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:27:08 +0000

txtombosinger – Yeah, 15 years and the highest he has risen is “strength and conditioning coach”. That is one step above “quality control specialist”. Also I haven’t noticed any bidding wars for his services if he is that “valuable” and “respected”. He is a attention seeking clown who crawls out from the Cards weight room once a year to get himself on TV at the expense of the kids at the combine. Period.

Now what are you still doing here? I thought I told you to go get your funking shine box!

By: txtombosinger

txtombosinger — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:43:26 +0000

richardhurtz and all other haters:

All of you making negative comments about John Lott have no idea what you are talking about! I’ve known John for over 30 years and his “antics” are not rehearsed. He is a very motivated person and loves his job. He sincerely wants the guys to succeed and has no stake in their results. Make a name for himself? If you ask any player he has coached in his 15 years in the NFL and they love and respect the guy.

“Low level coach?” You obviously have no clue about the value of a strength and conditioning coach.

By: richardhurtz

richardhurtz — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:04:15 +0000

The number of high school hero, Al Bundy types that post on this site is really funny. There is a reason you are behind your computer playing fantasy football and these kids are at the NFL combine and it has NOTHING to do with attention seeking d-bags like John Lott.

Lott is just trying to make a name for himself at the expense of these kids. His yelling and arm waving has NO IMPACT on what these kids bench or how they will play on the field. If he was so great, he wouldn’t be a low level coach with the stinking Arizona Cards.

Now go get your funking shine box!

By: demdirtybirds

demdirtybirds — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:30:16 +0000

This is the kind of stuff that is ruining the league. John Lott is simply motivating these young men to push it to the limit. If the agents freak out over it, good luck in OTA and minicamp. Football is a sport that rewards people for their strength and athletics as well as their smarts. If a player is dumb enough to get an agent to hold him out of the bench press, go play soccer

By: ahs2

ahs2 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:35:19 +0000

Has the author ever experienced pushing himself in the gym?!

By: cards82

cards82 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:44:31 +0000

John Lott is without question the most respected Strength Coach in the country. Would someone please tell Marcus’ agent to “GET HIS MIND RIGHT” and quit whining… and if his boy can’t benchpress 225 he doesn’t belong in the NFL!

By: dieselfan44

dieselfan44 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:00:58 +0000

Man what BS…these kids are bustin their ass to earn a job…this guy is trying to motivate them to give their all..money hungry agents worried about losing a buck or two…smh!

By: mamaknowschild

mamaknowschild — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:46:52 +0000

If anyone thinks that John Lott is more annoying than motivational. I ask they search the name Scott Cochran, the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alabama. I’m sure the 5 possible first rounders from that school would owe a lot to him.

By: steelerfan10

steelerfan10 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:16:42 +0000

Lift the weights you future overpaid babies. You’re gonna play a game we all wish we could play!

By: biglebronski

biglebronski — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:42:37 +0000

Anybody who has ever lifted weights knows its the spotter’s job to motivate the lifter. So stupid.

By: edjy71

edjy71 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:05:14 +0000

I’m glad someone brought this up, not because I think the agents have a legit complaint but because I’m tired of John Lott.

From a sports science perspective, the yelling, hooting and hollering may actually hinder the extra reps.

Imagine how hard it would be focusing to harness your strength and get those last reps in when you got this blowhard screaming in your face.

Another annoying apect is his insistance on giving this from behind bear hug which ends up looking like a choke hold.

You can tell it annoyes them having this ol’ timey yokel grab at them just as they’re trying to get up.

Jeesh John, keep your hands to yourself! Quit endulging your own ego and focus on your job, making sure the bar doesn’t crush the athlete’s larynx!

By: whodeydaytonchapter

whodeydaytonchapter — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:03:50 +0000

That might be the dumbest thing I ever heard.
1. The agent that said that obviously has never power lifted before. Anyone who has knows a good spotter can push you to get reps you don’t think you can get.
2. This argument about not needing to get 27 reps when 24 is good enough does not cut it either. The point of being there is to be measured.
3. I am not a doctor but I have only seen those kind of injuries in real life from steroid users. Typically the muscle grows fast but the tendons strengthen at a normal rate. The muscle is able to move more weight but weak link in the chain gives out. Not saying that happened here but if it did then it was the agents job to know it and have a game plan to deal with it.

By: emmac13

emmac13 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:03:31 +0000

All these guys can bench 225. Thats why they keep count. Just like Wilt Chamberlin. The higher the number the better. Scoreboard.

By: emmac13

emmac13 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:01:19 +0000

I-N-T-E-N-S-I-T-Y!!!

All meat head gym rats have antics.
This is why Albert Haynesworth does not go even 75%. He is only use to going 50%.

By: shakukalick

shakukalick — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:17:50 +0000

I think he blew the pec on the 6th rep. Had nothing to done with squeezing out an extra rep.

By: condor75

condor75 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:16:48 +0000

ibreathefootball:
So Dude,how does a couple of extra reps correlate to being a better player. If if was a matter of weights and running, the NFL would simply sign track guys and weightlifters. It is easy to be tough with another man’s body huh?

By: kaveech

kaveech — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:11:45 +0000

Wait a minute, the guy that tore his pec is from Iowa.

Now less than a year ago it was the Iowa strength and conditioning coach that was under NCAA investigation because of a report that “multiple student athletes”, I believe it was 12, were admitted to the hospital for Rhabdomyolysis, which means their muscles were literally breaking down.

Funny how that shows up a year later. This agent is ridiculous, how could he say such stupid words? An extra rep or 2 doesn’t win a game? No it doesn’t and neither does running under a 4.5 40 yard dash either, but it puts a he// of a lot more money in your pocket

By: dukemarc

dukemarc — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:00:53 +0000

The better answer is to ditch the hoo-rah baloney and treat these kids like the men they’re now expected to be.
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Says the guy who strains just to lift his laptop bag.

By: delmonte55

delmonte55 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:44:23 +0000

No one swiped Underwear Olympics…you just wore it out.

By: cytofed

cytofed — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:38:25 +0000

Maybe this agent hit the books instead of the weight room in highschool/college. Let the football people handle football. Your an agnt stick to your negotiation. What’s the stats on player who hurt himself on the Benchpress in draft history? 0? Lol let the coach do his damn job.

By: gator2006

gator2006 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:37:48 +0000

Who the heck tears a pec while benching? He must have been gripping too widely or bounced way too hard.

By: PriorKnowledge

PriorKnowledge — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:35:51 +0000

Have you seen those 4th quarter arm tackles that the backs ran through? Those defenders are the guys who did not have any extra 225 pound lifts left.

So the lift count IS VERY IMPORTANT.

By: westclaims

westclaims — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:28:26 +0000

The writer of this article has never been near a weight room, except to peek at the dudes.

By: mastodonry

mastodonry — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:25:26 +0000

Pretty sure I dont want the guy who quits with 3 reps left in him because “there’s no difference” or “that’s enough.”

I want a guy who is gonna give 110% every down every play. Quitting early is BS.

It’s about effort, preparation and desire. Can you push yourself for the best you can give or will you quit? When it comes to playing in the NFL, especially since a lot of these guys are fighting to be drafted, I would say quitting isn’t a very valid option.

By: brant76

brant76 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:22:35 +0000

The agents have had it in for lot since he “bullied” Lady Quinn into doing the bench press back in 2007. The plan was for Quinn not to do the bench press, but after being harrased by Lott calling him “Sunshine.” He got on the bench. He put up a good number for a QB, but I think his draft stock fell as GMs saw him as weak minded for giving into pressure and not following the plan he had with his agent. JaMarcus Russell didn’t bench press, but if he had I’m guessing he might have made it to two.

By: blackchief29

blackchief29 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:15:57 +0000

It’s called football & passion. If you have a problem with it, don’t watch it and I’m certain you never were a part of it. The passion & respect is what you’re seeing with Lott & those who complain will never understand the sacred nature of the game. A game for men and not for soft/weak/pretenders. Keep your prints off the game. This is sickening

By: thehighhat

thehighhat — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:12:56 +0000

Lott is easily the most annoying part of combine coverage!