Mike Riley Really Knows His Players

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How can I help you?

Seriously? The guy is a RS Senior on your team!

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He was joking with "how can I help you."

However a former player told me that if you lined 100 guys up that Mason would not have been able to pick out all his players.


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MaxyJR1 said:
He was joking with "how can I help you."

However a former player told me that if you lined 100 guys up that Mason would not have been able to pick out all his players.
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100 faces are a lot to remember....
 


MaxyJR1 said:
He was joking with "how can I help you."

However a former player told me that if you lined 100 guys up that Mason would not have been able to pick out all his players.


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On Reilly, clearly as you say he was joking around.

As for the Mason comment - I'm sure there are a few guys on every team that the head coach would have a hard time identifying out of uniform. In any given year the roster can have around 125 guys on it when you factor in all the walkons and many of those guys the head coach would have little to no direct interaction with.
 



MNVCGUY said:
On Reilly, clearly as you say he was joking around.

As for the Mason comment - I'm sure there are a few guys on every team that the head coach would have a hard time identifying out of uniform. In any given year the roster can have around 125 guys on it when you factor in all the walkons and many of those guys the head coach would have little to no direct interaction with.
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I bet coaches don't ever forget player's fat girlfriends, though...
 

If Mason, or any head coach for that matter really couldn't remember 100 guys that's really bad. I helped out coaching a HS freshman team for a few years when I was in college, and I could remember 60 kids easily. And I was just an assistant to a position coach. And we got 100% new kids every year, not every 4/5.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
He was joking with "how can I help you."

However a former player told me that if you lined 100 guys up that Mason would not have been able to pick out all his players.
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True statement. However, the position coaches knew every player so it really shouldn't be that hard for the head coach, all it takes is a little effort.
 




I don't know how it works, but you'd think the head coach in a big program would have the time in the off-season to sit down with everyone on the team either individually or in small groups just to check in and see how things are going. I know recruiting and fundraising are on the coaching staff's agenda, but one would think a head coach would take the time to at least know who the guys on the team are.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
He was joking with "how can I help you."

However a former player told me that if you lined 100 guys up that Mason would not have been able to pick out all his players.


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I heard that about Mason too. And it was not obscure walkons - it was contributors.
 

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