Originally posted by Sickaa:
Originally posted by KiwiM:
Originally posted by Sickaa:
Why would he cancel practice? What's the meaning of this.
He does this every year.
There's too many practices.
Here is what Shanahan said earlier this week.
"I look at the offseason as you're allowed to have 12 practices, nine of them are called OTAs and three are called mini-camp, but I just look at it as 12 practices and I don't think you need 12 practices. I never have. And that's why we've never done 12. I think 11 is the most we've done, but you don't decide that before it starts, you decide that based off of 90 guys, you decide that based off where you think your team is and by the time you get close to 12, I'm always like, 'alright, we've had too much let's stop.' And that's why I usually end up canceling the last day or the last few days. I still don't know where I'm at or our team's at. I don't think we're going to need 12, so I thought it made more sense to move the mini-camp up, get everybody here. We'll see how this week goes and see what we think we need at the end of the week."
Ah, right. That makes sense I guess. Thanks
I never understood this take. His practices are soft enough as they are so he goes less every year? 11 new coaching changes, a new OL and QB, more RB's, CB's, ST, etc. Why would you not take full advantage of every practice available given how limited they already are under the collective bargaining agreement?