Jets hire head of Athletic Care and Performance Department.

[Mogglez]

 

[Sarge4Tide]

https://www.etsubucs.com/athletics/staff/11134/dr-brad-deweese/

Dr. Brad H. DeWeese is recognized as one of the most decorated coaches in the United States and within international elite sport as he has directed athletes to 7 World Championship titles in 3 different sports, while also amassing 21 Olympic and World Championship medals, alongside 100+ medals resulting from World Cup and Pan-American competitions. He is currently serving in a dual role capacity at ETSU as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sport Performance while also working as a tenured associate-professor. Prior to ETSU, Brad served as the Head of Sport Physiology for the United States Olympic Committee's Winter Division based out of the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY. 

Brad is one of the few coach-scientists in any sport to produce both medals and objective data/ scientific findings of the training process.  Considered a foremost authority on sprinting, he has authored numerous publications on speed development, programming tactics, and optimal training methods leading to elite performance. Dr. DeWeese obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Western Carolina University, and his doctorate from North Carolina State University.  He is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with Distinction through the NSCA, certified USATF Level 2 coach in sprints, hurdles, & relays; USATF Certified Instructor; USAW Sport Performance coach; and an ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist.

[Beerfish]

Hope he knows hamstrings.

[Guilhermezmc]

[varjet]

This is exactly what the Jets needed, and more importantly, Joe Douglas took ownership of it.  

Tough to have anything negative to say about this.  

[Alentador31]

This is probably one of the best hires of the offseason. 

[Bungaman]

Here's Cimini's blurb on it:

'The Jets, plagued by an inordinate number of injuries in recent years, have announced the creation of an Athletic Care and Performance Department. They've hired Dr. Brad DeWeese to oversee the department, which includes the trainers, strength and conditioning and nutrition staffs. DeWeese is an Olympic strength guru who worked most recently at East Tennessee State. This comes after a "thorough review of our sports performance areas," per GM Joe Douglas.'

And agree with others - a significant hire given the extraordinary amount of injuries here in the last few seasons.

After re-reading his bio, his work with sprinters gives me real hope that the twitch muscle/hamstring horror show will be minimized.

[mrcoops]

Jets have also just cleared out the strength and conditioning staff & hired a guy who was with Saleh in San Francisco.

A long overdue move - the Jets have had far too many lingering injuries in recent years.

 

[Beaver]

 

[rangerous]

this could be the best move the jets will make this off season.  something had to be done about all of the injuries.  maybe the last guy wasn't at fault but at the same time it seems like all the roads led to their training.

[Beerfish]

What the hell?  All our non football team is some combo of Douglas or Saleh looks wise, some of them are weird cross breeds of the two.

 

[Larz]

[Marshmello]

You have a team of professionals that surround one athlete," Dr. DeWeese said. "The athlete is the center of the wheel and your cogs are your coaches, psychologists, your nutritionists, your trainers and it's an all-in approach. It's an all gas, no brake approach to an athlete. One thing when Joe talked about improving the development of players resonated with me, you evaluate the player as a person as a whole, what they do in training and what they do off the field as a person. Come up with a way to give them feedback to improve in an area. It shows the athlete that you care about them and that it's the name on the back rather than the number on the jersey

 

"I talk about a roundtable approach, everybody has a seat at the table. Everybody's equal and there's no walls that divide us," he said. "We may come into a room and have respective dialogue, but we'll come to a decision that we all support. It's important to invest in resources and technology where you can remove your opinion and you can look at the information, what it's telling us and what you think it means, what should it add. And we can move forward with a discussion with everyone on equal footing in a performance model."

 

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[Bocajetfan]

As a fan this is an issue that has frustrated me for more than a few years. Now to get the players to buy in. 

[ID.]

4 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

What the hell?  All our non football team is some combo of Douglas or Saleh looks wise, some of them are weird cross breeds of the two.

 

FO is looking like the ‘Fordham Baldies’

[addage]

We’re going to judge Joe on his players—draft picks, FA signings, trades—but everything he’s done in terms of the staffing has been 10 out of 10!

[Jetsbb]

Gase had the same problem with an inordinate amount of injuries at Miami. That guy is cursed.

[Chrebetfan80]

49 minutes ago, Mogglez said:

 

Im taking full credit for this!!! lol Moggs, we talked about this privately and I talked about James Smith who is a pioneer of sorts in the world of physical preparation.  He wrote a really progressive book a few years about called "The Governing Dynamics of Coaching" which i would recommend to anyone looking to coach at any level or work with athletes in any way.  Dense book, a lot of physics talk, but overall an invaluable resource. 

Now onto this move which in no way should be brushed aside as just "he'll fix the players hamstrings".  If I am looking at his information correctly and reading the information correctly DeWeese's philosophy looks to be in line with the thinking of James Smith where there is one governing body that manages the load on the athlete and makes sure all parts of the physical preparation work as one individual unit.  Now this seems like a no brainer obviously, but then when you look across sports as a whole you realize that barely any organized teams that this approach.  The Cardinals and possibly still the 49ers are one of the only teams I know of off the top of my head that try to do this with Buddy Morris (Cardinals) who is their Physical Preparation coordinator.  Interestingly enough however, I believe the 49ers at one point brought in James Smith as a consultant to help integrate this into their program which could be where the idea came from and why bringing their coach over here is a big get as well.  

Bottom line, this is a very progressive and forward way of thinking when it comes to physical preparation of athletes.  Applaud the Jets, Applaud Douglas, and give credit where it is due to the Johnsons as well as 1) being ammenable to making a pretty large scale change to structure, and 2) building and purchasing all that will be required for the facility to integrate this into the program. 

I personally couldn't be more happy about a move

[sourceworx]

1 hour ago, Beaver said:

 

JD is building the organization in his own image.... literally.

[CanadienJetsFan]

[docdhc]

30 minutes ago, sourceworx said:

JD is building the organization in his own image.... literally.

32 minutes ago, sourceworx said:

JD is building the organization in his own image.... literally.

You’re right but with all this expertise you’d think they could figure out how to treat male pattern baldness. 

[Integrity28]

1 hour ago, Marshmello said:

You have a team of professionals that surround one athlete," Dr. DeWeese said. "The athlete is the center of the wheel and your cogs are your coaches, psychologists, your nutritionists, your trainers and it's an all-in approach. It's an all gas, no brake approach to an athlete. One thing when Joe talked about improving the development of players resonated with me, you evaluate the player as a person as a whole, what they do in training and what they do off the field as a person. Come up with a way to give them feedback to improve in an area. It shows the athlete that you care about them and that it's the name on the back rather than the number on the jersey

 

"I talk about a roundtable approach, everybody has a seat at the table. Everybody's equal and there's no walls that divide us," he said. "We may come into a room and have respective dialogue, but we'll come to a decision that we all support. It's important to invest in resources and technology where you can remove your opinion and you can look at the information, what it's telling us and what you think it means, what should it add. And we can move forward with a discussion with everyone on equal footing in a performance model."

 

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I’m stealing this for my next PowerPoint deck.

[Dunnie]

2 hours ago, varjet said:

This is exactly what the Jets needed, and more importantly, Joe Douglas took ownership of it.  

Tough to have anything negative to say about this.  

or positive ... other than ... couldn't be worse. anyone claims more is ...

[Jet_Engine1]

3 hours ago, Sarge4Tide said:

https://www.etsubucs.com/athletics/staff/11134/dr-brad-deweese/

Dr. Brad H. DeWeese is recognized as one of the most decorated coaches in the United States and within international elite sport as he has directed athletes to 7 World Championship titles in 3 different sports, while also amassing 21 Olympic and World Championship medals, alongside 100+ medals resulting from World Cup and Pan-American competitions. He is currently serving in a dual role capacity at ETSU as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sport Performance while also working as a tenured associate-professor. Prior to ETSU, Brad served as the Head of Sport Physiology for the United States Olympic Committee's Winter Division based out of the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY. 

Brad is one of the few coach-scientists in any sport to produce both medals and objective data/ scientific findings of the training process.  Considered a foremost authority on sprinting, he has authored numerous publications on speed development, programming tactics, and optimal training methods leading to elite performance. Dr. DeWeese obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Western Carolina University, and his doctorate from North Carolina State University.  He is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with Distinction through the NSCA, certified USATF Level 2 coach in sprints, hurdles, & relays; USATF Certified Instructor; USAW Sport Performance coach; and an ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist.

Thank GOD no mention of XFit.

 

That garbage is just an injury factory.

[kdels62]

2 hours ago, Beaver said:

 

The amount of people that don’t get this joke makes me realize I’m a degenerate.

[joewilly12]

Can he tackle like Sal Alosi 

[Be_a_Jet]

 

Fired uppppp about this hire. Love it 

[peebag]

Wow, Jets are strutting around like a real professional football team.

Had to check the calendar to see if it was April 1st.

[sourceworx]

All joking aside, this move is long, long overdue. When Sal Alosi was the trainer, the Jets were consistently one of the healthiest teams in the league. They've been the polar opposite since this Justus Galac guy took over.

[Mogglez]

2 hours ago, Chrebetfan80 said:

Im taking full credit for this!!! lol Moggs, we talked about this privately and I talked about James Smith who is a pioneer of sorts in the world of physical preparation.  He wrote a really progressive book a few years about called "The Governing Dynamics of Coaching" which i would recommend to anyone looking to coach at any level or work with athletes in any way.  Dense book, a lot of physics talk, but overall an invaluable resource. 

Now onto this move which in no way should be brushed aside as just "he'll fix the players hamstrings".  If I am looking at his information correctly and reading the information correctly DeWeese's philosophy looks to be in line with the thinking of James Smith where there is one governing body that manages the load on the athlete and makes sure all parts of the physical preparation work as one individual unit.  Now this seems like a no brainer obviously, but then when you look across sports as a whole you realize that barely any organized teams that this approach.  The Cardinals and possibly still the 49ers are one of the only teams I know of off the top of my head that try to do this with Buddy Morris (Cardinals) who is their Physical Preparation coordinator.  Interestingly enough however, I believe the 49ers at one point brought in James Smith as a consultant to help integrate this into their program which could be where the idea came from and why bringing their coach over here is a big get as well.  

Bottom line, this is a very progressive and forward way of thinking when it comes to physical preparation of athletes.  Applaud the Jets, Applaud Douglas, and give credit where it is due to the Johnsons as well as 1) being ammenable to making a pretty large scale change to structure, and 2) building and purchasing all that will be required for the facility to integrate this into the program. 

I personally couldn't be more happy about a move

Guys, when I say @Chrebetfan80 is more excited than any human being about this, you have no idea hahaha. We’ve been talking in-depth about this for weeks now.

[Mogglez]

1 hour ago, docdhc said:

 

It’s called shaving your remaining peach fuzz off, growing a badass beard, and looking like a man no one wants to f*ck with.

That’s the solution I’m going with if I ever lose my luscious locks (please no).

[Beerfish]

55 minutes ago, joewilly12 said:

Can he tackle like Sal Alosi 

I am sill mad at that.

Alosi takes it in the neck while he is standing out of bounds beyond the white stripe making a stiff knee and is fired and villified.

Mike Tomlin essentially prevents a punt return td and everyone just yucked it up.

 

[SayNoToDMC]

If only we could have put him and John Abraham together. Last time we had a pass rush. He just played 6 games a year.

And for the record I'm glad we traded him for Mangold, just sad we haven't had a game changer at the position since given how we've spent first round draft capital on defense the last 20 years. We still suck on defense 

[Matt39]

Hopefully this hire will prevent Becton from taking himself out of games with a runny nose.

[T0mShane]

<Sam Darnold contracts parvo>
 

DeWeese: I quit