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It is amazing how the sport of football has changed over the years. No other sport is so heavily dependent on its players working hard in the weight room. In the last 7 years Coach Mills has transformed Knox Central by starting in the gym. Kids who don't lift for him don't play for him. They hold the white line down on Friday nights. Kids who buy in and commit transform in size and strength and they learn the value of working hard to achieve results.

It sounds like whoever lands this job will need to start by pushing kids to push iron and lots of it. Offensive line is the biggest place where a strength program or lack of it will show up for a team. Teams today generally put their 11 best athletes on defense. If your o-line can't hold them off so your can toss or or create a gap to run in you simply will not have success. That starts with bench, power clean, and squat for those big kids who without these lifts typically are just overweight big guys who represent little threat to a Dlineman who trains hard.

I wish them the best as they search for a leader who will be signing up for a big building project. But a journey of a 1000 miles starts with one step. Somebody has to sound the "forward march" so that journey can begin.

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