Why would Tuberville retain someone, even if it is 6 month probation, if he wanted to let him go? Tuberville could have just let him go. That doesn’t make any sense.

The point that I was trying to make is that Tubs really disagreed with the former HC’s philosophy on strength and conditioning. He just didn’t believe a team could win with the former approach so replaced everything. I think he raised like a $1.25M to replace nearly everything in the weight room and upgrade some other football related stuff. Here is one of the articles I found:

Tuberville knew right away he wanted a different type of weight training than what former strength coach Bennie Wylie presided over, and that would require new equipment. Under the previous staff, Tech liked to publicize how offensive linemen such as Manny Ramirez and Rylan Reed set school records in the bench press.

Tuberville is fine with upper-body strength, but he believes the best football teams win with lower-body explosiveness and speed.

“The thing all recruits look at when they go to a campus is your weight room,‘’ he said, "because that’s where they feel like they can make themselves better. I thought our weight room was adequate as it was, but it wasn’t the type of weight room that I believe in that builds strength and speed. That’s with free weights. We had a lot of machines. We have all new power racks that our players will be using starting this Friday.’’

New strength coach Joe Walker said, "Basically, the (players’) physical development from the lower half down is going to be a lot more utilized with this weight room compared to the past weight room. … We’ve got a lot more hamstring, lower back, glut development exercises for muscles that propel you forward as well as vertically, too, to jump.’’

There is so much crap in “fitness” I can only imagine at the college and pro football levels what it is like.

If I could just hit those a holes trying to circuit train in my gym weight room (swinging from weight racks like idiots, doing push ups under heavy weights that could fall on your head), Id feel a lot better. If you want to do crap you learned on a video then stay at home with your vcr.

But with all the “systems” different teams use in college football the main thing is getting the kids you want to sign, and then buy into whatever gimmick your selling and really “believe” that they are stronger and better prepared. You know confidence and team building, thats goal #1and we have zero confidence

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But yes, that is what I believe and what I remember from the time. I did a quick google search and that is the first thing that came up. I may look for another source later.

Hyatt suggests it was professional courtesy. Perhaps Wylie was not labeled as much a Leach person as some of the others. Or perhaps Tuberville was interested in him and wanted to see if the chemistry was there and to see if they were on the same page.

Whatever the reason I think many people if put on a six month probationary period would take that as a signal to dust off the resume.

Here’s what we know:

1. Wylie one one of the people that spoke out about Adam James and his work ethic.

2. So did Lincoln Riley and I’m sure some other folks.

3. Riley and those other folks were terminated relatively quickly.

4. Wylie wasn’t terminated quickly and was given a 6 month probationary contract. Wylie also attended the Tuberville initial press conference.

5. Why was Wylie even extended any sort of offer unless someone wanted him to be in the program? I’m guessing that it was Tuberville, but I don’t know. I do know that in order for this to be somewhat logical, I have to accept the fact that Tuberville is hiring and firing who he wants on his staff and I would guess that the administration would want to distance as much as humanly possible anyone and everyone that spoke out against Adam James. Wylie was the exception for some reason.

6. If Tuberville was giving Wylie the professional courtesy, then why weren’t the others also given the same courtesy . . . unless someone wanted him on the staff.

I have no idea if I’m right, and everyone is making valid arguments, but I still can’t get over the fact that of all of the people to be retained, after Wylie said this about Adam James:

Two days prior to the incident in question, I disciplined Adam James along with several other recievers. His attitude was poor the entire time; even with constant plees for improvement. By the end of the practice, a few of the other recievers accepted their lack of performance in the previous practice and worked harder. Adam was not one of these individuals. He was last on all the excercises asked to do and talked and “danced” during the discipline. When told that this was unacceptable, he simply shrugged his shoulders. I continued to encourge him with no success.

It makes me think that something else, where Tuberville’s hands may have been tied, was related to Wyllie leaving more so that Tuberville. Something doesn’t add up, but maybe I’m the one missing this entirely.

Wylie was retained as a professional courtesy until he could find work, I dont think Tubs had any intention of keeping Wylie, since quickness wins games and Wylie just makes strong tough hard working players

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