McCarthy: New CBA Undermines Player Development

by JasonB on Jan 23, 2012 5:00 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy was a guest on WTMJ in Madison, Wisconsin to discuss a range of topics, but mostly the Packers choke job in the NFC playoffs after going 15-1 in the regular season. As far as that goes, we don't really care, but he also addressed his plans heading into the offseason and I thought one comment he made about the new CBA's affect on player development was really interesting.

"The new CBA has taken the off-season program out and broken it down from 15 weeks to 9 weeks with the first 3 weeks of that we have no interaction at all from player to coach. It's strictly training and conditioning. It's really put a lot of limits on the off-season program and frankly it's a detriment to the development of younger players in this league in my opinion."

The players' pretense for demanding these new restrictions was that less of this off-season work would keep them healthier during the season. This past season seems to blow that theory out of the water and in the end they may just have wanted to do less work... but the fact remains that the players did say that this wan meant to prolong their careers.

However, it could be very ironic if this lack of offseason work and interaction with coaches ends up shortening careers as some players don't develop to the potential they might have under the old offseason programs.

Whatever the fact, these are the new rules for the next 10 years, so players and coaches alike will have to find a "new normal" and innovate some new ways to make sure player development doesn't suffer.

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I always thought

This part of the CBA would be one of the most ill-advised for both players and teams going forward. Will be interesting to see how it plays out for the Eagles… puts a lot of responsibility on the players to stay in shape independently, and schemes need to be learned pretty quick.

by EagleinDC on Jan 23, 2012 5:10 PM EST reply actions

Makes sense

This CBA was supposed to be all about helping out the vets. Hindering the development of rookies and getting the wage scale do exactly that,

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by no1pipelayer on Jan 23, 2012 5:46 PM EST reply actions

Makes you wonder...

If the vets pay more in union dues.

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by no1pipelayer on Jan 23, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

Also

Keep in mind who votes for the CBA. It sure isn’t the guys who haven’t played a down yet.

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by no1pipelayer on Jan 23, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions

Its a new way of doing thing, therefor he is afraid of it and have to adapt, basic human behavior.

by Anders Jensen on Jan 23, 2012 5:59 PM EST reply actions

Umm...

..is that English?

by ChillBillinChina on Jan 23, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions

Hey McCarthy...

"I love my Ducks (wait 'til you see my O)"

by bkeagle718 on Jan 23, 2012 6:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I cant read the black writing....

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by HawaiianGreen on Jan 23, 2012 8:06 PM EST up reply actions

"deal with it"

by ChillBillinChina on Jan 23, 2012 8:07 PM EST up reply actions

perfect response

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by maxxj3 on Jan 24, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

I hate how player unions always screw over rookies and prospects in cbas

same thing happened in mlb

by STZ513 on Jan 23, 2012 6:50 PM EST reply actions

McCarthy's right

This was bullcrap about preserving the player’s careers. It was just to reduce their commitment to a formal training program administered by the town. Given how competitive the league is though, it will really end up hurting the players who lack self-discipline to work out adequately.

by MG77 on Jan 23, 2012 8:44 PM EST reply actions

I think McCarthy is right too

Going from 15 weeks down to 9 is pretty drastic if you think about it. Then the first of those 9 weeks being conditioning only. It would probably be better for all if you drop it to 12 weeks with say 2 weeks of conditioning. It’s still basically the same thing, but the coaches have more time with the players then too.

And have more contact practices too!!!! The Eagles for sure need to learn how to tackle again!

by slandog on Jan 24, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

testing

by MikeCampy on Jan 23, 2012 9:03 PM EST reply actions

testing2

by MikeCampy on Jan 23, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions

Read you loud and clear, buddy.

El Donkerino (if you're not into the whole brevity thing).
I miss me some Brian Dawkins :(

by El Donkerino on Jan 23, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions

well.......

aren’t you the TESTY one ?

It's never easy being an Eagle fan........but I'll be damned if I ever stop.

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by JJeaglerooter on Jan 23, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions

this was meant to prolong their careers

I don’t really understand why the NFLPA would want this. The more prolonged some careers are, the less prolonged (or no existent) others will be. Seems like a lateral move by the NFLPA to demand that.

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