{"id":3612,"date":"2018-07-30T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T14:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2018-07-30T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T14:59:48","slug":"d1-bouncebacks-ruling-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/d1-bouncebacks-ruling-college-football\/","title":{"rendered":"D1 Bouncebacks Ruling College Football?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you been watching season 3 of Last Chance U on Netflix,\u00a0 you have been overly confronted with a particular term.\u00a0 No,\u00a0 it’s not the F-word that head coach Jason Brown is most certainly married to.\u00a0 It’s the term “D-1 Bounceback”.\u00a0 What’s a D1 bounceback and how are they taking over college football?\u00a0 We’ll discuss it in this article.<\/p>\n

What’s a D1 bounceback?\u00a0 The general definition is a prospect that was once at a higher level Division I football program and for any number of reasons had to leave and is at a smaller program,\u00a0 usually a junior college looking to seek an opportunity at another college football program.\u00a0 My definition is a prospect, who despite all the talent in the World, has failed to take personal responsibility and accountability for their actions thus ruining a grand opportunity at a high profile university and is seeking a chance to go to another program where the coaching staff will treat them better.\u00a0 Rather long winded isn’t it?\u00a0 Harsh isn’t it?\u00a0 You know I’m right don’t you?<\/p>\n

Like any other topic in this social media era,\u00a0 there will be people that will fall on both sides of an argument.\u00a0 Therefore,\u00a0 I know there will be a considerable amount of people who will not agree with my definition of a D1 bounceback or the general tone of this article.\u00a0 Hey,\u00a0 it’s a free country.\u00a0 What I am noticing on season 3 of Last Chance U is that D1 bouncebacks typically are not a grateful bunch.\u00a0 The attitude seems to be that the reason I got dismissed from the D1 program that I was at was not my fault (coach was trippin) and I am better than the place where I have now landed.\u00a0 So,\u00a0 because that is my mindset,\u00a0 I will continue the behavior that got me here and expect the coaches to cater to me and give me everything I want.\u00a0 Point to the lie.\u00a0 I know, perhaps some of the bouncebacks have enough self-awareness to correct their behavior and use their second chance the way it was intended.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 the general mindset is not so inclined.<\/p>\n

The D1 bouncebacks demand a ton of attention and they get it too as coaches get mesmerized by their athletic potential.\u00a0 \u00a0Therein lies the problem.\u00a0 What I am noticing around college football is catering to those D1 bouncebacks and those with the D1 bounceback mentality.\u00a0 This catering is being done at the expense of some talented athletes that have made every effort to do things the right way.\u00a0 This is not just happening at Independence Community College,\u00a0 the subject of Last Chance U but at several lower tier FBC, FCS and Division II schools.<\/p>\n

Jucos, FCS and Division II schools are out hunting for prospects that couldn’t get their act together at the programs we see playing on national television each week. These lower tier programs are willing to go through all the headache that these wayward young men will bring just to get them on the field and try to win football games so they can climb up in the coaching ranks.\u00a0 When the D1 bouncebacks arrive on campus they are inserted on the depth chart ahead of the guys who pledged to the program out of high school.\u00a0 They are inserted ahead of the guys who get up on time for class, workouts and tutor sessions.\u00a0 The bouncebacks get the attention from the coaches, the personnel people and yes,\u00a0 the publicly traded media companies like Netflix.\u00a0 \u00a0When that D1 bounceback that plays your position lands on your roster,\u00a0 you will have to fight for every ounce of what you can get out of that program after that.\u00a0 Is that right?<\/p>\n

These days,\u00a0 coaching staffs are more comprised by one’s ability to recruit and manage explosive personalities than they are compiled by those who can actually teach technique and build schemes.\u00a0 It’s about the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s they say.\u00a0 Well that’s only partially true.\u00a0 Jimmy and Joe need to be down for the cause if they are going to be a winner on the field and in life.\u00a0 Perhaps all their lives,\u00a0 Jimmy and Joe have been allowed to skate by on personal responsibility because they are so good playing ball.\u00a0 Coaching staffs seem to be eager to continue this trend as they give Jimmy and Joe things they haven’t earned.\u00a0 The message being sent to Jimmy and Joe coming out of high school is that I can do what I want and if it messes up,\u00a0 some other coach somewhere will take me and I’ll “bounceback”.\u00a0 In other words,\u00a0 there is a nice big net below me so I will walk across this line without a care in the world.\u00a0 There’s no need to wonder why these prospects typically bounce from place to place eventually landing in the streets where life offers few bounceback opportunities.\u00a0 You failed him coach!<\/p>\n

If you want Jimmy and Joe to truly bounceback,\u00a0 put him on depth chart behind the guy that is going to class, meeting with his tutor, being respectful to coaches and finishing his workouts.\u00a0 Is he going to cry? Yes.\u00a0 Will he say he’s going home? Yes.\u00a0 Will he be a malcontent? Yes.\u00a0 Will it be hard for you as a coach? Yes.\u00a0 Should you be up for that challenge as a coach? Yes.\u00a0 When that bounceback,\u00a0 bounces back and lands back at another school that his physical talent is worthy of, he will have filled in the missing piece that got him bounced in the first place.\u00a0 For the others that didn’t have enough air in them to bounce back,\u00a0 too bad.\u00a0 At least they did not rob the guys who are doing things right from their well deserved opportunities.\u00a0 I’m talking about the guys who believed enough in the program and the coaching staff out of high school to give\u00a0those coaches\u00a0an opportunity to have a profession.<\/p>\n

I welcome your feedback on this article.\u00a0 Post your comments and thoughts about it on my Twitter page: @GridironStuds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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