It was the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who once stated “he who moves not forward, goes backward” and that adage could not more true when it comes to coaching.
The Rams since hiring Sean McVay have been at the forefront of football evolution. From training methods to schemes to everything in between, it’s always about constant improvement and offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur spoke about this on Wednesday.
LaFleur was asked about the benefit of watching replays of reps on the video boards during practice and the benefits of it. This is what he had to say.
“You take pride and to be able to obviously see it in real time so that you can go coach these guys, but whatever you miss, there’s 22 guys out there,” he said. “I’m not going to act like I can see everything at all times. Sometimes I’m focusing on one or two things. To be able to get that and really get that video, that picture, that play in your head so you can go coach whoever you got to coach. It’s one thing to go into a meeting room, but even coaches after 10, 15 minutes sitting there, if you’re in the back of the room, not the one coaching, those can be long days. Those players, you don’t know exactly what they’re always hearing at that moment, but if you can do it on the sideline in real time, I think that’s big.”
When asked if LaFleur had used or employed video boards during his other coaching stops, he stated that this was the first time he has used such a tool.