Redskins | Archuleta working on his own

[That Guy]

Redskins | Archuleta working on his own
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:48:17 -0700
David Elfin, of the Washington Times, reports Washington Redskins S Adam Archuleta is working out on his own in Arizona and not attending the team's offseason conditioning program.



that must be the one guy... he overtrains and i think it might be part of the problem with his injuries

[drewmarusak]

Atleast the guy is working out... These guys are professionals and most of them have their own personal trainers in the off-season. I'm not justifying Arch not working out with the team, but these guys do take their off-season workouts very serious.... I mean... look at the guy for Christ sake in a non-fag way.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by That Guy

Redskins | Archuleta working on his own
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:48:17 -0700
David Elfin, of the Washington Times, reports Washington Redskins S Adam Archuleta is working out on his own in Arizona and not attending the team's offseason conditioning program.



that must be the one guy... he overtrains and i think it might be part of the problem with his injuries

My guess is the Skins knew this might be the case when they went after him. No doubt they were aware of his legendary workout regimen. I think it would be perfectly reasonable to expect him to continue doing things the way he's always done it.

Wish he was there to jive with his teammates, but I'll still take Archuleta working out in Arizona over Ryan Clark working out at Redskins Park.

[MTK]

Some might try to make this an issue, but I really don't think it is.

I'm sure this was probably discussed between him and the team at some point.

If there's one thing we don't need to worry about, it's this guy being out of shape.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Particularly as a new guy to the team, I feel he should be working out with the Skins. I didn't approve of ST not showing up last year and I don't approve of AA doing the same. I don't care what workout program he has in Arizona, the value of his being with the team exceeds the extra 10 pushups he can do after doing his own thing. First mark against him in my book.

[diehardskin2982]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

Particularly as a new guy to the team, I feel he should be working out with the Skins. I didn't approve of ST not showing up last year and I don't approve of AA doing the same. I don't care what workout program he has in Arizona, the value of his being with the team exceeds the extra 10 pushups he can do after doing his own thing. First mark against him in my book.

I agree the offseason program is about getting to know your teamates.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

Particularly as a new guy to the team, I feel he should be working out with the Skins. I didn't approve of ST not showing up last year and I don't approve of AA doing the same. I don't care what workout program he has in Arizona, the value of his being with the team exceeds the extra 10 pushups he can do after doing his own thing. First mark against him in my book.

Taylor didn't attend last year and he had a great season in spite of it, and the players all seem to like him.

It would be nice to see him developing team chemistry and all that stuff, but whatever. I don't think this has much impact.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Taylor didn't attend last year and he had a great season in spite of it, and the players all seem to like him.

It would be nice to see him developing team chemistry and all that stuff, but whatever. I don't think this has much impact.

An argument could be made that as great as he was, couldn't he have been even better if he had shown up for voluntaries? It's all conjecture, but certainly you wouldn't argue that ST had a great year because he skipped voluntaries. So it's really anyone's guess as to whether or not he was hurt by not being there.

[diehardskin2982]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Taylor didn't attend last year and he had a great season in spite of it, and the players all seem to like him.

It would be nice to see him developing team chemistry and all that stuff, but whatever. I don't think this has much impact.

However, Sean is here this year. There is value if you are Joe Gibbs. He wants to build a family atmosphere at redskin park

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

However, Sean is here this year. There is value if you are Joe Gibbs. He wants to build a family atmosphere at redskin park

Yeah I get this point. But you can build the family atmosphere during minicamps and training camps too. I think the atmosphere has more to do with actually liking your teammates, which begs the question: did Gibbs put together a bunch of punks, or did he get a group of cool guys that get along well? I think it's more important that they have decent personalities and get along well with each other, rather than simply spend more time around one another. I don't think time spent necessarily leads to good chemistry. If Archuleta is a cool, likeable, hard-working guy, he'll step right in and the team will accept him come training camp. If he's a D-bag, the team's not going to like him much no matter how much he's around Redskins Park.

[jermus22]

Schneed makes an excellent point. I read an article (possibly on this site) about how players in previous decades didn't have all the mandatory team activities that are required now. When the spring months hit, they were out making money as door-to-door salesmen, construction workers, etc. just to get an extra pay check. Their physical conditioning was a matter of personal iniciative (spelling?) and responsibility.
On top of that, I know some people work better on their own when it comes to studying, workouts, etc. As a college student, I derived benefit from studying alone instead of working in study groups. I'm not sure why some guys here are freaking out because Archuleta is working out on his own. At least he's taking care of himself.

[MTK]

There will be plenty of time for him to develop chemistry in mandatory team functions.

If the team doesn't have a problem with this, which I'm assuming they don't, why should we?

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

There will be plenty of time for him to develop chemistry in mandatory team functions.

If the team doesn't have a problem with this, which I'm assuming they don't, why should we?

Because I like to bitch about things and it's a slow day at the office.

[offiss]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

There will be plenty of time for him to develop chemistry in mandatory team functions.

If the team doesn't have a problem with this, which I'm assuming they don't, why should we?

100% correct, One of the reasons teams bring players in is to make sure they workout, many left to there own motivation will not, there is no worry about AA coming into camp in game shape, that's what counts, as Matty said there's plenty of time to get to know your teamates and develope chemistry.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by offiss

100% correct, One of the reasons teams bring players in is to make sure they workout, many left to there own motivation will not, there is no worry about AA coming into camp in game shape, that's what counts, as Matty said there's plenty of time to get to know your teamates and develope chemistry.

You get a lobotomy buddy?