Messaging from coaches gets stale, especially when you don't win.
And so do coaching tactics.
At the end of 2025,Yaya Diaby said Bucs practices were TOO SOFT:
“We had more walk-throughs this year than any other year,” Diaby said, via PewterReport.com. . . . His point is to have mental reps, and I understand the mental reps. But at the same time, football is a physical game. You have to be in it. You can’t just walk through everything. I feel like that’s the next step, especially with me being here three years and seeing what we’ve done good and what we’ve done bad. That’s the next step.”
Harbaugh is considered one the best NFL coaches. Flowers says his practices were TOO PHYSICAL:
“Full pads all the time,” Flowers said. “However many practices in pads you can get, every single one. We’re doing one-on-ones in Week 17. Week 17, we’re doing one-on-ones, everybody out there, we’re tired, we’re still going.”
Asked how the players manage that workload, Flowers answered, “We don’t.”
“That’s why we had a lot of injuries,” Flowers continued. “Because of how we practiced, how we went. The load was heavy.”