{"id":360436,"date":"2019-03-26T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=360436"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:04:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T16:04:02","slug":"why-eddie-reese-cant-sleep-before-mens-ncaa-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/why-eddie-reese-cant-sleep-before-mens-ncaa-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Eddie Reese Can’t Sleep Before Men’s NCAA Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Reese<\/strong> has been through an NCAA championship season 40 times and won 14 national titles, including four in a row. But the veteran coach still hasn\u2019t been able to sleep in the two weeks leading up to this year\u2019s championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure it\u2019s nerves. A lot of stuff on my mind,\u201d Reese said. \u201cA lot of good teams have not really swum well yet, and the times to get into the meet are still absurd. That and what to do with my guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why all the concern? Reese worries that his team hasn\u2019t swum particularly fast yet this season, \u201cat least for the way we work out,\u201d and he worries during taper that his team will be too rested. And despite finishing last year with the trophy every team wants, Reese believes his team was only \u201cpretty good,\u201d as opposed to the \u201clights-out\u201d effort of the previous three seasons.<\/p>\n

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Townley Haas — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

He called last season \u201cprobably the worst we\u2019ve ever been during the season\u201d as Texas lost five of eight dual meets that year. Reese\u2019s swimmers looked sluggish and tired throughout the season, none more than Townley<\/strong> Haas<\/strong>. Coming off two straight NCAA titles in the 200 free and a World Championships silver in the long-course version of the event, Haas was routinely swimming in the 1:38-range during dual meet 200 free races, some eight seconds off his best time.<\/p>\n

Reese attributes those struggles to overuse of a piston-based jump squat machine with a bar that falls slowly. That way, swimmers could load heavy weight onto the bar without experiencing hard landings. But the work turned out to be too much, and the Longhorns spent the entire winter \u201cworking less so that they would be alive at the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat exercise I thought would make us better jumpers, better off the walls, better starters. It seems to have worked better this year, even though we\u2019re not doing it,\u201d Reese said.<\/p>\n

What followed was a slice of Eddie Reese coaching wisdom: Extensive work on a particular skill is great, but only if followed by adequate rest. For proof, he recounted a dual meet from the 1970s, when he coached Auburn against his brother Randy\u2019s<\/strong> Florida Gators. One Florida breaststroker had pulled a groin and hadn\u2019t kicked breaststroke in six weeks. He proceeded to swim lifetime bests that day.<\/p>\n

Big picture, that\u2019s all that concerns Reese: Get his swimmers to go fast and let the rest fall into place. So when Texas won its fourth straight national title without its best efforts, he couldn\u2019t be fully satisfied.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that\u2019s happened,\u201d Reese said of the four straight. \u201cBut all I worry about is how to get the guys this year to go fast. We don\u2019t talk about winning the meet. We talk about how they can help me make them faster, and that\u2019s the important thing. If everybody goes faster, you can\u2019t control other teams, you may not win, but if we\u2019ve done all we can do.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf they don\u2019t go faster, I messed up something somewhere along the line. I don\u2019t like to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

The Longhorns will compete in their home pool this week, but they will be staying in a hotel like every other team. In seven previous occasions with a home NCAA championships, Reese said no swimmer has ever tried to go to class during the meet\u2014even if that happens \u201call the time\u201d during Big-12 championships in Austin.<\/p>\n

To make NCAAs feel like a normal travel trip, \u201cI contemplated having them get in coats and ties and go out to the airport and pick them up like they were flying in,\u201d Reese said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had good meets here and bad meets here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reese\u2019s Texas teams have won three of their 14 NCAA titles in Austin, including the first in 1981. The last time NCAAs were in Austin in 2014, Reese remembers an exceptionally fast meet when \u201cwe were picked from fourth to eighth that meet, and we ended up second.\u201d<\/p>\n

From last year\u2019s team, seniors Joseph<\/strong> Schooling<\/strong>, Jonathan Roberts<\/strong> and Brett<\/strong> Ringgold<\/strong> are gone, so the most decorated swimmer on this year\u2019s team is Haas, who followed up last year\u2019s rough regular season and losing his 200 free American record to Blake Pieroni<\/strong> on the first night of the NCAA championships with a flourish. Over the next three days, Haas won the 500 free national title, reclaimed his American record with a 1:29.50 in the 200 free and even finished in the top-eight in the 100 free.<\/p>\n

\u201cFreshman year, he scored in the top eight in the mile, fourth. We had a deal: Swim it his first year, and we\u2019d move to the 100 after that,\u201d Reese said. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean every miler can do that, but I knew he could do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haas then went to the Pan Pacific Championships and won his first individual international gold in the 200 free, only to return for his senior season \u201cvery determined\u201d with \u201cthe best conference meet he\u2019s ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Texas cast also includes late-blooming senior sprinter Tate<\/strong> Jackson<\/strong>, stud freshman freestyler Drew Kibler<\/strong> and a trio of impressive backstrokers: sophomore Austin<\/strong> Katz<\/strong>, who Reese said came back from his international debut at Pan Pacs \u201ceven better\u201d after winning the 200 back NCAA title last year as a freshman; redshirt junior Ryan<\/strong> Harty<\/strong>, in the midst of a bounce-back campaign after breaking both arms last year; and senior John<\/strong> Shebat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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John Shebat — Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold \/ Aringo Photos<\/p><\/div>\n

Shebat, second behind Ryan<\/strong> Murphy<\/strong> in both backstroke events in 2017, struggled last season for reasons other than grueling training: He required orthoscopic knee surgery two weeks before the Big-12 championships. This year, two weeks before NCAAs, Shebat put on a jammer in practice and clocked a 1:11.6 in a 150-yard backstroke\u2014as fast as anyone swam the first six laps at last year\u2019s national meet.<\/p>\n

Reese even found a breaststroker, filling a void that developed when Will Licon<\/strong> exhausted his eligibility in 2017. Charlie Scheinfeld<\/strong>, a 6-foot-3 freshman from Chicago, enters the NCAA championships seeded fifth in the 100 breast (51.41) and eighth in the 200 breast (1:52.78).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a big guy, he\u2019s real strong, and he\u2019s got a good kick. He gets everything with his feet,\u201d Reese said. \u201cIn repeat 50s, he\u2019d go 27s and 28s. We\u2019ve had a Will Licon do that stuff. The other day, with suits on, he went 4 x 50 on 2:00 from a push. He pushed 25-plus on all of them. That\u2019s real good. He\u2019s amazingly good-natured. He helps us all enjoy the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

What allows a freshman to come into the Texas program and succeed right away, like Kibler and Scheinfeld this season and Haas, Katz and others before him? Reese acknowledged motivation and willingness to work as possible factors but also naivet\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be that they don\u2019t know what the heck they\u2019re doing. They don\u2019t know it\u2019s the toughest meet in the world. All they know is the gun goes off and they race,\u201d Reese said. \u201cCharlie\u2019s whole attitude is, \u2018What do I have to do to win this race?\u2019 I said, \u2018Well, you have to go out even with the guy, and then you\u2019ll beat him the last 50.\u2019 Blind trust, it\u2019s a great thing.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

===<\/p>\n

Each year during the current Texas NCAA win streak, some previously unknown swimmer has emerged to make a major impact in the points race. Back in 2015, Clark Smith<\/strong> was an unknown factor before emerging to win a national title in the 500 free. Last season, freshman Sam Pomajevich<\/strong> entered the NCAA meet seeded dead last in the 500 free before dropping 11 seconds from his season best to qualify for the A-final.<\/p>\n

Reese wouldn\u2019t reveal his predictions for who will be this year\u2019s Texas surprises, but undoubtedly someone will make a leap. That\u2019s what happens each year in March.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

According to statistician Price<\/strong> Fishback<\/strong>, Texas has been the most-improved team compared to psych sheet projections over the past three seasons. The Longhorns have outscored their projections by an average of 103.5 points per year, almost 30 more than the next best averages, Georgia at 75.5 and Cal at 69.5.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, Cal. Over the past nine seasons, Texas has won five championships and finished second three times. In that same stretch, Cal has three titles and six runner-up finishes, meaning Bears coach Dave Durden\u2019s<\/strong> teams have not finished below second since his first two years on the job. Indeed, going into this year\u2019s meet, Cal is seeded to top the scoring with 402, with Indiana seeded second (352) and Texas third (312).<\/p>\n

But for Reese, his team swimming fast is first and foremost, with whatever any other squad does secondary in importance. He has enough on his mind concerning his own swimmers, but as the meet goes along, he will still take time to notice what\u2019s going on around him and the moments that make March swimming so special.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a purist. I love fast swimming,\u201d Reese said. \u201cYou asked me what guys I\u2019m going to have break out or break through, and I\u2019m going to have three or four do that, but it happens all over the meet, and I love that for those guys and their coaches. I get a lot of enjoyment beyond my own team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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