An excerpt from the linked article. It will be interesting seeing how that plays out at Texas.
The Herman era at Houston truly began with 4:30 a.m. winter workouts. Herman locked the locker room until his players earned it. He banned them from wearing UH apparel until they earned it. The workouts felt like pure grunt work, designed to weed out which players weren't mentally tough enough to play for the new coaching staff. You did up-downs until you did them perfectly, and then until you did 30 perfectly.
The identification of champions and losers didn't stop there. Herman sorted his team into distinct groups. Gold players were trusted leaders who handled their business like grown men. You didn't have to worry about them. Red players were still figuring it all out but on the right track. And blue players? You did not want to be a blue player.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18287039/tom-herman-first-spring-texas-like
The Herman era at Houston truly began with 4:30 a.m. winter workouts. Herman locked the locker room until his players earned it. He banned them from wearing UH apparel until they earned it. The workouts felt like pure grunt work, designed to weed out which players weren't mentally tough enough to play for the new coaching staff. You did up-downs until you did them perfectly, and then until you did 30 perfectly.
The identification of champions and losers didn't stop there. Herman sorted his team into distinct groups. Gold players were trusted leaders who handled their business like grown men. You didn't have to worry about them. Red players were still figuring it all out but on the right track. And blue players? You did not want to be a blue player.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18287039/tom-herman-first-spring-texas-like
