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Post by morris on Sept 19, 2008 5:56:19 GMT -6
I know we have all lost games. I am wondering how many of you feel you have lost games because you did not make an adjustment or got away from what worked in a game. I had this happen this week for me. What made it worse for me was we had not lost a game in 2 years and it ended a 24 game win streak. Add to that it was at home.
Just looking for feedback one others that have felt this way or who have been through it. Needless to say it has been a rough few days.
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Post by olinecoach61 on Sept 19, 2008 6:19:02 GMT -6
My first year as an assistant we were in a playoff game. Tie game in the 3rd quarter, 4th and 1 from our own 25. The HC asks what we should do, I say nothing even though my mind is screaming punt, punt, punt. (In my defense the HC is a legend and what the hell do I know.) Needless to say we were stopped on 4th down. Our opponent scored 3 plays later and we lost. I learned many lessons from this, if nothing else everyone knows my opinion on critical situations now.
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Post by ajreaper on Sept 19, 2008 10:24:33 GMT -6
Coach I'd say don't dwell on this one loss- hell you won the previous 24 in a row so you must be doing far more right then wrong. Learn from it and move on.
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Post by morris on Sept 19, 2008 11:26:10 GMT -6
This was the first time that I have felt that I "blew it". I look back and wonder what th eheck was I thinking or why was I not thinking. I do think I let the streak get to me during the game. It just helps to know that there are others that have been through it.
The upside is I have learned a good deal from it.
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Post by John Knight on Sept 19, 2008 11:37:45 GMT -6
How did YOU lose the game? Was it something you failed to do during the week?
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Post by eaglemountie on Sept 19, 2008 12:14:51 GMT -6
I know we have all lost games. I am wondering how many of you feel you have lost games because you did not make an adjustment or got away from what worked in a game. I had this happen this week for me. What made it worse for me was we had not lost a game in 2 years and it ended a 24 game win streak. Add to that it was at home. Just looking for feedback one others that have felt this way or who have been through it. Needless to say it has been a rough few days. My question for you is wasn't your gameplan coming into the game a offensively/defensively sound plan that fit your personnel? I think you shouldn't be second guessing if the answer is yes. |
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Post by gacoach on Sept 19, 2008 12:18:12 GMT -6
Coach, You "blew" 1 game in 24. I'll take that......
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Post by los on Sept 19, 2008 20:06:14 GMT -6
Heck yeah Morris.....I can't say I've lost games totally by myself.....it's usually a team effort, lol....but I've definitely made enough bone headed calls to claim credit for several....still have dreams about some of them even now.....years after the fact, lol......but thats a coach's duty isn't it.....blame yourself for the losses.....give credit to the team for the wins? Good thing is.....you get to start a new streak!
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Post by justryn2 on Sept 20, 2008 7:21:06 GMT -6
Every time my team has lost a game I can look back at something I didn't do right; didn't rep certain plays enough in practice, didn't demand practice intensity, didn't make the right play call in a crucial situation. In other words, all of the losses are my losses. To me, that's the coaches job; take responsibility when when you fail. That then sets the example for your players so that they learn to take responsibility when they fail. Pretty soon, everyone is taking responsibility and there is a lot less failure.
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Post by wingt74 on Sept 20, 2008 7:29:26 GMT -6
Yup, not enough time spent on kickoff teams...
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Sept 20, 2008 7:36:22 GMT -6
One of the things that is difficult is to look at the plays and players truthfully.
I hope that I'm better at this now, but when I was young I lost games because I "hoped" a kid could do something that in the end, he turned out not being able to do.
Especially when the player is a nice kid and I really really want him to have success for whatever emotional reason I had at the time.
I've lost games early in a season because I didn't re-adjust my offense enough to the current players.
I've lost games when kids looked good in practice and just play terrible when the lights and pressure we on.
I could name a bunch more things too.
OJW
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Post by jraybern on Sept 23, 2008 22:47:59 GMT -6
The first game I ever coached as a head coach. We outgained the team (coached by a legend) on offense by more the 20 yards but had two possessions inside the 10 where we didn't score (8man football, almost nobody kicks FGs). We lost 30-18. I called way too many passes down there when we were having a lot of success running the ball. We have them the final game of the season this year - I want that game pretty bad.
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Post by jlt on Sept 29, 2008 5:39:54 GMT -6
In my first year as head coach I coached a team that used to lose regularly 40-0 and in the lat game of this particular season, it just all clicked. everything i ahd been drilling into them for the last year racking up 40-0 loses clicked and with 1:30 to go in the game we were 24-20 and I just had no 2 minute drill.
I had spent the whole year getting them to learn the basic plays with the basic gameplan that when it came down to the crunch. I had nothing.
I couldn't believe it. I had always prided myself even when I was an assistant of always having a plan b and having a plan that I could dust off for any situation. But I had been so sidetracked in losing 40-0 with 20 players against every team that when we were in a position to win the game I was left with plays that would run out the clock without getting to the endzone. And the plays that would get us there just werent practised!
Since then I have always been prepared. I think it takes a situation like that to make sure you never make that mistake again.
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