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Post by xxlbulldog on Nov 15, 2009 8:15:52 GMT -6
I would be interested to see what kind of year-end procedures ya'll do and how you implement them.
Of particular interest; returning player interview / evaluations
obtaining feedback on future improvements from assistants
anything that you do that sets the tone for a great coming year
Thank you for sharing.
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Post by stone65 on Nov 15, 2009 8:27:29 GMT -6
I've done different things at the places I've been. Most places we just meet as a staff and talk about the year and improvements we want to make for the next year.
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Post by John Knight on Nov 16, 2009 7:36:00 GMT -6
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Post by blb on Nov 16, 2009 7:51:14 GMT -6
More paper work? No, thanks. |
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Post by dc207 on Nov 16, 2009 11:21:37 GMT -6
If you're not doing coaching evaluations and player evaluations, then what are you getting accomplished?
Maybe in the future my opinion will change as I gain more experience, but after every season we have had the head coach and Athletic Director evaulate the individual coaches on staff. Provide their own opinion of what the coach has done well, poorly, strengths, weaknesses, etc. Also, during that individual meeting the assistant coach has anonymity to complete a questionnaire form to provide their own feedback on the season, any and all things that go into the football program.
If it were not for this process, I KNOW that our program would not have made the drastic changes and improvements we made from 2006 to 2007. One coach turned in a scathing, yet straight-up honest questionaire that pissed the head coach off! But once the HC had a day or two to think about it, he realized the truth: what this coach put on paper was the path to success.
We changed some things based on this process, so I believe in the post-season evaluations of coaches.
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Additionally, I have seen a dozen players after their sophomore or junior season be sat down for their meeting with their position coach and the HC, then go out and bust their hump to move their rating from a 3 to a 4. The best is those kids who don't have tremendous athletic ability, and you make it clear to them: IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER, LONGER AND SMARTER THAN JOHNNY ALLSTATE (Brophy-ism perhaps) ... and you show these kids a rating of their athletic ability, speed, strength, ability to be coached, football instincts, etc. Then they go out there and become weight room junkies to go get what they want.
In my experience, the post-season evaluations done in an official capacity have been invaluable. I think they are an integral part to becoming a PROGRAM and not just a bunch of people who play and coach football.
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Post by phantom on Nov 16, 2009 11:33:16 GMT -6
More paper work? No, thanks. BLB, I know you're an older guy like me so I agree wholeheartedly with you. We have a veteran staff. We'd laugh if the boss suggested a meeting about a written eval. If he has something to tell us he tells us. Otherwise the evaluation is simple- he hires us back for next year. A meeting with the AD? Also simple- I ain't coming. |
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Post by blb on Nov 16, 2009 11:51:06 GMT -6
More paper work? No, thanks. BLB, I know you're an older guy like me so I agree wholeheartedly with you. We have a veteran staff. We'd laugh if the boss suggested a meeting about a written eval. If he has something to tell us he tells us. Otherwise the evaluation is simple- he hires us back for next year. A meeting with the AD? Also simple- I ain't coming. Exactly. I did written coaches' evaluations (varsity assistants, head JV and frosh) because AD required me to. I gave them to coaches to read and sign (then give back to AD). If there was a concern on my part (which was rare), we talked. Otherwise I just told them if they had questions to see me (which was rare). We just finished three months of spending 20+ hours a week together during which we discussed anything necessary. Why add another meeting to people's already busy schedules? As far as kids, we tell them all the time to "Be the best you can be," they need to lift weights year-round, what we expect starters to be able to run-lift as a minimum, they're going to be tested in August, yada yada yada. Why spend more time writing down meaningless ratings? Far more useful was having kids write down their own personal goals in January for coming season: Season goals, running goals (40, Mile e.g.), strength goals, academic and better person goals. After some seasons I did give seniors a one-page questionairre for feedback but frankly responses were predictable, not very well-thought out and of little use. |
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