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Post by dubber on Sept 4, 2010 20:54:20 GMT -6
Coaches,
We have shot out of the gate our first 3 games.
The kids seem very focused on the one game at a time mantra......so far.
As a staff, we have not experienced this kid of success, and I would like some insight from guys who have struggled through back to back .500 seasons to all of the sudden being on top.........how do you keep them focused?
ESPECIALLY that first season when you "got good".
The community is starting to clamor, which is good, but when 40, 50 and 60 year old men start comparing you to our state-runner up team from 93'........it's hard for a 17 year old kid to not buy into his own press clippings.
Just to clarify, right now, I ain't saying a thing, because our upper classmen are handling it very well, but I want to be prepared.
Thanks....
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Post by phantom on Sept 4, 2010 21:12:45 GMT -6
What happens outside the gates doesn't mean a thing. You have no control of how the community feels. Hell, enjoy it.
Keep doing what you did to get there. Coach like you've coached. Keep them playing like they've played. Keep having fun.
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Post by jarodmt on Sept 5, 2010 5:55:35 GMT -6
It took a humbling first half against a VERY inferior opponent for us to get the proverbial "monkey-off-our-back" when it came to keeping people grounded. We ended up winning by 28 but it took far too much effort against a team that went < .500 last year. Obviously not that I hoped for it or planned for it but my guys just saw the teams record from last season and assumed (ever seen Under Siege 2? "Assumption is the mother of all f---ups")
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Post by dubber on Sept 5, 2010 12:48:55 GMT -6
What happens outside the gates doesn't mean a thing. You have no control of how the community feels. Hell, enjoy it. Keep doing what you did to get there. Coach like you've coached. Keep them playing like they've played. Keep having fun. I really like this advice. Right now, we do just want to keep rolling.......kind of like Wile E. Coyote running off the edge of a cliff.......you are fine until you look around and see what you've done. I guess I want to know what to do if we look down and see we are standing on the clouds. |
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Post by lochness on Sept 5, 2010 12:51:55 GMT -6
Sounds like a good problem to have.
Seriously, try to avoid that "coach mentality" on this one:...that SOMETHING must be wrong and the other shoe is sure to drop soon. If your kids are doing well and having fun, just keep doing what's working and keep it rolling. Don't plan for disaster when there is no evidence of any such thing on the horizon.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Sept 5, 2010 16:08:40 GMT -6
I ran across this saying somewhere years ago and I keep it posted in our hallway and refer to it when I need to:
"The more successfull you are, the more humble you must become, and the harder you must work. This is a law. The punishment for violating this law is Failure."
I believe that everything evens out in the end. If we take our opponent this week too lightly and don't work as hard as we can, it may not bite us on the @ss this week, but three weeks down the road there may be a good opponent who outworked us and got ahead of us during that week when we let up a little.
I preach that way all the time.
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Post by dubber on Sept 5, 2010 21:11:20 GMT -6
I ran across this saying somewhere years ago and I keep it posted in our hallway and refer to it when I need to: "The more successfull you are, the more humble you must become, and the harder you must work. This is a law. The punishment for violating this law is Failure." I believe that everything evens out in the end. If we take our opponent this week too lightly and don't work as hard as we can, it may not bite us on the @ss this week, but three weeks down the road there may be a good opponent who outworked us and got ahead of us during that week when we let up a little. I preach that way all the time. Great posts and quote |
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