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Post by shamespiral on Jun 25, 2011 1:31:11 GMT -6
Just some general thoughts here: Visited Detroit and Grand Rapids this year. 1) A lot of Speakers have been in rotation for several years now. They are good speakers (usually), but I've already heard them speak and have their notes. Ron Vanderlinden is one, great speaker, but I've heard him twice already. Several former coaches (NFL and college) also fit in this bill. As someone who has attended multiple clinics each of the past 4 years, the variety is running out. 2) Too many NFL speakers. With the notable exception of Jim Herman (NYG), I've gained very little from any NFL speakers. What they do has limited application to what we can do. It doesn't mean they don't give a good talk, but I'm not teaching our DE's 3 pass rush moves when they see the pass 10 times a game. 3) More speakers from small schools. Obviously there is a strong college emphasis in the speaker selection, which is natual, but most of the high school speakers are from the big school ranks. Again, what happens at a 1400 student or larger high school is not always applicable to a 500 student school...which isn't always applicable to a 300 student school. After listening to Saban's Def. lecture, I was talking with several HS coaches. To a man they all said the same thing..."Brilliant def. mind, great clinic, but I can't use any of it with my kids". To be honset I wondered how he could do it at the college level with only 20 hours a week for practice. Obviously his results say he can. Idk.... Depends on who you are. Know a HS guy who does a pretty good job with Rip/Liz Match.
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Post by Coach JR on Jun 25, 2011 6:41:51 GMT -6
My staff and I switched from the Portland Nike Clinic to the Seattle Glazier Clinic this year. We are all thinking we will go back to Nike next season. The main issue we had was really just the facility. It was so cramped. In Portland there is a huge room with Tables where you can all just sit around until the last guy with a marker in his hand and sober enough to use it wins schematic battle. The Glazier clinic there was no where to do that. The exhibitors areas were so cramped that I couldnt look at anything. The information and sessions were good, but the facility was just not adequate. Have to add here...the Atlanta clinic location was very nice, and roomy.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Jun 25, 2011 6:56:37 GMT -6
My staff and I switched from the Portland Nike Clinic to the Seattle Glazier Clinic this year. We are all thinking we will go back to Nike next season. The main issue we had was really just the facility. It was so cramped. In Portland there is a huge room with Tables where you can all just sit around until the last guy with a marker in his hand and sober enough to use it wins schematic battle. The Glazier clinic there was no where to do that. The exhibitors areas were so cramped that I couldnt look at anything. The information and sessions were good, but the facility was just not adequate. Have to add here...the Atlanta clinic location was very nice, and roomy. I was about to say the same thing. Atlanta is, and has been for the six years I have attended, great. Please do not change a thing there. The only time it was better was when there were three locations instead of two.
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Post by dacoachmo on Jun 25, 2011 7:24:17 GMT -6
I think the Thursday to Saturday Format works the best. I'm not sure, but attendance is better on Thursday night versus Sunday morning.
Ditto on the same topics at the same time...
and tables
and NFL speakers
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Post by headhunta52 on Jun 25, 2011 9:34:58 GMT -6
I went to the one in Tampa this year and I thought it was an amazing event. We had a great selection of speakers from all levels and offense/defense styles.
I specially enjoyed the NFL speakers that really went into detail in the topics of practice organization, game planning and game calling. I learn a whole lot about football in three days.
The only quirky about the whole clinic was the fact that the hotel had scheduled a gay softball convention the same weekend, and all I can say is that the elevator rides in the hotel at times were just a tad bit uncomfortable. haha
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Post by hcffl on Jun 25, 2011 10:53:31 GMT -6
I'm very grateful for the Glazier Clinics remembering the Youth Coaches. What you guys and your sponsors, like Riddell, do for us is just awesome. So, keep up the Youth topics and continue to add speakers and sessions for us volunteer coaches to help us get better. I've attended 3 Glazier cilincs in Houston and I've been very pleased with the Youth speakers and the format. I would love to hear more on practice organization, drills and skills, and using computer and video technology in football. Keep it up! John M www.westcoastoffense.com
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Post by fbcoach33 on Jun 25, 2011 11:56:56 GMT -6
I would love to see some sort of open social with some dry erase boards to X and O a bit with other coaches and if some of the speakers were there that would be great to. Or possibly have a spill over room if you will, when the 3 hour session is done to have a place were the speakers could go and people that have more in depth questions could go and talk at length if the speaker was willing. I was fortunate to speak at one of the clinics and was talking with a group of coaches but had to shut down due to the room being used for something else so we had to find another place to relocate to. and a bit more on small HS types of offense or defense and would love to see in each 3 hour session at least one or two fundamental people that go over nothing but drills and how they drill their players to play the game, every coach can pick something up from that. Maybe a few more college strenghth coaches as well. Overall I think its the best clinic series out there when you factor in the price andall the online freebies you now get with the season pass, thanks for all the work.
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 26, 2011 9:54:49 GMT -6
In Portland there is a huge room with Tables where you can all just sit around until the last guy with a marker in his hand and sober enough to use it wins schematic battle. Maybe I'm just weird, or a bad coach, but I've always found stuff like that to be a huge waste of time.
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Post by 42falcon on Jun 26, 2011 10:51:00 GMT -6
We would love to get one here in Canada. I would also like to see Glazier clinics in Canada. Many Canadian coaches travel to the US for Glazier clinics...I'm sure you could attract some reverse commuters from the US along with the Canadian coaches. To add bring in a Canadian coach or two. This would attract more Canadian clients. Especially if it was close to the border. Really other than the odd university clinic there isn't much in the way of PD. I went to the Dallas clinic then came to the Calgary university one and the lack of depth, and detail we had VS the glazier clinic was insane
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Post by banditgsk on Jun 26, 2011 17:46:58 GMT -6
I have been fortunate to attend the Charlotte Glazier Clinic for the past several years. I am a youth football coach and if not for the scholarship that is provided by Riddell each year, I would not be able to attend. Each year I always go by and thank the people at Riddell for allowing youth coaches to attend. I have learned so much and met so many people. The very first year, I met Coach Smith of the Atlanta Falcons and he showed me his Super Bowl ring from when he was coaching at Baltimore Ravens. Another great speaker is Coach Larry Johnson from Penn State; I was ready to put on a helmet and pad and go play for him after his great talk. I was not as happy with this year's site in Charlotte because of the parking situation, but I will get over it. So, I say thank you to all the great people that put on the clinics and I appreciate your efforts to share football information.
Ditto for X's & O's as I learn something every time I log on and read.
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Post by Coach Vint on Jun 26, 2011 21:45:36 GMT -6
I think a couple of breakout rooms with dry erase boards would be great. There are usually quite a few guys with questions when you get done speaking, and it would be great to have a place set up for that during the breaks, and that would allow the next speaker to get his stuff set up.
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Post by glazierclinics on Jun 27, 2011 10:30:56 GMT -6
Wow. thanks so much for the feedback! i've read it all and emailed the thread to the office. we've got a lot of work to do. as for facilities and tables etc. obviously, if we put tables in rooms, less people can fit in. in hotels where we have large rooms, we do put tables in. as for Seattle, that clinic keeps growing and we're looking for new facilities for 2013.
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 27, 2011 11:45:40 GMT -6
I have gone to Santa Clara the last 3 years...
The staff price is great and that is why we come back each year, cant beat that....
But i have been dissapointed in the quality of the speakers, last year for example I was falling asleep in half of them.
Only the Fresno State DL coach really captivated my attention. Our other coaches commented Rapone was very good as well.
I do not like listening to any NFL guys, period. Heard Dana Stubblefield 2 or 3 years ago, and it became a "watch my highlight tape, while I talk about how good I was " for an hour... It was honestly the worst DL clinic presentation I have ever heard, no drills, no technique, just "look at me"
The Strength guy from the 49ers last year... spent more time talking about buying stuff from him then on anything else.
I prefer to listen to high school and small college coaches, they are the most connected with reality because they rely on fudamentals, and solid execution to win, rather than relying solely on god given freakish ability.
I agree with what others have said about getting someone to focus on the details. I would much rather have a coach explain one run play, and eveyr detail of how they block it, drill it, mesh it, adjust it during games, etc. then to see a bunch of cutups of you running a whole offense
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 27, 2011 20:10:10 GMT -6
As a former introducer of speakers at Glaziers, I'll also remind guys that it's important to fill out those ranking sheets they give you. If you don't fill them out and give comments about the speakers the guys that run the clinics don't know that they've got bad speakers talking.
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Post by ccoughlin on Jun 30, 2011 11:30:57 GMT -6
Thanks for all of the feedback. Over the next week or so, we will tabulate the responses from this site and other sources where we asked for feedback.
Once we have the top few issues, I will post a ressponse letting everyone what we will do to address these areas. Thanks Chris Coughlin
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Post by bucksweepdotcom on Jul 2, 2011 13:42:27 GMT -6
Having tables at the sessions. Or at least have tables in the front of the room. That will make you get there early for the sessions. I hate writing on a clipboard sitting along side other coaches (esp. on the morning session after a night out)-HAHA. Would love tables!!!
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Post by bucksweepdotcom on Jul 2, 2011 13:54:10 GMT -6
I have been going to the Glazier and Mega clinics for the past 16 years. This past year more than ever it seems like the 3 hours is one big infomercial to buy their program. Everything is gone over so quick to whet the coaches appetite that coach is more inclined to buy the presenters system.
Some presenters have been on tour for long enough and seem to recycle the the same clinic from 15 years ago.
Rich Eredlyi (sp?) from Carneige Mellon U. is a great speaker and really does a good job of presently the new things they have done the past season, the whys, whats, and hows.
I hate the straight up x and os. With the internet you can find the playbook on any offense you want. I want the hows, whys, whens, whats....
Chris can you email me. bucksweep@optonline.net
Thanks,
Bryan bucksweep.com
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Post by gunrun on Jul 2, 2011 20:59:10 GMT -6
I love the Glazier Clinics. I try to make the Atlanta Glazier Clinic which has been very good in the past. The only beef I have, which someone else mentioned, is that the morning of the first full day has like three of the top five speakers at the entire clinic speaking at the same time. I do miss the Destin Clinic and actually the two NFL guys I heard there--Mike Smith, HC of the Falcons and Joe Cullen, who was the DL Coach of the Lions at the time, were excellent.
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Post by ccoughlin on Jul 6, 2011 16:06:57 GMT -6
We have a lot of people on vaction at this time of year, so our data compiling is slow. It will be another week or two before I respond.
There are many suggestions on better content- Can you be more specific? Please write out actual detailed topic titles you would like to see at a clinic. Thanks again. Chris
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 9, 2011 7:27:53 GMT -6
I think by better content most people are asking for topics that dial it in more on the specifics of a given area. I went to the Nashville clinic this year and two of the best sessions I've ever sat thru at a clinic were there (Coach Tuke, LB's at NIU and Coach Joseph, DB's at Tenn). They spent their 3 hours going over their specific position, from fundamentals, to drills, to reads, with film to show it all translated on the field. The detail was great. As somebody posted earlier, you can find the 'what' (playbook) for anything on line anymore, listening to someone go in depth on the 'how' (specific positions) makes for a more informative session.
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Post by coachks on Jul 9, 2011 9:02:22 GMT -6
We have a lot of people on vaction at this time of year, so our data compiling is slow. It will be another week or two before I respond. There are many suggestions on better content- Can you be more specific? Please write out actual detailed topic titles you would like to see at a clinic. Thanks again. Chris More topics like Tim Murphy and his DW stuff. You get the macro-view of the offense (The Toss series, Outside compliments, inside compliments), but then you have sessions such as "Blocking progression in the DW offense." "RB fundamentals in the DW offense." We see the whole philosophy and concept, then we show how it's implemented on a positional basis. The same would apply to every position. Something such as: "LB Play in the 4-3 defense." That would encompass a macro-view of the LB (personality, physical attributes to look for, overview of their role)" "LB Skills in the 4-3 defense" where you go over footwork, block shedding, reads, tackling ect. "LB installation and gameplanning in the 4-3 defense" where a coach goes over his entire installation schedule (from March, to pre-season, to 7 on 7 into camp) and then how he gameplans against opponents (This is what we read vs Wing-T, this is what we read vs spread, this is what we read vs I-backs). The first session would give the macro-view, the second session shows the individual skills and the third session shows to to put the 2nd session into the 1st session.
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Post by scottc on Jul 10, 2011 19:36:59 GMT -6
I am partial to the Glazier clinics and feel they are the best out there for pure football talk. Like anything some coaches are better presenters than others. Space is an issue at some and not at the others....I have had the privilege of being a speaker at one and it was a great experience....The only thing I would change would be the check in procedure at the site. It is very cumbersome on day 1 with the long lines even if you pre register if you are not there in advance. Perhaps the ability to check in online and print your badge or something or having it emailed to you with the speaker schedule and rooms they are presenting at that particular site to expedite that process. Im sure the organizers do the best they can with what they have to work with.
As far as the material I have been to pro speakers all the way down to high school coaches. Though the pros and colleges do many things I cant do I usually find some tidbit that helps me. Example I heard one pro coach go into detail on poor footwork by receivers and backs and I have applied that to my list of skills and it has helped. Plus I like studying some of the higher level stuff just to help me when I watch pro or college games if I find myself in a presentation of higher level material.
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Post by szimm29 on Jul 10, 2011 20:56:25 GMT -6
Denver Clinic:
More Strength and Player development topics. A lot of us here double as the Strength and Conditioning Coaches at our programs.
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Post by jooc on Jul 11, 2011 19:14:47 GMT -6
I've been 4 out of the last 5 years, I think the glazier is the best clinic i've ever been to. I live here in dallas and we always get great speakers and wide range of topics. They only problem this year was the glazier was at the same time of the tony franklin system clinic. I believe the tony franklin system was a once and a life time thing so I will not miss another Glazier clinic. I would like to see more o-line coaches, i think it's always herb hand, matt moore or Longveiw HS oline coach. Other than that don't change a thing, LOVE EM.........................
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Post by tigeroption on Jul 14, 2011 20:11:36 GMT -6
I attended both the Kansas City Glazier and the Tulsa Glazier clinic last year and as always I thoroughly enjoyed them both. I LOVE the online stuff, you guys do an amazing job with everything.
I agree with a previous poster that I'd enjoy listening to some smaller school coaches. I coach at a small high school that cannot platoon and does not have the resources of some of the larger Texas, California high schools or colleges. I would enjoy hearing some smaller school speakers talk about what they do with similar resources.
About 5 years ago I attended the AFM clinic in Kansas City (when they still had them) and they had a really nice set up.
After each speaker was done in the room talking they would go outside the room to an area that had a white board and chairs around it and held a chalk talk session with any coaches who had further questions about their topic, anyone else could attend the next session.
Would take some more planning not to put too similar topics back to back, but was great when you had offensive coaches one session and a defensive speaker the 2nd sessions.
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Post by coach31 on Jul 16, 2011 7:00:51 GMT -6
Maybe we're not disciplined enough, but our staff has gone to Atlantic City or Baltimore for years. I found it difficult to keep the staff focused this year when the clinic was in the Casino. (But we did lose an entire coaching stipend in 2 hours at a BlackJack table).
Seriously, I would love more practice organization, program building, and strength and conditioning stuff. 11 years in I am fairly comfortable with X and O. Need more how to get there.
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Post by gacoach on Jul 21, 2011 10:04:20 GMT -6
Have been to the Atlanta clinic the last couple of years and really enjoyed. I Rob Spence, WR coach at Temple formerly of Clemson, and he was fantastic. He talked alot about smash, coincidentilly so he was defintely worth the time. I got some great notes from him.
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