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Post by fantom on Mar 2, 2012 21:15:04 GMT -6
A thread that I posted got locked, with a link suggesting that I should have posted it on one of the sites in my state such as Virginia Preps (Rivals). I doubt that I'd get any useful info from that site. It's great at what it does, stimulate discussion among FANS of high school sports, but I've never seen a serious answer to a serious coaching question there. Ever.
I was wondering if this is the norm? Do you guys get real coaching talk on your state's board?
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Post by Chris Clement on Mar 2, 2012 21:30:03 GMT -6
I find canadafootballchat.com to be completely useless. It's for kids to put up highlights and parents to argue about rankings of teams that play by totally different rules and of different ages. Their one saving grace is in organizing the FCCA and the clinic.
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Post by coachorr on Mar 2, 2012 23:30:46 GMT -6
If you get too technical, people start making fun of you, that you are acting "holier than thou".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2012 7:38:53 GMT -6
With one exception, I can't think of an IL website I would get good and useful coaching from. When I was relocating from southern IL back to my home area several years ago, I got ridiculed for simply asking if anyone was aware of a program that might be down a coach for two on one of them.
I did mark your first option on the poll, because on that one site, I'd get some pretty good stuff. It'd be a mix of your first two poll options, most likely.
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Post by bigm0073 on Mar 3, 2012 8:36:13 GMT -6
For the one in VA I have found it breaks into a few categories
1. Recruits/Recruiting - Ranking players in the state, highly films, college visits, interviews. This part is pretty cool and I think the players like it.
2. Loyal fans who are interested in their team. Many have a loyalty to their team and just want to follow and support. They do not have an agenda. I from PA and I go on the one from PA to read about my team from back home and how the local teams from my area do. I do find that usefu.
3. Disgruntled parents - Bashing coaches and people... They are fairly obvious in their post.
4. Disgruntled coaches - Coaches who bash other coaches and want THEIR JOB. You see these stupid post all the time. I find it annoying and cowardly. They throw out BS and random claims about a coach, his position or some BS rumor.
That being said I agree with fantom. Very little useful information. IMO most of the useful stuff comes from the recruiting guru guys in the state. Though you have to wonder how they rank certain players.
There is a 6'3" 220 lbs MONSTER from a local high. Runs legit 4.5 and IS MEAN. Best MLB/DE I have ever seen. All District WR. BIG TIME D-IA. The 2nd best player I have EVER coached against. I mean an ANIMAL... No grades so he has no D-IA offers but still is one of the best players in the state hands down - not even close.
Our state web site ranks him as the #56 prospect in the state behind some other D-II shmoes who could not impact a game if they wanted to... Not sure how this kid was in the 50's.... crazy. Literally the best player hands down we saw all year (We saw some damn good teams) and one of the best ever.
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Post by coachd5085 on Mar 3, 2012 9:19:17 GMT -6
There is a 6'3" 220 lbs MONSTER from a local high. Runs legit 4.5 and IS MEAN. Best MLB/DE I have ever seen. All District WR. BIG TIME D-IA. The 2nd best player I have EVER coached against. I mean an ANIMAL... No grades so he has no D-IA offers but still is one of the best players in the state hands down - not even close. Our state web site ranks him as the #56 prospect in the state behind some other D-II shmoes who could not impact a game if they wanted to... Not sure how this kid was in the 50's.... crazy. Literally the best player hands down we saw all year (We saw some {censored} good teams) and one of the best ever. Might just be semantics...but if the kid has no grades, and isn't going to get offers because of that... then he isn't that much of a prospect. To the original point.. state websites are not coach based.. therefore coaching info is generally lacking. |
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Post by bigm0073 on Mar 3, 2012 11:24:54 GMT -6
The kid was the best player in the state IMO.. Not 56..
If he is not a prospect than do not put him on the list.
Anyway just shows that these recruiting things/gurus are not always what people think they are cut out to be.
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