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Post by silkyice on Sept 23, 2012 20:29:05 GMT -6
I hate superstitions and try not to buy into any of that. Try not to, but I do like routine.
This past Friday we were playing a team ranked ahead of us in the polls. Someone else laminated my playsheets. They laminated the backside backwards. Someone sat in front of me on the bus. My DC wore pants instead of shorts. Some of my other coaches were getting anxious over that one.
I must admit, for just one split second on each of those things, I thought "dangit." For one split second I had the tiniest thought, "this might beat us."
We were up 34-0 at half and went on to win big.
I am laughing at myself for even entertaining the idea that stuff has anything to do with winning. Even though it was just for a split second.
Coaching will do that to ya. LOL
What is funnier is that I guarantee you that my DC would be wearing shorts this upcoming Friday night if we would have lost. Becasue my staff, myself, and himself would have made sure of that.
Superstitions - so stupid.
On an unrelated note, I will be glad when the season is over so I can finally wash my underwear and shave.
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Post by chi5hi on Sept 23, 2012 20:47:46 GMT -6
Whatever you do, don't change your socks!
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Post by tigercoach11 on Sept 23, 2012 21:58:30 GMT -6
I dont know if I am superstitious but if we win coming off a few losses i always find something that was changed that week and I may make sure to do it the next. The big one is my beard. I was trying to keep it trimmed until I knew if we had a playoff bid then I was gonna let it go. Well after a couple of losses one of my kids said something about the other team needing to fear the beard so I let it go and we won 47-8 against #5 team in a class above us. Now I am sure there will be squirrels crawling out of it by the time season ends. The kids say i try and scare the other coach lol, bc I shave my head bald with the big beard and I am not a small guy, but my wife just says I look like a stuffed gorilla. I dont know if superstitions work but if you notice why take the risk??
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Post by airman on Sept 23, 2012 22:39:30 GMT -6
No sex during football season. Besides, sex is unhealthy for men after 28ish.
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Post by 33coach on Sept 23, 2012 22:47:45 GMT -6
we only have one Superstition but its backed up by evidence
so in my coaching career with this staff i have built. the 8-12 *just counted* times that we were doing a drill and we ended and a kid said "can we do one more?" becuase he was up (normally tackling drills)....and we let it go, that kid has gotten injured.
8-12!!!
so anytime a kid says 1 more...we stop what we are doing and go on. no matter what it is.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Sept 23, 2012 23:08:07 GMT -6
Mine was no pizza for the pre-game meal. It had been served twice and we lost twice.
Eventually a parent begged me to allow it to be served again, so I relented (it helped that she was the assistant principal, lol). We won that one and I had promised if we won then I would remove the ban once more. We also won the second post-pizza-ban pizza game, so we were 2-2 with pizza. They served it again this year and we won again, so at 3-2 I guess I have to give up the superstition.
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Post by buckeye7525 on Sept 24, 2012 6:01:23 GMT -6
we only have one Superstition but its backed up by evidence so in my coaching career with this staff i have built. the 8-12 *just counted* times that we were doing a drill and we ended and a kid said "can we do one more?" becuase he was up (normally tackling drills)....and we let it go, that kid has gotten injured. 8-12!!! so anytime a kid says 1 more...we stop what we are doing and go on. no matter what it is. Coach, are you saying you only do a given drill 8-12 times and then stop it or you just never do the "1 more rep" thing? We were like that in college (called it "horn etiquette"). Anytime the horn blew the drill was over, end of discussion, even if we were on the LOS and the QB was in his cadence. Asked our OL coach one time why we did that and he said about 15 years before I was there they did "one more" and their starting TB broke his leg.
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Post by buckeye7525 on Sept 24, 2012 6:05:57 GMT -6
I'm probably more superstitious than I need to be (its the baseball guy in me). Our DC is just the opposite. If he wore a particular hat and we won he'd where a different one (or not at all) just to prove that it has nothing to do with it.
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Post by blb on Sept 24, 2012 6:06:05 GMT -6
I believe it's bad luck to be behind at the end of the game.
That's my only superstition.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 24, 2012 6:16:25 GMT -6
I'm probably more superstitious than I need to be (its the baseball guy in me). Our DC is just the opposite. If he wore a particular hat and we won he'd where a different one (or not at all) just to prove that it has nothing to do with it. That can almost become a superstition in itself. Got to change something after a win. LOL
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Post by silkyice on Sept 24, 2012 6:19:59 GMT -6
No sex during football season. Besides, sex is unhealthy for men after 28ish. I'd quit! I try like heck to get my wife to have some fun on a Friday that I know we will win. Then tell her we have to to do that every Friday after we win. Like this if you have ever tried this!
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Post by mariner42 on Sept 24, 2012 12:41:14 GMT -6
Besides, sex is unhealthy for men after 28ish. As a 27 year old... Sounds like I have work to do. My only superstition is my routine. I shave every game day, I dress nicely, I eat a big meal around 4:30-5:00 so that I don't get hungry during the game. I dunno how many West Wing fans are out there, but there's a fun episode leading up to a debate dealing with the President's lucky 'game tie'. Clip:
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Post by dubber on Sept 24, 2012 15:51:17 GMT -6
No sex during football season. Besides, sex is unhealthy for men after 28ish. You, kind sir, can go to hell
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Post by coachood on Sept 24, 2012 18:53:07 GMT -6
It's bad luck to be superstitious. The only thing I'm kind of anal about doing on game day is listening to some kind f music to calm and focus me. Even if it's just a few minutes.
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Post by fantom on Sept 24, 2012 19:29:53 GMT -6
I'm not superstitious...but just in case. I'm not superstitious but I do believe in cause and effect.
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Post by Chris Clement on Sept 24, 2012 20:42:42 GMT -6
No sex during football season. Besides, sex is unhealthy for men after 28ish. I'd quit! I try like heck to get my wife to have some fun on a Friday that I know we will win. Then tell her we have to to do that every Friday after we win. Like this if you have ever tried this! Just as I was getting dressed for our championship game the mood struck my wife. Oh well, I always show up too early anyway. We won big.
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Post by mia305au on Sept 25, 2012 19:44:52 GMT -6
Monday i eat lunch in the teachers lounge, Tuesday - Thursday I go home for lunch and on Fridays i eat lunch in the teachers lounge. When the bell rings I go pick up my pre game meal and do not eat what the players eat and I wear my khaki shorts instead of the long pants. Since starting this routine we're 3-0! But not sure even superstitions can save us this week
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Post by mattyg2787 on Sept 25, 2012 22:12:25 GMT -6
This is a quote you need to tell players, especially those who you want to be aggro on the field. After 6 weeks, I'd be looking to pull the spine out of the other teams qb.
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Post by fantom on Sept 25, 2012 22:51:37 GMT -6
No sex during football season. Besides, sex is unhealthy for men after 28ish. You, kind sir, can go to hell
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Post by airman on Sept 25, 2012 23:26:32 GMT -6
This is a quote you need to tell players, especially those who you want to be aggro on the field. After 6 weeks, I'd be looking to pull the spine out of the other teams qb. actually, young boys like that can be sexually active and not have it effect them. It is men over 30 who it starts to effect. I am taking from what traditional chinese medicine and qi gong masters discuss. once you are past 30 you need your essence to maintain vitality. a 120 yr old man was asked what helped him live so long. NO women.
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Post by airman on Sept 25, 2012 23:46:55 GMT -6
Traditional qi gong masters explain it like this. Your body is a bank account. Every time you have sex or solo sex you make a massive withdrawal from the account. Now your body does not have the qi (chee) aka life force or Parana or spirit and your body weakens over time. too much sex or solo sex leads to weakening of the kidney yang (pronounced yawn) energy or yan energy. over time this depletion leads to prostate issues, joint issues, even virility issues and function issues. There are herbs which man can take to overcome these issues also acupuncture. www.chikung.com/wp-content/files/times2006.pdfwww.chikung.com/wp-content/files/tribuneS.pdf
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Post by coachseth on Sept 25, 2012 23:57:35 GMT -6
My biggest superstition is not eating before a game.
I'll go out after a game and get a quick bite, but I refuse to eat anything after 12pm on gameday.
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Post by pvogel on Sept 26, 2012 0:11:46 GMT -6
lol this thread is entertaining.
i eat a breakfast burrito from a local joint every gameday. That tradition will probably never stop.
i used to not wear hats. My first staff didnt wear hats. So that kinda held true for awhile. Wanted to this year. Win streak was snapped first game. Hat has been worn since.
And shaving is the natural one too (opposite from my playing days). And then i have a cologne just for game days.
im not superstitious, but i am a little stitious
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Post by ramcoachdc on Sept 26, 2012 11:52:18 GMT -6
My DC wore pants instead of shorts. We were up 34-0 at half and went on to win big. i'd make him wear pants again. in fact i always wear shorts too........but i think i am going to try pants
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Post by 33coach on Sept 26, 2012 13:15:21 GMT -6
lol this thread is entertaining. i eat a breakfast burrito from a local joint every gameday. That tradition will probably never stop. i used to not wear hats. My first staff didnt wear hats. So that kinda held true for awhile. Wanted to this year. Win streak was snapped first game. Hat has been worn since. And shaving is the natural one too (opposite from my playing days). And then i have a cologne just for game days. im not superstitious, but i am a little stitious Shave on regular gameday (dont shave during playoffs though) I eat the same pregame meal. Jack in the box downtown. (Classy..i know ;-) ) Sent from my DROID Pro using proboards
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Post by paulfrantz on Sept 26, 2012 13:26:59 GMT -6
I never shower during football season. HA
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Post by 33coach on Sept 26, 2012 13:39:15 GMT -6
I never shower during football season. HA If you lose you gotta shower..wash off the loss. If you win keep the win going! Sent from my DROID Pro using proboards
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Post by jlt on Oct 2, 2012 4:28:09 GMT -6
I personally dont have anything major I do. I wear shorts and a hat but thats not really superstition.
As silly as this sounds. But as a team we have to listen to a 4 minute piece of motivational audio before we take the field. We failed to do it once last year and lost. That kinda cemented it.
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Post by John Knight on Oct 2, 2012 6:01:04 GMT -6
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Post by John Knight on Oct 2, 2012 9:01:32 GMT -6
This is hilarious interview with Mike Leach about Assistant coaches and their superstitions!
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