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Post by 42falcon on Jan 27, 2013 18:50:44 GMT -6
Hi guys interesting situation happening at the school I coach at. 2 years ago when I got there I couldn't put a staff together for the life of me. Seriously people would hear where I was at and before I could finish they were running the other way. Only 3 guys stepped up to help one of which has been our OC for the last 2 seasons and is very experienced. The other is a parent of a kid on our team and the third was a teacher who was stuck at the school.
After this past year our first year with the SR team we finally addressed the elephant in the room as great as the kids are and as much as we can say we are inexperienced we just did not go a great job coaching em up due the lack of bodies.
So in the off season we have managed to start the semblance of what appears to be a very very good staff with lots of experience.
We have an awesome DL coach who has coached at the University level is perfect for our team. Just got contacted by another prospective coach, he has never coached before but played University & Pro, and wants to help out. Awesome right? Well he was a DL hahahaha.
Obviously we would be insane to not have this guy join the staff but what do you do? We have massive holes at REC, RB even OL I would step away from the LB's if that is where he would like to be.
My gut says ask him where he would be comfortable coaching?
Thoughts?
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Post by coachd5085 on Jan 27, 2013 18:54:43 GMT -6
I would probably move the current DL coach to another position, and let the guy who played DL but HAD NEVER COACHED before coach that for at least the first year.
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Post by fantom on Jan 27, 2013 18:57:10 GMT -6
Making him learn a new position may be a good thing anyway. It'll force him to actually learn the position.
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Post by spos21ram on Jan 27, 2013 19:24:55 GMT -6
As fantom said the new coach with experience may want learn a new position, but on the other hand could really have a lot to offer your DL. I say just schedule a coaches meeting and discuss it as a group.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 27, 2013 19:46:01 GMT -6
One of those guys can probably coach O-Line. I have always been an O line coach, it's also what I have played. Never had anything to do with D-line, but knowing what I know about O-line, I am confident that I understand what a D-linemen is trying to do to me on offense, and that I could teach that if I really had to.
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Post by coachd5085 on Jan 27, 2013 20:02:35 GMT -6
Making him learn a new position may be a good thing anyway. It'll force him to actually learn the position. Agreed, but I made suggestion based on the words "wants to help out". If he wants to become a "professional" coach, then this may definitely be the way to go. However, if he is just looking to kind of help out.... I would feel more comfortable having him coach something he already "knows" and let the professional coach be responsible for learning a new position.
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Post by pirates2012 on Jan 27, 2013 22:38:49 GMT -6
I would probably move the current DL coach to another position, and let the guy who played DL but HAD NEVER COACHED before coach that for at least the first year. agree... had a somewhat similar situation where we had a guy come into the program after graduating college as a former linemen and had a veteran coach who was coaching linemen. The older coach moved to LB's on defense with the newer guy coaching DL to try to get him as comfortable as possible. Agree on the coaching meeting to try to figure things out. the more you get those guys feeling involved in the process, the better
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Post by coach2013 on Jan 28, 2013 8:51:35 GMT -6
Its like we tell the kids, ITS NOT ABOUT YOU, you coach where you help the team the most. If a guy is professional, he wont give a hoot where he coaches as long as he works with the kids.
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Post by fantom on Jan 28, 2013 9:01:20 GMT -6
Making him learn a new position may be a good thing anyway. It'll force him to actually learn the position. Agreed, but I made suggestion based on the words "wants to help out". If he wants to become a "professional" coach, then this may definitely be the way to go. However, if he is just looking to kind of help out.... I would feel more comfortable having him coach something he already "knows" and let the professional coach be responsible for learning a new position. I hadn't looked at it like that. If the new guy is in it for the long haul I think I'd still prefer to keep the veteran at the position where he was described as great. Great is pretty hard to find. I certainly agree that a meeting is needed.
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Post by carookie on Jan 28, 2013 10:59:42 GMT -6
1- Do you need guys to coach at the lower level? I dont know how big your program is, but assigning people to lower levels will help build your program.
2- Do you two platoon or single platoon? Couldnt one guy be the DL/OL coach, etc.
3- FWIW I would put the new guy (former pro never coached) at a new position. Just because someone played at a high level doesn't mean they can coach. Putting him at a different spot will force him to learn all the techniques, drills, terms that YOU want done and may force him to learn how to coach better
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