I'm shocked

Hilarious...I don't see anything wrong with them.

It's my analysis of things
I don't believe there's a single thing on there that would give any advantage to a potential opponent

Why isnt franklin able to have folks poking at his system or analyzing things? seems like nobody else is immune. Ill have to look at just so I can also talk about it ha ha.

Regular spread Benedict Arnold right here!

I'd be flattered than blackmail him for a job...or ask what exactly his issue is to keep the doors of communication open and build a better relationship with the staff there, probably a more reasonable approach! That is extremely odd though, maybe you have the rest of the PAC57 checking out your blog too!

Yeah it is crazy... I did a search of my name the other day and found my blog on a ton of different sites and linked in articles... it was weird to see... but I guess it is a good thing?  enough people felt it was worth reading

Did you buy his system?

I did
But I had all of the information before we bought the system

Honestly that was part of why we haven't continued to go... Didn't feel it was worth it when most if the information I paid 3k for I already had access to

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I agree..I saw the post and looked at the vid...nothing against you but I thought the first video hardly showed anything at all..the second one was better but really, it was so generic it could have been filmed most anywhere

So he lets anyone into their practice but then worries that anyone could have access to the stuff you could learn by going to the practice that anyone had access to?

Sounds like Colonel Cathcart and Major Major are at it again.

  ^ ^ exactly this ^^

You better believe he is filming practices, drills, etc. so he can sell them for 3 grand to his clients.  What a joke. I could understand if you were filming his TEAM sessions or putting up a diagram of every play ran but come on really. If anything you sprung some interest for other area coaches to go visit their practices.

to be fair, I'm sure ANY program would do the same thing if they found out someone was filming their practices unknowingly. It likely has more to do with trust than actually spilling the beans on scheme.

Particularly with spring ball, it may also have something to do with additional scouting of the depth chart that you wouldn't normally get. That being said, I seem to remember La Tech last year being a part of one of those ESPN "inside the program" type deals where the entire practice soup-to-nuts was filmed. It also looked like coachbdub made an effort to NOT film/post anything secret (just Indy drill work), likely the same stuff you would've caught had a local broadcast affiliate was filming stock bumper footage.

To each his own, though. It certainly presents a new challenge for programs because information is so accessible these days. Now coaches have the potential of contending with a multitude of sources that could affect your branding as a program.


Bottom line, though, this has more to do with going beyond the etiquette of being a guest. Its one thing to email another coach and ask questions to help your program. Its another thing to visit that coach under the pretense that you want to make your program better, then turn around and publish stuff recordings of your interaction that he didn't know was taking place. Its not our place to be able to pass judgment on another coach and determine whether or not they have a right to be upset.yes

The videos of drills were added just for some depth in the blog post... They're basic drills I've used for the last 3 years... Just figured showing D1 kids doing them might appear better than my kids

They were open to filming, a ton of coaches had phones, iPads, and full on video cameras out the entire practice

I purposely didn't film any team or signaling or any form of communication/ verbiage

I spoke on schematics but I don't believe anyone on the CAL/LaTech staff invented any of the plays used

One note is that this shouldn't be entirely a shock. I seem to remember you posting about going to Cal's practice before you went, and people talked about that you should feel free to take notes and learn but it would be another thing to put video on the internet.

It's a discussion for another day, but it's one reason that the vast majority of things I write about and use images/diagrams/video for are from games, which is exactly what opponents have. (And coaches even get riled about *that* sometimes, which I can't agree with. If you ran some play on national TV it's fair game.) I get a lot more behind the scenes stuff than I put online but you have to use discretion with what you put online.

For better or for worse all journalists will tell you this is the case. With the internet now it makes everyone a journalist. It's a complicated dance of wanting exposure, trust, competitive advantages, etc. What you have to realize is that these guys are conflicted on this -- they want exposure but want to control the message -- but you're conflicted too. Suddenly if you write about Cal's drills with video and diagrams everybody wants to read your stuff, but should you be sharing it? It's just how the world works. It's a balance.