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Post by deaux68 on May 14, 2014 19:25:43 GMT -6
Here's my two cents.
If you don't have fun when you win, why are you in it? Change lives, sure.
Some of you are just more hard a**es than I am I guess, but if you don't have fun you won't last long.
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Post by CS on May 14, 2014 19:56:50 GMT -6
Here's my two cents. If you don't have fun when you win, why are you in it? Change lives, sure. Some of you are just more hard a**es than I am I guess, but if you don't have fun you won't last long. So post game celebration is the only way to have a good time coaching? Wow! I've been missing out all this time. This is what I like to do after a win
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Post by shocktroop34 on May 15, 2014 6:27:13 GMT -6
There is a commercial that comes on ESPN that promotes the upcoming soccer tourney. I'm sure you've all seen it. A guy comes on and says, "I believe..." the crowd repeats it. They he says it again. Toward the end, they are all chanting, "I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!" over and over again.
A team that we had beaten regularly in years past had a good pool of talent and beat us last year. Typically a classy team, on our home field, broke out into a similar chant singing, "I believe that we just won! I believe that we just won" over and over.
We just all stopped and looked at them with a 'like really?!' Now every time that commercial comes on, I can't get to the remote fast enough.
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Post by coachwilcox on May 15, 2014 7:05:55 GMT -6
I was looking (and am looking) for ideas for celebrations after a win.
If you think that that is not a good idea, or is not part of "the way it should be, because we are supposed to never lose", then just ignore the thread and move on.
If you have a unique way that you and your team share a bond, behind closed doors, then please share.
If you are a of the opinion of "we act like we have won before" then you honestly have zero value in this thread.
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Post by fantom on May 15, 2014 7:48:38 GMT -6
I was looking (and am looking) for ideas for celebrations after a win. If you think that that is not a good idea, or is not part of "the way it should be, because we are supposed to never lose", then just ignore the thread and move on. If you have a unique way that you and your team share a bond, behind closed doors, then please share. If you are a of the opinion of "we act like we have won before" then you honestly have zero value in this thread. Welcome to the board. When you ask opinions you get opinions. Use the ideas that you like and ignore the rest. It's a discussion board, not a chat room.
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Post by coachwilcox on May 15, 2014 8:32:07 GMT -6
I understand how it works. Thanks.
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Post by fantom on May 15, 2014 8:51:46 GMT -6
I understand how it works. Thanks. Then you understand that if you want better answers ask better questions. You asked a pretty vague question. Many of us answered it as we understood it.
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Post by coachwilcox on May 15, 2014 9:15:35 GMT -6
That is why I refocused the discussion with my previous post.
It should no longer be vague.
Here is where the discussion should be. Here is where the discussion should not be.
I also understand I do not control what anyone says on here. If they want to continue discussing how they have won 11 games the past 2 years and they did it with the mentality of "we are supposed to win", then that is fine, but I will not be joining them in that discourse.
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Post by coachphillip on May 15, 2014 9:16:38 GMT -6
Used to do "Shabooya's" on the bus on the way home after a win. Teammates just roast each other in a short song. I guess that was our celebration.
I remember riding home and one guy blasting music and the team would sing some. Those songs kind of became team anthems.
To be honest, I was too dog tired to do much on the way home.
Once we got back to the school, we had a list of all of our opponents on the white board in the weight room, our HC would draw a big W next to the team we just beat. The guys would act like it wasn't official until he drew that W.
I know a PAC12 school that has pictures of the HCs they beat and the number of total offensive yards against them. They're pinned up on the wall in the offensive film room lol.
Hope those are what you were looking for.
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Post by fantom on May 15, 2014 9:20:31 GMT -6
That is why I refocused the discussion with my previous post. It should no longer be vague. Here is where the discussion should be. Here is where the discussion should not be. I also understand I do not control what anyone says on here. If they want to continue discussing how they have won 11 games the past 2 years and they did it with the mentality of "we are supposed to win", then that is fine, but I will not be joining them in that discourse. Understood.
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Post by coachwilcox on May 15, 2014 9:34:15 GMT -6
Used to do "Shabooya's" on the bus on the way home after a win. Teammates just roast each other in a short song. I guess that was our celebration. I remember riding home and one guy blasting music and the team would sing some. Those songs kind of became team anthems. To be honest, I was too dog tired to do much on the way home. Once we got back to the school, we had a list of all of our opponents on the white board in the weight room, our HC would draw a big W next to the team we just beat. The guys would act like it wasn't official until he drew that W. I know a PAC12 school that has pictures of the HCs they beat and the number of total offensive yards against them. They're pinned up on the wall in the offensive film room lol. Hope those are what you were looking for. Shabooya's are hilarious! I have heard some good ones... Thanks for sharing.
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Post by larrymoe on May 15, 2014 10:49:13 GMT -6
That is why I refocused the discussion with my previous post. It should no longer be vague. Here is where the discussion should be. Here is where the discussion should not be. I also understand I do not control what anyone says on here. If they want to continue discussing how they have won 11 games the past 2 years and they did it with the mentality of "we are supposed to win", then that is fine, but I will not be joining them in that discourse. 21 wins in the last two years. Thank you.
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Post by mariner42 on May 15, 2014 11:09:50 GMT -6
After a win: gather them up and shout "3 cheers for the (Cowboys)!" and I yell HIP HIP and they answer HOORAY. After that, I share my thoughts and I'm done.
After a loss: Lead them through that chant 3 times with increasing volume, GTFO.
I think the end of practice and the end of games should be brief. OC & DC talk, HC talks, GTFO.
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Post by oriolepower on May 15, 2014 20:07:26 GMT -6
We sing the school song after a win. We don't after a loss.
I've been know to sing along with every song they play in the locker room after a win even though I don't know the words and I'm old. I try to get my assistant coaches to celebrate and have fun. They're young and need to enjoy it.
I go home and talk about the game with my wife. She really enjoys that time of the week. Our agreement is I can't complain about anything after a win.
Win or lose I'm grateful for the opportunity.
On a side note many years ago at a different job, our HC and I lit a coach on fire and threw it in a lake after a big win. He had always said we were going to do it when we finally beat that team.
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Post by mariner42 on May 15, 2014 20:19:11 GMT -6
On a side note many years ago at a different job, our HC and I lit a coach on fire and threw it in a lake after a big win. Coach, I dunno about making murder/arson a postwin celebration. Could end poorly. Just saying.
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Post by oriolepower on May 15, 2014 20:22:50 GMT -6
On a side note many years ago at a different job, our HC and I lit a coach on fire and threw it in a lake after a big win. Coach, I dunno about making murder/arson a postwin celebration. Could end poorly. Just saying. Great point. I meant couch not coach.
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Post by coachwilcox on May 16, 2014 7:24:20 GMT -6
Coach, I dunno about making murder/arson a postwin celebration. Could end poorly. Just saying. Great point. I meant couch not coach.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 16, 2014 7:40:51 GMT -6
I don't really know. At my school, we have won two games in two years, with no signs of this program getting better anytime soon. We have made progress in that we have been competitive in a lot of our losses, which beats the 60 point blowouts they were experiencing prior to being here.
We don't really have a ritual. The kids celebrate on the bus ride home, and I go out and pound some beers regardless of outcome. Sometimes out of celebration, or sometimes out of depression.
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Post by coachphillip on May 16, 2014 8:49:13 GMT -6
Now THAT would be interesting. Losing coach gets lit on fire and thrown into a lake.
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Post by pvogel on May 19, 2014 10:53:14 GMT -6
One postgame tradition I really liked was that we took the kids back into the shed. It was a mechanic garage for the FFA. Its where we met as halftime too. It allowed most of the riff raff in the stands to trickle out before our kids went back to the field and then back to the locker room. It was the type of community where you never know what youre gonna get. But something about that garage just had a blue collar feel.
Regardless, I always want to talk about something to improve and mention the team we play next. Puts the focus back on the future and on working to make it better.
I am currently the interim baseball HC. The guy that left before me would have the players break on the team we play next (except on gameday). I like that a lot. We do it after practice and after games as well. If we do not know our next opponent (more of a baseball problem than a football problem) then I'll have them break on something else we need to beat - I've used "us" to reiterate that our biggest enemy is ourselves and we need to realize that we are in control of everything. We're in the sectionals now. Won the first 2 games in dramatic fashion. Our game tomorrow depends on who wins a game tonight. Since I'm an arrogant individual and we're walking tall with a swagger right now (which is a rarity at this school) I broke on "Who cares?", again reiterating that it doesn't matter who we play. It matters how we play.
If you read that whole thing, hats off to you.
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