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Post by s73 on Aug 23, 2014 19:35:02 GMT -6
I've always tried to stay under the radar in regards to pre-season publicity. Very general in comments to the papers, etc.
After seeing interviews and reading articles about the opponents on our schedule, I either have the toughest schedule on the planet or a lot of teams who are really choosing to be exceptionally optimistic.
Do I believe the hype? Do any of you talk your teams up for psychological reasons?
I've always taken the approach of not putting a target on my back so wondering if these guys are this confident, mind games or just extremely hopeful.
Any thoughts?
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Post by John Knight on Aug 24, 2014 5:56:02 GMT -6
Young coaches at most of these places???
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Post by wingtol on Aug 24, 2014 6:37:45 GMT -6
Everyone is optimistic at this time of year. I was watching some previews our tv and paper did the other day. Every kid and coach was saying "Oh yeah we think we'll be good this year. We worked real hard. We have a great system. We should do real well this year. Blahh blahh blahh"
What do you want a coach to say "We'll ya know the left side of our line stinks and we won't get any yards that way. Our MLB takes plays off. Our secondary can't cover. We should win about 3 games this year."
Not to mention the media will always try and make everyone look good in those previews.
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Post by s73 on Aug 24, 2014 15:26:55 GMT -6
Everyone is optimistic at this time of year. I was watching some previews our tv and paper did the other day. Every kid and coach was saying "Oh yeah we think we'll be good this year. We worked real hard. We have a great system. We should do real well this year. Blahh blahh blahh" What do you want a coach to say "We'll ya know the left side of our line stinks and we won't get any yards that way. Our MLB takes plays off. Our secondary can't cover. We should win about 3 games this year." Not to mention the media will always try and make everyone look good in those previews. Good point. Just seemed exceptionally "talked up" this year around here. Guess we'll find out soon enough. |
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Post by s73 on Aug 24, 2014 15:27:22 GMT -6
Young coaches at most of these places??? No, that's what has me scratchin' my head a bit. |
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Post by coachdubyah on Aug 25, 2014 7:02:54 GMT -6
Stay as general as possible. Our HC uses every single "coaching phrase" he can think of when he does these interviews. Talks up opponents, uses phrases like "it's been a good off-season", stuff like that. I agree with this and personally I would never get them too much to write.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 25, 2014 7:11:26 GMT -6
I've always tried to stay under the radar in regards to pre-season publicity. Very general in comments to the papers, etc. After seeing interviews and reading articles about the opponents on our schedule, I either have the toughest schedule on the planet or a lot of teams who are really choosing to be exceptionally optimistic. Do I believe the hype? Do any of you talk your teams up for psychological reasons? I've always taken the approach of not putting a target on my back so wondering if these guys are this confident, mind games or just extremely hopeful. Any thoughts? If we are bad, I will make us sound like we will be competitive in games. If we are incredible, I will make it sound like we we will be competitive in games. I don't want my team thinking that I don't believe in them and I also don't want them being over confident. What difference does the article make anyways? More importantly, I haven't read one article on our opponents. Not that I make it point to not read or I think you shouldn't, I just don't think they are important and I have been busy the last month. If someone put the articles in front of me, I would read them. I just don't go looking for them. After you have film on someone, what good is an article? We even have our first opponents spring game and August jamboree on film. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 10:25:57 GMT -6
Just do like Spurrier does and call your team "decent"...lol.
Duece
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Post by spreadattack on Aug 25, 2014 10:39:57 GMT -6
If you're at a perennial power that has championship goals every year then obviously you want to talk up other teams and talk down your team in that they will need to compete, etc. That's pretty straightforward.
It's harder if you're not so good, as you need to recruit your hallways, and get enthusiasm and confidence up. Now you don't want to talk up kids and then they get slaughtered by some 120 person squad with 11 D-1 recruits, but it's hard.
It's also a situation where the local press might have their own angle and can take a few choice quotes and blow it into some kind of local splash thing. They are trying to sell papers
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