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Post by knighter on Feb 14, 2007 8:18:14 GMT -6
dmp
My parents would have responded in kind, "That's why you lose." or "At least it works."
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Post by coachveer on Feb 14, 2007 8:37:44 GMT -6
" You aren't being outcoached, you were outconceived."
Still laughing.................................................................................................................................
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Post by knighter on Feb 14, 2007 8:59:09 GMT -6
dmp
And even funnier, I even hear the same thing from our fans
Yeah we won, but WHY do we run doublewing?
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Post by abuck89 on Feb 14, 2007 9:15:48 GMT -6
We were getting beat pretty bad one day. Nothing was working. No one was blocking or tackling. The comment ticked me off at the time, but looking back it was kind of funny.
"Coach your boys are done! Put the cheerleaders in and we might come back!"
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bodaad
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Post by bodaad on Feb 14, 2007 10:32:26 GMT -6
Not from the stands, but humorous. Before the season started one mother sent a letter to the head coach complaining about all the delay of games penalties we got the previous year.
We had three. One was intentional, and two were in the first game with a sophmore QB.(back judge didn't give a count down)
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Post by mncoach72 on Feb 14, 2007 11:34:24 GMT -6
We were playing a home game and I was in the booth with the DC. The team we were playing runs a real nice split back veer and has won a couple of state championships in the previous decade. Inside veer was killing us. All of a sudden a guy opens the door to the booth and walks in. I think I was in shock. He walked over to the DC and began to tell him that "You need to put a nose guard over the center, because that QB's stance is so low that if the nose hits the center hard enough, the QB will fall over." He then walked out. I asked the DC who the hell that guy was.
Who was it?
That's right you guessed it.
Our brand new Superintendent.
Three cheers for micromanaging!
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Post by kboyd on Feb 14, 2007 11:50:18 GMT -6
As a player in college, I was a 340 lb guard. I had an opposing fan yell out "Hey 67 - you need a third number". Between myself and my fellow linemates, I don't know who laughed harder.
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Post by coachcb on Feb 14, 2007 12:06:43 GMT -6
Best comment I can recall actually comes from me. I was watching a H.S. game in which a coach I really respected was coaching against a team with far greater talent ( about 7 D 1 playersand 2 previous state titles). Of course the lesser talented team happened to be the much better socioeconomic school, which means the parents know EVERYTHNG right? Anyway, Lesser talented team is doing pretty well, down only 21-0 at the half due to 3 long runs by the State Player of the Year. During halftime, I enjoyed listening to all of the Beemer driving parents complaining that they were being outcoached. I walked up to their discussion, and politely told them " You aren't being outcoached, you were outconceived." and then walked away to the golden sound of silence. That's awesome- you have to love the interesting attitudes at some wealthier schools. I was coaching a freshman team two years ago, which meant that I did stats for varsity games. During halftime, I always went down to the concession stand and picked up a cup of coffee. On my way back, I over heard an exceptionally irrate group of parents. One was a very wealthy local lawyer with a serious chip on his shoulder. His son had been pulled from the OL in the first half because he gave up three sacks in a row. The kid didn't make a block all night.. A 6'5 230lb sophmore (who has commited to a Pac10 school) played in his place and was doing very well. The HC had been holding out starting 2 under classman for the past couple games; gave the seniors every chance to hold onto their jobs. "Why in the h-ll is he starting sophmores over the seniors- this is ridiculous. _____ (his son) has been lifting all year and all summer long and deserves the playing time. _____ (his son) is squatting 500 pounds for god's sake!!!" (This was a much toned down version of the conversation- he was swearing up a storm.) I stopped and calmly asked him- "He's really been lifting all year and all summer? At the school weight room? Man, what a bummer." His reply-"Oh yeah, every day, in the morning and after school. This coach is BEEPING BEEP, BEEP, BEEPer...." I said- "That's really funny, because I worked in the weight room every day, in the morning and after school. Your son wasn't in there once, in fact I remember watching him walk past the weight room with his girlfriend after school." I turned and walked away before he could respond. But of course, the next week he had called and complained to the AD about the "coaches lack of respect for the parents"
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Post by mncoach72 on Feb 14, 2007 16:02:05 GMT -6
Just thougth of another one. During a JV game I was watching in the stands and I heard a player's dad say this: "It's {censored}, they run the same ten plays all year. They use the same formations too!" I wanted to go over there and say, "It's called an OFFENSE, this is the one we use."
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zexx14
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Every failure carries with it the seed for an equivalent or greater success
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Post by zexx14 on Feb 14, 2007 20:36:38 GMT -6
We were facing an eventual State playoff team in our second game last season.(ironically, we faced them again in the first round of the playoffs) They were HUGE and fast and had the best RB i've ever seen. We were definately outmanned. Walking under the bleachers to get to the locker room down 21-0 at half, it happened!
"my name, get off your knees, your blowin the game."
I think this guy was just waiting to pull this one out. One of my assistants started heading toward the stands and I couldn't stop laughing inside. Laughed about that all season---Until we played them again.
Coach Z
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Post by lionhart on Feb 14, 2007 21:52:21 GMT -6
we run a spread-gun offense.... we are down 6 in the 4th quarter and its been raining on and off all game. we are driving in the final minute, we get to about the 6 yd line with time enough for 2 plays. (we ran our zone-read and speed option to death on this drive.) we call timeout and i instruct our team to run our "ice" play... our qb goes through a hard count but gets no snap.... in order to buy a few yards and maybe sneak in. our team in the Timeout all agrees this is what we will do, and if they dont jump we will reset the cadence and run spped option. we line up, and as soon as our qb begins the cadence, our center SNAPS the ball!!! obviously our qb isnt looing and the ball bounces out to the 25 yd line and we lose.
parent says to me at the end of the game "thats just poor coaching" even better was what our principal had to say "what are we doing in shotgun on the 5 yd line.... in a rainstorm???" ummm.. we are a shotgun offense. (this was our final game of the season mind you, we'd run out of the gun all year!) and noone complained when we drove the length of the field out of the gun. people are funny
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Post by wildcat on Feb 14, 2007 22:20:31 GMT -6
We were playing a home game and I was in the booth with the DC. The team we were playing runs a real nice split back veer and has won a couple of state championships in the previous decade. Inside veer was killing us. All of a sudden a guy opens the door to the booth and walks in. I think I was in shock. He walked over to the DC and began to tell him that "You need to put a nose guard over the center, because that QB's stance is so low that if the nose hits the center hard enough, the QB will fall over." He then walked out. I asked the DC who the hell that guy was. Who was it? That's right you guessed it. Our brand new Superintendent. Three cheers for micromanaging! Didn't Richard Nixon do something like that to either Vince Lombardi or George Allen at a Redskins game?
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hoggles
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Post by hoggles on Feb 14, 2007 22:24:03 GMT -6
I don't have specific quotes, but how would you like your school's Superintendent ripping on the coaching staff while unknowingly sitting in front of the coaches wife?
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Post by saintrad on Feb 15, 2007 0:36:25 GMT -6
" You aren't being outcoached, you were outconceived." Now that is funny!
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Post by homeoftheo on Feb 15, 2007 2:15:06 GMT -6
I was scouting a game with not so good facilities and I was on the top bleacher on the home side. Directly behind me is an assistant on the phones with the visiting HC.
Tight game and all of a sudden I hear this "what in the **** did you just call Shawn?"
Take the game tape to our HC give him a heads up on the language (he watches film with his family) and he says to me...
"If anyone was to say that to me during a game I would call a TO and run up to the press box and we would be fighting"
Just something I will NEVER forget.
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tedseay
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Post by tedseay on Feb 15, 2007 6:48:25 GMT -6
Much like the double wing offense, the 2-Level defense and its 28-yard-deep safety draw a lot of comments from the "experts" in the stands.
The 2LD's deep safety did, however, produce the best comment I've ever heard, from a slightly intoxicated parent:
"Why is he deep? Are they punting? They're not punting!"
(Running play from I formation, tailback tries to cut back near the sideline, encounters deep safety.)
(Silence from both stands as coaches rush to check tailback, who is flat on his back but only winded.)
(Thousand one, thousand two, thousand three...)
"I get it now, coach!"
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Post by rossco45 on Feb 15, 2007 20:49:17 GMT -6
A couple of years ago we were playing the eventual State Champs with a young team and we were down 56-0 in the 4th when we get called for holding. The ref says 10 yard for holding when a person yells out "Hey ref its 15 yards - 5 yards for bad coaching"
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Post by airman on Feb 15, 2007 22:02:49 GMT -6
my favorite all time is this, we were up and we were running the ball and not doing is very well i might add, from the stands I hear throw the dang ball. well if that was not to funny cause if you know me we always throw the dang ball and I usually hear run the dang ball more. interesting how when things are going bad, they are never happy.
speaking of people in the stands, you ever have this happen. every school seems to have a fence between you and teh field. walking off the field I had a guy one time wall parallel to me along this fence yelling every word in the book at me. I was concerned cause the gate was coming up and we were going to cross paths. good thing the police were standing there to keep him from crossing.
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Post by wingtol on Feb 16, 2007 7:56:30 GMT -6
While sitting in one of the wonderful booths at an away game where the parents heads were right below the window, I say trap looks like its open give that a shot over the phones. Then hear the parent from the other team yell "hey coach look out for the trap!" to their coach and he looks up at me. To which I reply "Sir you realize at any moment my cup of hot coffee could accidently fall out off of the window ledge and into the stands don't you?" I got "sorry coach I just got a little excited it won't happen again."
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Post by coach239 on Feb 16, 2007 9:15:18 GMT -6
A couple of years ago we were playing the eventual State Champs with a young team and we were down 56-0 in the 4th when we get called for holding. The ref says 10 yard for holding when a person yells out "Hey ref its 15 yards - 5 yards for bad coaching" Im still laughing at this one! You were OUTCONCEIVED is a classic too!! Our third game of the season, we were up 7-0 with about 1:10 seconds left before halftime. I know the other team has burned all of their time outs, so I instruct my QB to run a Dive play, then tell the ref that we want to run the delay clock down to one and call a time out. Well, during the clock running process I hear someone say, "NOOOOO!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!! STOP THE CLOCK COACH!!" We called time-out and kicked the field goal to go up 10-0 with about 30 seconds left and as I waked by one of my players on the sidelines I heard him say, "GEEEZZ DAD!! SHUT YOUR FRIGGIN MOUTH!! SO FREGGIN EMBARrASSING!!" Then his friend, another teammate said, "Yea, your dad is pretty lame!" I could not contain myself. I think that was the best internal laughter I have ever experienced.......
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Post by redandwhite on Feb 16, 2007 11:11:42 GMT -6
Quite a few years ago, I had a disagreement with a parent who was on the school board about I was utilizing his son's talents. Needless to say, when he suggested that maybe he should just have his son quit to prepare for the basketball season, I told him to go ahead if that's what he and his son thought was best for the young man. Of course, he continued to play. Move the story along to the middle of the BB season. One night the school board member is sitting right behind the bench on a night when our boys are being out-DNAed. Suddenly, during a time out when it's quiet in the gym, the school board member yells out, "Jesus, O'Reilly, you're dumber than Sutton." Of course, the kicker is that the player, a really good kid, went on to play football, not BB in college.
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Post by coachturley on Feb 17, 2007 18:14:56 GMT -6
"OUTCONCEIVED" and "TURN THE PAGE"---Love it! Instant Classics. My first year as OC, we are terrible - spread offense and I call the Bubble Screen. Defense walks up and QB does not check - Bingo - easy pick for six. Someone yells out of the stands "get a new playbook!" I start to get pissed off - hesitate - then asked him if he had one I could borrow. Coach T
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Post by mugz on Feb 17, 2007 19:07:34 GMT -6
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Post by gridironman on May 13, 2007 23:22:36 GMT -6
On a week when we had played on a Thursday night, I went on Friday night to watch the team of a good friend of mine. He coached at a small school and the bleachers were right on top of the sidelines. Only about 5 or 6 yards from the sideline to the bleachers, very tight quarters.
My friend's team was obviously "outconceived" (what a great line!!!) that night. Late in the fourth quarter a mom yells down at my friend, "Hey coach, run a play that works!" Without missing a beat, my friend turns around and says, "No ma'am I will not....we have been working on these plays that won't work, and we are going to run them!!" I still ask him often if he is still working on the ones that don't work.
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Post by 3rdandlong on May 14, 2007 0:44:35 GMT -6
A fan from the stands referred to me as a "wetback" while I was making adjustments on the sideline with the defense. Needless to say I was pretty pissed off.
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Post by hoptions on May 14, 2007 7:05:28 GMT -6
LOL…all of these are great!
We took over a wing T program and now run split back veer. The comments we get are hilarious and to many to list.
Here is my favorite; we run ISV, OSV, and Midline…
“Quit running that dame dive play and run the options!”
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Post by wingt74 on May 14, 2007 7:59:14 GMT -6
Oooo, i got one. I'll never forget this. Learning experience for me.
We're on defense...offense was in a double tight I form with a WR on the left. WR starts coming in motion across the formation to the wide side.
Previous to this play, when they had this look and motion, they ran a pitch to the wide side, with the WR trying to seal.
I had a parent violently screaming something along the lines of "COACH!! THEY'RE GOING TO PITCH WIDE SIDE!!! WIDE SIDE!!!
Of course, what do you think they run? Fake pitch counter...Football play calling 101.
I just moved on to the next play, and finished coaching the game.
Post game - was when I got really {censored}. My kids heard the Dad and we're convinced of the wide side pitch. The breakdown was my backside DE immediately giving chase down the line.
Next time this happens, I'll be sure to remind the kids of their responsibilities if a parent starts playing psychic
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JMC
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Post by JMC on May 14, 2007 8:14:34 GMT -6
Heard something similar to that on film. I was an assistant coach for a team that ran split backs and we were running outside veer to death. We controlled the clock the whole first half and most of the second and pulled it out 16-14. When I went back to watch the tape a couple of years later I'd never paid attention to what was being said. On the tape I hear a fan from the other team screaming, "Dive, Dive, they are running the dive!" as the QB pulls the ball and runs around the end.
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Post by darebelcoach on May 14, 2007 9:01:13 GMT -6
These are all good. I have one from a couple seasons ago when I was the O.C. on a sophomore level team. One of our main plays was an outisde toss/sweep to both sides of the formation. Well, during a game, we attempted to run it probably 5 or 6 times in the first half, which resulted in our RB fumbling (and losing) the ball 3 times and slipping and falling the other two times (it wasn't raining!!). The one time in the first half he held on to the ball and didn't slip, he gained a grand total of 2 yards. Well, at begining of the third quarter, I decided to just start pounding the ball straight ahead with our FB....a parent screams down "hey coach, you forgot about your outside runs, they have been working, why did you go away from them?" I thought he was joking, until he continued to yell the same thing over and over again. I guess he didn't see the first half!!!!
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Post by coachboyd on May 14, 2007 9:11:07 GMT -6
Me and the head coach from an 8-man school left a successful class B program and went to a struggling class a 11-man program. We are in our first game just getting blasted by the eventual class 2a state champion. I call defense so I am standing there trying to figure out how to stop the freight train, and I hear a fan say "coach you are gonna have to run something different, that stuff doesn't work in 11-man". So you guys trying to run power, iso, and trap, quit because it doesn't work. Ha.
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