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Post by 33coach on Sept 16, 2015 21:48:41 GMT -6
I hate having to run the scout team. We are not able to 2 platoon here at my school. I am the OC, so when we practice defense, myself and another coach run scout team. That is a very FRUSTRATING job. If you have never had to run the scout team, I think you should thank the guys that do. It is way harder and more frustrating than I could have ever imagined. The best is when you show them the diagrams on scout and the O-line wants to know if they run block or pass block. I hate bringing this up but even if you've played Madden you should have a general idea of what the drawn lines mean. That's actually why we mark the cards in different colors. Blue is run Red is pass No more questions
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Post by hunhdisciple on Sept 16, 2015 22:04:46 GMT -6
1. Painting the field 2. Painting the field 3. Painting the practice field 4. Scout team, because our kids are dumber than anyone I know. How does taking trap even remotely look like it hits outside the tackle? Seriously. This happened today. It was trap. Just straight, normal, up the middle trap. And the kids takes it, and runs outside like he just got toss. He got blown up and I smiled. Just look at the pictures, it's pretty easy.
Also, I love putting the stuff in HUDL. I try to make sure it's all in myself. I did an entire teams season and scrimmage for a playoff game last year on a Saturday. I love it. Actually one of my favorite parts of the job. Heck, I'll do it for you guys if you pay me enough.
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Post by coachtua on Sept 16, 2015 22:10:12 GMT -6
I hate having to run the scout team. We are not able to 2 platoon here at my school. I am the OC, so when we practice defense, myself and another coach run scout team. That is a very FRUSTRATING job. If you have never had to run the scout team, I think you should thank the guys that do. It is way harder and more frustrating than I could have ever imagined. The best is when you show them the diagrams on scout and the O-line wants to know if they run block or pass block. I hate bringing this up but even if you've played Madden you should have a general idea of what the drawn lines mean. Especially when you put in you own offensive terminology...
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Post by fantom on Sept 16, 2015 22:19:12 GMT -6
I hate having to run the scout team. We are not able to 2 platoon here at my school. I am the OC, so when we practice defense, myself and another coach run scout team. That is a very FRUSTRATING job. If you have never had to run the scout team, I think you should thank the guys that do. It is way harder and more frustrating than I could have ever imagined. The best is when you show them the diagrams on scout and the O-line wants to know if they run block or pass block. I hate bringing this up but even if you've played Madden you should have a general idea of what the drawn lines mean. Today we had the scout offense run a screen with the receivers running off the defenders, On the top of the page it says "Screen". There are detailed instructions on the bottom. QB chucks it deep.
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Post by coachtua on Sept 16, 2015 22:19:52 GMT -6
I still hate equipment hand out and really hate collection. Equipment hand out (helmets especially) sucks. Making sure everything fits properly or best as you can to a kid that has a very peculiar shaped head...medium is too small large is big no amount of air or changing out cheek pads gets it to fit properly. As far as collection its easy for us. Equipment guy tells boys put everything in your travel bag and drop it in his office. He separates everything into boxes for reconditioning as he pulls it out of their bag. If something is missing they find out the next day.
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Post by joris85 on Sept 17, 2015 3:58:52 GMT -6
I hate going over the attendance list. Especially at the beginning of the year when you don't know all their names yet. (I'm horrible with names)
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Post by fballcoachg on Sept 17, 2015 8:24:36 GMT -6
Scout team can get rough but that's when you through in a trick play or two just to piss off the defense. It it isn't a trick play that our opponent runs it would certainly piss me off. It always is but may be from the archive of their trick plays. The only time it isn't is if they have a QB that doubles as a WR...if they are a jet team I will run a jet pass with him etc.
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Post by fantom on Sept 17, 2015 8:27:52 GMT -6
It it isn't a trick play that our opponent runs it would certainly piss me off. It always is but may be from the archive of their trick plays. The only time it isn't is if they have a QB that doubles as a WR...if they are a jet team I will run a jet pass with him etc. So, you don't have a script?
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Post by pistola on Sept 17, 2015 9:16:08 GMT -6
Scout team can get rough but that's when you through in a trick play or two just to piss off the defense. It it isn't a trick play that our opponent runs it would certainly piss me off. cant stand when the scout team coach starts throwing in things they havent done all season (throwbacks, dbl passes) because he "saw it open" on the defense... well yeah its open becuase they havent done... we want to stop what they do!!! i get pissy real quick when it happens more than once
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Post by John Knight on Sept 17, 2015 9:23:02 GMT -6
That is a sure fire way to ruin a good practice!!
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Post by fballcoachg on Sept 17, 2015 12:53:46 GMT -6
Sure we have a script, we go through the first time vs the plays and calls the dc scripted then the second time (or however many plays it winds up being) he calls his scripted defense vs any of the opponents plays...more so to simulate a real game than to always have the perfect blitz for the play.
Has been that way everywhere I've been...same way on offense. We have a blitz period and a standard team period where we run our offense against scripted defense but also have a time when I tell the d to cut loose and call any of their blitzes or sit in base whenever they want.
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Post by mrjvi on Sept 17, 2015 17:58:01 GMT -6
The same thing happens at times with scout D. The coach strays from the D we are working on to hammer us. Use to happen more, not as much now.
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Post by John Knight on Sept 17, 2015 18:02:30 GMT -6
I always scripted every front and stunt/blitz,was never a good sport when it came to just throwing a wrinkle in there! I
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Post by jgordon1 on Sept 17, 2015 18:07:45 GMT -6
fantom I too used to hate putting the plays in plastic. I now draw all my plays on card stock..If it gets ruined for some reason I just draw it again. I can draw a play as quick as I can put it in the damm plastic thing. I also spend more "time" looking for plays I have already drawn than actually drawing them but alas I continue to look
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 17, 2015 19:15:33 GMT -6
The same thing happens at times with scout D. The coach strays from the D we are working on to hammer us. Use to happen more, not as much now. This drives me insane. Line up in trips, scout D checks to man. WTF ARE YOU GUYS DOING. The team we play will be in cover 3. "Coach, this is our version of 3." Awesome, but their version is going to allow us to score.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 17, 2015 19:45:56 GMT -6
fantom I too used to hate putting the plays in plastic. I now draw all my plays on card stock..If it gets ruined for some reason I just draw it again. I can draw a play as quick as I can put it in the damm plastic thing. I also spend more "time" looking for plays I have already drawn than actually drawing them but alas I continue to look This is why I draw them all on one page. 10 plays on the front and 10 on the back and number the plays. Makes it very easy to run. I just call the play number and when the player sees his assignment, they go lineup. We get a lot of high quality reps from our scout team and we have only 20 10-12th graders. We do use some 9th graders to help. Disclaimer: our starting qb doesn't play defense, so he is scout team qb. It helps a lot.
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Post by fantom on Sept 17, 2015 20:15:09 GMT -6
fantom I too used to hate putting the plays in plastic. I now draw all my plays on card stock..If it gets ruined for some reason I just draw it again. I can draw a play as quick as I can put it in the damm plastic thing. I also spend more "time" looking for plays I have already drawn than actually drawing them but alas I continue to look Jerry, we draw them up in Playmaker and save them. For some teams we use the same cards for years, Just have to print them next year. Putting them in plastic is a PITA but it makes it easier for the scout team coach. I might hate the job but if it makes it easier for him and makes us more efficient I'll live with it.
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Post by jaydub66 on Sept 17, 2015 22:44:56 GMT -6
Parents I hate talking to parents Second. I had a parent email me about her kid not playing. All I said was "Email me" and my number. Never got a phone call but I know it's coming. It's like the 3-4th parent this year to complain. Like, I don't know how to express enough A. Your kid isn't good enough to start or rotate in B. Your kid was sat down because he is punk C. Your kid never shows up And the answer to all three is, "well that shouldn't matter. He's on the team". And you want to say, "so what, it's high school, I don't have to play everyone" but you need to be P.C. and calm and professional, which is expect and the right thing to do but you can only give out the cliche answers for so long.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Sept 18, 2015 7:02:34 GMT -6
Thursday pre-game practice. The worst.
Personally I can handle walk-throughs and pre-games when I was a player, but as a coach it is nerve-racking as hell. Hate it. It's like I want the kids to be quiet/focused/intense but this generation has a hard time doing all of those. They are either quiet+focused but not intense, or they are focused+intense but are talking chit like it's pickup basketball.
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Post by coachpsl on Sept 18, 2015 7:22:09 GMT -6
My first couple years I loved Pre-game. The meal/walk through/down time/stretch/drill work/run throughs/hype time all of it. Now as a DC, after all the work it takes to get ready I am ready for kickoff when thursday practice ends. I go nuts waiting for it to just finally begin.
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Post by larrymoe on Sept 18, 2015 7:33:34 GMT -6
Picture day. I'd rather slide down a razor blade buck nekkid into a pool of rubbing alcohol. Everybody wants to be Chevy Chase and say something funny. Every body can't understand hands in front, right over left. Half the team freaks out to climb up on the riser. One coach didn't read the email to wear the dark colored polo bc the team is in white. Can I just send you a picture of last year's close up and have the camera guy photoshop me into the picture? We took pictures in 4 minutes from beginning to end this years.
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Post by larrymoe on Sept 18, 2015 7:41:18 GMT -6
I hate defensive day practices. I don't coach a position on defense anymore and I end up just wandering around like a homeless vagrant. In the past during defensive indy time I have- trimmed trees hanging over the practice field, painted the practice field, mowed the game field, taken a nap, and it's usually my chance to go to the bathroom. I'm usually excited for inside run time because I actually get to do something.
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Post by blb on Sept 18, 2015 7:42:04 GMT -6
Parents' Meeting, Picture Day, Banquet.
Pretty much anything beside being on practice field with kids and other coaches.
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Post by raymul313 on Sept 18, 2015 8:04:21 GMT -6
I hate traveling to schools way out in west bum &%$# nowhere to scout a team and there is no place to shoot from the EZ. I came from a D3 college program and thought everyone was using Hudl (lol boy was I wrong...and fortunately I work with two 20 yr vets on my coaching staff of 3). This is my 1st year coaching and I already don't care for the b#$%#ing of parents about how archaic our system is. (The talented players we had quit bc we wouldnt let them get away with BS)
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Post by John Knight on Sept 18, 2015 8:44:57 GMT -6
I used to do the attendance during team stretch back when we did static stretch, we called it team flex.
I loved to do my cool hand Luke count, Coach we got 33 on the field, 2 on the side and 2 in the box(training room)!
Them clothes got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number spends a night in the box. These here spoons you keep with you. Any man loses his spoon spends a night in the box. There's no playing grab-ass or fighting in the building. You got a grudge against another man, you fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or fighting in the building spends a night in the box. First bell's at five minutes of eight when you will get in your bunk. Last bell is at eight. Any man not in his bunk at eight spends the night in the box. There is no smoking in the prone position in bed. To smoke you must have both legs over the side of your bunk. Any man caught smoking in the prone position in bed... spends a night in the box. You get two sheets. Every Saturday, you put the clean sheet on the top... the top sheet on the bottom... and the bottom sheet you turn in to the laundry boy. Any man turns in the wrong sheet spends a night in the box. No one'll sit in the bunks with dirty pants on. Any man with dirty pants on sitting on the bunks spends a night in the box. Any man don't bring back his empty pop bottle spends a night in the box. Any man loud talking spends a night in the box. You got questions, you come to me. I'm Carr, the floor walker. I'm responsible for order in here. Any man don't keep order spends a night in... Luke: ...the box.
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 18, 2015 9:40:42 GMT -6
Parents I hate talking to parents Second. I had a parent email me about her kid not playing. All I said was "Email me" and my number. Never got a phone call but I know it's coming. It's like the 3-4th parent this year to complain. Like, I don't know how to express enough A. Your kid isn't good enough to start or rotate in B. Your kid was sat down because he is punk C. Your kid never shows up And the answer to all three is, "well that shouldn't matter. He's on the team". And you want to say, "so what, it's high school, I don't have to play everyone" but you need to be P.C. and calm and professional, which is expect and the right thing to do but you can only give out the cliche answers for so long. i always give the cliche PC answers too but man, i would love to just make the conversation quick and walk away "short answer, lack of talent"
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Post by realdawg on Sept 18, 2015 10:07:52 GMT -6
Just finished painting the field, as I mentioned earlier, I hate rolling up the string. So I made some JV kids in wt training class do it. But I also hate painting the numbers. Bending over so much (we use spray cans) makes my hamstrings hurt.
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Post by bignose on Sept 18, 2015 10:38:09 GMT -6
As a semi retired coach, I really enjoy almost everything you guys hate! I enjoy painting the field, it's good exercise! I admit, it's a drag when it's either 95 degrees or when it's 35 degrees. I like doing the scout sheets and breaking down film, it gives me something to do since I am no longer in the classroom, and helps keep me mentally active. It has made me enhance my computer skills to keep up with our younger coaches. I enjoyed being the scout team QB which I did until I turned 60! I maintain all of our on field and player equipment, just another part of the job, and you've gotta pay the price. Hey, everybody needs a hobby, and I've given up chasing women. Parents? I don't have to deal with them anymore, but there was a time that during the season I wished the kids wuz all orphans!
My pet hate? I supervise and dish out the food for the pre game meal. Scooping pasta, or making sure the kids don't take more then their portion….I didn't sign up for that, but I inherited the job so to give the game coaches a break 3 hours before we play. At least for the last two years we have had some awesome parent volunteers who have made my job easier.
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Post by marinercoach1 on Sept 18, 2015 10:49:25 GMT -6
Sunday meetings are just the worst
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Post by craines10 on Sept 18, 2015 11:47:02 GMT -6
I hate having to run the scout team. We are not able to 2 platoon here at my school. I am the OC, so when we practice defense, myself and another coach run scout team. That is a very FRUSTRATING job. If you have never had to run the scout team, I think you should thank the guys that do. It is way harder and more frustrating than I could have ever imagined. I 2nd that
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