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Post by runitupthemiddle on Dec 7, 2015 8:22:56 GMT -6
I know I'm asking a lot of questions, but we are wanting to take advantage of our good fortune of having good seasons and facilities.
Has anybody ever started a post season senior all star game?
We were thinking 55 miles radius of us and putting a state vs state together.
Of course we would need to check with our neighboring state to check rules there.
Has anybody undertaken anything like his before. We thought about tying a coaches clinic in with it, if possibel
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 7, 2015 8:44:42 GMT -6
It might be easier to start smaller, just challenging the next district or something. State v state would be a huge undertaking, and it might be tough to get people to sign up for one more meaningless game in mid December. You could do it as a sori game, and the. It could be last season's all stars, last season's seniors, you could do rising seniors and call it a preview game, or Sr. Vs jr.
There are two here, one is all seniors, done in May (snow...), and they pick two main figures in Manitoba football to honour and have them split all the schools, usually based on connections to a given school and then splitting the remaining schools in a way that seems vaguely fair. Unfortunately since a few kids opt out or can't participate, it stretches a thin talent pool to the breaking point, so it's not a great game because even if the teams are fair there's going to be a few dangerously thin positions on each team. Last year I got roped into coaching one of the teams and I had no runningbacks. My top RB was a very thin DB that I begged and coerced to play RB for week, and I had three OL worth starting. So I'd advise you draw up some mock rosters to see how it would turn out.
He second game we have is usually a week or two after the first, and it's the top seniors making one team, essentially half the kids from the first game, and they play against the provincial team that's getting ready for the U-18 Canada Cup tournament. The senior team is largely a regrouping of last year's junior team, and it makes for a much better game because the age advantage is cancelled out by the fact that the juniors have been practicing together for a while.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Dec 7, 2015 9:16:08 GMT -6
This game would be in early May.
And within our area basically talking 30 schools total, not like the "whole" state, more like a border war.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 7, 2015 11:49:50 GMT -6
30 schools is about what it takes to get a good all star team, without being unruly. The question now is how does it schedule in around 7-7 madness?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Dec 7, 2015 13:43:42 GMT -6
Well 90 percent of schools around us are in school till end of May
And 7-7 isn't allowed till June.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Dec 7, 2015 13:44:04 GMT -6
And we are talking seniors only
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Post by fballcoachg on Dec 7, 2015 14:05:01 GMT -6
What's the point? Benefit or fundraiser?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Dec 7, 2015 20:38:57 GMT -6
Fundraiser
A nice big one that we can count on every year
Plus there is not a good one in this area of the state
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