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Post by coachddwebb on May 4, 2017 11:41:28 GMT -6
In the past I have seen some kids wait until there Sophomore year to play football and some Junior, we get this I feel because of the school is considered the academic school. How many of you see this happing and how do these kids do for you if they even make it the season?
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Post by hunhdisciple on May 4, 2017 12:05:01 GMT -6
I think the kids who come out during 11th or 12th grade and stick it out and contribute are the ones who would have regardless. Kids who come out in 11th and then quit because it got hard, would have quit for the same reasons in 9th.
We had a kid a few years ago who played his senior year after not playing since 4th grade. Extremely solid OLB, super great athlete. After the season he apologized to the staff for not playing sooner. We asked him why he quit and he said after a practice in 4th grade that his neck was really sore. And, as a little kid, he thought you could "become paralyzed" from just a sore neck like it was something gradual. And that he was too proud to come back out after that. That's always going to be one of my favorite stories.
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Post by **** on May 4, 2017 12:14:10 GMT -6
At a small school, kids coming out as JR/SR can help you more often than a younger kid playing normally would. They're more physically mature and athletic. They would've been a better player if they would've played as a FR but I will take the athletic ability.
Big school, I've never seen it work unless the kid is an absolute freak of a player. There are too many other kids his age that have more years experience and are just better football players.
Like stated above... Kids that come out and quit as JR/SR would have done the same thing as FR.
Being at a small school now I'll try to recruit the going to be JR/SR class because they could help us at the varsity level. When I was at a bigger school I didn't care. We already had 170+ kids 9-12 and unless the kid was a D1 athlete in another sport he probably wasn't going to help us in football. We already had the best kids as is.
If you don't have numbers recruit everybody you can get.
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Post by fantom on May 4, 2017 12:21:25 GMT -6
I think the kids who come out during 11th or 12th grade and stick it out and contribute are the ones who would have regardless. Kids who come out in 11th and then quit because it got hard, would have quit for the same reasons in 9th. I'm going to disagree a little with this. A 9th grader who doesn't instantly play will be more likely to understand that he has a lot to learn and knows that he still has three years to play. First year seniors feel that the clock is ticking and are less patient and are quicker to pull the plug. |
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Post by hunhdisciple on May 4, 2017 12:30:35 GMT -6
I think the kids who come out during 11th or 12th grade and stick it out and contribute are the ones who would have regardless. Kids who come out in 11th and then quit because it got hard, would have quit for the same reasons in 9th. I'm going to disagree a little with this. A 9th grader who doesn't instantly play will be more likely to understand that he has a lot to learn and knows that he still has three years to play. First year seniors feel that the clock is ticking and are less patient and are quicker to pull the plug. I meant that more in the sense of the "Football isn't for me" type kids. You're definitely correct, though. |
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Post by kcarls on May 4, 2017 12:50:44 GMT -6
I think this new generation is sooooooo scared of being ridiculed or failure that they wont take a chance if theres a possibility of being unsuccessful.
We are battling losing incoming sophomores because they won't be starters on varsity and may be "2nd in line"
Same way hardly anyone runs against anyone in student council elections...they may lose!!! We had one position that there was an actual vote for last year.
Maybe its just our small/rural/poor school, but it seems to be a generational push in more ways than one.
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Post by bluboy on May 4, 2017 13:41:52 GMT -6
I think this new generation is sooooooo scared of being ridiculed or failure that they won't take a chance if there's a possibility of being unsuccessful.
We are battling losing incoming sophomores because they won't be starters on varsity and may be "2nd in line"
We run into this situation with young kids (9th/10th graders who start or play a lot on other varsity sports such as basketball, baseball, lacrosse). We also have kids who wait until THEY THINK their chance of starting is good (graduation) and then come out for the team.
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Post by aceback76 on May 4, 2017 13:55:19 GMT -6
In the past I have seen some kids wait until there Sophomore year to play football and some Junior, we get this I feel because of the school is considered the academic school. How many of you see this happing and how do these kids do for you if they even make it the season? Remind the newcomer Seniors that they will not START if there is an underclassman at that position at least EQUAL to him! |
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