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Post by 19delta on Jun 22, 2017 20:55:30 GMT -6
I mean, I took a massive bowl of chili in the box for the second half of a game last year. We were up by a lot, and I was hungry. We had a kid not play his freshmen year because he didn't want to practice in the summer. Because his older brother was going to college, and he wanted to spend time fishing and frog gigging with him. Had a kid as a freshmen, and he quit a few weeks into the season. Moved after the school year. He started following me on social media, and I checked up on him. Dude is 16 or 17, and is currently engaged to a 36 year old he had known for 4 months. Once had a kid drink 3 of those liquid nicotine containers that go on one of those vape stink things. Missed practice to get his stomach pumped. Kids are weird. And every day, I just hope I wasn't as weird as they are. When I initially read the first 6 words of your post, I thought you were taking this thread in an entirely different direction.! 💩
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Post by s73 on Jun 22, 2017 21:33:43 GMT -6
I had a kid during the summer get out of his car, take one more puff on his cigarette, put it out on the curb, and stepped right into stretching lines. Was his name Jack Lambert?
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Post by tippecanoe41 on Jun 22, 2017 22:15:09 GMT -6
Found out yesterday that one of our players used to eat in the huddle during games. I don't mean that he used to sneak a Snickers on the bench, either. He used to tuck a lemon into his shoulder pads, peel it in the huddle, and eat it. Sometimes he didn't even peel it. This was the kid who quit on the day of our last game. Presumably, he was angry because, after he missed two practices because (I'm not making this up) he was acting as a costumed character at a haunted house, we benched him. That reminded me of a kid we had a few years ago. After he graduated we found out that he used to listen to music on the field during games. He'd taped an MP3 player under his thigh pads, ran wires up though his pads, and had ear buds in during games. So, does anybody have stories about kids who were particularly unusual? I thought I had some stories that were worth telling, but I have none like this!! hAHAHAHAHHA. now mine seem unimportant. hahahahaha. I'll only say that I understand running wires. When I was playing in high school we had a kid who always dreamed of being a film director. He made awesome highlight films for our team. One day he wanted to mic me up just to hear the vulgarity that came out of my mouth throughout a game. tried to do it while we were playing a team we beat by 50 every year for like 15 years. Coach didn't find it funny haha. Had quite a bit of extra conditioning to do in practice the next week. Until he died last year, I still told him that it would have been awesome to hear what I had to say while on the way to make a tackle, haha.
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Post by tippecanoe41 on Jun 22, 2017 22:19:11 GMT -6
eating a lemon... just in general... serial killer only a psycho would do that that kid has bodies buried in his backyard I'm with you there. Eating a lemon on a bet--cool. Eating a lemon just for the hell of it when you have everything to lose for it--you don't have feelings and are a sociopath. Criminal Minds is going to have an episode on you.
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 22, 2017 22:48:03 GMT -6
eating during a game... not weird to me eating a lemon... just in general... serial killer only a psycho would do that that kid has bodies buried in his backyard Says the guy that eats the same thing for lunch every day 365... howd you know i do that? are you watching me? lol I actually switched it up in march... Stopped making my pasta dish for lunch and have gone with a taco bowl... wanted less carbs
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Post by coachirish on Jun 23, 2017 7:49:12 GMT -6
Had a kid 6 years ago that was in the best shape of anyone on the team. Come to find out he was smoking 2 packs a day. Once he asked to go pee. I told him wait 5 minutes until practice is over. He then proceeded to piss his pants on purpose which started a chain reaction of some other players pissing thier pants. It was like billy madison. Out of the 10 kids in that senior class 7 of them where on probation and id have them all back on a second if i could lol.
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Post by hunhdisciple on Jun 23, 2017 8:34:18 GMT -6
Had a kid 6 years ago that was in the best shape of anyone on the team. Come to find out he was smoking 2 packs a day. Once he asked to go pee. I told him wait 5 minutes until practice is over. He then proceeded to piss his pants on purpose which started a chain reaction of some other players pissing thier pants. It was like billy madison. Out of the 10 kids in that senior class 7 of them where on probation and id have them all back on a second if i could lol. If peeing your pants is cool, then consider me Miles Davis.
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Post by fantom on Jun 23, 2017 8:59:49 GMT -6
A few others who we had over the years:
_ A big kid who didn't come out until his senior year. Big, strong kid nicknamed "Big Swole", but never played football before. When we tried to put him into a blowout game he said that he couldn't because he was afraid that he was having a heart attack. Turned out to be a panic attack. Later missed two games with a foot blister because he misheard the ER nurse and thought it was Mersa.
- Another first year guy who panicked when the veteran players told him that we were going to be drug tested. They told him that he could beat it if he drank a whole bottle of vinegar. Yep, he did (And there was no drug test). Same kid, when told that we were taking pictures at 4 O'clock the next day, asked the guys if that was AM or PM. You can guess what they told him and when he showed up.
- Kid who started for us at 3 tech as a soph but never played again. Said that he was too busy training to be a semi-pro cage fighter.
- All state DE who injured his knee on the Wednesday before a big game. The trainer ruled him out for the game but he swore that he was going to play. Came back for the Thursday walk-through, got tested by the trainer, passed with flying colors, and played great in the game. Turned out that he went home, tied a cinder block to a rope around his waist, and ran five miles around the neighborhood dragging the block. After graduation he went to a JC in Kansas and spent one night there. He was on the bus longer than he was on campus.
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Post by utchuckd on Jun 23, 2017 9:28:59 GMT -6
Had a kid 6 years ago that was in the best shape of anyone on the team. Come to find out he was smoking 2 packs a day. Once he asked to go pee. I told him wait 5 minutes until practice is over. He then proceeded to piss his pants on purpose which started a chain reaction of some other players pissing thier pants. It was like billy madison. Out of the 10 kids in that senior class 7 of them where on probation and id have them all back on a second if i could lol. These groups are always the best teams to coach.
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Post by silkyice on Jun 23, 2017 9:31:14 GMT -6
- All state DE who injured his knee on the Wednesday before a big game. The trainer ruled him out for the game but he swore that he was going to play. Came back for the Thursday walk-through, got tested by the trainer, passed with flying colors, and played great in the game. Turned out that he went home, tied a cinder block to a rope around his waist, and ran five miles around the neighborhood dragging the block. Wait. What???
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Post by fantom on Jun 23, 2017 9:44:08 GMT -6
- All state DE who injured his knee on the Wednesday before a big game. The trainer ruled him out for the game but he swore that he was going to play. Came back for the Thursday walk-through, got tested by the trainer, passed with flying colors, and played great in the game. Turned out that he went home, tied a cinder block to a rope around his waist, and ran five miles around the neighborhood dragging the block. Wait. What??? Can't explain it but it happened.
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Post by seabass on Jun 23, 2017 11:46:35 GMT -6
eating a lemon... just in general... serial killer only a psycho would do that that kid has bodies buried in his backyard I'm with you there. Eating a lemon on a bet--cool. Eating a lemon just for the hell of it when you have everything to lose for it--you don't have feelings and are a sociopath. Criminal Minds is going to have an episode on you. We refer to those types as "future skin-suit tailors".
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Jun 23, 2017 12:53:26 GMT -6
a guy in college, actually a HOF'er for my school, used to sneak Snickers (the little bite-sized ones) in his girdle and eat them during practices late in the season...when it was cold enough not to melt LOL
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 23, 2017 13:54:05 GMT -6
Says the guy that eats the same thing for lunch every day 365... howd you know i do that? are you watching me? lol I actually switched it up in march... Stopped making my pasta dish for lunch and have gone with a taco bowl... wanted less carbs I have connections
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jun 23, 2017 14:12:00 GMT -6
Coached a kid who would cut out half his mouth piece and put grizzly wintergreen on that side. This is the kind of stuff that only happens in rural Missouri
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 23, 2017 15:19:12 GMT -6
Coached a kid who would cut out half his mouth piece and put grizzly wintergreen on that side. This is the kind of stuff that only happens in rural Missouri Ummmmmm, no
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 23, 2017 15:19:42 GMT -6
Copenhagen for breakfast before 2 a days and Redman during practice because it kept you from getting dry mouth.
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Post by CS on Jun 23, 2017 16:59:50 GMT -6
you're insane man so damn bitter Fair enough. I never claimed sanity. Just said that I'm not a murderer. Any player will tell you I'm a psycho. Should probably switch to the defensive side. You should. As soon as you switch you will be able to run for miles without stopping, no longer have to wait 30 min after eating to swim and dip an entire can of snuff in one sitting
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Post by rsmith627 on Jun 23, 2017 17:01:10 GMT -6
Fair enough. I never claimed sanity. Just said that I'm not a murderer. Any player will tell you I'm a psycho. Should probably switch to the defensive side. You should. As soon as you switch you will be able to run for miles without stopping, no longer have to wait 30 min after eating to swim and dip an entire can of snuff in one sitting I can already run 5 miles, not bad for a 240 pound dad. Can't wait to acquire those other skills. I do have a defensive position this year hat I'm not too excited about, but I'll survive.
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Post by dubber on Jun 23, 2017 17:36:43 GMT -6
We had a kid....can't remember his real name, but we called him "Big Salad".
Anyway, he hurts his knee in practice on day.
The next day he comes in with an Ace bandage and a docs note.....ok
The next day he is on crutches
The next day, I walk into the locker room, and he's in a WHEELCHAIR!
I barely made it into the coaches office without laughing .
I mean that has to be the WORSE rehab program ever.
We had bets on if he was in an iron lung the next day...
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Post by hunhdisciple on Jun 24, 2017 21:56:49 GMT -6
I was talking with a friend, and he reminded me of this glorious story.
We had a really jittery/wirey kid, and he always seemed to cramp up regardless of how much he actually did. He always insisted that mustard was better for him than anything else. And, it seemingly did work better. He hated pickle juice, thought sports drinks were too sweet. He just wanted good ol yellow mustard.
One game, his junior year, it was just stupidly hot. Kickoff was delayed for heat. It was miserable. Mid 2nd, he starts cramping up, as usual. He kept his own bottle just for those occasions. Because why not? So, he gets some water and starts pounding back the mustard.
Apparently, it didn't sit well on his stomach at 100°+ weather that felt like a swamp. He had gotten a decent bit down, and then it all came back up. Dude had bright yellow projectile vomit on the sidelines. You could actually see it happen on film, mid-play. About 10ft away was the always high strung DC, who loved to yell and swear. He turns around, looks at the kid and loudly asked "did you just f--king puke mustard during the G.D. game? Jesus Christ son, you got some f--king distance too. You good to go back in next series?"
It smelled awful. Had a manager go get some sand and just cover it up. Kid was good the rest of the game.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 3:51:35 GMT -6
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 4:07:31 GMT -6
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Post by rosey65 on Jun 27, 2017 20:06:29 GMT -6
When I play juco, the walk from locker room to stadium went past the student parking lot. After pregame, during that 15 minutes we'd head back to the locker room before kickoff, our kicker and DE would peel off of the back of the team, climb in the kickers car, and hot-box the car (smoke copious amounts of weed) until the team headed back to the stadium, when they'd sneak back in line. Every home game for 2 years! Also had an OL who'd drink a 500ml bottle of Captain Morgan before every game. That guy did mushrooms once before practice, too.
I was 3-17 in 2 years in that program...
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Post by fantom on Jun 27, 2017 21:58:44 GMT -6
When I play juco, the walk from locker room to stadium went past the student parking lot. After pregame, during that 15 minutes we'd head back to the locker room before kickoff, our kicker and DE would peel off of the back of the team, climb in the kickers car, and hot-box the car (smoke copious amounts of weed) until the team headed back to the stadium, when they'd sneak back in line. Every home game for 2 years! Also had an OL who'd drink a 500ml bottle of Captain Morgan before every game. That guy did mushrooms once before practice, too. I was 3-17 in 2 years in that program... That reminds me of a guy who I played rugby with (Although in rugby weird is pretty normal). The guy was good but he smoked weed before every game. One game some of the veteran players talked him into not getting high, telling how much better he'd played if he was straight. He was horrible. Said afterward that that was the first time that he'd noticed all the violence: scrums and rucks and mauls and guys getting kicked in the belly. Scared the hell out of him and he got happily high ever after.
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Post by 3rdandlong on Jun 27, 2017 22:32:46 GMT -6
I had a kid during the summer get out of his car, take one more puff on his cigarette, put it out on the curb, and stepped right into stretching lines. If that kid doesn't have tough SOB written all over him, I dont know what does
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Post by trenchwarfare58 on Jun 28, 2017 6:42:38 GMT -6
Not sure if this falls under "Weird Kids" or "Stupid Kids" but here we go..
Warming up for a game last season we notice one of our backup LB's and full time Special Teams guys is sitting in the bleachers with his parents eating a hot dog and drinking a Mountain Dew. In full gear. With his helmet sitting on the bleacher next to him. While the other 60 guys on the team are all out stretching and running thru pre-game indy drills...so, after we yell at him to get on the field he carries the hot dog with him and is eating it as he walks right thru my O-Line indy drill.
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Post by freezeoption on Jun 28, 2017 9:04:01 GMT -6
should have said grab the syrup as you come down here
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Post by airraider on Jun 28, 2017 15:59:17 GMT -6
Speaking of smoking...
Had a new kid move in during the summer back in 09. VERY rural private school... After the first summer workout he attended. I leave my office and head towards the locker room. He is sitting on a bench right outside smoking. Like it was no big deal.
About week 9, he dislocates his toe in the game. Kid is on the sideline losing his mind! Board member takes him to the hospital in her car and gives him a cigarette on the way to calm him down.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jun 28, 2017 19:50:12 GMT -6
should have said grab the syrup as you come down here Well played. We haven't had a good syrup reference in a while.
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