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Post by 3rdandlong on Jun 29, 2017 8:59:38 GMT -6
Kid quit to focus on his cage fighting career.
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Post by fantom on Jun 29, 2017 9:07:14 GMT -6
Kid quit to focus on his cage fighting career. Yeah. Unfortunately, I don't pay that much attention to semi-pro cage fighting (It doesn't even have a section on ESPN) so I don't know how it worked out for him. |
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Post by bluedevil4 on Jun 29, 2017 11:36:07 GMT -6
Kid quit to focus on his cage fighting career. Had a kid quit the next season/never played again to focus on his professional Call of Duty career. |
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Post by bluedevil4 on Jun 29, 2017 11:48:29 GMT -6
When I was coaching middle school, we had a 7th and 8th grade team. We had a kid in a situation where he was in 8th grade, but somehow had the option to play for the 7th or 8th grade team. I never got the full details, but this kid was a beast. He chose the 7th grade team. Of course, he did it so he'd have it easy.
The weird part was that he couldn't grasp that he could only play one position at a time. Every play we called, whoever the ball carrier was, he'd run up to us and ask if he could be "that guy." Then whenever we had a pass play, whoever was receiving the pass, he asked if he could be "that guy." Basically, wherever the ball was going to go, he HAD to be the player that got it. Kid ended up getting suspended/expelled a few weeks later.
This one wasn't so much weird as it was disturbing. Same level. We had a kid who was an absolute bully. He kept it pretty DL, but about halfway through the season we had had our smallest two players quit, and players starting coming out of the woodwork telling us he was bullying them into quitting because he said they were too small (this really pissed me off being 5'2"). A few weeks later a kid comes up to me and starts talking about this kid, and this 12 year old kid says to me and I quote: "Coach, he is going to kill someone some day." Five years later, the kid in question is 17 and molested/raped a woman at gun-point.
We also had the kid who never showered.
We also had a kid on varsity one year, who was by far our worst player, and he literally never stepped onto the field. Apparently he "tore both of his Achilles tendons," and he had this "nagging injury," all year. He was running around and practicing just fine. I mention how bad he was, because before one game, late in the season, he comes into our office and tells us his "torn Achilles tendons," were acting up so he couldn't play, followed by "I wanted to warn you guys, and I want you to make sure you can make the proper adjustments in the lineup for the offensive line." We wouldn't ever consider putting him on the O-line in the first place.
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Post by dytmook on Jun 29, 2017 17:31:20 GMT -6
We had a kid send a text saying he couldn't come to weights because he didn't get enough sleep. He was "afraid he'd fall asleep while lifting and that's dangerous"
Okay I just thought of more from this kid. He's a RB/CB because well that's where he does indy. He doesn't see the field but we do a half skelly pre practice/game warm up. He always goes to the jet backs and runs the worst looking jet sweep of all time. Like it makes me want to puke seeing him run with his arms at his side pointed straight down.
He tries to miss abs and conditioning all the time. His list of excuses are pretty amusing.
"I can't come to weights, I have to wrap presents for the less fortunate"
"I need to leave xx minutes early. We (another nerdy kid with him) need to leave to go to my house and eat pizza before we go to a movie tonight. My mom is having it delivered at 6 and we have to eat it before we go."
"I need to leave at xxx my boss is picking me up for work"
45 minutes later 2 separate coaches see him just BSing in front of the school .
Maybe not so weird but they make me laugh a bit.
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Post by ahall005 on Jun 29, 2017 17:58:41 GMT -6
Last year during PAT a scout team kid is sitting behind watching with his arms strait out to his sides with his palms up. one of the varsity kids told me to ask him what he was doing so did. "trying to tan the other side of my arms"... he didn't sign up to play this year
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Post by fantom on Jun 29, 2017 21:12:32 GMT -6
"I need to leave xx minutes early. We (another nerdy kid with him) need to leave to go to my house and eat pizza before we go to a movie tonight. My mom is having it delivered at 6 and we have to eat it before we go." Hmm, I might try something like that: "Boss, I have to go. Happy Hour ends in half an hour". |
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jun 29, 2017 21:36:57 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. I had a similar situation my freshman year when a kid puked on me when coming out of his stance. Then two plays later my buddy picked a ball off that bounced off of his pinky toe and directly into his helmet! So many odd things happened in that game, I think it deserves a thread of its own 😂 |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 29, 2017 21:42:10 GMT -6
Had a kid text me one time he couldn't make it to weights. I asked why. His response- "Cuz da heat!" He then became known on the team as Da Heat!
Same kid's dad called me one time about 3 on a Monday to let me know his son wouldn't be playing in the JV game that night. I, stupidly, asked why. His- response- "Well, he has to help me do some landscaping so I can get to my fantasy football draft at 7". I asked him if he didn't feel a little selfish screwing his kid out of playing time so he could go to a fantasy draft. He hung up. Kid quit on Tues. Moved away before Christmas.
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Post by rosey65 on Jul 1, 2017 17:57:28 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 A DT in college got out of the drunk tank, drive straight to school 45 minutes late to morning workouts, power cleaned 365 in the pants he'd worn out the night before, muttered "im going to bed" and walked out of the weight room. He somehow never managed to keep it all together to be eligible, but was one helluva off-season kid!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 10:47:55 GMT -6
Had a bunch of seniors playing like crap and acting all zoned out during a game. It turned out they had all smoked pot right before we took the field for warmups.
At another stop, we had half our team skip practice to play GTA and Madden the day after those games came out.
Had one kid there who "broke his shoulder" screwing around with a friend in the woods one evening. He showed up to practice the next day with his arm in a sling and said he was out for the year. During practice he took the sling off and was swinging his shoulder around to show friends that he wasn't really hurt.
When I played, I had a pair of teammates who would do the spitting scene from "The Program" in the locker room before every game.
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Post by nicku on Sept 18, 2017 21:06:26 GMT -6
Yep, one kid this year (8th grade C teamer) who never fails to make me laugh due to his stupidity and weirdness.
We are at our first game last week. A good chunk of our kids bought pre-game meals from a local establishment, so sometimes there are some trades and barters. Chips for cookies, drinks for extra sauces, whatever. Kid comes up to me WHILE I AM CALLING A PLAY ON OFFENSE FOR THE A TEAM GAME and goes, "Coach...I had 4 bags of chips and 3 cookies"...I couldn't decide between throwing him into the A team game with no pads on or just laughing hysterically.
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Post by cfoott on Sept 18, 2017 21:31:02 GMT -6
Had a kid bring a George Foreman grill and brats into the dorms during our team camp, like 3 years ago. This camp did provide all meals and a late night snack bar. Not sure if it was silly or brilliant.
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Post by fantom on Sept 18, 2017 21:33:29 GMT -6
Had a kid bring a George Foreman grill and brats into the dorms during our team camp, like 3 years ago. This camp did provide all meals and a late night snack bar. Not sure if it was silly or brilliant. There's no question, it's genius. |
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Post by nicku on Sept 19, 2017 8:12:35 GMT -6
Had a kid bring a George Foreman grill and brats into the dorms during our team camp, like 3 years ago. This camp did provide all meals and a late night snack bar. Not sure if it was silly or brilliant. I would have named him captain that day. Can't teach that kind of selflessness. |
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Post by bleefb on Sept 19, 2017 22:46:06 GMT -6
We had a 280 lb Samoan freshman lineman on a JV team I coached. Nice kid, but different drummer. Had trouble making it to practice, forgot half of his equipment, etc. One day he was a no-show on a Wednesday. Our rule was if you don't practice on Wednesday you don't play on Friday. He's our starting left tackle with no real backup, so obviously wasn't happy (I was the OC) He finally comes rolling in halfway through practice, the HC coach asks where he had been. Very calmly he answers "It was all you can drink soda day at Sonic."
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Post by fkaboneyard on Sept 19, 2017 23:12:13 GMT -6
Man, weird kids are the best.
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 20, 2017 8:56:27 GMT -6
We had a 280 lb Samoan freshman lineman on a JV team I coached. Nice kid, but different drummer. Had trouble making it to practice, forgot half of his equipment, etc. One day he was a no-show on a Wednesday. Our rule was if you don't practice on Wednesday you don't play on Friday. He's our starting left tackle with no real backup, so obviously wasn't happy (I was the OC) He finally comes rolling in halfway through practice, the HC coach asks where he had been. Very calmly he answers "It was all you can drink soda day at Sonic." crap, now you made me have to go to the bathroom |
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Post by rosey65 on Sept 20, 2017 9:10:41 GMT -6
My G missed study hall and was late to practice the other day. His Dungeons & Dragons after-school club was holding elections, and he was one of the members vying for office.
Honestly, tho, I really like having the weird tech/gamer kids on the team. It's a nice break from the Madden-playing football lifers. And I can really appreciate the "Renaissance Man" attitude from a teenager.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 20, 2017 9:18:35 GMT -6
If that kid doesn't have tough SOB written all over him, I dont know what does A DT in college got out of the drunk tank, drive straight to school 45 minutes late to morning workouts, power cleaned 365 in the pants he'd worn out the night before, muttered "im going to bed" and walked out of the weight room. He somehow never managed to keep it all together to be eligible, but was one helluva off-season kid!! My first year as a GA at a D3 school.. The two GA's were always the coordinators/HCs of the JV team. So we hop on the bus on a Sunday morning (after a huge homecoming win vs our biggest rival) and it smells like a bar.. 5 kids throw up on the way to the game (luckily it was a coach bus with a bathroom). We were missing 1 RB when we loaded.. We get out there and start warming up.. Guys are clearly hungover, and sluggish so we chew their a$$es because this is a terrible team we should crush. Halfway through warmups, the missing RB comes running up in jeans and a polo shirt with his equipment in his hands. He drove himself the 2 hours to the game.. when I asked where the hell he was.. "Coach, I got picked up for public intoxication/underage last night, spent the night in jail, and got out 5 minutes after the bus left but I didn't want to miss this game!" I told him to not bother suiting up... |
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Post by coachtuck on Sept 20, 2017 9:36:23 GMT -6
We have a wide receiver that whenever he mosses a DB which is very often he burps in their face, got into a fight last year because of it got the opposing kid threw out, oddly enough is that the kid can burp at will
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 20, 2017 9:40:35 GMT -6
My G missed study hall and was late to practice the other day. His Dungeons & Dragons after-school club was holding elections, and he was one of the members vying for office. Honestly, tho, I really like having the weird tech/gamer kids on the team. It's a nice break from the Madden-playing football lifers. And I can really appreciate the "Renaissance Man" attitude from a teenager. If he has a +1 Warhammer of Armor Piercing then he must be one heck of a guard. |
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Post by rosey65 on Sept 20, 2017 9:52:14 GMT -6
My G missed study hall and was late to practice the other day. His Dungeons & Dragons after-school club was holding elections, and he was one of the members vying for office. Honestly, tho, I really like having the weird tech/gamer kids on the team. It's a nice break from the Madden-playing football lifers. And I can really appreciate the "Renaissance Man" attitude from a teenager. If he has a +1 Warhammer of Armor Piercing then he must be one heck of a guard. Nerd!! haha, jk. I'll ask him that today, tho! |
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 20, 2017 12:06:38 GMT -6
If he has a +1 Warhammer of Armor Piercing then he must be one heck of a guard. Nerd!! haha, jk. I'll ask him that today, tho! If you only knew |
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Post by dytmook on Sept 20, 2017 12:41:04 GMT -6
Had a kid who wanted to miss every Thursday for Anime Club...
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Post by fkaboneyard on Sept 20, 2017 13:27:53 GMT -6
A DT in college got out of the drunk tank, drive straight to school 45 minutes late to morning workouts, power cleaned 365 in the pants he'd worn out the night before, muttered "im going to bed" and walked out of the weight room. He somehow never managed to keep it all together to be eligible, but was one helluva off-season kid!! My first year as a GA at a D3 school.. The two GA's were always the coordinators/HCs of the JV team. So we hop on the bus on a Sunday morning (after a huge homecoming win vs our biggest rival) and it smells like a bar.. 5 kids throw up on the way to the game (luckily it was a coach bus with a bathroom). We were missing 1 RB when we loaded.. We get out there and start warming up.. Guys are clearly hungover, and sluggish so we chew their a$$es because this is a terrible team we should crush. Halfway through warmups, the missing RB comes running up in jeans and a polo shirt with his equipment in his hands. He drove himself the 2 hours to the game.. when I asked where the hell he was.. "Coach, I got picked up for public intoxication/underage last night, spent the night in jail, and got out 5 minutes after the bus left but I didn't want to miss this game!" I told him to not bother suiting up... I woulda suited that kid. Makes bad decisions but he's down for the cause. |
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 20, 2017 15:43:44 GMT -6
My first year as a GA at a D3 school.. The two GA's were always the coordinators/HCs of the JV team. So we hop on the bus on a Sunday morning (after a huge homecoming win vs our biggest rival) and it smells like a bar.. 5 kids throw up on the way to the game (luckily it was a coach bus with a bathroom). We were missing 1 RB when we loaded.. We get out there and start warming up.. Guys are clearly hungover, and sluggish so we chew their a$$es because this is a terrible team we should crush. Halfway through warmups, the missing RB comes running up in jeans and a polo shirt with his equipment in his hands. He drove himself the 2 hours to the game.. when I asked where the hell he was.. "Coach, I got picked up for public intoxication/underage last night, spent the night in jail, and got out 5 minutes after the bus left but I didn't want to miss this game!" I told him to not bother suiting up... I woulda suited that kid. Makes bad decisions but he's down for the cause. Yeah but when you're a lowly GA who shouldn't actually make decisions, always err on the side of caution. Don't get me wrong, I fully support his commitment.. haha |
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Post by coachchambers on Oct 6, 2017 10:11:28 GMT -6
I woulda suited that kid. Makes bad decisions but he's down for the cause. Yeah but when you're a lowly GA who shouldn't actually make decisions, always err on the side of caution. Don't get me wrong, I fully support his commitment.. haha I can fully atone to the fact that this happens often in D3 jv football. |
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Post by ylspecial on Oct 6, 2017 10:43:14 GMT -6
When I was in high school, our LT lost his mouthpiece one game. As we were going back to the huddle, he is looking around for it. A DL hollered, "is this it?" and stuck it down the front side of his pants. We went on to the huddle, got the play, and started back towards the LOS. When we got there, the LT asked the DT for his mouthpiece back. The DT pulls it out of his jock, says, "yummm," puts it in his mouth, and plays the play with our LT's mouthpiece that he just pulled out of his jock in his mouth. When the play ended, he gave it to our LT or proceeded to put it back in his mouth.
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