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Post by coachstepp on Sept 26, 2017 6:56:52 GMT -6
This past offseason I had a conversation with our Head Coach about being more involved in the offensive game planning. After several meetings, he decided to promote me to offensive coordinator, as he said it would take pressure off of him and free him up to focus on the organizational aspect of the program.
We worked together on a system that we felt was best for our personnel, and we moved forward with it through the summer. We are now in our seventh week of the season, and we have basically run a different offense every game since our scrimmage eight weeks ago. My philosophy is to stick with the system, work the skills needed to be successful, and fine-tune/build the offense as we go. His philosophy is to run a scheme that appears to be a good counter to the defense we will see that week. He also takes this approach on the defensive side of the ball. We run a different defensive scheme each week, it seems.
Has anyone else worked under a head coach with this philosophy before? Personally, I feel it stunts our growth, both as a team and individually. Yesterday, a player came up to me and said, "Coach, what offense are we running this week?" It really made my skin crawl.
Thoughts?
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Post by hunhdisciple on Sept 26, 2017 7:10:33 GMT -6
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Bruce Lee
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Post by blb on Sept 26, 2017 7:11:10 GMT -6
My thoughts are it is impossible to win that way and that you really aren't the OC if HC is changing the offense every week.
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Post by coachstepp on Sept 26, 2017 7:16:11 GMT -6
My thoughts are it is impossible to win that way and that you really aren't the OC if HC is changing the offense every week. Oh, I'm not the OC at all. Ha! I do what he asks me to do, I give feedback, and I try to keep the energy level high. As far as running/planning the offense, I have taken a major step back. I am the only staff member who is still with the program since our last coach retired two years ago. Everyone else scattered after last season because of philosophical differences. I stayed because I thought things were going to get better. Unfortunately, they have not. It's a tough situation.
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Post by aceback76 on Sept 26, 2017 7:20:31 GMT -6
Seriously: This is the very best advice I can give you in THAT situation. I wouldn't complain, cause if you do - people will think YOU were "crazy" (or desperate) to have accepted a position there!
If you work for a man In heavens name, work for him, Speak well of him, And stand by the institution that he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty Is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, And eternally find fault, Why resign your position? But when you are on the outside, Damn to your heart’s content. But as long as you are a part of the institution, Do not condemn it. For if you do, The first high wind that comes along Will blow you away And probably you will never know why.
Best wishes in your 'situation"!
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Post by coachstepp on Sept 26, 2017 7:30:14 GMT -6
Seriously: This is the very best advice I can give you in THAT situation: If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak well of him; stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn, and eternally disparage, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content, but as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it. If you do that, you are loosening the tendrils that are holding you to the institution, and at the first high wind that comes along, you will be uprooted and blown away, and will probably never know the reason why. Best wishes in your 'situation"! I have not spoken ill of him. He's a great man, father, husband, teacher, etc. We just have differing philosophies, and he knows that, and we have spoken about it. The last thing I wanted to do is to get pissed off and quit working. I go to work every day, coach my guys, and do what is asked. I'm wanting to know if this philosophy is prevalent or not. This may be the norm in a lot of places. What approach have you always taken aceback76?
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Post by aceback76 on Sept 26, 2017 7:39:37 GMT -6
Seriously: This is the very best advice I can give you in THAT situation: If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak well of him; stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn, and eternally disparage, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content, but as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it. If you do that, you are loosening the tendrils that are holding you to the institution, and at the first high wind that comes along, you will be uprooted and blown away, and will probably never know the reason why. Best wishes in your 'situation"! I have not spoken ill of him. He's a great man, father, husband, teacher, etc. We just have differing philosophies, and he knows that, and we have spoken about it. The last thing I wanted to do is to get pissed off and quit working. I go to work every day, coach my guys, and do what is asked. I'm wanting to know if this philosophy is prevalent or not. This may be the norm in a lot of places. What approach have you always taken aceback76 ? Hindsight is 20-20, but do you homework before accepting another position. Head Coaches are not always right, but they are always the Head Coach! You will find out when you become a Head Coach, that assistants must work to please the Head Coach, not the other way around. On a staff of 8, you cannot have 8 chiefs & no Indians. Do the best you can in your current situation, so you can leave there with a GOOD RECOMMENDATION from the Head Coach. ******************************************************************************************* Our Staff Guide is important to forming a staff. It is below: I never hire Assistants that do not fit into this (without exception): 1. Be loyal. 2. Enthusiastic and responsible in your work. 3. Positive in your thoughts, words, and actions – remarks. 4. Ever be punctual. 5. Respect the opinions of others – be your own ctitic. 6. Don’t be “I told you so” kind of guy. 7. Avoid doing anything to discredit the team, school, or your family. 8. Personal appearance is important, both on and off the field. 9. Laughter is a great medicine. Keep your sense of humor. 10. Curb profanity. 11. Abstain from smoking on the practice field, in meeting room, and on the sidelines at games. 12. When a decision is made not to your way of thinking or liking, you must accept it and work like hell to carry it out. 13. If you are interested in another job, come see me and I’ll do my very best to help you. Any coach who is constantly calling and inquiring about numerous job opportunities will definitely be given his notice to make a change. 14. Teach what you have been instructed to teach – nothing else. 15. Discuss any changes with me, don’t make them and inform me later. 16. Keep from prejudging or having a bias opinion of a squad member. Coach them all – the cream will rise. 17. Always maintain a coach-player relationship. 18. Be fair but firm. 19. Remember, you must earn the respect of the players; you can’t demand it. 20. Coach up, not down – constantly encourage and inspire a young man to do his very best. Help him grow. 21. Withold from screaming, yelling or belittling a player. 22. Never physically manhandle a player or verbally threaten him. 23. Make the best out of what you have. 24. Must control meeting time.
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Post by StraightFlexin on Sept 26, 2017 7:40:44 GMT -6
Has this been effective? I'd rather be able to run 5 plays in the dark than 50 plays that look like garbage. Master what you do.
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Post by coachstepp on Sept 26, 2017 8:01:20 GMT -6
Has this been effective? I'd rather be able to run 5 plays in the dark than 50 plays that look like garbage. Master what you do. Unfortunately, it has not been effective for us. We knew our offense was going to struggle heading into the season. We only returned two offensive starters. I think you can look at it two ways - 1.) We have little talent, so let's try to be creative and change up the offense quite a bit, or 2.) Let's stick to a system and continue to tweak and build it throughout the year. Personally, I would choose #2, but I'm sure there are coaches who would like #1.
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Post by coachstepp on Sept 26, 2017 8:02:22 GMT -6
Hindsight is 20-20, but do you homework before accepting another position. Head Coaches are not always right, but they are always the Head Coach! You will find out when you become a Head Coach, that assistants must work to please the Head Coach, not the other way around. On a staff of 8, you cannot have 8 chiefs & no Indians. Do the best you can in your current situation, so you can leave there with a GOOD RECOMMENDATION from the Head Coach. ******************************************************************************************* Our Staff Guide is important to forming a staff. It is below: I never hire Assistants that do not fit into this (without exception): 1. Be loyal. 2. Enthusiastic and responsible in your work. 3. Positive in your thoughts, words, and actions – remarks. 4. Ever be punctual. 5. Respect the opinions of others – be your own ctitic. 6. Don’t be “I told you so” kind of guy. 7. Avoid doing anything to discredit the team, school, or your family. 8. Personal appearance is important, both on and off the field. 9. Laughter is a great medicine. Keep your sense of humor. 10. Curb profanity. 11. Abstain from smoking on the practice field, in meeting room, and on the sidelines at games. 12. When a decision is made not to your way of thinking or liking, you must accept it and work like hell to carry it out. 13. If you are interested in another job, come see me and I’ll do my very best to help you. Any coach who is constantly calling and inquiring about numerous job opportunities will definitely be given his notice to make a change. 14. Teach what you have been instructed to teach – nothing else. 15. Discuss any changes with me, don’t make them and inform me later. 16. Keep from prejudging or having a bias opinion of a squad member. Coach them all – the cream will rise. 17. Always maintain a coach-player relationship. 18. Be fair but firm. 19. Remember, you must earn the respect of the players; you can’t demand it. 20. Coach up, not down – constantly encourage and inspire a young man to do his very best. Help him grow. 21. Withold from screaming, yelling or belittling a player. 22. Never physically manhandle a player or verbally threaten him. 23. Make the best out of what you have. 24. Must control meeting time. I think this is a great list, Coach. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by carookie on Sept 26, 2017 9:34:42 GMT -6
I think most coaches here will agree with you philosophically; but as already been pointed out, he's the HC so the best you can do is suggest.
I actually played in a program like this in HS. We were successful, but we also out talented a lot of teams; and as a side benefit I got to experience all kinds of different offenses and defenses which may have helped my overall understanding develop for my coaching career.
I coached for a guy who wouldn't change completely week to week, but would install a lot of new stuff week to week (eventually reverting back to the old stuff by the 2nd quarter of each game). It does stunt growth, and is less conducive to winning football. My advice is schedule a lot of indy time and work on fundamentals that are ubiquitous across the board as wella s athletic development.
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Post by coachstepp on Sept 26, 2017 9:54:59 GMT -6
I think most coaches here will agree with you philosophically; but as already been pointed out, he's the HC so the best you can do is suggest. I actually played in a program like this in HS. We were successful, but we also out talented a lot of teams; and as a side benefit I got to experience all kinds of different offenses and defenses which may have helped my overall understanding develop for my coaching career. I coached for a guy who wouldn't change completely week to week, but would install a lot of new stuff week to week (eventually reverting back to the old stuff by the 2nd quarter of each game). It does stunt growth, and is less conducive to winning football. My advice is schedule a lot of indy time and work on fundamentals that are ubiquitous across the board as wella s athletic development. It's so natural for him and another coach who came with him to go into each Sunday meeting with new plans in mind. I've never been involved with a program like that, but I figured there are others out there. My HS coaches never changed week-to-week, but they always had new gadget plays and wrinkles that we would install. I would say that success rate of those was close to 0%. Ha! We weren't very talented, though. That has been my suggestion - let's continue to develop our football players through individual teaching, and the scheme will be less important. We have a great relationship, and I didn't come on here to bash him. I was curious if others do it his way. Obviously, that is how he was taught, as well.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Sept 26, 2017 12:01:31 GMT -6
I had a couple of asst that would come in every Sunday and want to change off or def and do what hurt the team on the films we had. I finally told them that I love input, but do not suggest anything that we don't practice. What I mean is... if we are not gonna put stuff in that we have never practiced. That doesn't mean we cant make adjustments. If we normally play an outside shade on the OG and you suggest moving to outside shade of OT and play same tech, I'm all for trying. But don't suggest shifting to all DL 2 gapping when we haven't repped in a single second in practice. However, Ive been in your spot as assistant. I decided to leave. If you stay coach the heck out of whatever your given.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 12:34:15 GMT -6
I worked for a guy who did that once.
He sold it to the players as him having the answer to whatever an offense or defense would do.
He didn't use the words "decided schematic advantage," but he might as well have.
It was not successful for us.
I've never seen it be successful anywhere else, either.
That doesn't stop a lot of guys from trying to do it, however.
The philosophy behind it is that it's all about the coach calling the right play, not the players making plays.
This ain't Tecmo Bowl.
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Post by **** on Sept 28, 2017 10:08:59 GMT -6
Guess I go against the grain when it comes to this.
We are multiple in what we do on defense. I want answers to everything we see, and because we are multiple we have answers.
I'm not going to prepare for Flexbone like I would Wing T. Or DTDW like I would spread. They are all completely different.
One week we might play 4-4 cover 3 the entire game because of the offense we're playing. The next week we might be running 3-4 quarters. It's not a different defense. It's the same kids, running the same defense we've ran since day 1.
If that's not your style, whatever. We will never get out coached. It would be my fault if we lost because I did not put my kids in something that gives them the opportunity for success. The only way we are going down is BFS, as a coach I don't have a simple fix for that.
If we lose because of BFS, I can sleep at night. We didn't have the cats, that simple. If I didn't run something that gives us the chance for success, I failed as a coach.
If I ran the offense I would have the same mindset. Multiple yet simple.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 28, 2017 10:25:01 GMT -6
Guess I go against the grain when it comes to this. We are multiple in what we do on defense. I want answers to everything we see, and because we are multiple we have answers. I'm not going to prepare for Flexbone like I would Wing T. Or DTDW like I would spread. They are all completely different. One week we might play 4-4 cover 3 the entire game because of the offense we're playing. The next week we might be running 3-4 quarters. It's not a different defense. It's the same kids, running the same defense we've ran since day 1. If that's not your style, whatever. We will never get out coached. It would be my fault if we lost because I did not put my kids in something that gives them the opportunity for success. The only way we are going down is BFS, as a coach I don't have a simple fix for that. If we lose because of BFS, I can sleep at night. We didn't have the cats, that simple. If I didn't run something that gives us the chance for success, I failed as a coach. If I ran the offense I would have the same mindset. Multiple yet simple. Multiple is different than grab bag. If you start off teaching all the techniques and alignments that you will use, and you have a system, then multiple is fine and even beneficial. Grab bag, defense of the week, and creating defenses on the fly without regards to techniques, reps, and teaching, well, that is terrible.
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Post by CS on Sept 28, 2017 10:35:26 GMT -6
Guess I go against the grain when it comes to this. We are multiple in what we do on defense. I want answers to everything we see, and because we are multiple we have answers. I'm not going to prepare for Flexbone like I would Wing T. Or DTDW like I would spread. They are all completely different. One week we might play 4-4 cover 3 the entire game because of the offense we're playing. The next week we might be running 3-4 quarters. It's not a different defense. It's the same kids, running the same defense we've ran since day 1. If that's not your style, whatever. We will never get out coached. It would be my fault if we lost because I did not put my kids in something that gives them the opportunity for success. The only way we are going down is BFS, as a coach I don't have a simple fix for that. If we lose because of BFS, I can sleep at night. We didn't have the cats, that simple. If I didn't run something that gives us the chance for success, I failed as a coach. If I ran the offense I would have the same mindset. Multiple yet simple. I agree with silky. It's all in how you put it together. We are "multiple" but the way we teach it the guy who has to learn the most techniques only has 5. The more you can say,"it's like when you..." then your good IMO. As for the OP, I haven't seen a program change offenses as suddenly as you describe. You usually see it with defensive guys a lot.
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Post by **** on Sept 28, 2017 10:40:53 GMT -6
Guess I go against the grain when it comes to this. We are multiple in what we do on defense. I want answers to everything we see, and because we are multiple we have answers. I'm not going to prepare for Flexbone like I would Wing T. Or DTDW like I would spread. They are all completely different. One week we might play 4-4 cover 3 the entire game because of the offense we're playing. The next week we might be running 3-4 quarters. It's not a different defense. It's the same kids, running the same defense we've ran since day 1. If that's not your style, whatever. We will never get out coached. It would be my fault if we lost because I did not put my kids in something that gives them the opportunity for success. The only way we are going down is BFS, as a coach I don't have a simple fix for that. If we lose because of BFS, I can sleep at night. We didn't have the cats, that simple. If I didn't run something that gives us the chance for success, I failed as a coach. If I ran the offense I would have the same mindset. Multiple yet simple. Multiple is different than grab bag. If you start off teaching all the techniques and alignments that you will use, and you have a system, then multiple is fine and even beneficial. Grab bag, defense of the week, and creating defenses on the fly without regards to techniques, reps, and teaching, well, that is terrible. Good point. Just blows my mind when I talk to defensive guys and they're like "We can't run that. That guy doesn't know how to play a 3, he can only play a 5" ... and I'm thinking "wtf, it's an outside shade?"
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Post by gdoggwr on Sept 28, 2017 10:41:10 GMT -6
I think there is a difference between being multiple (have rules built in to your system to be about to run multiple fronts and shells on defense for example) and just running a new system every week. Being multiple by design can be very successful, and on defense almost necessary now a days. Being an "Air raid" one week and split back veer option the next week based on what has hurt your opponent, probably less effective.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Sept 28, 2017 10:43:04 GMT -6
Guess I go against the grain when it comes to this. We are multiple in what we do on defense. I want answers to everything we see, and because we are multiple we have answers. I'm not going to prepare for Flexbone like I would Wing T. Or DTDW like I would spread. They are all completely different. One week we might play 4-4 cover 3 the entire game because of the offense we're playing. The next week we might be running 3-4 quarters. It's not a different defense. It's the same kids, running the same defense we've ran since day 1. If that's not your style, whatever. We will never get out coached. It would be my fault if we lost because I did not put my kids in something that gives them the opportunity for success. The only way we are going down is BFS, as a coach I don't have a simple fix for that. If we lose because of BFS, I can sleep at night. We didn't have the cats, that simple. If I didn't run something that gives us the chance for success, I failed as a coach. If I ran the offense I would have the same mindset. Multiple yet simple. I absolutely want to give multiple looks. I think you have to now days, every defense and offense has weakness. If you stay in same, other will eventually exploit. What I was trying to say is the following. We are a 4-2-5 or 4-4 cover 3 base. Our corners rep covering deep 3rd all camp all summer all year. We can play quarters or 4 deep, because its the same principle. However, we do not ever rep 2 read. Therefore if asst coach came in and suggested 2 read as answer to what we are facing I would shoot down fast because IMHO you cant be good at something on Friday night that you havent repped but 3 days. We play an over and an under front. But techniques are the same for the DL just lining up on a different OLINEman
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Post by coachcb on Sept 28, 2017 11:51:37 GMT -6
I've worked under one HC that was like this and it was a nightmare. We ran 27 different formations with every personnel grouping imaginable along with dozens of blocking schemes, over a hundred different plays and twenty passing routes. One week we were running Air Raid formations and the next week we were in the Wishbone. Needless to say, we didn't do very well.
I coached under another HC who was a big option fan but he wanted to every kind of option imaginable; in the fun and UC. We ran OSV, ISV, midline, Speed Option, Loaded option, Down option (etc..) out of every UC formation you can think of and Zone Read, Wrap Read, GT Read, Gun Veer, Shovel Pass Option, Speed Option, Loaded option (etc..) out of the gun. We tried to run all of those along with PA, three step drops, five step drops, screens, etc..etc.. That was even worse than the previous HC I described earlier as we were trying to teach our QBs to run over a dozen different friggin' reads along with all of the technique that goes along with it.
And, I have worked with MANY, MANY, MANY DCs who were "defense of the week" guys. We bounced all over the place ever week with new fronts, new blitzes, new coverages, etc..etc..
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Sept 28, 2017 19:30:59 GMT -6
I'm game. When is VISOR WEEK COACH!? Shortly followed by facemelter week
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Oct 1, 2017 5:12:28 GMT -6
Guess I go against the grain when it comes to this. We are multiple in what we do on defense. I want answers to everything we see, and because we are multiple we have answers. I'm not going to prepare for Flexbone like I would Wing T. Or DTDW like I would spread. They are all completely different. One week we might play 4-4 cover 3 the entire game because of the offense we're playing. The next week we might be running 3-4 quarters. It's not a different defense. It's the same kids, running the same defense we've ran since day 1. If that's not your style, whatever. We will never get out coached. It would be my fault if we lost because I did not put my kids in something that gives them the opportunity for success. The only way we are going down is BFS, as a coach I don't have a simple fix for that. If we lose because of BFS, I can sleep at night. We didn't have the cats, that simple. If I didn't run something that gives us the chance for success, I failed as a coach. If I ran the offense I would have the same mindset. Multiple yet simple. Works on defense because (I imagine) you have specific rules by coverage and position that your players can run to be right regardless of alignment. As long as you have rules that allow them to play fast, you can be multiple. Offensively, I feel having 4-6 blocking schemes if you're gap scheme (power, counter, counter trey, trap, wedge and / or OZ) or be a inside zone guy and run IZ, OZ, and maybe power or counter if you two platoon. Rep the hell out of your rules with the OL and don't change anything for them all year. Use backfield alignment and motions to add the "new" look weekly to Offense.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 5:38:18 GMT -6
Its really pretty simple
Its HIS world, youre just living in it.
The guy could be bat sh!t crazy...our job as an assistant whether not its as a coordinator or position coach, is to make the skipper look like Bill Belichick every week.
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Post by spreadattack on Oct 3, 2017 8:50:52 GMT -6
Is there a way to maximize the carryover/consistency within his "do something new each week" philosophy, i.e., can you keep the same or similar blocking schemes but present them in different ways? If he's changing the passing game around can you get a few "core' concepts you can run from different looks/approaches, or at least group them into stretches or reads (flood read, curl/flat read, etc) so your QB can have a consistent picture even if the plays are changing? At minimum, can you find ways to keep the *techniques* consistent? The best "multiple" offenses I know look very different week to week but they are very consistent with the techniques they teach and use.
Without more specifics it's hard to be much more help, but that may be a way to approach it and to even find some common ground with your HC.
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Post by silkyice on Oct 3, 2017 8:55:22 GMT -6
Its really pretty simple Its HIS world, youre just living in it. The guy could be bat sh!t crazy...our job as an assistant whether not its as a coordinator or position coach, is to make the skipper look like Bill Belichick every week. Yes. But, In meetings, speak your mind. Don't be a butt, to be a butt, but speak your mind. If the guy is awful and you can't work for him. Finish the year doing what you are supposed to do and then find another job.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 4:51:06 GMT -6
Its really pretty simple Its HIS world, youre just living in it. The guy could be bat sh!t crazy...our job as an assistant whether not its as a coordinator or position coach, is to make the skipper look like Bill Belichick every week. Yes. But, In meetings, speak your mind. Don't be a butt, to be a butt, but speak your mind. If the guy is awful and you can't work for him. Finish the year doing what you are supposed to do and then find another job. Depends on the guy You have to know what youre involved in, speaking your mind to the wrong guy or crowd, even once can make for a miserable existance Some dont want to hear anything other than what they want to hear, theyre right even when theyre wrong, and if something is wrong its your fault, ive been around that type. Usually these guys discount everything anyone has to say right off the bat Some will listen, or at least pretend to then blow it off, some will listen and give what you say some value, some may take your word as law It all depends on the way the staff works together. But as youve said, you can always leave, In the interim, you just do the best job you can, be as valuable as you can and even if the guy is a complete tyrant speak highly of everyone
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 10, 2017 7:03:10 GMT -6
Ive been on both sides of this. As an asst, I have felt like nothing I say matters. I have also been a HC and an asst has told me I dont listen enough. As the asst, their isnt much you can do alot of times. As the HC I told my asst this....I Wont to listen, I want input. I want my assts to grow into HCs one day if that is what they want.... BUT input is not just random thoughts or pieces of football knowledge that are thrown out there in meetings without follow up or basis. If you think we should give a 3-3 look this week, tell me why, and tell me how we can fit it into what the kids have been practicing all year. I cant stand it when a guy comes in and says run X bc it was on TV saturday or sunday
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Post by coachstepp on Oct 10, 2017 10:30:55 GMT -6
Is there a way to maximize the carryover/consistency within his "do something new each week" philosophy, i.e., can you keep the same or similar blocking schemes but present them in different ways? If he's changing the passing game around can you get a few "core' concepts you can run from different looks/approaches, or at least group them into stretches or reads (flood read, curl/flat read, etc) so your QB can have a consistent picture even if the plays are changing? At minimum, can you find ways to keep the *techniques* consistent? The best "multiple" offenses I know look very different week to week but they are very consistent with the techniques they teach and use. Without more specifics it's hard to be much more help, but that may be a way to approach it and to even find some common ground with your HC. That has actually been my approach, for the most part. We have had weeks where the blocking schemes/passing game has been consistent, but those have not been consecutive weeks. For instance, we spent most of the summer working zone blocking, with wide zone being our base run play. After our opening scrimmage (which took place right after camp), it was not as successful as he thought it should be, so we went to an air raid-type scheme, but instead of using zone blocking, we went to more of BOB scheme with iso run plays. It's been back-and-forth throughout the year, unfortunately. It's difficult for the players to improve because the scheme/technique fluctuates so much.
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Post by chidesta on Oct 10, 2017 10:47:20 GMT -6
Is there a way to maximize the carryover/consistency within his "do something new each week" philosophy, i.e., can you keep the same or similar blocking schemes but present them in different ways? If he's changing the passing game around can you get a few "core' concepts you can run from different looks/approaches, or at least group them into stretches or reads (flood read, curl/flat read, etc) so your QB can have a consistent picture even if the plays are changing? At minimum, can you find ways to keep the *techniques* consistent? The best "multiple" offenses I know look very different week to week but they are very consistent with the techniques they teach and use. Without more specifics it's hard to be much more help, but that may be a way to approach it and to even find some common ground with your HC. That has actually been my approach, for the most part. We have had weeks where the blocking schemes/passing game has been consistent, but those have not been consecutive weeks. For instance, we spent most of the summer working zone blocking, with wide zone being our base run play. After our opening scrimmage (which took place right after camp), it was not as successful as he thought it should be, so we went to an air raid-type scheme, but instead of using zone blocking, we went to more of BOB scheme with iso run plays. It's been back-and-forth throughout the year, unfortunately. It's difficult for the players to improve because the scheme/technique fluctuates so much. Yeah I think I am with BLB on this one it doesn't sound like you are the OC, are you calling the plays on Friday nights? As an assistant all you can do is support and provide good sound advice when asked, but I have been in circumstances like that and it sucks when you are in it and all you can think about is how much it sucks, but when you get the chance to design the game plan and call the plays you will look back on these times and be glad you went through it. Because we have all been there we start watching film of a team and we see some other school run a cool play against our next opponent and man it looks good and it is awesome, so we draw it up on the board, look at it for a while, tag it in film, and think about putting that play in and maybe just installing more of their stuff into what we do and eventually after a couple of weeks of that we are a completely different offense and not better for it. So it's good to have these experiences and sometimes it's better than if you were at a perennial power just destroying teams and thinking that you can walk on water.
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