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Post by jamesbarnard61 on Sept 29, 2017 6:49:13 GMT -6
I don't know if you already do this, but filming practice is a motivator. They can see how lazy or good they look and in a film room they are also publicly accountable for what they are doing.
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Post by bigmoot on Sept 29, 2017 7:16:06 GMT -6
I don't know if you already do this, but filming practice is a motivator. They can see how lazy or good they look and in a film room they are also publicly accountable for what they are doing. off topic but...have any of you ever had kids who refuse to believe whats on the film? Makes my head spin...
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Post by seabass on Sept 29, 2017 12:47:52 GMT -6
We were in that situation 3 years ago. 26 kids trying to play 11 man. One time I had 16 trying to play 11 man (it's almost impossible). It's a rough line of demanding what is needed to win and not pissing off the kids you have that give you a chance to win. You need to win to build the program but without the older kids you're not going to win. Set a standard but you will have to be slightly lax on some stuff. Somethings you have no choice but to be strict or have a hard and fast rule on it. Drugs/alcohol, attendance, classroom behavior, somewhat grades, etc. If you have good kids that want to work hard or win it's a lot easier. If you don't, or you don't have the administration backing, leave. Even if that means giving up a HC position. Life is too short to coach at a miserable, unwinnable program. Every state has those schools. Now we are in a situation where we've raised the bar and a winning season is an expectation. But we are fighting the battle of kids thinking the effort and work they put in last year to go 10-2 is good enough to go 15-0. That battle is completely different. And this is where I am at coach. It is a rock and a hard place because I am stern and demand discipline naturally but these kids never have had any and fixing them now when they are broken is almost impossible. We complain about having to hit in practice and complain about having to condition. Realistically I have 10 guys that are ready to step onto a varsity field and if I chase them off we will get murdered by everyone we play. However, if I allow this to continue we will just stay stagnant and not get any better. It's easy for you guys with 50-100 guys on your team to say just set the bar high and run them off. What if I said the one kid that the cancer and poor effort starts with is the board presidents son? Stumped as to how we will ever be like a normal team if I can't get them to give me great effort. I just told you guys the exact situation, so what do you do knowing if I chase guys off we won't even be competitive? You can't allow yourself to be held hostage by your players. They will never respect you! If you think you will go 1-7 with those "key guys", you should call their bluff and let them leave...1-7 isn't good. I get it that you have made some progress and you don't want that interrupted but how do you get to 5-3? You can't do that while being held hostage. Those seniors are going to be gone next year. Meanwhile you are letting all the juniors and sophomores know that the players run the program. Clearly, they suck at it. If you maintain your standards you might lose a couple guys for this season. If you relax your standards you should expect that this is the gift that will keep on giving and you are likely to be a victim again.
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