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Post by wingtol on Dec 7, 2017 10:43:06 GMT -6
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Post by fshamrock on Dec 8, 2017 10:19:32 GMT -6
The state 7on7 tournaments are run through the schools, only the kids from your school can play on the teams and they are managed by the coaches, we just get a dad or former player to the "coach" so we abide by the rule
there are select 7 on 7 teams popping up all over the state, guys from anywhere can join up and form superteams, The state coaches association is not a fan. Anything that might trend toward private select football gets the old guys all fired up. I agree with their reasoning, we certainly don't want to see football devolve into a club sport like volleyball or AAU hoops.
So when a coach of one of the biggest college programs in the state visits with a select 7on7 coach the association feels he is giving legitimacy to what is still considered a fringe sport.
I don't blame coach Fisher, his job isn't to protect high school football in Texas, it's to get the best players he can to come to his school, and some really good players are playing in that guy's 7on7 organization. It is what it is
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Post by Coach Vint on Dec 8, 2017 10:39:59 GMT -6
Texas has a state 7-on-7 tourney in June, but high school coaches can't coach it. We basically have a dad or community member run it. We can't transport kids on school buses or vehicles, and the school can't pay for any expenses. The state governing body has not allowed coaches to coach it. The coaches want to coach our kids in the summer, and there is a lot of discussion to do so. Regardless, we want our kids playing with their teammates in the summer as it helps them to develop our pass game and chemistry. We qualified for the state tourney which was sponsored by addidas and the kids got cool gear.
Texas is different than most states in that most schools are well funded and all coaches are teachers in the building. We don't have the same issues we had in other states where the majority of your coaches came from outside the building. Nearly every high school has a coach who is in charge of recruiting and coordinates communication with college coaches.
We are working hard to keep the AAU mentality out of high school football. When I was coaching up north we worked hard to make sure our kids did not play on any "select" teams. We had a kid go play for a select team in 2001 and he said others high schools were trying to get him to transfer. The coach of the select team tried to steer him to another school. The kid was part of our program and quit the select team over this. The Texas HIgh School Coaches Association is working hard to keep 7-on-7 here from becoming the wild west. In Dallas and Houston it is becoming an issue with select teams poaching high school kids for their teams.
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Post by coachd5085 on Dec 8, 2017 12:16:04 GMT -6
I think you kind of answered your own question. One of the premier coaches in college football, in one of the premier recruiting beds of college football, in what is often considered the best HS football atmosphere...and he pops his cherry hanging with 7 on 7 coaches? |
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Post by adawg2302 on Dec 8, 2017 13:46:42 GMT -6
Is it just me, or does it seem illogical to have a tournament with your school team, yet your school coaches aren't allowed to coach (but a parent can?)
As coaches, do you go sit in the stands and watch?
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Post by Coach Vint on Dec 8, 2017 14:09:10 GMT -6
Is it just me, or does it seem illogical to have a tournament with your school team, yet your school coaches aren't allowed to coach (but a parent can?) As coaches, do you go sit in the stands and watch? Coaches have to sit behind the end zone and aren't allowed to coach. We talk to them between games, but that's about it. We played in 2 state qualifying tournaments, and you have to finish in the top 2 to qualify. It is tough to not coach it. Texas coaches are highly regulated with what we can do in the summer. |
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