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Post by CanyonCoach on Jan 9, 2019 12:19:04 GMT -6
also the phrase "so it's just....." like when you talk X's and O's and are explaining something and somebody says "oh it's just cover 2" it's no mfer it isn't, if it was then we'd just call it mf'ing cover 2 I'm watching the Bama guy give a talk in Texas (of course, everybody here is vince lombardi) where he is describing their "switch" adjustment to 2 read....so a guy in the audience says "oh so it's just 2 man"....speaker says no..it's not just 2 man...... dude actually argues...."well it looks like 2 man" dude....guy coaches secondary for saban, but you probably know what the coverage is better than him because you guys beat mumford over at the their place 28-17.....unreal There are not enough mfers to dish out in this area.....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 13:40:23 GMT -6
The sudden influx of young inexperienced coaches with HUGE egos, i could do without that i think everyone in their first year(s) is that way. hell i sure was (and still am to some degree) my head coach likes to tell me: you dont know {censored}, and you dont know it yet. Now maye yeah, not when I was comimg up, I know I sure as hell wasnt.
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Post by coachcb on Jan 9, 2019 13:47:06 GMT -6
i think everyone in their first year(s) is that way. hell i sure was (and still am to some degree) my head coach likes to tell me: you dont know {censored}, and you dont know it yet. Now maye yeah, not when I was comimg up, I know I sure as hell wasnt. I was pretty arrogant in my first year of coaching as I worked under a knowledgeable guy and we had a great season. Then I was hired as the HC for a large junior high: between not knowing chit about administration and getting our butts kicked, I was humbled quickly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 13:52:05 GMT -6
The sudden influx of young inexperienced coaches with HUGE egos, i could do without that I agree but I don't see it changing much as a) fewer and fewer people are willing to coach and b) people with experience are leaving the profession. With that being said, I worked with a young staff this year and it was great. But, the HC was smart in his hires and he looked for coaches that had reputations as guys that were easy to work with. Honestly, it was one of the most productive seasons I've experienced in terms of meetings and game-planning. We sat down and hammered stuff out but there was always the understanding that the coordinators made the final call and any suggestion was dead as soon as they axed it. im not saying it will change, the title of the thread was IF there was something, there was a time when you got that guy who "was there to learn" now ... theyre all friggin experts on something . I love then they get into it with guys that have been around .
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Post by coachcb on Jan 9, 2019 14:13:35 GMT -6
I agree but I don't see it changing much as a) fewer and fewer people are willing to coach and b) people with experience are leaving the profession. With that being said, I worked with a young staff this year and it was great. But, the HC was smart in his hires and he looked for coaches that had reputations as guys that were easy to work with. Honestly, it was one of the most productive seasons I've experienced in terms of meetings and game-planning. We sat down and hammered stuff out but there was always the understanding that the coordinators made the final call and any suggestion was dead as soon as they axed it. im not saying it will change, the title of the thread was IF there was something, there was a time when you got that guy who "was there to learn" now ... theyre all friggin experts on something . I love then they get into it with guys that have been around . Lol.. Yeah.. We switched over from a 10 personnel, pass-happy spread to a 11/12, "balanced" spread this last year. We had a 23 year-old volunteer coach tell us that using TEs and H-backs was "stupid" because they weren't "athletes" in a pre-season meeting. Our OC is a laid back guy who calmly tried to explain how and why we were using them but the dude got obstinate about it. He wasn't a volunteer coach for us after that meeting.
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Post by coachcb on Jan 9, 2019 14:27:42 GMT -6
Honestly, I would like to change the number of distractions kids have these days when it comes to technology. It's becoming harder and harder to motivate kids when they have a gigantic world of instant gratification available to them. This last summer, we had about a half dozen kids show up in the weight room. I'd bug the kids about getting their buddies in with them and they'd all pull out their phones and I'd hear: "Yeah, Johnny's messing around in our Snapchat group right now." "Billy and Bobby are on Facebook Live and they're playing Fortnite." If there is a lack of DISCIPLINE where you coach, you can CHANGE that!!! A a Football Camp one year, one of the clinicians was DAN MARINO, the Hall of Fame Quarterback. We chatted over a "soda" one day after practice. I finally got around to asking him this one question: What advice would you give a first year coach in the NFL? His answer was simple and to the point. Have DISCIPLINE and be consistent. He said: "If I walk in late to a meeting, then you fine me and treat me the same as a rookie. If you do not have discipline you will never be successful". REMEMBER: Discipline is not something you do TO someone; it is something you do FOR someone. It was voluntary off-season lifting coach: there isn't any way I can discipline them for not being there. Trust me, I would have if I have the ability to do so.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 9, 2019 14:35:33 GMT -6
Coaching Twitter. For as amazing as it is, it can become an echo chamber. • I’m getting sick and tired of those corny acronym/list tweets. They just repeat the same stuff over and over and make me cringe now. Example: • “________ doesn’t work anymore! The game has evolved past it!”. I’ve been told Tampa 2, Cover 1, and spot drop coverages are outdated just these past two weeks alone. • “Look at this super-facemelter triple wham zing zapper RPO double screen read from Oklahoma” guys. I think some college guys simply have too much time on their hands. • The guys who read tweets like that and tag their HC/OC with “put it in the playbook”. For Christ’s sake. How big is your playbook? • It’s too applauded in general nowadays to be “innovative” on offense. People try way too hard to be “innovative” without realizing that this is not CFB/NFL, and in high school or lower, execution > innovation
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 14:55:11 GMT -6
im not saying it will change, the title of the thread was IF there was something, there was a time when you got that guy who "was there to learn" now ... theyre all friggin experts on something . I love then they get into it with guys that have been around . Lol.. Yeah.. We switched over from a 10 personnel, pass-happy spread to a 11/12, "balanced" spread this last year. We had a 23 year-old volunteer coach tell us that using TEs and H-backs was "stupid" because they weren't "athletes" in a pre-season meeting. Our OC is a laid back guy who calmly tried to explain how and why we were using them but the dude got obstinate about it. He wasn't a volunteer coach for us after that meeting. We got his twin over at our place , but this dude is "Still trying to play" semi pro while coaching. Gets told every meeting at least twice, to " Shut the F Up", refutes everything, almost got choked out by a HS legend around here one game So he gets sent down to JV, was told by the HC that hes only allowed to run a limited playbook on JV, just our base stuff.. he threw it out and drew up his own, didnt get fired because hell at least do the $hit work Got yelled at a bunch of times for adding things to the HUDL playbook , justified as "better plays" Works with the QBs, but the kids love it because he throws the ball really weird , so they break his balls But Ego.. my god, youd think this dude has multiple Lombardis holding up his coffee table .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 15:00:59 GMT -6
Now maye yeah, not when I was comimg up, I know I sure as hell wasnt. I was pretty arrogant in my first year of coaching as I worked under a knowledgeable guy and we had a great season. Then I was hired as the HC for a large junior high: between not knowing chit about administration and getting our butts kicked, I was humbled quickly. I was just happy to be on a squad I was pretty humblle ,my 1st year actually coaching HS, so I sat and kept my mouth shut and took notes, and asked questions and followed the coaches around I had good mentors in Aceback and another coach whom I got to coach with that 1 st year
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Post by coachfitz on Jan 9, 2019 15:19:58 GMT -6
Pimp "trainers"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 15:27:13 GMT -6
We got his twin over at our place , but this dude is "Still trying to play" semi pro while coaching. Gets told every meeting at least twice, to " Shut the F Up", refutes everything, almost got choked out by a HS legend around here one game So he gets sent down to JV, was told by the HC that hes only allowed to run a limited playbook on JV, just our base stuff.. he threw it out and drew up his own, didnt get fired because hell at least do the $hit work Got yelled at a bunch of times for adding things to the HUDL playbook , justified as "better plays" Works with the QBs, but the kids love it because he throws the ball really weird , so they break his balls But Ego.. my god, youd think this dude has multiple Lombardis holding up his coffee table . Well, a guy who got fired after six years as HC at his alma mater just got hired as an NFL HC with no NFL coaching experience.
If you're a "QB whisperer," especially if you played QB and look like Sean McVay - you're in.
It's a different world now guys.
The Cardinals are about to learn a very real hard lesson.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 16:08:18 GMT -6
The Cardinals are about to learn a very real hard lesson.
The Cardinals have been perhaps the worst run NFL franchise since they were in Chicago and Bidwells have owned them.
Bruce Arians has the most wins and best winning percentage (even better than Don Coryell who is up for HOF again this year) in franchise history and "retired" two years ago due to "health reasons."
Now - here he is back in NFL in Tampa Bay.
Must have that same thing Urban Meyer has
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Post by coachcb on Jan 9, 2019 16:44:26 GMT -6
Lol.. Yeah.. We switched over from a 10 personnel, pass-happy spread to a 11/12, "balanced" spread this last year. We had a 23 year-old volunteer coach tell us that using TEs and H-backs was "stupid" because they weren't "athletes" in a pre-season meeting. Our OC is a laid back guy who calmly tried to explain how and why we were using them but the dude got obstinate about it. He wasn't a volunteer coach for us after that meeting. We got his twin over at our place , but this dude is "Still trying to play" semi pro while coaching. Gets told every meeting at least twice, to " Shut the F Up", refutes everything, almost got choked out by a HS legend around here one game So he gets sent down to JV, was told by the HC that hes only allowed to run a limited playbook on JV, just our base stuff.. he threw it out and drew up his own, didnt get fired because hell at least do the $hit work Got yelled at a bunch of times for adding things to the HUDL playbook , justified as "better plays" Works with the QBs, but the kids love it because he throws the ball really weird , so they break his balls But Ego.. my god, youd think this dude has multiple Lombardis holding up his coffee table . Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense.
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Post by 33coach on Jan 9, 2019 17:12:33 GMT -6
Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense.
When a coach would bring a new play to me to put in, I would ask him, "Okay - what do you want to take out?"
The answer was always "Well, nothing, but....".
Only so many minutes-reps in the practice day.
i feel like in this day and age... the answer will always be "that old fashioned power play."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 17:25:53 GMT -6
Must have that same thing Urban Meyer has
No, I think Arians knew he was working for bad franchise-management and that made him "sick."
Was gonna say I like Bruce ..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 17:27:56 GMT -6
Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense.
When a coach would bring a new play to me to put in, I would ask him, "Okay - what do you want to take out?"
The answer was always "Well, nothing, but....".
Only so many minutes-reps in the practice day.
I said that once ....I said "that was Bobby Bowdens rule".... The dude looked at me like I had 2 heads...and says "Who?!".. looking at the other Coaches like it was someone I made up
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Post by coachcb on Jan 9, 2019 17:28:09 GMT -6
I do some training on the side but I refuse to work with middle school or high school athletes from the area if they have weight training sessions offered before, during or after school. I'm not going to take their money when the same service is offered for free through the school and I'm not going to poach kids from a school weight training program.
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Post by NC1974 on Jan 9, 2019 18:11:18 GMT -6
For the most part I'm an OL coach. I think there are a ton of great resources on twitter. But there are a handful of coaches....many of them around 25 yrs old, that are just absolutely sure they have it all figured out....there is no place for speed ladders, chutes are the devil, veer blocking technique is all wrong....the funny thing is I agree with a lot of what these guys are preaching, but I am really put off by their tone. For some reason, the collegial atmosphere that exists on here and at clinics disappears pretty quickly on twitter.
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Post by s73 on Jan 9, 2019 18:22:46 GMT -6
We got his twin over at our place , but this dude is "Still trying to play" semi pro while coaching. Gets told every meeting at least twice, to " Shut the F Up", refutes everything, almost got choked out by a HS legend around here one game So he gets sent down to JV, was told by the HC that hes only allowed to run a limited playbook on JV, just our base stuff.. he threw it out and drew up his own, didnt get fired because hell at least do the $hit work Got yelled at a bunch of times for adding things to the HUDL playbook , justified as "better plays" Works with the QBs, but the kids love it because he throws the ball really weird , so they break his balls But Ego.. my god, youd think this dude has multiple Lombardis holding up his coffee table . Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense. To add to this, as the HC as well as the OL coach for our team, I find that (no offense) all the assistants that tend to want to put "stuff" in are usually the "skills" coaches. They see something that looks "cool" and they want it in w/ very little thought or respect for the amount of teaching it will cause for the line in terms of new technique, skill, run/pass scheme, etc. They generally don't realize the undertaking that occurs up front. JMO. As to OP, I would like to see the year round trend calm down in all sports. I would also like to see youth sports go away. I think it really hurts kids in terms of learning leadership and independence. I also think some of these organizations are HORRIBLY run.
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Post by Defcord on Jan 9, 2019 18:56:27 GMT -6
Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense. To add to this, as the HC as well as the OL coach for our team, I find that (no offense) all the assistants that tend to want to put "stuff" in are usually the "skills" coaches. They see something that looks "cool" and they want it in w/ very little thought or respect for the amount of teaching it will cause for the line in terms of new technique, skill, run/pass scheme, etc. They generally don't realize the undertaking that occurs up front. JMO. As to OP, I would like to see the year round trend calm down in all sports. I would also like to see youth sports go away. I think it really hurts kids in terms of learning leadership and independence. I also think some of these organizations are HORRIBLY run. This is a great point about coaches, usually skill coaches in my experience, who suggest plays without thinking about the blocking rules. I have seen several coaches draw up play ideas against no defense at all and just put base blocks on air for the offensive line. Pure silliness.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 9, 2019 18:58:45 GMT -6
Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense. To add to this, as the HC as well as the OL coach for our team, I find that (no offense) all the assistants that tend to want to put "stuff" in are usually the "skills" coaches. They see something that looks "cool" and they want it in w/ very little thought or respect for the amount of teaching it will cause for the line in terms of new technique, skill, run/pass scheme, etc. They generally don't realize the undertaking that occurs up front. JMO. As to OP, I would like to see the year round trend calm down in all sports. I would also like to see youth sports go away. I think it really hurts kids in terms of learning leadership and independence. I also think some of these organizations are HORRIBLY run. I literally agree with every sentence of this post. How have some coaches managed to be WORSE nowadays than they were before there were so many resources? I remember playing middle school football (over a decade ago) and our practices were always organized, structured, and consistent. I got to help out with the middle school program as well as the high school this season (small school) and I was floored by what I saw. No schedule or awareness of time, doing insanely complicated drills with no correlation to the game to waste time during Indy, plays during team that sound like “Spread Right, lets give it to Chase on a juke snake route, everyone else just run a 9” instead of the 5 plays we asked them to run, and endless amounts of Bull in the Ring that I had to BEG to put an end to. Most of these issues have been fixed now, but only after losing over half of our team to injuries (mostly concussions). I would have never let my kid play on this team! It’s like people watched Friday Night Tykes and took notes on it like it was a clinic talk. Youth sports are no longer a pure phase in a child’s life to play a game, it’s become like the Wild West.
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Post by s73 on Jan 9, 2019 19:58:13 GMT -6
To add to this, as the HC as well as the OL coach for our team, I find that (no offense) all the assistants that tend to want to put "stuff" in are usually the "skills" coaches. They see something that looks "cool" and they want it in w/ very little thought or respect for the amount of teaching it will cause for the line in terms of new technique, skill, run/pass scheme, etc. They generally don't realize the undertaking that occurs up front. JMO. As to OP, I would like to see the year round trend calm down in all sports. I would also like to see youth sports go away. I think it really hurts kids in terms of learning leadership and independence. I also think some of these organizations are HORRIBLY run. I literally agree with every sentence of this post. How have some coaches managed to be WORSE nowadays than they were before there were so many resources? I remember playing middle school football (over a decade ago) and our practices were always organized, structured, and consistent. I got to help out with the middle school program as well as the high school this season (small school) and I was floored by what I saw. No schedule or awareness of time, doing insanely complicated drills with no correlation to the game to waste time during Indy, plays during team that sound like “Spread Right, lets give it to Chase on a juke snake route, everyone else just run a 9” instead of the 5 plays we asked them to run, and endless amounts of Bull in the Ring that I had to BEG to put an end to. Most of these issues have been fixed now, but only after losing over half of our team to injuries (mostly concussions). I would have never let my kid play on this team! It’s like people watched Friday Night Tykes and took notes on it like it was a clinic talk. Youth sports are no longer a pure phase in a child’s life to play a game, it’s become like the Wild West. This is no lie. My son played FB for 1st time this season (8th grade). 1st scrimmage of the year, he plays corner & they play M2M. No lie, no embellishment, I swear on my Lord & Savior JC, the rest of the post is exactly what happened. They play a team DT / Full house. He's M2M on the TE. They PA, my son sprints into the backfield & TE streaks for a TD. I of course, assume my kid screwed up. Car ride home I asked him if he just bit on the run, He says, no they blitzed me. I say, I thought you were M2M. He says, I was. I said how can you blitz & be M2M at the same time. He says, they told me to blitz and if FS yells pass turn around and try to cover him. Yep, my son was told to blitz & play M2M simultaneously. This is 100% the truth. I wish it weren't but it is. How did I know he was telling the truth? Because they did it again, and......again, and....again. All. Frickin'. Season (sigh). Yeah, so.......
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Post by RunPeopleOver on Jan 9, 2019 20:15:55 GMT -6
Parents, especially the ones who try to coach from the stands.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jan 9, 2019 21:10:55 GMT -6
Great contributions so far
I would get rid of any adult that doesn’t agree with the statement “he’s the coach. Whether I agree with him or not, it’s in the kid’s best interest just to let him do his job”
If adults carried that sentiment about teachers as well, our problems in school would plummet. I guarantee it.
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Post by coachcb on Jan 10, 2019 7:57:51 GMT -6
Our young staff is pretty level headed but there were certainly times when I had to ask them "Alright, what you've got drawn up there is sound. But, what drills do you have to rep it and how are we going to fit those drills in with everything else we're doing?" That put things into perspective for them. Unfortunately, with many young coaches, it wouldn't have done a damn bit of good. "We'll just rep it, brah; it's easy!" Yeah, tell that to the 15-17 year old kids that are still perfecting our base offense. To add to this, as the HC as well as the OL coach for our team, I find that (no offense) all the assistants that tend to want to put "stuff" in are usually the "skills" coaches. They see something that looks "cool" and they want it in w/ very little thought or respect for the amount of teaching it will cause for the line in terms of new technique, skill, run/pass scheme, etc. They generally don't realize the undertaking that occurs up front. JMO. As to OP, I would like to see the year round trend calm down in all sports. I would also like to see youth sports go away. I think it really hurts kids in terms of learning leadership and independence. I also think some of these organizations are HORRIBLY run. I've experienced the same thing with some skill coaches. It's usually because their new Facemelter play involves a new blocking scheme or an adjustment to a blocking scheme. And I think that's one thing that made our staff cohesive this last year; there are three of us that are OL guys. During the summer, we agreed that we wouldn't install any blocking schemes other than IZ, OZ, Power, Power Counter, Full-Slide pass pro and Half-Slide Pass pro.
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Post by s73 on Jan 10, 2019 8:53:34 GMT -6
To add to this, as the HC as well as the OL coach for our team, I find that (no offense) all the assistants that tend to want to put "stuff" in are usually the "skills" coaches. They see something that looks "cool" and they want it in w/ very little thought or respect for the amount of teaching it will cause for the line in terms of new technique, skill, run/pass scheme, etc. They generally don't realize the undertaking that occurs up front. JMO. As to OP, I would like to see the year round trend calm down in all sports. I would also like to see youth sports go away. I think it really hurts kids in terms of learning leadership and independence. I also think some of these organizations are HORRIBLY run. I've experienced the same thing with some skill coaches. It's usually because their new Facemelter play involves a new blocking scheme or an adjustment to a blocking scheme. And I think that's one thing that made our staff cohesive this last year; there are three of us that are OL guys. During the summer, we agreed that we wouldn't install any blocking schemes other than IZ, OZ, Power, Power Counter, Full-Slide pass pro and Half-Slide Pass pro. Nice! Seems like a lot less drama when you get those fat guys together. No to mention the fact that you can do a lot with those schemes. Tell the skills guys to put their "facemelter caps" on and figure out their "cool stuff" using schematics you already have in place. That's a win - win!
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Post by newhope on Jan 10, 2019 9:51:28 GMT -6
The sudden influx of young inexperienced coaches with HUGE egos, i could do without that Sudden? I've been in this business 46 years and that's always been around
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Post by bigmoot on Jan 10, 2019 9:54:54 GMT -6
The sudden influx of young inexperienced coaches with HUGE egos, i could do without that Sudden? I've been in this business 46 years and that's always been around Its a sign of getting old..."These kids today..." I guess if you're complaining about young coaches, you're no longer one.
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Post by coachriley on Jan 10, 2019 10:02:37 GMT -6
For me, it would be coaches saying "that won't work" any time they are confronted with a different offense/defense/technique. They don't listen to the rationale behind it, they just automatically disregard it because they don't watch it on the weekends or they don't know how to teach it.
I worked with a guy at a middle school last year and we were discussing the hawk style tackling. Our high school that we fed directly into wanted us to implement hawk tackling and we had received training how to do it. That is the method I had taught for the past 2 years at another school, so I knew that it worked well.
Well when we start planning our install time and drills for our defensive day, these two coaches both said "Nah, we aren't gonna teach it that way. That way of tackling is just gonna have our kids missing tackles and they can't do it, so we aren't gonna try." One of these coaches was our 8th grade "defensive coordinator" and he said we were just gonna stick with the old method of sticking our head across the opponents body.
It just blew me away how quick he was to dismiss it and not even think about teaching something new to him.
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Post by newhope on Jan 10, 2019 10:02:37 GMT -6
Sudden? I've been in this business 46 years and that's always been around Its a sign of getting old..."These kids today..." I guess if you're complaining about young coaches, you're no longer one. Well, that's true. I was actually just commenting on the "sudden influx" thing. However, now that you mention it, I'm not as concerned about young coaches with huge egos. I'm concerned about young coaches who don't want to do any actual WORK, who think coaching is calling plays. Almost any coach out there will tell you it's hard to find young coaches who actually want to do the hard work or put in the time. I'm lucky. I have some great young coaches--but they are harder to find than ever before. Most of the ones I do have don't teach--because finding a young teacher who wants to coach and do the work and put in the time is almost impossible.
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