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Post by Colonel Perry on Jan 13, 2019 0:37:34 GMT -6
Youth coaches who poach from other teams while players are still under contract Why are youth players under contract? In Cleveland players are known for forging documents and playing for multiple teams during one season so having contracts prevents purging from other leagues and teams. In addition to keep a kid from playing middle school ball on Friday and play for a Pop Warner teams on a Sunday. |
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Post by CS on Jan 13, 2019 6:02:31 GMT -6
Why are youth players under contract? In Cleveland players are known for forging documents and playing for multiple teams during one season so having contracts prevents purging from other leagues and teams. In addition to keep a kid from playing middle school ball on Friday and play for a Pop Warner teams on a Sunday. There isn’t Pop Warner around here so I’m not familiar with the rules. Is there not an age limitation that would keep them from playing in pee wee and middle school ball? |
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Post by coachd5085 on Jan 13, 2019 9:05:43 GMT -6
Coaches trying to force the flexbone into the top levels of ball  KIDDING KIDDING I think I would change the grind aspect as well as unrealistic expectations or definitions for success. This "championship or bust" mantra is simply foolishness. Pure math dictates that one NFL team is not going to win the Superbowl for at LEAST 32 years. One SEC team is not going to win for at LEAST 14 years etc. The same goes for high school, with the added "bonus" that some teams simply don't compete on anywhere near a level playing field. |
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Post by 60zgo on Jan 13, 2019 9:16:15 GMT -6
Coaches trying to force the flexbone into the top levels of ball KIDDING KIDDING I think I would change the grind aspect as well as unrealistic expectations or definitions for success. This "championship or bust" mantra is simply foolishness. Pure math dictates that one NFL team is not going to win the Superbowl for at LEAST 32 years. One SEC team is not going to win for at LEAST 14 years etc. The same goes for high school, with the added "bonus" that some teams simply don't compete on anywhere near a level playing field. You can win without "the Grind" for sure. But coaches, parents, admin here about it on ESPN, books, newspaper etc. So since Saban and Belicheck Grind you should too. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Jan 13, 2019 9:22:06 GMT -6
Coaches trying to force the flexbone into the top levels of ball KIDDING KIDDING I think I would change the grind aspect as well as unrealistic expectations or definitions for success. This "championship or bust" mantra is simply foolishness. Pure math dictates that one NFL team is not going to win the Superbowl for at LEAST 32 years. One SEC team is not going to win for at LEAST 14 years etc. The same goes for high school, with the added "bonus" that some teams simply don't compete on anywhere near a level playing field. You can win without "the Grind" for sure. But coaches, parents, admin here about it on ESPN, books, newspaper etc. So since Saban and Belicheck Grind you should too. Absolutely. To clarify, by the "grind" I guess I was defining it not only for coaches, but for everyone involved. Essentially, a single athletic sport should not be "your life". |
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Post by 60zgo on Jan 13, 2019 9:31:29 GMT -6
You can win without "the Grind" for sure. But coaches, parents, admin here about it on ESPN, books, newspaper etc. So since Saban and Belicheck Grind you should too. Absolutely. To clarify, by the "grind" I guess I was defining it not only for coaches, but for everyone involved. Essentially, a single athletic sport should not be "your life". I knew what you meant... Our kids are always posting on Social, "we grinding in here, #GRINDSZN." I'm like, "Stop lying. we basically practice two days a week." But again that's the effect of all media. Plus it's an All-American trait right? If I work really hard I will be a success. It's an extension of that. But it's dumb. |
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Post by Colonel Perry on Jan 13, 2019 14:07:27 GMT -6
There isn’t Pop Warner around here so I’m not familiar with the rules. Is there not an age limitation that would keep them from playing in pee wee and middle school ball? Long as you're 14 and not in high school you can play for the Cleveland Muny Football League Age groups are as follows Termite Division Ages 6-7; Midget 8-9; Pee-Wee 10-11; Bantam 12-14 (NOT ENROLLED in High School) North Coast Youth Football League which has teams in suburban areas of Cleveland compete with middle school teams for players while inner city Cleveland schools doesn't have Junior high/middle school football so this is where the problem occurs with two leagues vying for numbers to be increased whether in a traditional manner or an outlaw approach . |
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Post by larrymoe on Jan 13, 2019 22:24:00 GMT -6
Kids getting "offers" from D3 schools...hmmmmm. The worst thing you can do is tell someone, who just told you a kid got a D3 scholarship for athletics, that there are no D3 athletic scholarship. They immediately unleash a whirlwind of complete nonsense and won’t stop trying to convince you until you are no longer in their vicinity. I made that mistake a couple times to otherwise reasonable people. Now I just treat them like if I were in a foreign country and don’t know the language, smile, shake my head and go about my day. The following was Tweeted by a local D3 assistant coach- An “Official Offer” at the D3 level has become the participation trophy of college sports. #offerszn #yougetanoffer #yougetanoffer #everyonegetsanoffer |
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Post by airraidallday on Jan 14, 2019 7:54:53 GMT -6
I'm gonna duck right after I say all of this, but...the coaching culture. I can't speak for every coach in every region of the US. But here in Texas, the amount of time that coaches sit around and "grind" and "prepare" is borderline insane. I'm sure its similar elsewhere. I love football. I want to win. I love to win. I enjoy film, and I enjoy gameplanning. But this is a GAME. It does not matter as much as we want to think it does. And we need to start realizing it. I recently watched a youtube video on the coach at Martin High in texas where he talks about his 90 hour work weeks from july to december. All i could think about was how inefficient he was being dragging out high school football to 90 hours a week. Made no sense to me that he was getting home 11pm or later every single night sunday to sunday. |
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Post by airraidallday on Jan 14, 2019 8:03:52 GMT -6
I'm in Florida, so I hate the transfer rule. Students basically have free reign to transfer between schools with no real penalty. It's to the point that, in my area, one school is good at football, one is good at wrestling, one is good at track, etc. So, students are trying to play Sport A at one school, then Sport B at another. It's setting kids up to fail at life when they realize high school sports isn't the end all, be all of the world. This is the absolutely worst. I coach in a county with a looooong time powerhouse program. I can only imagined what its like in other places around the state, but its hell here. You have to black out the windows and never talk about talent you might have because next thing you know they are getting an untraceable google text saying "What are you doing. You need to be at "insert school" |
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Post by fshamrock on Jan 14, 2019 8:44:18 GMT -6
CULTure bros, "blessed to receive...", pretty much anything on twitter, 7 on 7, kids and parents way too focused on recruiting, people selling other people's X and O stuff repackaged/renamed, good thing the bell just rang or I would go on a while Kids getting "offers" from D3 schools...hmmmmm. Kids are starting to make fun the whole "offers on twitter" thing which I think is a step in the right direction. I try to advise as many kids as I can about the realities of small college athletics it's really hard for these kids to imagine life without being athletes, it's been their entire identity since they were like 7 years old, so it's scary for them to think about just going to college and being a regular student but the reality is that typically, they will spend a couple of months in the middle of nowhere Kansas playing football in front of a roaring crowd of 7 people, going into debt to attend a private university, while all of their friends are partying at a state school having a blast because they are surrounded by thousands of other young people with actual stuff to do. not saying it's a bad decision, many kids go on and thrive at these places and really enjoy their time......but the majority don't stick around past a year or two. I know this first hand because I went to play in the middle of nowhere as a 19 year old, we had like 85 freshman and 8 seniors, it was a worse attrition rate than navy seal school, not one single guy that I got to know over the course of that year graduated from that college..not one |
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Post by fshamrock on Jan 14, 2019 9:09:42 GMT -6
It's also okay to be more. Meh. I'm sure they are great guys and father figures and all that. It's the posting all over Twitter about what great guys and father figures they are that comes off as shallow and self serving. I often wonder if these guys would be such awesome role models if they couldn't post about what awesome role models they are. There are lots of guys out there...thousands of them...who treat kids fairly, show up on time, don't smoke, drink, chew, swear, or demean others in from of kids, and give the kids as much of an effort as the coach expects in return. The difference is that those guys don't have the need to market themselves as Football Jesus. The problem with social media is that there's the impersonal aspect of it, so it causes people to say thing I don't think they would normally say. It's like creating never ending commercial of yourself. The rule should be, if you wouldn't stand up in a room full of people and say something because you would obviously sound like a self promoting dip$ {censored}....then you probably shouldn't tweet it |
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Post by CoachSP on Jan 14, 2019 9:24:05 GMT -6
I'm under 30 with 7 years in.
I would change the arrogance in the profession as a whole. I HATE talking about semantics. Some coaches get on their high horse when you have different terminology than they do.
Bro, if you call it long trap and I call it power then who the hell cares?
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Post by stilltryin on Jan 14, 2019 9:34:11 GMT -6
Kids getting "offers" from D3 schools...hmmmmm. Kids are starting to make fun the whole "offers on twitter" thing which I think is a step in the right direction. I try to advise as many kids as I can about the realities of small college athletics it's really hard for these kids to imagine life without being athletes, it's been their entire identity since they were like 7 years old, so it's scary for them to think about just going to college and being a regular student but the reality is that typically, they will spend a couple of months in the middle of nowhere Kansas playing football in front of a roaring crowd of 7 people, going into debt to attend a private university, while all of their friends are partying at a state school having a blast because they are surrounded by thousands of other young people with actual stuff to do. not saying it's a bad decision, many kids go on and thrive at these places and really enjoy their time......but the majority don't stick around past a year or two. I know this first hand because I went to play in the middle of nowhere as a 19 year old, we had like 85 freshman and 8 seniors, it was a worse attrition rate than navy seal school, not one single guy that I got to know over the course of that year graduated from that college..not one |
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Post by stilltryin on Jan 14, 2019 9:44:50 GMT -6
Yes, the kids ... and, more often, parents ... announcing their D-3 "offer" is silly and sad. But as to whether a kid should play football at a D-3 school, if that's what his talent level dictates, don't you think it depends on the kid, the school, and why he's going to college in the first place?
A family that's paying huge money just so junior can play at a nowhere school ... yeah, that's dumb.
But if we're talking about a kid who's taken high school seriously, gotten good grades, and might have "need," football might help him get into a D-3 school that will provide financial aid to meet his need, provide a quality education, and put him on a path to success in whatever he chooses to do in life.
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Post by fkaboneyard on Jan 14, 2019 9:54:47 GMT -6
Kids getting "offers" from D3 schools...hmmmmm. Kids are starting to make fun the whole "offers on twitter" thing which I think is a step in the right direction. I try to advise as many kids as I can about the realities of small college athletics it's really hard for these kids to imagine life without being athletes, it's been their entire identity since they were like 7 years old, so it's scary for them to think about just going to college and being a regular student but the reality is that typically, they will spend a couple of months in the middle of nowhere Kansas playing football in front of a roaring crowd of 7 people, going into debt to attend a private university, while all of their friends are partying at a state school having a blast because they are surrounded by thousands of other young people with actual stuff to do. not saying it's a bad decision, many kids go on and thrive at these places and really enjoy their time......but the majority don't stick around past a year or two. I know this first hand because I went to play in the middle of nowhere as a 19 year old, we had like 85 freshman and 8 seniors, it was a worse attrition rate than navy seal school, not one single guy that I got to know over the course of that year graduated from that college..not one
We had a kid that recently did the “blessed to receive an offer from Dogpatch Tech…” (a NAIA school) and he got a great reception from a bunch of the other kids. That caused a landslide of “blessed to receive…” tweets, some were downright cringey like the kid that tweeted “blessed to receive an offer to attend the XYZ Camp at a 20% discount.”
The kid that plays 3rd base for me is an absolute gem – all-league player, academic stud (probably will be valedictorian this year), super hard worker and just a great kid overall. He has had a ton of interest from D2 and D3 schools (has even had interest from some bad D1 schools). He absolutely hates his teammates doing the twitter thing so he’s taken to clowning them. Some of his recent tweets:
“Blessed to receive a two for one offer for large pepperoni pizzas at Little Ceasar’s.”
“Blessed to receive an offer to attend the Bill Buckner Balls Between the Legs camp”.
And the one he posted Saturday night (which I told him to delete) “Blessed to receive an offer of a BJ from a girl I met at a party”.
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Post by coachcb on Jan 14, 2019 9:56:10 GMT -6
I agree with this & about your same age. I think FOR ME, the big difference is when i came in I KNEW I didn't know anything. Now every once in awhile, I run across some dudes who don't know anything and think they do. I was raised by a coach, so I kinda knew to shut up and listen then I met Aceback about 20 years ago, thats all I needed to know I didnt know $hit!, so I just shut up and started asking questions . From then on I decided to be a student of the game, and learn from anyone and everyone I could, you got 30-40 years in the game? Im gonna listen to you talk. I was blown away when I walked into my first HS gig and it was just at the freshman level. The freshman staff wasn't required to come in for Sunday film but I did anyway as I wanted to see how things were done. I annoyed the crap out of the staff by asking questions while they were trying to work so I learned to keep my mouth shut, take notes and ask questions later. |
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Post by fshamrock on Jan 14, 2019 10:00:24 GMT -6
Yes, the kids ... and, more often, parents ... announcing their D-3 "offer" is silly and sad. But as to whether a kid should play football at a D-3 school, if that's what his talent level dictates, don't you think it depends on the kid, the school, and why he's going to college in the first place? A family that's paying huge money just so junior can play at a nowhere school ... yeah, that's dumb. But if we're talking about a kid who's taken high school seriously, gotten good grades, and might have "need," football might help him get into a D-3 school that will provide financial aid to meet his need, provide a quality education, and put him on a path to success in whatever he chooses to do in life. without question I overstated a bit for the purposes of comedy, those schools are a good fit and a great option for a certain type of kid.....i'm more referring to the kids who pay to play so tat their daddies can tell his buddies at the golf course that his on plays college fb |
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Post by wolverine55 on Jan 14, 2019 10:10:41 GMT -6
I'm gonna duck right after I say all of this, but...the coaching culture. I can't speak for every coach in every region of the US. But here in Texas, the amount of time that coaches sit around and "grind" and "prepare" is borderline insane. I'm sure its similar elsewhere. I love football. I want to win. I love to win. I enjoy film, and I enjoy gameplanning. But this is a GAME. It does not matter as much as we want to think it does. And we need to start realizing it. I recently watched a youtube video on the coach at Martin High in texas where he talks about his 90 hour work weeks from july to december. All i could think about was how inefficient he was being dragging out high school football to 90 hours a week. Made no sense to me that he was getting home 11pm or later every single night sunday to sunday. If I am thinking of the same video, that coach was also the "facilities director" or something like that for his school district. So, he had a ton of work besides coaching that filled up some of those nights. But, generally, I agree with your premise. Every now and then an "hours" thread will pop up on here and it blows me away how many hours some coaches/staffs spend in meetings, preparation, etc. |
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Post by coachcb on Jan 14, 2019 11:39:44 GMT -6
I recently watched a youtube video on the coach at Martin High in texas where he talks about his 90 hour work weeks from july to december. All i could think about was how inefficient he was being dragging out high school football to 90 hours a week. Made no sense to me that he was getting home 11pm or later every single night sunday to sunday. If I am thinking of the same video, that coach was also the "facilities director" or something like that for his school district. So, he had a ton of work besides coaching that filled up some of those nights. But, generally, I agree with your premise. Every now and then an "hours" thread will pop up on here and it blows me away how many hours some coaches/staffs spend in meetings, preparation, etc. I'm certainly in favor of a minimalist approach in that aspect. Not because I don't want to put the hours in but because I've never found it to be that beneficial. In past DC positions, I spent all day Saturday and Sunday pouring over film, charting all kinds of tendencies (field position, personnel, D&D, etc..etc..) and using the metrics to come up with a "bullet proof" game plan. My play call sheet was double sided, tiny font, and filled with stuff. But, come Friday night, I became my own worst enemy. "3rd and medium, 21 personnel, they're on our 32. Gotta dial up blitzes X,Y or Z! Chit, we're getting gashed! Why aren't those stunts working!?! We've been repping them all year!! Alright, lets go with the back-up plan: tag Blitz X with Robber, we need guys in the box. CHIT!! That's not working either!! Go with Plan C: Blitz Y but tell Mike he's gunning the A-gap and we're going with C0. BAH!! They picked up five yards and we're bringing six!! BASE!! JUST GO WITH BASE!! LIVE IN BASE!!" |
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Post by fshamrock on Jan 14, 2019 11:57:02 GMT -6
If I am thinking of the same video, that coach was also the "facilities director" or something like that for his school district. So, he had a ton of work besides coaching that filled up some of those nights. But, generally, I agree with your premise. Every now and then an "hours" thread will pop up on here and it blows me away how many hours some coaches/staffs spend in meetings, preparation, etc. I'm certainly in favor of a minimalist approach in that aspect. Not because I don't want to put the hours in but because I've never found it to be that beneficial. In past DC positions, I spent all day Saturday and Sunday pouring over film, charting all kinds of tendencies (field position, personnel, D&D, etc..etc..) and using the metrics to come up with a "bullet proof" game plan. My play call sheet was double sided, tiny font, and filled with stuff. But, come Friday night, I became my own worst enemy. "3rd and medium, 21 personnel, they're on our 32. Gotta dial up blitzes X,Y or Z! Chit, we're getting gashed! Why aren't those stunts working!?! We've been repping them all year!! Alright, lets go with the back-up plan: tag Blitz X with Robber, we need guys in the box. CHIT!! That's not working either!! Go with Plan C: Blitz Y but tell Mike he's gunning the A-gap and we're going with C0. BAH!! They picked up five yards and we're bringing six!! BASE!! JUST GO WITH BASE!! LIVE IN BASE!!" hahahaha I knew a guy who had everything in a grid lined up like playing battleship this d/d with this field zone with this personnel, run this defense whole thing was super organized but completely ineffective, it's like tecmo bowl trying to pick your opponents play but it's not like he only has 8 to choose from |
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Post by Colonel Perry on Jan 14, 2019 12:03:25 GMT -6
I know that there's no athletic scholarships offered in division 3 but does anybody know how the process goes for receiving grants-in-aid to play and attend a D3 program?
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Post by coachcb on Jan 14, 2019 12:43:18 GMT -6
I'm certainly in favor of a minimalist approach in that aspect. Not because I don't want to put the hours in but because I've never found it to be that beneficial. In past DC positions, I spent all day Saturday and Sunday pouring over film, charting all kinds of tendencies (field position, personnel, D&D, etc..etc..) and using the metrics to come up with a "bullet proof" game plan. My play call sheet was double sided, tiny font, and filled with stuff. But, come Friday night, I became my own worst enemy. "3rd and medium, 21 personnel, they're on our 32. Gotta dial up blitzes X,Y or Z! Chit, we're getting gashed! Why aren't those stunts working!?! We've been repping them all year!! Alright, lets go with the back-up plan: tag Blitz X with Robber, we need guys in the box. CHIT!! That's not working either!! Go with Plan C: Blitz Y but tell Mike he's gunning the A-gap and we're going with C0. BAH!! They picked up five yards and we're bringing six!! BASE!! JUST GO WITH BASE!! LIVE IN BASE!!" hahahaha I knew a guy who had everything in a grid lined up like playing battleship this d/d with this field zone with this personnel, run this defense whole thing was super organized but completely ineffective, it's like tecmo bowl trying to pick your opponents play but it's not like he only has 8 to choose from Lol.. Yeah, those situations turned me into a minimalist DC as well. We used to base out of zone blitzes and come after the offense around 50% of the time. Now, we focus on lining up, reading and reacting, and bringing pressure here and there. But, I still get twitchy when I make my play-call sheet.. "Hmm... 2nd and long... I could call Terminator, Mash, Whistle, Whistle Lock.... No, No, No... JUST CALL BASE!" |
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Post by justafbcoach on Jan 15, 2019 7:23:28 GMT -6
I'm in Florida, so I hate the transfer rule. Students basically have free reign to transfer between schools with no real penalty. It's to the point that, in my area, one school is good at football, one is good at wrestling, one is good at track, etc. So, students are trying to play Sport A at one school, then Sport B at another. It's setting kids up to fail at life when they realize high school sports isn't the end all, be all of the world. This is the absolutely worst. I coach in a county with a looooong time powerhouse program. I can only imagined what its like in other places around the state, but its hell here. You have to black out the windows and never talk about talent you might have because next thing you know they are getting an untraceable google text saying "What are you doing. You need to be at "insert school" It is insane that it comes down to that, but you're not lying. You always have to worry that any kid with talent could be gone the next day. As a staff, it's almost like we have a party on the first day of fall practice in July when kids show up to a practice and are "locked in." And, worse than that is the parents. They sit there and hold a transfer over coaches heads like they're an NFL agent of something. I remember a parent after any practice or 7-on-7 camp one summer make snide remarks to all of us: "If you don't get fired, I'm taking my kid to (other school)." "If that's how you guys are going to get my kid looks, then..." It's turning into an actual living nightmare. |
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 15, 2019 8:34:53 GMT -6
This is the absolutely worst. I coach in a county with a looooong time powerhouse program. I can only imagined what its like in other places around the state, but its hell here. You have to black out the windows and never talk about talent you might have because next thing you know they are getting an untraceable google text saying "What are you doing. You need to be at "insert school" It is insane that it comes down to that, but you're not lying. You always have to worry that any kid with talent could be gone the next day. As a staff, it's almost like we have a party on the first day of fall practice in July when kids show up to a practice and are "locked in." And, worse than that is the parents. They sit there and hold a transfer over coaches heads like they're an NFL agent of something. I remember a parent after any practice or 7-on-7 camp one summer make snide remarks to all of us: "If you don't get fired, I'm taking my kid to (other school)." "If that's how you guys are going to get my kid looks, then..." It's turning into an actual living nightmare. No offense but does anything good ever happen in Florida? I never hear anything positive about that state except the weather. Crazy people, narcissists, tourists, hurricanes, being chased by gators, and crime is like all I think about when I think about FL but people act like it’s a paradise 😂 |
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 15, 2019 8:45:11 GMT -6
No offense but does anything good ever happen in Florida? I never hear anything positive about that state except the weather. Crazy people, narcissists, tourists, hurricanes, being chased by gators, and crime is like all I think about when I think about FL but people act like it’s a paradise 😂
If you listen to "Marty and McGee" (ESPN Radio Sunday AMs) they close with "Hillbilly Headlines" which is basically redneck stupid criminal stories.
Most of them are from FL.
I’ve listened to them a time or two. Florida is just a strange place |
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Post by airraidallday on Jan 15, 2019 11:27:43 GMT -6
This is the absolutely worst. I coach in a county with a looooong time powerhouse program. I can only imagined what its like in other places around the state, but its hell here. You have to black out the windows and never talk about talent you might have because next thing you know they are getting an untraceable google text saying "What are you doing. You need to be at "insert school" It is insane that it comes down to that, but you're not lying. You always have to worry that any kid with talent could be gone the next day. As a staff, it's almost like we have a party on the first day of fall practice in July when kids show up to a practice and are "locked in." And, worse than that is the parents. They sit there and hold a transfer over coaches heads like they're an NFL agent of something. I remember a parent after any practice or 7-on-7 camp one summer make snide remarks to all of us: "If you don't get fired, I'm taking my kid to (other school)." "If that's how you guys are going to get my kid looks, then..." It's turning into an actual living nightmare. I just don't waste time with it. I just took over my program and am trying to rebuild it and don't have the time or the desire to play petty games like that. Sure some of that talent would be nice to keep around, but if you wanna go to X school and get the wake up call that youre not as good as you think and then come crawling back to me, be my guest. Maybe with your attitude adjustment you could be useful to my program. A lot of times its just kids having a skewed view of their talent level and opportunity thanks to their parents. A kid could be a no brainer starter at our program, but wants to go to a school with a 90 kid varsity roster and barely crack 3rd string. |
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Post by justafbcoach on Jan 15, 2019 12:14:25 GMT -6
It is insane that it comes down to that, but you're not lying. You always have to worry that any kid with talent could be gone the next day. As a staff, it's almost like we have a party on the first day of fall practice in July when kids show up to a practice and are "locked in." And, worse than that is the parents. They sit there and hold a transfer over coaches heads like they're an NFL agent of something. I remember a parent after any practice or 7-on-7 camp one summer make snide remarks to all of us: "If you don't get fired, I'm taking my kid to (other school)." "If that's how you guys are going to get my kid looks, then..." It's turning into an actual living nightmare. I just don't waste time with it. I just took over my program and am trying to rebuild it and don't have the time or the desire to play petty games like that. Sure some of that talent would be nice to keep around, but if you wanna go to X school and get the wake up call that youre not as good as you think and then come crawling back to me, be my guest. Maybe with your attitude adjustment you could be useful to my program. A lot of times its just kids having a skewed view of their talent level and opportunity thanks to their parents. A kid could be a no brainer starter at our program, but wants to go to a school with a 90 kid varsity roster and barely crack 3rd string. Didn't you hear? Every kid is D-1 now. Power 5 or bust!!! |
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Post by Colonel Perry on Jan 15, 2019 21:58:49 GMT -6
Does anyone remember that kid from Nevada who faked his own press conference for a D1 scholarship offer to Cal some years ago?
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KIDDING KIDDING 
