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Post by tiger11 on Jul 20, 2019 14:29:37 GMT -6
How do you answer the question “Coach, how is the team going to be this year?” when you are out in town?
Do you have different answers for different groups of people (parent, youth league coaches, longtime fan, etc)?
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Post by blb on Jul 20, 2019 14:36:27 GMT -6
How do you answer the question “Coach, how is the team going to be this year?” when you are out in town? Do you have different answers for different groups of people (parent, youth league coaches, longtime fan, etc)?
Might as well tell them what they already believe:
"Same as always - good talent, poorly coached."
Will save time.
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Post by coachjm on Jul 20, 2019 14:52:40 GMT -6
My answer.....
I think we have a great group of boys to work with, we have a lot to work on to be competitive in the ____ (name your league)____ as it is going to be very very tough this year....
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Post by freezeoption on Jul 20, 2019 15:25:23 GMT -6
We're not very big, fast or strong but we have a lot of character.
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Post by chi5hi on Jul 20, 2019 15:33:42 GMT -6
"We may be small...but we're really slow."
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Post by wolverine55 on Jul 20, 2019 16:17:59 GMT -6
I normally say something like, "We'll be okay, but man our schedule is tough!" whether either of those things are true or not.
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Post by agap on Jul 20, 2019 17:00:09 GMT -6
I tell them we'll see. They figure out quickly that I don't want to talk about it.
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Post by coachd5085 on Jul 20, 2019 17:01:48 GMT -6
Several possible responses
1)"Can't talk now, I have to go speak at a clinic"
2) "Well, we will be running 11 personnel, so we probably will be the best offensive team in the Nation"
3) "There is no universal terminology for pre-season predictions"
4) "Phuking have no clue, but I will coach football and I will teach math next year somewhere"
5) "Well, we will be running dbl tight double wing and the 46 gambler on defense, so we will probably be the best team in the country"
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Post by CS on Jul 20, 2019 17:19:36 GMT -6
I tell them we'll see. They figure out quickly that I don't want to talk about it. This is what I say |
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Post by carookie on Jul 20, 2019 17:33:49 GMT -6
“The boys are working hard and growing as better Christian men everyday.” I work at a private Christian school so that answer is acceptable, and hopefully true.
Its been my stock answer for good years and bad ones
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Post by canesfan on Jul 20, 2019 18:10:03 GMT -6
I usually try to be optimistic but also truthful in that you never really know until you start playing. Better to exceed public perception than fall short of the expectations you create by running your mouth. As coaches were at the mercy of our kids, and really they win the games by execution or talent.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 20, 2019 19:06:34 GMT -6
I usually say that about 1/2 are doing the proper strength training and if we get all the kids to play who should, we'll be good. If not, we'll be average. Usually covers it.
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Post by silkyice on Jul 20, 2019 21:40:56 GMT -6
Several possible responses 1)"Can't talk now, I have to go speak at a clinic" 2) "Well, we will be running 11 personnel, so we probably will be the best offensive team in the Nation" 3) "There is no universal terminology for pre-season predictions" 4) "Phuking have no clue, but I will coach football and I will teach math next year somewhere" 5) "Well, we will be running dbl tight double wing and the 46 gambler on defense, so we will probably be the best team in the country" Gold Have to be a coachhuey regular for over 10 years to catch everyone of those. |
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Post by CoachJohnsonMN on Jul 21, 2019 1:53:16 GMT -6
We are cautiously optimistic.
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Post by funkfriss on Jul 21, 2019 10:09:01 GMT -6
Every year
“We’ll see. We lost some great guys from last year so it’s up to the rest to step it up.”
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Post by kcbazooka on Jul 21, 2019 11:34:46 GMT -6
If the kids get any coaching at all we’ll be state champs.
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Post by wolverine55 on Jul 22, 2019 14:41:05 GMT -6
Several possible responses 1)"Can't talk now, I have to go speak at a clinic" 2) "Well, we will be running 11 personnel, so we probably will be the best offensive team in the Nation" 3) "There is no universal terminology for pre-season predictions" 4) "Phuking have no clue, but I will coach football and I will teach math next year somewhere" 5) "Well, we will be running dbl tight double wing and the 46 gambler on defense, so we will probably be the best team in the country" Gold Have to be a coachhuey regular for over 10 years to catch everyone of those. I understood all references and was trying to figure out if that was a good thing or not...  |
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Post by coachd5085 on Jul 22, 2019 14:44:13 GMT -6
Gold Have to be a coachhuey regular for over 10 years to catch everyone of those. I understood all references and was trying to figure out if that was a good thing or not... I am a bit disappointed I couldnt come up with a few more. |
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Post by larrymoe on Jul 22, 2019 18:17:19 GMT -6
Always depended on who it was.
Someone with a brain and realism- I'd tell them what I thought.
Random fan or mom or someone just trying g to chit chat- I don't know, it depends on how quickly we catch on to stuff.
Ahole super fan that was always a dickhead on Friday night- I don't know. You tell me and we'll see if we can live up to it.
The crazy part about the last one is, those guys are usually so dense/not listening to you anyways, they never understand you're basically telling them to {censored} off to their face
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Post by planck on Jul 22, 2019 18:20:57 GMT -6
"Fine."
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Post by coachklee on Jul 22, 2019 18:57:47 GMT -6
Several possible responses 1)"Can't talk now, I have to go speak at a clinic" 2) "Well, we will be running 11 personnel, so we probably will be the best offensive team in the Nation" 3) "There is no universal terminology for pre-season predictions" 4) "Phuking have no clue, but I will coach football and I will teach math next year somewhere" 5) "Well, we will be running dbl tight double wing and the 46 gambler on defense, so we will probably be the best team in the country" Gold Have to be a coachhuey regular for over 10 years to catch everyone of those. Makes me wonder if some of those ass hats will read this and least chuckle for a second at themselves...if they can’t they are worse than ass hats...whatever that is!!! |
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Post by CoachP on Jul 22, 2019 19:21:01 GMT -6
When coaching Student Athletes I always responded with; Our expectation is to finish with a perfect graduation record.
Not coaching student athletes; We should be competitive - there's some tough teams and the bad teams of last year have gotten a lot better.
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Post by fkaboneyard on Jul 23, 2019 8:34:27 GMT -6
Before Week 1 we'll be tied for first. After that I'm not sure.
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Post by Defcord on Jul 23, 2019 9:16:15 GMT -6
Gold Have to be a coachhuey regular for over 10 years to catch everyone of those. Makes me wonder if some of those ass hats will read this and least chuckle for a second at themselves...if they can’t they are worse than ass hats...whatever that is!!! Ass-Visor!? |
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Post by Defcord on Jul 23, 2019 9:19:43 GMT -6
I read somewhere to always tell them how much you lost and not how much you have coming back.
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