Clinics - Bang for our buck

How good is your staff?  If you got some decent coaches, then clinic yourself.  You might learn a lot of football, but you'll most definitely learn a lot about the guys you work with.

How good are the teams around you?  If you got some good 'uns, then invite them over for beverages and pizza.  Most coaches just want to talk 'ball and are more than willing to share.

I've put on a afternoon clinic before for the local folks and it was as good as anything you could get at a big city, just shorter.

cqmiller puts on a big one that I wish I could have gone to before, and maybe one day I'll buy that plane ticket.

Don't underestimate the resources you have right in front of you.  

Unless I've got to beat you to feed my family, I'll give you the keys to the kingdom.

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I have been attend NDSU one these past few years. Been really good and you get to be on the field for a few practices.

I just can't get up for Glazier anymore. Same topics and guys pimping their systems they stole.

I absolutely loved Glaziers the first couple times I went. But, I realized after a couple years it was the same clinic every year, ever location. Same guys (although their names were different sometimes), same topics. And the hawking of stuff also annoyed me as well.

Our head coach got us a membership to X&O labs website this offseason. I thought there were a lot of good items on there. Mostly from smaller colleges and high schools that you can relate to.

I submitted a speaker app for Glazier and never heard back. I even looked at the speaking list and they had openings in the 2 areas I suggested: and S&C topic and a program/culture topic. But I'm not backed by Russian bots on Twitter so I don't have the rub they want I'm assuming 

I worked a couple years at the Glazier in St Louis. It was a great deal. Helped make sure the speakers were set up and got a free hotel room and clinic. Was really helpful those first couple years at my small school HC stop where we had no budget for a couple years.

Frankly, after spending most of my career (50 years) working in small schools (300-400 enrollments), most of the larger clinics (Glazier, Nike, Champion, etc.) didn't offer much in the way of speakers who would clinic on topics that dealt with the challenges of coaching in a small school. There would occasionally be a few guys from "small" (between 500 and 700 enrollments) schools but hardly ever found speakers from smaller schools. Eventually found a clinic in TX that focused on those smaller schools which I found to be invaluable, and would get to speak individually with those coaches who were more than willing to provide the time. From that point on my staff and I rarely attended one of the larger clinics.

Anyone here going to any of the in-person Glazier clinics? First year coach here and got myself a pass. I'm going to the Kansas City clinic in February. Don't think anyone else on my staff is going besides me.

In the past, we've gone to the St. Louis one as we're in southeast Iowa, so it's an easy drive down. Haven't heard anything on this offseason. The only bad thing for me is that the weekend sometimes coincides with the last weekend of basketball season so it's hit or miss on if I can make it or not. We also normally buy the season pass.

As a young coach, I actually spent the money and went to an individual Glazier clinic by myself and still had a great time.

The major clinics are all pretty much the same. Glazier, Nike COY, etc. I don't feel like one is better than the other and most of it is just going to get the staff together and have a little fun plus hear some guys talk about stuff that may or may not apply to you.

A guy I worked with before would always set us up to go visit other staffs at schools similar size and demographics to us that had either turned it around or was a traditional winner. It was pretty cool because they would give us the grand tour. Let us see their facilities/weightroom. Give us insight to how the practiced and managed their roster. Sometimes we could talk to their admin about what they thought was important to them from the football program and how they supported it and kept the program strong. Sometimes after the school day was over we would have a few drinks and BS as well. It's a good way to do learn specific to your situation.

What clinic in Texas is that?

Was held in Round Rock for a few years and ended in the mid-20teens.  

There are ways to get around not having a kicker or snapper though. There is no way to get around not having a competent QB.