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Post by tchestovich on Nov 25, 2018 19:20:00 GMT -6
I can't stand and don't understand taking a knee for a obvious non-serious injury. Some of our players do some of them don't. It drives me crazy when some of the kids are screaming to take a knee when I am trying to talk with players.
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Post by tchestovich on Jun 28, 2017 11:23:50 GMT -6
I like to be passionate about what I am doing and sometimes that means that I get loud. All of the players know that I truly care for them and I am trying to make them better. That doesn't mean that I put them down and ridicule them. I am probably harder on the "star" players than I am on the "JV" guy. Be honest with them at all times and sometimes we don't like what we hear but that is life. Nobody is perfect. At the end of the day it is all about loving them up. We all have days where we aren't at our best.
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Post by tchestovich on Mar 5, 2017 13:27:43 GMT -6
We are doing one at Chipotle this week. Hope ours is as successful as yours!
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Post by tchestovich on Jan 19, 2017 7:43:29 GMT -6
Coach Klee the 425 stuff from GVSU is pretty good. I heard him speak about it last year. I will be at that one also. They seem to add a few nuggets to their presentations each year.
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Post by tchestovich on Dec 5, 2016 21:59:45 GMT -6
The Glazier clinics in Indianapolis and both of the ones in Chicago for sure.
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Post by tchestovich on Apr 23, 2015 13:07:02 GMT -6
When I was a head coach, I hated when they would ask if I thought we would win the game. Also I hated when they would ask what it will take to win a certain game. I understand they want to know about the game plan and who you want to highlight on your side or what you need to take away from the other side or whatever but I still think it's stupid. They need to be a little more intelligent in their line of questioning in my opinion. One year my assistants said they would buy my drinks after every game if I could get quoted on the news or in the paper as saying in response to that question "statistics show 100% of the time the team that scores more points wins the game so we are going to start there." I tried to use some common stats a few times about first and third downs and turnovers and whatever then slip the 100% of the time the team that scores more points wins stat in but they never did quote it. When I was a HC and the local radio station would do our game he would always ask what are you going to do to win the game. I always gave the same answer the whole time I was there, "get our running game going and stop theirs" If he would try to get more out of me I would just say it again. One time when I gave the answer he came back with they are avg. running the ball 16 times a game and throwing it 40. My response well hopefully we will be able to stop the run then.
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Post by tchestovich on Jan 28, 2015 6:53:44 GMT -6
Monday -- Thurs. about 7 Friday about 1am Sat. 6-2 Sunday 6-9am if I need to finish up anything
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Post by tchestovich on Dec 3, 2014 19:07:15 GMT -6
I was looking into some different ways to set up practice for a two platoon system. The HC and I are looking into how we could better utilize our practice time. Is there anyone that is willing to share thier practice plans with me?
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Post by tchestovich on Jul 19, 2014 15:06:15 GMT -6
At my previous school my first two years as the HC we had a few coaches that weren't teachers and we would practice from 3-9 with at least an hour break in the middle. We would usually go 3-5:30 and then 7-9. It worked for us and was usually a lot cooler in the evening session. The kids liked it because we got to go under the lights. Our current schedule is going to be 8-11 and then again from 5-8.
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Post by tchestovich on Jun 9, 2014 16:21:33 GMT -6
I like it. I am sure that I will be able to use that sometime throughout the year. Thanks
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Post by tchestovich on May 20, 2014 12:38:38 GMT -6
Aug.4th in Indiana. We cannot have back to back 2 a days starting this year. First game is Aug. 22
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Post by tchestovich on Jan 10, 2014 8:09:57 GMT -6
I would think that "airing" out the differences between the two coaches would be beneficial for not only them but the entire staff. I have been in situations where there were two separate factions of coaches and it doesn't do the staff any good to work like that. It was really stressful on the HC and in each situation one or more coaches left. It was the best thing for the program. Sometimes just hearing what the problem is can make the person relfelct and understand the other persons point of view. As they say if they don't know what the problem is they surely can't work on it or fix it.
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Post by tchestovich on Nov 18, 2013 10:39:38 GMT -6
Call it the "Coaches Award" this player has obviously done all the things that you would want all of your players to do. You could talk about the player being dedicated, committed, and all the other things that we look for in players.
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Post by tchestovich on Nov 15, 2013 14:22:36 GMT -6
I am currently reading a book called "InSideOut Coaching" it deals with some of the things that you guys are discussing and is a very good read for coaches. It makes you think about a lot of things that you do and say to your players but I think that it relates to how you treat all individuals.
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Post by tchestovich on Sept 12, 2011 9:13:28 GMT -6
Changing the culture of a program takes time. Have a plan and go with it. Eventually you will have a group that will take ownership and want to do it the way it is supposed to be done. The only advice that I can give you is to find some leadership within your team and sometimes that also needs to be coached. They have a losing mentality and when they come around and feel like they can win you will be much better off. I am in the same situation and it is very difficult and puts a lot of stress on you but you have to remember you are not only coaching football you are coaching them on everything that it takes to create a good program. I wish it was as easy as fundamentals but it takes more than that to change the culture of a program.
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Post by tchestovich on Jul 22, 2011 20:20:11 GMT -6
If you were using a 2 platoon situation before I am assuming that you have a pretty good sized staff. One of the suggestions that I would make is have them pair up with someone from the other side of the ball. If they coached LB's go with the RB's coach so that they will be able to learn how to do it correctly. They should already have a pretty good idea how to do it but still lets them be the primary coach on their perticular side of the ball and an assistant on the other.
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Post by tchestovich on May 22, 2011 19:30:01 GMT -6
Anyone else attend this clinic this year?
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Post by tchestovich on May 11, 2011 12:11:23 GMT -6
I travel 42 miles one way to school which takes about 50 minutes. During the season it isn't too bad you have time to reflect on practice before you get home. I stay at the school after games on Friday, don't see areason to drive home and then get up early to drive back. If you have kids the drive does end up costing you time with them during the season. I only get to see them Sat. and Sun.
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Post by tchestovich on Nov 16, 2010 23:14:53 GMT -6
I think that our situations are pretty similar in what we have had to do to start to change the climate of our entire football programs. I can honestly say that for the program to reach its full potential I am eventually going to have to give up some of the responsibilities that I currently feel that I have to do. At times I feel like I should give my assistants more responsibility but at the same time I think that they have to want to put in the time to make sure that things are done correctly.
The program that I left to take over the HC at the school I am currently at has a HC that let me run the D any way that I thought fit what we had. He let me run it and be in charge of it and I took it upon myself to really take ownership of it. He and I have had many conversations about just doing the extra things that I thought needed to be done so that he didn't have to worry about them. I just felt like that was my job as an assistant, to make the HC's job easier. I guess that is what I am looking for and haven't found yet.
There is some validity in saying that the best assistant coaches are the ones that want to be HC's somewhere down the line. I do feel a huge responsibility to make sure that the assistant coaches reach the level that they want. I am willing to put in as much time as they want, I think it is my job to make them better by teaching them the nuances about breaking film down and doing the little things that are going to make us successful.
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Post by tchestovich on Nov 16, 2010 7:23:57 GMT -6
I think that if you are going to give the responsibility of being a coordinator to one of your staff members that as the HC you need to feel comfortable with them in that capacity. Sometimes it is easier to do it yourself at least that way you know what you are getting. At the HS level a lot of the time you don't get to bring in a new staff when you take over so you have to coach up the guys that you do have and get them all on the same page. I think that is the biggest aspect of whether or not you give up some responsibility. Sometimes it just doesn't fit with the coaching staff that you have.
I do both the OC and DC jobs and it has been more draining each season that I do it. At times I think that I am neglecting one side of the ball, but I think that we are prepared when we play on Fridays. I would think that the biggest drawback is that you have to spend too much time on football and not enough time on Family and that could pose quite a problem in the long run. On the flip side I think that the biggest advantage is that you only have to look in the mirror if something didn't go right, you find out real quick if what you are doing is working.
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Post by tchestovich on Mar 11, 2010 21:46:28 GMT -6
We check grades regularly but we also hold study table for those that are having troubles before school. They have to be there for 15 minutes and then they need to report to a teacher to get extra help.
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Post by tchestovich on Feb 17, 2010 14:19:29 GMT -6
I think that the most important thing that you have to look at is do they know and understand what you want. Everyone has a way of teaching their position groups, as the HC it is your job to teach your coaches how you want it.
When I came here all of the staff stayed on and it took a little while for us to become comfortable with each other. I am sure my personality is different than the coach who I took over from. I think that there is always a trust issue at the beginning, especially if you don't know each other.
I am not sure that there were any problems, I think that if I had to do it over again I would have done a better job coaching up my assistants about what I wanted from them. My suggestion is if you are in this position be up front with them and let them know what your expectations are especially in terms of the time you are going to require from them. You may need to make some changes in the future but I don't think that you should decide whether or not to take a job based on who you may inherit from another coaching regime.
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