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Post by brophy on Apr 24, 2024 7:13:00 GMT -6
What more can be said about that site and its impact on the sport? I wonder how many coaches got their start / inspired from Chris Brown's website. For me, its the gold standard of sports writing that hasn't been matched since. Be sure to buy the two Smartfootball books to at least pass on to other younger coaches. Not only did Chris raise the bar way above any heralded "sports writers" in his analysis and writing style, but he kept readers engaged with his content. He didn't rely on gimmicks. He didn't sell out to click-bait and load it down with revenue-generating garbage. He was the George Plimpton of the new millennium.
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Post by brophy on Apr 23, 2024 7:20:50 GMT -6
i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that their roster isn't filled with jewish athletes, so..... Aren't NCAA athletic programs completely silo'd socially from 'regular' people, anyway?
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Post by brophy on Apr 22, 2024 11:27:34 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Apr 22, 2024 8:16:23 GMT -6
How would AI know the only reason my jet sweep worked was because the other team's DE lost his shoe? it does NOW!
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Post by brophy on Apr 22, 2024 5:48:32 GMT -6
Where it occurs to me to use it is in generating college recruiting letters. It's been a long while since I was in that world, I don't remember any coaches I knew that enjoyed coming up with those letters though. I think someone that knew what they were doing could generate endless highly personalized letters using Chat GPT. It's a different level of form letter. Yes- but do you think college letters carry any weight in 2023? it would be in the form of texts, social media engagement (liking or commenting a players post) and even ChatGPT phone calls to them
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Post by brophy on Apr 22, 2024 5:32:30 GMT -6
"Chat GPT and coaching"is this what they call what Deion Sanders is doing in Colorado? Where do we see AI technology for the sport? There are two factors in answering that question. 1. Our understanding what AI actually IS and where it is presently at. I believe the majority of us think "AI" is just formula-driven 'answers' derived from an algorithm, providing an educated guess. Feed the computer enough answers and it will probably give you the right answer. That may have been true 25 years ago, it is not where AI is today. AI has gone beyond this predictive programming, beyond reactive, beyond responsive and into " Minority Report" oracle territory. It knows things that our human brain cannot conceive. Medical AI ten years ago was able to predict the day and time you're having a stroke next week. It developed a way to figure who and what you are just from your x-rays, something no physician can do. 2. The last part is us, our brain, fathoming WHAT it is capable of today and what that means in the future. If the technology exists today to outsmart and out-execute human behavior, what should that mean for the sport? Probably nothing....because it all comes down to motivating flesh & blood to perform, not North Dallas Forty cogs in a machine. Play-calling (which is really just out-smarting the opponent's call) is only a fraction of what makes a play successful. The real question is can AI " coach"? Can it instruct a human? probably. Can it motivate a human? I imagine it could. Can it develop an athlete? i bet so. Now you're getting into Blade Runner territory, I suppose, but I would think the cost would be too great to dump those kind of resources into "just a sport". Of course, if you tossed around millions like the top NCAA programs or NFL does, why wouldn't you sink a one-time fee for a 'coach' that can last decades and not want a pay raise or fight the front office?
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Post by brophy on Apr 15, 2024 22:50:20 GMT -6
Coaching stuff can be re-imagined to hit lots of buzzwords you made practice plans for to install Cover 2? Congratulations you're an Agile Scrum Master,nowGame planned with assistants on a Sunday over beers? Why didn't you say you were a Project Manager?Watched game film on HUDL? i wasn't aware you were so proficient in tcp, html and xml protocolsYou made video presentation/handouts to teach your players? way to go as the developer of User Experience
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Post by brophy on Apr 15, 2024 11:57:08 GMT -6
not sure how much you teachers know about REALITY, but it goes like this.... RESUME - gets applicant to HR HR - gets the candidate to Job (Management) MANAGEMENT - sets the interview based on your experience / capability for the job INTERVIEW - shows how you 'fit' with the team you'll be joining HR - does the background check
Your resume just needs to be bait, filled with industry buzz words that generates hits. Thats it. Unless you're going to work for a mom & pop shop, this stuff is so silo'd, you're lucky if one hand knows what the other is doing and "HR" can be outsourced to one or two different companies, not affiliated with where you'll be hired.
Coaching duties & skills won't matter, regardless of what you did, unless its the ONLY experience you have for what you're applying for.
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Post by brophy on Feb 28, 2024 7:25:34 GMT -6
Addiction...playing was the gateway drug. The reasons we get INTO coaching aren't always the reasons we STAY in coaching. Wanting to share and teach the skill of the game turned into an unceasing itch to scratch of putting the pieces together to always be right when the balls snapped. Its impossible to quit the compulsion of film breakdown, grading, analytics, call sheets, scripts, assessing the d&d, formation, then outcome from the snap (and already moving to the next down outcome before the play is over)
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Post by brophy on Feb 28, 2024 4:41:18 GMT -6
Just listened to all of it. Enjoyed it!! how can one listen on other than apple device? i have zero apple products click the PLAY at the bottom of the logo
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Post by brophy on Feb 22, 2024 8:16:36 GMT -6
One other thing, that I'm sure is lost in this age of technology, but I remember when you actually went to visit program's or invite other staffs to come to your program for a weekend and CLINIC your entire staff on how to run XYZ. Is that not exactly what "the system" is?
Is it a sham to have Bob Reade or Vic Boblett come to your staff and go over all the successful nuances of running a wing-t program?
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Post by brophy on Feb 22, 2024 7:53:19 GMT -6
I'm a volunteer, I coach DL. I bought JDFB your program isn't running JDFB, thought right? No one else on staff has seen the JDFB stuff you've purchased? Another aside for "the system" is if I were a basketball assistant (and I know NOTHING about basketball) and my head coach got the staff together to digest "Lebron James Basketball System 2019" to take me from soup to nuts about how to coach basketball, I could see being a little inspired to mature and be a better coach if the teaching has Meadowlark Lemon breaking down the importance of inside leverage in the post when setting a triangle pick on fast break going into half. The pace / expectation has been illustrated for me as a coach and I would be compelled to match it (" Oh THAT's what a coach does....I guess me eating nachos during the game with a whistle around my neck wont cut it anymore"). THAT is what a system should offer (make the staff better all the way around).
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Post by brophy on Feb 16, 2024 10:25:12 GMT -6
the last 18 years I've been on the site that.....that CANT be right that said, any coach wanna trade some 1998 Nebraska WR drills VHS film via media mail? I'll be on the Huey whiteboard on Tuesday night
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Post by brophy on Feb 16, 2024 10:18:26 GMT -6
i'm walking out if a presenter ends every sentence with a call for affirmation "K?" "aight?" "yeah?" Coaches are brutal with these tics Oh, and be sure to take out the 1/4 lb of dip in your mouth before you start your lecture
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Post by brophy on Feb 14, 2024 10:30:03 GMT -6
I'm calling BS on these excuses Yes, emotions run high and its to be expected, but you cross a very serious line when you assault another man. Kelce did more than just yell or say a naughty word. It doesn't matter if someone is "okay with getting physically disrespected"
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Post by brophy on Feb 14, 2024 8:51:51 GMT -6
ahaha..... I'm gonna lose spatial awareness all over your face! There are two dynamics with this incident: 1 - players demonstratively usurping leadership. Players doing more than "disagreeing" with coaches, but losing control and lashing out. I've seen this more than enough at the HS level. Obviously, there's really nothing you can do at the moment and only re-educate, reset expectations for that kid later after they've cooled off. During games, you can send them to the locker room if they can't be redirected. There's all types of knuckleheads out there, so I suppose just focusing on STARTERS that act out like this is worth discussing. 2 - player power vs coaching authority. This may have a parallel in the classroom than the playing field, because in the classroom you can't pick and choose the participants you're dealing with. Kids KNOW they have all the leverage and there's nothing you can do about it, which means they're more inclined to engage in power thrusts. In the NFL/NCAA playing field, when you're a star player YOU what matters, not the coaches. When they know this, it takes a special maturity to continue to work amicably is the coach/coach relationship different than player/coach (I think so)? Who hasn't been MF'ed to death and fired four times during a game?
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Post by brophy on Feb 1, 2024 10:00:04 GMT -6
the whole team is bad, that indicates pretty obviously that they aren't well coached. one position group is bad, you know what the deal is there. for me, its really glaring on defense. I can tell what I'm in for just on one play by watching their linebackers. They are technically going to be the best 'football players' on the field for that team and indicate what kind of investment they have in the run / pass game. I've seen poorly coached defenses where the line plays high, linebackers are running all over and not tackling and the DBs just lazily playing back court 'watch the play on the field' and STILL stop opponents. By all rights, that team would say they're playing good defense, but if you graded each position they'd be getting an F- Your (coach) name is on the product on the field. If you can't hang your hat on the execution, you should regroup and get help. This can be difficult to hear when you find yourself on the positive side of athletic slop.
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Post by brophy on Jan 30, 2024 13:31:08 GMT -6
how do YOU? How do you evaluate any football? FUNDAMENTALSYou can grade ANY football team whether you know what scheme they run or not. stance,start,steps,effort,hustle,leverage,tackling/blocking Consistency is the major tell - are they EXECUTING (not performing) fundamentals every down or are they misfiring routinely?
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Post by brophy on Jan 29, 2024 8:07:21 GMT -6
12 years, six programs, 2 different states.... 7 DI kids, 2 NFL kids (should have been 4). Interesting that there was nothing whatsoever I did at any point to contribute to their ascension (even being with them throughout their program career). Even more, there didn't appear to be any difference in THEIR contribution in practice or games that would've changed the outcome of their future (IMO). Those kids were destined for higher competitive environments as if Zeus, himself, had touched them in the womb.
I've never had as much fun, never coached harder, never had more rewarding (outside the scoreboard) season than when I didn't have one on the roster, if that makes sense. Enjoyed a ton of success on the field WITH rosters full of DNA jackpots, but what we did on staff was hardly anything worthy of being called, "coaching".
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Post by brophy on Jan 29, 2024 6:51:09 GMT -6
We're all an interested party to the landscape of college football, so anyone's perspective in our community is welcome. This article is a lengthy read and covers many initiatives in the works to address the "new NCAA" (even to the point of recognizing its irrelevance as a governing body), how it hopes to police the lawless era its brought about and how all of this is supposed to look like when the dust settles. sports.yahoo.com/with-college-sports-at-a-critical-juncture-is-project-di-the-answer-everything-is-on-the-table-161809460.htmlsome snippets Outside this article, the NIL, while necessary from a labor perspective, has multiplied the very thing steadily corrupting this sport at a breakneck pace (chasing the financial reward) to a breaking point. There is no longer an argument against admonishing greedy, consumerist parents from thinking of kids sports as meal ticket lotteries. If you get on a DI roster, you're going to get PAID (who cares if you perform or have any other life ambition).
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Post by brophy on Jan 25, 2024 9:54:39 GMT -6
Is the coach that ran the blog "Football is Life" still on here? His stuff was awesome. I learned a lot from reading his blog. If he is, and he still has that material, I'd love to read over all of it again. it's been a hot minute since I saw anything from deuce didn't he spell it 'duece'? in any event he deleted the blog and his account on this site clearly, he won the lottery and is living the good life
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Post by brophy on Jan 25, 2024 9:47:15 GMT -6
The "Tony Franklin System" is probably a misnomer at this point. It was applicable in 2004, maybe, but since then its more of "Tao of Tony", which is to say in the most flattering of ways a complete and total enlightenment to football. I say this, because its always been about finding what works for the team you have this season. There is a foundation of concepts, but where you end up when the season starts all depends on what your team gravitates toward. It could be 5 wide, it could be 3 back.....clients have spawned a different types of flavor variations but it all seamlessly connected. The TFS is a way of operating (tao) more than it is a playbook.
The "plays" comprise 5% of what the TFS purchase is. If you're not taking part in the weekly calls, have your entire staff speaking the same language and on the same page Day 1 of camp, be fully indoctrinated in how to conduct practice segments, break down opponents, game day communication, etc.... i'm not sure WHAT you're reviewing as "TFS".
Its more than "here's how to run Stick". Its the coaching minutiae involved, the development off it, the complimentary RPO, screens and runs from it, the mountains of game film available to you on it.....
The one thing Tony can be credited for is seeing the pitfalls of a 'system' (no different than your iPhone, or Whirlpool Refridgerator) is consolidating the product with operationalized language. Everyone's iPhone experience is exactly the same because it makes troubleshooting them (customer support) extremely simple. You don't diverge much from "the path" it makes it so much easier for any other client to help you out because you speak the same language.
I recall after 2013, he had branched off into teaching special teams and defense, too. Now that he's fully retired from coaching, his CURRENT campaign is to develop career coaches, promising interviews with DI or NFL teams (for the cost of the total system).
If you spend whatever TFS goes for today just for a playbook, you only have to blame yourself for being 'duped'. If you don't need a comprehensive system of HOW TO BE A FOOTBALL COACH, then I'd say you're pretty lucky and have a great staff. If you are running a program and don't have the time,energy,resources to drag the donkeys your district hired as "assistant coaches" to become actual COACHES, then this is a pretty sound investment. It gets your staff of 30 year vets, first year volunteers, on-staff basketball coaches in it for the stipend all up to speed, on the same page, in one weekend. Whats THAT worth to you?
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Post by brophy on Jan 23, 2024 10:39:09 GMT -6
an even better football coaching story is the 2nd guy on the left was a class ahead of me in high school. I knew him well, sweet great guy. He went on to start at Indiana. Didn't stop me from getting steamrolled all afternoon by him and his buddies Anyway, I later paid him back while coaching HS at our alma mater some 13 years later. We had a lawn chair in the coach's office that had been beat to hell, thrown in a rage during halftimes and had one too many fat guys sitting in it. The thing was trashed. I decided to string it together with the least amount of athletic tape and string. When my friend Ghaton (some 350 at the time) visited us on game night all the seats were taken......but this one. The chair disintegrated the instant he sat down and the entire room lost it. so be warned
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Post by brophy on Jan 23, 2024 10:24:05 GMT -6
Ah, I see.... i think I can help with the whole "Kens Sucks Because He's an Option Guy" thing
Y'see....I had read the headline and was interested in the DETAILS of such a renowned flexbone practitioner moving to a larger market FBS DI program. I assumed it might be a possibility to assume he would bring the flexbone with him, since he has a history being so proficient and steeped in it. I imagined my curiosity would be very similar to the mindset of most coaches here. To my surprise, there was some excellent journalism taking place in that article because it addressed that very thing, quite early in the article. I found that to be a very crucial DETAIL most would also want to know. That being the case, I included the salient quote as my reply, which would strike coaching die-hards as a downer, bummer, or 'buzz kill' as the kids these days say. Instead of writing a lengthy reply stating my let down, I opted to provide a harmless tongue-in-cheek quip using an antiquated "meme", though it still checks out, I'm assured, that conveys an overall ridiculous level of group displeasure or overstated disappointment. This came in the way of a animated image that read, "Boo, this man", which one could rightly assume was directly directly at Kenneth Va'a Niumatalolo, the new head coach at San Jose State. There was no personal malice intended for coach. The meme in question draws its significance from a feature film that was released in the 1990s, offered here for review and context For the record, I don't believe I know better than Ken Niumatalolo. I have no opinion on the efficacy or superiority of option-based offenses. I am most emphatically just an ahole with an Internet connection.
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Post by brophy on Jan 22, 2024 7:33:57 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Jan 22, 2024 3:18:49 GMT -6
what the game was like for them while they still played the game. I'm not sure what "the game" means in today's world, but whenever I reminisce of what "the game" was for me two real things stand out. 1. Off-Season Conditioning 2. "BEING" a Football player Conditioning and Partying...thats what I remember most. The games were a blur. For the most part, you could've bashed my head with a golf club for 60 minutes and I would have the same recollection of what happened during the game.
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Post by brophy on Jan 21, 2024 17:50:53 GMT -6
lotta mileage out of this innocuous news update HUEY BOARD COACHING STAFF meetings would be stuff of legends COACH HUEY: "Aight guys, lets go over opponents two minute game...." Coach X: "I remember one time, back in '88....or maybe it was '78, anyhoos.....it was snowing in the semi-finals and we were trailing 4 with 6 minutes to go. I said to my Oline coach Johnny Pepper......or was it Jimmy Chili, cant remember....but I wanted to get one of those hot dogs from the concession stands and bet him we could probably get one in under 2 minutes and then..." Coach Y: "look, its clear their go-to is #87. They like him on a out & up or a sideline bench from a semi-roll...." Coach B: "thats what they want you to think. It would be stupid to forget about the run game here. They should have a midline triple option package just for these situations. I've seen it before. Anyone who doesn't believe me, sucks [censored] by choice" Coach 99: "you would say that...you're always sucking [censored]" Coach PDQ: [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] (throws chair)
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Post by brophy on Jan 21, 2024 9:53:00 GMT -6
its an internet meme....not booing Coach Ken
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Post by brophy on Jan 21, 2024 9:39:03 GMT -6
speaking for the collective on that reply i think we all saw Niumatalolo and instantly thought.....so before we went down that road, adding that critical peice of the story was necessary
Its great news for the ascension of a well-deserving coach that has earned every bit of it Its also a great testament to the effectiveness of that offense for the service academies
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Post by brophy on Jan 21, 2024 8:59:25 GMT -6
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