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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 24, 2015 7:59:19 GMT -6
GOtta go classic, "Those who stay will be champions" the year after they threw this one up we went 3-7. ha!
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 24, 2015 7:41:18 GMT -6
just throw the ball and everybody will ooooohhhh and ahhhhh between breaks in their conversations.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 14, 2015 18:04:31 GMT -6
I played football with rapper bubba sparxxs or however he spells it. Haha
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 14, 2015 11:08:02 GMT -6
Sent it to our HC and AD, gonna forward it around to others, too. I did the same to our admin, fellow coaches in the county and trainers. I got a email back from an admin saying the study was flawed and be cautious of sharing inaccurate info. I replied in the most professional way possible and said my piece in terms of trying to bring light to the other side of the concussion saga. To make a long story short, I received an apology from said admin face to face. Since when are principals better judges of study design than the mayo clinic?
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 13, 2015 14:03:36 GMT -6
1. OC-7500. Strength Coach-1000 2. Our school system has now made this illegal. 3. Part of #1 4. No
I can tell you that here in GA there are places that make a ton more than me but after seeing what some of yall put, I will not complain again.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 12, 2015 7:15:25 GMT -6
When we do a Thrs morning walk thru it's a full team activity, of course we are at about 40 kids 9-12 so we need every swinging d**k we can get to do anything in practice. JV's play Sat or Mon so no big deal for them plus they are the back ups. Also our school district is about 2 miles square if not smaller so it's not a huge issue for kids to get there. Think went 6-7:30. All coaches were there of course some had to leave for work and what not as we do not have anyone working in the school. I don't get why all the coaches wouldn't be there, do they not show up if it's an afternoon walk thru? Thats just what they do. Our JV games are usually on Thursday afternoons so those coaches would miss a good many of the walk throughs anyway. Plus they then have to work extended hours that afternoon for JV or 9th grade games. Its more of a courtesy to them I guess more than anything.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 12, 2015 6:48:43 GMT -6
I am moving to a school that does this. Only coordinators and head coach come in. Everybody else is off. From what I understand, all players come in.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 11, 2015 13:50:20 GMT -6
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 10, 2015 8:38:07 GMT -6
the problem occurs though when all the teams you are playing pretty much are. You have to do what;s best for your team. If you want to platoon maybe yiu need to identify guys who can help you on the other side of the ball and find ways for that to happen. If JJ Watt and Mike Vrabel can play some TE what's stopping a HS program for using a kid there for 10 plays or so a game? and thats what I did when I had 3.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 10, 2015 6:26:59 GMT -6
The problems with te's is they are usually all playing defense. I had 3 two years ago that could play and we rolled them in and almost stayed in two tight. Last year I only had one and he couldn't play. And this is why we don't platoon. the problem occurs though when all the teams you are playing pretty much are.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 9, 2015 16:52:35 GMT -6
I think the use of more tight ends period be it one, two, or even three. Seems to me that when things "come back around" it is after teams have gone away for one reason or another only to find out that their defensive counterparts are either having trouble defending or don't like defending certain things (double tight, TE away from trips, etc.). The problems with te's is they are usually all playing defense. I had 3 two years ago that could play and we rolled them in and almost stayed in two tight. Last year I only had one and he couldn't play.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 6, 2015 19:40:43 GMT -6
I don't think young kids hit near hard enough for that to be an issue.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 2, 2015 13:25:30 GMT -6
Talk football as much as you can with the older coaches. Between classes, after school, etc.
Learn about all kinds of offenses and defenses.
You may know all about WR and DB play but until you at least have a clue about Oline play, you are a long way off. Blocking schemes and adjustments is where the meat is. Ive known many coaches who didnt fully understand offensive line play and it puts you at a disadvantage.
Dont be afraid to ask questions you might think are stupid. Its the only way you learn. There were a ton of things I didnt know anything about and I was a coach's son.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 30, 2015 8:43:11 GMT -6
I heard McNally once as well and hence the "dont sit on the front row or aisle" suggestion. He was awesome too.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 30, 2015 7:44:49 GMT -6
Our QB last year had 3 games where he passed the ball for over 30 times and threw for over 240 yds in each game.. We lost all three of them.. Our RB had five games where he rushed for over 100 yds and we won 4 out of 5 of them. The game we lost in the playoffs he had 125 yds rushing and as a team we had almost 185... The other team was HUGE, physical and wore us out. Ran the ball down our throats and we did not have an answer. They had over 300 yds rushing... They won. We went 3-7 this year with the toughest schedule in the state according the MaxPreps. We avg 28 points and 350 a game but the 3 wins we had we barely threw the ball and ran like crazy. In fact, we started 2-0 and had only attempted 3 passes. One of those two made the playoffs and the other went 6-4. The rest of the season we threw for over 1000 yards and went 1-7. The biggest thing since I became OC is fumbles. Interceptions really dont factor in because when we throw an interception its usually like a punt. Fumbles killed us. When we didn't fumble, we rolled.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 29, 2015 19:19:32 GMT -6
If you go to any nfl oline guys be ready to sweat if you sit on the front row or on the aisle.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 22, 2015 12:04:33 GMT -6
I am
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 15, 2015 6:55:57 GMT -6
Defense without a doubt. If the offense tears up the defense in the first week then the defense is going to have problems.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 15, 2015 6:54:46 GMT -6
If there is something funny at practice I laugh. If there is something to get mad about I get mad. I just be me all the time. i like to have fun but I also am OCD about things being done the right way. They can definitely go together.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 6, 2015 11:55:11 GMT -6
How many have had this awkward exchange?
Wife: What are you doing in there? Me: I'm on Coach Huey.
Let it sink in. I'll be here all week.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 4, 2015 12:56:08 GMT -6
"This was another commonality among responses. Most of the teachers I asked said having their occupational fate tied to students’ scores on high-stakes tests was too volatile and not an accurate proxy of teacher effectiveness."Ha! Clearly none of the teachers saying this have dealt with scoreboards and win-loss records that maybe didn't fully reflect the quality of the work they were doing. We coaches deal with this all the time and in far more public ways. Yes but you get a say in who takes the test so to speak. Imagine having to play the kid who missed a month of practice. We have testing we have to do for our weight training class and the kid who faked an injury for most of the semester counted just the same as the kid who worked his tail off everyday. Now if we could pick the 11 we wanted to test and only count those then we might have something.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 4, 2015 12:51:59 GMT -6
The constant bomb threats nearly drove me out of teaching a few years back. (after Columbine) It was a daily thing, evacuations and searches almost every day. standing outside in the hot sun or freezing rain while building was searched, trying to enforce silly rules on the kids, no bathroom, no water, kids wanting to talk, not allowed...silence, just waiting for hours and trying to enforce that. Felt like a security guard instead of a teacher. I love teaching too much to ever walk away though. Common core and what appears to be "education jihad" is quite puzzling. I taught in a trailer. The nitwit who put together our fire drill plan insisted that we leave the trailer, walk TOWARD the building, then up the sidewalk next to the presumably flaming holocaust. I work in the field house 300 yards from the school. When there is a fire drill we have to leave the field house and stand on the practice field. We are already in the safest place. Both buildings operate on different fire alarm systems.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 4, 2015 6:50:14 GMT -6
You are correct. I was pretty much done at the second ultrasound I can't imagine man. I have one two year old and fight to keep my head above water. Does your wife work? No she stays home which is also a reason for no hobbies. Anything I do extra means she works more hours.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 3, 2015 18:12:32 GMT -6
Or C) have two sets of twins ages 6 and 4. Yes, but that's something that is independent of being a football coach. I stated "if you can't have a hobby BECAUSE you coach high school football." I assume you don't have time for a hobby because of your family responsibilities, not because of your job. I'm not sure it would be any different if you were a computer programmer or an auto mechanic. You are correct. I was pretty much done at the second ultrasound
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 3, 2015 14:52:20 GMT -6
If you can't have a hobby because you coach high school football then you: A) blow at time management and aren't very efficient B) do way too much stuff in the offseason (seriously, what do you do that's so time consuming from December-August?) Hell, head college coaches find time to get away for a round of golf a few times a month in the summer. Or C) have two sets of twins ages 6 and 4.
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Post by coachfloyd on Dec 29, 2014 7:53:34 GMT -6
-Sell the golf clubs, fishing boat, poker chips, or what ever hobby that normal people have; your hobby is football. Football/family=2 is company; football/family/hobby= 3 is a crowd. -Define what is work/football and what is home/family life. And don't mix the 2. There is nothing wrong with including the 2 if they go well together, but don't expect the family to want to sit all day in in the equipment room and sort jock straps. If the wife/kids want to come to a game/scrimmage/7-7/etc.... then that is okay; don't expect the wife/kids to have the same excitement about those activities as you do, or see them as important as you do. Include them when it's something that they want to do, not something you have to do. -Halloween, birthdays, and important family events in the fall will naturally take a back seat to work since often since practice and games days will conflict with them. However, going to pick apples, going to the pumpkin patch, taking a drive to see the leaves turn can happen on those few off days that occur on during the season. Be excited about doing these things even if you had a 3 hour road trip the night before and you lost the biggest game of the year. The 4 year old doesn't care, he/she just wants to spend that time with daddy. -Go to church with the family, or what ever 'normal' activity you do on a weekly basis. Make it a habit. It might be dropping the kids off at school (you can learn a lot if you interact in this time), picking the kids up from scouts, dance lesson, or from little league practice; go and get ice cream on the way home and make a big deal out of the few minutes you have together. While taking the kids to school, stop and get a biscuit and talk for a few minutes. -Find a an off switch. When you leave the field house, be sure to do something that will signal to yourself that football is over. Call the wife and say you are on the way home, change out of your coaching gear, just something that will flip that switch in your mind it's family time. -Hudl works 24 hours a day. You can come home, gets the kids in the bath tub, go out in the yard and play Jedi light saber attack, help with homework, ask about the wife's day/work; and then go break down film when they are in bed. -Send the wife flowers for no reason. Or bring home take out food. Maybe show up with a movie. She just wants to know that you are thinking about her and not football every once in a while. Make an effort to have a date night with her in season. It doesn't have to be fancy, just some time together. -Let technology/social media be your friend. Send a text/email to communicate to them that you are thinking about them every chance you get. And please don't let it be the score of the game; ask how the day went/try outs went/how the dog is doing/etc..... something beside football. Coaching is like any profession that is time intensive. You have to make the effort to show that they are as important in your life as anything else that is going on. I haven't gone to see my alma mater play a game in 5 years, and that was an out of the blue chance that came up out of nowhere. It's not that I don't like doing that kind of stuff, it is secondary to making sure that my family comes first. If I go fishing, camping, to see a game, play golf, go shooting, etc... it is either because I am getting chance to do it with my family or because I have already done something with them that allows me to get some time away. It really isn't that hard. You just have to define your priorities. This could have saved a ton of marriages! I especially like the idea that this is your hobby. You don't get to do other things. I don't spend the night at coaching clinics. I don't play golf. I don't go fishing. I don't get to lift weights near as much as I used to. I am amazed to hear coaches talk about playing video games or other such things. When do you have time to do those things if you have a family and want to be a good coach? A few things I do... i take my sons with me anytime I go scout. My dad did the same with me. i take my family to church every Sunday. Last year our hc asked if we wanted to come in early one Sunday meeting. I politely told I'm I wouldn't be there until one because I feel like it's a husband and fathers responsibility to take his family to church. i call my wife at lunch every day and text her often. when I get home every night I put my phone on silent and turn it face down. This is huge. to save time at home I watch practice during the fart around time in the office after practice. i constantly remind myself that I only get one shot with my sons and daughters and then they are gone. the absolute best thing after a loss is to see your kids running to you on the sideline. That's better than winning. i am of the belief that first and foremost God put us here to be good husbands and fathers before anything. I constantly have to remind myself of that when I am immersed in football on a regular basis.
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Post by coachfloyd on Dec 22, 2014 17:54:00 GMT -6
My dad. Knew more football than most people I met and could call a great game. Died my second year coaching. He would have also come in handy the last two years when I needed a qb coach. Ha
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Post by coachfloyd on Dec 12, 2014 14:48:17 GMT -6
something we used to do was every week when we put out the clean practice clothes, we would hide a kid in the pile to jump out and scare somebody. those were great days.
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Post by coachfloyd on Dec 12, 2014 11:20:38 GMT -6
I really do not think a coach's using too much humor is the reason they would not have a winning record. All I know as an Oline coach in High School you have to have some humor mixed in or it gets pretty monotonous. The OLine's job is hard physically and mental and I feel those kids appreciate keeping it a little loose . ALL Oline coaches are that way. At least in my experience. Our Oline coach played at a big time school, played on sundays. He is a big dude (6'5" 315 and he's like 55 years old) and I fuq with him non-stop. He has zero sense of humor on game day, very very little at practice. In the coaches office he's a little more normal but he's such a big dude no one really messes with him. In one of our games we were up big in the 4th and we were so dialed in defensively the game was really over in the 2nd quarter, I knew the game was over so I started coaching Oline. Which basically meant I shadowed him on the sideline and yelled "sustain" a lot. (that's pretty much the extent of my knowledge with regards to what our Oline is suppose to do). But he was so tightly wound he didn't even realize I was doing it and I was literally 2 yards from him and pacing the sideline right behind him. I thought it was funny, our defensive staff thought it was funny...he was completely oblivious which made it even more funny. I bet if you shoved a lump a coal up his @$$ he would chit diamonds post game. One saturday the offense is game planning and they are arguing about something and I stepped in and said "Jesus H...how hard is it? Have our fat kids block their fat kids, give the ball to our fast kids and make sure the wideouts don't jump off sides." Our Oline coach did not find that funny at all. "you know what DC, it's a little F'ing harder than just go block those guys..." I was dying. LOL. Phuking with our Oline coach is one of my favorite hobbies. He likes it too, he's so big and comes off like such a hard@$$ I don't think any one has ever really messed with him. After a big win we all shake hands, tell each other good job...well we played great defense that night and held things down until our offense got things going so after the game I go to shake his hand and he snatches me up because he's happy...Jesus H...that sumbich is a big strong phuker, if he gets pi$$ed off at me I may be in trouble. if me and you worked together we might not get anything done. I like to have fun like that too. I worked with a guy once that would say "That s--t aint gonna work" every time he walked in the room when you were talking football. It was hilarious.
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Post by coachfloyd on Dec 12, 2014 8:23:49 GMT -6
and i dont think laughing is the reason someone isnt successful.
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