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Post by groundchuck on Jan 11, 2024 13:08:08 GMT -6
1. No nonsense approach to grinding for the satisfaction of perfection. So many before him would sugar coat the success pyramid. He has always presented the cost required to achieve any greatness. 2. The MSU/LSU playbooks as a comprehensive program syllabus. He lays everything out from the calendar, expectations, glossary,defense & scenario checks....its exhaustive because he intentionally defines what success is, rather than leaving it open to interpretation. 3. Communication. Understand the glossary terms and you're able to unlock the entire playbook. That streamlined method to use terms that capture very specific meanings is th le glue to holding his player developlemt together. All of the above and more. I remember being a Cover 3 coach until I hired a DC who understood Rip/Liz and ho-lee-balls did it change how I schemed on defense. From there it was Quarters and zone match, then man match and so on down the rabbit hole. Jimmy/Pony stunt....it goes on and on. The trickle down influence he has had on the game can't be measured.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 11, 2024 13:04:41 GMT -6
Saban played in the same conference same time I did (he at Kent State, me at Western Michigan). He played for probably one of the most underrated great CFB coaches ever in Don James (latter won a NC at Washington in 1991). Kent State hasn't won the MAC since James was there. Probably not a coincidence. Saban was an assistant at Syracuse when the guy who was best man at my wedding was OL coach there. Met him when he was HC at Michigan State. I won't say I "knew him" but have followed his career and his coaching as a result of above. Trivia: Who did Saban replace as DB-Secondary coach at Ohio State in 1980 under Earle Bruce? Pete Carroll. I am old enought to remember Don James at Washington and he was certainly underrated.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 11, 2024 8:31:19 GMT -6
I can't think of another coach who influenced coverage and DB play more than Coach Saban. Not to mention the unoffical "rehabbing" of coaches.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 10, 2024 13:01:06 GMT -6
Will there be an option to get the videos?
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 10, 2024 12:58:15 GMT -6
Our MS and HS are in the same building. They all workout together. There are no rules in Minnesota about that. Shoot 7th graders are eligible for varsity sports here.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 8, 2024 5:48:02 GMT -6
How many of us are willing to have the conversation with a parent about playing time? I have changed a little. I will have the talk, but it has to be respectful. I guess for me it's a chance to control the narrative. We are all on the same team here, and if little Johnny was failing history one way or the other we need to communicate with parents. If it turns sour the discussion is over.
Other people's kids are still off-limits. I am happy to talk strategy in the right context. I have only really had one parent in 25 years of coaching actually want to talk ball about why we do things the way we do.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 2, 2024 9:26:14 GMT -6
The genie is out and unless the NCAA wants to grab the genie but the nutz and force it back in we are not going back. I have handled a lot of D1 recruiting of HS players. When coaches visit they will take time to talk and I have never heard one coach say they like the portal or NIL. Most that I have talked to are not against players getting compensated in some manner or players being allowed to teransfer. The best idea I heard came from a D1 coach who had coached at all levels working his way up. He said pay them $30,000/year and they cannot touch the money until they graduate. All players no matter who they are. When they come out of school they have $120K+ to start their life with. His comment was giving a million dollars to an 18 year old is a recipe for disaster. If they transfer that money stays with thenm.
He thought as far as eligibility goes: If your at school A and the HC leaves you can transfer. You get one transfer FBS to FBS. He said the NCAA needs to regulate who can transfer when because it's like every player is a potential free agent every season. Like you have to be in school for two years then you can move on (unless some other criteria is met). Something to make it so there is a cycle to it.
Not bad ideas. The genie is out, but I think even in Alladin the genie had certain rules he had to play by.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 2, 2024 5:42:59 GMT -6
Whether it is CU or somewhere else, I cannot imagine coaching a roster that can totally flip every year. IF I was an FBS assistant or HC and I had made my money I would seriously consider quitting, moving "down" to a FCS level job or even D2 or D3 jsut to get away from it all. Call me old fashioned but a lot of what is going on is ridiculous.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 21, 2023 14:02:46 GMT -6
Real game? Depends. If the PR1 is a proven player and can shake that kind of thing off, then absolutely he goes back out there. If he has had some issues during the season or the week leading up the to the game and I have a PR2 then I probably make the switch.
Just like I would not pull a DB just because he got burned once.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 19, 2023 12:47:14 GMT -6
In Minnesota we don't have an athletics period. At least at schools I have coached and taught at. But at lifting we did the ugly Christmas sweater contest. The lifting squad with the most participation got points and they voted for an individual winner. We played upbeat Christmas music like Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis too.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 14, 2023 9:55:04 GMT -6
We figured out that there are 100 sessions from when we lost to when practice starts in August. We are calling this off-season "The Race to 100." Nobody will get 100 sessions. Our goal is to have 70% of the players reach 70 sessions. If we do that we will be way better next year. It is not hard to do this. If you are in a sport get in twice a week. If you are in the off-season, see you three times a week. We open the weight room before and after school and during the summer we run a couple sessions.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 13, 2023 14:03:09 GMT -6
I used to hand them the O playe and formations and said do this. I did have an assistant who dicked around and did his own thing and after a few years he decided to quit. WHich is funny because then we started enjoying our most success.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 12, 2023 4:47:31 GMT -6
No "0" yet. Returning guys get to keep the same number if they want it. Then newcomers and freshmen.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 7, 2023 8:04:26 GMT -6
That the art and science of coaching right? EVery team is different and it is our job to try to figure that out hopefully sooner than later.
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Post by groundchuck on Dec 4, 2023 8:57:17 GMT -6
It's been a grind. We are playing a team on a 34 game winning streak. 2 time defending state champ. Excited for my little OL to take on their STUDS. Good luck. I have been part of some long seasons and they are a grind. Thankfully we won it one year and my first feeling was relief. Relief we won it and relief that it was over. Literally felt myself exhale. Then joy for the kids and me the other coaches.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 30, 2023 13:40:39 GMT -6
Depends. Ninety-nine percent of the time I would go to the position coach, tell him, let him tell the players. I can escalate from there.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 27, 2023 20:06:42 GMT -6
Stewartville (MN) ran away with the class 3A title here on Saturday and they are a FTC program.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 27, 2023 12:07:51 GMT -6
It all depends where you live and what you have access to. Where I live, if I could only attend two clinics I would attend Glazier and a clinic one of the local D3 colleges puts on yearly. Other than that I would visit with other high school and/or college coaches. The latter can be accomplished very easily and you don't all have to go to the same place at the same time.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 22, 2023 6:02:20 GMT -6
During the regular season we saw a lot of TE/Wing formations. With that we saw Wing-T, Gun Wing-T,and 11P under center with zone blocking as thier base run game. Those were the number one formation we had to defend which was different than years past.
In the playoffs we lost to a Power T program and that is the trend right now in Minnesota. In the semi-finals across all six classes there were six teams running the Power T. Another one bases out of 32P with the Bone or Power I.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 6, 2023 13:52:40 GMT -6
We had to travel three hours once. We won. Had we lost that would have felt like a 6-hour ride.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 3, 2023 8:07:09 GMT -6
Sounds just like the last school we were at and also the district I work in as well. First off just cause a kid has an IEP doesnt mean they are unable to get it. I am sure we all know the range an IEP covers so just like in the classroom you have to find those adaptations that fit the kid. We always would draw plays up, use video, wlak it, and run it as ways to teach a play so you are teaching it across many differnet mediums. Find a kid that gets it and make sure they are helping a kid who might need it on the field with assignment or alligment or whatever. Sometimes you have to slow it down some or just make it easier, athletic IQ and intelligence IQ can be vastly differnet for sure. Sometimes they get the football part alot more than any classroom stuff. And as always play to their strengths!! It can be tough when the numbers are that high and you have to remind yourself of that. When the chit show would be begin at times we would just say to each other "27%....27%...." and keep grinding lol Absolutely true. Large range. I teach special education myself which is why he was talking to me. Just like in the classroom they can get it, but it can be a bigger challenge. It doesn't mean they don't want to work with those kids. They are just trying to figure out if they are doing it using best practices or not.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 2, 2023 10:08:02 GMT -6
Pain tolerance. For sure. What are you willing to endure?
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 2, 2023 7:51:24 GMT -6
So a school a friend of mine coaches at a school that has roughly 25% of the high school population on an IEP. He told me that about the same percentage of boys on the football team are on an IEP and mostly it is stuff related to LD (Learning disabled). They are a small school and so there are about 40 boys out for football.
How does one adjust to deal with coaching kids who need it simplified, modified, slowed down, etc. They can learn but it takes more time, they forget more etc. When we talk about the game is moving too fast for that kid, it literally is moving too fast for them. I love and believe in match coverages and things like Steeler and Stubbie. But what if kids simply cannot learn it? What if on the O-Line they just can't be taught we are NOT blocking this guy because we are reading him in the option game. Do they need to have it distilled down to the idea that hey just block the guy in front of you every time and let the RB sort out the rest?
Speaking about how to adjust O and D schemes. Practice reps. Film study
Etc etc.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 2, 2023 6:55:49 GMT -6
Weight Room.
Then also working with them to develop a culture and a "why". When you love something you are tough for it. When you are invested and care about something and somebody tries to take that from you, you fight for it.
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Post by groundchuck on Aug 10, 2023 5:06:40 GMT -6
I don't have any advice but I am sure what you are going through sucks. I also teach SPED and you can't exactly do that from a chair. You sound like me in that you would never want to leave a program or your students in a bad situation. We make a career out of putting others ahead of ourselves which is good and noble. That's what we coaches and teachers do. But sometimes we have to put our health (be it physical or mental) ahead of our students. I have had back and neck problems from an accident years ago but nothing as serious as what your condition sounds like. I would explain to your medical provider what your wishes are and how can they help you hold off on surgrey until after the season. Maybe they can get PT involved if not already? Maybe they can give you suggestions for how you can set up your classroom and daily routine to help mitigate the pain. Good luck.
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Post by groundchuck on Aug 4, 2023 5:18:05 GMT -6
That is a cool map thanks for sharing that.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 24, 2023 14:24:18 GMT -6
As far as I can tell the post on Twitter was to tell parents and players in that specific high school program not to go out and buy those items because they are not part of the team uniform. I assume Woodbury HS wants their players to look uniform and feels that mouthguards and backplates are part of that.
This is not a hill I would die on. I have other things I concern myself with.
But, I don't think we should be questioning and calling out a fellow coach online for doing nothing illegal, immoral, or even questionable in his behavior. It undermines his policy with the parents and players. Things we (probably) don't know:
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 24, 2023 5:41:39 GMT -6
1. Don't care. 2. No. Running the ball in HS football is still king.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 20, 2023 4:30:26 GMT -6
With the end of the summer testing.......if it doesn't harm anyone, and the boys and coaches have fun with it, and get hype with it....I am all for it.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 19, 2023 9:01:25 GMT -6
When I was HC we used BFS (actually modified it to be more like Wendler's 5-3-1 without even knowing it) and they "tested" all the time. Any time they improved a 5 rep max for example we (RRP) recorded, ranked, and published it. So in that sense they were always competing. In terms of a true 1RM day we did that at the end of the summer. We also gave them opportunities during the school year and summer to test 40s and shuttle. Dot dril was timed and RRP'd every workout.
I did it for the boys because most of them would improve if they were consistent and worked hard and that was a way to show that to them and others. What Jimmy could bench or clean didn't change what we did on the field. I think there is a huge corellation to being strong and fast in testing and performance on the field but it is not the end all be all.
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