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Post by groundchuck on Jul 12, 2012 18:07:32 GMT -6
Wasn't there some feature in SI about the 1992 Dream Team? About how intense the scrimmages between those guys, particularly Magic and MJ were?
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 9, 2012 3:58:07 GMT -6
Douche move, but why does your field have priority? I'm glad we can just use H-posts and it's compatible. We had the "H" goal post. You would have to have coached at this place to understand. She needed like 10 more yards or something dumb like that.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 4, 2012 18:43:35 GMT -6
At a previous {censored} hole school they moved the goal post on my practice field OFF the field to the side so the nazi PE teacher could have her regulation soccer field for PE. When I said my field had priority he said "why do you guys need to practice kicking when you don't even score touchdowns."
(he's still the AD and last year they rescheduled a BBB and he forgot to tell the head BBB coach).
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 4, 2012 7:49:11 GMT -6
My school doesn't have this rule. Have him contact me ASAP. LOL
Seriously though did they make this rule just to screw him over? Why have this kind of rule?
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 3, 2012 16:07:53 GMT -6
I have a photo from the newspaper of my HC when I was in high school wearing headsets with an antenna that looks long enough to talk to God. In the photo he is delivering some rather strong constructive criticism. How that antenna didn't poke one of us in the face I'll never know.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 3, 2012 13:29:11 GMT -6
We didn't have wireless phones until 2002. Our home field had a box on our sideline so we didn't have to run cables all the way up to the press box. Coaches on the sidelines plugged in. On the road I remember running those spools of wire up the pressbox.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 2, 2012 19:15:29 GMT -6
I don't believe in being different for the sake of being different. But if you know what you're doing it can be to your advantage. We are in a conference that is drifting away from under center power football. We are still in that mode and will remain there.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 2, 2012 7:55:05 GMT -6
40 years later? Also, is he running the same scheme as in 72? That would be awesome. Yeah a lot of it is the same. But he also coached in college and elsewhere and picked up some other stuff along the way.
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 1, 2012 7:48:33 GMT -6
Actually the best....not weird....but best is a coaching jacket that was OLD. I looked in the state title picture from 1972 and sure enough the header was wearing it. It was back when the towns that make up our school were separate. Now this year the head coach from that 1972 title team is back.....as my OC. He's a hall of Famer. Guess what? Forty years later he gets to wear the jacket on the sidelines again. Talk about things going full circle.
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 29, 2012 20:44:18 GMT -6
Just got the head coaching job (last week) Really late in the game but I was going through the equipment room today and found a box full of 16 mm film reels from the 1960's. No idea what to do with these other than toss them. Whats the craziest thing you've found in your equipment room? i will take that film! I would watch that stuff too.
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 9, 2012 17:45:44 GMT -6
Coach that's all good stuff. We do those things. We really try and stress unity and we don't piss on the freshmen. We don't let the seniors piss on them. That was an issue before
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 3, 2012 17:13:43 GMT -6
Steelers, Ravens, Pats.
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 2, 2012 15:04:27 GMT -6
Is the expensive GST necessary? $69 for a ball seems outrageous to me. We used the TDS Composite ball last year but it seems a little slick and kids didn't like them.
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Post by groundchuck on May 28, 2012 18:26:27 GMT -6
Our school fee for athletics is $100 for high school sports. I know we have a family cap too so as to a avoid sending some families into bankruptcy.
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Post by groundchuck on May 26, 2012 22:02:23 GMT -6
I think it's true though. I knew if if I {censored} around at school or didn't work hard at practice and got in trouble my dad was going to support the coaches and teachers. That wasn't my motivation to do well. But I knew better than to complain the time my coach broke his clipboard over my helmet for jumping offsides in practice.
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Post by groundchuck on May 26, 2012 21:57:10 GMT -6
Once a d1 BCS school was recruiting a player when I was an assistant. He referred to the one kid as a "10 play kid". He needed 10 plays to tell he was good enough. He wound up being an All Big 12 WR. Point is if a kid is D1 he jumps off the game video like somebody else said.
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Post by groundchuck on May 26, 2012 19:50:23 GMT -6
The kids we're talking about are most often kids that either by family (most of these come from an overzealous uncle/father) or by sheer fandomhave deluded themselves into thinking they will be the lost gem Terrell Owens that recruiters find when scouting anotherplayer. If rational thought entered their way of thinking this really wouldn't be an issue...but think about reasoning with a 17 year old boy when he finds a girl that...eh...pleases him. Not really thinking well.they're young, they dream big. Heck I wanted to be a rock star at that age, did you want to be a teacher at 17? What I find interesting is that when I've seen this in kids (seen it quite a bit) its on a team that DOES have D1 players, so its not like they don't know about what a D1 specimen physically is. One thing our HC does that I think helps deliver the message is he explains to all the kids how to use HUDL and how to easily tag your own highlights. Kids realize maybe they aren't all that much of a superstar when they can only find 4 plays in a season Actually by age 17 I did want to be a teacher. WTF was wrong with me? LOL I can't say I have kids faking or milking injuries like this. I have some kids who think they're d1 and are not though.
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Post by groundchuck on May 25, 2012 3:42:26 GMT -6
I don't know that stating you want a title hurts credibility if you don't win it. Saying I guarentee it might/would but stating that's a goal doesn't hurt it. I do agree with "5085" that it might be an unattainable goal. I have leaders on the team right now who state that's their goal, yet are not putting in the work to back that goal up. They are not leading others to achieve their stated goal. Winning a state title not only takes talent but I feel an incredible amount of luck must be on your side as well. Injuries, weather, who you run into in the playoffs, all those things you cannot control are factors as well. I coached as an assistant on an undefeated team through the quarters....we lost the game on a fumble on the goal line...from a kid who had not fumbled in three years of varsity runningback.....ball was knocked out by the shoe of a defender as he was being pancaked.....so it does take some luck to win a title. Man am I rambling now My point is we talk about the big goals. Then we talk about the "smaller" goals we have to achieve in order for that big goal to even be on the radar. The things like going 1-0 each week. But even that has steps that have to be accomplished to make it happen. Practice goals, off-season goals etc. Goal setting is such an interesting topic.
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Post by groundchuck on May 24, 2012 20:36:43 GMT -6
We talk more about being 1-0 each week. That allows us to focus on each step. I think it's good for kids talk about a title as a goal. When you're at the foot of the mountain you can lookup at the peak. But once you get going you just have to focus on each step you take to get there. Our guys are talking about titles too. I tell them that is great. But are you focused on the tasks and hard work in getting there?
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Post by groundchuck on May 24, 2012 3:35:20 GMT -6
Yeah we just go from pre practice into flex lines, then competitive edge drills like a short Okie or edge players doing 1on1s. This gets the competitive juices flowing.
I really like the FG idea. That's a good idea.
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Post by groundchuck on May 23, 2012 19:20:52 GMT -6
Hit somebody.
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Post by groundchuck on May 20, 2012 8:39:37 GMT -6
I always tell position coaches to just build water into their drills and Indy/group periods. If its really nasty out we plan for more stoppages and let them cool down. Honestly we let kids get water whenever they need it. We also have water bottles on the field we keep filled and that way they can grab a quick drink in the back of the line too.
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Post by groundchuck on May 19, 2012 17:49:53 GMT -6
Hopefully at some point here the people hyping concussions and pissing on the greatest game ever invented will wake the hell up or go to hell themselves. Hopefully the scientific community will point out that while sure concussions are an issue they are not the plague. Concussions should be dealt with, safety is important, but this knee jerk reaction some are having is driving me nuts. Wait maybe it's a concussion making me nuts?
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Post by groundchuck on May 18, 2012 11:53:47 GMT -6
A few years ago I found a ring binder with plastic ring that were very flexible. They don't break. Also the binder is made of tough plastic that is flexible. I put a bunch of clear plastic sleeves inside the binder and I draw the scout offense on plain paper (2 mirror-image plays per page). This binder can make it through being throw, stepped on, and rainy days. It's light weight and virtually indestructible. I'm the OC/line coach. I run the scout O for our HC. I quickly call the formation, and the play, then show them the diagram to make sure. We try to hustle to the line and run plays as quick as possible. The biggest problem that we have is going on 2. Our offense doesn't do it, so its really tough on our scout team. LOL. One team who we play is notorious for going on 3 on 3rd and 5 or less. Our scout team invariably screws that up. Those are the kind of things we try and fix but giving the scouts a freeze call.
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Post by groundchuck on May 18, 2012 10:23:38 GMT -6
That's a really good article.
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Post by groundchuck on May 18, 2012 8:26:50 GMT -6
A lot of scout team success running the plays revolves around a couple things 1. Kids willingness to work hard on scout team. 2. The offense. Is it tough for a scout team to execute well? Or does it lend itself to easy reproduction?
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Post by groundchuck on May 17, 2012 20:09:10 GMT -6
TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST TOUGH PEOPLE DO.
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Post by groundchuck on May 17, 2012 17:29:43 GMT -6
There are times we use two scout teams and come rapid fire. I love this. It also makes my coaches coach faster. Generally we run one scout team, plays are in a binder, formations come from Hudl, lines drawn in with a sharpie. We really try and put the pressure on the D.
For the first two weeks we run our O at our D like one coach mentioned. Our under levels when they are off away from the varsity will almost always run our O and D all season. But the varsity needs to get as close a look as they can at what they will see Friday.
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Post by groundchuck on May 14, 2012 7:56:14 GMT -6
Minnesota small schools New Ulm Cathedral Minneota Barnesville Mahnomen Stephen Argyle Triton Caledonia
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Post by groundchuck on May 7, 2012 10:26:49 GMT -6
1) Don't make a player make a choice. He may choose baseball over football, and he may have been a contributor to your team. Not every player has football as their number one priority. 2)By mandatory, do you mean official State Association start date, or what you have deemed mandatory? If it is official practice, that's one thing; if not, when are they supposed to have a family vacation? How can you tell a family not to go on vacation during the "off-season"? We have high expectations in our program, but it is counter-productive to put kids in no-win situations, IMHO. Well stated.
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