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Post by jgordon1 on Mar 4, 2022 10:33:44 GMT -6
If you have not yet listened to the Run The Power podcast with Rowdy Harper and Brady Walz, cannot recommend it enough! Started listening to it recently, it's overtaken MDGA for my podcast listening attention 😄 So much good material, they have had a ton of awesome and notable guests on there. They have had Coach Hoover, Cogan, Vass, Lyle Leong, John Koenicki, etc. In my opinion they do a great job of interviewing their guests and asking them good questions. and Coach Gordon LOL
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Post by jgordon1 on Feb 14, 2022 13:48:43 GMT -6
I have been twice now..This is the best one yet
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Post by jgordon1 on Feb 10, 2022 8:49:49 GMT -6
"...coaches in the weight room means kids will be in the weight room. If coaches don't bother to show up, why should they?" Great point!!! a coach supporting a family is different than a kid. That being said I was mostly there. I always took 2-3 weeks off every year to vacation w my family. I was upfront w the coach when he hired me and I never hid the fact from my players what I was doing
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Post by jgordon1 on Feb 8, 2022 9:44:39 GMT -6
I have spent 100's of hours entering data like play calls d&d etc. I am going to suck it up and pay QuikCut to host my stuff. It's like $300/year
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Post by jgordon1 on Feb 5, 2022 14:42:06 GMT -6
Yes..so much more of it..It works because some coaches would just rather purchase a whole system instead of doing the work This is exactly my problem with BFS. Oddly, the BFS people I know are also the Facemelter purchasers. The entire "#BuildYourBrand" culture is insufferable. Coaching or otherwise. BFS is an interesting comparison as the program is older than some of these guys posting. I used BFS in the past because I knew it was a complete program used by colleges and adapted to HS..Really in those days there really wasn't much info to go around. They had years of data, books,and magazines articles to refer to. To me, you need to evaluate what you are purchasing..some of it is good...some not some much. for instance, some of the glazier programs like pat Fox are very good...
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Post by jgordon1 on Feb 4, 2022 9:48:36 GMT -6
Yes..so much more of it..It works because some coaches would just rather purchase a whole system instead of doing the work
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 27, 2022 10:30:03 GMT -6
I think the project type players will be offered a preferred walk on and schools will have NIL deals in place to cover their education and to give them some money. I know Tennessee recently done this with a local player that suffered an injury and had his offer pulled from another school. Yes this is also happening. I’ve seen it work with pulling up naia/D2 etc kids though as well. Give them PWO and NIL deal to cover cost. You don’t want FBS expanding their roster it will hurt lower levels because D1 will horde players. Like Nebraska in the 90s. They already have ways to get around the max roster limit with red/gray/blue shirts etc. Don't make it worse. Yes I think BYU gave every walk on a scholarship
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 26, 2022 10:01:56 GMT -6
Whenever I hear my HC b!tching about something my standard go to line is "better you than me" LOL "That's what the big bucks are for". most HC's really only make $1000-2000 more. Sooooo not worth it
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 26, 2022 7:31:30 GMT -6
This was year 22 for me coaching and I'm 46. As long as I can continue to be a coordinator I'll stick around. If I had to be a Head Coach I probably would've retired years ago. If not years ago, all this covid stuff would have done it for me. Cheers to all you HC's out there still going strong, after seeing what my HC's have had to deal with on a daily basis....I couldn't even image. Whenever I hear my HC b!tching about something my standard go to line is "better you than me" LOL
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 22, 2022 19:12:30 GMT -6
And it hurts 1AA and D2's on the other end of it, too. It used to be that a guy who transferred from a 1A had to transfer down play immediately. That's how a lot of future NFL players ended up at smaller schools. They don't have to do that any more. In the mid-'90s I coached at a very high academic, Liberal Arts D-III college. We had a QB (Toledo), OT (Western Michigan), and WR (Michigan) that had all transferred from D-I schools. Predictably all three were all-conference. They wanted to play college football and get a good education. They just didn't want to be football players 365-24/7. That probably isn't going to happen now. Why not? I don't see how transferring down gets affected
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 21, 2022 9:22:10 GMT -6
you know I've read the book and enjoyed it but except for a couple of chapters, I thought the book was just ok. I'd like to have it but I wouldn't "pay"
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 21, 2022 9:17:04 GMT -6
Here are the updated materials for the clinic... more confirmations on speakers and we are almost done with speaker lineup. Just need 3-4 college guys to fill the general sessions and we are good to go! Clinic BrochureSpeaker LineupSaturday afternoon is a killer lineup. I'd be like a starving dog on a meat wagon
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 19, 2022 13:25:36 GMT -6
Curious for those who are still involved or might follow recruiting: has the transfer portal had any impact directly on one of your current HS kids/ kids you know about? I am not fully up to date, BUT I would think all of the movement has to impact the number of schollies available to give each year. Had a P5 Coach in my office yesterday. We had a QB dropped by an FCS after an offensive staff change. He along with another FBS Coach recommended that kid going to a Division 2 school for a year or 2 then jumping in the portal. Specifically said, No one has time to develop a kid. They have to win now so that means taking a portal kid who's older and has some experience. Stinks for HS kids and coaches trying to help them. it also stinks for the D2 coach that found and developed him..How do you create and keep together a team
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 19, 2022 8:56:02 GMT -6
Look...we aren't working in a coal mine. This crap is ridiculous. Suck it up. Get your a$$ to work, and do your job: ibb.co/n8y2XDxwe get paid $40 to cover another class so bring it on
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 17, 2022 17:16:13 GMT -6
Got some updates on the clinic... we are still a go and now we have added Coach Ty Gower to the speaker schedule. We are planning on filming everything (hoping the sound quality will be good enough) and working on a way to get it to people after the fact if they really can't get here. A huge draw of the clinic is that we cater lunch on Saturday and take the whole clinic out for dinner Friday night. I'm working with restaurants to see how this will work with the Covid situation right now, but we'll make sure we feed everyone! May not be able to drink all the barley-water we normally do if we can't get a restaurant to house us all with covid issues. Can’t wait for this! Huge S/O and thank you to cqmiller for the opportunity! Excited to meet some new coaches and talk some ball! Its a great time
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 11, 2022 18:33:47 GMT -6
Exactly, What happens after you leave or retire like me. I have 100's of drawings I used Playmaker pro to write my books
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 2, 2022 18:54:25 GMT -6
I'm a public high school teacher in Illinois. I did 3 years in the US Army before becoming a teacher. I'm pretty sure that I can use at least some of my service time and apply it to my teacher retirement. Has anyone done that and if so, how much does it cost? Do you have to pay up front? I bought service and wished I purchased more. Like someone said above its a numbers game. in the state I am in basically you get 7-8% more guaranteed each year you are in service...you really can't beat that... so say i was supposed to get 40000 if I retired this year..if you add on a year by either purchasing it or working it I would get 43200 the next year and every year for the rest of my life. that being said are you healthy? can you roll over the $ from your last job? etc.
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 15, 2021 10:56:50 GMT -6
Do not spend any amount of time going over your resume. Of all the speakers I've walked out on, they all started with 10-15 minutes of resume telling me how awesome they were. or your coaching philosophy....
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 14, 2021 10:13:06 GMT -6
Go slow. You will be talking faster than you think...Make sure you have enough material. If you show film (and you should) make sure it is of good quality
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 10, 2021 9:39:34 GMT -6
Someone trying to get Twitter famous It was weird as that program is arguably one of the better hs programs in the nation. Keep your crap in house for christ sake
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 7, 2021 10:44:12 GMT -6
To finish this experiment.... He has abruptly quit his coaching position at PC. In parting he stated : "“I have decided to leave Presbyterian College to pursue other football interests,” Kelley wrote on Twitter. “I am proud that we were #1 in the country in passing and #3 in the country in total offense at a school without scholarships" [ conveniently enough not mentioning the opponents didn't have scholarships either.. my emphasis..] Make your own conclusions. Yea, I was surprised that the media didn't have much to say about his leaving...was it even on football scoop??
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 7, 2021 10:42:18 GMT -6
I cant continue to do it this way for much longer, but if i find at least a doable alternative, I will do this as long as I breath. I cannot bring myself to even consider blue collar work again at any level. If i am going to retire, it will be because I am close to death. who said anything about work? I taught economics for a long time it has served me well enough to retire early, financial freedom is an awesome thing So many people say..Hey when you retire you can work here or start this business or .... Dude I don't need to do anything. I did without... I saved...invested monthly in an index fund and have a pension I became rich by making my wants small
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 7, 2021 10:33:47 GMT -6
I took this year off (61) and really enjoyed my time...went away on thanksgiving (I coach in MA) got to see army at Army went to see my alma mater play (I was a captain) which I never did before..took the bride away another weekend. got in much better shape. I most likely will not coach next year. That being said I think after I retire I might go back to it again. I goal/dream is to someday coach in Europe I am done. A little younger than you. I used to dream of doing the europe thing also. But having the time off has been incredible. I can't really imagine getting back into it. The time off was nice..It was also nice to think about something else.
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 5, 2021 17:59:17 GMT -6
I took this year off (61) and really enjoyed my time...went away on thanksgiving (I coach in MA) got to see army at Army went to see my alma mater play (I was a captain) which I never did before..took the bride away another weekend. got in much better shape. I most likely will not coach next year. That being said I think after I retire I might go back to it again. I goal/dream is to someday coach in Europe
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Post by jgordon1 on Nov 30, 2021 10:15:30 GMT -6
Coach Miller Does a great job and run a big a big time clinic for a fraction of the cost. If you are serious about coaching football, you don't want to miss the Cottonwood Clinic. I would second this. I have been twice and enjoyed it both times. Good food too!
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Post by jgordon1 on Nov 10, 2021 10:23:56 GMT -6
However, and this is pure speculation here, based off of his quotes and comments regarding other aspects of the game I don’t think it is preposterous to assume he might not spend as much time on the defensive side of the ball Again, this is still a d1 football team. I would imagine that they have full time defensive coaches and they platoon practice. This is not a high school team that puts all their best players on offense and practices defense 10 minutes a day. This thread has just taken a weird turn in my opinion by worry about things like that. On every college football I coached (assistant not HC) there were always players that crossed sides. In fact we would actively recruit each others kids. Hey why be a third team DT when you could start at OT ETC. You don't see it as much in major college but it happens at the lower levels...Slow RB's that could find a hole always make great ILB's
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Post by jgordon1 on Nov 8, 2021 10:36:52 GMT -6
Week 10 update 1st possession, going for it on 4th and 5 at their own 37 was successful, extended the drive and scored two plays later on a long QB run. Score 8-0 Opponent drives and scores. 8-8 2nd Possession, going for it on 4th and 8 at their own 29 was not successful, opponent scored in 2 plays to go up 8-14. 3rd and 4th possessions, punted on 4th and 10+ Opponent scores after each. Score 8-28 5th Pos- Long drive resulting in TD. 14-28 6th Pos - Converting a 4th and 3 on their own 38 led to a 12 play touchdown drive. Score 22-28. 7th Pos 2 play TD drive score 28-31 8th Pos 17 yard punt on 4th and 25 from their 3 yard line. 9th Pos INT to end the half Score 28-38. 10th Pos Int 11th Pos Convert 4th and 1 on own 46 to extend the drive. Ends 3 plays later with INT 12 Pos- Failed to convert 4th and 19 from own 40 .. Score is 28 - 38. 6 play Valpo drive from the +40. Score 28-45 13 Pos 5 play drive resulting in TD Score 34-45 14 Pos 3 play drive TD. Score 40-52 14 minutes left in the 4th quarter. 15 Pos 5 play drive TD Score 48-58 Recover onside kick 16 Pos Convert 4th and 6 at Valpo 49 to extend drive. 9 play TD drive Score 55-58. Valpo drives down and scores. 17 Pos Failed to convert 4th and 14 from own 32 with 5 minutes to do down 55-65. 18 Pos Failed to convert 4th and 2 at own 43 with 3 minutes left. Valpo runs out clock. Clearly their defense is PUTRID. I am wondering id they put all their best players on offense. It seems to me that perhaps if they could make a couple of stops that would help things
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Post by jgordon1 on Nov 7, 2021 16:15:54 GMT -6
I actually like these updates. Mainly because the not punting is stupid. I get that you should go for it a lot more than the traditional way. I actually probably go for it more than most. But here is my MAIN issue. The "not punting" strategy should definitely either be at strategic times or your should be a RUN first type of offense. Not punting definitely fits with that much more than pass first. In article recapping this latest game, it was stated that PC is 18 for 59 on 4th down conversions this year. Also of note, they punted (with a punter, not qb) for the first time this season. The punter actually punted 3 times. It would be interesting to see their 3rd down conversion rate.... I think the idea is to score more points than the other team not just score points......perhaps it works better if you have better players
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Post by jgordon1 on Oct 10, 2021 16:14:05 GMT -6
If you are the DC and those guys are defensive coaches, perhaps giving them some sort of an assignment would help.. IE: grade your position this week...Tell me which coverage you would recommend when tey go trips etc
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Post by jgordon1 on Oct 10, 2021 16:07:06 GMT -6
This happened in the Penn State-Iowa game yesterday. I'm posting this because I think that it would be interesting to discuss from a coaching viewpoint, not as a fan: 3:19 to go in the 4th quarter, Score: Iowa 23-PSU 20; PSU has the ball on the +48, 4th and 8, they have all 3 time-outs. The question is whether to punt or go for it. I thought then and still think that PSU should have punted. Factors: PSU's starting QB was out and his inexperienced backup have been ineffective. PSU's defense had played extremely well. Iowa's punter should have been named player of the game after pinning PSU in terrible field position several times. My thinking is that a pooch punt puts Iowa in bad field position. Even a touchback gives PSU decent field position if they force Iowa to punt. What actually happened: PSU gave up the ball on downs at the +48. The defense did force a punt but only after using all of their time-outs. Iowa's punter did another good job. PSU gets the ball back on the -5 with no time outs. I don't believe that a poor outcome means that a decision was bad. Although I disagreed with Franklin's decision I understand that there were excellent reasons for what Franklin did. Was curious as to what you think. I thought the same thing.. What was even more weird IMO was that Iowa to a knee without trying for a first down before punting the ball back
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