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Post by silkyice on Jul 6, 2018 19:06:59 GMT -6
CS ****, That is true. No doubt. But you are now talking out both sides of your mouth. One minute it is all that stuff works and then when you get to week 11+ against great coaches, etc. So you better know what you are doing. The next minute, it is the team with the best athletes. Also, while Saban is the best coach in the land - no doubt in my mind, and possibly the best ever, the BEST thing he does is recruit. He always has the best players and deepest team. Maybe we shouldn't be listening to him. Scheme matters. Exectution matters more. Players matter even more. And some coaches are so damn smart, they know when not to outscheme themselves by trying to outscheme the other team and be in the perfect play call. They use their talent and execution and don't worry about a 5 yard hitch or 5 yard rpo that they know the other team isn't going to beat them with consistently. I don’t see it as talking out of both sides of my mouth at all. More of a cautionary tale that you can be successful with great players but you of all people should know that development and putting players in a position to win is important especially deep in the playoffs. What I’m saying is that we really only have to worry about 1 team in our conference. The playoffs are our real season and we meet teams with really good players and really good coaches and that “it works for us” bastardized coverages don’t work with teams that know what they’re doing I understand and you are 100% correct. But... One minute, you can't play that. Then someone shows how they or OMG, Bama, was aligned similarly and it worked, and then it is well athletes win games. Just saying...
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Post by silkyice on Jul 6, 2018 18:52:36 GMT -6
Winning state doesn’t make you schematically right. It just means you won a state title Usually means you have the best dudes in the state. Not schematics. CS ****, That is true. No doubt. But you are now talking out both sides of your mouth. One minute it is all that stuff works and then when you get to week 11+ against great coaches, etc. So you better know what you are doing. The next minute, it is the team with the best athletes. Also, while Saban is the best coach in the land - no doubt in my mind, and possibly the best ever, the BEST thing he does is recruit. He always has the best players and deepest team. Maybe we shouldn't be listening to him. Scheme matters. Exectution matters more. Players matter even more. And some coaches are so damn smart, they know when not to outscheme themselves by trying to outscheme the other team and be in the perfect play call. They use their talent and execution and don't worry about a 5 yard hitch or 5 yard rpo that they know the other team isn't going to beat them with consistently.
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Post by silkyice on Jul 6, 2018 18:35:42 GMT -6
I think that is absolutely the best way to understand it. Cover 1 until someone CALLS under. I do realize that they could flood the coverage vs a fast 3. Everyone can listen (5 minutes) from Saban's own mouth here: Just listen. The video does not correlate with the words. Ya at the 5-minute mark he's talking about 3 Mable and not rip/liz but I'm not gonna get into that. I'm sorry. I meant the video was only about 5 minutes of audio, so it is a short video to listen to. Not that he is talking about rip/liz at the 5-minute mark. I should have been more clear.
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Post by silkyice on Jul 6, 2018 17:41:04 GMT -6
Nailed it. Actually that probably isn’t nail, but box and against bunch it is bingo. That’s funny, I don’t care who you are. Do you still think Rip/Liz is cover 1 until somebody runs under? I think that is absolutely the best way to understand it. Cover 1 until someone CALLS under. I do realize that they could flood the coverage vs a fast 3. Everyone can listen (5 minutes) from Saban's own mouth here: Just listen. The video does not correlate with the words.
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Post by silkyice on Jul 6, 2018 16:16:59 GMT -6
REgarding the ongoing thread the OP is probably referencing, I have a slightly different perspective. I am enjoying reading the whiteboard war, I just think that often coaches are just not doing a good job explaining things or presenting their side. I also think (and commented) that lots of the bickering stems from lingo. There is an undertone in that particular thread of when someone explains how they play "x" the counter argument is "no, that is not "x" that is "y" Nailed it. Actually that probably isn’t nail, but box and against bunch it is bingo. That’s funny, I don’t care who you are.
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Post by silkyice on Jul 6, 2018 10:13:03 GMT -6
Every thread seems like it’s turning into “you can’t do this vs. this!” or “that doesn’t work!” types of pissing matches and I’m sick of it. To be frank, I don’t really care what defense Nick Saban runs on 3rd & Medium on the right hash against a 2x2 set. This site is meant for HIGH SCHOOL OR YOUTH COACHES to get better. Not to bicker about some miniscule difference in a collegiate coverage that 99% of high school teams will never run. It’s gotten to the point where I’m finding myself scrolling through threads from 2015 when I wanna learn something. I’m really missing some of the great posters this forum used to have, like Lochness or OJW. 2015? You are phuked!! That will never work! Only February 2014 when 3rd and medium on the right hash!!!
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Post by silkyice on Jul 3, 2018 23:57:45 GMT -6
Not really coach speak but more clinic talk / experience. Drives me NUTS when you listen to a guy giving a clinic and he says "My guys are no different from your guys, just average HS kids and blah..blah" then puts the tape on and the '85 Bears pi$$ themselves a little. I know many of these teams are still well coached but the tagline of we have guys just like everybody else when you don't annoys me. Nothing wrong w/ having talent. When we're up I say it. Ain't takin' credit for all the wins nor blame for all the losses. Once heard the De La Salle DC, Eidson tell an entire room “We have the same guys you do” during his clinic talk. R u kidding me! The arrogance of that statement is off the charts
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Post by silkyice on Jul 2, 2018 11:09:16 GMT -6
Double post
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Post by silkyice on Jul 2, 2018 11:05:54 GMT -6
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over amd over but expecting different results.”
While I actually really like this quote and there is a ton of truth in it, it can't be applied to everything and every situation in football.
Two years ago we were in the wing t and doing the same weight program. Had a rare down year. Someone could apply that quote and say that we better change offense, defense, strength program, etc. or we should just expect the same results. Nope, kept everything the same and made the semi’s last year, and have a legit shot at state this year if we stay healthy.
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Post by silkyice on Jul 1, 2018 18:32:45 GMT -6
This was 15 years ago, but heard a DC talk about being a bend but don’t break attacking defense. ?? He was just throwing all the buzz words around.
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Post by silkyice on Jun 30, 2018 20:25:16 GMT -6
Making these percentages up, but you will get the idea.
10% of the kids will work hard and buy in no matter what. A’s 15% want to work if you can show them or make them. B’s 50% you can influence one way or the other - average kid. C’s 15% don’t want to work, but might with the right motovation. D’s 10% won’t work just about no matter what. F’s
Get the A’s and B’s going! Influence the C’s!
Hopefully the D’s will see what is going on and join in.
Forget the F’s!
Turn the A’s into A+. B’s into A’s. C’s into B+’s and D’s into C+.
They only way to turn an average group into a great team is this!!
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Post by silkyice on Jun 30, 2018 20:17:49 GMT -6
The real solution is results.
Kids love results.
When their maxes go up, vertical goes up, 40 and 5/10/5 go down, you have them hooked.
It doesn’t take much!! We do two days a week. 5 lifts. 2 sets each (heck one lift can only be one set). Key is work hard and work consistently.
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Post by silkyice on Jun 28, 2018 14:59:34 GMT -6
Tue/Thu 930-12. 5 hours a week.
After July 4th we go to 1230 to add in conditioning and recovery. 6 hours a week.
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Post by silkyice on Jun 27, 2018 18:17:37 GMT -6
I’ll step up and do it. We workout on Tue and Thu during the summer. 930-12. Strength/speed/jump/agility training and then some football stuff. That is 5 hours total a week. If you are out of town (whatever the reason), you are excused as long as you told me beforehand. Workout is online so you can do it if you miss. Try and makeup lifting if you miss. Haven’t done a 7 on 7 in 8 years. Don’t start conditioning running until after July 4th week. Where do you coach? Tuscaloosa
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Post by silkyice on Jun 27, 2018 6:39:37 GMT -6
This in your first sentence lies the problem. Football is a freaking game. Games are meant to be fun. If a kid is not out there to have fun and for the fun of it, then what the heck are we all doing? TO GET OFFERS COACH!! (Obvious sarcasm) I’m with you. I’m shocked a coach just said “I don’t want a kid who is out there for the fun of it”. Hold on. Hold on. Any statement can be taken out of context. No one wants a kid who is out there JUST to laugh or JUST to goof off or JUST to play the games. Football has to be fun, but if all you do is fun is then you probably won’t win much or teach much, and then football WON’T be fun. There just is a balance. We want the kid that plays football because it is MORE than fun. Not JUST fun. The kid that sacrifices, works hard, has commitment, discipline, plays for pride, competetion, and his teammates, etc. I could go on all day. And where the satisfcation and joy of having been apart of it all outweighs the “fun”. Just saying don’t crucify someone for a comment on the internet because we all know what he really means. I think...
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Post by silkyice on Jun 26, 2018 13:26:30 GMT -6
We've really bought into the idea of "minimum effective dose" with our guys and are selling it everyday. I do think a lot of old school guys would rather lose than be outworked. Love it!
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Post by silkyice on Jun 25, 2018 21:31:51 GMT -6
Who's gonna be the first to implement this "new fangled" way of thinking? Who's gonna be seen as a guy who let another coach "out work" him? I have coached teams in the past who could show up and put a couple of weeks of hard work in and be ready to go come that first scrimmage. I have also coached teams where we could have practiced 12 hours a day for months and they still wouldn't be able to get out of their own way. I agree, the arms race is killing the sport. Not only driving kids away, but I am sure every one knows that one or two coaches in your building who just say they don't want to do it anymore. Not only football, but other sports as well. It just seems that football is the worst offender. I’ll step up and do it. We workout on Tue and Thu during the summer. 930-12. Strength/speed/jump/agility training and then some football stuff. That is 5 hours total a week. If you are out of town (whatever the reason), you are excused as long as you told me beforehand. Workout is online so you can do it if you miss. Try and makeup lifting if you miss. Haven’t done a 7 on 7 in 8 years. Don’t start conditioning running until after July 4th week.
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Post by silkyice on Jun 21, 2018 6:07:48 GMT -6
Cost?
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Post by silkyice on Jun 19, 2018 14:54:39 GMT -6
I don't like 7-7 because our linebackers bail at the snap but it does help our corners learn to defend. We're primarily a run team so they don't do much for our offense. We competed against a regular season team in a tournament and did not do well. Going into the regular season game the opponent was confident that they were going to stomp us but we ended up putting up nearly 600 rushing yards and completely blew them out of the game. A dad on the chain gang said he overheard players & coaches saying, "This isn't the same team we played in 7-7." So Defcord, the confidence builder is good but you have to manage it and know that things will likely be entirely different. LOVE THIS
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Post by silkyice on Jun 9, 2018 14:11:41 GMT -6
Been using the Xyron cold laminator for a LONG time.
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Post by silkyice on May 30, 2018 14:48:05 GMT -6
I can’t get it to play correctly.
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Post by silkyice on May 29, 2018 14:11:12 GMT -6
Yep Fortnite is so popular not necessarily because the game rocks. They are geniuses in how they set it up. First, free. Second, can be played as teams. This is key. Social. Can be played 1 vs 99. 2 vs 98. 4 vs 96. and 50 v 50. Third, cross platform. I can be on an xbox. You can be on ps4. Someone else can be on an iphone. Our fourth teammate can be on a pc. And we can all play the same game. Fourth, it is a kill everyone last man standing game where you shoot and build and drop in from the sky and the storm shrinks you until everyone is close together. I don’t play, but all three of my kids love it and went crazy when they finally won.
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Post by silkyice on May 28, 2018 16:07:04 GMT -6
All of these are honestly scams. People are making money off this. Create video course on something. Scare everyone. Lobby the legislature and/or athletic association. People making you take these tests don’t have to take them. Then charge schools and/or associations for your services. Unless you are an idiot, concussions, first aid, CPR are pretty straight forward concepts. We of course now also have to take sportsmanship, heads up stuff, dehydration etc. I could probably make a 10 minute video and 10 question quiz that would cover all of those topics at once. Do that one time. Practice CPR on a dummy. 15 minutes once. Be done for life. I feel the same about most education classes to improve your abilities as a teacher....and if I were in a different profession I'd probably feel the same about most mid profession trainings there. But if the people who are in charge can't come up with new problems to treat (not cure but treat) then they are out of a job. Its like I always joke with my wife about carseats- there is always a new study about keeping kids in car seats longer as a matter of safety, and thus a new law mandating it. Then you look and see who did the original study....and its the carseat manufacturers. Exactly!!
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Post by silkyice on May 28, 2018 15:04:48 GMT -6
Isn't every spot always open? The announcing every spot is open just really means I have had it, and I am pissed off, and instead of teaching or correcting, I am benching your ass until I am no longer pissed off. LOL Surprisingly enough, probably not. At least not in a way that there is a culture of competition. That lack of competitive mindset combined with the entitlement mentality everyone complains about probably leads to a feeling of almost "social promotion" to starting spots in bad programs. WOW. That is crazy. My best players are more in danger of getting an earful from me than anyone. I'll sit them also. Not for long, but they don't know that!!
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Post by silkyice on May 28, 2018 14:17:52 GMT -6
Isn't every spot always open?
The announcing every spot is open just really means I have had it, and I am pissed off, and instead of teaching or correcting, I am benching your ass until I am no longer pissed off. LOL
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Post by silkyice on May 28, 2018 10:07:00 GMT -6
That's the best part. Whatever NFHS concussion video is mandatory every year. You take a prequiz (10 questions maybe?). I get 10/10 right every year. Have to take the course (30 minutes or so), then TAKE THE EXACT SAME QUIZ and get a 10/10. Why? What is the purpose of this? It's the same process with Cardiac Arrest and maybe first aid, accept those are not required every year. Take a quiz. Get every question right. Still have to sit through the course. Take the same quiz. Brilliant. I always score 10/10 on the pre-test and then score 9/10 after watching the videos. Hahahaha. Now that's funny right there, I don't care who you are.
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Post by silkyice on May 25, 2018 7:16:27 GMT -6
I'll be the Devil's Advocate. During Pre-Season we wanted kids competing against themselves to be best players they could be, and against each other for starting jobs-PT. During the season we wanted fast-moving, intense, enthusiastic practices. But we were never on our schedule. The focus was on preparing for Friday night. I didn't want to "leave the game on the practice field." So we did not emphasize "competition" in terms of winners vs. losers. You can only reach an emotional peak so many times in a long season and we wanted it to be on Fridays, not Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Spot on. I was going to respond earlier with something similar, but this is better than what I would have said. Only thing I will add, the older I get as coach, the more game week practice has become a rehersal.
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Post by silkyice on May 23, 2018 18:48:14 GMT -6
All of these are honestly scams. People are making money off this.
Create video course on something. Scare everyone. Lobby the legislature and/or athletic association. People making you take these tests don’t have to take them. Then charge schools and/or associations for your services.
Unless you are an idiot, concussions, first aid, CPR are pretty straight forward concepts. We of course now also have to take sportsmanship, heads up stuff, dehydration etc.
I could probably make a 10 minute video and 10 question quiz that would cover all of those topics at once.
Do that one time. Practice CPR on a dummy. 15 minutes once. Be done for life.
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Post by silkyice on May 18, 2018 16:11:19 GMT -6
I'll take a guess.
1st time is clock is stopped and won't start until ball is snapped. 2nd time is clock is stopped, but the 25 second clock will start when whistle is blown is ball ready for play. 3rd time is clock is running and the 40 second clock is now running.
Not sure why that is only relevant on 1st down and not all four downs.
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Post by silkyice on May 17, 2018 18:54:32 GMT -6
silkyice do you use straps on your trap bar deadlifts? No. But not opposed to it. I think the grips being on your side are much easier hold then when in front of your body like regular deadlifts. We haven’t had grip issues yet.
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