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Post by vanden48 on Jan 23, 2019 13:03:59 GMT -6
Gave this to my AD
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 23, 2019 13:03:22 GMT -6
Clinics are only good if you go in with a plan to learn. Drink the beer, enjoy the company, but have an improvement plan.
One thing that I have overlooked and it cost us this last season is staff team building. Strengthen the bonds of the staff. Before you even do team building with your players, do team building with your staff. A staff that isn't strong together will fail. Build loyalty within the staff. Agree to read a book as a staff(although most coaches won't read). Have an organized staff outing.
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Post by vanden48 on Dec 3, 2018 11:14:38 GMT -6
I have one name for you....Bill Belichek....he looks like a slob all day every day...so if Bill can look like slob why cant you....just sayin Because he wins a bunch of Super Bowls??
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Post by vanden48 on Nov 8, 2018 7:20:03 GMT -6
I can see why the original poster doesn't like it though, it's not something you can put your finger on but it just seems flippant, like when you have a class rule that you can't flip bottles, so a kid start rolling it around the desk, and when you ask him to stop he says "what? what?...you said we can't flip it didn't say anything about not rolling it"......that kind of thing..I've never met this pear-eater and likely won't but I can tell ya right now I'm not a fan, besides who just eats a pear in the first place? It's not exactly in the upper echelon of hand held fruits, a good granny smith apple or a banana does the job just fine, feels like the pear is just being over the top, like "not only am I going to eat at practice, I'm going to eat this way too juicy fruit where the stem breaks off really easily" Just remember, when you eat a banana, always bring the banana to your mouth, never your mouth to the banana.
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Post by vanden48 on Sept 12, 2018 8:37:26 GMT -6
If you have a 7 man pressure send the house.
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Post by vanden48 on Aug 22, 2018 20:42:27 GMT -6
I want to airbrush our helmets like Navy did a few years back. Who needs decals anyways.
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Post by vanden48 on Aug 15, 2018 20:11:32 GMT -6
I think we worry 2 much about the wrong times... I feel as though I have been a semi-decent HC and non of my 3 AD's in my going on 6 years have been football guys... The only help I get is I have 10 coaches in my building.. I don't have control of my budget.. I don't have all my kids in weight training... I don't have a football athletic period nor own stadium nor a fieldhouse. But over the last 5 years we have made the playoffs every year and won region once and been to the 3rd round. The ? becomes, how many solutions can you create to the problems you might see and if it ain't enough don't take it... Can't say it any better.
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Post by vanden48 on Aug 4, 2018 19:37:41 GMT -6
How many games did they win when Tressel was there? And how many have they won with Urban there? Is it really that much different? .828 106-22 buckeyefansonly.com/jimtressel/tresselsrecord.html.901 73-8 www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/urban-meyer-1.htmlBeing a DONKEY doesn’t get you a .073 higher winning percentage...aside from more aggressive recruiting out of Meyer, there is no significant difference IMO. Opening up to HS Coaches or not isn’t the difference between Meyer’s slightly better winning percentage (taking over a program that was well maintained by the sweater vest). I wasn't inferring that one coach was better than the other. They both were extremely successful is my point. And both may be undone by the poor choices of others.
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Post by vanden48 on Aug 1, 2018 14:01:42 GMT -6
If you have ever coached College ball you know exactly what a JUCO kid is. The Independence HC is a perfect example of a JUCO coach. He gets the job done though. If you don't want to work for a guy like that, don't work for him. Not every player will play for a coach like that either. Different strokes for different folks.
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Post by vanden48 on Aug 1, 2018 13:54:54 GMT -6
Good friend of mine interned under Meyer at Florida, has not 1 nice thing to say about it I've got a buddy who coached D2/D3 ball in Ohio and said when Tressel was there, it was an open invitation for anyone to come by at anytime. He said there would be 100 small college coaches working the camps, and Tressel got to know them (which I'm not saying is a mandate by any means) and they'd get free beer and food every day. Urban got there and basically locked the doors, and at camps would be on the field for 15 minutes to eval the guys they wanted, and then would go back to his office until the post camp talk. Wouldn't talk to anyone.. He also told me about a GA they had who had an interview at OSU for a GA gig.. Meyer came into the DC's office during the meeting to ask the DC something, and didn't even acknowledge the guy interviewing. He fortunately got another offer from Northwestern the same week, and decided that was a better fit. How many games did they win when Tressel was there? And how many have they won with Urban there?
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Post by vanden48 on Jul 18, 2018 14:27:01 GMT -6
Talk bad about all the other communist sports(J/K) and highlight that football is not the number one sport in concussions or joint injuries. Put out the numbers for scholarships offered for every college sport at every level. Offer and implement an athletic department weight training program for all sports and not just for football.
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Post by vanden48 on Jul 18, 2018 12:26:05 GMT -6
vanden48 How did the masonite hold up for the stencils? That stuff seems sketchy to me when it starts getting wet. It held up great. The previous year we had smaller numbers 3' tall I think, and they were heavy and cumbersome to move around, for small numbers. The full 8' sheets of Masonite gave me full size numbers and they were light and manageable to move around. I used my CPU and a projector to trace out the number font I wanted. Stood them up in my garage, projected the numbers on it. Used my jigsaw to cut it out. Ordered the hash stencils.
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Post by vanden48 on Jul 16, 2018 12:27:25 GMT -6
When I had to pain our field, and I wanted it to look nice with the numbers and hashmarks and endzone decoration, it would take me 8-12 hours with the spray paint cans. With the machine, it cut it down to 2-4 hours. Multiple colors took longer. Get Stencils for the numbers and hash. Or you can make your own, which I did. I wen to Home depot and purchased 7 sheets of 1/8" masonite and used a projector and my computer to outline the G and 0-5. Thursdays or Fridays my 7th or 8th grade science class had a field day to the football field to study grass and help me paint numbers. Also had somebody make a cutout of the mascot and we used that stencil to decorate the field a variety of ways. I'm a firm believer that if you take pride in making your field look nice, the players and community will take pride in the program. DON'T HALF A$$ THE FIELD.
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Post by vanden48 on Jul 15, 2018 22:26:09 GMT -6
I can tell you that my next HC job I will want to have complete control over my assistant hires and fires. I also want to be able to split their stipends if I need additional coaches. I inherited my assistants now. They are fine now, but there was a huge trust loyalty bridge that needed to be crossed before we actually worked well together. That can usually be weeded out in an interview process. But if all the assistants know they are already on board, it can make things difficult.
In terms of the weight room. I would have to be in control of it. That doesn't mean I have to run it, just be in control of what is being done. I'm the final decision maker for the off-season training.
But deal breaker next time is if I don't have complete control of my staff.
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Post by vanden48 on Jul 15, 2018 16:24:07 GMT -6
Cons: 1) Low pay for assistant coaches. 2) Uneven Scholarship distribution among conferences. Some offer the full 36, some as low as 10. 3) Many low academic players, be it JUCO or D1 bouncebacks, and with those come off-field problems. 4) Low budgets outside of the schools who could be D1 like Grand Valley State, so you will have to fundraise. 4) Recruiting and the view that D2 is even with High School teams.
Pros: 1) You can be very creative to how you create your roster with scholarship distribution. 2) You will get a ton of experience in all aspects of football as you will be the support staff as well. 3) You will get some great athletes that don't make the grades for D1. 4) There are real play-offs. 5) If you can get on the right staff it can be a great resume builder. 6) The fan base is small but very loyal.
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Post by vanden48 on Jun 30, 2018 4:33:54 GMT -6
Had a Coach I worked for get hauled off the field because parents and some players accused him of saying racist things. He was placed on administrative leave, replaced as a HC, and got moved out of his teaching position for a year as it was investigated. Police were involved. Police concluded that the claims were false. School did not rehire him as the HC. He sued the district over defamation of character. This can be a serious issue and is thrown around sometimes like it means nothing. This was a State Coach of the Year.
With players I always correct them, white or black about using racial slurs. Had a player tell me a Mexican joke once. I was laughing with him as I told him my wife was Mexican and makes more money than he ever will, unless he too becomes a dentist. Then I asked him how much he would like to run.
Most of the time you need to keep in mind that these are kids and social issues provide key teaching moments for us as coaches.
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Post by vanden48 on Jun 6, 2018 8:05:53 GMT -6
This may be the best solution possible if space is an issue but the OP hasn't said that that is the case. Personally, I'd hate that setup and would hate it even more if it wasn't necessary. It wasn't that bad. It was a small school and we even got a Jumbotron Scoreboard. The visitors had portable bleachers rolled out. The lighting wasn't a problem and was pretty state of the art. The lights were huge and remotely controlled and had a setting for baseball, softball, and football. The during baseball season and softball season the Goalposts came out and the foul posts came in and a temporary Fence for each outfield was rolled out. The nice part for football was all the space we had to practice on. But I agree, if space isn't an issue, I would rather not have this. Separate fields are best. I just thought this was a very unique way to set the whole thing up.
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Post by vanden48 on Jun 5, 2018 9:49:36 GMT -6
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Post by vanden48 on May 23, 2018 10:23:29 GMT -6
This made my stomach hurt just reading it Yeah, our kid didn't have this. He had a minor sunburn. I am not completely insensitive to the severity of sunburns and I hope it didn't come off that way. I think we have a sunburn denier!!! Don't deny the science!!! But on the topic of emails, I had a mom email me so that her son could leave practice early to let the dog out to pee. Same kid missed a game for his brothers wedding mid-season. My damn brother better be smart enough to not have his wedding during football season.
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Post by vanden48 on May 11, 2018 19:39:23 GMT -6
Only problem i am having now is these kids grades some of them love HS so much they want it to be the best 5 years of their life Hahaha thats because you teach in Antioch!!! When I was at Deer Valley Years ago I swear we needed a redshirt program.
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Post by vanden48 on Mar 28, 2018 13:11:15 GMT -6
Are colleges allowed to have team camps anymore? I have been looking non-stop for schools that hold team camps, and all I can find are the single day "prospect camps". Did the NCAA pass another law preventing colleges from having team camps? And if not can somebody organize a state by state listing of colleges that offer team camps?
My favorite memories of high school football were from out 4-5 days we spent at the Fresno State and Oregon Ducks Team camps. We got to scrimmage teams that were super talented from other states. It developed our team chemistry going into the summer. Why are these disappearing?
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Post by vanden48 on Mar 28, 2018 7:45:00 GMT -6
Neither. The past couple years I've just grabbed the 4 oldest kids closest to me before the coin toss. I've tried just about every method- Srs, one from each class, leadership council, kids vote for them, coaches vote, etc- I really think it's one of the most overrated and useless things in sports. Agreed. What is the purpose of the "leadership council"? What are they supposed to do, actually? Quite honestly, it has always struck me as one of those window dressing type things coaches do to pay lip service to some concept of "character building". The team leaders are going to be organic, anyway. Whether or not a guy has the title of "Captain" or is on a leadership council really doesn't matter. The kids know who the alpha dogs are. I'm sure it works for a lot of programs. It's just my opinion that the energy and time spent on it isn't worth whatever benefit comes back from it. But I'm probably wrong. I'm sure there are many programs that implement it efficiently and get great results from it. I went out and purchased 9 copies Jeff Janssen's Team Captains Leadership Manual. I gave it to 9 players and we meet once a week to discuss the book. I also purchased 9 copies of Jeff Janssen's 7 secrets to successful coaches, and gave it to all my coaches to read. I'm not trying to turn the kids into Ghandi or Jesus Christ. The book, and our discussions are just giving them some tools to fall on when they need to lead. I will select captains for the season and also have a Weekly Captain. But right now I have organized a Warrior Challenge where the team is divided into 10 groups. I selected 10 Lieutenants to be in charge of these groups, they drafted a Sargent Major and Corporal in a snake draft with me. Then they went out and recruited/signed 2 more Privates for their teams. The teams will earn points based off of work outs, grades, spring sport participation, fundraising, community service. There is a leadership hierarchy on the teams, Lieutenants, SRG MAJ, CORP, PVT, and they all have specific duties and responsibilities. The Lieutenants also had to go recruit an adult adviser, any coach or adult at the school, didn't have to be a football coach. The twist is that there can be demotions and promotions with in each team. And they can demote a Private off their team to a waiver wire, where he can be picked up by another team. This competition is serving as my testing ground for the leaders. So each group doesn't just have 1 leader, essentially they have 3, so 30 leaders. After the first 9 are done reading the Janssen book, they will pass it on to another teammate. By the end of the summer I'm hoping every kid has read the book and has an idea of how to lead, if and when they need to. I can't expect a kid to do stoichiometry with out giving him a chemistry book and teaching him a little about balancing equations. He may never be a chemist, but he won't be out in the dark when he sees a chemical equation. We can't expect a KID to lead if we don't teach them a little about what it means to lead. Just my thoughts.
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Post by vanden48 on Mar 9, 2018 8:28:26 GMT -6
Our Track team wanted to organize the weight room with me. They said they will be using it Tuesday through Friday after school until 4:30. I said great, I will use it Monday after school and Wednesday and Friday form 6:00 am to 7:00 am. We will do morning lifts. I live a hour away from the school so I will be leaving the house at 4:30. Life will suck, but I'm hoping if the kids see my commitment, they will reciprocate that.
Work around the track coaches until their efforts are lost. I would also offer speed training to my football players that are running track, because if these clowns operate the way you say, track is probably hurting the players and you could get them faster on your own.
The other issue I would love to hear more about is the "Multi-Sport" athlete. I feel this only refers to football players playing other sports. I have never heard of a Basketball Coach telling his stud PF to go out for football in the fall. Or the baseball coach telling his pitcher to go out for QB. Its always the football coach not telling his players to lift weights and go out for winter and spring sports.
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Post by vanden48 on Feb 26, 2018 7:13:15 GMT -6
Coach Plaa. how are you able to give different point totals for different sports? I know why you are doing it, but my AD would have purple smoke coming out of her ears. I have always wanted to do this, but I'm not sure when to implement it.
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Post by vanden48 on Feb 14, 2018 13:06:19 GMT -6
Played 4 years in high school and 4 years in college. I am in great shape. I teach science so all my concussions can't be limiting my mental capacity that much. I had a few big time concussions in high school that I remember. I couldn't tell you how many concussions I had in college, they only counted then if you got knocked out. Which is why all this data they are collecting is such bull crap. The way they diagnosed head injuries today is vastly different then the way they did it 5, 10, 20, 50 years ago.
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 31, 2018 8:58:25 GMT -6
Its California, the liberals that run that state and the education system hate everything masculine. They would love to eliminate football, and have all those football players in tutus, change their names to Nancy, and talk about their feelings. This is just part of the liberal attack on football, America, and everything good about this country. I'm glad I am out of that state, and never going back. You weren't quite able to keep to your original intention here huh: "My opinion is that their hatred for the sport stems from political ideology, but that discussion is not for this thread."
Read more: coachhuey.com/thread/80109/humboldt-state#ixzz55jR2RTPNNo I sure wasn't. And I have to apologize. This is problem at Humboldt State has more to do with Administrators that don't have a clue about the sports that they manage. I don't know how so many non-athletic people became involved in athletics. There needs to be a good mix of knowledge of the sport, as well as business management.
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 30, 2018 5:41:55 GMT -6
Its California, the liberals that run that state and the education system hate everything masculine. They would love to eliminate football, and have all those football players in tutus, change their names to Nancy, and talk about their feelings. This is just part of the liberal attack on football, America, and everything good about this country. I'm glad I am out of that state, and never going back.
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 26, 2018 12:04:53 GMT -6
"I also encourage all current players to remain committed to HSU....Stay together, work together, and continue to persevere through the tough times to enjoy the benefits often waiting on the other side." “I have made the decision to resign. I simply am not comfortable with the direction of things at HSU and believe that the work environment is not conducive to quality athletic programs and achievement.” So you guys need to stay but I'm outta here...can't have it both ways I'm sure he is just being politically correct here. Publicly he will tell them to stay, but I bet if any of them ask him in a private conversation if they should stay for football reasons, he would tell them no. And the other thing to consider is that a football program from a players perspective is very different than from a coaches.
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 26, 2018 7:09:34 GMT -6
Have any of you read this yet? I think this is unbelievable that this administration acted this way. I do not understand why so many administrations are so opposed to football, at all levels. My opinion is that their hatred for the sport stems from political ideology, but that discussion is not for this thread. My question is this. How many of you have dealt with bad administration? And what strategies did you use to deal with them? Could Coach Smith have done anything in this situation other than resign? I have dealt with poor administration at 1 college and 2 high schools. And at the college level there was very little that could be done, unless your Nick Saban or Urban Myer, if they don't like you or football, your fighting an unwinnable battle. At the high school level I bypassed the administration and went straight to the parents for my needs. Avoided the administration at all costs. footballscoop.com/news/official-resignation-letter-coach-explains-really-going-d-ii-humboldt-state/
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 25, 2018 9:57:25 GMT -6
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