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Post by windigo on Aug 13, 2015 15:36:18 GMT -6
None of your kids' parents have jobs working in manufacturing, mining, farming, construction, restaurant kitchens, or as a nurse, firefighter, military personnel, mechanic, etc? Some of our kids do many of our kids dont. A good line that appeals to some while annihilating many others is a bad line in that circumstance. Were I at another school I might use it.
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Post by windigo on Aug 13, 2015 15:13:28 GMT -6
Love it, but the school I coach at that line isn't as applicable. Part of our challenge and success is instilling a sense of discipline and hard work where kids have had no good examples growing up.
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Post by windigo on Jul 8, 2015 13:06:46 GMT -6
I like the end. Its very very hard to breakdown your own film, especially games you win. Its amazing what your opponents can see in your blowout wins vs. what you see.
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Post by windigo on Jul 2, 2015 10:43:06 GMT -6
I don't think you will find any public support for ANYTHING illegal, recruiting included. Public in general or public at that school. I've seen schools where the booster club is 100% behind the recruiting.
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Post by windigo on Jul 2, 2015 10:39:33 GMT -6
What do you get by shooting a barrel? Sorry, My smarta$$ gene wouldn't let me pass on that. Free fish, do you know how much a real fishing trip costs???
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Post by windigo on Jul 2, 2015 9:38:49 GMT -6
First, I didn't say they should, or shouldn't. Just pointing out situations where it isn't the most abhorrent thing in the world. Second, the fact that you use the word TALENT kind of misses the point. In the example I posted, I think a much more appropriate word would be DEDICATED-- substitute THAT word and it changes a great deal. A DEDICATED kid transferring to a school where there is more established DEDICATION. It wasn't "to get looks"--she already was on everyone's radar. And it wasn't necessarily a transfer--she enrolled at the school as a Freshmen. I think you are missing the point about the OP. This isn't about kids transferring. We are a successful program that flings the rock around more than anyone. We get transfers. We cant stop them from transferring and we cant keep them from playing nor would we. This is about illegal recruiting. This is about adult coaches going out and breaking the rules recruiting kids to their program so they can win. This I hate. At that age kids can break wither way. Fundamentally you are trying to get kids to abandon their teammates and friends by appealing to their ego. If they give in they will most likely break the wrong way for life. Even if you win they lose. It says nothing about your ability as a coach or a man if you pride yourself on your ability to manipulate a teenager to give into the dark-side of their nature. I'm very good at shooting fish and a barrel too. But I don't thump my chest about it.
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Post by windigo on Jun 30, 2015 17:03:38 GMT -6
windigo Thanks for the response coach, any chance you have some documentation on that so I can take a look? To everyone reading this: I did email Mike Kuchar at XandO Labs and he brought up Coach Rileys Four Quarters Club at Oregon State as well as a program by Coach Edsall at Maryland that he brought from his days at UCONN. I reached out to some of the assistant coaches there to ask about it so I am anxious to see what they say. Anyone on this board know about either of these programs and the systems they have in place? No long since gone its been a long time since I ran the off-season weight room. The idea is simple enough to implement though. Just look at your calendar and see the number of training days you will have. Divide 100 by that number.
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Post by windigo on Jun 30, 2015 9:23:26 GMT -6
Dang it I thought it was the quote in his signature. The Hot Rod. Seriously would be an experience to have Roddy Pipers kid. That is until he breaks a coconut on your head.
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Post by windigo on Jun 26, 2015 17:23:46 GMT -6
If the coaches didn't do anything to entice the move it isn't illegal recruiting. I agree with that. We have had kids transfer to be in our program. When that happens we let the other coach know. What I have never agreed with is coaches who act like Satan in the desert. Even if you win they lose.
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Post by windigo on Jun 26, 2015 12:05:26 GMT -6
I hate it I hate it I hate it Illegal recruiting appeals to the worst aspects of a players personality. Most of the time its kids that are talented but have issues and personalities that could break either way. Once the recruiting starts the personality breaks the wrong way. In the times we have lost kids its almost always been like good radiance because the recruiting starts well before they chose to leave and the effect it has on their character starts to make them cancers. Ironically the team that does the most recruiting in our state has not won state the years it recruited heavily. Those years they always finished 2nd or bounced early in the playoffs. The years they won state they actually didn't recruit and had a home grown team. It seems that the kids they recruit always end up being locker room cancers ... I wonder why??? You cant appeal to the worst aspects of human nature and then expect those people to be good teammates.
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Post by windigo on Jun 26, 2015 10:53:30 GMT -6
For awhile when I ran the offseason I used the same point system my college used.
You have to have 90 out of 100 possible points to play in a game. Points could be earned in a variety of ways, weight room, study zone, 7 on 7 attendance, community service events we had. Some of these counted towards the 100 possible some like community service were considered extra credit.
During training camp there would be plenty of extra training available to make the 90 but trust me you wanted to earn it before then.
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Post by windigo on Jun 26, 2015 10:10:04 GMT -6
Is there some way that this is relevant to us as coaches? You never know when a ref will forget PV=nRT at halftime.
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Post by windigo on Jun 26, 2015 9:59:08 GMT -6
One of my favorite forensic statisticians has taken a look at the wells report and I have to say he does a very good job blowing it up. www.climateaudit.info/data/football/mcintyre_analysis_of_wells_report.pdfclimateaudit.org/2015/06/23/deflategate-and-errors-in-the-wells-report/One thing that really stood out to me is that the refs only checked 4 colts balls while checking all 11 patriots balls. The wells report assumed that they checked the Colts balls first but admitted that this was uncertain. That they checked all the patriots balls yet only 4 colts balls suggest that they checked the patriots balls first and ran out of time to check all the colts balls and that the Wells report's assumption about which team was checked first is wrong. This greatly effects the amout of time the colts balls had to warm up increasing their pressure. Another good point is that the report admits that more than one gauge was used to check the balls at half, each with their own bias, but assumes that only one gauge was used pregame. If we know that more than one gauge was used at half how can we just assume that only one gauge was used pregame? How exactly does the Well's report square that circle? It really doesn't.
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Post by windigo on Jun 19, 2015 14:54:51 GMT -6
If you have to tell them what to do then you should look for new captains.
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Post by windigo on Jun 12, 2015 11:19:23 GMT -6
When they graduate we can be friends. Until then they are family but not friends.
I have a facebook coaching account. I have a personal account. I have plenty of friended ex-players on my personal account no but active players. Works the same IRL.
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Post by windigo on Jun 9, 2015 14:25:17 GMT -6
Try your best not to lead. You have dozens of players. There are some leaders there but they wont step up if there is no vacuum.
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Post by windigo on Jun 4, 2015 11:17:50 GMT -6
Of course its a nice companion. Where I coach we get a ton of kids fresh off the plane from Tutuila or Hawaii. It doesn't really matter that a lot of them haven't played much organized American football, that's not to say that many haven't, they all have developed ball skills and tackling.
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Post by windigo on Jun 1, 2015 9:27:47 GMT -6
At our Stateside last coaches meeting our most senior coach who was quite the rugby player made the comment in a discussion about concussions of
'why don't they just get rid of helmets? You never see so many concussions in rugby because no one is stupid enough to lead with their head.'
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Post by windigo on Jun 1, 2015 9:20:30 GMT -6
My son is most certainly starting in Rugby as soon as possible. Way more running than in football which he will need.
And yes I've been loving the game. For all my American Football guys who don't get the rules. You need to understand one rule. When a tackle occurs a line of scrimmage forms at the tackle. At the point of the tackle is known as the ruck. The defense can only enter the ruck from their side of the line of scrimmage. If they come into it from the side or behind then they are offsides.
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Post by windigo on May 29, 2015 9:20:04 GMT -6
Hell I knew the game ... but I didn't know {censored} about coaching. The game itself is maybe 10%.
No one cares about that you are saying until they know you care about them. And that is a major double edged sword. Emotionally investing in those young men brings the greatest highs but also the greatest lows.
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Post by windigo on May 28, 2015 13:46:45 GMT -6
Classic last words of average football coaches.
'My best players .... '
Your best players are natural athletes. They really don't need you. Your success or failure as a coach is measured by how you develop the guys who aren't your best players.
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Post by windigo on May 28, 2015 9:27:06 GMT -6
So freaking true.... its very rare to find an OLINE kid that is ready to roll day one with the kind of mentality needed. It takes time and alot of work....encouragement. Most of these types have not played any type of sports before especially football. We just started Spring Ball this week. I have 18 potentials. About 3 of them are ready to go because they played alot last year. I have about 8 others that could potentially add value. Those kids were the ones that are mentioned above. The rest need alot of attention... encouragment. I spoke to one after practice last night and he said his head was spinning. I said no problem its going to...no worries. Just give the effort to get better and you wont ever get an ear full from me. Today's garbage can could be a potential player with the right push. Also kids that are just meromorphic freaks tend not to appreciate their coaches. It always comes easy for them so they are frequently the ones who are an attitude problem. But those kids who are projects; when you build them up more as a man than as a football player. When they know that you care and you saw potential in them before they saw it in themselves. They are insanely loyal. They will go to hell and back for you.
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Post by windigo on May 27, 2015 14:19:42 GMT -6
I really disagree with that. The fact of the matter is that linemen are endomorphs. In their natural untrained state they are very out of shape. Their endocrine system is all messed up, they have very high estrogen and low testosterone. And quite frankly athletics is so painful for them when they first start that they usually quit. They are weak, shy, awkward, and have no self confidence. Instead of thinking about throwing these kids in the deep end of the pool focus on fixing the underlying issues first. Start a big mans power lifting program, get them into the weight room and have them do some very very very light weight exercise. Go very easy on them. Don't put them on some intense high met program. Dont pressure them to join football. Just get them out of their shell. It seriously needs to be like planet fitness. These kids have a very high ceiling but they start out as fragile as glass physically, mentally, and emotionally. That has to be fixed first. That strongest men on the planet are almost all endomorphs. The best offensive linemen are almost all endomorphs. Inside every dough-boy is a genetic freak waiting to be born. Your Adonis mesomorphs wish they had the bone structure and physical potential that the fat shy kid with his head down in the hall has.
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Post by windigo on May 18, 2015 14:31:06 GMT -6
Each case has to be an individual case. Some kids will quit because they don't like discipline. You can only try so long with those kids.
Other kids will quit because they cant physically take it. Those kids you need to give some ground on. A dough-boy can become a great player if given the time and help they need to get in shape. Inside every dough-boy is a genetic freak waiting to be born. They are endomorphs and endomorphs have the potential for more pure muscle mass and can produce more force when at their peak than mesomorphs. Many of your top heavyweight powerlifters are natural endomorphs.
But too many coaches wash them out. Understand, that those dough-boys go through intense physical pain when they first start heavy exercising especially weight training. And I mean intense, they will suffer DOMS(delayed onset muscle sourness) that literally cripples them. The muscle locks and cannot move for days. And generally they are shy subdued kids so they simply quit and don't voice just how much they are hurting.
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Post by windigo on May 8, 2015 9:47:11 GMT -6
I agree with the article. Too many people are confusing being tough with being an A-hole. Its always best to start out tough because it gives you more room as the culture changes. First impressions are everything. If your first impression is Mr. Nice guy its impossible to drop the hammer.
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Post by windigo on Feb 26, 2015 23:02:56 GMT -6
Another similar to deltas
"Respect me says the 405lb barbell. Put in the effort, the discipline, the sacrifice, the work needed to lift me once. But don't walk away so high and mighty as to think you have beaten me.
Respect me, and remain disciplined on your path so that you might wrestle with me again. You will leave here. Your life will go on. You will change for better or for worse. I will not change. When you return I will still be here. I will still weigh 405lbs, respect that, respect me."
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Post by windigo on Feb 26, 2015 23:00:11 GMT -6
From my man Eliot Hulse
'Everyman carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. From the weight of frustrtion from not being able to find a job. To the weight of lethargy from not being able to sleep at night with that newborn baby. To the weight of rage for that woman who betrayed you even though you gave her your heart. But worst of all is the weight of carrying the fact that you know that you are not living up to the strength that is within you. Not being the strongest version of yourself. All of this resistance accumulates. It grows so heavy that your body feels like its going to break. So what does a man do when a man do when he feels like he is on the brink of destruction? What does a man do when it feels like the weight has become so unbearable? He learns to lift that {censored}! He learns it not because he has something to prove but because of who he is to become. When you discover that all of the challenges in your life are just like the plates that you slap on the barbell, your {censored} boss, sick baby, broken heart. And that each of them is designed specifically to strengthen weaknesses within your character. Your not only learn to accept these challenges but you beg for them. Pray! Lay your heavy burden on my shoulders so that I can grow strong. Bring it on ... because I lift that {censored} or die trying!'
Shorten as you see fit.
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Post by windigo on Sept 18, 2014 10:25:15 GMT -6
You lost 56-9 - and the offense is the problem? It doesn't really matter. As our resident grand pubah of the double wing The Outlaw Josey Waleswould say 'if you run the double wing you better win'. Its ugly football. If you dont win you get fired. The HC has to make an offensvie change or he is gone at the end of the season.
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Post by windigo on Sept 17, 2014 16:03:40 GMT -6
Yes, we have a school that cannot drop to a low enough student body to drop down and their student body is made largely of military so it is alwasy transient. That team cannot win.
Generally in my experience there are 3 types of eltie programs. You have the rich school with resources. You have the middle class school that gets the athleat transfers as their families move up from the poor neighborhoods. And you have the poor school with that has figured it out and got their kids to beleive.
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Post by windigo on Sept 17, 2014 15:54:25 GMT -6
Its the HC's ass not yours. A OJW would say 'if you run the DW you better win'. You cannot run a DW loose to an average team 56-9 and expect to keep your job.
Understand he will be fired at the end of the season maybe before if you keep running the DW and losing. He has no choice.
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