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Post by coachbleu on Dec 1, 2017 9:55:54 GMT -6
Does anyone know how to get a job teaching a football class in college? That seems like a great gig, but I have no idea how to get my foot in the door.
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Post by coachbleu on Jan 26, 2017 11:45:41 GMT -6
The reason that I posted this is because I recently visited with the coaches who were with me. We talked about the incident and it pissed me off all over again.
Let me set it up for y'all a little better. At the time, I had been to many coaching clinics and I was with some young coaches who were attending one of their first clinics. On the way there, I had told them how I liked to see guys from small schools, and that I rarely got anything helpful from guys from college. I had cited them a few examples and had told them of some arrogance and ineptitude that I had witnessed at clinics over the years.
We decided to check out Joker Phillips because someone was interested in what they were doing. I went along because I wanted to find out how they blocked some of their zone stuff. He drew all his stuff up against, mostly, the same front and two-high. I simply wanted to know how they handled ANY type of force or edge player on the weak side, where they couldn't combo with the G & T.
Please realize that I wasn't trying to be a jerk when I asked him. I simply wanted to know what they did. His answer of "we don't see that" is completely absurd. As if they NEVER face an overhang player in the sec. that's bogus. I wasn't trying to show him up. I just wanted to know what they did.
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Post by coachbleu on Jan 13, 2017 18:29:24 GMT -6
Several years ago, I attended a coaching clinic with some buddies. Joker Phillips was speaking, as he was the HC at Kentucky at the time, so we decided to go and check out what he was doing. At the meeting, he was showing how they were blocking zone away from trips. He drew up several instances with 2-high safeties and a stacked LB on the weak side, with the tackle and the guard combo-ing up from the DE to the LB. I asked him how they would handle it if they got 1-high safety and a force player to the weak side. His response was THEY DON'T SEE THAT! I immediately got up and left the meeting with my pals.
I'd like to take this opportunity to vent a bit, after one of my buddies who was there brought it up today. Am I crazy? Am I wrong to think that it's an uncommon look? As a HS coach, I rarely see an edge without a force player. Actually, after 10 years as an OC and 10 more years as an assistant, I've only faced it a handful of times. Also, he was coaching in the SEC. They see EVERYTHING. I can't tell you how much it chapped my butt to have this guy act like I was crazy to suggest that they might have a force player rather than a stack away from trips. What'd I miss?
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Post by coachbleu on Mar 9, 2016 6:46:37 GMT -6
I recently read Coach Vint's blog on culture and really liked it. His blog lead me to Coach Jackson at Grapevine HS in TX. I've attempted to contact him and I'm waiting on a reply. I looked through his Twitter posts and he uses a kind of boot camp for his team. It appears they will split into squads and there is a scoring system. They compete and also appear to gain points for things that help build the concept of team. Players are held accountable both in and out of practice. Does anyone do this? I'm looking to find examples, ideas, how scoring systems are set up and so on. I've talked to some of my players and they really liked the idea. I found this online somewhere (maybe on this site) a few years ago. offseason point program
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Post by coachbleu on Mar 25, 2013 0:59:08 GMT -6
In the Mississippi Private league, we get 20 days in full pads. We can also have multiple scrimmages. At least half our team is involved in some sort of spring sport, so we push the start date as far back as possible. We begin practice with whoever we have and pick up players as their sports end. I coach the OLine and spring training is paramount to what we do. Every year I have a pivotal player that I have to develop during that time. Usually, I am breaking in a new center and need that time to get him reps with all the live contact he can handle. We are not allowed to wear shoulder pads during the summer, so spring is a very physical time for us. We don't do any conditioning and we don't punish kids during that time either. It's a little loose to say the least, but that's when we mold our team for the fall. It's truly a critical time for us.
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 28, 2012 1:00:33 GMT -6
1 in HS Coached under 6
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 12, 2012 20:54:59 GMT -6
Does anyone else here think that it's wrong to CANCEL their season? If you coach at a small school, you are going to go through droughts. It's the nature of the beast. If a coach cancelled on me, I'd make sure they were NEVER on my schedule again.
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 11, 2012 13:40:54 GMT -6
We once had a headmaster that did some rather insane stuff with the athletes at the school for years. One example, he went out the baseball bus as they were pulling out of the parking lot to head to an away game and pulled two players off the bus because they had failed tests that day. There was no rule in place that allowed for this. He just did it. The second year I was there, we hired a new head coach who they had sought for years because he was a coaching legend. He had extreme school and community support. Everyone loved him. I warned him of the headmaster's tricks in previous years so he was ready for him.
Right before the first big ball game of the season, during the middle of the week, the headmaster called our HC aside and told him to be prepared to play without our strong tackle and our running back this week, that they had not been performing well in the classroom and he was going to hold them out of the game. To this our HC responded "you better shine up your coaching shoes." We never heard another peep out of that headmaster!
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 11, 2012 10:12:42 GMT -6
You can play football with 15. Don't cancel your season and stay positive. Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes you're the nail. Take your lumps like a man and build for the future.
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 2, 2012 21:34:07 GMT -6
I was cleaning out the equipment room when I first got to a school in 98 and found an oral screw. Not a joke. Anyone know what that is? It's te only time I've ever seen one.
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Post by coachbleu on Jun 24, 2012 22:52:27 GMT -6
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Post by coachbleu on Jun 14, 2012 14:21:55 GMT -6
A favorite quote comes to mind. "Sometimes you gotta shoot a hostage" Meet with them as a team, then in small groups, and finally with the leaders individually. See if you can get em on the right path. If nothing happens, crack the whip and start culling the chaff. If you have to get rid of a few, you won't be any worse off.
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Post by coachbleu on Jun 13, 2012 17:57:43 GMT -6
Why not full pads on Monday, and half-shell on Wednesday? As the season moves on, you should have less and less full contact during practice. If you have guys that are banged up, then rest em, especially on Monday. Hold em out of everything. If you think that your legs need rest, then give em some. Football season is long ifmyounare good, and taking care of their bodies is imperative.
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Post by coachbleu on May 18, 2012 9:04:44 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.
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Post by coachbleu on May 5, 2012 11:05:35 GMT -6
I had really good HS coaches. No rings, but we were consistently good. District champs 3 of 4 years. Lost in the semi's my freshman year. I learned a lot about coaching from those guys, but they didn't inspire me to become a coach. It was a suggestion from my father when I had no apparent path in college. I stumbled upon a Junior High volunteer job shortly after that while I was still in school and fell in love with coaching.
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Post by coachbleu on May 4, 2012 9:50:06 GMT -6
I'm not suggesting to play without a helmet. I'm not suggesting to not use the best gear possible. What I am saying is that this sport is dangerous, just like riding in a car. You might get hurt. It's not anybody's fault. Sometimes life sucks.
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Post by coachbleu on May 4, 2012 9:13:19 GMT -6
This is football. It is violent. It is dangerous. They give them helmets because their heads run into things on the field. It's part of it. It will always be part of it.
Truly, all you hippies that wanna make it safe need to go play soccer or badminton.
This is called LIFE. You cannot make it safe. You cannot make it out of life alive. We are all in peril everyday that we are on this planet.
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Post by coachbleu on Apr 24, 2012 12:43:59 GMT -6
Short term goals and celebration of achievement can help the process. There has to be a payoff for the kids year-round in order to get them to work hard year-round. Maxing in the weight room, having a lift-a-thon, providing t-shirts with slogans, etc are a good start. Constant attention to all your kids IMPROVEMENT is another. Don't lose focus on those guys who aren't your studs, but are improving. That's where it all starts. When you focus on individual improvement instead of comparing kids to each other, that's where you get the real buy-in. When a kid sees that you care about HIM and how hard HE is working, he will start to trust and believe in you.
I don't think that it's a good idea to come into a losing program and draw a line in the sand and say "this is how hard we are going to work" from day 1. You will lose a bunch of kids that way. I know that a lot of people are going to comment that you need to separate the wheat from the chaff, but how do you know what's chaff if they've been losing. The losers will cull themselves eventually. If you change things a little at a time, then you will be able to build that trust and maybe not lose those guys that you need to win. Always remember that you can't win without players. And if you run off all the good ones by taking too firm a stance to start with, you may not be around long enough to see it through.
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Post by coachbleu on Apr 4, 2012 7:30:43 GMT -6
We use two field lazer paint machines. They work great but are a pain to maintain and clean. Still, I wouldn't trade them for aerosol.
We have an interesting tradition at our school. The daddys come out after Wednesday's practice and help us paint. They call it Paint Night. A few guys get food together and fire up the grill. We have a group that does the hashes and another group that paints the numbers. We just run out there after practice and get the grid painted. We have some other dads that help with whatever we need. It's great and a lot of fun. Also, they kill the fatted calf just about every week. BBQ chicken is always on the menu. But we also have steak, pork tenderloin, duck wraps, oysters, goat, slaw, beans, salad, cookies, and whatever else the guys can come up with. After we finish painting, all the men sit around and eat. People often stay out there til after 11 pm.
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Post by coachbleu on Apr 3, 2012 10:17:58 GMT -6
GATA
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Post by coachbleu on Mar 27, 2012 8:30:15 GMT -6
Teams that get over the hump and stay over the hump don't start practice in August. They've been going since January or in many other cases, the day after their state playoffs ended! Well said!
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Post by coachbleu on Mar 9, 2012 9:02:54 GMT -6
Some things that I thought of while reading this: 1. Just don't go to the faculty meeting. See what happens. Force his hand (and be looking for a job) 2. Practice on sunday, then bring em back for a short practice on Monday after the faculty meeting.
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Post by coachbleu on Oct 29, 2009 20:39:05 GMT -6
The helmet to helmet penalty is the worst penalty in all sports. Your head is on top of your shoulders. The opponents head is on top of his shoulders. How in the world are you supposed to hit each other without helmets colliding?
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Post by coachbleu on Oct 26, 2009 21:19:26 GMT -6
Not hard to believe. He was looking at the ground!
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Post by coachbleu on Oct 25, 2009 17:49:51 GMT -6
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 16, 2009 16:09:55 GMT -6
Fat boy shoulda got out in the heat during the summer in preparation. Blame him.
Just what we need, more warning labels. Who needs to be told that a moving lawnmower blade will cut you? Or not to insert large metal devices into orifices of their body? Morons
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 6, 2009 7:38:50 GMT -6
I may sound stupid when I say this, but I'd rather lose with kids that care and put in effort than win a state championships with a bunch of lazy/talented/jerkoffs. It would be much easier to sleep at night. I'll bet you that the kids that got the rings in 00 and the kids that did not get the rings in 99 would not agree with this statement AT ALL! That kid was a jerk, but I had to coach him in practice every day anyway. He might as well make us win on Friday night.
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 3, 2009 9:40:39 GMT -6
Gotta go with the guy who can play.
If it's close between the skill levels, definitely go with the good guy. But if there is that much of a gradient between how each of them can play, you need to have the playmaker in the game.
I had this same situation back in 99 and 00 with the same kid. He was was about 275 and the strongest kid on the team. He could explode off the ball like few i've ever had. However, he was lazy. He practiced bad, didn't finish blocks, gave up on plays, etc. In 99, I had him in a backup role. He played a good bit, but knew his place on the bench. We got beat in the semi's that year. He was a much more devistating blocker than 3 of the starters I had out there and two of our losses came down to the inability to run off tackle vs. a good interior player on that side.
The next season, I made him a starter. He was still sorry in a lot of ways and was never the player that he should or could have been. However, about 60 percent of the time, he was whipping some butt. We won state that year and he was one driving force behind it. I often subbed him during ball games to get onto lazy play, but overall he was still a good player.
Looking back on it, I wish that I had started him his junior year. I could have lived with some sorry play, because, when the chips were down and there was a good player to be blocked he was the one who was capable of making the block. The other guys were not.
Sometimes you just have to take it. Not every player you coach is going to be Johnny-good-guy. The NFL and colleges are filled with lazy pricks. That's why you don't see option at the high levels of football any more. None of those exceptional athletes want to go to a college so they can block 60% of the time and only get the ball less than 30%. Don't let any of these big-wigs tell you it's about speed on defense. BS! If the academies can make all that offense with the slugs that they have (sometimes against top-level programs) think of what you could do with elite athletes!
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Post by coachbleu on Jun 26, 2009 8:06:09 GMT -6
Heat is a major issue in AZ, I was just wondering if anyone who has coached in the southwest or any place that has extremely high temperatures how you handle water breaks? I was thinking of doing it like we did in college, guys could get as much water as they want during team drills and have water breaks every 10-15 min (I believe) during Indy period. I will be dealing with Freshmen most likely, are there any special concerns with these players. In south TX, we were fortunate to have a full-time trainer. He had several portable water fountains and had them positioned near our indy drills. The kids could get water whenever they needed, so long as it didn't interfere with the drills. Also, find shade if you can. Have water breaks in the shade. Practice drills in the shade if possible. Get a couple of tents if you have to. We moved our water coolers to under our covered batting cage. It's much cooler there and we have power to run mist fans.
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Post by coachbleu on Jun 25, 2009 13:47:56 GMT -6
...or 12!
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