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Post by mariner42 on Dec 20, 2011 16:41:02 GMT -6
California state game summary:
Have an OL/DL that's bigger and skilled guys that are faster. Result: SoCal 4-1 with the only W being De La Salle smacking around a spread team. NorCal teams were consistently undersized at the OL/DL and out-matched in terms of speed.
As I recall the matchups went like this, winners bolded Open: SBV/4-3/4-4 vs Spread 4-4 D-I: DW/3-3 vs 10 personnel UC/4-4/4-3 D-II: Pro IZ/OZ/3-3 vs Spread/4-4 D-III: 'Pro'/4-4 vs Spread/4-4 D-IIII: 2 back UC/3-4 vs Spread/4-4
Lotta WRs (although most of them were just decoys), lotta 4 man lines that adjust to single/2 back by going 2/1 high.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 17, 2011 21:02:29 GMT -6
If you do it in practice, do it in a game. I start every defensive segment/practice with something along these line, so when it comes time to pregame, I have us do something along those lines.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 17, 2011 18:14:40 GMT -6
My Frosh/JV football coach used it all the time, several of us picked it up from him. We have a lot of strange habits that he instilled in us...
I've always had it associated with being a southern thing, personally.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 16, 2011 23:58:41 GMT -6
I'll be back there someday, but not until certain things change there.
Currently unincorporated, figuring out my next step.
Bellarmine showing some serious moxie to start the 3rd!
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 16, 2011 22:53:24 GMT -6
To be fair, pretty much no one had an answer for Riggs this year. He's a thorough bred, his older brother was a hell of an rb/ss for us. There's one more boy from that family coming up (love those mormons!), hopefully I get to back there in time to coach him.
If you watch SM's defense, its very, very similar to the D being run @ my alma mater. Blank got the scheme from Coach Welch.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 16, 2011 22:18:24 GMT -6
Bellarmine just ran belly option from the DW for a TD. As a defensive guy, all I can say about that is UGH. Option + DW? F*** everything about that...
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 16, 2011 17:16:13 GMT -6
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 23, 2011 22:34:58 GMT -6
The OC at the HS I coached at this year got fired by the principal/AD at the end of the season and at least one of the reasons why was because he ignored the school's no-tobacco campus rules on a more or less daily basis.
I personally think it's pretty gross, but I reserve judgement on most things of this nature because I don't think it's that big of a deal as a personal habit.
As a personal habit at school, at practice, in front of the kids, I think it sets a bad example... ESPECIALLY if the kids know that you aren't supposed to be dipping and do.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 23, 2011 14:15:21 GMT -6
You might try jgordon1, I believe he's at a recent startup.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 16, 2011 21:21:03 GMT -6
So, we've established that being "too negative" is a bad thing. So, let me pose a question; is there such a thing as "too positive"? I can't remember the specific number, but at a certain point positive praise becomes a matter of diminishing and eventually negative returns. But I think it's something like 13-1 positive-negative, something silly like that. If you manage a 5-1 ratio, you're friggin' superhuman and rockin' out as a coach. At no point should you ever remove the negative however. You need salty to help understand sweet, you need pain to understand pleasure, the juxtaposition is important. I think the cold, direct honesty is a healthy way to show anger without being a SOB about it. It's important to criticize effort or execution without criticizing people, too. As several people have established, there's a difference between "Jimmy, that's a lazy effort" and "Jimmy, quit being lazy". Tonal inflection/delivery is important, but all Jimmy is hearing in the second example is that Coach thinks he's lazy, so hell, he might as well dog it some more. An even better way to say it would be "That can't be Jimmy coming in last, he gives better effort than that!" It's not as direct, but it establishes your expectations, lets the player know you think highly of him, and sets you up to praise his improved effort later ("There's the Jimmy I know! He's a heck of a player!"). I try to use positive coaching as often as I can, it's just more in line with my personality. I will blow a gasket every now and then, I will occasionally run down a player, but my goal is always to be positive, uplifting, and affirming. It's a journey...
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Post by mariner42 on Oct 13, 2011 12:17:22 GMT -6
Somebody has to be the Rockstar or they are going to cancel the concert...so get your a$$ out on stage. My man-crush grows with every post... I f***ing love this guy.
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Post by mariner42 on Oct 2, 2011 20:25:09 GMT -6
i talked to a VP the other day, one i have a good relationship with. I said the kids told me about people saying stuff. He was totally cool, i am glad I went and talked to him. I went through pretty much the exact same situation. You handled it properly. Side note: grow a lumberjack beard. Should remove any further such issues.
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Post by mariner42 on Sept 10, 2011 18:09:10 GMT -6
So this has been on my mind recently and I wanted to ask folks how they go about setting up visits with college coaches. I've found it easy to make contact with coaches at the D-III level around here, but frankly, in CA most schools are the D-I big boys.
I'd really like to hear how you fellas go about setting up visits, who do you contact first and how do you go about finding them? Is it an extension of making contact via the recruiting process or what?
Thanks for your time!
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Post by mariner42 on Sept 5, 2011 13:03:33 GMT -6
They've had bucksweep going along with power. I'm more curious about wtf it is that Glenville is trying to do with their defense. Some extremely unsound fronts getting rolled out there...
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Post by mariner42 on Sept 3, 2011 20:46:58 GMT -6
Came up with Cal vs Oregon last year when Cal's defensive players would flop literally onto the ball to slow down Oregon's tempo. Cal managed to hold Oregon to 14 points, but I don't think it was because of the messing with the tempo, I think they just executed a better gameplan than most folks had put out at that point in the year.
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 13, 2011 21:35:00 GMT -6
Right now the we are testing out remote capabilities in-house. In the next release (barring any unforeseen setbacks), we are planning to release an app that lets DSV remotes work with the video player on Hudl. Glad to know that $$$ for those remotes won't go to waste! Is there any odd chance you might let slip some (if any) plans to incorporate or blend aspects of DSV into HUDL?
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Post by mariner42 on Jul 11, 2011 9:15:41 GMT -6
I just received an email about this from our DSV vendor. Kind of a crazy surprise to me, feels like Coke buying Pepsi. I'm not so much interested in any kind of reactionary stuff as much as hoping some one can explain what this means for the immediate future and down the road.
What I know: 1-If you purchased DSV, you now have HUDL Online instead of DSV Anywhere. 2-DSV will be supported by HUDL for as long as existing support contracts (through 2011 season for most) 3-If you have an existing copy of DSV, it's yours forever, just know that it's not getting upgraded or supported ever again.
I'd love if some of the more in-the-know folks from HUDL (Mav, etc) could contribute some more info about whatever they can share, etc.
That said, all hail our new HUDL overlords!
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 23, 2011 14:08:35 GMT -6
Hi, Chris Coughlin here, president of The Glazier Clinics. It would be helpful if you included the clinic you attended with your comments. That way, we can go back and take a look so we can figure out a solution for that venue. For example, I need to go back and look at the 'too much" 3-3-5 comments as they pertain to specific clinics. Last season our clinic topic model placed less emphasis on the 3-3 so there should have been less of that in every clinic. The previous several years, we did much more as it was a "hot" topic. Our model also reduced the spread topics. I need to figure out if we did not follow the model in some venues or if the comments were from clinics sattended in previous years. The bottom line is that we want to get better and your comments will be listened too. Chris ps- We are working on larger facilties in many markets and will address that in a separate post. I'm just going through the Santa Clara clinic from this year: 2 speakers on specifically 3-3-5 3 speakers on specifically spread/shotgun offenses, several other speakers that touched on shotgun and/or 'spread' components Here in a CA these are both hot trends, so I get it, but there was virtually nil on 3-4 topics because of a speaker cancellation. I know you fellas don't control the speakers' lives/the weather, but that was a bit of a bother for me. I enjoyed listening to Nick Rapone immensely, for what it's worth. He's one of those guys who has both pedigree and accessibility, great speaker who touched on ideas that were scheme independent and valuable. Thanks for taking the time to do this, by the way
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 23, 2011 11:08:57 GMT -6
I understand that you want to balance topics/presenters between what's popular and in vogue vs offering variety, but there are times where I feel as though if I'm not a spread something something coach or a 3-3-5 coach, I should just go boil my head. I don't really have a good solution for this, so I do feel bad bringing it up, but that was my largest gripe last year. Here's a cat that is (hopefully) going to mirror my thoughts next year during clinic season: Edit: Love the Glazier Clinics, so this is more "constructive criticism" than complaints! 1. More variation in topics. It seems like every session is either "Making Friends and Influencing People With the 3-3-5" or "Spread Offense for Fun and Profit." 2. More focus in topics. Instead of the "Amazing University Offense" for 3 hours, I'd rather see more clinics with "The Outside Zone Play" or "Coaching the Smash Route and Its Compliments" for 3 hours. I think it's hard to get anything but a nugget out of those more broadly-sweeping topics...because "the devil is in the details" when it comes to football, and I'd be willing to sit through 3 hours on just one play or concept if it was something we run. 3. More stuff on practice organization and / or program improvement to mix in with the typical X's and O's stuff. I hope this helps! Keep up the great work! As usual, the Loch-monster voices my opinion for me, but better.
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 23, 2011 10:52:04 GMT -6
I get Ray-Ban aviators off of Ebay. I've had two pairs for about 4 years now, I can't break them, they never scratch, lenses pop back in easily when they come out. My biggest problem is that I just lose them somewhere and I have no earthly idea where, so I have to switch back to a hat until I find them again.
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Post by mariner42 on May 26, 2011 11:40:21 GMT -6
No, proper behavior is not something to be rewarded as it is an expectation. These kids aren't going to get cookies and medals for being responsible employees in the work place after the graduate. While it's not exactly "rewarding" what we expect to happen, one thing I like to incorporate in coaching, and that I use in the classroom, is what I call "catching them being good". It's a positive behavioral support. It's as simple as "I like how Jimmy's blocking to the whistle", or "Johnny's finishing sprints the Comet way" (or whatever your team name is). I like it because it can be positive attention for kids who might not normally get it, and it reinforces team expectations and/or rules in a positive manner. I agree that we shouldn't always heap praise and rewards on kids for doing what should normally be expected of them. However, if the only feedback they ever get is negative, how will they know when they're doing things right? I want my players to know that I'm paying attention when they're doing it the right way AS WELL AS the wrong way. That's good coaching, amigo. A simple discipline/consequences tool I use is 2 pushups. Every one can do 2 pushups, hell, I bet any coach on this board with the use of his legs can. I know that if we asked our guys to see how long they could do 2 pushup sets with 15 seconds rest, we'd probably be waiting a very, very long time. I use 2 pushups as a consequence to a great many things to offer immediate feedback. Are we getting into lines for a drill too slowly? 2 pushups. Are our lines not even? 2 pushups. Are we not paying our full attention to the coaching that's happening? 2 pushups. Are we loafing during pursuit drill? 2 pushups. Our first day of spring ball, our kids probably did ~20 sets of 2 pushups within the first ~15m of practice. But you better believe that day 2 they only did maybe 5. Today is day 4 and they're already at the point where they can reasonably anticipate when I'm going to blow my whistle and say 2 pushups. So we've established, in 3 practices, some of the little things that bring discipline and accountability to a program, which is key for a team that just went 2-8 (and got it's ass handed to them on defense last year).
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Post by mariner42 on May 20, 2011 11:41:29 GMT -6
Linfield College's team camp Boooo. (Willamette Alum)
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Post by mariner42 on May 19, 2011 14:55:16 GMT -6
Pretty closely mirrors my experience going to individual camps vs team camps. Team camps are fantastic, everyone should do it, every year, period. Indy camps are for recruiting, period, and if you aren't going to get recruited, you'd better be there for the experience and the memories. I was lucky in that I was one of the guys who wasn't getting totally ignored, but I wasn't getting keys to an Escalade dropped into my shoe bag, either.
I'll echo what rideanddecide said in that, for me, going to camps helped solidify that I could compete with anyone on any field. Feels good to know that.
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 28, 2011 16:50:57 GMT -6
Geez, don't you guys watch Mythbusters? You can totally polish a turd! I'd love to see a link on that. To lighten the mood
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 20, 2011 8:04:04 GMT -6
The guy I coached under last year did both. There were a variety of reasons he chose to do it, but the primary ones were these: 1-It was his first year and he didn't trust anyone to do it, 2-He's a micro-manager unlike any other I've ever seen, 3-He's been doing both for so long that he doesn't know how to let it go.
This was HS ball in CA, we were a first round playoff team at 7-4.
As far as breakdown goes, he's a Wing-T guru, so the offensive planning is second nature to him, and his defense is ridiculously simple, so there's not a whole lot of planning that goes on there, either.
Assistants roles were to watch their positions, grade them, coach their positions throughout practice and stay out of his way. No one ran anything other than their position drills, everything else was under his management.
Game nights were like extended team periods of practice, assistants coach their guys while he runs the offense and defense.
Lower level coaches were dictated everything from practice plans to gameplanning, if they weren't getting it done to his standards during the games, he would come down to the sidelines and take over.
I'm coaching elsewhere next season.
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 4, 2011 11:47:09 GMT -6
Teachers (and to lesser extent, administrators) are being held accountable for things over which they have no control. I had, we all had, and now when subbing I see kids whose attitude is "I'm going to fail because I don't care, and you can't stop me." I don't care how many degrees you have, how many years you've taught, how many inservices you've gone to and how much "Profesional Development" you've had - You can't motivate Active Indifference. This is basically describing about 30-40% of my students right now. Poor farmworker community, 95% Hispanic, almost 100% free/reduced lunch, lots of issues going on. There are 3 different "streams" of difficulty, usually: Academic (univ., some technical community college) Applied, (community college, technical apprentice/trades), workplace (basically shop worker, unskilled trade) See, we don't really do this. Example: our school principal has mandated that our kids all take only college prep classes (CA A-G requirements). The result? Kids that haven't passed algebra are now juniors taking chemistry. Of our senior class of about 300-350 kids, we have approximately 30 that were ELIGIBLE to get into the University system. Not guaranteed admission or anything like that, ELIGIBLE. As in, theoretically could get in. The rest? Well, they get a diploma that means they showed up and hand their hands held for four years and no real practical education for what their lives are going to be: difficult and under paid.
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 3, 2011 23:07:49 GMT -6
Our district has cut something like $30 million over the last 3 years. There's basically nothing left to cut, we have no athletics budget at all, almost all extra programs are gone, big ol' ****ing mess. The amount of money that our district spends that directly affects the classroom is in the bottom 25% in the state, while the amount of money spent on administration salaries, etc, is in the top 25% of the state. We also spend more than almost anyone else on outside consultants for a variety of services. Basically, run the worst way possible.
Luckily, I'm almost certainly leaving this district.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 3, 2011 13:41:22 GMT -6
What to do with all this extra fame & money and how to manage all of the beautiful 22-25 1/2 year old women that insist on my affections... No one ever prepares you for that part of it.
In all seriousness: Numbers, then commitment.
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 27, 2011 11:21:18 GMT -6
Focus on yourselves and improving and getting them to buy into being the best them possible. Wins and losses will sort themselves out, but don't get caught up in beating the other guys and forget to take on your own worst enemy: yourself.
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 20, 2011 0:00:34 GMT -6
I like blitz practice/review for LBs, any kind of low-speed form tackling for any defensive personnel, and play review/install for the whole offense (especially during fall camp) for pre-practice activities.
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