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Post by mariner42 on Dec 21, 2010 16:37:51 GMT -6
They seem to be a fairly respectable team now. Yeah, the Pope is fairly holy, too...
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 20, 2010 16:30:50 GMT -6
Yup. Usually in the classroom, there's a kid or two who just does everything the way that I hate. It invariably turns to pity, but before I can reach that place... ARRGGHHHH!!!! Makes me want to punch a seal pup.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 18, 2010 2:04:39 GMT -6
just how big is the shirt going to be to get all that on there? seems kinda busy to me and not sure just how much the whole thing will really stand out if you have to stop the guy wearing it and have him stand still for 15 seconds while you read the shirt. That was my concern and the reason why I didn't go for the whole quote, I figure 40+ words is a bit much to digest. Putting the guy's face on a shirt and maybe a "Sadly, you aren't me" underneath would be kinda sweet...
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 17, 2010 16:58:27 GMT -6
We do a thing that I've nick-named 'Throwaway Shirts' where we have about a dozen T-shirts and other things (hats, etc) made to reward kids at unexpected times for a variety of things. Example: Kid has been busting his butt in the weight room for a few weeks, we toss him a T-shirt on his way to class. The T-shirts all have a variety of logos/slogans we like so that we're not just giving the same ones out. HC swears by it, I like it, kids go nuts to earn one.
So, I've been trying to think of a good rip off from the 'Old Spice Guy' commercials (I'd link it, but stupid school filter). Here's what I've got: “Hello, ladies, look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being weak and switched to Mariner Football, he could play like he’s me.”
Original: “Hello, ladies, look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped using ladies scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on a boat with the man your man could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look again, the tickets are now diamonds. Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. I’m on a horse.”
I'm hoping for a yay/nay on the funny or some alternate suggestions?
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 16, 2010 19:22:07 GMT -6
No way the wall happened on it's own. The "Wall" aspect is self-righteous BS from pundits and whatnot, imo. Whatever the **** it is, it's trivial. The tripping, well, yeah, that's a total douchebag move. But the only controversy over the 'wall' is manufactured.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 16, 2010 13:24:16 GMT -6
CA state games aren't streamed online, but there will be live audio at kbcsports.com. They're televised on FSN PrimeTicket and CSN California, depending on if you're So-Cal or Nor-Cal, respectively. I'm going to try to DVR and burn all 5 if anyone's interested. Matchups: FRIDAY Division IV Brookside Christian (Stockton) vs. The Bishop's School (La Jolla) 4 p.m. Division I Palo Alto vs. Corona (Centennial) 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY Division III Escalon vs. Madison (San Diego) Noon Division II Folsom vs. Serra (Gardena) 3:30 p.m. Open Division De La Salle (Concord) vs. Servite (Anaheim) 7:30 p.m.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 14, 2010 22:15:36 GMT -6
Is your header going to yell "hey...Assistant Head Coach (name)" in order to get your attention? Heh, the more likely exchange: "GET THE **** OUT OF MY WAY! GOD**** WORST ASSISTANT HEAD COACH I'VE EVER HAD!" "Coach, I'm the first AHC you've had..." (I'm snarky as hell...) "AND AFTER TONIGHT, THE LAST!" But really, he's a sweet man. When his grandson is within 15 feet. I think Loch's example is probably the most logical and certainly most reasonable use of the title.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 14, 2010 20:23:59 GMT -6
I dunno, I kinda see it as OC or DC with more autonomy and a few of the 'unpleasant' tasks that the HC wants to delegate. I'm sure it's a nice hat to wear if you're serious about your advancement, but not sure how necessary it is at the HS level.
That said, if our HC wanted to name me AHC, I'd be in favor of it. He's going to holler at me either way, at least with one there's a title that's a bit fancier.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 13, 2010 13:36:49 GMT -6
FAMILY: Forget About Me, I Love You.
Nicely incorporates what it's really all about...
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 13, 2010 13:27:15 GMT -6
Money Quote:
The trick is to find a way to play as David, to play 'your game', without getting sucked into the traditional methodology of your opponent. I believe Gladwell makes reference to Vietnam and the way that the US Army just wanted to face-up on the battlefield and steamroll them the "American Way", but the VC generally refused to fight without the element of surprise or superior numbers.
In football, how do we do this? I think BLB's list is a good starting place. Unbalanced formations can be used creatively to make a defense play outside 'their game'. Option football can make good/great players WRONG (Imagine the US committing troops to one part of Afghanistan while the Taliban attack another, great soldiers being made wrong). Burning the clock can give you a statistically better chance to succeed because you're limiting their chances to assert their superiority.
To add to BLB's list, I would say experimenting/drastically altering tempos can induce the 'rush state' that Pitino mentions. If you're going warp-speed tempo for 3-4 plays, then sprint to the line and draw the clock out, you're going to throw them off-balance and create a degree of confusion, uncertainty, loss of confidence. Likewise, if you're slow, slow, slow for a few drives and then all of a sudden hit them with warp-speed tempo, you could induce some panic or wide-eyed play.
Also, as the article says, don't underestimate attitude. You need to do whatever is necessary to instill the right kind of attitude for your guys to be world-beaters.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 12, 2010 21:16:14 GMT -6
I think the main thing you could've done better would have been doing something earlier. You were in the moral right, which is the kind of right I'd want to be if I had to choose, but the way to be morally and technically right would have been to do as delta suggested. Lesson learned, glad you got that win.
"The best revenge is to live well"
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 12, 2010 13:17:14 GMT -6
At some point, I'm going to watch this game in person. Watching those fellas do what they do, I get a good feeling about where our country could still be headed. Also makes me wish I'd considered playing at one of the academies a bit more.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 9, 2010 21:55:28 GMT -6
They're based out of Monterey, which is about 35m south of here, I've always wanted to show up at their location and see if I could get 'em for cheaper...
I'm at the point where I have a damn hard time justifying spending much money on DVDs. Too many misses, not enough hits, $40/pop really starts to hurt. Plus, the stuff I'm interested in doesn't seem to be stuff that other people are making videos of. Not sure what that says about me, but it's definitely annoying.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 8, 2010 10:06:23 GMT -6
Not here? Don't expect to play. If we're rolling, then we won't need you and if it's tight, then we need someone who is fully prepared, which isn't you.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 6, 2010 12:17:22 GMT -6
If you look at the attachment you can see what a few weeks of our summer lifting look like, although there are some typos. Our weight room is six double-sided workout racks, for a total of 12 'stations'. So, we divide our guys equally into groups of about 3-4 and they move through each station as kind of a wave. It goes station 1 main, station 1 auxiliary, station 2 main, station 2 auxiliary, and so on, doing one SET at each station, 3 trips through the whole workout.
The lifts themselves are focused on ground-based movements, a lot of unilateral stuff, work on the bosu platform or balance disks, and speed. Mondays are legs, Tuesdays chest, Wednesdays core, Thursdays explosion/oly lifts. I know standard workout/lifting philosophy says 3 day total body or 4 day split workouts, but this is our HCs way and it seems to work for him and to get results. I've wanted to sit down with him and talk about the WHY of it, but haven't really had the time to do it recently.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 6, 2010 11:37:02 GMT -6
6. Buddy and Rex Ryan- Learn a lot about football and have a lot of fun. Oh hell yeah... Rex Ryan cracks me up.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 5, 2010 21:12:11 GMT -6
Coaching IS Jimmy's and Joe's. {lots of funny/poignant stuff} If coaches would focus more on actually developing players (in and off-season), we'd have a much better sport and a much better reputation as coaches. Dunno why, but your post made me think of The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. Lewis was discussing how Michael Oher's HS coach was so used to have to be creative/innovative/schematically brilliant that he was unhappy, unsatisfied, or just plain BORED when he had a player who would allow him to run the same play 50 times a game and win by 30. Interesting notion because it gets to the heart of our own individual motivations to coach. Developing superior players happens via the weight room and effective coaching. What you do with their players once you've developed them is your own prerogative; some want to go warp-speed fast, some want to make it a brawl in a phone booth, some want basketball on turf. But whatever you want, X's and O's ought to be secondary to player development. If you cannot do the latter, what you do for the former is kinda moot, y'know?
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 5, 2010 20:55:35 GMT -6
Defensive section thread perhaps?
For us, I genuinely believe it's the weight room. Our HC's style of weight lifting organization is like none I've encountered, but our kids are in great shape, constantly getting stronger (even in-season), and don't get the typical injuries (ankles, knees, etc) that nag and bother players and teams.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 4, 2010 14:07:56 GMT -6
If I had the opportuntiy to sit down with 4 other coaches to pick there brains and have a lengthy conversaton with them, right now I would choose: Urban Meyer Gus Malzahn Chip Kelly Tim Murphy (HS HC) That's an interesting list... 3 gun option/no huddle guys and... a DW coach. HC: Pete Carroll. I know he's in the NFL, but I'm mostly interested in his USC program anyways. OC: Toss up between Roger Barta and John Curtis. DC: Robert Andrews, DC at Greyson HS in AL. Seen some clinic stuff he has done, really like his system. ST: Beamer. End of discussion, imo.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 26, 2010 13:16:48 GMT -6
God dammit. I had a nicely worded response typed up and the browser ate it. Here's the short version:
I'm 25, which is pretty young in the this game/profession/hobby, and I've been doing this for 6 seasons. What makes me (and you) good for the program I'm in will also at times make me bad for the program I'm in. It's important that I have the right people around me or I turn into mini-Rex Ryan (with less profanity). But those same people need me to bring what they can't so that we complement one another.
Slow down, check your ego at the door. It's never as bad as it seems, it's never as good as it seems.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 25, 2010 23:30:04 GMT -6
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 22, 2010 16:15:23 GMT -6
Example in the attachments. Wrote it for a girl that I taught last year, I feel like this is an example of perhaps being too effusive, but this girl really was a rock star.
Apologies for the double post, but evidently you can't edit in an attachment.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 22, 2010 15:13:44 GMT -6
Usually you'll want to mention how long you've known them, in what capacity, what talents/attributes they have that are worthy of acclaim, etc.
I've written one or two. Be careful about being too effusive, don't want to over-sell the product (kid) or make the readers think you're not being genuine.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 21, 2010 8:35:00 GMT -6
That's golden... Thanks, I needed that after the way our season ended.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 20, 2010 14:21:01 GMT -6
Gagliardi's offense and defense aren't what does it for him. He's not one of those X's and O's wizards. His offense changes shape and focus every year depending on the players he has available. It's all the same stuff, more or less, but some years he's running a ton, some years they'll air it out more.
If you listen to all the various 'quirks' of Gagliardi's team, it's clear that the most important things that he does (in my mind) are that he has created a culture where the athletes choose their role and he's shown them respect as growing young men. The second is more important when dealing with college-age boys (not that it isn't with us, but it's a different dynamic).
The first thing, though, is something that is quite interesting. There's no mandatory weight lifting, for example. But if you want to get better, you'd better be doing it. Because there's not a lot of mandatory stuff, because there's a lot of 'choosing your role', the guys that are playing and 'in', are truly IN. The difference between someone that's really committed themselves to being the best contributor they can be and someone who's merely done what's asked is not insignificant and I'd wager that's hard to replicate.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 17, 2010 14:42:19 GMT -6
Our local paper guy is alright, but he constantly tries to be a bit more of a muckraker than is actually possible. We don't get a lot of TV attention in our county, but sometimes one of the local stations will make one of us game of the week or whatever.
A buddy of mine left CA to head out to coach in PA and the biggest difference for him has been how the media is much more critical and 'ESPN-esque' than where he's used to (same area as tothehouse).
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 17, 2010 0:00:57 GMT -6
Our experience has been that you don't need to soften your practices, nor simplify schemes because of 2 way players in practice. We taper their conditioning during the season, but we don't really lighten up the load in terms of how much we hit in practice.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 16, 2010 8:27:11 GMT -6
We try to make kids "1 and 1/2" way players. So they start on one side and play significantly on the other. For example, our best FB this year is also our best ILB. We consider defense to be more important, so he plays every down of D, but gets spelled during non critical moments at FB.
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 14, 2010 11:22:33 GMT -6
First round this weekend, if we win we'll likely get a rematch with a team that beat us 48-22 before we got on a roll. I'd like to get that shot
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Post by mariner42 on Nov 14, 2010 11:19:51 GMT -6
That is why I was curios about the Prowler. One of our wrestlers used one at a private trainer and said it kicked his a$$. One of our asst. coaches is a construction guy, he built one for much cheaper than what they'll charge. Even put hard plastic skids on it so we can use it on our rubberized floor and it'll slide nicely. Just a thought.
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