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Post by 44dlcoach on May 18, 2024 8:28:57 GMT -6
We still don't stretch before practice haha.
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Post by 44dlcoach on May 9, 2024 9:52:58 GMT -6
It is always harder to convince kids to move to the line, especially OL or Nose on defense. Man I've had some migraines over this... We had a kid a few years back who considered himself a middle linebacker from the time he came into high school. He played the part of the rah-rah guy, was passable on freshmen, worse on JV, and wasn't really a very good varsity player but he had nobody behind him to compete with so he got some playing time and was elected captain as a senior. I also told him as a freshman that he should consider playing OL because it was probably where he could best benefit the team, but he was more or less disgusted by the idea. By senior year we were super thin at OL and needed to move him from third string TE to guard. Kid about had a meltdown because he had to wear an ineligible number. That same class had another OLB type kid who ate his way into a DL role, and a decent nose who wouldn't been a monster on the OL but refused to try at all, dogging it in practice to avoid having to play offense. That class was an absolute nightmare. Three years ago now we had a kid quit the team and transfer mid-season because he was starting at Nose and not LB. We had a conversation where I told him we had three starters at LB better than him, but we thought he was part of our best 11 so we wanted to get him on the field as a slanting Nose. He said "but that's not where I'm going to play in college." I thought we came to some common ground where he would start on DL and also be a backup LB. That week he started at Nose on Friday night and was at a new school the following Monday. There's a longer story to tell, but the football gods smited him and his dip$hit father from there
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Post by 44dlcoach on May 8, 2024 19:25:11 GMT -6
I usually sell it to the kids with two factors: 1. We wouldn't be asking you to move if we didn't think you were going to be our guy at this new position. And if it doesn't work out then I give them my word that they can move back to where they're "comfortable" or whatever. 2. Stroke the ego and tell them we're asking them to move because this "new" position is more valuable to our team success and they're the best guy from their position groups with the physical skills to make the move.
Done that moving corners to safety, safeties to corners, safeties to LB, etc. It is always harder to convince kids to move to the line, especially OL or Nose on defense.
If a kid projects to be a backup at both spots then we let him play where he wants.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 20, 2024 19:20:27 GMT -6
You’re in favor of the rule? I like the modified kick off approach I think that hip-drop should be illegal for the same reasons that horse-collar tackles are illegal.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 20, 2024 16:21:15 GMT -6
I've been a defensive coordinator for most of my career, good riddance to that tackle.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 19, 2024 20:04:09 GMT -6
So is this guy going to be eligible in the fall? Or does two transfers equal sitting a year?
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 15, 2024 20:51:23 GMT -6
We stopped double days around 10 years ago. We have spring ball (not padded) and a summer program (not padded) in our state, and got to the point where it felt like we didn't need that extra practice.
We used to start with 2.5 hour practices early in the season and cut time over the course of the season, but last year we never went longer than 2 hours and 5 minutes, even at the beginning of the year. Went about 1.5 hours a day by the playoffs
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 15, 2024 15:34:54 GMT -6
I've referenced this guy in another thread before too. During this season we played an out of state game and a player on the other team had like the fastest 100M time for any junior in the country in the previous spring. We told our boy the sophomore kicker that under no circumstances could we kick the ball to the fastest high schooler in America.
Of course, we kicked it right to him and he ran it back on us. Should have left my guy on JV that week haha.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 15, 2024 15:22:53 GMT -6
Do you realize you responded to a thread from 2014 (almost ten years ago)? Oh wait. So this is AWESOME! How did it turn out 44dlcoach ? Kid was an absolute badass for 3 years!
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 15, 2024 9:50:31 GMT -6
I think if the kid is mentally ready to deal with getting fewer reps then you're helping his development by moving him up. Football is a practice sport, we practice 4 days for evey one game. Practicing with varsity players and varsity coaches is going to help that kid develop.
If he's not there mentally yet and he or his parents are going to pout about less playing time then that's different and harder to manage.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Mar 14, 2024 19:09:22 GMT -6
It did, haha. Kid started three years, outplayed both of the seniors I thought would start over him when he was a sophomore. Must have set the school's career record for "knocked that blocker flat on his a$$"es.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 26, 2024 14:06:19 GMT -6
For 7 on 7 practice in the cold and the wind on 2/26!
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 15, 2024 21:25:12 GMT -6
I don't know if I'm "Team kick" or "Team receive" yet. I think it might depend on the strength of my team.
Like if I'm the Jets, playing with a backup QB and a terrible offense, I probably don't want the ball second. Because I don't think I want the end of game play being my crappy offense trying to convert a 2 pointer while my really good defense watches from the sideline. All plays are not created equal and I probably want my strongest unit on the field for the game deciding play.
Of course, almost all of the discussion here has revolved around the assumption that both teams are going to score, which is probably unlikely.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 15, 2024 20:12:31 GMT -6
I'll be really interested to see how many guys will actually go for two if they score on the first possession over am extended period of time. Miss it and lose to an extra point and that's a tough press conference after the game. I don’t think anyone is doing that. If your plan is to go for two you certainly aren’t taking the ball first. Maybe I’m missing something. Well you might not have a choice if you get the ball first or not.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 15, 2024 19:54:43 GMT -6
I'll be really interested to see how many guys will actually go for two if they score on the first possession over am extended period of time. Miss it and lose to an extra point and that's a tough press conference after the game.
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OT Choice
Feb 15, 2024 16:40:48 GMT -6
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 15, 2024 16:40:48 GMT -6
Look at it in this perspective. What's better chances of positive outcome. Let PM know what he must do to win (which he has a track record of in these situations) OR say We supposedly have the best offense in NFL. In an overtime situation let them know what they must do, and if it comes down to a 2pt conversion, or giving the ball back to PM. Is my chances better seeing if my offense can gain 2 yds or give ball back to him knowing what he has to do. My perspective is based on players. This guy obviously is special. Do you allow Jordan to take the last shot to win the championship? or do you make him shoot first and put the ball in your hands for a championship? I don't understand why I can't get this point across. Or at least it feels this way. If we accept the fact that Mahomes is always going to get it done, then the 49ers have to score a TD and get a 2 point conversion. No matter if they get the ball first or second. So that is irrelevant. But if you go second, you now are giving Mahomes and extra possession to get it done!! But if you take the ball first and score and get the 2, then Mahomes can go and score and get 2, and then you can just go kick a FG and win!! The game is over. Mahomes doesn't get a second chance. Doesn't this depend on whether the Chiefs would go for one or two if they have the ball first and score? I know they've said they were going for two if they they got the ball second and scored, but have they said what they would do if they had it first? Because if you kick to them and they score and go for one, then you aren't giving Mahomes an extra possession if you decide the game on your two point attempt.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 12, 2024 14:44:43 GMT -6
I think a scenario where I would defer is if I had already decided that if the other team scores first, then I'm going to go for 2 and the win after my TD.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 12, 2024 10:20:56 GMT -6
If I understand the rule correctly, then it's a little different than the college/HS choice. Because in the new NFL rule both teams are guaranteed ONE possession, but not equal possessions. I think if it's tied after each team has had their possession, then it becomes sudden death.
So if you take the ball first, and the game ends up tied after each team has one possession, you can go win the game on your second possession without having to defend again.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 9, 2024 14:33:45 GMT -6
We do both every day, but the time isn't equal each day, and we don't do Indy time for both every.
The total time for the week is equal, or at least very close.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Feb 7, 2024 19:01:38 GMT -6
I coached for a long time before my sons were anywhere near HS age. Which is to say I didn't get into coaching for the purpose of coaching my sons. That said, I don't know how long I'll stick it out after my youngest graduates.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Jan 14, 2024 12:19:46 GMT -6
Don't be the guy with the slide that says "Why the XXX scheme?" And then list a bunch of things like "don't need as many big guys, speed on the field, etc." Every ody does that slide no matter what their scheme is.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Jan 13, 2024 16:10:13 GMT -6
I don't do much, if any, making stuff up on the fly, unless we're playing against a "non-traditional" style of offense. If we're struggling early in the season against things we're going to see all year I'll just keep stubbornly calling our base stuff and challenging the kids to execute it or at the very least keep getting game film of our issues. Right or wrong, we have to get good at our base to have a good season, if we have to lose an early season game then we'll have to live with that.
As the season moves along I'm willing to call something that we did earlier in the season even if we haven't done that thing for a couple of weeks. If we don't execute it well I'm probably going back to the original game plan pretty quickly.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Dec 7, 2023 9:07:16 GMT -6
We tried the grading thing a couple years ago, and a few weeks into it we all remembered why we abandoned it the last time we stopped grading several years ago.
Now we have a running joke that if we lose we have to grade the film so we better show up ready to avoid that.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Dec 2, 2023 13:16:59 GMT -6
What is the defensive answer to the Face Melter offense? The Face Condenser Defense? The Face Solidifer? "If your defensive face has been melted install the Face Solidifer Defense and get back on track" Eat the Captain.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Nov 28, 2023 14:21:55 GMT -6
Is "affront to the game" on there? If so, somebody is going to be hearing from my lawyer.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Nov 25, 2023 15:37:06 GMT -6
Little anecdote since we're on the topic: my HC was the first in our area to base out of Shotgun (20ish years ago), but we had a UC package around the goalline.
We played the former school of a retired, legendary HC. The guy was first or second in state history in wins at the time, his offense was an under center wing-T scheme for most of his career.
So retired legendary HC comes up to our HC after the game and asks "what the hell are you doing under center on the goal line? Your QB doesn't know anything about being under center, why put him there in the most important area of the field?"
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Post by 44dlcoach on Nov 25, 2023 15:29:01 GMT -6
If my center and QB are operating out of the gun 100%, or even the vast majority of the time, I'd much rather ask them to execute a gun snap with a win on the line. Practice matters, I say let them win the game doing something they practice all the time.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Nov 16, 2023 23:15:13 GMT -6
We do it on the field mostly. On special teams early in the year we make sure we cover things like blocked kicks behind the line, blocked kicks that pass the like, long field goals, punting at the end of the half, Punting backed up, pinning them deep, hideout guys on the sideline, etc.
Then for offense and defense, we do some starters vs starters team periods where we dictate the situations. 2 minute, 4 minute, 3rd and long, 3rd and short, etc. As the season goes on we change that "good vs good" period to be a more game-like scenario where it's 1st and 10 at the XX yard line and we play until there's either a score or a stop. If a scenario comes up that we've covered before we reinforce it.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Nov 16, 2023 10:54:08 GMT -6
We do some of this kind of stuff in the summer and early fall. Not "general offense" or "general defense" necessarily but think like field dimensions (especially for DBs), rules, situational stuff, etc.
But it happens when we have "regularly scheduled" football stuff going on, not in the winter season.
"Regularly scheduled" varies widely from place to place so I'm positive our calendars are all very different.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Nov 1, 2023 10:32:48 GMT -6
Well, for whatever it's worth, I'm not the HC so these aren't my decisions. I'm just sharing what our program does, and my understanding is that we only do it for the "toughness" component.
All the rest of our summer "conditioning" consists of things like sprint work, some agility work, "bag drills" etc.
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