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Post by coachriley on Mar 6, 2011 1:38:48 GMT -6
Passing my classes so I'm only two semesters from graduating, and studying for two teaching exams this next saturday so I can get certified and try to get a teaching and coaching spot this summer. Other than that, just trying to study some offensive and defensive stuff.
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Post by coachriley on Feb 22, 2011 1:54:43 GMT -6
My sophomore year in high school we carried off the seniors on our shoulders after our final practice. Luckily it our last practice before the state championship so we knew there wouldnt be another chance. We all loved it. All of us were really close and I remember how much I looked up to those seniors when I was a sophomore.
I loved it but that was just my own experience.
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Post by coachriley on Feb 21, 2011 2:23:33 GMT -6
"Self discipline is doing what you're suppose to do, when you're suppose to do it, without being watched, without being told, doing it right the first time, doing it because you want to do it, not because somebody else wants you to do it."
Our HC made us memorize this my freshman year and we would sometimes have to recite it during different workouts or exercises.
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Post by coachriley on Jan 27, 2011 12:07:11 GMT -6
I am heading to the DFW clinic tonight after I get off work. I love clinic season as there are only a few that I can realisitically get to in my area. Ill be driving overnight with my brother so Ill be exhausted when I get there, but the lineup of speakers looks great.
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Post by coachriley on Dec 4, 2010 18:39:08 GMT -6
Bob Ladoceur Urban Meyer Tony Dungy Lochness (his comments are hilarious and everyone knows he is pretty damn knowledgeable)
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Post by coachriley on Nov 18, 2010 21:10:02 GMT -6
I am in agreement with Coach Huey here, you have to develop mental toughness in the offseason, and most notably the weight room. When I played, one thing that I think helped a lot of our mental toughness was something we did at the beginning of about half of our workouts in the weight room.
Everyone would grab a forty five pound plate, unless they were an undersized sophomore, then they got to use 35's. We would grab the plates and hold them overhead. Once everyone got them overhead, the clock would start. We would transition from standing in place holding them overhead to trotting around the weight room in a circle to standing again while bouncing our legs. That 45 pounds starts getting real heavy real fast, and it helped teach us to not give in to the pain and fatigue we thought we were feeling.
Just a little something we did when i was in High school.
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Post by coachriley on Nov 8, 2010 13:16:07 GMT -6
I believe that becoming tough begins in the weight room and on the mats. Kids need to learn to deal with pain and adversity in there and realize that they can push through it. At my first coaching job, we would pull railroad ties before every summer practice, they had to pull 20 before practice began. And as the summer went on, we would increase the distance they had to pull. This did great things for us as they learned to just keep working and pushing on.
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Post by coachriley on Nov 7, 2010 22:08:56 GMT -6
Back when I was in high school, the Freshman and JV/Varsity practiced separately. Obviously the JV were basically dummy bags for the varsity but we spent the entire offseason together. We won the state championship my sophomore year, and I saw "We" because all of us sophomores understood that if we won it was because we had helped get the varsity prepared. The freshman had nothing to do with the varsity program other than the name on their jerseys (not that I agree, but just saying how it was done). We understood as JV players that if we won state, we would be allowed to buy the state championship rings (everyone had to buy their own).
Just my two cents and player experience on how things were done. Also, there were freshman that were called up for the playoffs but i dont think any dressed out for the state game and couldnt buy rings.
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Post by coachriley on Sept 27, 2010 19:18:25 GMT -6
I am getting mine online from Eastern New Mexico. Classes are cake right now this semester, and the professors seem to work with everyone pretty well. My brother is in the same program and is coaching and still manages to take two classes now because of the workload.
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Post by coachriley on Sept 27, 2010 15:01:23 GMT -6
Well I am still looking for a teaching position, so i don't know if this applies to me but figured I'd reply anyway.
I lived here for the past year working at a trade school and then started applying for positions in the district. I got two interviews, was offered one job and the other they had really wanted me for. I was not able to get either one because my father is on the school board and after telling me he would leave if I got offered a job, turns out he never really planned on it at all.
So I moved about three hours away back to where I graduated from college, and of course this district (which is a great one from everything I've heard) finished their hirings and only recently had two spots come back open. So I am looking here and in two cities that require an hour drive everyday.
Judging from what everyone has posted, I think next year I am just going to have to send out a ton of applications. I want to get over to Texas and coach there. Ive seen some places have openings right now, but I am not certified there yet, so I guess I'll spend the next year getting that done and report back next summer lol.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 18, 2010 18:56:04 GMT -6
Yeah I wore one of these for only one game during my senior year. I couldnt keep my butt up in my stance or keep my eyes up, I dont like them at all.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 11, 2010 16:27:42 GMT -6
[/quote] But yeah, when I saw mention in this thread of "strippers", my thought still went initially to....[/quote]
Yeah coach I saw that and my first thought was "do you need any assistants? I will be there tomorrow!" lmao.
But back to the original question, its been said before but I second just picking the best "athlete" if you can find one. Get the kid that looks like he can follow directions and get into and out of his stance quickly.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 11, 2010 14:47:33 GMT -6
I am in the same boat coach. The job I was almost 100% sure on fell through so I am moving back to where I use to live. I wont be teaching more than likely, so I am gonna look for something in sales, commission based, or management at a company. It sucks because I barely finished my degree a year ago and still will not have been able to use it. I will probably just be taking the first place that offers me a job.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 5, 2010 20:42:53 GMT -6
Wow, good to see that if not all 11 of your men on offense are doing exactly what they are suppose to do, the offense won't go at all. At least i got a good laugh out of that.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 4, 2010 16:53:12 GMT -6
Yeah its something ive truly appreicated, especially on this board. Everyone typically seems more than willing to give any information they have to help other coaches out, especially those that are just starting out like myself.
I was really surprised when I went to my first clinic and everyone was giving out their emails and phone numbers during their presentations or offering coaches to come to their campus and visit to learn more. It kind of blew me away at first, but I think it needs to happen in coaching.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 4, 2010 11:54:59 GMT -6
Man, I can't wait until I can do that stuff! I've decided I'm really gonna put myself on a "football schedule" when I go to college in a month. Besides a job I gotta get and school work, it's gonna be learning football very, very often for me, and that's it. I'm cutting all other distractions out. My Xbox? Leaving it at home. High school friends to get me away my extra curricular work? I'm moving an hour away and will only see a couple of them on weekends. Crazy parties at college? I'm a Christian and I abstain from all that. I'm only bringing my football books with me, and this history book I've been slowly making my way through. On weekends I'll maybe watch a few college games and see family/friends, and on Sundays I got Bills season tickets. I'm just hoping work and school stuff won't take too much of my time from me. Oh, and my major? Physical Education. I'm definitely planning on working my butt off- but it's gonna be so FUN! I mean, I'm going to college. I'm gonna be sitting in an air-conditioned library with my nose in books while some people my age- some of my friends, in fact- are running miles at 4 a.m. at boot camp. The least I can do is take my free time and dedicate the majority of it five days a week to my future profession (hopefully). Funnily enough I was just thinking about this an hour ago. I mused to myself that there's three professions that everybody thinks they know more than the experts at: teaching, doctoring, and coaching- and in my humble opinion coaching and teaching are the same thing! I would check the college library you are attending. Most college are wonderful places to find un-used resources. some schools will have backlogs of scholastic and other coaching journals. Scholastic coach goes back to the 1920s. And in many case colleges have hard to find and even unheard of coaching books. This is exactly what I did in college, I graduated last year. We had old books on how to run the SW, Splitback Veer, an old school Demeo triple option book, stuff on the Belly. It was amazing having all of that there, and nobody ever checked it out so it was mine whenever I wanted lol.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 3, 2010 14:32:25 GMT -6
Coach Salazar, I think you summed it up the best. As for me, I kind of need to spend as much time as I can on football. Most other coaches have their own families and a wife and kids, well I dont have to worry about any of that and I always like having things to do, and so football is always a good outlet.
Also im trying to learn how to use the DSV program efficiently, so all the time I can spend there will be well used haha.
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Post by coachriley on Aug 2, 2010 11:43:19 GMT -6
Yeah I agree. If the teams signals are so obvious even I can pick up on them, thats a big problem for them. I may watch a bit during a game, but no way in hell Im gonna send people down to sidelines and all that.
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Post by coachriley on Jul 28, 2010 13:13:22 GMT -6
It is a harmless "tradition" but I would hardly call it "paying his dues". Paying your dues is working hard, impressing at practice and scrimmages, putting in extra time and earning your spot. That is what paying your dues is, not carrying someones pads. I agree, but I also think that doing a little harmless grunt work when you're a rookie, in any profession, is a part of it. As a rookie coach myself, there are eleven other veteran coaches on staff who all have a lot more experience than I do, and I can learn a lot from them. So I don't mind doing some grunt work for them. But I agree that there is a lot more to it like you said. Ditto, he may "just want to be there to win a championship" but sometimes you got to put up with some little sh!t. It was just carrying off some pads, not racking up tens of thousands of dollars in a dinner expense.
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Post by coachriley on Jul 27, 2010 13:38:49 GMT -6
Obviously like everyone has said, running through the basics of the game are a must. They are real simple to us now, but we love doing this stuff lol. But more importantly, I second the comment earlier about talking about your coaching philosophy and what your main goals are for the program. I think a lot of those mothers will enjoy hearing that you want to help make their son into a better person.
Of course if they are drinking and start arguing about the offense or whatever, just say the hell with it and kick their a$$ out lol jk
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Post by coachriley on Jul 2, 2010 16:51:39 GMT -6
I'd like to know what exactly the team was doing. Yeah I am with you here, what would they have had to do to get a ban like that. I understand rules are rules, but it must have been something pretty major.
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Post by coachriley on Jun 25, 2010 12:12:48 GMT -6
I am with buckeye here. You said the kids are working hard now and are actually showing up, so they have already started improving. I dont know if reminding them and showing them the mistakes from last year will help boost their confidence or work ethic anymore.
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Post by coachriley on May 15, 2010 16:00:26 GMT -6
Hell I would think that would be a great idea coach. Let him know who you are and that you're happy he got the position and all that.
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Post by coachriley on May 8, 2010 19:48:45 GMT -6
Hey things, you seem to be working pretty hard and doing the right things for the kids, which is whats most important. Even if the new HC gets to pick his own guys, I dont think that would for sure you would have to be let go. Like it has been said before, just talk to the new HC if he gets the position, and if it doesnt work out there, youll be picked up by another lucky school. Best of luck coach
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Post by coachriley on Apr 20, 2010 19:46:50 GMT -6
Right- I don't know why we can put people on the moon but can't get a uniformed DVD format that works... HAHAHA exactly, it took me an hour last saturday trying to download an old game film on the damn computer lol.
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Post by coachriley on Apr 13, 2010 20:25:06 GMT -6
Yeah it was truly amazing, and our RB got a scholarship to a university in state and set the conference rushing record if I believe. I loved the team having to work that hard for the win as opposed to just steamrolling the team.
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Post by coachriley on Apr 13, 2010 20:07:42 GMT -6
My sophomore year, we were in the state championship game. We had done very well the whole season but our offense just couldn't put anything together and our defense could barely slow them down. Well the second half started and the coaches decided to put a sophomore in at middle linebacker. He was responsible for the first two or three tackles of that drive and we thought we had some hope on defense. Well that continued on till about 2 minutes left in the third quarter and we were down 31-7. We were able to score and totally took control of the momentum to win 35-31, sealing the win with an interception by our season interception leader with about 18 seconds left. Truly amazing to feel all of those different emotions on the sideline and be part of that game.
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Post by coachriley on Apr 11, 2010 19:52:39 GMT -6
k, thanks for answering my question! I haven't accepted any invites yet, because I'm afraid it will get out to coaches and PARENTS, and it may hurt my reputation. If I do accept these requests however, I'd barely ever play online with the players, plus I only play the X-box about once a week. It's kind of a toss-up to me. About the whole "live to work/work to live" deal, I am a nursing major because I feel I'd enjoy it and it allows me to coach football. I don't feel a 100k+ job is necessary to have a "succesful" life. If someone wants to start another thread about this, that'd be good. Remember, this is a coach/player relationships thread. Honestly coach if it was me, I wouldnt accept any invites, but thats just me. Im only 24 so im not too much older than the guys I will be coaching next year. As for the original post, I just have a joking attitude, that is just me, but I also realize that is the kids dont take me serious and think im a clown, they wont respect or like me. I really like the "dont smile till Christmas quote". Im still young but ive already started realizing this.
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Post by coachriley on Apr 5, 2010 19:39:37 GMT -6
In high school during games, we never questioned the coaches playcalling. I played on the OL and our line coach would ask us what we thought would work. We were able to take ownership in the calls and knew that if they called that play it was because we told the coaches we could execute that vs. what we were seeing.
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Post by coachriley on Apr 4, 2010 13:17:41 GMT -6
This board really is a great resource. I've learned more here than at any clinic I've attended. yeah this board really is amazing. Ive even had my older brother who has coached for 10+ years ask me for advice on something that I had read up on here. I could sit here and read all day if I didn't have to go to work eventually lol.
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