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Post by coachriley on Mar 13, 2010 17:38:01 GMT -6
Hell coach, i gotta agree with everyone else. If you got 10 coaches already, cut ties with one and get another coach to take over his position. Im a young coach and i would never expect to have a job after arguing formations and telling my HC "you are wrong".
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Post by coachriley on Mar 11, 2010 23:28:58 GMT -6
We use to do bear crawls in high school, and as a player i hated them and as a coach i love them lol. I think its a great mental toughness drill, and when i was playing we had to use zone/cut blocking. We never bearcrawled too far unless it was for serious punishment, and everything was game specific.
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Post by coachriley on Mar 10, 2010 22:32:50 GMT -6
That honestly sounds like a great idea to me coach. When I was in school, we had a "power-out" fundraiser. It was basically, we maxed out in april or may for the public and school to see. We got people to donate 1 or 2 cents for every pound we were able to lift in our maxes. Say an average of 1000 pounds and that one person pays 10 or 20 bucks. We got 5 to 10 people to donate that much and we were doing pretty good.
I don't know if that is possible for your program, but we always loved it because we were able to kinda show-off and we took a lot of pride in our lifting.
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Post by coachriley on Mar 9, 2010 19:31:41 GMT -6
Morally irresponsible sums it up best, I think. It's akin to Taco Bell advertising its "Fresco" items as part of a weight loss solution. Sh!t, its not?! dammit, there goes my plan lol.
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Post by coachriley on Mar 6, 2010 20:54:43 GMT -6
Since the topic is stupid things parents have said, can't we just say whatever comes out of their mouths? lol
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Post by coachriley on Mar 5, 2010 19:48:35 GMT -6
When I was in high school and we used the sideline jackets, every starter that was given a jacket was assigned a JV player that wouldnt be going into the game to basically hold on to it and wear it when the starter was playing, then would give it back to the starter when they came off the field. I was a JV player, and we were told and understood that us JV players were in charge of keeping the jackets off the ground and making sure all of them got back into the dressing room.
Just how we did things and it didnt ever seem to be a problem.
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Post by coachriley on Mar 4, 2010 23:47:23 GMT -6
I am excited cuz I might actually be involved with my old high school this year! My brother is coaching there now and is keeping me updated on everything they are doing, and even asks my advice on things (which is great for me considering I havent coached much and he was a DC for 6 years).
The only position I may have as of now is running the film for them in the fall as they are gonna be using the DSV, and I'll be damned if not learning a video program is going to keep me away.
The team seems to be making great gains, as the school has completely turned into a basketball school. The players are learning how to work hard again, which is tremendous, so Im pumped that I might even get to be involved.
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Post by coachriley on Mar 1, 2010 21:33:46 GMT -6
Not affiliated with anybody right now, trying to learn as much as I can about everything I can and just keep my eyes open as to what positions open up in the state.
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Post by coachriley on Feb 18, 2010 20:19:32 GMT -6
Im still a young coach, but when i am at clinic, I go to damn near every session if I can help it. The only time I miss a session is if im starving on saturday night and its the last one, or its a topic or speaker I know I dont want to hear. I basically campout the whole time in the lecture hall. Of course, that is just me and I want to learn as much as I can about everything I can. I guess me not being on staff right now helps with not being told what to do lol
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Post by coachriley on Feb 18, 2010 19:54:39 GMT -6
I was on jv back in high school and my older brother, who was our jv coach, was giving my backup a ton of reps because he wanted me to get more time with the varsity. My backup told him the day before our game that he was suppose to start, "I wont be able to be at the game because i have to go with my dad to buy a pig".... I heard that and I was like hell this guy is gonna get killed lol. I mean he was a farming kid, but I was just like seriously??? LOL
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Post by coachriley on Jan 13, 2010 21:53:46 GMT -6
We would always dress all of our juniors and seniors and any sophs that had a real chance to play. For away games it was always a bit less because of space issues on the bus and so forth, but typically by the time we got to district (only 3 games) everybody would be dressing out by then.
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Post by coachriley on Jan 13, 2010 21:48:24 GMT -6
Coach i wouldnt take it personally. You could have established a great atmosphere and he may jsut be the type of guy who would be worried about what would happen if he asked you. I obviously dont know, just saying. Maybe he was worried about what would have happened if he had not gotten the job across town and what would happen at your school.
Sorry if this didnt help much, just my 2 cents
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Post by coachriley on Jan 13, 2010 21:10:05 GMT -6
For us, when i was in middle school, the head coach of the high school most of us would attend just met with anyone that wanted to play in 9th grade, and talked about the expectations of timeline for the summer. Of course, this was back when everyone from this part of town was looking forward to playing there their entire lives, so we didnt need much encouragement lol. And then during the summer we all jsut worked on our own, not with the JV or varsity at all, and with different members of the entire staff all the time so we met everybody.
I also agree that players at this age need a much more "closely watched" weight program than your older kids, cuz for most of them, this may be the first time theyve ever been in a weight room.
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Post by coachriley on Jan 11, 2010 21:36:50 GMT -6
You haven't been coaching very long if you haven't upset someone. Well hell then coach, i must be getting lots of extra experience cuz at least half of my parents hated my guts this past year lol.
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Post by coachriley on Jan 7, 2010 18:41:00 GMT -6
I would agree that you try to use some psychology on him. That is a tough situation coach and I feel for you. Obviously he has a lot going for him, community support wise, but i agree that you should just try to act as friendly and professional as possible anytime you see him.
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Post by coachriley on Dec 29, 2009 19:25:41 GMT -6
Not that this will help you but it might...what I've found with low football IQ kids is not only do you have to explain "HOW" but you also have to explain "WHY".
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Post by coachriley on Dec 1, 2009 19:34:22 GMT -6
I would say Texas too. I have never coached there, but that is where Im hoping to be able to get out to in a few years.
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Post by coachriley on Nov 5, 2009 23:50:37 GMT -6
Or you could run the rest of the team ragged, then simply be late back to the locker room. I like this approach coach. Players know how to handle things, they arent stupid and can see even when one of their own is running their mouth.
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Post by coachriley on Nov 5, 2009 23:25:54 GMT -6
I like Options C, D, and J coach. With C like you said, you have a great chance to learn a lot of good football, but cant mvoe up in the ranks. Honestly, I havent known too many coaches that stayed at the same school their entire time as they became a HC.
D sounds really good and probably the best option. As much as we all love coaching, we have to remember that our main job is teaching and having a good atmosphere to teach is the most important. That way, despite whatever that will happen in the classroom, it hopefulyl wont be that bad and you can focus on football when you are out on the field.
Obviously J is a good option because its a lower level and less stress and you can just get use to teaching.
These are just my opinions. In my first coaching position last year I was lucky to get in with a small school program with two coaches that had coached me in high school and it was a system I was familiar with, so it helped out a ton. Best of luck with your decision.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 31, 2009 16:45:53 GMT -6
Well this wasnt our 8th game, but it fits in the right week. Was only able to have practice twice due to pictures and weather. Went up against a team that is undefeated and has pretty much only one or two weapons, their main one being their quarterback. I had my mike backer spying the entire game and our kids just did not come out to play. They couldnt line up in either of our 2 formations right. This was the first game were the mercy rule went into affect when we were down 41-0. But one highlight is we finally scored our first offensive touchdown of the season as time expired.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 17, 2009 2:04:43 GMT -6
I also liked having a coach get in there, especially if it was something for the kid to learn and we just had more knowledge of it. And the kids will get fired up by seeing a coach in there, mixing it up
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Post by coachriley on Oct 14, 2009 22:45:38 GMT -6
At my old school, we did the card stock thing. But we went full sheets of card stock and drew up the plays against our defense and how we would align to it. Get the scout team in the huddle and have an assistant coach hold the card over head so everybody can see the play. I like that method because if you are going to play most of the same teams, year in and year out, then you can just create a file on them to use next year and not have to draw up anything new. That is of course, if they dont change head coaches and offenses.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 14, 2009 21:27:38 GMT -6
This is youth, so you gotta have patience haha.
At halftime, "hey coach, who won that half" or "have we scored yet?"
Also, when we call a timeout or its the end of the quarter, "hey coach is the game over now?" when we had only played the first quarter.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 14, 2009 21:26:18 GMT -6
This is youth, so you gotta have patience haha.
At halftime, "hey coach, who won that half" or "have we scored yet?"
Also, when we call a timeout or its the end of the quarter, "hey coach is the game over now?" when we had only played the first quarter.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 14, 2009 21:16:41 GMT -6
Coach If your defense is good, it means you have players, not a Jimmys and Joes issue. If you are losing 50-0 each week, its Jimmys and Joes Your offensive isnt scoring points and your defense is very good, your offensive scheme is to blame I agree with Coach Cisar. What type of offense are you running? What plays are you having success with? What plays are you struggling with? On a side note we had our league meeting last night and the board voted by a very slim margin to not allow that organization to participate in the championship games. The reasons mainly have to do with a blatant disregard for sportsmanship and lack of respect for the game. It seemed like most of the coaches that played against this organization had some sort of negative experience. 83, good to hear that the league seemed to make the right decision about that organization. If you are hearing negative things all about the same team or organization, there has to be some grain of truth to it. As for the offense, I had wrote before about trying to run the single wing, but no matter the amount of coaching, none of our linemen can shotgun snap or short snap more than a few decent ones in a row. So we decided to just go I formation and wishbone. We based our offense on just leads, dives and counters. We dont have the speed to get outside for tosses or sweeps. After two games ago, I decided to start putting in the belly series. I didnt want to be one of those coaches that changes things every week, but I figured we couldnt really do any worse than what we had been. So we kept a couple base lead plays, and started basing everything off of belly. It seems to be working pretty well, and we will get a chance to see how it is going this saturday as we play the team from our first game of the year that only beat us by 6 points because our kids didnt adjust to quads.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 13, 2009 23:25:30 GMT -6
Well we just played our sixth game tonight and I wish I could claim the kind of success that you guys have had. we are 1-5 and only halfway through our season. Dont ask me why in the hell we have so many games. Our only victory has come from a forfeit by a very good team because they only had 10 players. So in the five we have played, with the exception of two games, our defense has been great, our offense just cannot move the ball at all. But the kids played hard tonight and we lost 13-6 and time ran out when we were on our opponents 30. Our kids are working real hard and they are having fun, and that is all that really matters. I am making sure to remind the kids of that as often as I can because I can tell some of them are getting down. We have our next game this saturday against the first team we played that only beat us by a touchdown, so we will work hard in practice the next two days and see what happens. Coach - most of here have been through a season like yours at some point - I know I have. As long as your team is competitive, the kids can have fun, and it sounds like that's happening. The most important thing is that the kids are having fun and learning a love for the game, and that they're learning some life lessons (discipline, hard work, commitment, integrity, sportsmanship, etc) along the way. If that's happening, you're having a successful season - some wins would just be gravy. Keep doing what you're doing and stay positive with the kids and hopefully you'll get a few Ws before the season is over. Good luck to you, coach. Thanks coach, it is my second season coaching and first in youth and first as a head coach. Ive had to deal with so much from parents that think Im suppose to be training them to be pros, just like im sure all of you have, that i decided forget it, lets just have fun and see what happens lol. I have another coach that is helping me out with things that has been in the league for a while that told me I will be taking some lumps, which i knew, but gave me a compliment because I was able to run inside on his defense, which is the first thing they want to stop, so I was happy with that. But yeah we will just keep coaching them up and teach them to work hard.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 13, 2009 20:51:55 GMT -6
I have to agree with everyone else. If they have some good team speed, like coachdoug asked, then they are still very much in the game. If it was my team, I would have done the same thing. I have 9-10 year olds, and they need as much experience as they can get. Im going to keep trying to move down the field and score if there is still a chance of them coming back.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 13, 2009 20:46:42 GMT -6
Well we just played our sixth game tonight and I wish I could claim the kind of success that you guys have had. we are 1-5 and only halfway through our season. Dont ask me why in the hell we have so many games. Our only victory has come from a forfeit by a very good team because they only had 10 players. So in the five we have played, with the exception of two games, our defense has been great, our offense just cannot move the ball at all. But the kids played hard tonight and we lost 13-6 and time ran out when we were on our opponents 30.
Our kids are working real hard and they are having fun, and that is all that really matters. I am making sure to remind the kids of that as often as I can because I can tell some of them are getting down. We have our next game this saturday against the first team we played that only beat us by a touchdown, so we will work hard in practice the next two days and see what happens.
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Post by coachriley on Oct 12, 2009 10:23:48 GMT -6
Tough luck coach. I would say dont stay too mad about it. Obviously if you called the play, then there was a reason for it and you thought something was there. You werent just calling it for no reason. Now, if thats what you did and it was just a pass you wanted to call, then thats totally different lol jk. But I would just say, keep scripting your plays if you do now and chalk these two times up to experience.
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Post by coachriley on Sept 27, 2009 17:22:36 GMT -6
I dont know how, but thats the way things end up. We have a game Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday again. So no practice time till after the Monday game, and they are against tough opponents, but I think we can win a couple of them.
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