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Post by coachklee on Jul 23, 2020 11:10:00 GMT -6
Great post. I agree with so much of it. The silver lining with COVID for us coaches has been that we’ve been reminded that football is in fact a game that we coach & kids enjoy because most when it is FUN! Much easier to get UnCommon levels of Effort, Energy & Enthusiasm that lead to a more meaningful & positive experience when everyone involved is having genuine FUN!
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Post by coachklee on Jul 17, 2020 20:08:23 GMT -6
Kids aren’t universally immune... For the most part, kids are all but immune to real dangers. Yes there are exceptions to the rule, but we are to the far right of the decimal on that. Just had a problem with you claiming immunity. The better term is probably “mostly asymptomatic”. Out the 5 people I know who have had this 2 of the 3 in their early 20s were all but asymptomatic. I don’t yet know a person who has tested positive as a teenager or younger although they surely exist.
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Post by coachklee on Jul 17, 2020 20:02:29 GMT -6
Sure, but look upthread. What if adult-organized sports (or at least team sports) were prevented from happening for a year...or two...or several? Could it be hard to get them up again if children are meanwhile allowed to conduct their own? But now what about the other possibility: Will adults actively prevent children from gathering to play, saying it's an illegal assembly during the emergency? (Unless you're protesting something, maybe.) The irony of anybody suggesting the right to assemble. We can assemble with no fear for political activism, but god forbid kids, who are virtually immune to this, lets stop them. Some could argue they are one in the same. Kids aren’t universally immune...
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Post by coachklee on Jul 17, 2020 13:16:09 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Jul 4, 2020 7:26:46 GMT -6
Meaning kids were showing up everyday from 8-3 or whatever school hours are (and implied that all extracurriculars were full go). I just don't feel the extracurriculars where what the parents were referring to. Meaning If kids showed up everyday from 8-3 but then all went home at 3pm because state association cancelled football or cross country that those 20% of parents would not choose to homeschool. Perhaps. I’d argue they are going to go hand-in-hand. Either we are in reopening phases that says school is a go or we aren’t. If school is and kids are already interacting at that level, most extracurriculars are good to go & doing little to increase risks further. Again, maybe you are right & I’m extrapolating the survey because of my biases.
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Post by coachklee on Jul 4, 2020 7:11:09 GMT -6
At least 1 school district nearby us that my HC’s wife works at conducted a survey from parents that a significant percentage of parents indicated they would straight up home school their students if school didn’t resume as normal (I think 20%). They could easily find online curriculum to follow and the school would be out the $8000 per pupil in state funding for those students if they are not enrolled. Yes law mandates students are in school, but that doesn’t mean they have to be attending public school. I could understand parents with the means to do so to decide that traditional brick & mortar public schools aren’t worth it unless the full school culture was there for the student. Can you clarify "resume as normal" I can absolutely see that type of response compared to some various mix of distance and in seat learning, modified or platooned schedule etc. But that those same 1/5 parents would home school (at the HS level mind you) if they had daily open school buildings but not extra curriculars? I don't know if that is what the parents were indicating. Meaning kids were showing up everyday from 8-3 or whatever school hours are (and implied that all extracurriculars were full go).
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Post by coachklee on Jul 3, 2020 18:56:25 GMT -6
People are saying if there aren't sports in some places that's what keeps kids coming to school each day. Shut down sports now those kids attendance is spotty and drives down the overall attendance % for the school which in some places will lead to the state withholding funding. Not to mention we have kids who are now working basically full time and have been since March so what is their major incentive to come back to school if there aren't sports for them? It's very relative to each situation and socio-economic situation. Schools where education isn't as valued will suffer more than those where it is. Not to hard to figure out. I would challenge that notion, and say that the % of the student population that participates in sports is relatively small in the vast majority of schools...and the percentage of THAT small percentage that would quit going to school all together if there were no sports is smaller. Plus truancy laws would affect most underclassmen in that situation correct? You can't really scroll through 4 pages without running into a post with pleas for help about numbers. Trying to get numbers up, and complaining about the kids and all of their options other than football. But now somehow so many kids are just going to up and quit going to school (and be able to ) if sports aren't offered that the school will have to shut down? Once a kid hits about 9th to 10th grade truancy laws are minimally enforced. Might be even less so if the “role” of social workers is expanded as demanded in some areas.
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Post by coachklee on Jul 3, 2020 18:53:55 GMT -6
If fewer kids are in schools then the state isn't going to provide as much money to said school. Why give the school $7,000(generic number) for a kid that's staying home? So you will have to lay people off because you can't afford to pay them and the ripple effect happens. I have worked a few places where the school was the largest employer in the area. Why keep a small school on the verge of consolidation open if there are no or fewer kids attending? Surely you can see that some schools will have problems keeping the door open. Because the student is still enrolled in the school. That is why they get whatever the per pupil funding amount is. The school is still providing the distance learning (if allowed by the state DOE). Now, I am not as familiar with how homeschool would work, and if these families chose homeschool I would imagine then no funding. But if a family is choosing homeschool, that is different than a school not opening its doors and providing distance learning options, and logically a family choosing homeschool would do that regardless of sports being offered. My Aunt & Uncle only sent their children that participated in extracurriculars to public high school. The two that didn’t participate continued to homeschool. I know of at least 1 student we have that is only in our school to participate in band & I think one sport. Is it a lot? Probably not. Does every student & especially an entire family of 3 or more count in smaller district? Absolutely.
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Post by coachklee on Jul 3, 2020 18:48:02 GMT -6
Several schools are looking at the covid data and beginning to weigh their options to return. Not just assume a position. Many are figuring out that if they don’t go back now, they might never go back. Because they will not survive without sports. Their attendance will be awful and they will not receive enough funding from the state to survive. Along with the fact that a good chunk of teachers will leave the profession without sports, and they know there is already a shortage of people to hire. Schools are starting to think about the financial and long term impact of closing down and weighing the risks. They’re considering more than ‘what’s best for the kids right now’ How do you figure that sports affects attendance to such a degree that it will financially impact a school regarding state attendance? Aren't students required to attend a school until a certain age in each state? If a school chooses not to open the buildings, won't they be required to provide distance learning alternatives (and therefore will have students and enrollment onwhich to base funding?) Or are you talking about a situation where there is no pre assigned attendance zones combined with overlapping or competing LEAs? At least 1 school district nearby us that my HC’s wife works at conducted a survey from parents that a significant percentage of parents indicated they would straight up home school their students if school didn’t resume as normal (I think 20%). They could easily find online curriculum to follow and the school would be out the $8000 per pupil in state funding for those students if they are not enrolled. Yes law mandates students are in school, but that doesn’t mean they have to be attending public school. I could understand parents with the means to do so to decide that traditional brick & mortar public schools aren’t worth it unless the full school culture was there for the student.
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Post by coachklee on Jul 1, 2020 23:51:13 GMT -6
I hate to admit I'm in NY but it's not looking good. I like the flipping seasons spring and fall but football in New York just isn't important enough for it to be considered-my guess. You watch....all of this and an announcement on a vaccine will come...and the however it is at that moment, will seem like a bad dream. And quickly forgotten as though it never happened...and all of it. ?
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Post by coachklee on Jun 30, 2020 6:16:50 GMT -6
Sorry i feel like an idiot for asking and feel free to delete if this already exists on here somewhere or if it just doesnt belong up. But how can i add screenshots to a post to show what im trying to ask/explain. I know theres an insert image button but it wants a link to a URL but its stuff from a powerpoint so i just have a screenshot of it, i dont have it online anywhere. Wondering if it's possible to just add images or if i have to do something else. Thanks I use the Tapatalk App on my phone. Click the thing that looks like a picture of mountains. No idea how to do it on anything else.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 30, 2020 6:08:15 GMT -6
Our Gov just extended the current social distancing/work from home/etc executive order for the state through Aug 29. I'm thinking that should just about do it for the season. What state?
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Post by coachklee on Jun 29, 2020 7:49:02 GMT -6
Bombshell if the finding is confirmed. I've long wondered how really novel this virus is. Good thing they've been saving sewage samples going back so long. Seems possible as many places were initially identifying COVID-19 cases as pneumonia because so many of the symptoms are similar.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 29, 2020 7:46:50 GMT -6
Thanks. Take care as those June 8th numbers would indicate a rise in symptomatic cases & accompanying deaths starting just a week or so ago through the present.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 28, 2020 15:16:45 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Jun 27, 2020 9:39:48 GMT -6
How do they know that {censored}?!? Not sure I want to know or find out... I mean that is an impressive application of science & technology. Amazing actually that someone thought of checking the approximate spread of the virus that way & even more so that the technology makes it possible. However, my initial thoughts also were someone is figuring things out with literal {censored}!
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Post by coachklee on Jun 26, 2020 21:24:58 GMT -6
Few things I have seen in the last few days here: They did a study at our sewage treatment plant and said the results show there should be about 24,000 cases in our city/county or whatever area poops and it ends up there. We have 100 right now. So.... Our school district is planning on being open every day for every student....with options to stay home or come whenever. And we are going to follow guidelines from CDC I believe in the schools. We bus a TON of kids to school every day. Now we are limited to like 20 kids on a bus. So like 15 HS kids in a room who don't leave that room all day. In a school of 1800 kids. In the inner-city. So basically in-person cyber school for the HS kids at this point. So... With all this I find it hard to believe that in about a months time we are going to be told "Alright strap 'em up and start hitting!!!" The district I teach in hasn't even approved a return to sports policy yet even though state association said it's okay. Who knows how long that will be "in legal being looked at" as people have been told. Don't hold your breath on a season as much as I want one. Just saw school in Houston area shutting down S/C till July 13th or so now. How do they know that {censored}?!?
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Post by coachklee on Jun 25, 2020 12:30:33 GMT -6
Maybe I'm just blending the two in my head then. I'm just very alarmed that so many people are being so selfish. I agree with the above poster that this has been a great discussion with a variety of perspectives.... IMO it is ok for some to believe that we should not have sports or other activities that they deem are high risk (football included) I also believe it is ok for some to believe that the risk of not having sports or other activities (football included) may have greater consequences to people and society then the virus. I'm not choosing a side but certainly not assuming that one side is "too soft" or the other side is "uncaring for other humans and selfish" The reality is none of us know what the "RIGHT" thing to do is, heck the medical experts seemingly don't know at this time, if there was a simplistic solution (well known working vaccine readily available) we would all do it however, there isn't and won't be anytime soon. States, Political Leaders, and individual people will make these decisions on a day to day basis and it will continue to change. In future decades we will be able to look back and decide which ones were the correct ones and which ones had a negative impact. Until then, I'm going to sit back and take in information and hold off judgement regardless of what others opinions are. Well said.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 23, 2020 12:52:21 GMT -6
And at some point continuing school only through distance learning is too limited especially for K-2 students. I’m believing we either are full school to start in the fall or we are not. The logistics of partially filled classrooms & alternating schedules is overwhelming for both administrators & families (shouldn’t be, but it is). If we are in school there is NO reason to not allow ALL extracurricular activities. If we are NOT in school then there should NO extracurricular activities. I have to disagree a bit with the last sentiment. At least the absolute nature of it. There is plenty of reason to allow for some things, and not others. I think it could be argued that the preventative measures we as a society are willing to take (social distancing, masks, etc) can be implemented in a classroom. You can't maintain social distance while making a tackle, fighting a double team, etc. I am not saying I necessarily agree with it, but I definitely can see a point of view saying that some form of in person school attendance would be an appropriate risk while the extension of said risk via extracurriculars would be inappropriate. I can also see a point of view saying "wtf. If we aren't going to 'do anything' with the life, why bother trying to keep it healthy" I am interested to know if anyone here has been a part of or has heard discussions about the fall (both school and sports) with regards the start and go nature of the summer workouts we have seen lately? I get that there are priorities, but the reality is nearly as much interaction is happening with 4 or so kids piling into a car to get to school & then go hangout wherever afterwards ignoring all social distancing. These same kids have spent the past 3 months picking up extra shifts at the grocery & hardware stores interacting with everyone. I guess the difference is they aren’t seeing kids from another neighborhood/community. Like you or someone else has said the only truly feasible way to completely stop the spread is either a complete 21 day lockdown (which is nearly impossible nor practical), a vaccine which is probably months away (and still might not be highly effective), or eventually natural herd immunity. The right call is probably try to wait things out for a vaccine, but that might very well be around the same time herd immunity is reached.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 23, 2020 12:17:58 GMT -6
The thing I have a hard time getting my head around is: If we're not ready to put 30 kids back in a classroom, how do we rationalize putting 60 of 'em in a locker room on Friday night, or on a couple of busses to and from a game? And at some point continuing school only through distance learning is too limited especially for K-2 students. I’m believing we either are full school to start in the fall or we are not. The logistics of partially filled classrooms & alternating schedules is overwhelming for both administrators & families (shouldn’t be, but it is). If we are in school there is NO reason to not allow ALL extracurricular activities. If we are NOT in school then there should NO extracurricular activities.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 21, 2020 18:35:12 GMT -6
I like the way you put this as "right or wrong," because maybe that raises the ultimate question: not "Will we go back?" but "SHOULD we go back?" Those are two very different questions to answer. I'm actually very interested to hear what coaches think about that question. As with most difficult questions, here "right or wrong" or "should or shouldn't" all depends on the desired outcome. What is the desired outcome here? That brings about a very difficult question that I think most avoid out of convenience since it involves some very complicated parts 1) a novel virus, which we are learning about daily but about which the medical/scientific community is still very much in the dark 2) a segment of the population which seems more at risk than others (this somewhat relates to #1). Hopefully, I am a rare case on this board that has had first hand (well, maybe second hand) knowledge of the uncertainty of this virus. An immediate family member tested positive. Based on other health factors (age, end stage COPD with less than 25% lung function, only one Kidney with suppressed functionality, high blood pressure with the systolic pressure fluctuating over 200 many days) this family member should have died from the virus. However, the family member was completely asymptomatic, tested negative 3 times during a 20 day hospital stay in April/May (for complications from above issues) and basically lives a mostly isolated life anyway. Only reason for the out of hospital test was as a pre procedure precaution...and bang. Positive test. Zero symptoms. Another immediate family member lives in the same house... this one had 7 arteries bypassed in May. By all accounts the virus should have transmitted to and killed this family member too. NO symptoms. Other accounts obviously differ. All of that to say that as a human populace, "should or shouldn't" and "right and wrong" are very complex because we don't know the variables involved. That was the reason behind the shockingly swift and severe measures taken in mid March. Unfortunately, we really don't know that much more and our environment is pretty much the same as it was 12 weeks or so ago. So logically, what is the difference? There is no preventative vaccine, nore is there a therapeutic treatment for the disease caused by the virus. However, the virus also may not impact the majority of society, as those that are infected will experience various degrees of severity. People seem to stubbornly ignore that a significant percentage of the population that tests positive end up being asymptomatic.
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Post by coachklee on Jun 6, 2020 4:37:22 GMT -6
He can explain it better than me!! There is good stuff on here about keying Backfield Thanks for sharing joedanielfootball & mackball. We are a 3-4 team and play our OLBs up on a TE as much as possible leaving limited practice time to teach them how to play off the LOS. These are simple reads to teach them so they still play fast when they are apexed!
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Post by coachklee on Mar 6, 2020 5:06:01 GMT -6
Awesome & glad to hear you're acting on this! Some decades down the road when I feel like I've learned enough sufficient things I hope I can share it as well. Also learned & used a lot the last time we chatted Slight feedback: Haven't had time to watch but it seems like you're going through plays & blocking schemes for full house T. I'm always interested in the philosophy & why of an offense, what type of personnel for each position, and WHY you should consider running this offense vs another type (PROS vs CONS). Maybe an idea for future episodes? Thanks for the idea. Easily something I could cover in more detail down the road. Better yet I get a hold of a T coach and they share their thoughts and experience as I am looking at it from the outside perspective of having to defend it as a DC. PS the next mini-series will cover what I know about the Flexbone & Option Offense!
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Post by coachklee on Mar 5, 2020 21:38:45 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Mar 5, 2020 21:38:31 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Mar 5, 2020 21:38:10 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Mar 5, 2020 21:26:27 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Mar 5, 2020 21:21:32 GMT -6
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Post by coachklee on Mar 5, 2020 19:51:29 GMT -6
Thanks so much to EVERYONE that has helped me grow as a coach via CoachHuey over the past 10+ years. I am truly BLESSED to have learned so much from so many of you and you've grown my confidence to the point that I feel I can contribute not only by giving back to this wonderful website, but also the entire coaching community. Hope you guys enjoy the first of what I hope to be many (and at least 6) videos covering a variety of football concepts...don't forget to SUBSCRIBE if you like what you see! Channel: CFBK - Coaching Football with Brian Klee: www.youtube.com/channel/UCpoc8xwLcqi-BYmGm6R6n2g1st Video:
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Post by coachklee on Feb 24, 2020 9:31:32 GMT -6
Please let me know if you guys would re-order any of these highlights differently. Cole is 6'4" and currently 280 as he is also an All-State wrestler. He should be all set academically for most places as he has about a 3.2 GPA and went around 1010 on the SAT. I know that it is past signing day so any sort of scholarship is probably out of the question, but he is willing to walk-on and wants to see if continuing to play football is a legit option. Senior Highlights: www.hudl.com/video/3/7926971/5e53e7db5eecd50ce47d1661Junior Highlights: www.hudl.com/video/3/7926971/5c8fb8324797c314a40a981fThanks in advance!
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