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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 13, 2014 1:31:39 GMT -6
What they're probably doing is making a new round-robin every year without considering the previous years and just omitting one week
There are schedule generators that work for free online, but roughly how I'd do it on paper is this:
Create a round-robin schedule, this will be the basis for the next 11 seasons, call it the 0 schedule
For each season use one week from the 0 schedule as the 0 week of that schedule, that will tell you who is NOT playing whom. Then you can fill in team A's schedule at random and then B's, and so on until you fill the schedule. If you have a consistently scheduled rivalry game like a thanksgiving matchup you should schedule those first.
If you have a whole slate of must-have Thanksgiving matchups and some games are neutral sites and some teams have no home field then just bite the bullet and spend $50 on the computer software. Hell, just do that right away and save yourself the hassle.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 13, 2014 0:50:34 GMT -6
When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. When I became a man I put away childish, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. CS Lewis
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 11, 2014 14:49:36 GMT -6
We certainly don't.
I don't mean to say that the music matters much, it's not going to turn a 5-star into a 1-star or vice-versa. It's just a tiny little thing that can help a tiny little bit when I'm looking at LITERALLY 150 guys to fill that 14th WR slot. The guy who had a cool tune is just a tiny bit more memorable.
I don't doubt the assertion that the very largest of schools have a fancy system, although even for them I think it's overkill; but the vast majority of us aren't doing it like that, and the vast majority of kids aren't SEC bound. It's usually meatball scouting, dozens of films watched in a row and quickly sorted into Yes/No/Maybe.
There are many factors that are far more important, like having clear and accurate contact info, and ordering your clips best-worst.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 10, 2014 19:14:38 GMT -6
Well that's not how anybody I'm in contact with does it, and it's not how we do it.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 9, 2014 21:00:08 GMT -6
That's not how we recruit, and I don't think many people are importing recruit film into DVSport anymore (we certainly don't and I don't know anyone who does). Nowadays you just have a Hudl or YouTube link
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 8, 2014 11:52:40 GMT -6
In all seriousness, do colleges even want music at all? Good music can add flavour. It won't make or break a kid but it can help him stick in my mind. It can help a mediocre player distinguish himself from the hundreds of other mediocre players.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 7, 2014 22:32:48 GMT -6
Within our conference we have full exchange of every game every week, film is supposed to be up on the exchange system within 24hrs. For non-conference games in the national playoffs it's 3 games, and for non-conference exhibition games it's usually three but it's negotiable.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 7, 2014 22:26:29 GMT -6
Oh God please no practice footage.
If it's for recruiting purposes I don't need the clean version. As long as it doesn't sound like extra dialogue from Django it's probably ok. It's more disconcerting if the lyrics are extremely misogynistic or something like that.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 7, 2014 15:15:57 GMT -6
Pick something fresh. Seriously, every time I'm forced to hear "Remember the Name" I want to strangle the kid. I got one kid with what sounded like a hip-hop Edith Piaf remix and he went straight to the board. I mean, he was good, but the song definitely helped him stick in my mind.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 7, 2014 15:01:46 GMT -6
We didn't have 3 weeks but this year we did have a long week heading into our semifinal game so we had the scouting done for both possible finals opponents and a skeleton game plan for the most likely opponent. With three weeks they'll have basically everything done, you can't spend three weeks looking at one opponent.
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 5, 2014 22:28:34 GMT -6
As I understand it, the kick was blocked and the receiving team got so excited they forgot about the ball and the kicking team picked it up and ran it in?
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Post by Chris Clement on Dec 4, 2014 23:32:03 GMT -6
Triangular field, two balls. Each team gets six downs to advance the ball and then the balls rotate clockwise while the offences advance counter-clockwise. Everything switches direction after the first period, and then back after the second period. Each period is 13 minutes long. If you score you switch positions in the rotation with the team you just scored on.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 29, 2014 14:12:10 GMT -6
The rules
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 28, 2014 1:05:48 GMT -6
By that logic, shouldn't we all be doing things "like the pros?"
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 26, 2014 14:55:05 GMT -6
Brown is indeed a nightmare colour for tshirts.
I agree that it's much more important to get everyone in your gear. Dri-fit shirts aren't really appropriate for wearing outside of the gym anyway, they look too much like you're in gym class. Cotton t-shirts are cheap, look decent, and you can sell a ton and promote your brand.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 23, 2014 18:43:11 GMT -6
True. If you fail conventionally it's the kids' fault. If you fail unconventionally it's your fault.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 22, 2014 22:06:27 GMT -6
ventilation is the most important thing. A big fan or better yet a proper air mover and run it as much as possible.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 22, 2014 21:21:59 GMT -6
The problem with using those numbers in high school is the vast differences between teams. Some teams are awful and some are awesome and the distribution of punting talent is highly erratic. I would bet that if you could really pin down the variables it would show that most teams punt way too often, but the quality of your punter is the biggest factor. I'm pretty sure his stats aren't really valid, but if you have a (very) good offense and a (very) bad punter it may be worthwhile to never punt and save the practice time for a season.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 15, 2014 11:22:11 GMT -6
Sweaters are more important than gloves, layer up on your torso and an extra layer on your legs will go a long way.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 12, 2014 1:34:05 GMT -6
9.5 years in pilot training cut short by a hockey injury. All my old coworkers think my job is so much cooler than theirs.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 9, 2014 20:48:07 GMT -6
That's the beautiful thing about science; it doesn't care what you believe.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 9, 2014 18:04:48 GMT -6
Definitely good points. Cherry-picking the players you deem "most worthy" is just going to tell you what you want to hear. The disgruntled players may have more interesting and useful responses.
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Post by Chris Clement on Nov 8, 2014 10:55:17 GMT -6
In our league if you get busted for an illegal player of any kind you forfeit, not just vacate. Which sounds great until you realize the unintended consequences it has for third-party teams. This year the #1 seed forfeited a game against the worst team (71-1 original score) that didn't hurt the top team but made a giant mess of the battle for the last playoff spot.
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Post by Chris Clement on Oct 13, 2014 14:18:27 GMT -6
I think the question is how long does a regime stay with continuity. You might change head guys, but if it's the OC taking over and you keep 90% of the staff year to year, it's not really a change. I think the average gets dragged down by schools that burn through HCs like kleenex, so the median would be better. I still think most teams would not consistently have regimes lasting more than 8 years. We have to remember that coaches on here are the ones working to get better, so they would tend to last longer.
Also, how does an HC get a career-ending injury on the sidelines?
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Post by Chris Clement on Oct 11, 2014 22:50:58 GMT -6
You chug red bull and pepto bismol? Sounds like a contradiction.
What do you draw?
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Post by Chris Clement on Oct 11, 2014 16:47:48 GMT -6
We play anywhere from Friday night to Saturday night and sometimes Sunday so my gameday "routine" is pretty variable. If we're heading into a "long" week I'll get in a workout, dabble on film that's two weeks away, and be a little bored. If it's a "short" week I'm probably panicking to get next weeks scouting reports copied early in the morning and get everything organized.
As far as gameday stuff, I'll always make sure the headsets are good, the cameras are good. If I get a chance I'll run the cameras up so I don't have to worry about helping them when they arrive. I make sure I'm ready for whatever my job will be during the game, which tends to vary a little bit week to week,
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Post by Chris Clement on Oct 9, 2014 11:43:47 GMT -6
I'm the Scout O major domo, and we make it all about fun. Some things:
We make it a personal challenge to have fewer repeats because our picture was bad than because the D messed up.
Spot the ball where the scout O has a reasonable shot at scoring, we use the +40-45.
Cheat a little, take advantage of knowing the script beforehand to give a more exact idea of what and how to block/run
Define passing progressions, I R4 all the pass plays for the QB for a few reasons. 1) it gives him something to work on that ties into our O, 2) it increases our chance of scoring, 3) it gets him more engaged, he's not just standing around and throwing at whatever, which means more completions and more engaged receivers
I open up as much of the other team's offense as I can, I try to give them as many reads and route conversions as I dare, let the OL make calls as appropriate
I translate as much as I can into our O, if they run IZ slightly different but it's not critical, we'll just run our own IZ and have the guys go through all the same motions. This increases carryover, success, and buy-in from the players.
We have a brief scout O meeting every week so we're aware of the motions and we've seen stuff before it's drawn on a card.
I give a fair bit of leeway for playing different positions. Part of it is necessity but every OL and WR wants a shot at playing TE, let different guys run the jet stuff, whatever.
I go nuts and cheer when we make a big play, I make them feel special.
I stick up for them when the DC gets pissy about something.
I make a big deal of it when we catch the D messing up. I know it's probably not because of our magnificent work but I make them feel like we beat the starting D.
A healthy dose of all the other team's trick plays
Emphasize that scout O gets to run all the fun new plays every week against the top D, instead of running the same boring plays every day against the scout D, so for four days a week our job is way better.
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Post by Chris Clement on Oct 7, 2014 20:59:54 GMT -6
Don't forget to ponytail the jerseys.
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Post by Chris Clement on Sept 27, 2014 19:37:46 GMT -6
One of the more enjoyable parts of my job is being the go-between for the offense and defence. I don't like being oblivious to what half the team is doing.
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Post by Chris Clement on Aug 29, 2014 13:42:15 GMT -6
a dash of bleach? different brand of sunscreen?
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