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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 9, 2012 9:12:00 GMT -6
We had a kid do this 2 seasons ago. Came out for summer practice and the next day turned in his pads and said he wasnt playing because of his girlfriend. They broke up a week later, he was too ashamed to come back out that year and he never got his feet back under him when he came out this past season(his senior year)
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Post by olcoach53 on Dec 19, 2011 10:50:24 GMT -6
I watch the offensive line and how many times they actually MISS their blocks ha. Sometimes I watch their Pass-Pro and how they turn their shoulders or their footwork on zone. Usually the offensive line though.
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Post by olcoach53 on Dec 6, 2011 7:27:39 GMT -6
Fire the head coach after a 35-25 record and 4 straight playoff appearances. Oh wait, thats the superintendent as well...
The superintendent will more than likely hire his buddy with an overall record of 6-30 to coach now. Anybody out there need an offensive line coach?
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Post by olcoach53 on Dec 2, 2011 9:39:56 GMT -6
If a kid is ready he is ready. We dont have a true JV team, just sophomores, but we always dress freshman for that. We usually bring up 3-4 freshman to practice with the varsity and dress during playoffs. We had a freshman actually start at FS a few years ago for the last two games because we had a ton of injuries and he was the next best player to play.
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Post by olcoach53 on Dec 2, 2011 7:47:04 GMT -6
My former position coach got the job in 2006 while I was away at Grad school. 2007 rolls around and its June and a friend of mine was on staff as a WR coach, coaching has always been in my blood so I figured if he was doing it I had better get cracking. 5 years later I am the offensive line coach and head Junior Varsity coach and he never coached a down (YET, I am still working on him) at the school but is a HELL of a track coach.
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Post by olcoach53 on Oct 11, 2011 12:41:34 GMT -6
The linemen lift while the skills are on film and then we switch. This usually takes about 45 minutes for each group. Then we head out to the field for about 70 minutes and go over scouting reports and changes for the week. We are usually in and out in around 2 1/2 hours and the kids are out by 630 at the latest.
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 30, 2011 13:39:25 GMT -6
Deli sandwich from the Grocery store and two lo-carb Monsters for lunch. Then a PBJ uncrustable and gatorade before gametime with the kids snack sacks. During the game I munch bubble gum and seeds and my dad has to give me a red gatorade before too. Im a tad superstitious and OCD
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 23, 2011 10:35:44 GMT -6
I like all of the things being said. I think a good tradition, a small enough community where there is only one high school but that high school has a large population. A great JFL program that feeds into the high school is huge too. A staff you can trust is the most important part in that situation and kids who buy into the program.
Also unlimited funds haha
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 15, 2011 12:21:57 GMT -6
We have basketball coaches who tell kids to not play football. We had a 5'8 running back who ran for 1000 yards combined his sophomore and junior seasons in a crowded backfield. He had D1 coaches drooling over his talent but he though he was a PG and is now playing at some junk JUCO because of it. We actually have some kids at other schools in the district and area who are GREAT football players but wouldnt come to school here because of our basketball program. I agree with coachbuck to let the kids play sports but when coaches are telling them not to play I get a little frustrated. Our football staff has NEVER told a kid to not play another sport, we actually encourage it, not so much from everybody else though.
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 15, 2011 10:49:06 GMT -6
6'6 centers in high school basketball are a dime a dozen...
6'6 wide recievers in high school football are a little more rare and PROBABLY have a better shot of a scholarship
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Post by olcoach53 on Apr 15, 2011 8:42:24 GMT -6
OL-
Be Fast Be Physical Be Smart
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Post by olcoach53 on Apr 6, 2011 13:00:39 GMT -6
Find the players who are giving 100% and play them during the summer. Let this guy work for his minutes if he really wants. I said something about this in another thread too but no player is greater than the team I dont care HOW good he is. I have benched kids because they skipped practices or werent working hard enough and some responded while some folded. The ones who folded were never part of the big picture anyways and we still won without them.
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Post by olcoach53 on Mar 29, 2011 13:04:15 GMT -6
Win with the players who WANT to be there. Those players who dont want to work will eventually come around when they are riding pine. If they dont want to play then why pull out your hair over them. After its all said and done you will be happier and your team will be more of a family without them.
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Post by olcoach53 on Mar 17, 2011 9:54:50 GMT -6
I have always been under the belief that if they are the best player then they should play regardless of grade. We had a team in our conference this season get beat 63-28 during the regular season. The two teams met again in the playoffs and that team started three freshman on defense and ended up winning this time.
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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 31, 2011 13:41:24 GMT -6
In jr. high and high school I only played the line and loved it but secretly wanted to be a fullback. In college I played left tackle but wanted to play guard. (more action, pulling etc.) I just wanted to play. I have kids literally cry when they get moved to the line. Kids are not running trap and counter trey on the play ground, they are throwing, catching, and running with the ball. Any stiff with God given talent can run to daylight. It takes someone special to make that daylight.
All Bigger, slower, fatter, less athletic kids play the line, so when Little Johnny gets moved to the line he is crushed. We as coaches better make the line position special, if not...well, we know what happens to teams with poor line play. I have had very few kids not buy into and love playing on the line. I have a passion for the line, the kids buy into that sooner or later. My lineman are always set on a pedestal, much is demanded from them and they need the recognition and praise when a good job is done. Awesome quote! I like that. Might be a new motto!!!!
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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 31, 2011 10:28:30 GMT -6
I just had a kid tell me that he wanted to play TE the other day. He is going to be a sophomore and will be nothing more than a JV player. I gave him this option, start(more than likely) on the offensive line or be a third string TE. We run the spread and the TE is ALWAYS split out wide in our schemes. Same thing with young kids telling me they are going to be a FB. In our offense the FB is the leading ball-carrier and usually leading ground gainer. I dont understand the problem with kids not wanting to play offensive line. I was an offensive lineman and I loved it.
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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 25, 2011 12:48:08 GMT -6
A few of us coaches work out with the kids at the high school I coach at. They like seeing us work and they compete to lift with us. They like to see us down there sweating and working hard just like that are.
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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 24, 2011 8:42:38 GMT -6
Talk to you local vendors and see what sort of discounts and deals they can get you. I am partial to Riddell Power Pads but thats just my own opinion.
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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 20, 2011 11:13:52 GMT -6
Our parents hand out snack sacks. Ham, Turkey, or PBJ sandwich, Gatorade, Fruit, and a granola bar. The kids love it and it has become sort of a pre-game tradition making sure they get their snack sacks. The night before a game the parents have a dinner with pasta bread and salad for the varsity team. Usually a pretty good meal but it runs RIGHT through me!
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Post by olcoach53 on Jan 19, 2011 10:14:16 GMT -6
This Dr. is crazy. The three point stance is not one of the causes of concussions. I think that is just nuts for him to think that. Maybe he should concern himself more with the tackling technique some of these kids are being taught. When their eyes and heads are pointed to the ground thats where the problem is at.
Also I agree neck rolls are awesome and that the Zorich half-shirt jersey was even more awesome!
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Post by olcoach53 on Oct 6, 2010 13:20:45 GMT -6
The place I had been working at went out of business so I was struggling to find work as a 25 year old college graduate. I went to talk to the head coach (he had been my position coach in high school) about coaching, he said sure thing so I assisted with the offensive line and because a security officer at the highschool. During this time I also starting working towards my teaching certificate and moved up in rank to Varsity offensive line and JV head coach and OC. This is all at my alma mater too which makes it that much more sweeter.
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Post by olcoach53 on Oct 6, 2010 10:12:17 GMT -6
This is getting to be more common and its downright disgusting. We had a freshman coach get attacked this season for breaking up a fight between two boys. One boys father came to practice the next day and two-hand choked this coach. It was horrific to see and the worst part was that we had 100 boys out there witness it AND the local news was there interviewing varsity players...
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 28, 2010 12:47:05 GMT -6
Man these are great! We have had a ton of kids quit for great stories and for stupid reasons.
1. We had a kid quit because he wasn't playing enough (sophomore who came out during doubles and missed all summer but STILL will not step up during scout team) He also blamed a back injury but the day he quit he was caught on camera wrestling with another student AND STEALING FROM THE FRESHMAN LOCKER ROOM!!!!!
2. We had a kid, a senior, who was forced to quit by his father to concentrate on his grades. The worst part about this was that the dad typed up a letter and pretended that the kid wrote it. When I asked the kid about it he just said "it was my dad" I feel pretty bad for this kid because he has busted his butt all off-season and for three years prior.
3. I cant tell you how many kids would quit when I played though just for the reason that they didnt even want to work hard at it. Kills me.
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 7, 2010 13:30:09 GMT -6
As my father put it, they looked like they were from an Oliver Stone movie...
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JV/QB
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Post by olcoach53 on Sept 7, 2010 12:35:30 GMT -6
Just a question for you guys on here. I am the varsity O-line coach but the JV HC and OC. We have a good group of kids on the JV but our QB is better suited at TE, the position he played last season. He basically only wanted to play QB this season because we had noone else on JV. However in our program we have two excellent Frosh QBs, both of which have good size, speed, and arm strength. My question is, do we take lumps with the Sophomore who will never be a varsity QB or do we prepare the younger freshman for a spot he could hypothetically take over next season as a sophomore on varsity.
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Post by olcoach53 on Apr 14, 2010 12:52:55 GMT -6
I dont think size is really all that important. If a kid can play then a kid can play. Also a lot of colleges are now more worried about speed than anything else. I think there are some delusional parents out there though and even some delusional coaches. I know of a few kids from my school that were told they would get big time offers and they were sub 5'10 linebackers and a 5'10 200 pound center. That just does not fly. There are those 6'2 240 pounds offensive lineman that can be a diamond in the rough though and pack on 40 pounds during a redshirt year and become a solid OG or OC. It can happen.
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Post by olcoach53 on Mar 11, 2010 12:39:21 GMT -6
Two stories, one involved a parent telling me that their kid should be starting because he had to get ready for the NFL. WOW. The other story involved not what a parent was saying but his actions. This happened three years ago, my first year coaching, and it was the end of a JV game. This parent was literally behind his son pointing at him and jumping up and down so I would put him in the game. Seriously that made me NOT want to put him in the game.
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Post by olcoach53 on Mar 4, 2010 15:03:20 GMT -6
Offensive Line Coach and JV Offensive Coordinator. I have been coaching for three seasons in the spread offense and I played three seasons in the spread at Illinois College and one season in the Wing-T at Augustana. I hope to one day be a small college coach. I was told of this site by a colleague and it is great.
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