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Post by rudyrude9 on Dec 27, 2017 12:19:34 GMT -6
To answer
If we had your 150 minutes we'd go
10 Warm up 20 Specials 60 O 60 D
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Post by rudyrude9 on Dec 27, 2017 12:18:00 GMT -6
Looks like you are giving your D and specials the shaft. I think you have to split it even or give more time to the D.
Practicing O takes less time. You should know what you are doing after a certain point.
D sees something different/unique every week.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Dec 15, 2017 8:05:42 GMT -6
That dude looks amazing.
Measurables matter I assume because alot of good High School programs can get great production out of some pretty average QBs. Systems matter when it comes to production. Same from going from college to the NFL.
Projecting QBs to the next level may be one of the tougher things in sports. The biggest factor I believe in QB production is coaching. When all the measurables are equal.
I imagine most college coaches feel the same way.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Dec 8, 2017 14:26:01 GMT -6
Now the real question.
Who's the bigger dumbass the parent or the coach?
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Post by rudyrude9 on Oct 30, 2017 8:05:52 GMT -6
Summarizing our program - very talented in 15 and 16 and won our league. We graduated most of that talent and have started underclassmen at almost every position this season on top of having 10 new starters on D and 9 on O. It has been evident as we are 5-4 and eliminated from winning our league. Several of our parents can’t accept it. 3 really stand out. Parent 1 - son graduated three years ago and he used to be friendly with us. He frequently posts on a local message board about the program and how incredible all of our players supposedly are. Up until this season everything was positive about the coaching. Even to this day, he tries to say our players are great, however he is now calling out our coaching. He has stated the DC has no idea what he’s doing and our OL coach is only allowed on staff because we want his son to come to the school. He went so far as to post a picture of the OL coach and say that his son is a “pansy”. He’s in the 8th grade BTW. Parent 2 - son is a stud sophomore. Dad shopped him around while he was in middle school. He takes his son to some local training specialist blowhard whose claim to fame was making the Washington Redskins practice squad for a half season and parades clients around like he’s the reason why they have scholarship offers. Dad is on same message board as parent 1. The majority of his content is about how good his son is and how amazing his trainer is. However he’s turned on the staff lately, saying that our defense is a “pop warner” defense and we don’t know how to coach a “real defense”. He stayed on the board he’s going to “have a sit down with the principal and AD and discuss the state of the program”. I’d be stunned if he doesn’t transfer his son out of the school. Parent 3 - has had two sons graduate from the program and has another on the freshman team. She has been very supportive in the past despite her sons hardly getting playing time. However she has recently blasted us on the school’s Facebook page, saying that our playbook is “straight from Madden”. I’ve heard ignorant things like that a bunch but she’d be one of the last I’d think to say that. This will be the first time since 2013 we don’t finish ranked top 10 in the division and this is how we’re treated? (Vent over) Don't have such thin skin... Bingo! Would you rather be somewhere where 5-4 is acceptable. You've built up the expectations and that is a good thing.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Aug 28, 2017 7:03:17 GMT -6
They have to wait to play it until after 0:00. So if you aren't out there you are late. Is that a rule? Yep. Conference rule and I think it is a good one.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Aug 25, 2017 10:42:51 GMT -6
They have to wait to play it until after 0:00. So if you aren't out there you are late.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Aug 15, 2017 11:14:08 GMT -6
I vote for getting out of the house. Too many distractions at home. If guys can or can't make it great. As long as the decision makers are there.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jul 26, 2017 14:29:57 GMT -6
Yes its fun. You just can't go into expecting a real football game. I like the competition doing something that is similar to football. I also like seeing other coaches get all pissy because its not football.
Pass Skelly sucks as an offensive drill too, but I still bet most of us use it.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jul 18, 2017 8:18:18 GMT -6
Post the 2 deep every week. Guys need to know where they are at.
I wouldn't post 7 deep though.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jul 14, 2017 10:14:55 GMT -6
We did it at a school with enrollment of around 815. Had around 110 kids 9-12. We full 2 platooned and it was awesome. Every coach is now a varsity position coach. 3 would also do the Freshman game. And another 2 would do the JV game. Its a pretty simple model with those numbers. Similar to a college roster with 100 players. Best part was working with the young guys and knowing that they were being coached well. When we went in to group/team type settings our JV/FR groups would split off from the 1's and 2's. Did you feel that you had to adjust your indy time period to better suit one group or the other (at least early on)? As I wrote above, I have done this before out of necessity, but found that there were some techniques my older players were better ready to work on in an individual setting that my youngers were not quite ready for. FWIW I found myself aiming my spring and early summer work to the needs of the younger and newer players, while the later summer and in season work was to improve the skills of the younger players. Also, when it came down to reps in indy time it was significantly in favor of the older kids. If I had the numbers I would have much rather had another coach do the drills I dictated for the younger players, and have them focus on more rudimentary tasks until they perfected them. For sure. Once the games start I felt like I was coaching the younger kids less during indy as we got more specific with the older kids.
Early during camp though I feel you get to set a solid foundation for the younger groups.
The younger groups would get more specific coaching during their group and team times from the lower level coaches.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jul 12, 2017 10:15:35 GMT -6
We did it at a school with enrollment of around 815. Had around 110 kids 9-12. We full 2 platooned and it was awesome. Every coach is now a varsity position coach. 3 would also do the Freshman game. And another 2 would do the JV game.
Its a pretty simple model with those numbers. Similar to a college roster with 100 players.
Best part was working with the young guys and knowing that they were being coached well.
When we went in to group/team type settings our JV/FR groups would split off from the 1's and 2's.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jun 6, 2017 14:54:04 GMT -6
I understand the baseball deal pretty well. I'm in it right now with my youngest son who is in 8th grade and playing select travel ball. Most teams only carry 10-11 players because no parent wants to pay that kind of money and travel to watch their kid ride the bench. It puts coaches at a big disadvantage at times because one of their best tools (the bench) gets left in the shop. There are a host of other drawbacks to the model but it's the most popular model for kids who are really serious about baseball. I'm not certain I would let my kid do it again knowing what I know now. I love that phrase he used, "work while you wait". He's just telling kids that they have to work harder if they aren't getting what they want at the moment. As many of you have already stated, kids want it now. There are very few who really embrace or appreciate the value in the struggle. The whiteboard in my home gym says, "be so f****** good they can't tell you NO!" That's just my way of reminding my 2 boys, if you don't like being a #2, fix it. Don't blame a coach for your shortfalls. You have two boys and you have written on the whiteboard in your home gym, "Be so f'ing good....?" Now I'm not a prude -and don't mean to be judgmental - but don't you think that might be a bit inappropriate? You liked your own post. Might that be a bit inappropriate?
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Post by rudyrude9 on Mar 8, 2017 11:46:59 GMT -6
This is the whole deal. Just because you win games with {censored} practices doesn't mean you've figured anything out. It just means you've cheated those kids out of what they could have been. Do better. If your practices suck then you probably suck at coaching practice. Find a better way.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Mar 1, 2017 12:14:02 GMT -6
3rdandlong...we've gone around and around with that as well. I think...a lot of freshman will play on the JV...they are going to have to. I think our incoming class will be around 30...mix them with the 16 JV players...and we'll have a good number. This seems to be your issue. Keep your 30 together and start 22 of them. You will retain a higher percentage doing it that way. By moving 16 up I would bet you discourage the 16 left behind to give up on football. Take your crappy JRs/SRs to help supliment your JV depth.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Dec 30, 2016 12:33:40 GMT -6
Been apart of 5 completed for TDs. 2 at end of games for wins and 3 at end of halves. Never had one completed against us.
You get what you emphasize! We spend time on last play offense and last play defense every week. And that includes more than just hail mary. You better have a plan for when your 80 yards away and only have time for one play also.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Oct 31, 2016 10:46:03 GMT -6
You only get one game per week. So what else is there to do but prepare your ass off. They key to not having a let down is never letting up.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Oct 14, 2016 10:34:23 GMT -6
This is a sad thread
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Post by rudyrude9 on Oct 13, 2016 12:00:08 GMT -6
We just lost another one yesterday. This time it was a kid that decided to do a back flip off of the stage at lunch....the good new is he only broke his elbow and not his neck. Trying to stay optimistic.
We had our two starting corners doing back flips in front of the student section after we beat the #4 Team in the state to tie them in the conference standings.
Unreal. Back flips in unison in full pads. Sick athletes!
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Post by rudyrude9 on Sept 28, 2016 11:44:17 GMT -6
Is pain real? Is fear real? Is love real? Yes, yes and yes.
C'mon
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Post by rudyrude9 on Sept 28, 2016 6:56:19 GMT -6
Still calling BS. Pressure does exist and Shaw is acknowledging it existence with the quote. Being able to handle and overcome pressure is a skill worth coaching.
Some kids do it naturally others need to be taught a mindset to help them succed in pressure situations. I know we will put kids in pressure situations in practice on purpose to help them be better prepared for pressure on gameday.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Sept 27, 2016 6:58:12 GMT -6
Wind is the biggest factor in Wisconsin as we enter October
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Post by rudyrude9 on Sept 27, 2016 6:50:33 GMT -6
I think David Shaw is making things up here. I'm absolutely sure we have all felt pressure. Pretending it doesn't exist in my opinion is not a smart way to look at it.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Sept 8, 2016 6:53:44 GMT -6
Been saying TDer long long before Twitter.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Sept 6, 2016 11:37:16 GMT -6
I like TDer
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Post by rudyrude9 on Aug 26, 2016 11:36:10 GMT -6
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jul 21, 2016 13:11:28 GMT -6
At my last stop we would have the birthday boy sing happy birthday to himself. Which is awesome.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jun 27, 2016 13:41:03 GMT -6
Its just the law of averages and mean regression. You stated that your first four practices were "very good" which I interpret to mean better than average (average being what you would normally expect); if this is the case, wouldn't it make sense that you would eventually have to have a practice that is bad (less than what you would expect)? Otherwise your expectations would have been higher coming into camp, and those "very good" practices would have just been practices that were what you expected, and you most likely wouldn't have noticed. I used to coach with a guy who felt that you couldn't compliment kids too much for good practices because they would then have bad practices. Moreover he felt that if he was verbally abusive after bad practices it would benefit the team and get them back on track; he used anecdotal evidence similar to your situation to support his claim. I told him I disagreed but he stuck to his guns; eventually I created a demonstation to show him how I felt he was wrong. I took out a six sided dice, and told him I wanted this dice to consistently roll a higher number (the higher the number the better). Every time I rolled a 1 or 2 I yelled at it for being bad, if I rolled a 5 or 6 I complimented it for being high. Obviously, the times I rolled low tended to mean regress and be higher the following roll; conversely that number went down following a high roll. Did that indicate my yelling or complimenting impacted the next roll? No of course not. So what was the point of that long winded recounting? That we have a good grasp of what our team will be, sometimes they are a little better than that, sometimes a little worse. As coaches, we try to coach them up to be the best they can be (I am in no way writing not to stop driving and coaching them); but in the end you have an expectation of where they should be (that 3 or 4 roll- and don't say you expect them to be a 6 every time because it is a relative statement, wherever you expect them to be is 3 or 4). Sometimes they will do better, sometimes worse. If they had a lot of "very good" practices then either your expectations were too low or they will mean regress. This is such BS. If it is a random roll everytime we go out to practice why even bother doing all the prep that it takes to have consistently good practices.
My first two years coaching we had bad practices weekly. Then I coached with one of the top ten programs in the state and guess what. Maybe 2 bad practices in 3 years. The reason. The staff put in the work to be prepared for practice every day. Every coach knew what was expected of him during every minute. Every player knew where to be when.
I took that model to our next school and had similar results. The kids put way too much time into being great athletes for coaches to just show up and randomly roll the dice and then blame the kids when practice sucks.
We have great practices because we make sure as coaches that they are great.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Jun 2, 2016 10:40:19 GMT -6
I also think you should be able I defend every rule you have, just like you should be able to defend every drill you run. If a kid asks why you make everyone wear black socks you should be able to respond with a straight face that you really believe the enhanced team unity will lead to wins. If you have a rule that kids can't chew gum in their living rooms you should be able to justify it. What's wrong with the my house, my rules justification? Because its not your house. It's our house.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Apr 13, 2016 8:39:01 GMT -6
It is hard enough to coach your own team. Don't worry about what the other guy is doing with his team.
F em if they don't get it.
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