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Post by agap on Sept 8, 2022 21:57:50 GMT -6
In 1980, the price to attend a four-year college full-time was $10,231 annually—including tuition, fees, room and board, and adjusted for inflation—according to the National Center for Education Statistics. By 2019-20, the total price increased to $28,775. That’s a 180% increase. Stop buying lattes and save your money....OK BoomerBoomer? You're about 25 years off your generations.
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Post by agap on Sept 7, 2022 22:11:09 GMT -6
If everyone says "No thanks, I'm good" to the idea of being a teacher, as far as I can figure, the government's only 3 solutions are 1) strictly online systems; 2) planned economy (i.e. socialist or communist-style appointing some people to be teachers regardless of whether they want to be or not; 3) pay people so much the hassle becomes worth it. Did I miss any? Just off the top of my head they can stop piling on additional responsibilities. They can stop using public education as a political football with harebrained "reforms" and culture war nonsense. States can also do more to cut down on the cost of college which is insane right now. Fewer kids are going into teaching because it makes no financial sense. The state college that I attended, which started as a teacher's college, now costs over $20,000 a year in-state. That's a lot of money to go into a profession that pays modestly at best (That's also tru for other professions in the public service sector). If people would work while in college and work full-time in the summer, and then save their money while in college and when they graduate, this wouldn't be as big of an issue. I see people pull into the parking lot every August with a different vehicle and talk about the three vacations they took all around the country while complaining about their loan debt. The problem isn't the cost of college.
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Post by agap on Sept 5, 2022 18:30:47 GMT -6
Is it that much of a difference to get done with practice at 5:30 or to get off work at 5:00?
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Post by agap on Sept 5, 2022 18:29:07 GMT -6
We were clicking on playlists this afternoon and the wrong film would come up. We've also lost some tagged data recently too.
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Post by agap on Sept 2, 2022 13:24:44 GMT -6
One thing that we did was have the players put their name on it and turn it back in on gameday. This made them keep up with it more. If a kid lost it they would have extra conditioning or some sort of punishment. This makes sure that they don't just throw it on the floor or throw it away, but it still doesn't help solve the issue of players not looking at the scouting report. It's the same thing on Hudl; they can just run the film so they have a lot of viewing time, but they're not actually watching it.
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Post by agap on Aug 28, 2022 21:58:41 GMT -6
Maybe that's true for some, but not everybody. I took a year off (not by choice) and I became DC right away. I've said this on other threads, but I realized during that year off that sitting around and relaxing is the most boring thing ever. I’m out of coaching but a very active person. If I were still in my old coaching job from last year, I would have spent today watching film on a team that would have kicked my a$$ this coming Friday night without much I could do about it. But instead of that, I was hiking in South Carolina without a care in the world and did not miss it in the slightest. Full-time coaching (and doing it right) is for people who can’t live without it or just don’t have any other interests pulling on them. Another thing that has at least something to do with your passion for coaching is your success - which has a lot more to do with players than coaches. If you’re coaching studs every year and you have a realistic chance in every game, that makes it more enjoyable. You feel like you’re getting something worthwhile for your effort. But spending a week preparing for a game you wouldn’t win if you coached circles around the other staff and armed your players with machetes…. I don’t see how that’s fun for anyone. The dread of those games and bus rides to and from them is another factor that drove me out of coaching. Losing is misery. I disagree. I don't need to be on the winning team to feel like I'm getting something worthwhile. If we came up with something to stop a certain scheme, even if we lost by 50 because we weren't as good as the other team, then I feel like we accomplished something. That doesn't mean I'm okay with losing and that I'm happy all weekend, but it means we can use whatever we did later when we have equal or better talent.
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Hudl
Aug 28, 2022 21:54:55 GMT -6
Post by agap on Aug 28, 2022 21:54:55 GMT -6
It's been fine watching film this weekend. We had issues with Focus and Sideline yesterday though.
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Post by agap on Aug 26, 2022 21:06:23 GMT -6
Anyone using these things? Besides not having to print the scout cards, I think they are basically worthless. The scout team is still a cluster fruck and noe they aren’t huddling up so they can’t ask a coach if they are unsure of something. Does it just take time to get acquainted? Has anyone had success with them? Are there tips you can offer? They have testimonials on their website but the Tom Allen one looks more produced and scripted than a Ginsu knife commercial on Nick at night after dark. We are using. The main downside is just getting them on. Getting the belts, making sure powered on, etc. we have actually added minutes 3 minutes to our break between special team and defense to get them on and ready. Once on, they have been effective. Are they a game changer, no, but close. But only because we were pretty dang efficient anyways. We were using hudl scripts and had 4 coaches with phones. One for line, one for backs, one for right side receivers, am done for left, that the players would just glance at then line up. GoRout is a little faster than that, but not a ton and we didn't have to worry about getting them ready. One more issue, our weather has been unseasonably cool (88 and under the last week). When it was 95 plus, half the goRouts had issues cutting on or loading up. Unseasonably cool at 88 and under? We hit 65 this morning in Minnesota and that felt hot.
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Post by agap on Aug 26, 2022 21:03:39 GMT -6
Players have missed to work at the pool, take driver's training, go to a family reunion, etc. Every year players will miss practice for something that I would never miss practice for. I can't control that. Usually those players aren't going to start anyways so why would I get upset about it?
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Post by agap on Aug 26, 2022 21:02:06 GMT -6
I think if many coaches took a year off, or maybe just a summer, they would step away or at least step back and do less. Until I did that, I didn't know what I was missing and how silly it was for me to put so much importance on coaching. That being said, most of you all are doing great work and helping kids and our society needs it, so thank you. Maybe that's true for some, but not everybody. I took a year off (not by choice) and I became DC right away. I've said this on other threads, but I realized during that year off that sitting around and relaxing is the most boring thing ever.
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Post by agap on Aug 26, 2022 20:57:11 GMT -6
At all the schools I've coached at, we've printed scouting reports, put them on Hudl, and emailed them to players. 98% of the players never looked at them no matter how we showed it to them. When I was DC, I stopped wasting my time making one to give to the players because they didn't look. I still made one for myself, but it wasn't something I could give to anyone because they wouldn't understand it.
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Post by agap on Aug 23, 2022 22:05:11 GMT -6
I've gone from position coach to DC, to HC, to DC, and now position coach again. I don't worry about anything I can't control. I plan Indy for the next day and that's it. Anything else is beyond my control so I don't worry about it. I don't even think about things that would stress me out 10 years ago anymore because I can't change them. I show up early, go through our EDDs, go through whatever the OC/DC wants, and then we go to group and team. Then practice is over and I go home and do what I want. I'm not going to stress out about who isn't practicing, who's hurt, who's playing both ways, etc.
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Post by agap on Aug 23, 2022 21:47:37 GMT -6
You better be happy in what you get, there have been games moved to Thursday and Saturday because of shortage. I'm fine with playing Thursday or Saturday. The last few years we've had games either on Thursday or Saturday and the refs were great. If that's what it takes to get rid of some crews who make it about them, then I'm okay with Thursday or Saturday games.
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Post by agap on Aug 23, 2022 21:45:43 GMT -6
Now I know there's a shortage of them and that the job is very difficult and that we can't play without them; but does anyone else notice that refs really seem to make it about them, ESPECIALLY the 1st game of the season? And also, whenever an official's crew shows up super early and is dressed to the 9's, it almost ALWAYS means it's going to be a long night. If you have officials show up "early" and dressed professionally, you should be happy. Will only be a "long night" if your kids insist on violating the rules. Coach against that. The officials are not your enemy-out to hurt you. I agree but that's not always the case. We had a DL lockout against an OL our first game about five years ago. He ran his feet and the OL ended up on the ground. The refs threw a flag and kicked the DL out because he apparently punched the OL. Then they kicked out a DL for tackling the FB on Midline when the QB kept it. There are cases where the refs make it about them and you can't coach against it.
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Post by agap on Aug 6, 2022 14:18:54 GMT -6
When I was HC we put them on the day before the first game. Other places I've been we put them on at some point the week of the first game.
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Post by agap on Jul 24, 2022 17:59:08 GMT -6
Boombah turf shoes
They’re the only shoes I’ve ever worn coaching.
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Post by agap on Jul 16, 2022 19:43:49 GMT -6
Teams can have a bye week here if they have a zero week game, which is a game one week before Labor Day weekend.
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Post by agap on Jul 8, 2022 22:18:39 GMT -6
Ive actually coached a base 4-3 team that did this- front strength determined my TE, back end strength determined by wr count I don't like saying whether we were 4-2 or 4-3 (I'm at a different school now). I guess technically we've done this if we were 4-2 or 4-3, but we were still doing a lot of the same things for the most part.
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Post by agap on Jul 7, 2022 20:10:12 GMT -6
DL aligns based on the TE but the secondary aligns based on the passing strength. 4-2? Yes
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Post by agap on Jul 7, 2022 17:40:08 GMT -6
DL aligns based on the TE but the secondary aligns based on the passing strength.
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Post by agap on Jul 6, 2022 23:27:05 GMT -6
Where I'm at now they lift about three hours each week. We have 7-on-7 one night per week for two hours, four weeks in summer. We have a team camp for four days at the end of July. That's pretty similar to what we've done at other places too.
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Post by agap on Jun 12, 2022 21:52:45 GMT -6
Add me to the list of those who may feel that your listing of GPA is irrelevant and may indicate that you may have a prejudice based on academic performance. I have met many low character high academic performing (in HS) kids as well as many low GPA high character people. As far as "this generation of kids"- keep in mind that one of the greatest college basketball players on the greatest college basketball dynasty of all time bucked against the coach's seemingly arbitrary and unnecessary grooming policy. His complaints were met with the response of "You are correct Bill (Walton), I don't have the right to tell you how you can groom yourself. I do have the right to decide who are members of this team, and we are sure going to miss you" Also have to reiterate...MAN that is a lot of thrown helmets. Marty Byrde and Walter white were probably valodictorians. Ozark....great show. That's all I have to contribute to this thread.
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Post by agap on Jun 12, 2022 21:49:34 GMT -6
Do you not script anything or just the defensive calls? Almost 15 years ago, we didn't script anything. The DC would call a short yardage call on defense but the scout team coach picked a 3rd & Long play. Or the opposite would happen. The DC made his "prevent" call but the scout offense ran a short yardage play. If you don't script anything, this will happen all the time.
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Post by agap on Jun 12, 2022 9:23:48 GMT -6
We always script for Team D. It's based on their tendencies. When it's 2nd & Medium, the plays scripted are what they run on 2nd & Medium. Then we pick what we want in that situation and that's on the script. Like others have said, we wouldn't want to make a 3rd & Short call on defense but the Scout O Coach chose a 3rd & Long play. What do you do if opponent had no 2nd and Mediums (or any other specific D&D categories) in games you broke down? Do you change the yardage parameters of D&Ds when offense gets into four-down territory? As far as tendencies - offense may break them because the defense you play is different from previous opponents'. Or they may automatic your "look." So those may be of minimal value come game night. Four-down territory is different. If they don't have any plays in a certain D&D category, we skip it. Our calls for each category weren't much different. It might be a certain stunt or blitz that we run all the time and we'd call against anything anyways.
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Post by agap on Jun 11, 2022 22:30:17 GMT -6
We always script for Team D. It's based on their tendencies. When it's 2nd & Medium, the plays scripted are what they run on 2nd & Medium. Then we pick what we want in that situation and that's on the script. Like others have said, we wouldn't want to make a 3rd & Short call on defense but the Scout O Coach chose a 3rd & Long play.
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Post by agap on Jun 10, 2022 20:46:45 GMT -6
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Post by agap on Jun 10, 2022 20:01:44 GMT -6
There have been one or two threads about it recently. A lot of colleges are running it in the Midwest and some high schools in MN. Actually just one high school now since I was told it can't be done at the high school level.
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Post by agap on Jun 9, 2022 22:24:09 GMT -6
Apparently Quarters coverage, specifically split field coverage.
Spilling too I guess.
Tite/Mint front
Crushing the front
That's all too complex and can't be run at the high school level.
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Post by agap on May 12, 2022 21:55:21 GMT -6
The size of your staff questions reminds me of a story... ....A 2nd grade teacher was teaching about measurement using the generic word "units." She was trying to explain why it's important to have a standard unit like feet or inches because my actual foot is a different size than your foot etc etc. She would ask how big is your desk and so on. There was a male para in class. A student asked how many "Mr. Smith long is the room?" I kid you not her reply was "That depends on how big Mr. Smith's unit is." The kiddos didn't get it. But man the adults did.
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Post by agap on Apr 19, 2022 15:22:56 GMT -6
Last season we met on Zoom Sunday nights and went through things then texted/emailed each other. That was enough to be on the same page. Only two coaches were in the high school and I think out of the 9 coaches, we lived in 5 different towns so meeting in-person is difficult to get everyone together.
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