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Post by rsmith627 on Aug 27, 2023 19:10:25 GMT -6
Brah, you mid. Your plays are sus............... Where'd you get that playbook? The toilet store?!
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Post by rsmith627 on Aug 22, 2023 7:45:17 GMT -6
I'd say this year 6-/9 teams we play are going to be very well coached. The others will be tough because they're blessed with talent all over the place.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jun 1, 2023 11:43:48 GMT -6
I really hate to say this, but a lot of these negative comments that talk about his low football IQ, him only being a good player because of his athletic ability, and only getting the job because of his personality come off with some pretty negative racist undertones. I think the difference (at least for me this is the case) is that there is nothing remotely intriguing about Jeff Saturday. He was a reach, and I don't think anybody really thought that was a great idea. Prime brings a whole lot of personality, star power, and attention (this is part of why he got the job) and has an immense ability to create a lot of buzz. As for the comments here relevant to this particular thread about Prime, you're probably right.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 31, 2023 4:43:49 GMT -6
The odds makers have the over/under set at 4.5 for Colorado wins. The Buffalos were a really bad 1-11 last year. So Vegas is thinking Sanders will do a decent job finding improvement. Sanders thinks they will do even better. I have no clue and wouldn’t want to bet that line. But I’d take the over if it was set at 1.5, pretty comfortably. Yeah...I'd probably take the under on this one. People really don't understand how terrible they were last year.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 30, 2023 6:42:22 GMT -6
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Post by rsmith627 on May 19, 2023 9:34:16 GMT -6
What type of offense are you running? We suffered through trying to be trendy and doing zone RPO and air raid stuff that did not fit our personnel at all and the OC made it miserable for our undersized OL. Last spring we switched to wing T which our new OC and me the OL coach had much more experience in. Once our guys realized they could use angles, trap guys and had free reign to go tee off on linebackers instead of worrying about going downfield on a stupid RPO they really bought in and are having a ton of fun. Skill guy buy in was slow at first until they realized this helps us win and going from 1-9 to 8-3 creates buy in. Dropping back several times and being scared to go downfield while run blocking is not fun for OL. The relationship part is very important too. Not related to the OP, but the lack of skill guy buy-in early on in these offenses always makes me chuckle. Who doesn't love catching a wide open 80 yard TD when you finally do dial them up? I always told them to be patient when I coached in flexbone, they'll get their shot and it's going to be a big one.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 19, 2023 6:21:01 GMT -6
There is a depressing "sameness" in CFB these days. Everybody is running similar stuff. The games all look alike. Could say that about NFL too but they're doing it with the best athletes-players and there aren't the talent disparities that exist in CFB conferences. That's why I watch less and less college football every year too. Throw in fundamentals are terrible too. College football got really bad and has been really bad since 2020 and the COVID year where they shut everything down, then decided to play giving teams only a week or two of practice before kickoff. Even the good teams looked sloppy. I am sure you can point to earlier where it was becoming a bad product, but that COVID year was the first time I REALLY noticed it and it just hasn't recovered. For the past few years I've been way more into the NFL for the first time ever.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 17, 2023 8:19:51 GMT -6
We have a fieldhouse that we fundraised for and built. The building has an office that is pretty much just ours. It's a conference table, couple couches, computer, pulldown projector and a fridge. I've seen better digs, but also way worse. We also have a home and visitors locker room in that building with projectors there so we can break the team up for film during the week. Your guys' setup is really great! Tough environment to play in as well. Your lockerroom setup is perfect and it sounds like the fieldhouse serves you guys well. Sounds like a sweet setup for the coaches. The environment piece is still a work in progress too. We are working on getting the student section to pack out like it used to back in the day. Playoffs are hype but in the regular season there's almost a sense of entitlement around here and the assumption that we are just going to win. Working on getting those stands packed like they used to be. I know, good problems to have lol
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Post by rsmith627 on May 17, 2023 8:14:52 GMT -6
We have a fieldhouse that we fundraised for and built. The building has an office that is pretty much just ours. It's a conference table, couple couches, computer, pulldown projector and a fridge. I've seen better digs, but also way worse.
We also have a home and visitors locker room in that building with projectors there so we can break the team up for film during the week.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 12, 2023 11:48:23 GMT -6
Careful coach, this was almost like an old Mountjoy post except he would've said Woody told him that directly while dropping 6-7 other names and rambling on for many paragraphs and then telling you to call him for his thoughts on the matter. Sorry, I lost my head. It'll never happen again. No apologies needed. Just looking out for a guy I respect.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 12, 2023 10:49:03 GMT -6
Don't get me wrong. The time that some guys spend on weekends is insane. "Woody always said he wasn't as smart as the next guy, but he'd sure out work whoever was the smartest guy. He lived by that creed. We spent a lot more time than other teams on planning and preparation, and I'm not sure it was all necessary. We spent a huge amount of time planning contingencies. Instead of sitting around for hours at a time and discussing plays, which we did, we could have been more resolute. "We were always looking for that special edge, and sometimes we'd find it, and sometimes we didn't. We'd waste a lot of time looking for that mysterious 'edge' before we settled down to the week's game plan." From EARLE: A Coach's Life The autobiography of the late Ohio State HC Earle Bruce on his time as an assistant (1966-70) at OSU under Woody Hayes
Careful coach, this was almost like an old Mountjoy post except he would've said Woody told him that directly while dropping 6-7 other names and rambling on for many paragraphs and then telling you to call him for his thoughts on the matter.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 10, 2023 16:02:46 GMT -6
That was really my complaint. I don't have an issue meeting. It was meeting on 3.5-4 hours of sleep at best that was my issue. Some staffs meet more than others. Is what it is, but let me get some dang sleep first! One of the many factors that got me out of college ball. Leaving the office at 10 and having meetings at 5 the next morning 5 days a week was not for me. I don't know if I'd mind it as much if my job was just football but I could see getting burned out on that as well. I didn't add we would also meet at 5ams on Monday before school. I had 4 preps that year (one was AP) and was struggling to get all my chit done for the classroom because I also had a newborn at the time.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 10, 2023 16:00:43 GMT -6
I watch one college football game per weekend during the season and one NFL game during the season. Either Michigan or MSU, I'm a huge Spartan fan but I'll watch Michigan if MSU sucks (wife will tolerate one game and I want it to be a good one) and then the Lions.
Don't really watch other sports. Occasional college basketball game until March Madness and then an occasional baseball game and that's it.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 10, 2023 10:02:42 GMT -6
Question for you. Did you have the rest of Saturday off and Sunday also? If so, a 6 hour weekend doesn't seem all that terrible to me. You get the rest of your Saturday afternoon to watch college ball, drink beer, hang with the family, etc. And a free Sunday. I don't know about rsmith but to me meeting at 5 AM after a night game is a non-starter. That was really my complaint. I don't have an issue meeting. It was meeting on 3.5-4 hours of sleep at best that was my issue. Some staffs meet more than others. Is what it is, but let me get some dang sleep first!
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Post by rsmith627 on May 10, 2023 9:48:45 GMT -6
I was on a staff where coaches came in on Saturday morning at 5am to go through film after playing on Friday night. Did film with the kids at 7, workout with them after, and then coaches meetings til about 1pm. Was miserable. Was only there for a year but we went 1-9. Really made me hate football. Question for you. Did you have the rest of Saturday off and Sunday also? If so, a 6 hour weekend doesn't seem all that terrible to me. You get the rest of your Saturday afternoon to watch college ball, drink beer, hang with the family, etc. And a free Sunday. Nah. It was Utah so nothing on the sabbath. My bigger beef was having to wake up at 4:30 after getting home at midnight to go watch 6 hours of film when none of it would've made a difference anyway.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 10, 2023 8:35:11 GMT -6
I was on a staff where coaches came in on Saturday morning at 5am to go through film after playing on Friday night. Did film with the kids at 7, workout with them after, and then coaches meetings til about 1pm. Was miserable. Was only there for a year but we went 1-9. Really made me hate football. I was on a staff that was just like this except we were 2-8. If it doesn't equal wins then I don't want to do it 100% agree. I get into it with some guys now because whenever someone proposes we do something new (often busy work) my first question is how does this equate to more winning on Fridays? Usually it won't because we were in the semifinals last year. Now I get you can always do things to get better, but I'm not loading my weekends with more chit if it isn't going to get us over that semi-final hump.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 10, 2023 5:30:49 GMT -6
As a HC, we met as a staff on Saturdays from 8 or 9 (I honestly can't remember- and it was fluid in case someone had something going on) until noon. That was it. We watched our film, and highlights of the upcoming opponent. We talked about what we wanted to do, what we thought we'd see and come to a bit of a consensus on what was going to happen. I'd ask if they thought we needed to work on anything in particular, they made suggestions and we left. Me and the DC (a former HC) would communicate via text the rest of the weekend on ideas, but that was the extent of football for us over the weekend. I've been on staffs that brought kids in on Saturdays and it was just a giant waste of time. I hated it. I vowed before I became HC I'd never do that and I didn't. I was on a staff where coaches came in on Saturday morning at 5am to go through film after playing on Friday night. Did film with the kids at 7, workout with them after, and then coaches meetings til about 1pm. Was miserable. Was only there for a year but we went 1-9. Really made me hate football.
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Post by rsmith627 on May 9, 2023 8:58:34 GMT -6
Game - Friday night We hang out in the fieldhouse after and roll through the film together. We usually order food and relax while it's on. Nothing too formal or serious. Really it's just time to unwind. Sometimes we head to a coach's house after to celebrate the W or mourn the L.
Saturday - nothing official. Watch film from the previous game on our own, get the next scout film loaded in/broken down.
Sunday - Exchange texts in our offensive and defensive group threads. Occasionally we'll have a zoom meeting but not often.
Monday - hit the grind and get ready to win on Friday.
Even though we were a new varsity staff last year our new HC was fortunate to be able to plug us all in from lower levels and keep continuity going. We've all been blessed to be around each other for almost a decade (some of us longer in a few cases) and had a good rapport and the ability to communicate without having to be "grinders" throwing out our weekends and family time.
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Post by rsmith627 on Apr 27, 2023 10:44:10 GMT -6
Does anyone look at the websites? I have never been on the website of any of my favorite teams. I'd wager most fans aren't visiting, let alone Saban lol I do just to check times of games on their schedules and occasionally to see where coaches I have met currently are and to see where some coaches come from. Other than that, no, not at all. Then again, I never had a Facebook, website, Instagram or Twitter (I did have a team affiliated Twitter for one year) for any teams I was HC of. Makes sense. I guess I probably have gone there to buy tickets or something but that's all I can really think of. I'm not clicking around into coaches and bios really.
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Post by rsmith627 on Apr 27, 2023 10:37:33 GMT -6
Wouldn't be surprised if Deion couldn't care less about websites due to Social Media, where he can connect with recruits and boosters/sponsor. Why would any D1 coach care about what their team website looks like? Does anyone even think Nick Saban has ever looked at his website? Does anyone look at the websites? I have never been on the website of any of my favorite teams. I'd wager most fans aren't visiting, let alone Saban lol
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Post by rsmith627 on Apr 26, 2023 5:11:44 GMT -6
They already sold out on their season tickets. The spring game sold out and people are talking about them. Regardless of their record this year, I’m sure the powers that be at CU are happy. That's great news. Didn't their AD say they didn't actually have the money to pay him? I feel like he said they were counting on boosted revenue.
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Post by rsmith627 on Apr 9, 2023 14:05:24 GMT -6
Just proves that the caharade of "character first" and "building men" is second fiddle to winning football games. Was his last stop Valdosta or did he have something in between? I only ask because he wasn't even all that successful at Valdosta. Amazing that schools keep hiring this guy. Drama follows him everywhere.
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Post by rsmith627 on Mar 6, 2023 8:03:05 GMT -6
Mine was in the $4000s this past season, but you get a pay step every year until you hit step 10 which currently caps out around $5000 for varsity assistants. JV/Freshmen assistants make slightly less.
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Post by rsmith627 on Mar 3, 2023 9:59:06 GMT -6
This is awesome for the state of Utah! For guys on the fence, if Miller is organizing it I'll vouch for it being an amazing clinic as far as getting quality speakers goes.
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Post by rsmith627 on Mar 3, 2023 5:53:47 GMT -6
Sorry about the typos, fellas. Cutting back on the caffeine is making mornings rough. Lol Replace with booze.
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Post by rsmith627 on Mar 2, 2023 6:43:35 GMT -6
I was OC for a guy who would "randomly" take over the offense in the red zone and put his kid in so he could dial up TDs for him. It wouldn't even have been that miserable (chitty for sure), but he killed most of our drives doing that stuff. Yeah. That’s a bad deal. I worked for a guy like that once. His kid was not a good player but the head coach would design a defensive specifically for his kid. When his kid was a sophomore, he was our starting center on the JV team. Didn’t even play defense on the JV but his dad drew up a varsity defense that had him playing MLB I felt bad for the coach and the kid they didn’t have a great relationship and dad was trying to use his position as head football coach to try and make the relationship with his son better. It never cost us any games or anything like that but it was always really awkward. His kid was a decent player. Played QB/Slot. Sucked when we'd have one QB drive down and he'd throw his kid in at QB just because. Sucked trying to force him the ball at slot too though. Everyone knew what was coming.
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Post by rsmith627 on Mar 1, 2023 10:32:29 GMT -6
I was OC for a guy who would "randomly" take over the offense in the red zone and put his kid in so he could dial up TDs for him.
It wouldn't even have been that miserable (chitty for sure), but he killed most of our drives doing that stuff.
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Post by rsmith627 on Mar 1, 2023 9:33:42 GMT -6
OAA and MAC Red = "surrounding areas". Grand Rapids area also has some of the best HS football in MI. But don't think it compares to TX, CA, FL, GA for example. Tough to compete with states where they have spring football so kids have many more extra practices-reps by the time they're seniors.This is the answer to the original question though right? There are certainly some pockets that don't have spring ball who produce good players and every state has a program or 25 who play really high level/really well coached ball with great athletes but if we're talking quality ball... it's going to be states where the kids get an extra 1500 reps in the spring. There's no doubt there is still bad football with bad coaching in those states but when I was coaching at D3, our immediate impact freshmen guys were generally from Texas, Georgia, and Arizona. They may not have been more talented than some of our midwest locals, but they were just more mentally prepared to play at that level for multiple reasons. They had the reps, they played against a lot of high level competition, and for most of them, it wasn't a fun hobby, it was a way of life. Pretty much. Spring ball is such a huge advantage all other things being equal. We produce D1 kids in Michigan obviously, but those prospects getting over 1000 extra reps every year have such a leg up.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 28, 2023 12:05:59 GMT -6
Even in those leagues though, there is a wide disparity. Right now in the Catholic League there's De La Salle, and then there's everyone else. I'm interested to see what Detroit Catholic Central looks like under some new direction, and OLSM, traditionally a power looks like they're starting to catch their stride finally after moving from the wishbone stuff they did forever to the air raid. PHSL has King and Cass, and then everybody else is pretty bad. I'm sure they have a prospect or two, but it isn't great football. OAA has a lot of prospects as does the MAC Red. Some very good leagues in this part of the state. I do think Michigan in general is pretty good in the midwest though. Not Ohio good, but there's some good ball happening here. Great commentary on needing to be able to separate the strength of larger cities from the state's overall.OAA and MAC Red = "surrounding areas". Grand Rapids area also has some of the best HS football in MI. But don't think it compares to TX, CA, FL, GA for example. Tough to compete with states where they have spring football so kids have many more extra practices-reps by the time they're seniors. Yeah, we're nowhere close to those states you named. I think we're ok in the midwest. Still not as good as OH or PA, but ok.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 28, 2023 10:51:21 GMT -6
I'm guessing English is his second language or he ran what he's trying to say through Google Translate. Knowing what I know about linguistics, that's probably the closest approximation of "game" that he could come up with.
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