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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 16, 2016 17:33:33 GMT -6
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 16, 2016 12:12:52 GMT -6
Quickly and honestly. Kids get it. I did it as an assistant at one stop but I was the only teacher in the building so I was the guy running most of our day to day operations. I met with my group, let them know I had a different opportunity I wanted to pursue. They were fine. I still stay in touch with a few who have since graduated.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 14, 2016 18:56:01 GMT -6
NFL ballers are NFL ballers. Nobody on here has created an NFL baller. They are NFL ballers whether they play high school ball at the school of the blind or at IMG.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 12, 2016 15:35:29 GMT -6
Sell them on the facemelter. Seriously, if those kids are gonna play they want the ball.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 10, 2016 20:39:47 GMT -6
Anybody going? I think I'll make my way down on Saturday.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 5, 2016 19:04:45 GMT -6
The word in Education these days is RIGOR, makes me wanna puke! BULLY is the one that gets me riled up. Somewhere along the line BULLY became synonymous with A**HOLE which describes roughly a quarter of the human race. I hate the word bully with a passion. You have two good friends messing with each other, friend A crosses the line slightly, friend B gets butthurt. Now friend A can get into trouble for bullying? God kids need to toughen up these days. It is because we start blowing smoke up their asses at a young age now about how awesome they are when they aren't even mediocre on a good day because heaven forbid they go home discouraged or with hurt feelings ever. It is far better to inflate their grades and their egos because for some reason as a society we have become afraid to teach kids to deal with criticism or face any kind of adversity ever.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 5, 2016 19:02:28 GMT -6
Nonono, I'm not letting this get all sanctimonious. As in any industry, there are no shortage of buffoons, some of whom, by dint of the Peter Principle, speak at more clinics than they have a right. And they sound silly. A lot of them use buzzwords and made-up phrases to cover up their own lack of knowledge. Some might even be competent but are terrible public speakers so they fall back on bad clichés. They're probably not axe murderers. But we can certainly have a chuckle at their expense. Great post here. You'll never catch me speaking at a clinic for 2 basic reasons. 1. I'm great in my classroom, but not a great public speaker when speaking to my peers. 2. I don't know jack chit about football.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 3, 2016 19:15:22 GMT -6
Right now 4 miles. Takes between 8-10 minutes depending on stop lights.
Last gig was 25 miles one way, 30 minute commute
Before that: 6 miles 10 minutes
Before that was a 35 minute commute
I love the short commute and living in the community I teach and coach in.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 3, 2016 8:36:44 GMT -6
I have yet to have ANYONE give me a good reason why, if "vertical integration" is the goal, it shouldn't be done from the bottom up as opposed to the top down. What do you mean by this, coach? I think he's flipping the idea and saying high school guys should look at doing what the feeders are doing instead of vice versa, which is a very interesting idea. I would assume high school guys don't do this because when we lose we can actually get fired.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 2, 2016 15:56:43 GMT -6
I haven't noticed it in clinics ever, but I once worked for a HC that did it all of the time.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 1, 2016 20:28:51 GMT -6
The other problem is sure the varsity can clinic you, but stuff happens in a game and you need to make quick adjustments.
You're screwed if you're getting a garbage defense nobody is prepared for and nobody knows how to make the right adjustments because you're running a system that you just don't know.
Ex: I used to be a flexbone guy. I can adjust for most anything I see. If suddenly I was told I had to run a pro-I, we would win a lot less
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 1, 2016 20:23:01 GMT -6
Here's the problem with this topic on this board - the coaches on here are not the ones we all have issues with, either the HS or the youth guys. My guess is that the HS coaches that are going to read and comment on a thread like this either HAVE full control over the MS program (meaning that coach works for them so of COURSE he'll run the HS stuff), or would approach it in a way that we as youth coaches would have no issue with. They aren't idiots - they're on here getting better, and the morons that would do what this guy did have no interest in getting better, they already know it all. And likewise the youth coaches on here aren't the idiot Friday Night Tykes coaches, those guys aren't online getting better because they already know everything. Amazing how similar the as*hole coaches at the youth and HS level are... And how similar the guys on here at both levels are. I'm pretty sure there would be a long line of HS coaches on this board who would react in a very similar fashion as 33coach does if the local college guy came in and demanded you run his stuff so he'd have some local kids to recruit. Heck - I think I'd know what most of your reactions would be if the AD, who IS your boss, demanded you run his offense. I've seen the threads, usually talking about your former position, LOL. Absolutely, and that was my point of posting this. He doesn't get that you can't just demand someone run your stuff. And if you want to ask, ask. But be respectful of someone else's program. Im preaching to the choir, I get that. We chose our offense very carefully based on the availability of material knowing I'd have inexperienced coaches. 1 clinic in the spring with their staff and a hand written playbook wasn't going to cut it when my running backs coach HAS NEVER COACHED running backs. We chose the wing T, because you can't go anywhere without running into detailed wing T information. That's rough. We do a youth camp with our little league where we run the camp, but we run the drills alongside the youth coaches so they can see how we do things, hear how we coach it etc. Coming in and demanding you run their chit isn't the way to go, but it's an even bigger non-starter in my mind if your coaches aren't experienced at all.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 1, 2016 18:11:26 GMT -6
We control our program 7-12. We all run the same system except for our 9th grade team (to make a long story short the guy hasn't bought in and is probably on his way out). We are one of the more successful programs. Do I think it's because of vertical integration? No, but it doesn't hurt. As a HC I would love for my feeders to run at least some of my stuff but would never force it at the expense of turning potential athletes off to the game long before they ever reach me. that makes sense, but would you walk into their meeting and try to tell them how it is? Of course not. I'd let them know the door is open if they want to learn how we do things. Even if we are a hurry up spread and they want to run the pro I we can still at least use common terminology if possible.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 1, 2016 17:49:17 GMT -6
We control our program 7-12. We all run the same system except for our 9th grade team (to make a long story short the guy hasn't bought in and is probably on his way out).
We are one of the more successful programs. Do I think it's because of vertical integration? No, but it doesn't hurt.
As a HC I would love for my feeders to run at least some of my stuff but would never force it at the expense of turning potential athletes off to the game long before they ever reach me.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 28, 2016 18:21:37 GMT -6
I don't measure my numbers yet (I'm still a young buck), but I think I'm at my most relaxed during the season. I think I'm at peace with the fact that there are just some things that I can't control in a game. Our DC goes apechit during games. I'm his polar opposite. I'm calm, cool, and collected.
The offseason is when I get riled up. The kids in the classroom can sure get my blood boiling.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 27, 2016 19:07:37 GMT -6
Honestly, I've never had a bad exchange either. It's always the generic "good game, way to keep fighting" etc.
The only time I have ever had a different exchange was coaching against my alma mater (I also started out coaching there) because I knew all of those guys because they were former teachers, former colleagues, and great friends.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 27, 2016 16:12:42 GMT -6
"Tell your wife to leave the back door unlocked. I'll be over around 10:00."
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 23, 2016 6:17:33 GMT -6
The only reason to have a Pintrest account is Mr. Bentley. Come on. We all know you're pinning cupcake recipes and coffee art how-tos. Back to task. This is a great article describing recruiting, but our business in general. I think that everybody should coach OL at some point in their career. I have coached every position and OL is by far my favorite. 1. It's the absolute most important group on the field. Your D1 QB can't pass for 1 million yards when his face is planted into the turf. 2. As already said, they are a great group of guys to work with. They aren't conceited like wideouts, aren't usually head cases like QBs, aren't selfish like some "skilled" guys in general. Most of them play because they love football. No kid grows up saying "man, I want to be a fatass and play guard".
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 19, 2016 6:08:50 GMT -6
Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.
TEAMWORK…means never having to take all the blame yourself.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 16, 2016 19:40:10 GMT -6
We are separate but emulate the varsity program all the way down through the 7th grade. Gives our coaches some autonomy to and a chance to develop as mentioned earlier. Gives our kids more reps too. In the programs I have coached in where they were not separate, the JV kids never got many practice reps and didn't develop the way they needed to. How many coaches do you have? At the JV and freshman level there are 4 each, at the varsity level 8.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 16, 2016 18:43:27 GMT -6
We are separate but emulate the varsity program all the way down through the 7th grade.
Gives our coaches some autonomy to and a chance to develop as mentioned earlier. Gives our kids more reps too.
In the programs I have coached in where they were not separate, the JV kids never got many practice reps and didn't develop the way they needed to.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 12, 2016 10:16:45 GMT -6
This is a really interesting topic. For my very first coaching gig I coached at the school I played at and graduated from. Perennial power in the state of Michigan. All of those guys coached me and they are still there to this day. Once I became a peer and coached with them they would use my first name but I never felt comfortable calling them anything other than coach or sir, a value they have instilled into all of their players. I still don't use their names when I see them now and we play one another.
Second stop, same thing. HC was a former NFL baller and I'd never use his first name.
Stop #3, I used the HC's first name, but he wasn't really a guy I liked, took seriously, or had respect for. This is why I had to move on. Was best for me, for him, and most importantly the players. Young coaches, if you can't respect your HC, move on. There are other gigs out there.
Stop #4, HC coached for Navy and BYU before hiring me on at the high school program he was taking over. We are still in contact today and I still don't call him "Joe". He is Coach, or Coach ________.
Stop #5, current stop. Another perennial power in the state of Michigan and I wouldn't dream of calling our HC by his first name, or just his last name.
For me the trend is if I respect the guy I guess he's coach. If I hold him in a lesser regard I'll use his name. If somebody is my equal I tend to use their first or last name as well.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 11, 2016 10:08:10 GMT -6
Praying for you guys, and your awesome little one! Thanks. As I've said many times here and elsewhere, she is way tougher than her old man will ever be.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 11, 2016 9:22:06 GMT -6
Thanks guys. Unfortunately they had to delay surgery which sucks because time is working against my daughter. Apparently she has remnants of a cold that made them nervous. She passed her pre-op physical on Friday, but today they changed their minds.
We are incredibly frustrated but are glad they are erring toward caution here. We are hopeful that they can get her rescheduled quickly.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 3, 2016 19:30:16 GMT -6
Bought the book today for Kindle. Excited to read it as well. As always, I love the recommendations here. I was thinking about getting it anyway, but I trust most of the posters on this site.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 3, 2016 13:28:39 GMT -6
We ran a variation of this last season and the read was the same as power read for us. I liked it because while our QB was a good runner, I wasn't too keen on sending him up the gut too often. He was more of a threat if he got to the edge as opposed to being a power runner. Tennesse just ran this successfully on the goal line. Exact same play. Didn't read the mesh. Just a fake. I think major teaching points are Qb can't go too deep but rather has to "widen" the read DE with speed and the faking RB has to MOVE FAST to outside to draw the whole D and set up blocks inside. AND the H back has to start a little deeper so his path is slightly downhill and tight to the box. Need to look to cut up as soon as he sees green or daylight and then be looking for shovel. The Tennesse Qb almost let the read DE play both Spot on. We tinkered with it in practice a bit but it was just too expensive when we were already efficiently running power read when all we needed was zone and a counter anyway. This batch of kids coming up is different so we will add some of these things to play to their strengths and probably going to need to do a little more in the run game.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 3, 2016 10:08:36 GMT -6
I liked a play that Notre Dame ran. It looked like power read. But instead of the qb being the dive phase he shoveled it to the tight end underneath. It appears at 1:24:15 Posted by spreadattackyesterday at 9:14am That's nifty - wonder if he's really reading the DE for give? Maybe just give or shovel? I wondered the same thing? It does look like he's reading like inverted Veer and then comes off to shovel. Can't really envision QB ever keeping it here but he could follow the shovel guy as an extra puller. Kind of like "shovel pitch" idea Florida used to do with Tebow. Likely just give or shovel off the DE as you said. You can also do it the opposite way which we had success with this year. ie. fake jet or outside zone to the right and boot QB left to widen BSDE and reading that guy for shovel underneath to H in a G-H counter trey action. No one thinks the shovel is going to the second puller if you do counter trey a lot. Hope that makes sense. Wonder if those two plays are complimentary or not? In one you're reading PS DE for shovel/give and in the other BS DE for shovel/keep. Starting to like Shovel as an option play off counter trey stuff because its an easy pitch (could be done by multiple players eg wildcat guys, not just QB) and if you F it up it's just an incomplete pass. Also the DE is always expecting to be kicked out by the G (or first puller) and now he is being left unblocked with the first puller wrapping. We ran a variation of this last season and the read was the same as power read for us. I liked it because while our QB was a good runner, I wasn't too keen on sending him up the gut too often. He was more of a threat if he got to the edge as opposed to being a power runner.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 2, 2016 13:36:15 GMT -6
The answer to everything is gun, 2x2, 3x1 and throw. Most predictable game on the planet. And worse its one read and take off and run. It was funny, after the Sugar Bowl last season somebody got on here and was talking about GT's success and how maybe now some major colleges might take a 2nd look at the flex bone if they wanted to get a program off the ground by maybe doing something different than what other schools are doing etc. Well, there was a BIG blowback by many of the spread guys on here (again, I know spread is a generic term and means many things). Anyhow, I had a big laugh. I had to chime in and say "Hey spread guys, can't we NON spread guys have ONE BOWL GAME ? LOL. It was actually pretty entertaining tbh. I remember that thread. I love love love the Flexbone. Ran it for a year at a high school under a guy who formally coached at Navy. I learned more under that coach in one year about the game in general than I have in all other seasons combined. I don't think it'll ever catch on at the college level again because the athletes are evolving. They're bigger and faster than ever, and recruits just don't want to run that kind of offense. I know there are ways to get them the ball in the Flexbone as well, I just think as a coach on the recruiting trail that it's a tougher sell.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 2, 2016 10:02:35 GMT -6
Spread is just a formation. I still think there is enough variation in it to make it worth watching.
With that said, even though we run a spread offense I would rather watch some of the power football teams.
I'm a Michigan State slappy but love some of the stuff Harbaugh is doing with a loaded backfield or multiple TEs.
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 2, 2016 6:07:11 GMT -6
Thanks guys. She's 14 months old and this is the second one. The first one was major and they gave her a 10% chance of survival. She's thriving.
This one is only a valve repair. When I say only a valve repair I am being slightly sarcastic, but in comparison this one is relatively minor. It's going to go great.
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