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Post by rsmith627 on Nov 4, 2015 18:40:38 GMT -6
Bro, do you even facemelter?
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Post by rsmith627 on Nov 4, 2015 6:52:03 GMT -6
and for those of you who don't agree with the young guys doing the grunt work: you are out of your mind. its called a right of passage. i've been in it for a while, and i still help mow the field, stripe it, do laundry, etc. had a young kid on staff one year who thought all that crap was beneath him. he didn't last in the profession very long. this. Related is....thinking that Varsity is where its at. Sure, no one is really watching the JV scores closely or the freshmen team isn't going to state, but young coaches that regard Varsity as the only place of value. Realizing that coaching just fundamentals at the lower and freshmen levels is the absolute foundation of a successful program. Young coaches will often times be put on these staffs and not appreciate the value of fundamentals (and over value schemes and plays) This is an excellent post for the young guys (I am young too but I've bounced around a bit). I have done the varsity position coach and varsity OC thing. Right now I'm doing JV because we moved across the country. I can tell you that I have had way more fun coaching JV football in a successful program that has a great culture than I ever did being "the man" up on varsity calling the plays in a sh!tty culture where we were doing a turnaround job. It was cool, and yes varsity is the big show in the school, but for me coaching ball is coaching ball. Doesn't matter what level. I'll be patient, do the best job I can, and in a couple of years I know I'll get the chance to move up. The point is younger guys, don't get so caught up in the future. Do the best damn job you can where you're at. If you do that, the promotions will take care of themselves. I promise.
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Post by rsmith627 on Nov 2, 2015 20:24:33 GMT -6
I've never done it with my team, but I do it with my students.
I have them do an anonymous survey and I don't even look at it until July when I begin to reflect on my teaching practice. I have gotten some really great feedback and it helps shape what I do. I would do it anonymously with the players as well if I ever were going to do it. Even if they're seniors and you're done, they might not be as honest face to face.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 30, 2015 10:51:34 GMT -6
I don't know everybody's age but I know I'm the second youngest at 29. Youngest is 22 and the rest of the staff is between 40 and 65.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 29, 2015 18:42:38 GMT -6
I take one on road games. Keys, wallet, phone, something to eat and drink on the ride home. But you wear it on the sideline ALL GAME?! Absolutely not. Our head coach carries one too. I'll put it near his (or take it up to the box with me if I decide to call the game from the box), not mixed in with the kid's bags if they travel with them, but not far away because I know I'll forget it if I leave it too far. The guys who wear them all game do look goofy.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 29, 2015 17:16:32 GMT -6
I love the backpack guys. WTF are you carrying around in there? I've thought about Sark'ing and wearing a camel pouch of whiskey/soda once we're getting running clocked. I take one on road games. Keys, wallet, phone, something to eat and drink on the ride home.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 25, 2015 10:58:24 GMT -6
Little more for you old school guys! Just kidding! Put it on the projector screen in the gymnasium if possible and let the fans watch. I guarantee you the fans could call plays then I'm not even 30 yet, but Tecmo Bowl is awesome. You know if you projected it the fans would be trying to call plays. Everybody is an expert.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 25, 2015 8:50:47 GMT -6
They should have had the 2 head coaches arm wrestle. Winner takes all Game of Madden. Nah. Tecmo Bowl!
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 16, 2015 21:39:35 GMT -6
This has driven me driven me crazy as well. I am not trying to beat the scout team or even the first defense. I am trying to win the freaking game. One of the hardest thing that I do every week is put together the practice script. Often it's harder than putting the game plan together. We have a limited number of reps in Inside Drill, 7-on-7, and Team Defense. One thing that I try to do is stress the defense with plays that the opponent actually runs that challenge a particular call without screwing them and undermining their confidence with something that the opponent is unlikely to run or even something that I have never seen them run. Just as importantly, the coaches are looking for something specific on each play. In the right context, I enjoy surprises but this is not that. Bottom line, I put a lot of thought into that script and the position coaches and I am looking for something on every play. I'm a pretty even-keel guy but if you want to see me go off ad-lib the script. Glad I'm not the only one who goes off on this. We run to throw, have an awesome ground game which in turn gives us an awesome pass game. Our DC doesn't understand that my playlist vs. cover 4 is different than cover 1, 0, 2, or 3 though. If I've watched 3 films on a defense and they have never ran zero, don't run that bullsh!t!
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 16, 2015 21:13:54 GMT -6
Our DC and I get into it every week over this. I script all the way down to coverage and he gets into the wrong thing. Drives me nuts. "Coach, you don't know what coverage they'll be in" Not always, but I know tendencies and I won't call certain things against certain looks. This has driven me driven me crazy as well. I am not trying to beat the scout team or even the first defense. I am trying to win the freaking game. He has been better. The last time he didn't follow my script I kneeled the ball in victory several times on scout O. When he got mad I told him we were just showing what he was going to see if he didn't adequately help the offense prepare.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 16, 2015 15:04:30 GMT -6
If you didn't give him a script and just let him call the defense on his own it was your own fault. He had a script. Our DC and I get into it every week over this. I script all the way down to coverage and he gets into the wrong thing. Drives me nuts. "Coach, you don't know what coverage they'll be in" Not always, but I know tendencies and I won't call certain things against certain looks.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 13, 2015 19:08:12 GMT -6
The one I am guilty of is not living in the moment. For a long time I was always thinking about the future, the next job, with the ultimate goal of being HC in mind. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It has served me well. I have made it as far as being a varsity OC, but recently took a backward move (due to personal reasons and what is best for my 1 year old daughter) to JV OC.
I have learned to live in the moment, and just enjoy coaching this game that I love and being able to give something back to my community. I'm having more fun coaching JV than I have in years because I'm not looking ahead. I'm in a top notch program that contends for titles regularly. The promotions and better opportunities will come and I'll jump at the right one when it's there, but for now I'm content to be where I'm at doing what I'm doing coaching great kids, and with one of the best staffs that I have been a part of.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 9, 2015 16:30:32 GMT -6
Is it ok to break off a run, stiff arm a kid and then stand over him screaming sh!t?
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 8, 2015 21:09:45 GMT -6
Anybody ever win with a team that just isn't that great? We won 32-12 tonight to improve to 6-1, but we really aren't that loaded with talent. It's astonishing. Most teams are more athletic than us, bigger up front etc.
I'm not griping here, I just don't understand.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 1, 2015 20:23:20 GMT -6
I opened my dumb a$$ mouth one year and told our boys that if we beat (said rival team) that I would dress up the next week and run Oklahoma. I was about 36 at the time. I came out fully dressed and they didn't recognize me at first. Once they got a look at me, they started whooping it up, big time. My heart was beating faster than a jack rabbit. We had a few D-1 athletes on that particular squad. The first rep, I held my own and I started talking a little Sh*t. The next rep, a kid who eventually played safety for Penn State, and another kid who ended up at Rutgers lined up. Needless to say, the backside of my jersey needed a bunch of Tide to get all the grass stains out. The kids still talk about it when they see me. It was a hoot. But, my wife was not happy at all when she heard about it. I'd be way more worried about blowing out a knee or something else stupid happening to me than I would be about injuring a kid at this point. I'm still young but my body already doesn't feel like it used to.
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Post by rsmith627 on Oct 1, 2015 20:17:34 GMT -6
What kind of an as*hole would pad up and practice? We are grown men. Our time has long gone.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 29, 2015 9:45:57 GMT -6
It's easy to sit at home and watch Oregon (most years) and Baylor light up the score board.
We run a similar offense at the varsity level so I run it on JV. I only score 35 a game, so I suck.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 29, 2015 9:33:37 GMT -6
We lost week 1 and I was getting beat up in the stands. We threw 3 interceptions and couldn't move it on the ground either. It didn't matter what I called. We haven't lost since and now the JV parents love me. We ran inside zone last week and rushed for almost 300 yards. They suddenly love that I keep calling a play if is working. My alma mater's HC has his teams sideline on the opposite side of the home bleachers. I don't think this is because he can't handle the yelling but so the kids don't hear "bah gawd why you runnin the same play coach! It ain't working bag gawd!" They put the away team on the home side? This is brilliant for a lot of reasons.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 29, 2015 5:37:08 GMT -6
This is an instance of not having a school email being a great thing. Though calling games I hear things on occasion. I had a grandma calling me stupid not long ago for calling the same play over and over again. My gut reaction was to say, "look if we can't block long enough to throw a 5 yard hitch, it doesn't matter what I call. It's not going to work" I'm lucky with the JV line has enough kids with the correct numbers and go in the correct direction.
Instead I chuckled, said something to another coach, and continued taking our beatdown. Her daughter in law apologized for her later, which was nice I guess. Didn't hear much from her the next few weeks when we've won 2 of 3. We lost week 1 and I was getting beat up in the stands. We threw 3 interceptions and couldn't move it on the ground either. It didn't matter what I called. We haven't lost since and now the JV parents love me. We ran inside zone last week and rushed for almost 300 yards. They suddenly love that I keep calling a play if is working.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 28, 2015 10:03:07 GMT -6
All of our road games last year were homecoming games. You never want to be that team.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 26, 2015 17:27:45 GMT -6
Yeah, I don't remember hearing anything about that one. I would imagine that the QB had some sort of preexisting condition that was unknown about, but don't want to speculate until more information comes out.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 26, 2015 16:53:46 GMT -6
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 24, 2015 9:15:44 GMT -6
Don't waste your time arguing our education system with this guy. If you look at some of his older posts you'll see he clearly despises teachers and looks down on our entire profession. You couldn't be more wrong. Teaching is an honorable Profession. I have said that numerous times and that I am rooting for each and every one of you because you all make a living with in a system that is in quite a bit of trouble right now financially. Find one of my older posts to the contrary. You must have me confused with someone else. I'll be waiting for your apology. My Brother is a Teacher....my own Daughter......my Aunt is a retired Teacher....I Teach an Urban Planning Course every Winter at a local CC. My Contract pays me $1 as a means to keep Tuition costs down. Now I do ask some curious questions in these types of Threads....only because I do care about your Profession....and the future of your Profession. Plus I find it fascinating what some of you have to go through just to be a Teacher now a day. IMG may or may not have it right....but at least its another model to look at for the future. The current model seems broken. My problem is that most times that teaching as a profession or model comes up you turn it into a partisan union bashing opportunity or talk about how the education model is broken which generally isn't topical to this board, whether you support education as it stands or not. We try to avoid getting political here for a reason, it is controversial and people get pissed off no matter what side you land on. I don't even always disagree with your points, I just don't think this is the place for it.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 24, 2015 5:37:08 GMT -6
Wrong. There are 14 Billion reasons. Its called the Teachers Pension Debt and its bankrupting the system. Although I do agree with you on one point....its getting ugly for the public. Without turning this into a political debate or a discussion on class warfare..keep in mind the salaries some of the hedgefund managers and CEOs that caused the most recent economic melt down, which is greatly responsible for the devaluing of pensions worldwide. Also keep in mind that public school teachers either get ZERO or REDUCED Social Security benefits. mahonz I know you aren't a teacher..so just some perspective. Several times you have posted comments complaining about all the benefits us "rich teachers" seem to get, and how the system is all screwed up, but your posts all seem to simply be stating some uniformed dogmatic "party line" so to speak by those who are trying to privatize education. In that way, your posts often parallel the posts of high school coaches who state uniformed, dogmatic claims that "youth football coaches need to answer to us" or blanket negative remarks regarding youth football and youth football coaches. Don't waste your time arguing our education system with this guy. If you look at some of his older posts you'll see he clearly despises teachers and looks down on our entire profession.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 23, 2015 18:25:24 GMT -6
My initial gut feeling when I look at the IMG academy website is to wonder if they have any job openings. Probably not. Most of us are posting against this school but I think if we are really honest with ourselves at the end of the day something like this would be our dream job.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 22, 2015 19:57:22 GMT -6
I coach JV this year and we play on Thursdays. I usually have a pretty good feel by the end of the practice on Tuesday how it's going to go on Thursday. This week we looked sharp. We should dominate if we don't come out flat and play down to the opponent's level like we have on occasion this year. Some of our kids expect teams to lay down because of who we are, when they should be expecting their best shot every week.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 19, 2015 19:15:42 GMT -6
I hate when the coaches talk forever after practice. I get made fun of for never really saying anything...or I could say the same crap the other coaches say everyday. I swear they just go around paraphrasing each other.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 18, 2015 22:17:34 GMT -6
I imagine there are more teams that don't want to play them than those that will. I could see it hard scheduling the tougher teams toward the end of the season. Why would you want to play them? If you have a great prospect you're just giving them a chance to recruit him. That would be a non-issue for us. We have zero prospects LOL Still wouldn't play them because I don't agree with the concept of what they're doing.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 17, 2015 19:15:33 GMT -6
The same thing happens at times with scout D. The coach strays from the D we are working on to hammer us. Use to happen more, not as much now. This drives me insane. Line up in trips, scout D checks to man. WTF ARE YOU GUYS DOING. The team we play will be in cover 3. "Coach, this is our version of 3." Awesome, but their version is going to allow us to score.
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Post by rsmith627 on Sept 16, 2015 21:03:24 GMT -6
Junior Varsity, coaches Ugh anyways I like all the other jobs you guys mention but I also don't have to paint the field. so. I run Scout Team because it needs to be done well and I am top hat so it better be done well. Take it easy on us JV guys. I'm coaching JV after coaching varsity for the last 4 years and I'm loving it. Have an 11 month old so I love the lighter time commitment and being able to see the family in season, plus I just don't have to think as hard. Simple adjustment here or there, and the offense is rolling.
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