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Post by CS on Jan 18, 2024 18:37:49 GMT -6
I think a lot of this may be regional too. I played my last HS game in 1997 here in Southern California, some has changed but not as much as many believe. -Pads were definitely bulkier back then, but its not as if teams today are running around in the pads you see in the NFL that look nearly non existent. - We played teams that ran power-I we played a lot of teams that ran spread. You see more spread now, but not a great amount more, we play teams that still run everything. But a lot fewer fullbacks being used. -I had NUMEROUS concussions while playing, you got your bell rung and you toughed it out. I think it causes me to forget stuff. Nowadays they don't pull that. - Summers back then were longer (mid June through Labor Day), now summers are shorter (back to school early August). That being written, kids now put in as much work in shorter time. We did two weeks of two-a-days right before school started, other than that we were about 8 hours a week throughout the summer. A mix of weights and 7-on-7. Kids now are 20+ hours a week throughout the summer. I laugh when my old HS buddies complain about kids today being lazy. - Sidelines today have tablets & flatscreen TVs to review what happened the previous series, we had a coach with a portable whiteboard. Only the QB got to take home opponents films, we got to watch them once on Mondays and then practice for that. -I had NUMEROUS concussions while playing, you got your bell rung and you toughed it out. I think it causes me to forget stuff. Nowadays they don't pull that. - We didn't have any organized student sections with its own dedicated speaker system to play music (separate from the actual PA system). At least I don't think we did. -We did lots of static stretches before games and practices. I also never played a game on turf. -I had NUMEROUS concussions while playing, you got your bell rung and you toughed it out. I think it causes me to forget stuff. Nowadays they don't pull that. -I'm sure I'll think of some more Yeah man I had plenty of concussions. Just kept playing.
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Post by CS on Jan 18, 2024 16:19:31 GMT -6
Love and miss shimels. I had huge pads. Team camps and 7 on 7 s weren’t a thing. We ran the wing t deleware style and nobody gave a fuk if we threw the ball on our team.
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Post by CS on Jan 18, 2024 9:51:08 GMT -6
Looks like football under 12 is on the way to being banned in CALI Interesting fuckkkk california in every way except the beauty and climate but that is {censored} up Absolutely
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Post by CS on Jan 18, 2024 9:40:32 GMT -6
Today I learned what LARP is and will now use it to describe the bag men, personal trainer, 7v8 coaches. (yes 7v8 cuz you run the 3-4 and drop 8 in passing league dip sh!ts) We send the 8th guy, just sometimes he is clueless and doesn't go! We have to make sure the fundraising kids get their reps!! Besides it gives you a realistic look of a delayed blitz. Not any worse then the offensive guys that send their RB straight up the middle at a full sprint, because they wouldn't have to get through all the traffic of the OL and DL to be able to run that. Or running crossing routes through the o/d line
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Post by CS on Jan 17, 2024 5:55:43 GMT -6
What things have you identified as "key success factors" and what things are you planning to evolve to be authentic? Re: Success #1 - Weight Room makes the whole thing go #2 - More is not better, make them excited for football when it's coming, don't do too much in your summer preparation #3 - What you do isn't as important as HOW you do it (scheme is overrrated) #4 - Run the Wing-T Re: Authenticity I haven't really thought of it as evolving things as much as just understanding that he and I are very different people and it would be wrong to try to be him. I'm going to have his voice in the back of my head for the rest of my career, but there's no way that I would be able to coach like him. It's kinda like the Patricia/McDaniels/Belichick thing, I can't just roll into the job and start doing things the way that I was mentored, recipe for failure. He may start a thread on your #4 reason for success
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Post by CS on Jan 16, 2024 5:38:25 GMT -6
It depends on what you’re going for and how much time you have
I feel like the dudes who really know ball pick one topic and teach it like they would teach their coaches.
I could speak for an hour on ncaa blitz and clinic tech and drills or I could just diagram our entire blitz package, be general, show some film and get to the bar
Unfortunately, most clinics I go to are full of the latter
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Post by CS on Jan 15, 2024 7:50:13 GMT -6
Basically describing the last week of my life. I was recently made the HC of my alma mater, following a man with 314 wins, 9 section championships, and a legacy as one of the best Wing-T minds in the country. We're going to keep some parts of what's made us successful, but I am also going to be making plenty of changes over time. You have to know yourself and be authentic, anything else is suicide. Recognize what's helped make the place successful, find a way to make those systems work for you, and then move things in the direction you want as well as you can. I've also had some experience doing this in a T&F setting and I'm basically describing the same blue print that I used there. If you try to be 100% the same as your predecessor, it's not going to work, you're not the same person. You have to be able to adapt what's been established to your personality and your overall vision for the program. Congrats!
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Post by CS on Jan 15, 2024 7:35:35 GMT -6
How many of you have been put in a similar situation that we are seeing at Alabama? I was, and failed miserably, however it was my first head coaching gig and I had 0 clue what to do (which had a larger part of my failure than following a legend). If you were successful, what did you do that led to that? Did you continue what your predecessor did, or did you strike out on your own path? I know ever situation is different, but I'm sure there are similarities as well. Just curious, as all week you've been hearing that real coaches aren't afraid to follow legends, and then the next talking head states he wouldn't want to be the guy that follows the guy. Just curious what most thought about that situation and if anyone has done it with any success? I followed a guy who was at the place for 18 years, lots of success but had been in decline, and he had never coached anywhere else. I’m not one to shy away from following a great football coach but I was fuking stupid for this one. In high school you really have to do your research and in my arrogance and impatience to be the guy I jumped at the job. So when I got there I found all the reasons why that dude left. In college at least you get to bring your own staff and recruit. Following Saban would be a tough one
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Post by CS on Jan 12, 2024 18:25:15 GMT -6
Went and watched some of his offense. It’s a lot like what Army was trying to do this year but with more shifts and motion. We will see how it works out but I have a feeling it will be exactly the same as we saw this year from Navy I've been following Cronic's offense for a while now. This year they got away from what they've been doing some, but since I coach in a hybrid Wing T offense, a lot of his stuff meshes with what we do. We've made the OL shift that he does a big part of our offense. Go back and watch some film on YouTube of when he was a Lenoir Rhyne. That was some of his best stuff and I hope he brings that to navy. Good mix of under center and gun and great series of jet, down and playaction under center. At Mercer he did a little more zone and RPO, especially this year and spent more time in the gun. As a Wing T guy, I'd love to see the Lenoir- Rhyne version of his offense at Navy. Here's a good film of when they played Carson Newman in 2019. Yeah I like that it’s different. Still reminds me a lot of what Army was doing this year with shifts and more motions
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Post by CS on Jan 11, 2024 17:15:29 GMT -6
The Saban defense in the last few years has opened my eyes to a whole new level of defense. Everything from the importance of different types of run fits instead of just static "Max fits" (which are highly problematic when you are playing some of the 2-high coverages), to the different types of coverage as far as man, spot zone, zone-match, and man-match, to his comprehensive gameplanning approach It's ironic to me that Saban has been quoted as saying he wants his gravestone to write here lies the man who couldn't figure out how to run 2-high coverage, and yet, he has created probably the most complete, comprehensive, and quality 2-high package of anyone in the country, particularly his man-match Quarters coverage family (Cover 7). A big fan of his modular approach to defense... There's "The Process"...That's probably the engine that keeps all the other machinery in the car running. He said he couldn’t figure out how to play cover 2
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Post by CS on Jan 11, 2024 5:19:05 GMT -6
Went and watched some of his offense. It’s a lot like what Army was trying to do this year but with more shifts and motion. We will see how it works out but I have a feeling it will be exactly the same as we saw this year from Navy
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Post by CS on Jan 8, 2024 16:40:44 GMT -6
Hardings Oline coach
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Post by CS on Jan 5, 2024 18:53:06 GMT -6
On one hand I love to see Army kick ass, especially going back to the flexbone. On the other hand, my grand dad played at the Naval Academy in the 60s so I’ve had an innate disdain toward Army growing up. I have an innate disdain for navy’s offense. Defense is spectacular
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Post by CS on Jan 5, 2024 13:41:46 GMT -6
Looks like my founding of the UC Flexbone Triple Option Guild has already started to pay off. Fellas make sure you don't drink and drive after the celebration... Not confirmed until after a vote by the AAC AD's. America is back
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Post by CS on Jan 5, 2024 5:11:31 GMT -6
I’m glad the coach resigned. Fuk those parents. I would usually assume there must have been something left out of the article but the fact the assistants also resigned says it all. I did see the one about the coach getting fired for her wardrobe. Something has to be going on behind the scenes IMO. I saw the pictures and didn’t think she looked unprofessional in any of them
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Post by CS on Jan 2, 2024 4:53:14 GMT -6
I’m happy if they just eat most of the time The amount of kids—who have access to food, mind you—that don’t eat is astonishing. Agreed
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Post by CS on Jan 1, 2024 19:31:32 GMT -6
Yeah that’s happening 🙄I truly despise private trainers. They have zero clue what it’s like out in the real world I’m gonna tell that kid on my team who lives in a run down trailer to eat grilled salmon and brown rice the night before the game Not everyone has the ability - but giving them ideas and suggestions is never a bad idea - chicken is on there too... I’m happy if they just eat most of the time
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Post by CS on Dec 31, 2023 6:28:53 GMT -6
Yeah that’s happening 🙄I truly despise private trainers. They have zero clue what it’s like out in the real world I’m gonna tell that kid on my team who lives in a run down trailer to eat grilled salmon and brown rice the night before the game
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Post by CS on Dec 21, 2023 12:24:48 GMT -6
Not that my intention is stir up trouble here. Yes, Monken ran his "old offense" against Coastal AFTER being accepted into the AAC. I'm not in Monken's head, but he has always struck me as an "I'll prove it" type of guy. Could it be he was sending a message to his new opponents? It is my opinion Army did what it had to do in order to bet accepted into the AAC, and Monken will run HIS offense HIS way, and any damn time he sees fit. Army could beat Navy running ANY offense this year (although they could use a little help defensively in late game coverage schemes), but was the offense Monken used against Navy (and most teams) just an additional headache AAC coaches will have to face next year? Because IMHO Monken proved against Coastal he could run his "old offense" at a moment's notice. He should run his old offense and throw the new one in the garbage
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Post by CS on Dec 18, 2023 19:19:25 GMT -6
I just hope you guys don't get a Cease and Desist letter from Jazdzewski or Cella. Cella can sugma
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Post by CS on Dec 18, 2023 16:27:39 GMT -6
I’ll start the Crush the Front Guild then if Flexbone has a guild too. Nah cause I do that also and I can’t go back and forth
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Post by CS on Dec 18, 2023 12:26:32 GMT -6
Added
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Post by CS on Dec 16, 2023 19:31:28 GMT -6
Less than 2 weeks ago I asked you directly about the Army Trap/Midline concept. I started a thread about easiest blocking schemes, pros and cons of track blocking etc 3 weeks ago, specifically asking to compare and contrast those pros/cons to triple option schemes. What has become boorish are the constant posts regarding how foolish everyone else is for not running the flexbone/triple option. About how the coaches must be lying for their reasons given. Posts where a coach references a singular performance and says "see" as evidence but when countered with antithetical performance complains that such a comment is "just arguing" Posts where coaches state that football is essentially "dead to them" because of the offensive systems being run. Seriously...you are clapping back (as the kids say) for someone holding up a mirror and saying "Uh, guys, are we really suggesting that the athletic directors and coaches of another conference are forcing Army's AD to order Army's coach to not run the flexbone?" Particularly given the fact that they ran flexbone the entire CC game, which was after the deal was already finalized? No, boorish is the "get off of my lawn" vibe that seems to keep growing here. If it's so boorish, stop reading the thread. Dude quit engaging. He’ll go away if you don’t fuel his argument needs. If you answer his questions he just moves the goal post in a never ending loop
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Post by CS on Dec 16, 2023 5:54:59 GMT -6
sucks because he at least knew how to do things but became master of none Victim of “innovation”
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Post by CS on Dec 15, 2023 18:45:24 GMT -6
Well navy fired chestnut
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Post by CS on Dec 15, 2023 9:33:58 GMT -6
But Army went for 365 on the ground in the "old system" the previous game and Monken said "felt like army football". Just don't get it. I'm going to beat the dead horse one more time, rather than change everything, why not add outside veer? I think it would keep the offense viable. Like someone said above, Harding dropped 55 in the D2 semi's and it going to the National Chip I believe for the 1st time (don't quote me) under the "no cut" rules. SMH Not sure what Army is doing. If Monken's comment "felt like Army football" then as the HC why isn't he running THAT offense? I don't buy his initial reason that the "no cut" rule will hurt the old Army offense. That was a diversion. The rule didn't seem to hurt Army vs. Coastal. I think it's deeper than that. I think it has everything to do with joining the AAC. I bet the AAC coaches/AD's weren't too thrilled with playing the "old" Army offense forcing the Army AD to negotiate with Monken in making some changes in order for the merger to happen. In this day and age of entertainment steering "financial" considerations that seems to be more of a "reason" than a rules change. Huh. I never really thought of that. Great take because I have been racking my brain thinking how they could really think the perimeter cutting is somehow kryptonite to the offense
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Post by CS on Dec 12, 2023 12:53:34 GMT -6
Was a freshman coach in a program where the fresh team and the varsity ran Double Wing with at least 1 WR most of the time. Fresh played Thurs and varsity Fri. The next Monday our JV comes out in triple I double tight. I was sitting in the booth next to the camera and pretty loudly said "What the hell is this?" I meant it as, what the hell are they running? Apparently during film the JV coaches turned the sound up and made fun of me as if I wasn't smart enough to figure out their mastermind scheme. The JV coach eventually got fired/resigned before the season was over. He applied for the HC job that winter when I ended up getting it. Needless to say, I had a lot of problems with those JV kids in my 1 year as a HC there. That coach continued to hang around the program while his kids were in school and cause problems until even his wife had enough of him and divorced him. Guy used to have kids over to his house to show them highlight films of him playing in HS and college. He was that guy. And then he became famous as 3 year letterman
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Post by CS on Dec 11, 2023 10:38:49 GMT -6
Where were you able to watch Harding? It was on ESPN+
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Post by CS on Dec 11, 2023 10:37:44 GMT -6
Was at the game. I agree with everyone that Navy had zero identity. Army was just a little better but not by much when it came to this as well. But Army went for 365 on the ground in the "old system" the previous game and Monken said "felt like army football". Just don't get it. I'm going to beat the dead horse one more time, rather than change everything, why not add outside veer? I think it would keep the offense viable. Like someone said above, Harding dropped 55 in the D2 semi's and it going to the National Chip I believe for the 1st time (don't quote me) under the "no cut" rules. SMH They havent cut the perimeter for a few years now
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Post by CS on Dec 10, 2023 4:38:28 GMT -6
Navy has been that way all year. Army not so much. I watched Harding drop 55 on Leinor-Rhyne instead
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