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Post by CS on Mar 8, 2020 14:10:38 GMT -6
Coaches have mentioned (as a guy who lifts weight pretty much every day I agree with) something amazing/psychologically happens when you go from thinking you were NEVER able to do something to now being able squat 300+ lbs, bench 200+ lbs, clean 225+ lbs etc. You start to think...what else can I do? If I can move this much weight, can't wait to use this on the football field. That is confidence Agreed whole heartedly. They start moving big boy weight they will think their d!cks grew 2in.
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Post by CS on Mar 6, 2020 5:48:20 GMT -6
Awesome & glad to hear you're acting on this! Some decades down the road when I feel like I've learned enough sufficient things I hope I can share it as well. Also learned & used a lot the last time we chatted Slight feedback: Haven't had time to watch but it seems like you're going through plays & blocking schemes for full house T. I'm always interested in the philosophy & why of an offense, what type of personnel for each position, and WHY you should consider running this offense vs another type (PROS vs CONS). Maybe an idea for future episodes? Thanks for the idea. Easily something I could cover in more detail down the road. Better yet I get a hold of a T coach and they share their thoughts and experience as I am looking at it from the outside perspective of having to defend it as a DC. PS the next mini-series will cover what I know about the Flexbone & Option Offense! Awesome man! Looks good to me. Don’t give away the flexbone secrets or the brotherhood will have to come down on you
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Post by CS on Mar 2, 2020 9:54:28 GMT -6
funkfriss We lost three tight games and played fundamentally sound throughout most of those games. We actually dished out more praise than constructive criticism in the film sessions following those games than following games we won. The mood in the room was somber and unfocused, because we lost. Most wouldn't take any pride in the fact that they fairly well but lost. Getting them dialed back following losses was tough; we were correcting fundamental mistakes that we hadn't seen since the start of the season. Fundamentals that they had executed well during the games we lost.. Some teams are just immature like that.
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Post by CS on Mar 2, 2020 9:52:34 GMT -6
None of those guys really mean don't look at the scoreboard. That's an oversimplification. It's about emphasis--that your emphasis is not on the final score, but on the process. Your emphasis is on doing the little things right. If you do those things right, the wins and losses take care of themselves. Included in those little things would be some areas that are certainly scoreboard related. I was fortunate enough to hear Wooden speak for nearly an entire day at a clinic, including a session in which he taught his offense to high school players who didn't know it. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. He did not miss the smallest detail. Nothing just slid by. Every mistake in fundamentals was corrected immediately. Once you saw him work, you knew exactly what he meant. You also understood why he was so successful. This is what I'm talking about. Those guys did talk about winning just not on the scoreboard. Winning reps in practice or setting new PR's in the weight room. Great leaders set goals for the team and hold them accountable.
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Post by CS on Mar 2, 2020 7:38:42 GMT -6
It's the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. We all want to win but the scoreboard is externally motivating; emphasizing that too much is a double edge sword. The kids are going to bust hump and fly around when things are going well, according to the score. But, they tend to struggle when that score is tight or they're losing. I'm not saying that you're wrong per se. But, I don't care how much you preach the score doesn't matter if you're taking a beat down the kids know it. I don't know any successful teams that just talks about winning games and not how to do it.
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Post by CS on Mar 2, 2020 4:58:32 GMT -6
Why is putting pressure on someone such a taboo? Life is full of pressure. You either handle it or you don't. Kinda like you either handle it on the field or you don't. Don't think there's pressure in life? Have two kids and two mortgages and lose your job and get back to me. I can't speak for others, but my thinking here with this is some people do well with their coaching staff putting pressure on them to win (hence why I allowed for individual situations where you challenge such people in the OP), while others do not. Why cut yourself short of the players who function well when they can just go out and focus on doing their job? Just throwing numbers around here for the sake of the discussion, but say you have 20 players who have enough ability to consistently see the field. Of those 20, 14 of them can function or thrive with pressure put on them by you and the rest of the staff, while 6 of them do better if they just go out and do their job. Why say "If those 6 can't handle the staff putting pressure on them to win, oh well, they can't play for me"? How does that make sense, to screw yourself out of 6 players that could provide value for you? What about the pressure to do their job well? To think you can take the pressure out of any game is naive. I get what you’re saying. We talk about winning by being a winner. Setting goals, doing the little things etc. But, pressure is part of sports. Can’t get around it so you better teach them how to handle
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Post by CS on Feb 24, 2020 10:41:27 GMT -6
I don't, based on the fact that the return of this guy also results in last seasons Frosh HC having his role diminished as well. Although I guess that is possible, since based on the posts by the OP, it seems that the Varsity HC really doesn't have a grasp on professionalism in handling his staff. As the story unfolds, I really think there is a chance that at the interview, the OP's talk about playcalling may have turned off the Varsity HC. I can see him thinking "Oh, one of those guys..." and not wanting him interfering with the chemistry of the varsity staff. Also, I was kind of surprised when I read the OP saying that he "did whatever he wanted" on offense, having 5 freshman coaches, not knowing what the program does for JV with regards for coaching, etc. I am just having trouble wrapping my head around this whole set up. And to echo wolverine55 's sentiments above, I have never seen freshman ball ever been remotely close to (much less on par with) Varsity ball with regards to any type of importance or intensity. Being a play caller for the frosh team is generally picking from one of perhaps 2, maybe 3 formations and just 4-6 core Varsity plays. There is little to no gameplanning, in game adjustments, or even much strategy for that matter. It is fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals, and then.. fundamentals. That is what equals success at the Frosh level and then leads to further success at the Varsity. From what i have gathered, no one in the program wants to be the Frosh HC and after one year i can kind of see why. From what information i have the guy coming down to be the Frosh HC is doing the varsity HC a favor by reassuming the role, he hasnt been demoted he is just doing a favor because the Frosh HC last year has essentially refused to be the HC again. In the interview i didnt bring up play calling until the offer of Frosh OC was put out there. I didnt come in saying i want to call plays, i came in and interviewed for a position coaching spot on the varsity knowing i would not be calling plays. By 'did whatever i want' i meant the former frosh HC didnt care if we were run heavy or pass heavy, if we ran Jet Sweep instead of OS Zone, etc. I wasnt allowed to run 'my own offense' but i had freedom to operate within the system in place. For some i can see where 'there is no gameplanning' in Freshman football but that isnt my belief, dont get me wrong here im not saying im trying to scheme people like belichick but theres more to it than 'these are the three plays we run, we will run them to death even if they dont work'. And i agree frosh football is all about fundamentals, trust me i know this i must say it a few times a week but you still have to have some elements of strategy. That dude got demoted. I could do a "favor" for my header also but I was doing my freaking job too well to be asked to go down to the JV level.
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Post by CS on Feb 23, 2020 7:10:16 GMT -6
Anyone else reading it like the other guy is being demoted and you just happen to be in the wrong role at the wrong time?
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Post by CS on Feb 7, 2020 10:47:50 GMT -6
I'm a baseball coach that was lucky enough to come to a school that wanted me to coach track. Thank GOD!!! If you have any questions just DM me. I will help you out the best I can. Also, go to youtube and look at drills for the position you will be coaching.
The thing about baseball is that it's so situational that you really can only work fundies in practice. They need to know basic rules like infield fly and dropped 3rd strike situations that come up a lot throughout the season. And the dropped 3rd strike needs to be practiced weekly in my opinion
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Post by CS on Feb 3, 2020 12:58:14 GMT -6
The more rules you have the more you are opening up yourself to "lawyer parents". Very general rules are the way to go
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Post by CS on Jan 22, 2020 17:24:41 GMT -6
1. It pays well. 2. School and community support the program but are realistic about expectations. The Transalaskan Pipeline is one of the most impressive engineering feats in modern history, but it would be useless without the oil that runs through it. It takes more than infrastructure to win. 3. It's an all-around good school where people would want to send their kids for reasons other than sports. I was going to say a good job is one that pays you. A great job has all the other benefits
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Post by CS on Jan 19, 2020 17:54:54 GMT -6
Would the non JV coaches wives or even the coaches themselves be willing to fill in if you can’t find parents. 19’s idea was a good one. Never give up money for the program Agreed Coach. Money should never walk out the door. We had so many other issues going on the last week that it was actually a relief to not worry about concessions. But I hear you. The wives are supportive of the program but not very committed, yet. I also utilize all the coaches on both game days as well. Maybe I'm asking the wrong question...I'll hi-jack my own thread...how are concessions run in your programs? We have a guy who gets a stipend to run the confessions at all of our home sporting events. Every team works it but we get the most $hit because our games bring in a fuk ton more than any other sport and our parents don’t work the concessions at all. I would take 2 coaches and have them work concessions if I couldn’t get parents for certain games. You need the money more than you need all the coaches for a JV game
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Post by CS on Jan 19, 2020 14:12:50 GMT -6
Is it a school sports booster account/program? If so then look at the by laws to see how it is structured. There are laws that govern how boosters can work. I’m not saying that’s the route to take but booster programs don’t work how people think they do. Assuming they want to keep their 501c status. You are correct about the by-laws. I did check into that, and I did find out that the "threats" they were making to remove us from the concession stand were basically veiled. However, we did get tired of the pressure, my team moms were fed up, and we gave up the concessions for the last game. I am more interested in hearing what other teams do to get people signed up. Do some make it mandatory? If so, how does that go over? Others may just have a culture in place that it is just the expectation? Interested in how said culture was developed. As I stated in the OP, I DO NOT have time to set up my own booster program. 19delta having another sport or another faction permanently take the JV concessions is a possibility. Thanks for that idea. I was almost able to convince my AD to let teachers (who were excited about the idea) sign-up to help, as it would have covered their required "duty time." But it got a little murky with the union rules, by-laws, etc. Still appreciative for any further ideas... Would the non JV coaches wives or even the coaches themselves be willing to fill in if you can’t find parents. 19’s idea was a good one. Never give up money for the program
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Post by CS on Jan 19, 2020 8:24:47 GMT -6
In my day it was a Letterman's sweater. Stripes on the sleeve...source of pride and school spirit. We had a basement in the old gym which was the Letterman's club...ping pong table...Coke machine...refrigerator, etc. If you Lettered you could hang out...bring your girlfriend. If you weren't a Letterman and were caught near the clubhouse...you were shoved into a gym locker. I guess this was before jackets were invented. What was pinky tuscadero like in real life?
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Post by CS on Jan 13, 2020 10:44:47 GMT -6
I usually tried to avoid X and Os presentations because all that stuff usually comes down to whose X and Os are more athletic than yours. I usually veered toward program development, weight room, that sort of stuff. When asked to speak 3 times I spoke on our offseason preparations and how we worked out being a coop of 3 different high schools. Nothing is worse than listening to some blowhard pontificate on Xs and Os when you know full well he has 11 studs. Once heard a guy talk on 4-4 defense talk about switching his 3 tech to the weak side every now and then to mess up the offense. He paused after he made the point as if he had just cured cancer. He had 6 D1 starters on his defense. I closed my notebook and walked out. The most helpful session I ever went to was me and 6 other coaches at 8am on a Saturday morning. Was on offseason programs. Was were I stole my points program from. I went to one that ended up being a guy showing us film on his 6'6" D1 wideouts catching verticals 8 yards past the sorry a$$ corners that were playing them 1on1. I think some of these guys are surrounded by insane talent year in and year out and forget that not everyone has those tools to play with.
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Post by CS on Jan 13, 2020 7:30:44 GMT -6
I wish clinics would have fewer speakers and give them more time. 1 hour isn't going to give you much and speakers take about 20 min of that time talking about philosophy. Breakouts are what I enjoy the most because they last as long as the guy wants and you can ask specific questions
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Post by CS on Jan 10, 2020 7:22:12 GMT -6
Here are their records over the course of Dixon's career there copy and pasted from our state association's website. 2011-12 2A Q 10 1 Brad Dixon 2012-13 2A Q 12 1 Brad Dixon 2013-14 1A Q 11 1 Brad Dixon 2014-15 1A Q 11 2 Brad Dixon 2015-16 1A Q 5 5 Brad Dixon 2016-17 1A Q 7 3 Brad Dixon 2017-18 1A Q 8 3 Brad Dixon 2018-19 1A Q 2 12 2 Brad Dixon 2019-20 1A Q 9 2 Brad Dixon I don't know when he started the cat training but a good point to make is that the line is relatively flat. So he may not be more successful but he isn't having less success doing it the way he is now. So a good argument to make is that he can still be successful and he doesn't have to grind everyone into the dirt. I'm just going to go on record and say that none of anything that I have read from either of them is revolutionary. Minimum effective dose is just a more eloquent way of saying,"get in, get done, get the fuk out."
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Post by CS on Jan 7, 2020 12:40:11 GMT -6
I have no problems with doing little things to make the game more fun for the kids. In fact, I think that's extremely important.
You have to be careful with things these days though. This seems harmless and fun. Just know who has diabetes on your team
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Post by CS on Jan 6, 2020 5:16:09 GMT -6
We have an athletic/extra curricular fee of $20 here.
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Post by CS on Jan 3, 2020 5:58:29 GMT -6
Im with Bob
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Post by CS on Jan 1, 2020 20:47:15 GMT -6
Ok. So I win and I “decide” I don’t want my victory sprint. Then I get labeled a quitter,loser,lazy ass. Not buying into the culture etc etc You can spin it how you want to the little tykes in your class because they are young enough to not be able to smell the bull$hit. The logic is fuking stupid but the intention is good Again, why is it such a punishment to maybe run one sprint? Now, if you are talking about a full on conditioning thing..sure I would agree with that. Hell, players probably run further to go celebrate a ridiculous endzone dance, or after they make a big play. It is conditioning. It’s not just one sprint. And honestly it’s still dumb if it’s one sprint. I’m not saying that it’s a big deal to run one sprint but I don’t agree with it
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Post by CS on Jan 1, 2020 20:34:41 GMT -6
I understand. But the winner wins and he has to run. How is that not “making” him run? I have a kid that started every game in college on the OL. Great kid. High ACT. Already making over $100,000. Would do what you asked but also hated stupid stuff. He might have quit over this. GETS to ... not has to. That is the mindset. It is just a physical trophy. Ok. So I win and I “decide” I don’t want my victory sprint. Then I get labeled a quitter,loser,lazy ass. Not buying into the culture etc etc You can spin it how you want to the little tykes in your class because they are young enough to not be able to smell the bull$hit. The logic is fuking stupid but the intention is good
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Post by CS on Dec 31, 2019 8:41:32 GMT -6
The winners running thing Harbaugh has done. I think the quote was winners deserve to get better or something along those lines. Wait wut? It was like his first practice at Michigan. They had a competition and the winners “got” to run sprints while the losers “had” to watch. I don’t agree with the logic
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Post by CS on Dec 31, 2019 7:12:10 GMT -6
The winners running thing Harbaugh has done. I think the quote was winners deserve to get better or something along those lines. I thought that was super dumb personally but to each his own. If that’s his belief then great! But I feel that it runs the risk of becoming like that South Park episode where the kids are trying to lose because they’re not having fun anymore. I don’t want to do anything where the phrase “man I don’t feel like winning today,” could be uttered
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Post by CS on Dec 27, 2019 13:59:54 GMT -6
For those of you using varsity coaches to coach a lower level as well, how do you account for the day difference in schedule? i.e. JV playing games on a different day than varsity? Will you have a day where JV practices but varsity doesn’t? Or do they just practice one less day in the week? Depends on what you mean by JV. For my state that is Sophomores and Juniors that don’t get to play and it’s on Monday which is a shorter practice day for that reason. Our jr high team plays on Thursday which is our walk through day so it wasn’t a big deal
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Post by CS on Dec 19, 2019 20:42:33 GMT -6
School
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Post by CS on Dec 10, 2019 4:50:57 GMT -6
How long, hard, etc. do you pursue kids in an attempt to get them to come out and play? Currently at a school where sports is an afterthought due to arts being emphasized. But I hate losing so I'm trying to recruit whatever is left. I mean, I feel like there's a point where even if i get the kid to come out, what if the Sh*#$% attitude shows up (since I pushed so hard to try and get them to come out)? Literally like begging them to play. Would have been a waste of energy/time/effort... Best recruiters are the players. You will retain those players more often then not and they don’t recruit the $hit heads because they don’t want to deal with it anymore than you do
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Post by CS on Dec 8, 2019 18:09:40 GMT -6
Unless they've radically changed, Southern Columbia runs the Wing T. I thought about that while I was posting...but I decided that the main idea still stands. Sure, there are outliers, but OVERALL scoring is up and the majority of teams seem to be running "the" college offense. Hard to say. It’s just new and defenses are going to catch up eventually. I will say that spread teams are becoming more efficient in their playcalling. Where in previous years they wanted to take more “shots” and be explosive. And now they will thrownhitches and just move the chains like a ground and pound team
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Post by CS on Dec 5, 2019 8:38:39 GMT -6
They’re serious about it here. If you elect to take a knee you have won. We had a ref come to the sideline and tell me if one of our kids “fired out like that against a defenseless player he would be ejected” Is this no matter what? Do the refs blow the whistle immediately on the snap? It wouldn’t be fair if the offense got to waste more time by waiting to take a knee. What if they are backed up inside the one of two? All good questions. I told them that the kids were just playing defense and he said, "the other team is giving themselves up." I just work within the boundaries of what ever crew is there that night because I have come to the conclusion that any swinging d!ck that can blow a whistle will get put out there so no need to argue. The officiating is very wishy washy here
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Post by CS on Dec 5, 2019 5:12:58 GMT -6
I have never seen a ref not keep the defense off the offense in the past 7-10 years. And let's be honest, that game you won was at least 25+ years ago. Yep it was. But I have coached much more recently, and have never seen a ref tell the D to lay off. Now, tell them "don't do anything stupid" sure. "if you get ejected here you can't play next week" absolutely. Whistle and run in once QB kneels..always. But not letting the DLine come off the ball..Never . They’re serious about it here. If you elect to take a knee you have won. We had a ref come to the sideline and tell me if one of our kids “fired out like that against a defenseless player he would be ejected” Kid came out of his stance and shot his hands like in practice. If you would have seen it you would have thought nothing of it. So anyway we don’t touch the other team in victory formation anymore. This of course will end when some straight up visor douche decides to get into victory formation and run a trick play to bump his bro stats.
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