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Post by Party@QB on Jun 6, 2017 20:01:03 GMT -6
I just watched video and read these to my wife. When I finished and looked at her to see her laugh she was just staring at me, rolled her eyes, and said, "do you want me to give you some quotes, because I've said and thought some really awful things about you and football."
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Post by Party@QB on May 30, 2017 19:33:13 GMT -6
I'm assuming "unsupportive" means apathetic to football, but not "anti-football" in that case... maybe as long as there isn't something else in the school that is the clear admin supported activity... i.e. band
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Post by Party@QB on May 30, 2017 19:27:01 GMT -6
I wouldn't be worried about micromanaging, but at the same time I wouldn't be going bonkers trying to manage everything. If they don't want to be micromanaged, prove yourself and I won't need to. A lot of young guys really WANT the head man to tell them what he wants, not just "we run spread, go coach WRs," or "we're 3-3 stack, go coach corners."
I would like to sit down with each position coach and explain the main goals, points of emphasis, and every day drills I want to see until that coach brings me something better to replace it with. And from the beginning make sure the drills he's wanting to run are things that we'll do in a game.
Always look for teaching opporunities, and these don't have to be, "sit down and let me teach you something." Could be as simple as, "see how that kid stepped opposite of what we say and how he missed his block? That's why we teach kids to step this way." Basically teach him to teach, and to use every possible opportunity to teach.
Before I go way too long:
1. Our offensive or defensive strategy. 2. What needs to be done during off-season workouts with players (helmets only) and explain why these things are so important. 3. What practice needs to accomplish, and why. 4. Your role during the game, and why. 5. Things to take away from that game, and why. 6. At the end of everything we do, think over it and constantly LOOK FOR A BETTER WAY and if something doesn't make sense ask me "WHY?"
Of course as coach A proves he's more than capable, give and allow more, but just because I trust coach A does not mean coach B gets to do the same.
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Post by Party@QB on May 30, 2017 19:07:17 GMT -6
During the Season, Sundays, and Saturday group texts.
Offseason, not really a lot of "sit down and take out a pen and pad," meetings. It's mostly picking each other's brains about crap we dug up on coach huey or whatever slappy site they use to pick up ideas.
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Post by Party@QB on May 23, 2017 20:50:36 GMT -6
We do a mixture of what cqmiller and fantom do.
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Post by Party@QB on May 19, 2017 18:03:06 GMT -6
Must be nice to get a pregame nap. Our kids would probably burn the place down is they weren't constantly supervised.
There's also 1000 things that need to be finished so I don't really get down time.
I do hate pregame warm-ups. Especially if some players decide to get some fake emotions going. Our guys are super quiet so when they start screaming the moment they walk out of the locker room for pregame and there's an hour before kickoff. So there's no way that's going to last. Then it's this awkward funeral silence the rest of pregame.
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Post by Party@QB on May 18, 2017 9:14:11 GMT -6
Couple things here. First, I'm not even talking about defiance. Defiance is disobedience. I'm talking about the brazenness to question the wisdom of a person who has more knowledge, training, and experience. It would be like calling my plumber to replace a leaking pipe and then saying, "Why are you using THAT pipe?" in a questioning way. If a kid wanted to ask, "Why did you call that play" in a way that showed he generally was curious as to what I was thinking and the strategy behind it I'm more than happy to have that conversation.....when the time is right. You'd be a pretty sh***y coach if you responded to that inquiry with, "Because I said so." And you might be 100% correct that if he's asking about his hand placement I may not have explained it well enough, but even so, I have the right as a coach to say, "Not going to discuss it right now, just do it," if I feel that is the proper response at that moment. I agree with there is a time for discussion and a time to put to action. I definitely have no problem putting a turd in his place. But, I want players to ask me all the questions they have before a game, and I witnessed the coach who screamed and ranted at any and all questions, which made players too afraid to ask, even when they were genuinely confused. This resulted into major busted plays on Friday nights, which sent him into hulk-rage and players even further into fear. I will not find myself in that cycle.
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Post by Party@QB on May 18, 2017 8:13:17 GMT -6
I agree with your #3. I don't mind a player asking why, but in game time do it and we'll talk later. I'll go a step farther. If a player is asking you "why?" And it bothers you do a self check. A. Could you have taught it better to begin with and avoided the confusion. B. Are you bothered because you don't have a good reason and never thought to ask yourself "why are we doing this?" C. Is the player being defiant? I've seen young coaches and old ones deal with this issue. But it's not new. Go watch varsity blues again. While I don't disagree you should have a good reason and be able to articulate why you do something I also think there is something to be said for obedience, loyalty, and respect for authority. I don't have a problem with kids asking why, it's more about time and place or connotation. It's not just during game time, but also practice time when I don't want to sit there and give a dissertation on why it is F***ING important for your inside hand to hit the near number. At that moment, just shut your mouth, do as I say, and if you want to talk about it after practice THEN I'll walk you through why it is important. As for connotation, I don't think asking "Why" is a ons-size-fits-all. There are many ways you can ask why. You get the kid who asks, "Man, why are we running THIS play?" in a snotty voice and see if you just think, "Oh that's cute that you're so curious Johnny." You seemed to have missed... "C. Is the player being defiant?" But I will say if you have a kid asking you, "why it is important for my inside hand to hit the near number." Then YOU didn't explain it well enough the first time and should focus on being a better teacher than being focused on "how dare this kid questioning me." You and I expect our players to self-critique before they point a finger. And I don't think it's unreasonable for me as a coach to run through a self-critique of myself BEFORE I get to "this player is being defiant and I want to destroy him."
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Post by Party@QB on May 18, 2017 5:47:16 GMT -6
And those moves from mom to dad took place during spring and summer. Way before season, and still had to sit.
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Post by Party@QB on May 18, 2017 5:46:08 GMT -6
[quote source="/post/827993/thread" timestamp="1495076420" author=" A move before season starts is OK to play, but there has to be a genuine move. Not I love with grandma now. We have a lot of military here. So, if a parent gets transferred here from Camp Swampy in September the kid can't play? [/quote] I'm not 100% sure on somebody from out of state moving in, but I know if you were attending a school in state and moved to another one after week 1 then you sit until week 2 of the following year. I don't like it, but I don't see it changing anytime soon. We've had kids who moved from living with mom who was in one school zone to living with dad in another school zone (both in the same district) have to sit a year.
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Post by Party@QB on May 17, 2017 21:00:20 GMT -6
We have 365 rule. Can try for hardship, but it's not happening. So, if the family moves the kid can't play for a year? My bad, I didn't clarify. If the season has started. At school A and he moves to school B he cannot play at school B for 365 days. A move before season starts is OK to play, but there has to be a genuine move. Not I love with grandma now.
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Post by Party@QB on May 17, 2017 20:31:59 GMT -6
We have 365 rule. Can try for hardship, but it's not happening.
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Post by Party@QB on May 17, 2017 18:38:25 GMT -6
The first one, just got your bell rung. Good riddance to the "Good old days" on that one. 2. What's said in the locker room should stay there. Unless it's insane. 3. "Why? I said so" should still be the rule in the heat of battle. Otherwise, I prefer to explain to the kids why we do things. I think that they execute better when they know why. 4.The water thing i crazy. %. Throwing the ball and knockout shots? Thigs have changed and that's just how it is. I agree with your #3. I don't mind a player asking why, but in game time do it and we'll talk later. I'll go a step farther. If a player is asking you "why?" And it bothers you do a self check. A. Could you have taught it better to begin with and avoided the confusion. B. Are you bothered because you don't have a good reason and never thought to ask yourself "why are we doing this?" C. Is the player being defiant? I've seen young coaches and old ones deal with this issue. But it's not new. Go watch varsity blues again.
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Post by Party@QB on May 16, 2017 7:34:36 GMT -6
How can you not have budget to buy helmets? That's kind of necessary to play football in the day of concussions. Tell that to this school. Budget is $3000. For everything. Reconditioning comes from another life safety fund, but for everything else you get 3k. Want new helmets? Fundraise. Want new jerseys? Fundraise (unless your boys bball- then you get 3 sets of new jerseys in 7 years. Football? 1 set in 7 years). Want a new sled? Fundraise. Want footballs? Fundraise. Want anything? Fundraise. Despite us being the only entity in the ENTIRE school district to turn a profit. One of the multitude of reasons I'm leaving in 23 class periods. Do they make you guys fundraise when the helmet is expired and can't be reconditioned? Sounds like a good place to leave.
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Post by Party@QB on May 16, 2017 5:57:05 GMT -6
What are some of your best selling points to talk a kid out of quitting? Have to know the kid. Is it the kid who really doesn't want to quit, but hasn't had any meaningful confirmation that he's doing something right from an adult -or- is it the kid who genuinely hates football, his teammates, and the coaches? The first kid gets loved on because football is probably the only thing he's really good at and he's tired of barely passing classes, no teacher brags on him, and mom/dad are in another world. The second kid gets all the reasons I can think of why he should quit. I go with the Jesus approach, tell them all the reasons it will be hard on them, and if they still choose to stick it out, you can count on them... except Judas of course, he'll get you fired.
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Post by Party@QB on May 16, 2017 5:49:45 GMT -6
We had a guy once who never told us the reason but we could figure it out. He was a pretty big kid who came to the weight room and said that he wanted to play football. We watched him working out and he looked promising. That lasted until I spotted him on the bench and noticed that he was wearing a Death's Head ring. He wasn't just a short haired white kid, he was a full out skinhead. It didn't become a problem because he never came back. I'm pretty sure that he decided that he didn't quite fit into our team culture. This is reminds me of another story I heard, sorry for all the stories, guess I'm feeling nostalgic: but anyway guy I played with nephew to Gary Kubiak when he was OC for the Denver Broncos, so he got to spend the summer working camp for the team. According to him, one day in the locker room after practice a group of young players have brought a boom box and are playing rap music at high volume. Several of the veterans start to ease away from them for some reason...young players just shrug it off...until in walks Bill Romanowki, he walks past them..stops in his tracks, turns around and kicks the boom box into pieces...he then says "I don' t ever wanna hear this ghetto bull*** in my locker room"...everybody gets quiet, until somebody meekly says "okay Romo no problem"..and it was never played again. not that I support being a racist jerk.....but it does iterate exactly how scary a human being bill romanowski must have been Didn't Romanowski get in a fight during practice with the Raiders and send another player to the hospital after beating him in the face with his helmet?
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Post by Party@QB on May 15, 2017 21:36:12 GMT -6
That's a win. Probably less distracting than Snapchat or playing a game. At my school we have these things where kids store their phones for the hour. I don't use mine because they can use their phones during a lot of my lessons and honestly they aren't that huge of a problem for me (a kid or two every hour will abuse their phone but overall it isn't too rampant). I need one of those simply so all my kids can count to 40, and I teach high school. If I had 42 kids in my room I would stab somebody
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Post by Party@QB on May 15, 2017 21:26:21 GMT -6
Exactly. At the current school, we didn't have the budget to keep up with buying helmets let alone 20-30 girdles every year. How can you not have budget to buy helmets? That's kind of necessary to play football in the day of concussions.
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Post by Party@QB on May 15, 2017 21:20:41 GMT -6
I agree with the above post.
BUT... I did watch a coach go zero full padded practices after 2-a-days and they won the first state championship at that school in over 20 years.
The next year zero wins...
Do I have the entire story or all the answers... no. But, it seems like the kids he came in and took the pads off of them were already trained up and chomping at the bit to hit and hurt people, so the starters didn't need much contact during the week and they brutally hit people on Fridays.
The problem seemed to be the younger guys, who weren't getting action on Friday nights, they had one smooth ride. No harder practice, no hard games and man this was the life... Until it was their turn to be starters.
Or maybe the team just fell off that much after winning state
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Post by Party@QB on May 14, 2017 14:34:55 GMT -6
Don't see them much in high school. MS seems to be eat up with them.
6th graders roll in one day and almost every kid has one.
I could see the benefit of them but the problem is although the person spinning it is focused the ones around him are distracted by him spinning it.
Or they want to trade and see who's is coolest which is a distraction to class.
If brought to FB field I would take that as a direct challenge to me not having enough going and we would start doing push ups and sit-ups to keep their minds occupied.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 29, 2017 20:46:47 GMT -6
There's plenty of reasons to get fired, even though he hasn't yet. Surely there's no way a school board would walk into a hornets nest like that.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 23, 2017 20:48:45 GMT -6
I forgot this one.
"Coach I have to quit due to a heart condition."
"Man, that's rough. What's going on?" "Well, every time I run my heart starts beating faster."
He was dead serious, had his mom take him to a heart specialist for tests.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 23, 2017 7:13:06 GMT -6
Football IS for everybody, but that not everybody's for football. I disagree with the idea that football is for everyone, but I do think it's an interesting statement. Could you elaborate on your thought? Sure, football does not tell students that they aren't good enough to play. Basketball holds tryouts and keep the 15 best, baseball has tryouts and keep 30, on and on the list goes. When you come to football the door is open. There are no tryouts to see if your the 50 best to make the team. I realize there are some schools that only keep 65, but most have a hard time finding enough guys to play. So if you are willing to work, give what you have, and take the pain. Football will not reject you. In theory, I've never seen anybody actually do this, but you could have starters on Offense, Defense, KO, KOR, Punt, PR, field goal/pat, onside kick, hands team, or even FG block if you got real creative. That's 110 possible positions, and there's no certain height, weight, shape, speed, or athletic ability needed for all of these. Now, clearly it would be an incredible feat to have 110 different players in those positions, but even if you halved it you would be playing 55 guys in key roles during the game. and if you want to be 2-deep thats back at 110. Which lead me to football needs as many players as there are willing students to come out. Even if a kid can't play football for something like a medical reason, there is a place for him. We have film guys(girls), managers that do anything from water to setting out dummies and cones for drills. There are ball boys needed for Friday night. There is no sport as inclusive as football, the only reason a player can't make it is because THEY aren't willing. THEIR lack of effort can't and shouldn't be blamed on football. I have a son, when he's a teenager I will not force him to play football. But, because I think football teaches the greatest lessons he'll learn in high school, he WILL be involved in football. Whether that's as a manager, film guy, ball/water boy, or even my film tagger/data enterer, he WILL be at practice and around the sport. got long, sorry about that, hope it came out clear.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 22, 2017 16:30:39 GMT -6
I think we have all had thoughts of quitting at one time or another..I had made my mind up and I was getting the courage up to quit...my OL coach who I hated w/ my soul came up to me..not looking me in the eyes and says..sometimes football isn't for everyone...I thought to myself FU... today is not the day...he ended up writing me a letter of congratulations when I became captain of my college team...I wrote him back reminding him in DETAIL of the day I will never forget..he ended up writing me a long apology letter..I was talking to one of my teammates the other day and 35 years later we decided we still hate that MF'er Football IS for everybody, but that not everybody's for football. I love that no tryouts are needed for most football teams making it one of the only all-inclusive sports in high school, and the reason there aren't more tryouts needed is because everybody can't or won't give what it takes to play.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 22, 2017 8:55:54 GMT -6
To focus on MMA
Get ACT score up 10 points before he graduates (was a senior)
True story, 2 days ago a 9th grader walks up to the door of the coaches office. He has the "look" on his face, the one that says I'm about to go into early retirement. I said, "Hey man, the answer is NO." He looks bewildered, so I continue with, "you can't quit, because I didn't give you permission to quit."
He drops his head, grins, and walks away.... he and mom were at player parent meeting THAT night, signed him up, filled out his paper work and he was back in the weight room the next day.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 22, 2017 7:54:37 GMT -6
I'm having a hard time sympathizing with the HC who agreed to do this. Even if the AD said to, it just seems like a really really bad idea, not to mention how it affects the players.
Anybody think of the reasoning that you would ever throw a game?
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 21, 2017 21:11:29 GMT -6
; So from the District level AD's perspective, if Dunbar lost the game, it was a win-win. Without the forfeit but with a Dunbar loss, both Dunbar and Belmont still got into the playoffs and nobody had to know about the ineligible player and his screw up. To say it did not work out as planned is a huge understatement.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 19, 2017 20:53:35 GMT -6
I always love to see 2 coaches get into a pissing match that is almost a side note to the topic of the thread.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 18, 2017 20:29:11 GMT -6
The simplified wing-t or whatever that title was. Others have already been mentioned. Dcohio's post/thread about how he came up with the defense he runs. Does anybody have the link or title for this dcohio thread? I would love to read it.
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Post by Party@QB on Apr 18, 2017 16:05:08 GMT -6
When Varsity practices offense, JV practice defense. Individual, Group, Team, etc. Then flip. I wish we could do that but we don't have enough coaches. Basically in a 2.5 hour practice you have special teams for .5 hour, everybody does offense for 1 hour, and defense for 1 hour. They are just done at different times. I forgot to say that Anders stole my original response. I would go this route.
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