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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 29, 2024 19:43:01 GMT -6
I always liked Xs and Os, and the more I learned the more I liked the game. Also, my old JV HC needed a OL/DL Coach a few years after I graduated and I decided to help him. As I got older I realized what football and the weightroom did for me and wanted to pass that along, now the development of young men is the main reason I coach. I'm also very competitive and like my ego stroked from time to time: I like beating other coaches on the field, I like comments on how prepared my teams are, how well behaved they are.
I'm actually leaving my current program(probably) because the ability to instill discipline and structure isn't supported by administration, and if it's just the game idk that I'm interested in continuing here or anywhere, there has to be more.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 13, 2024 12:22:16 GMT -6
A lot of people I've actually spoke to or discussed it with on Facebook talk about the example set to children. Imo they're grown men and their dynamic is different than what probably any of us has experienced. I too think its a teachable moment for us with our kids/players.
Ive had kids get really heated with me, I felt they were just fired up and didn't have a problem with it.
Ill take a overly excited/enthusiastic player over one whos indifferent every time.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 9, 2024 18:28:44 GMT -6
Thanks to Yellowstone I think a lot of people are coming around to the beauty of the Bitteroot Valley. I worked that UM camp a few times and didn't want to leave. I grew up watching westerns, my favorites were The Mountain Men and Jeremiah Johnson so admiration of the rockies were embedded in me early. Shoot, that means in a way I'm no different than all these people with train station stickers in the back of their minivans
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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 8, 2024 12:05:15 GMT -6
Ive been infatuated with the Northern Rockies since I was a kid and always have wanted to move out there but I just cant figure out how people afford to live out there.
The wife and I went to the Outer Banks a few summers ago and loved it, I looked into moving there and it was the same thing. All of the housing is either rental property for vacationers or a huge step down from where we live now.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 8, 2024 11:56:35 GMT -6
Just completed season 10 (a 2 year stint, several years off, followed by a 8 year stint). Going to take a season off, maybe more, and see what opportunities present themselves/what I can find. That will include(hopefully) a career change for me and the wife.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Feb 7, 2024 10:09:48 GMT -6
Its supposed to be fun (something ive lost track of the past few seasons)
For the most part the kids will never care as much as you do (got to keep that in perspective)
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 14, 2023 11:55:12 GMT -6
Theres definitely nothing new in football, if you study the game then you know its all been done before.
I guess my line of thought is more in terms of player development. lets make sure the lower levels are developing WRs, TEs, RBs, lead blockers, etc. For example we had a RB several years back who was (for our level and area) pretty special. The kids dad had coached him all the way up to be a Jet Sweep back, get to the sideline and get up field. It took us several years to develop him into a complete back as a ball carrier, not to mention his blocking(very humble, team first kid so getting him to block wasn't an issue but teaching him technique was. Same thing happened to me this past season: the Middle School HC/OC ran 4 wide gun, liked to run his most physical kid on Jet. Well that kid is a Guard going forward. Made for a long season for me: no other players developed to carry the offense, and I had to deal with the physical kid and his parents, explaining why he really wasnt a outside runner, why I had "demoted him" to the line. Would have been much easier if the MSHC would have been more concerned with development than chasing wins.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 14, 2023 7:51:50 GMT -6
I just dont see "you know what, those little league coaches were completely right and we need to do what they were doing" as being the case. If it is the LL coaches may be more knowledgeable than the varsity coaches(hence my comment about being more sophisticated and outpacing them).
Imo the varsity shouldn't change their scheme because the kids coming up are used to something different. The LL should conform to what the Varsity is doing that way everything lines up vertically. Imo that's the best scenario. Now, LL coaches who want to do their own thing happens, changes in varsity coaches happen, etc. All of that derails what is best for the kids development, and in my experience that's a systematic approach from the time the kids put on pads until they graduate.
Again, that doesn't mean that the upper level coaches shouldn't adapt somewhat to fit the talent they have and if the LL coaches are worth their salt they have played to those strengths all along.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 14, 2023 5:39:21 GMT -6
Scaled down with some tweaks is the way to go imo. There needs to be some cohesion, especially in terms of terminology but also scheme. I did JV this past season and our Varsity was 3 or 4 wide, we kept a TE and a HBack in as it fit our talent better. Our kids are also comfortable with running Bucksweep and I like it so I kept it but it went from the backbone of our offense to something we ran 4-5 times a game when the Defense gave it to us. Some of the smoothest offenses Ive seen are a Wing-t/Double Wing team and a Single Wing team(been doing it for 60+ years). They run their stuff from Little League on up, adding a little more every year. What if it turns out the little league has success with their own thing, and as they grow the higher levels see it and adopt it? The varsity's system should be flexible enough to accommodate variances in talent from year to year. If the Little League is so sophisticated that it outpaces the varsity id say there are bigger issues within the program.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 13, 2023 14:59:00 GMT -6
-Empty with a wing. Teams are in love with empty with a wing for some reason, must’ve seen it in 15-20 teams this year. Again I don’t see why. It gives you another vertical threat over basic 10p sets I guess. But the much diminished run game more than nullifies that in my view. My HC in high school ran this a lot in the years after I graduated and when I was coaching under him. He liked it because pass pro was really good from it, set up a easy screen to the Wing, and like you said a vertical threat. In a similar line of thought when we were Wing-T I ran shotgun 1x2 with a TE and Wing to the 2 side as our long yardage set and it presented some problems for teams in the passing game but QB Buck was really good for us from that set. It did help that our fastest kid was our QB. Maybe the Empty Wing set gives them some of the same options? The threat of QB Sweep to that side along with passing options
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 13, 2023 14:52:24 GMT -6
Got film? or install info? Also - what is a 7 and a 9 in your vocab? I was going to ask the same questions. Is there film? What is a 7 and a 9 tech? I coach in MN too but I haven't coached against a T team, yet even though more and more schools are going to it. My guess would be 0 s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C G T E s = Shade
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 13, 2023 14:27:36 GMT -6
Scaled down with some tweaks is the way to go imo. There needs to be some cohesion, especially in terms of terminology but also scheme. I did JV this past season and our Varsity was 3 or 4 wide, we kept a TE and a HBack in as it fit our talent better. Our kids are also comfortable with running Bucksweep and I like it so I kept it but it went from the backbone of our offense to something we ran 4-5 times a game when the Defense gave it to us. Some of the smoothest offenses Ive seen are a Wing-t/Double Wing team and a Single Wing team(been doing it for 60+ years). They run their stuff from Little League on up, adding a little more every year. If I was in an area with football pride, but not so much football skill; I would encourage the pistol-gun wing-t at HS and the wing-t in the youth program and constantly scale closer to the varsity model every level. MS team runs some gun, some under. Maybe give them a pre-snap RPO look to play with. This is the way
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 13, 2023 9:50:32 GMT -6
Scaled down with some tweaks is the way to go imo.
There needs to be some cohesion, especially in terms of terminology but also scheme. I did JV this past season and our Varsity was 3 or 4 wide, we kept a TE and a HBack in as it fit our talent better. Our kids are also comfortable with running Bucksweep and I like it so I kept it but it went from the backbone of our offense to something we ran 4-5 times a game when the Defense gave it to us.
Some of the smoothest offenses Ive seen are a Wing-t/Double Wing team and a Single Wing team(been doing it for 60+ years). They run their stuff from Little League on up, adding a little more every year.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 6, 2023 10:37:50 GMT -6
NFHS network is supposed to do a pretty good job at the State Game, from what I hear. If anyone following along cares.... Salem v Phoebus 4A Virginia Final 12/9 I watched a bunch of the KY, TN, and WV state games last weekend on NFHS and the coverage was very good overall. TN had the best setup. Best of luck Coach.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 6, 2023 10:28:47 GMT -6
Pregame meal right after school in the cafeteria.
Our parents take care of the food(which is a blessing). Sometimes its hamburgers, hotdogs, or Subway. Sometimes very good meals like chicken tenders, mac n cheese, etc. A few seasons back one of our players fathers was really into smoking meat and grilling(as well as having some $) so we had pork loin and smoked meats several times that season. The downside is sometimes we get pizza or spaghetti which arent exactly great options for pregame.
Imo a organized pregame meal is essential. You have control(some control that is) of what theyre eating, and you can make sure everyone is getting fed(we all know some kids arent getting what they should be). We also provide bottles of Gatorade or Powerade, ive noticed a drop in the number of cramps we deal with during games. I attribute that, at least in part, to them having a bottle or two 4 hours before kickoff.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Dec 2, 2023 10:56:19 GMT -6
What is the defensive answer to the Face Melter offense? The Face Condenser Defense? The Face Solidifer?
"If your defensive face has been melted install the Face Solidifer Defense and get back on track"
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Post by Down 'n Out on Nov 26, 2023 13:51:20 GMT -6
Shotgun in short yardage never bothered me, Single Wing teams do it every snap and no one bats an eye And if they were running single wing plays, it wouldn't bother me either. If they stay 4 wide its an issue imo but if they utilize a TE and H-Back and are running HB Power, Counter, QB Iso, QB Power I just dont see how theyre at a real disadvantage. Last season we were Gun-T but went undercenter to run a dominant QB Sneak because we had the OL and QB to do it. This season we were mostly Pistol with a TE and H-Back, never went under center and converted on the goal line and short yardage just fine.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Nov 26, 2023 13:42:51 GMT -6
Shotgun in short yardage never bothered me, Single Wing teams do it every snap and no one bats an eye I haven't played, coached or scouted against a single wing team since 1999. Virginia has quite a few SW teams
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Post by Down 'n Out on Nov 23, 2023 20:09:07 GMT -6
Shotgun in short yardage never bothered me, Single Wing teams do it every snap and no one bats an eye
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Post by Down 'n Out on Aug 30, 2023 11:01:15 GMT -6
So, I see and hear people discussing "their offensive scheme". Anytime I hear this I think a coach who limits himself to one scheme is limiting his chances for success. In high school sports you don't get to recruit to "your scheme". How many coaches run the same scheme every year and how many change their scheme based off the talent they have? Thanks for any input. Your scheme has to be versatile. For instance id never base out of 4 wide gun or 3 back double tight, I may not always have those type of kids. But my offense can get into both of those formations if necessary and if possible. I'm not going to RPO every single play, nor am I going to have 2 Backs lead blocking every play. But I will have the ability to run those type of plays if my talent fits those schemes. Fyi we run Wing-T and have moved to Gun-T, but we can go under center if needed and can at will. RPOs, Air Raid concepts, FB Blast with 2 lead backs, Buck Sweep, Jet, QB Counter, even a Split Zone play is somewhere in the playbook but only 1/4 of what we have will be utilized each season. Everything in the playbook is related and all of it is our system. Last season our OL wasn't as quick and our RB read Zone well so we ran more of that, this season ere primarily a gap team. In years past we ran a ton of Jet, Belly Sweep, Down Sweep, and Buck Sweep. We have a QB coming up, and the Receivers to go with him, I wouldn't be surprised if we aren't more pass happy. The group after that is full of linemen and TE types, we will most likely be a very different looking team.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Jul 26, 2023 8:47:30 GMT -6
Good morning, I have put together a new and so far relatively small group chat dedicated to the single wing. I am using the telegram app. If you are interested shoot me a DM and I'll share the invite link. Let's build a new secret society lol. Any reason Delphi's forum on the subject isn't adequate? Link? Not a single winger but love the offense
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Post by Down 'n Out on Jul 26, 2023 8:46:31 GMT -6
Its a mess for college football, thats a fact, but its hard for me to be able to justify the state regulating what people do with their Names, Images, or Likenesses. Especially when whats derived from that is in no way dangerous. An Electrician should be regulated to some extent because his work matters to peoples homes/businesses/lives and could literally be life or death if done improperly, but a 20 year old appearing in commercials or on billboards? I dont see how that is any of the governments business.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Jul 24, 2023 13:09:31 GMT -6
Years ago I only allowed team color equipment(cleats, socks,gloves, etc). Went well year 1, year 2 my kicker(soccer kid, by far our best kicker) had neon colored cleats(his soccer cleats), not gonna let him slide and hold everyone else to a different standard. Haven't really worried about that stuff since, we did look good that first season though.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Jul 24, 2023 10:42:56 GMT -6
Does anyone think that the current state of business affairs regarding the RB position is going to filter down/impact HS kids? Kids not wanting to play RB because the position is significantly less valuable at higher levels...which will likely filter down to college levels...which then may filter to HS? In my experience it's already happening. Every Back I've got wants to be a Reciever. Even the kids that we want to throw the occasional Bubble and have run Jet want to be WRs that carry the ball, not RBs that catch the ball.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Jul 10, 2023 8:56:15 GMT -6
This seems to have the potential to be a lose / lose situation. If you fail to supervise and something happens, you are in trouble, but if you supervise and someone asks: "Why are you watching kids get undressed?" You could also find yourself in trouble. Just gotta try to keep things in perspective in today's climate. I always tried to stay in the locker room when I was coaching lower levels and that was always a concern of mine. Id rather set in there and have to explain it that let the alternative happen but it is a concern.
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Post by Down 'n Out on May 3, 2023 10:55:54 GMT -6
Today after many years I am finally graduating and completed my undergrad. Just wanted to share. It's been a journey man. Looking forward to the future. College was a long and trying time for me as it is/was for many, but well worth it. Congratulations on your accomplishment! Now go put it to use
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Post by Down 'n Out on May 1, 2023 6:55:51 GMT -6
the girls head track coach who is not a teacher, and a board member (woman, former elementary teacher, never coached a sport in her life). Diversity and inclusivity. Putting people who dont have a clue at the head of things to show how progressive they are.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Apr 27, 2023 4:32:36 GMT -6
Well, as I wrote it I talked myself out of it.
Them being in the room and voicing their opinion is fine I guess but if I was on the interview panel their opinion wouldn't carry much weight. Its kinda like as a OC, I listen to what team leaders have to say but I'm not gonna determine what offense we run and what the heart of our play calling is based on their opinions.
Were trying to develop young men beyond football, letting a few leaders be involved in the process can be a good learning experience and benefit them later on.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Apr 26, 2023 8:16:24 GMT -6
There's nothing inherently wrong with players being involved, but it doesn't amount to anything. They're kids, they shouldn't be involved in serious decision making, they don't have the prior knowledge to make reasonable and informed decisions. We are living in a time when far too many adults defer to children in decision making, yes they're "stakeholders" but they don't have the capacity to make good decisions, and definitely not decisions that will impact them for the next few years but will impact the rest of that coaches career.
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Post by Down 'n Out on Mar 27, 2023 14:14:42 GMT -6
Seems like they wait until later in the following year to upload them, but I could be misremembering. larrymoe you gotta check it out, great channel if you like Wing-T/Full House backfield football
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