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Post by tabs52 on Jan 14, 2017 8:23:05 GMT -6
usually give 3/4 year seniors first, then work down
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Post by tabs52 on Jan 14, 2017 8:04:01 GMT -6
It seems like everyone wants to go year with football but we complain when other sports want to go year. Also, as a coach I need to back away, or I would be done with coaching by now. The time in the weight room is more valuable for me then talking football. I get to build better relationships with my guys, also it allows me to recharge. The other thing is I am using this time right to learn and get better as a coach, when we start I like to have things planned out but between here and twitter I constantly reowrking things
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Post by tabs52 on Jan 12, 2017 12:31:20 GMT -6
Just lift, personally the more I think about I have to agree let these kids be, they get enough in starting at some point during spring and summer.
Also, from my personal experience what I would teach now may not be what we end up doing in the fall
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Post by tabs52 on Jan 4, 2017 6:23:43 GMT -6
I am the president of local swim board and we discussed the 501 status, and it does not seem worth it, unless you plan to raise over the max amount they allow. The paperwork and fees were too costly plus the end of the year report was something we did not want to deal with
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Post by tabs52 on Jan 2, 2017 14:25:34 GMT -6
We didn't do it TO ensure large attendance, my point was we charged and STILL had large attendance. The point being it is possible to charge kids to lift weights (as it was previously implied that you could not charge for the weight room and expect to have large attendance.) First--lol looks like I clicked post before I finished my thoughts. The original quote should end "I don't know where my conscience falls on that" That said, I wasn't really suggesting that you guys did it for that purpose. I was more running the idea through my mind, because I definitely believe in the behavioral concept that if you pay for something you are more apt to participate. Trust me we have discussed the kids paying, not to us for summer workouts but for other sports and trainers. Our tennis coach charges 25 and hour to players for summer lessons. For us coaches we volunteer all winter and summer to our football program. We do not get paid for this time and the one time our boosters gave us a small amount of money it became an issue.
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Post by tabs52 on Jan 2, 2017 10:17:09 GMT -6
We use to go M-T-W-F with lifting at 800 am and workouts starting at 930 till about 1130 This year we are doing away with fridays and going M-TH Monday we are working out at 600 instead of the am workouts
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 24, 2016 22:00:10 GMT -6
same to you and the rest of the coaches her
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 21, 2016 19:12:46 GMT -6
What about the money made on selling their jerseys and other items with them on it. Yes the young men get a great opportunity with education paid for but in life college is about preparing them for the life's work. I just can't fault a guy who would want to protect himself for his future. Are they letting their teammates down, that is between them and their teammates.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 21, 2016 4:36:27 GMT -6
IN the end its the players personal choice. Just like the guys in the NFL who decide to retire in their prime, because they want to protect themselves and their future health. Running backs have a very small window to make an impact. At some point in life we all have to make decisions that is in the best interest of yourself or your family. IN the end Tom Herman is selfish, he bailed on his Houston team before the bowl game for a better opportunity and more money. That is selfish.
In the end, the problem is the NCAA, until they truly become an organization that they say they are and put the student athletes first then the NCAA is a shame.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 20, 2016 4:45:41 GMT -6
I didn't hear the uproar when the DT I believe from Oklahama, left in the middle of the season to start prepping for the draft
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 20, 2016 4:44:34 GMT -6
Jaylon Smith lost something like 20-22 million when he destroyed his knee in a bowl game. At that point, a lot of the higher ideals about sport go out the window. That's a chance to make a significant impact on your families future, potentially for generations to come. A few years back my friend ended up coaching in a similar situation at the HS level. He could have blown it out in the game before the bowl, or second last game before the bowl. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Jaylon Smith is a weak argument. Actually its not, its exactly what these guys are trying to avoid. These guys should have the right to protect themselves, if it what they feel is the best for them and their family. To me the bigger problem is coaches jumping ship and leaving these guys behind, where is there commitment? It can not go both ways if a coach can leave for a better job prior to the bowl season then these guys have every right to protect themselves
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 15, 2016 10:15:25 GMT -6
Says that he hears we're going to white facemasks and is that true? Yep, there is the purple helmet with the white facemask that we will be going to next season. Says great, his dad is going to buy him a new helmet (because obviously ours aren't good enough) and he wanted to make sure he gets the right helmet. Then proceeds to tell me that dad is trying to put together a fundraiser to buy the team 20 new helmets. Gosh, that seams a bit odd to me. Then goes further and says that dad is looking to get the new double-wall Vicis helmets. Uh, ok, are you sure about that? I ask in a somewhat stunned manner. Player says yep, he's been in contact with them, only a few select schools will have access to them next year, he's pretty sure that they can allocate 20 of these $1,500 helmets to our program next year. Now, I'm all for parents helping out, raising funds, looking after their kids. But, wouldn't you think the dad would want to include the head coach in this kind of decision? I'm not setup to have these helmets in my inventory, kid says that each on is a custom fit to the individual player, I don't have tools, I don't have anything for these. I don't have room for them. Everyone and their brother has the key to the sports equipment room. A frigging sophomore showed me last year how jiggling the door handle will open the door. <sigh> I guess I'll see how this plays out. A couple of things came to mind when I read this: 1. I wish I had parents to take the initiative to do something like this 2. I know with our helmets color can be tricky to match 3. Helmet stickers-I know the decal is a small detail but many of the newer helmets have decals specific to that helmet 4. Reconditionign-who will handle this
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 14, 2016 4:39:08 GMT -6
I remember my OL coach complaining to us about how only the playside of the OL would point out and make calls. Backside would just sit there silent waiting for the snap count to zone the backside gaps. One team figured it out and would blitz at the front side every time. Didn't mean much because we were Option based. But, it was still a good pickup on their part. Learned this the hard, the previous school I coached at would make a short or long call for our traps depending on who were trapping. It took all of one time in the game for us to trap and make the call before the other team knew what was coming. I have both sides of my line make the call for the play, just for this reason
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 13, 2016 19:23:39 GMT -6
I do agree, but a few years ago, the day of the playoff game, I was doing a final review and the team we were playing was killing teams on a PAP and dragging the backsdie TE. I must of watch the play 100 times that day and his stance was a dead give away. Didn't relay it to my whole defense just my OLB that would be on TE to watch and he communicated that
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 13, 2016 19:16:37 GMT -6
I will do this as a last check once I have a pretty good handle on them. It is things I will use for myself during the game, or little things here and there but I do not want to overload my guys with looking for little things.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 13, 2016 4:46:10 GMT -6
How open and honest is your football staff? In general terms, do you all share personal and family information and such? I was just thinking about some of the staffs I've been on in the past. How much do coaches confide in one another anymore?
Trying to think of the dynamics that made coaching fun, regardless of our record.
When I was in the military, there were things that guys in my platoon knew about me that I could tell no one else.
Just curious if that aspect is alive among coaching staffs anymore... To an extend we are just one family, in the end we are our inner circle and we discuss everything from football, to family. I know went through personal stuff recently, and believe talking to those worked better for me then anything else I could of done
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 11, 2016 11:35:17 GMT -6
I do agree that private schools for the most part do have a tougher academic standard but they still have the ability to pull a player in from any region. A prime example of a team we played this year, actually had a kid that lives in our district on their team, mind you the commute to the school is proably 1/2 each day.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 10, 2016 17:05:06 GMT -6
I do agree with that but just speaking from experience out of the private schools in our area only 1 did not make to the playoffs in their respected classification. I think this weekend 4 out of the 6 state champs in PA will be private schools
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 10, 2016 15:34:45 GMT -6
Being I am not the HC, I can just suggest changes
1. Need to improve special teams as whole, we don't teach or design drills to get the guys where they need to be, just line run scheme and that is it 2. My trainer was great this year, they were rehabbing, working out if able, or they were the taking care of water 3. My HC is too quick to sh*tcan stuff, we work on inside and outside zone all summer, scheme didn't work after our two scrimmages so he scrapped and went to a man blocking concept, so I wasted an entire summer working specific zone drills 4. Other coaches accountability, very few coaches on the staff will help with all of the daily tasks necessary, also only a few of us enter breakdown data for HUDL 5. Getting away from creating a practice schedule like he did 20 yrs ago, he loves team sessions, and I think our team sessions on Wed. last for about 40 minutes on each side of the ball
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 10, 2016 7:41:05 GMT -6
Special teams is area for my staff thats need to become a focus
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 9, 2016 13:13:47 GMT -6
In Illinois we are all together. The privates typically do very well. This year I think they only won 1 of the 8 titles, but that's pretty rare. Last year I think they won 5 of the 8. They have a multiplier of 1.65 added to their enrollment, but to be honest it doesn't make much of a difference. That multiplier would be a huge difference espcially for the small private schools in my region. It would put a couple of them up into the next classification
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 9, 2016 13:12:21 GMT -6
In Pennsylvania there is no separation for private and public. This weekend is our state championships and the disparity between the bigger and smaller classification are very noticeable. The smaller three division 5 of 6 are public and the larger three division 5 of 6 are private. In terms of transfers, the issue lies more in basketball then football, but also the Eastern Part of the state out by Philly seems to have more lax rules on transferring then the Western Part of the state School from our city won it all in PA last night. I teach in the city district but coach in another district right now, coached at the private school that won it all last night before and another private school as well. Here is the problem in our area/city: our city schools are a mess right now. Super just told the Governor we need 28 million in additional funding to stay a float. Looking at a 10 million dollar short fall next year. Which leads to the problem, we have some very nice areas in the city to live and the people who live in these areas are not going to send their kids to the city HS because quite frankly they are war zones. So what do you do if you live in the nicer areas of the city, you send em to private school. Especially if they are athletic. Sure that's what it is like in other areas as well. Some situations you can't fault the private schools for the situations in their areas. Now of course there are private schools that aren't in areas like ours who take advantage of being a private school but I know there are public schools that take advantage of open boundaries, fake address, etc... I totally agree with you in many situations, but the amount of transfers that take place puts them at an unfair advantage. I believe it was the team that won the AAAA last or two years ago had kids from three or four states.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 9, 2016 4:42:38 GMT -6
I truly believe a private school has a tremendous advantage over a public school, just in basketball we have a charter school that has players who home district is over an hour away from the charter school.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 9, 2016 4:38:55 GMT -6
Not to brag, But I never once owned a cell phone until 2013. Before that my district bought me a flip phone and I used it as a night stand coaster. And yes.....My offense is UC. I finally caved and turned in my flip phone last week, but thats only because it kept breaking, losing signal, and the battery sucked. Now I have an Iphone that I use for nothing but calling and texting. IF it wasn't for games and Hudl on my phone it would be an expensive paper weight
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 8, 2016 19:46:09 GMT -6
In the end its like I teach my students about social media, think twice before you hit the send button because you can unsend something and once its out there its out there. My district past a very strict policy this year where we had to have an admin involved in our texts if it was to an individual student. I do not follow past or present students on anything social media related. In the end, if someone has an ax to grind they will do it no matter what, and this day and age its the parents and student over the coach. In a couple of these scenarios I would of been reprimanded not only as a coach but my teaching job would of been in jeopardy especially putting grades out there even if it was general statement.
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 8, 2016 17:18:39 GMT -6
In Pennsylvania there is no separation for private and public. This weekend is our state championships and the disparity between the bigger and smaller classification are very noticeable. The smaller three division 5 of 6 are public and the larger three division 5 of 6 are private. In terms of transfers, the issue lies more in basketball then football, but also the Eastern Part of the state out by Philly seems to have more lax rules on transferring then the Western Part of the state
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 7, 2016 20:29:46 GMT -6
Well played Mr. Clement.... Mostly its a great way to keep her from B****ing at me when I go out with the boys the first night lol That is why I will never take my wife to a clinic, way too many things to get me in the permanent dog house
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 3, 2016 12:22:12 GMT -6
Glazier in Pittsburgh but with season pass my try to make it to the Cleveland and the Northern VA Glazier
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Post by tabs52 on Dec 3, 2016 12:03:57 GMT -6
One change this year was we sent our DC down with JV b/c he enjoys JV games but he could take care of the problems that might arise and allow the other guys to coach. The kids responded to his presence on the sideline, plus it gave them a sense of being important factor in our program.
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Post by tabs52 on Nov 28, 2016 16:21:06 GMT -6
We were practices pants on Tues/Wed this season a few times we went out in just uppers, we have stopped buying new ones just tend to reuse old game pants for ours. Tried to talk my HC in using practice pants and going with the girdle look but he didn't go for it
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