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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 5, 2017 9:45:08 GMT -6
That just sounds like the teaching profession to me...... I have seen this kind of stuff pop up with the older generations. But, it is far more frequent with the millennials. I have tried to be objective about it as I know that each generation complains about the younger ones. But, I have certainly seen a pattern of behavior arise with the millennial generation over the last five years or so. And, there is a consistency with regards to the veracity with which they b-tch and argue. They get hot under the collar anytime a specific view is questioned and it becomes quite irrational at times. And, it's not even major points of view; it's every little friggin' detail. I listened to two millennial teachers fight for five minutes over whether or not to include algebra tiles in a curriculum last week.. It wasn't a constructive conversation about the pros and cons of using them; it was a full-blown argument. I got fed up and told them that the "conversation" was going nowhere and that we'd all be better off if it was just dropped and the use of tiles was left up to individual preference.. Its no different than everyone getting all butthurt anytime anyone disagrees with a political/social/whatever belief that someone has. I mean that's a big part of our issue as a society.. You disagree with my clearly correct point of view, so I'm going to flip out and call you racist,sexist, un-inclusive, a bigot, etc. It's impossible to have a functional conversation because they've been told their right and special, and they can't understand that they aren't. And I fall into this demographic. Drives me insane
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 4, 2017 11:38:09 GMT -6
Single. But to me that doesn't matter. The family man banker or accountant or construction worker doesn't get to say well I'm going to be less invested in my job and do less. And I'm not talking about just hanging around the locker room as some posters have alluded too {censored} I don't like just sitting around for sitting around's sake. Fine get in get your stuff done get out go home but don't tell me you're watching less film and caring less or putting less into it. Frustration probably comes from working with guys in the past who never has their {censored} broken down or broken down correctly, or aren't on the same page with the rest of the staff or are coaching kids in different language and terminology or are just genuinely spending the bare minimum amount of time doing their jobs because well "family" I don't approach it with any less passion, and I don't skimp on my duties. Hell, I'm probably more organized and productive than I used to be, because I had to prioritize my nights/weekends a little differently. I'm more excited about creating a great culture and winning games to show my son what it takes to be successful in life. The biggest difference is with bankers or accountants or construction workers, they work their hours, and that's that. Most construction guys aren't going home, and still thinking about how they're going to build that road. Coaches don't have down time during the season.. they're going home and thinking how to attack that safety or get home on a blitz. The banker can go home and devote his 5-9 pm and 6-8 AM and weekends with their kids. So he's not less invested in his job, he just works his hours. As a parent/coach you have to create and work your hours, they're just generally different than 9-5
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 4, 2017 8:05:47 GMT -6
That very well may be the case IDK. But if you're putting less time into doing the things with football which you were doing for those players to help make them successful then you are now cheating them and you should get out all together. Thats asinine That is asinine. I had my first back in March (unexpected until about 2 days before... long story, my wife sure didn't look pregnant) so my world has become quite a bit different for this season. Just as Rosey said, I don't spend the extra hours that I used to "just hanging around". I get my stuff done, and when I'm not needed, I go home. I actually feel like I'm a way better coach now, because I have a vision, and I'm focused. I've developed better relationships with a lot of the kids, because I see them differently. I certainly don't put the same hours, or get worked up/bent out of shape about the little things as much. Some guys might consider that losing passion and I'm cheating the kids. I don't see it that way. I get to bring the little dude around to meetings and team functions, and our players love him, and it's a great example for them. I know that I worry less about losses when I can walk off the field and see him smile.. makes life better, makes me happier, makes me a better coach.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 25, 2017 11:46:20 GMT -6
Sounds like a great opportunity to help change a young man's life!
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 20, 2017 15:43:44 GMT -6
My first year as a GA at a D3 school.. The two GA's were always the coordinators/HCs of the JV team. So we hop on the bus on a Sunday morning (after a huge homecoming win vs our biggest rival) and it smells like a bar.. 5 kids throw up on the way to the game (luckily it was a coach bus with a bathroom). We were missing 1 RB when we loaded.. We get out there and start warming up.. Guys are clearly hungover, and sluggish so we chew their a$$es because this is a terrible team we should crush. Halfway through warmups, the missing RB comes running up in jeans and a polo shirt with his equipment in his hands. He drove himself the 2 hours to the game.. when I asked where the hell he was.. "Coach, I got picked up for public intoxication/underage last night, spent the night in jail, and got out 5 minutes after the bus left but I didn't want to miss this game!" I told him to not bother suiting up... I woulda suited that kid. Makes bad decisions but he's down for the cause. Yeah but when you're a lowly GA who shouldn't actually make decisions, always err on the side of caution. Don't get me wrong, I fully support his commitment.. haha
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 20, 2017 9:18:35 GMT -6
If that kid doesn't have tough SOB written all over him, I dont know what does A DT in college got out of the drunk tank, drive straight to school 45 minutes late to morning workouts, power cleaned 365 in the pants he'd worn out the night before, muttered "im going to bed" and walked out of the weight room. He somehow never managed to keep it all together to be eligible, but was one helluva off-season kid!! My first year as a GA at a D3 school.. The two GA's were always the coordinators/HCs of the JV team. So we hop on the bus on a Sunday morning (after a huge homecoming win vs our biggest rival) and it smells like a bar.. 5 kids throw up on the way to the game (luckily it was a coach bus with a bathroom). We were missing 1 RB when we loaded.. We get out there and start warming up.. Guys are clearly hungover, and sluggish so we chew their a$$es because this is a terrible team we should crush. Halfway through warmups, the missing RB comes running up in jeans and a polo shirt with his equipment in his hands. He drove himself the 2 hours to the game.. when I asked where the hell he was.. "Coach, I got picked up for public intoxication/underage last night, spent the night in jail, and got out 5 minutes after the bus left but I didn't want to miss this game!" I told him to not bother suiting up...
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 18, 2017 7:40:22 GMT -6
I know, but both are important. I mean, say that you're a car salesman, and you're trying to sell as many cars as possible, and keep getting repeat customers. Obviously, the customer won't think, "hey, he's a great salesman, and they have great cars, but what a crappy pen, no thanks!". But, he will subconsciously probably think of him as less professional. And that hurts Yes, it's a very small detail that in and of itself won't make a huge difference. But the small things add up. Think of it this way: when was the last time an executive order was signed with a Bic pen? They realize it's an important occasion, and they don't want an unaesthetic, unimportant pen to be signing those orders with. Obviously, football coaches aren't signing any executive orders, but I think that a man should always have a great pen on him (especially as a pragmatic suit accessory). Again, not saying it should be even close to the first thing on your mind, but when the choice comes down to literally moving your hand a foot over to get the better pens, get them. Being well-groomed + well-dressed + having a great pen (?) = success Its not gonna matter what kind of pen you're using when... Nomination for top 10 post of all time. But seriously, I'm half wondering if murdr made up the homeless thing, if he's actually worried about being on Huey, and writing about pens.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 18, 2017 7:34:03 GMT -6
I have another. This Friday I went to a game and of course, both teams were gun ride action teams with 3-4 receiver sets, slow footed wide outs, and noodle arm qbs. You know, the standard stuff. Early in the 2nd quarter Team A was in a 3rd and Short situation, and got under center and went 3 back power I with TE. The blasted Team B and picked up the 1st down. A little later in that series, they did the same on the goaline to go up 7-3 Here comes the amazing part : The offensive coaches DEFIED THEIR NATURAL DNA and just ran Power I the rest of the night. The final score, 28-3! Great win for society. Coach I feel like you're usually pretty in tune and honest, but I just don't know if I can believe this one... To me this sounds like Unicorns, Big Foot, and Saban being nice. Pretty far out for a Monday morning.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 12, 2017 14:23:40 GMT -6
So before this gets locked... What's wrong with having expectations for a kid to be part of a team? What happens when the kid decides to protest your play calling by changing plays? Or just do their own thing when they are out there because they don't agree with what you are teaching? Like I said earlier I find nothing wrong with asking a kid to respect something we do as a team. Where do you draw the line with what you expect them to do and not complain about their actions later? Well in that situation, a player directly hurts the team, therefore giving you a reason to take them off the field. I don't agree with what Kap did, I feel there were different opportunities for him to step on his platform.. but ultimately it worked, not for his professional career, but for his movement. People sure are talking about it, and more people are doing it. If no one would have lost their mind, this would be over, and this wouldn't be a topic. I come from a big military family, I'm one of the few who hasn't served, so I get what it means. I get how this can enrage people, and I don't blame them for being upset. At the same time, as stated in my first post, we didn't even acknowledge our kids doing it, and they stopped. And if they didn't, why does that affect how you play 3 minutes after the anthem.. it shouldn't, and if it does, I doubt your team is very disciplined anyways. Again, I don't really support what they're doing, and there probably are better ways, but if this directly impacts your teams performance, you've got bigger issues on your hands than winning football games... that is if building men is actually your goal. And after reading this again, wingtol this isn't meant as an attack on your team, just a general statement. Didn't want this to come across confrontational.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 12, 2017 14:20:49 GMT -6
So before this gets locked... What's wrong with having expectations for a kid to be part of a team? What happens when the kid decides to protest your play calling by changing plays? Or just do their own thing when they are out there because they don't agree with what you are teaching? Like I said earlier I find nothing wrong with asking a kid to respect something we do as a team. Where do you draw the line with what you expect them to do and not complain about their actions later? Well in that situation, a player directly hurts the team, therefore giving you a reason to take them off the field. I don't agree with what Kap did, I feel there were different opportunities for him to step on his platform.. but ultimately it worked, not for his professional career, but for his movement. People sure are talking about it, and more people are doing it. If no one would have lost their mind, this would be over, and this wouldn't be a topic. I come from a big military family, I'm one of the few who hasn't served, so I get what it means. I get how this can enrage people, and I don't blame them for being upset. At the same time, as stated in my first post, we didn't even acknowledge our kids doing it, and they stopped. And if they didn't, why does that affect how you play 3 minutes after the anthem.. it shouldn't, and if it does, I doubt your team is very disciplined anyways. Again, I don't really support what they're doing, and there probably are better ways, but if this directly impacts your teams performance, you've got bigger issues on your hands than winning football games... that is if building men is actually your goal.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 12, 2017 8:13:59 GMT -6
The black kid who plays QB .... why does that matter? What lengths are we willing to extend to any social media posts that are unrelated to the program? Are players extensions of the program? yes Are you willing to boot kids who post any questionable content online or just some? If just some, then what are you using for your selective application? I've seen countless teen social media posts that are downright criminal but we accept because we don't understand "the culture", so why accept questionable content from some but not others? You're usually spot on with most things but I don't agree here.. If something is hateful, you have to address it. If a kid retweets a video about weed, they probably smoke a bit.. but you can't do much unless it's them in the video (unless you maybe have a policy in place) but once it becomes about hate, or violence, or a symbol of violence, something needs to be done about it. Where it gets really cloudy is when you get into the memes and stuff like that. Sometimes certain things mean one thing to person A, but another to person B. But when it is blatant like hoods, and burning crosses, you have to draw a line there. I'm willing to boot anyone who crosses the line on social media. We address this every year, and if our top kid did this, his a$$ would be gone. We talk about and sign conduct codes before the season. They know what's expected.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 12, 2017 6:57:09 GMT -6
Last year we had a couple of guys do it. They came to our HC and gave reasons why they were going to do it (one kid had actually experienced some pretty rough stuff). They were told that was fine, as long as it wasn't a distraction. We never acknowledged it in a team setting. Some guys didn't like it.. the first time some jack-knob parent yelled at them.. They did it for one more game, and after that, they stopped. We didn't give it attention, when kids brought it up to us, we said its their right, and be respectful.
Point being... they didn't get attention and they stopped. When people blow it up, it makes dumb stubborn 16-17 yr olds more dumb and stubborn. Do you guys remember a few years (maybe even 10) there was a female college basketball player who was turning away from the flag because her dad was KIA..? That was a big deal for like a day, and then everyone moved on. If people wouldn't react negatively to this, focus on themselves, it may not completely go away.. but it wouldn't be a big deal, and it would trend downwards.
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Post by SconnieOC on Jun 27, 2017 8:52:12 GMT -6
Coaches that yell "watch the option!", "watch the fake!" etc and expect the players to know what to do Coaches that refuse to learn how an offensive system works (it's not hard to find information on spread-inside zone, or read the dang playbook) but are the first to tell you why it doesn't work... We had a kid say something of this nature during a practice probably 5 years ago that I still chuckle at today: [Playing DL and taking his sweet a$$ time to get in his stance]: "WATCH THE RUN! WATCH THE PASS! THEY COULD PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING HERE!" I lost it lol Ran the triple in college. Every year, without fail, when we would scrimmage the defense, there would be idiots who would say "watch the option" damn near every play. It turned into a big joke on offense, but those guys were always serious.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 22, 2017 11:11:09 GMT -6
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 16, 2017 16:01:13 GMT -6
That dude comes on the court and I'm an official, I don't know I react that much differently. Especially after stuff was thrown on the court, and the freaking ATHLETIC DIRECTOR got ejected. That's kind of a scary situation to be in.
I was once reffing a 5th grade tourney when I was in college, as we were walking out to the do the tip off of the next game a mother from the previous game came to mid-court and starting yelling at us. Her son's team won by 25.. My buddy kindly told her to leave the gym and return to her trailer.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 16, 2017 11:53:39 GMT -6
Publicly roasting kids is obviously a no-go. But I don't think it's inappropriate in a closed team meeting to tell some players, "You didn't perform to your capability or the way we coached you. You're way better than you played on Friday night and you have to show it." We're supposed to be preparing boys to be men in the real world. In what world will they live where they won't have their feet held to the fire for a poor performance? I'm not talking about an outing where their opponent was superior to them in every way (size, strength, athleticism), I'm talking about when they put in a lousy, heartless performance that is below their potential. I'm glad you could put into words. I was thinking the same thing. If we're truly trying to prepare them for life, then this has to be a part of it. Their boss won't say they didn't prepare them properly if they lose a gigantic account.. they might get fired. They have to answer for sub par performance in the real world.. we all do it with yearly reviews. We don't get to blame the principal or superintendent if our marks are bad. I'm not saying publicly in anyway but in a team setting, behind closed doors, hold dudes accountable, but have a plan to fix it. Accepting the blame when anything goes wrong is admirable, and creates trust and is important.. but kids will also respect you if you hold them accountable as long as it's in the right way.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 15, 2017 16:26:18 GMT -6
I'm playing devil's advocate here a little bit.. But anytime anyone brings up a scheme question, or an offensive/defensive system, or all these talks about speakers at clinics.. there's a WHOLE lot of complaining about Jimmies and Joes... We can't do that because we don't have the guys...
I'm in the boat that coaches should accept responsibility for losses, and especially shouldn't openly blame players to anyone.. but in your staff room, be honest with yourself.. I bet 95% of the guys on here have at least once, said "If johnny hadn't thrown that pick" or "if Billy hadn't missed that tackle" we'd have won the game.
As coaches, it's our jobs to get them them ready to execute and perform, but in all reality, at some point, players win and lose games. As previously stated but watered down, if you give Belichek an average team in any league(HS ball), with average players, they still aren't going to be dominant. At some point, as coaches, it's ok to be honest that sometimes.. it comes down to players executing. Your QB might have made that throw 100 times, and 5 times that game, but the one time, he doesn't.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 14, 2017 10:33:32 GMT -6
I've got a good parent one.. This happened to my buddy who is D3 coach. They had 12 or 13 recruits at a game for a gameday visit and most of them were sitting together. Well one of their senior OL got a personal foul on a grossly late hit, unsportsmanlike called, my buddy pulled him out and chewed him (it was 3rd and 28 after the penalty and like 13 seconds left in the half so generally no effect. They ran on 3rd down and the clock ran out) but this kids father went bonkers. He went over to all the recruits and told them they shouldn't come to school there because the coaches were a joke, and they had no idea how to run a program. (the HC has the most wins in conference history btw). Apparently it went on for a couple minutes.. safe to say they didn't get any of those guys.
Parents make me rage.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 10, 2017 7:05:47 GMT -6
@sconnieoc- I just want to make sure I understand you correctly... you are saying that a group of HS coaches got together and determined that they have the right to dictate to the parents of their community that their kids are not suited to play football prior to the 7th grade? Not at all.. I said that they are looking into proposing to their communities that they don't tackle until 7th grade. I said nothing about dictating. You're exaggerating the point that I was making They are looking for answers for their dwindling varsity numbers, and the consensus was (again, I wasn't there, this is my friend telling me this) that coaches are getting less kids to freshman/jv much less to varsity, and they're willing to try anything. They're willing to try anything.. even if it means creating a separate league for flag, and letting kids choose. Which I would be fine with.. just give kids options.. give parents options... turn less kids away early. I would also like to make the point that I am as pro-football, anti-pu$$ification of this country as it gets. As I stated earlier, I just don't want to see our game going in a bad direction, because we were too stubborn to let kids play flag football as 4th graders.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 9, 2017 15:45:49 GMT -6
Talk about perfect timing. I just spoke with my good friend last night who was on his way home from a conference meeting last night that was initiated by the HC of the best team in the conference (and one of the best in the state) who proposed that they all begin to wean their communities off of youth football and into flag until 7th grade.
Sounds like he cited all the reasons that people have mentioned on here as reasons they should look into and potentially draft proposals to move forward. Every coach at the meeting supported it. I'd like to reiterate here, that this conference is traditionally strong, and 3-4 of the programs have won state over the last 10-15 years.. so it's high quality football.
The main reason this was brought up... they feel that they are losing kids early on in their careers because parents are worried about safety with 3rd graders tackling, and kids burning out on hitting before they get to high school. This was proposed as a potential answer. I just can't get over the fact that he called me last night, 5 minutes after I got done getting caught up on this thread.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 7, 2017 18:22:50 GMT -6
If you are a good program with good coaches how are you not a feeder for high school. I pride myself on teaching every kid how to block, tackle, take a hand off, catch a ball, etc.... My kids now what the force man is, how to take a read step, what the flat is, etc... In my opening speech each year I tell the kids and parents that I do not care about wins. We will learn to do things the right way, and the scoreboard will take care of itself. It has worked for a bunch of years so far, and I am not changing. Also many of my youth players continue to play in high school. Of course I understand my way is not what most people do, and I think that is the problem. In fact I will probably get kicked out of Pop Warner this year since the regional board is so hot on putting all-star teams together so they can win little kid championships down at Disney. Not how I roll. I see the same junk with baseball and basketball. I really hate it. This is what I was saying.. For every guy like you who does it right..teaches techniques properly, teaches teamwork/sportsmanship/fundamentals, studies the game and researches new ways to do things.. there's 2 guys who are dipsh$ts. If you feeling like you're going to get kicked out because you're not into all-star teams(even if you are half joking) speaks volumes about why this is a warranted conversation. I do think a quality youth program/middle school program builds to a successful high school program, if there is communication and collaboration from the top down. But the way things are in a lot of places, I really believe it's worth taking a second look at how our sport does things.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 7, 2017 7:52:16 GMT -6
I see this a couple of different ways. In my own experience, If I had played tackle at an early age, I might have quit football. I was a way bigger than most in 3rd-5th grade, so I played OL/DL. In the league we played in, you could center sneak it, or run the guards on a pass (both had to be very structured, had to keep an extra blocker in to replace the guard.. etc. I know it's not perfect football but it was fun) and that stuff kept me interested. We started tackle in 6th grade, and didn't have any weight limits, plus all the flag teams coming together provided enough lineman, that I moved to QB, and fell in love with the game. And to be honest, didn't truly love it until high school because it was hard, we weren't very good, and coaches yelled a lot. I mean in middle school, we ran a mile as a warm up.. our coaches were bad.
I see no problem with flag football until middle school. You still block, you still coach all the fundamentals except for tackling, but it's fun. There is a reason the NFL Play 60 stuff is so focused on flag football leagues. My biggest worry is the future of the game. I see middle school as being a perfect time to start tackle. Kids can play flag, and if they start football in 6th/7th grade, they have enough time to catch up without being grossly overmatched.
Everyone keeps talking about collisions, and velocity with young kids.. I don't think that's the issue at all. It's the lack of shoulder/neck strength that these kids have. I always hear people say "well female high school soccer has more concussions than football".. that's a huge argument in favor of football. But those concussions happen because they aren't strong enough to be heading a ball. Their necks can't support the stability of their head. The force at which a soccer ball hits your head, is not that much different than two 8 year olds running into each other. I understand that hawk tackling and the heads up stuff is great.. but how many people don't teach that?! I know there are some unbelievable youth coaches, but there is a huge amount of bad ones, with absolutely ZERO understanding of how to teach it. They just yell, and act like big shots.. nothing good for the kids. I'd be willing to bet there are as many Friday Night Tykes coaches in the country as there are good ones.
My last point... my girlfriends step brother is 7. His mom is a chiropractor, and is very "body conscious". Where they live, they don't have a flag football league.. so 3rd grade on, is tackle. She isn't going to let him play, because she thinks football is dangerous. He wants to play but I doubt he'll get to. If there was a flag football alternative for him, maybe he'd have a chance to start playing, maybe he'd love it, maybe she'd feel more comfortable letting him move on to tackle with some experience.
To be honest, I don't know where I truly stand on this topic. I'm just worried about the future of our game and if young kids are allowed to play flag (by their parents) and it gets them involved in the game.. then so be it. These are all great points being thrown out.. I just hope we can figure it out before some idiot politician finds a way to screw it up.
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Post by SconnieOC on Feb 3, 2017 7:13:43 GMT -6
The crazy thing... their on-field culture was really solid. One of the better programs in the state over the last decade or so. Not necessarily in terms of state championships (their region is pretty tough) but regular season wins/conference championships. I wonder how much of the coaches ignoring it, was consciously because they were winning, and how much was him just being ignorant.
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Post by SconnieOC on Jan 26, 2017 13:39:18 GMT -6
My first year as an OC, our RB's coach who was 78 at the time.. (Great guy, really good coach, players loved him) Looked at our practice plan on day 1, and asked why were working ball security. I didn't really know what to say because I thought he was joking.. After 3-4 seconds of staring open mouthed at him he tells me ball security is bad to work in practice because it makes the kids think about it, and that's when they fumble.
That was a fun conversation.
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Post by SconnieOC on Jan 13, 2017 10:23:29 GMT -6
I completed one in high school from about the 40 (only ball I've ever thrown that far). Wasn't a true hailmary. Our fastest guy ran to the back of the endzone and our tallest guy ran to the front. The other 2 were decoys for a half roll. I don't know why they were even covered, absolutely terrible WRs. Anyway.. rolled out, threw it back, the 6'4 dude just went up over people and caught it. Was only to end the half, but was a big play for us. I was losing my mind, and my coach just told me to shutup and get to the locker room. He wasn't a real celebratory type guy.
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Post by SconnieOC on Nov 1, 2016 4:52:53 GMT -6
I'd be interested to see what their reasoning is. One would have to imagine there is something bad like a strained relationship with the staff and players if they are that against playing a game. Or I suppose it could be that they thought they'd get beat so badly that their safe spaces would disappear. Either way I would say it speaks towards the softness of people these days.
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 28, 2016 11:58:43 GMT -6
The process of putting it together during the week is what makes it useful. BAM! The truth! Only reason I even use one. I read it through our first 10-12 plays for our openers... then look at it for some reminders. Otherwise it pretty much just hangs off my belt loop.
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SconnieOC
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 27, 2016 7:40:11 GMT -6
I don't think IPad when I see a fanny pack This thing is redesigned, re-imagined, and re-purposed....but it's still a fanny pack. Or maybe the illegitimate child of a fanny pack and pocket protector. Regardless, I wouldn't wear this any more than I'd wear those Bike coaching shorts y'all used to wear back in the day!!! I've been dying to find some Bike coaching shorts! We do a throwback Thursday occasionally and all the coaches dress up old school. That's the one thing I don't have in my ensemble. I was even able to find a pair of old Pony shoes with the flip over tongue that's gigantic. (I think they're old softball shoes or something but they still work). I found a polo in our equipment room from at least '83. Some reallllll bad horizontal striping but the kids think it's funny and we always enjoy it. Its a nice change of pace during the week from my normal visor, long sleeve dri-fit, unfolded gigantic map of the U.S you'd buy at a truck stop - wallet chained to my belt loop.
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 26, 2016 7:50:17 GMT -6
Visors were nice in the FL heat until my hairline disappeared like the Snowbirds at the first sign of warm weather. Now, I look like Lebron and his sweatband if I wear a visor. I wear my hat backwards, something about a brim and stadium lights bugs me. My doppelganger is on our staff, he's 10 years younger than me and wears his backwards as well, just to show how cool he is. My MIL couldnt tell the two if us apart from the stands, she made him turn his hat forward. I lug my iPad around games now, as we have Hudl Sideline and an endzone camera. I still havent found a comfortable way to hold on to it. It's a game-changer, but really awkward. GameChanger right here, Ipad.. or pizza.. either way.
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 25, 2016 14:03:14 GMT -6
Man.. this thread is making me feel really bad about some of my life choices right now.
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