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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 14, 2016 12:13:05 GMT -6
I understand where wisco is coming from though. It's a matter of attention to detail. We never tagged data before this year. We didn't even have hudl until 2 years ago. Our new HC is a Hudl Whoooer. We film and tag everything. It really comes in handy for the scouting reports hudl spits out. We've picked up on some very credible tendencies of our opponents that may not have been caught if we scouted and did reports the "old fashion" way. This. If you listen to any great coach, no detail is too important to gloss over. By not breaking down your film and tagging it, you may yourself miss tendencies that your team/other teams have. Not wanting to bag on how anyone does it, our way is not perfect in any sense either. But if teams want to be great, the little things have to be done correct as well, and this is one of them. I think if you're paying someone to do it, there is a reasonable expectation of quality. They're just doing ODK, D/D, Hash, Run/Pass and maybe 1 or 2 other pretty non-detailed fields. If you have a small staff with not a lot of time, and your budget supports it.. why not? If you've got a 5/6 man staff, all with families, and you can get rid of 3-4 hours of just data entry to spend with your kids.. makes sense to me. The staff still has to do formations and whatever else you put in there but it's less time. I would assume you'd still watch every play of every game 3-4 times as you normally would, but it would free up a little time. We don't do it because our staff is equipped enough to handle the load but there are some clear advantages to this.
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 4, 2016 13:24:21 GMT -6
We had this problem last year. Up 49-7 after the first possession of the 3rd quarter. We went mass subs and they didn't. Back up QBs fumbled twice, backup KOR guy brought a ball out of the end zone and fumbled, we recovered but had the ball on the 3, shanked a punt and they got it at the 35. Final ended up being 49-39, and no one was happy. We were a young team playing a bunch of fresh/soph guys against their seniors and it showed. They were chucking it like crazy on our freshman DB's and we were warming up the starters again just to finish out the game.
This year in a similar situation, we waited a little bit longer to put the 2nd/3rd group in. We did have a 12 play drive to score with our 2nd Oline so I was pretty psyched.
Obviously every situation is different. If you're really bad with JV guys.. I see no reason to get them in as soon as possible. We coach a game where crazy things can happen. Make sure they get reps but it doesn't have to be 80% of the second half.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 29, 2016 7:57:56 GMT -6
We try to run our stuff as much as we can on both sides of the ball so the guys are learning as well. It's hard for the first couple of weeks to get them to understand that we're running our stuff so you can get better. We'll card it up when we have crap like both guards pulling opposite ways or something goofy. The DC and I have really taken it on ourselves to help each other out. We have decent (Fresh faced) staff with us who get a lot of the cards ready, and organize formations, but we have turned it into a competition into who's scout team can get after the other one the most. When our scout guys make a play we go nuts. It's been pretty cool to see everyone start to buy into scout team now. We even have 1's who run in and get after it a bit. Our RT for example rarely gets to go against our best DE in practice so he goes in for scout team so he can challenge himself and the other guy. It's a great scout culture to be a part of. That's great but, as a DC, how do you run your own offense when you're preparing for an opponent that runs a completely different offense? If you're a spread team, how does that get you ready for double tight double wing? So As the OC, I meet with the DC on Monday morning to figure out what the defense that we're playing that week does that our defense can do. For me, I'm not super picky about every little detail.. as long as the front is close, and the coverages look similar. Early in my career, I was picky about every tiny little detail the scout team did.. then I realized it doesn't matter.. because that safety in the game might be 2 yds closer to the box than I thought he would be, and we have to adjust anyway. Defense does the same thing. I meet with him, figure out as much stuff that we can do that they're going to see, and script what they need. This week we play a fly sweep team so it's very different than what we do. We carded up pretty much everything this week. But we spend a good chunk of time working together to try and give each other the look closest to what our guys know. The more we can do similar stuff, the better the look will be.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 29, 2016 7:22:20 GMT -6
We try to run our stuff as much as we can on both sides of the ball so the guys are learning as well. It's hard for the first couple of weeks to get them to understand that we're running our stuff so you can get better. We'll card it up when we have crap like both guards pulling opposite ways or something goofy.
The DC and I have really taken it on ourselves to help each other out. We have decent (Fresh faced) staff with us who get a lot of the cards ready, and organize formations, but we have turned it into a competition into who's scout team can get after the other one the most. When our scout guys make a play we go nuts. It's been pretty cool to see everyone start to buy into scout team now. We even have 1's who run in and get after it a bit. Our RT for example rarely gets to go against our best DE in practice so he goes in for scout team so he can challenge himself and the other guy. It's a great scout culture to be a part of.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 28, 2016 14:04:01 GMT -6
Ripon College in WI runs Flexbone Triple. The OC there is always open to helping out other teams.
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Post by SconnieOC on Sept 16, 2016 8:11:23 GMT -6
Back in my college days I played QB in a Triple Option Offense.. Inevitably I took some shots and played through most of them. One time I separated my shoulder and immediately got up and got off the field, like I grew up being told to do. Our OC was pissed because he had to take a TO to get our backup QB some snaps a mesh with the fullback. A couple games later I got hit on that spot again and had to come out.. I laid there and waited for the trainer to come out.. after a minute or 2 the HC and OC came out to check on me.. I said I was fine but wanted to give the backup time.. they laughed and told me to get my a$$ off the field..
I think sometimes there is some gamesmanship in staying down. Now I'm sure some kids do it to make a scene.. I always tell our guys if you're hurt, at least stay down for a second so we can get a sub and regroup. Unless its 4th quarter of course.. then it's get your butt up and push through it.
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Post by SconnieOC on Aug 31, 2016 13:21:12 GMT -6
My first 3 seasons I was in the box.. hated it at first. Felt so removed.. but coaching QBs, it was fine.. get them on the headset and make corrections and I came to love the ability to see the game differently. When I became OC at my new place, I felt like I had to be on the sidelines. New system which our staff knew well, but I didn't know if they could make all the adjustments we needed to.. plus I wanted to be able to look those guys in the eyes. I've toyed with going up to the box now that I have a lot of confidence in our assistants. I've also learned that if you do your job during the week, they arent going to throw a ton of new stuff at you (unless you get a funky defense of the week) that you haven't seen on film already.
The problem I'm struggling with, as a high tempo team (without a lot of headsets) I have to make the call to a coach, who then relays it to a player who signals. I could have the coach signal, but that's one more thing they have to worry about, when I'd rather have them keeping eyes on the defense for me. I don't know if I'll ever feel really comfortable calling with tempo upstairs.
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Post by SconnieOC on Jul 28, 2016 7:09:39 GMT -6
We have our guys do 10 up-downs for every minute they are late. Camp is always fun because at some point a guy sleeps through his alarm.. ends up being 25 minutes late... 250 up-downs usually solves the problem pretty quick for us. They do them after practice, and before the next day or 2 or 3 depending on how many they have. Last year a guy had 500 or so, it took him 4 days to get it done. We don't want guys to miss practice if it's a one time thing. If it's habitual he'll start missing reps, but one time, get him in the drill and move on.
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Post by SconnieOC on Jul 11, 2016 7:08:40 GMT -6
Our HC is a defensive guy, so spends most of his time game planning with our DC. As a young OC, this is both awesome, and occasionally frustrating. He brought me in because he wanted to run up-tempo spread type stuff. He didn't mean straight 10 personnel, he had a vision, and brought me in to implement it. I have total control over what happens on the offensive side. During games, he might make suggestions on a type of play (Lets take a shot, how about that trick play, run the damn ball) but he doesn't micromanage me, near as much as much as he does the DC, and I like it that way.
At the same time, it's hard to bounce ideas off of someone who is spending a lot of time game planning. This is his first HC gig and he's done a much better job over the last year, trying to get more involved in our offensive stuff.
I'll openly admit I'm a bit of a micromanager of our position coaches. We're young on our side so I'll always ask the position coaches in our meetings what they want to do that day. If I don't love what they're doing, I'll ask why we need to do that today. If they can back it up and it fits, go ahead, if it's just because "I don't know, we havent' worked on that in a week" then I'll give them something that we need to work on. My name is on the offense, and I want to make sure we're doing things the right way. I'll be the first to admit (and I actually brought it up in my evaluation this year) that I need to work on letting things go a bit
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Post by SconnieOC on Jun 13, 2016 5:59:18 GMT -6
Friday = Pre-Game meal by Moms, after game Pizza, adult carbos. The adult carbs really are what get you. This is why I can't lose weight.
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Post by SconnieOC on Jun 9, 2016 16:20:41 GMT -6
This thread sparked a conversation last night with my girlfriend. This will be my first season living with a normal human instead of other coaches so I'm excited for a potential healthier life. Last year, our OL coach and I would just go to the bar when we were all done and eat wings and burgers. There's a reason it's the first season I ever gained weight.
Monday is a late day for us, so she said she'll handle dinner on Monday, and then send me leftovers for Tuesdays. I'll throw something big in the crockpot Tuesday morning (bbq chicken/salsa chicken/pot roast/this chicken pot pie mix I make that is easily my best dish) and that'll carry us for a couple of days. Thursday will be some sort of going out night for us. Not crazy, just mexican or pizza or something but I'll get her out of the house, since she can only talk to the dog for so long before I'm in trouble.
Sundays are always my worst day. I'm usually a little foggy coming in, so I'll get Mcd's breakfast, and we'll order delivery during gameplan. Not to mention 2 coffees and a coke or 3.
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Post by SconnieOC on May 10, 2016 6:25:45 GMT -6
Holy hell... it's only May.
G2 all the way. Even though I should probably go something cheaper. I lose them faster than I can use them.
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Post by SconnieOC on Apr 6, 2016 8:40:48 GMT -6
We have music as much as we can. Having to be louder in my communication is the least of my worries if our guys have the energy from music. I wish our guys didn't need it for an energy boost, but its fine. I mean to be honest, I'm out there dancing as much as they are. Football is hard, and we work REALLY HARD at it. Might as well have some fun.
Our music guy uses Spotify premium and has a few different playlists. We'll do throwback Thursday with some 90's pop/hip hop and some classic rock on it. Breaks up the week a bit. Tuesday is always pretty much straight rap so the guys bring a lot of energy on the first big day of practice for the week. Only problem we've ever had is last year on Back To The Future Day we started the practice with the theme song from it. (More for coaches amusement than players) Our music guy accidentally hit repeat on his phone when he hit play so it played like 10 times before we realized what was going on. The kids were really confused..
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Post by SconnieOC on Apr 4, 2016 9:47:24 GMT -6
I think it's pretty safe to say he meant 2 or 3.. no two thirds... He wouldn't have a job to be posting about if that happened. We can probably put that question to bed.
I think if it's seniors who have been in the program for a while, its situational.. other sports, girlfriend, family situation, whatever it might be. If you're a big program, guys are going to quit because they won't play. I doubt the guys you really want are quitting.. don't worry about it.
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Post by SconnieOC on Apr 2, 2016 7:51:29 GMT -6
If a kid is that concerned about not getting an offer... Accept one to a different school. Everyone knows none of that actually matters until signing day. Cover your bases.. then if Ole Miss comes in and offers, accept the dang thing. I mean if a kid is 27-30 on the Rebels board he's got to be 10-15 on Southern Miss's or Troy's or UAB's or Houston's board.. I mean those are all legit places (save for the mess at UAB but you get the point), that a kid should be happy to go to if given the opportunity. Then if 2 days before SD a big time school comes in and offers then go there.
I'm not saying coaches should be dishonest, but the kids have other options if they don't like it and don't want to be strung along. It's not like Ole Miss is recruiting them, and not being honest, and they don't have 1 other offer in the country. As crappy as this is.. kids really do hold the power. They can control their recruiting however they want.
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Post by SconnieOC on Mar 31, 2016 10:26:12 GMT -6
That's certainly not the way to get your kids recruited. Does he really think Ole Miss cares about one school? It isn't St. Thomas Aquinas, or Allen that's producing 5/6 3+ star guys every year. Why would Ole Miss recruit a 3 star pocket passer? That's not what they do. Will they maybe miss out on a good kid here and there? Sure.. but it's Ole Miss, they'll find 10 more guys like him with an interest.
Maybe there is more of a backstory to this but that is not the right way to go about getting your kids recruited.
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Post by SconnieOC on Mar 28, 2016 15:35:43 GMT -6
Does anyone use the Conference Exchange part of Hudl? All of our conference games have to be uploaded to the Conference page, and you can pull any video anytime. Makes exchanging much less of a pain. It has to be up the next day by noon, and usually is up the night of the games. Jump on, add it to your library and you're good to go. It's great because last year in our league rotation, we played everyone the week after they played a triple team, so we would just go back from the couple of weeks prior and pull the film. We have guidelines of what needs to be in there... ODK/DN/DIST/YdLn to make everyones job easier. It's an awesome tool
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Post by SconnieOC on Mar 3, 2016 10:48:02 GMT -6
Dartmouth led 1AA in scoring defense.
...playing other Ivies.
Cause and effect?
I dunno.
It's all relative isn't it? I don't really care who you have or who you play if you're putting up numbers like that. I mean they aren't defending Baylor but they don't have the dudes that Oklahoma has. Just because a school in the smallest classification in a state leads their class in total defense, they're still good. I mean they lead the freaking country, they're doing something right.
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Post by SconnieOC on Mar 2, 2016 16:10:39 GMT -6
It's not like they're not tackling ever. Just not once they get into the season... Dartmouth is definitely a bit of an outlier in this one as they never tackle, even in camp, but it's hard to argue with their numbers. We almost never go full live in practice.. always Thud tempo. Occasionally we'll go full live for a 2 minute drill or in a blitz/goalline period, but even that is rare.
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Post by SconnieOC on Oct 19, 2015 6:38:19 GMT -6
I was debating this exact question this weekend... We had the best week of practice in the 2 years that our staff has been here, coming off of a bye week. We looked fresh and hungry and I thought we were going to roll. And then we came out and promptly turned it over 4 times in the first half and have never looked for more flat. Not sure if it was because of the overnight trip/5 hour bus ride or what...
But I agree with everyone else, you want a good practice, and you feel better going into it, but I'm not sure if it truly matters
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Post by SconnieOC on Jun 11, 2014 15:03:13 GMT -6
You're there to win. Having a good K/P directly affects your ability to win. If he is a primary backup, and one guy goes down, he's playing full time. Plus, if he is with the varsity guys full time, he might see what he needs to be doing in the weight room to improve and be on the level he needs to be at. He'll get used to the game speed and the schemes so as a junior he should be a lot closer to performing at a high level than having to adjust from JV to Varsity speed the next year.
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Post by SconnieOC on May 16, 2014 9:03:12 GMT -6
It's the time we live in. I'm a pretty young coach and twitter was getting pretty big when I was in college. Everyone has their pregame rituals, and mine included tweeting song lyrics that were getting me pumped up pregame. It was part of my preparation, and when I sent out a tweet about DJ Khaled "All we do is win" I knew it was time to lock in and go to work. It was my final gametime trigger. We live in an age of constant stimulation and that includes pre-game. As long as kids focus in when we step out for warmups I don't care what they do pregame (Within reason of course) I guess this is just the kid in me.
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Post by SconnieOC on May 16, 2014 8:52:27 GMT -6
I don't want this to sound rude, but I think coaches saying "we can't do that" is a cop-out. Yes, you may not have a guy to stretch the field, or the back to carry an offense getting 30 carries a game, but find a way to do your stuff with your guys. Our offense might look different to the casual observer every year, but it's the same stuff, just dressed up differently to put our guys in a position to succeed. I understand talent levels change, but the work you put in as a coach should make up for your players deficiencies. You have to adjust to your personnel but I hate seeing coaches change complete systems every year. You succeed with continuity from Freshmen to Seniors. The best programs have that at any level.
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