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Post by coachmonkey on Oct 30, 2014 10:14:19 GMT -6
I wasn't coaching here yet, but in 2002 our varsity team blew teams out all the time and our coach always took the starters out at half time. In the state championship game they lost and just werent in sink. I definitely think it was partially do to the starters never playing a complete game. They beat the team earlier in the season by a couple touchdowns. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using proboards In high school, my team averaged 58.3 points per game. We were done at halftime in all regular season games. We only gave up 13 points going into the playoffs. We blew out the first two teams in the playoffs with starters only playing the first 3 quarters (if that). We won it all, never once did I feel tired. This is a cop out in my opinion. In actuality in the playoffs you probably are playing teams that were in a similar situation a lot as well. Sidenote: My junior year I was a starting QB, got injured up 48 points in the 3rd quarter and people were questioning I was still in a game at a point when it clearly did not matter. I still played the following weak, but at probably about 60%.
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Post by coachmonkey on Oct 30, 2014 10:10:55 GMT -6
He didn't owe anyone an explanation. That just averages out to 3 TD's a quarter.. between defense and special teams that is extremely modest in HS football when a very good team plays a struggling team. It's a non issue with sensitive parents if you ask me. We are letting the "pink ribbon" people ruin our game coaches. Stand up for your players and teach them to play football the right way. If your 3rd string RB scores from 70 out not your fault. His reason for doing so was he lost because his players were tired in a playoff game. B.S. He got outplayed and/or coached and couldn't handle it. His 3rd string RB wasn't scoring because he played started until the end of the 3rd quarter no matter the score. You didn't read the article I am guessing. I'd rather use that time to get experience for younger players who will help you come playoff time when the inevitable injuries arise.
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Post by coachmonkey on Oct 30, 2014 10:08:39 GMT -6
My thoughts are he purposely ran it up. His reasoning is flawed. If he ran it up because his players were out of shape because 1 day per week they didn't play another quarter of football he is wrong. His practice must be very low tempo. He lost because they got outplayed, not because they were too tired. My senior year we averaged 58 points per game. We were done at half. We won a state title. We didn't get tired in the playoffs. He got whooped and was upset about it. He ran it up. As a coach, I am not out to embarrass teams. In fact, when we are up by 35 we start pulling players to get younger guys reps so we can make sure they are coached up. A lot of times in the playoffs that experience pays more dividends than being "in shape" as he is weakly suggesting.
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