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Post by bigmoot on Dec 30, 2016 22:26:12 GMT -6
900-1130. M-Th
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Post by bigmoot on Dec 20, 2016 18:41:25 GMT -6
Coachpech.....WOW!!!!....All the things I've wanted to say by never had the marbles to....good luck...if you come out of the meeting ok, you and your program are headed in the right direction.
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Post by bigmoot on Dec 13, 2016 11:28:40 GMT -6
There are no rules as far as high school coaches coaching middle school players, we are actually together as a school with one principal
ABC Middle High School.
As far as laibility, the varsity will be in one color practice jersey, the middle school another and never they shall meet...
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Post by bigmoot on Dec 13, 2016 9:27:19 GMT -6
We are a small school. We have about 230 in the high school and around 240 in the middle school. Because we are so small we have trouble filling coaching slots, not just football but all sports. Our middle school has traditionally been not very good at football. We average around 35 kids, but usually only 2 coaches. They are good guys but not guys that are devoted to becoming good coaches. Its been more like "Who wants to do MS football this year?" Obviously this hurts our varsity program.
What I am wanting to do and my question is "has anyone done something similar?" I want to combine MS and HS for practice purposes. I have enough coaches (using a few college community guys) to have 4 on offense and 4 on defense. So everyone 7-12 is getting coached by the "varsity coaches" and learning how i want it done. I imagine the structure of practice along the lines of...
45 minutes...Indy, group, etc.............Varsity OFF / Middle School DEF 45 minutes...indy, group, etc..............Middle school OFF / Varsity DEF
30 minutes...Middle school team / varsity special teams
30 minutes...middle school goes home / varsity team
i know thats a rough outline and would require a lot more planning and organization, but has anyone ever done something like this?
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Post by bigmoot on Dec 3, 2016 20:20:52 GMT -6
It's kind of funny hearing about everyone wanting to run the spread/HUNH. I'm a life-long Nebraska fan, and all I hear from fellow Cornheads is "We have to run the I!" [br Dam straight....Georgia southern fan. They want new guy fired cause he won't run the frick'in option. RUN THE BALL....
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Post by bigmoot on Dec 2, 2016 7:41:17 GMT -6
I could reinvent myself, too, if I were coaching the best talent in my league every year. I have said this before in other threads: Beware of Bama assistants. They are as expendable as a q-tip. Saban won national titles at Bama with two other OC's before Kiffin got there. Both of those coordinators are now at Florida - that's FLORIDA, not Northwest New Mexico Tech - and they suck on offense. Kirby Smart leaves after four national titles as DC and the defense looks even better without him. Meanwhile, Smart's UGA defense hasn't looked too great. Not saying these guys aren't good coaches, but damn, the machine keeps running no matter who they hire. That would make me hesitant to hire someone from the Bama program. I would prefer to hire someone who appears to be a major reason for the program's success. Could not agree more. Give me the guy who does more with less. Give me the Urban Meyer at Bowling Green & Utah, or.... dare I say it.... Ken N. at Navy who runs that archaic triple option stuff and tallies his yardage on an abacus while managing his timeouts using a sun dial while paying tribute to Knute Rockne in the locker room while the Barber shop quartet performs at halftime and the players rebuff the leather on their helmets.Me thinks someone has too much time on their hands...lmao
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Post by bigmoot on Dec 1, 2016 16:33:27 GMT -6
In honor of the collegiate coaching carousel, I thought I'd share a little rant. Nothing irks me like these AD's who only want coaches with an "offensive mind". By which they basically mean that they want a guy who runs a HUNH and is likely under 45 years old. Paul Johnson and Ken Niumatalolo are great "offensive minds" but they likely will never get a offer to coach at a bigger school because they don't back up their QB and run HUNH (not that they would want new jobs anyway). I get why AD's want an explosive offense. It's entertaining (not to me though) and it puts people in seats. But people insist on hiring for entertainment over hiring the right guy to lead a program. If coaches are judged by wins and losses, then why did Chad Morris get so much buzz before announcing he'll stay at SMU yesterday? He's won 7 games in two years and his defenses are horrible. But he runs an exciting offense though! This is just a tragic time of the year IMO when good men lose their jobs at the HS/NCAA level by people who mostly don't know anything about football aside from what talking heads on ESPN say. Before we know it there will be two offenses in football. In the NFL, they will continue on with the "100 ways to run the West Coast" philosophy. In HS and College, everything will be spread. And forget about defensive-minded HC's too. I don't think it's 100% that way but I do think there is SOME truth to this. IMO, all coaches need to win but I think a heavy run first coach needs to maybe win more and win more often and will get the hook maybe a little quicker than a passing first type guy. I also think perception is reality. I think many coaches back their guys up a couple of yards and suddenly spectators think they are pass first coaches when stats don't actually show that. But b/c of the gun/pistol formation they give off that perception/ hence more "legitimacy" in the eyes of some.On a personal note, as an option guy was a HUGE fan of ND when Lou Holtz was there. As well as Nebraska through the Osborne era into the Frank Solich years. Again IMO, both coaches were let go prematurely and neither school has had the same success/mystique since. This....my first year at a new school. I run wing t. I will run the sweep series all day long. love it. After our first game, in which we ran the ball 45 times and threw 3, all the fans could talk about was the shotgun trips formation and the snag concept we ran 2x. QB hit the flat receiver, nice gains. Fans thought i was don coryell.
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Post by bigmoot on Nov 30, 2016 7:27:09 GMT -6
An old menor once told me..."leave it better than you found it."
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Post by bigmoot on Nov 21, 2016 17:53:43 GMT -6
It's kind of like a team meal. Pay close attention to where all the guys sit when you eat. You will quickly see the leaders and the cliques. My first year as HC, you could tell the cancers. Spread the locker room to break that up.
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Post by bigmoot on Nov 20, 2016 13:43:31 GMT -6
yes, game should have been done, game can end on a offensive penalty Not arguing this situation one way or another. Just making a point that is a bad rule. Theoretically, a team could have the lead in the 4th q and just tackle everyone on defense repeatedly until time expired. I know, i know, there is no way that could happen for 12 minutes. Just making a stupid point on why it is a bad rule. Why differentiate between game ending or not on offensive or defensive penalty? A team should not get an advantage on a penalty. Like the clock restarting after OL jumps offsides. Ran out the clock of a jv game a few years ago. Had put the ERW's and they committed 4 penalties in a row. Ran 2 plays in 2:30 minutes.
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Post by bigmoot on Nov 19, 2016 12:37:27 GMT -6
I've learned....set the standard and hold the players to it. Cost me wins this year. 3 seniors (qb and 2 rbs) would not buy in, played 2 freshmen and a soph in their place alot.
As a previous poster says...Preached attitude and effort. The 2 things a person can control.
Find and emphasize small victories.
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Post by bigmoot on Nov 1, 2016 11:59:43 GMT -6
Couldn't cut cause the wr is not in the free blocking zone perimeter at the snap, plus if the Qb is in shotgun the ball leaves the 3 yard area, so cuts would have to be immediate wouldn't they? If the QB is in gun the cut has to be immediate on the snap. If he's not already in the free blocking zone the ball would be out of the free blocking zone by the time he got there to cut. We see a Wing T team about every year in the playoffs (this week actually) that will have their Wing block our DE in the back every time they run buck sweep. It is illegal but it never gets called. The wing tries to pin him down inside so he can't spill one of the pullers.
Phucking communist is what they are...Beautiful ain't it...
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Post by bigmoot on Oct 25, 2016 8:32:22 GMT -6
GHSA wouldnt budge on playoff dates. MOney and the GA Dome seemed to more important that the health of a few players from a handfull of small schools.
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Post by bigmoot on Oct 25, 2016 7:25:14 GMT -6
It's not so much the season/wins/losses/kids for me this year, as it is the schedule. We have a 10 week regular season, but in SC you can petition to play what we call Week Zero; the week usually everyone has their last jamboree/end of preseason. We had a odd number of teams in our region, so we married up with the next region over that was also in the same boat and drew lots to match up. So we worked it out with the team we drew to move the game back to the non-region portion of our schedule and then scheduled a Week Zero game. That way we had a bye week during region play. Then hurricane Matthew came the week of our bye week. It didn't really affect the Upstate and we had a bye week anyway, but the weather and subsequent flooding cause many schools to miss 2 weeks of school. So the HSL pushed back the start of playoffs 2 weeks to allow those missed games to be made up before the playoffs started. That meant that half the state would have had 2 weeks after the conclusion of the regular season before the playoffs started. So the HSL allowed teams to move one of their final games back a week to alleviate this long lay off. We moved our last game back a week. Original schedule: Regular season - Week 0 (August 19)/Week 1 (August 26) - Week 10 (October 28) with a bye Week 7 for us Play offs - Round 1 (November 4) - Finals (December 20) New Schedule - Week 0/1 - Week 10+2 (November 11) Playoffs - Round 1 (November 18) - Finals (December 17) So, our end of the year run looks like this: Sept 30 Region game #1 October 7 original bye week October 14 Region game #2 October 21 Region game #3 October 28 bye week/original final region game/Week 10 November 4 Region game #4 November 11 bye week/end of regular season November 18 Playoffs start So that means that from the start of region play (this determines who makes the playoffs and where you are seeded) until the beginning of the 1st round of the play offs we play 4 games in a 42 day period. Georgia coast got hammered as well. Our schedule to end the year is/was Wed. Oct 19 Mon. Oct 24 Sat. Oct 29 Fri. Nov 4 Not much rest in between. Small roster...tough times
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Post by bigmoot on Oct 6, 2016 6:35:51 GMT -6
Good grief y'all are making it hard to enjoy this undefeated season and conference championship. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CENSORED>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enjoy it...
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Post by bigmoot on Oct 4, 2016 11:56:49 GMT -6
This year...I'll leave my 1s in when getting blown out. My 1s are a bunch of 9th and 10th graders anyway. They need reps. When the opponent puts his 9th and 10th in, its an equal game. I will start to get "everybody" in with about 5 minutes left.
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Post by bigmoot on Oct 4, 2016 7:21:36 GMT -6
What is the best type for defensive line?
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Post by bigmoot on Oct 3, 2016 6:12:04 GMT -6
Dropped to 0-5 on Friday...next three weeks we play the three best teams in our conference. Let's just say we dont match up very well. Anyone ever had a year that makes you questions everything you do as a program, from the offense you run to the socks you wear.
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Post by bigmoot on Sept 30, 2016 6:29:51 GMT -6
i do feel better knowing i'm not alone....
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Post by bigmoot on Sept 19, 2016 10:54:51 GMT -6
what do you use to pre treat?
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Post by bigmoot on Sept 12, 2016 11:30:01 GMT -6
Its not a refs job to tell a coach how he should get his kids to play. He is there to enforce the rules. Is there a official rule that allows the refs to intervene if the losing team is getting killed, besides a running clock/mercy rule?
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 16, 2016 13:41:20 GMT -6
It's been said on here before...young coaches, learn to coach OL and DBs.
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 15, 2016 17:04:59 GMT -6
As a HC you need to be able to coach the coaches. Best HC I ever worked for (won 250 +, and multiplet titles) could coach every position on the field.
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 15, 2016 14:26:06 GMT -6
Do any of your programs charge an athletic or participation fee to play football?
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 14, 2016 13:44:57 GMT -6
Cool idea.
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 11, 2016 16:05:43 GMT -6
Our team last year was a lot like this, and the kids coming up to my JV team this year are the same way. My plan is to get them competing constantly. Once the pads go on, game like scenarios. It's 4th and 3 from the goal line and we are down by 4 with 10 seconds left. Offense gets x number of plays to score, etc. During team time we will get out the chains and move them, etc. Things like this...maybe goaline as the first thing on the schedule. Start practice in high gear.
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 11, 2016 12:25:16 GMT -6
Know a coach who once stopped at a nearby field and scrimmaged for 20-30 minutes then got back on the bus, went to the stadium and whipped butt...
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 5, 2016 22:47:46 GMT -6
One coach per bed.
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 1, 2016 18:39:59 GMT -6
With a large team if a player doesn't come in the summer, you have 5 or so more guys to choose from. At a small school if the player doesn't come in the summer, he still may be all you have. That has been the biggest adjustment for me.
You didn't realize this before taking the job?
I realized it, but I still had to adjust.
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Post by bigmoot on Jul 1, 2016 16:20:46 GMT -6
With a large team if a player doesn't come in the summer, you have 5 or so more guys to choose from. At a small school if the player doesn't come in the summer, he still may be all you have.
That has been the biggest adjustment for me.
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