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Post by coachgower on Mar 6, 2022 20:13:04 GMT -6
Absolute truth here! Oklahoma guys that do an unbelievable job bringing more knowledge to the game! Episode 21 might interest a few people...
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Post by coachgower on Feb 14, 2022 12:33:13 GMT -6
Can't wait for this!!!
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Post by coachgower on Jan 15, 2022 11:51:58 GMT -6
Got some updates on the clinic... we are still a go and now we have added Coach Ty Gower to the speaker schedule. We are planning on filming everything (hoping the sound quality will be good enough) and working on a way to get it to people after the fact if they really can't get here. A huge draw of the clinic is that we cater lunch on Saturday and take the whole clinic out for dinner Friday night. I'm working with restaurants to see how this will work with the Covid situation right now, but we'll make sure we feed everyone! May not be able to drink all the barley-water we normally do if we can't get a restaurant to house us all with covid issues. Can’t wait for this! Huge S/O and thank you to cqmiller for the opportunity! Excited to meet some new coaches and talk some ball!
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Post by coachgower on Apr 16, 2021 10:10:13 GMT -6
I'll chime in...
Before I start, please understand WE fortunately have shutout people and I have been unfortunate to give up 50 more than once, including winning records and losing records at the end of the year. *Please notice how prefaced the we & shutout vs. I & 50.* Although there might have been a difference in the score, there was zero difference in the approach to the game and preparation, including offseason work. This is just my .02, but as coach, I have always been under the impression that I/we can install anything and everything. Reasons for this...
1. I believe in my abilities to learn something and decipher, "Does this fit us?" - If the answer is yes, then we will install/implement something, rep it, and make it work. 2. Although I believe football IQ varies from program to program and kid to kid, I believe that if a coach learns and studies the game, he can coach a kid the "same as" approach, which in turn allows for more scheme, even though the player believes he has only been taught one or two "same as" ideas. 3. Kids don't know what is "KISS" and what is "KILL" - Kids can learn what you teach them. No doubt, that it takes a little bit longer for certain kids to grasp the concept, but that is why they call you coach. 4. I never want to go into a game or after a game and say, "I wish we had more bullets in the gun." For me, this goes hand and hand with being able to have enough adjustments throughout the game. In my opinion, a simple game and simple install has few adjustments, and I have never been anywhere, where we can consistently just be better than our opponent. 5. Here comes the "Jimmies & Joes" talk - It's my job to not allow Jimmy & Joe to make plays, it's my job to limit Jimmy & Joe, and make John beat us. I want to make the OC prepare for me and also get in game and completely take away the section of his call that is devoted to Jimmy & Joe. 6. No, I do not have all the answers and never will. However, because of the addiction to this game and the quest for more knowledge, I want to study the newest and latest trends of how to stop someone defensively or score more points offensively. ***Yes, I know some guy on here will say he has run the same defense for the past 30 years and hasn't changed, and that is great.*** Which leads me to... 7. I believe "K.I.S.S." is a cop out a/k/a - Coach saying he doesn't really want to learn, or my favorite, "It's not what I know, it's what the kids know." Again, I understand KISS may work for you, but again, my belief of the KISS principle is merely the, "This looks complicated, so I'm not going to teach it" as opposed to this mindset, "This benefits one program, why can it not benefit us." 8. K.I.S.S. might win you some games, but KISS will also get your ass beat. Once had a night, where I called 13 different 3x1 checks. Yes, 13. Why...We had to! We had to stop two FBS Wide Receivers and also the FBS RB, and yes we won the game. My point, we installed all those coverages in spring ball, summer, and two a days, so when it came game time, our kids were able to execute all 13 coverages that night. If we only had 3 coverages that night, we would have got beat and you can't convince me otherwise. All about how you approach the install and when you will need it!
Again, this is just my .02. Have had some great seasons and have had some bad seasons, but through every season, my approach has always been the same as it relates to install. If I can teach and coach the install at one place, I can teach and coach the install at another place.
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Post by coachgower on Jan 24, 2019 10:56:40 GMT -6
You guys in the Detroit area, EXTREMELY JEALOUS that Don Brown AND Gregg Williams will be in attendance! Someone please take good notes and pass them along! Also, Coach Holmes from Georgia is awesome! I had the pleasure of having a chalk war with him in Indianapolis...ok, not really pleasure, more like having to beat your head against the wall repeatedly! Made me a better ball coach! S/O to glazierprez and his staff for putting together that clinic! Awesome!
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Post by coachgower on Nov 8, 2018 9:48:15 GMT -6
Was fortunate enough to speak in Reno last year. Guys, trust me, you want to go to Reno! Although it was a blizzard, the venue, the speakers, and being able to bet the ponies between sessions, BIG TIME!!!
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Post by coachgower on Mar 2, 2018 11:36:09 GMT -6
Hey guys, I'm here. Maybe one of about 20, but would love to meet up anyway
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Post by coachgower on Feb 27, 2018 8:34:26 GMT -6
Can't wait to talk some ball and meet some Huey members!
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Post by coachgower on Feb 16, 2018 11:21:28 GMT -6
Just got back from Dallas and this was quite possibly the best Glazier clinic I've been to in the 10 years I've been attending. The topic and speaker selection had great variation of all the aspects it takes to run a great program. Don Clayton and Steve Channell did great jobs on staff dynamics and development. Brandon Houston, Tyler Soukup, Bill Blankenship and Jeff Hulme did a great job in explaining how and why they run what they run offensively. Ty Gower, Elliot Allen and Jeff Koonz also did a great job teaching their defensive fundamentals and schemes. Only thing I did not come out of it with was more special team drill ideas to improve our special teams, just some scheme ideas. Overall great experience and worth driving over 6 hours to attend. Coach, appreciate you stopping by! Hope you got some good out of it!
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Post by coachgower on Jan 22, 2018 19:27:47 GMT -6
I'll be speaking at Reno & DFW clinic. Looking forward to connecting with some guys on here!
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Post by coachgower on Jan 31, 2017 21:25:31 GMT -6
Curious if anyone is going. I will be there. Would love to put a face with a username!
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Post by coachgower on Jan 18, 2017 9:51:30 GMT -6
I will be speaking at the Phoenix Glazier on Feb. 4-5. Would love to meet up with anyone and put a username with a face.
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Post by coachgower on Jan 6, 2017 8:13:49 GMT -6
Coaches, Looking for advice/information on clinic talks. Trying to think outside the box for an upcoming clinic talk. I know, I know, don't spend time talking about philosophy, how many FBS kids we had, etc. Considering the hour time allotted, when discussing a topic:
1. What is something you want to hear, OTHER than scheme. Ex-Practice schedule? Game prep?
2. What made a speaker the best or worst you have heard?
Would like for coaches at all levels, regardless of class/school size to walk out of the room thinking they got something out of it. We have all been there, when walked into a room hoping to get something out of it, and was lost/disinterested in the first 10 minutes, and I don't want to be that guy.
I know for some, practice schedule may not be the answer considering some have the same 11 on offense and defense, or 11 on offense and a different 11 on defense.
Would like to keep their attention for the whole hour...(wishful thinking) but looking for advice from you guys. Thanks!
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Post by coachgower on Feb 7, 2016 15:53:05 GMT -6
Have been lucky. Twice in my career that my drive has been less than 2 miles. Longest I ever had was 25 miles.
Best story though... Does sleeping at the office count? I don't mean for just one night...meaning that WAS my address for 6 months. I was a 23 year old, single GA at a D2 school in small town America making $500 a month and trying to save up enough to get a campus apartment during the summer. Good thing was I had free unlimited meals in the cafeteria, free grad school (obviously), my own office, my car barely ever moved, but bad news was no room/apt. Luckily HC was good enough to slip me some dollars here and there. (Yep, saved that too) After a semester of living in the office and saving up some money from other odd jobs, I saved up enough to get an apartment for my next 12 months there.
DISCLAIMER: Ok, so I might have not slept at the office EVERY night.... :-)
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