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Post by The Lunch Pail on Apr 5, 2017 9:13:40 GMT -6
www.gobigrecruiting.com/recruiting101/football/positional_guidelines/quarterbackWe're hanging this up in our weight room to remind our players that you don't just wake up one day and realize you're a Division I athlete! If you're a great teammate, great student, and attend all of the weight room sessions you will go as far as your talent will take you! I recommend having any player read this who suffers from "D1 Bound" syndrome.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Mar 21, 2017 4:29:57 GMT -6
What I think is useless is practice where coaches and kids are standing around scratching their balls, no purpose, things not really being accomplished. I'd agree that those practices have no benefit and the argument could be made that they're actually a detriment. That said, this past year we played a team from a ghetto area that has ATHLETES. I knew nothing about them until they walked out onto the field and I thought, "We're about to witness a massacre." They had 28 kids and only one of them was not athletic, although he was 6'6", 340 lb jelly roll. The rest looked like they were straight out of the combine or an Under Armour advertisement. One of the other assistants looked at me and said, "I hope all of our kids went to Mass today." As their backs & receivers warmed up I thought they were going to air attack & hang 100 on us. But once the game started, after 3 plays it was, "This is a joke and a waste of our time." The other team was so poorly coached that they were just awful. Their kids were just terrible. After the game I spoke to their AD who said that the coach had a hard time getting kids to practice every day so they only practice 3 days a week. It's funny because here in MO, we had a team just like that almost overthrow the best program in the state for the state title! It's all about personnel IMO. If you have 3-4 legit D1 guys on your team (like these guys) and you're playing against a bunch of 2A farm kids (like they played against), you're gonna look like a genius every Friday night.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Mar 19, 2017 15:46:19 GMT -6
Not a clinic but we visited Harding University (D2 school in Searcy, AR) this Friday and it was awesome. They let us sit through staff meetings, positional meetings, and watch Spring practice. The coaches were very helpful and knowledgeable about the Flexbone. The literal inventor of the midline had just recently retired from there, and his knowledge clearly rubbed off on them. One of their GA's was a former Navy QB, and he gave us a ton of good stuff for the flex.
For any Flexbone guys in the middle of the country, take the drive down there. It'll be worth it
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Mar 15, 2017 6:41:17 GMT -6
This is the kind of stuff that only happens in Texas 😂
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Mar 7, 2017 6:59:53 GMT -6
Ok, I went back and watched it again and have some times where things are said that are possibly of interest. Now, don't do the sound-bite thing here, you have to listen to this and really get into it. 01:55 - Insurance, liability coverage for football, will be demise of football, not football itself. 03:20 - Being on a playground, as a youth, is as dangerous as playing football. 04:34 - Biggest causes for brain injuries - accidents (cars, snowmobiles, ATV's, vehicles), homicide, suicide. Says that 11 teenagers die every day from texting and driving. 05:30 - Starts talking about concussion and types of damage and such. 12:20 - There is a higher probability of suicide within 9 years once you have a brain injury. As kids stop playing sports the suicide rate is increasing. Would expect that football players would have a higher rate of suicide but they don't, they are fitter, have better social networks, more friends... 14:58 - Increased sports participation decreases suicide risk. 16:37 - The media are reporting/implying that a connection has been directly linked from concussions (football) to dementia (alzheimer's disease). Biggest factor for dementia is sedentary life style which leads to high blood pressure. 17:33 - Football has not been proven to be a risk factor for dementia. 18:30 - Starts the CTE discussion. 20:50 - No clinical description for CTE, it is something that is found under the microscope, you can have CTE and never show any symptoms at all. You cannot be diagnosed with CTE based on your symptoms. 23:48 - CTE is present in normal folks and in dementia patients. Changes in the brain (CTE) does not mean symptoms (dementia) 26:37 - Does football cause dementia? No, it does not by itself. Football is not a causal factor for developing dementia. There is no compelling evidence that football is related to dementia. 28:15 - Why the media obsession with football/concussion/dementia? Scientists have to justify their research (grants) and companies are looking for profit. 40:30 - Starts a discussion on her workplace and the number of football players in high positions, doctors that let their kids play, that kind of thing. Overall - Brain injuries are bad, regardless of how they occur. Football does not have a direct link to causing dementia. Treat the injuries - change tackling, reduce hitting, get the kids out of the game. You the man
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Feb 16, 2017 7:22:34 GMT -6
I have a rule pertaining fans that's stood the test of time. The closer the stands are to the action, the worse the fans act.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Feb 10, 2017 7:41:28 GMT -6
It's the age old question. What do you consider a "good" coach to be? What about a bad coach?
I hear so many coaches called "great" and "awful" because of their W-L record. Kyle Shanahan is (was) considered the best offensive minds in the NFL, but he was ran out of Cleveland. He went from being thought of as a bad coach to a good coach because of one phenomenal season. That's just one example of the wild inconsistency of this train of thought. So I personally don't buy that wins and losses define how good a coach is.
I think good coaches are guys that:
- Put their players in position with sound schemes that they can understand
- Motivate both coaches and players
- Improve their players in some phase of the game
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Feb 5, 2017 8:52:02 GMT -6
Getting guys motivated to play on scout team is the hardest part. A lot of guys don't want to piss off their buddy and you have to drill that out of them. It's a culture that has to be built.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Feb 3, 2017 11:04:32 GMT -6
I have a new one to add on to my list:
7.) Visors who oversell character, integrity, etc. glad that people are teaching values and such but some guys just overdo it. I hate listening to some visor wearing douche show a clip of their Fade RPO and talk about how their left tackle made a "5th level character play".
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Feb 2, 2017 11:58:01 GMT -6
I love this game to death, but a lot of the state of today's game makes me rage. Here's the things that get under my skin the most (in no order):
1.) Offensive playbook critics -- The ones that think everybody needs to run 100 formations, have no identity, and most of all BALANCE your running/passing game. Because if someone puts 8 guys in the box, you can't run the ball. It's impossible. These guys don't know squat about football besides what commentators say on the weekends, but are the first to want to correct someone who's been coaching football for years. They will try to run you out of town if you're different schematically, regardless of any success the offense has.
2.) HSFB becoming a stepping stone -- Coach bdud already touched on this. The sad trend of CFB being nothing more than a stepping stone to the NFL is coming down to HS. Nobody wants to represent their hometown anymore. It's all about dream teams, 7-on-7's and getting noticed. Worst of all though, is some of these kids making "business decisions". It's a disgrace to the other 50 kids on the team who'll never play CFB. I also see too much promotion of the college a kid is committing to during games. Example: a few years ago a RB scored a dramatic TD late in the school's 1st state championship game and his response was pulling up his jersey and showing off his Mississippi State undershirt. Makes me sick.
3.) Kids doing stupid $hit to get pumped up -- I don't mind kids running through a banner or having a simple little pregame routine to get their mind right. When I played, if I didn't listen to exactly 30 songs on my iPod before the game, I wasn't having a good game. But now, it's even worse. I watched ESPN last Sunday morning and they did a 30 for 30 short on a HSFB team in Western PA. Nice little story, but they showed one of the kids running out before the game wearing a Saw mask. Like the scary movie, Saw. I have a pretty open mind, but that's just fricking weird. A couple years ago, some hot-shot DE committed to Auburn insisted that he carry a Chucky doll around wherever he went to show everyone that he's a "killer on the field" or some stupid crap like that. Not to mention that kids HAVE to take 1000 pregame selfies in the locker room now.
4.) When other teams are unsound schematically -- I understand players win games, but I still like a good chess match. There are so many teams now that run every offense and every defense imaginable. These teams are never fun to play, and that's not a compliment. It seriously looks like some of these teams think it's like Madden.
5.) "BLOCK SOMEBODY!!", "WRAP UP!!" -- That's just what players and fans yell. I can't stand coaches yelling that. Wait till he goes to the sideline (or sub him out), and be a COACH. Tell him the specifics of what he did wrong and give him real coaching points on how to improve it.
6.) "_______ doesn't work". No proven scheme just "doesn't work". People who say this are lazy and need to either improve or get out of coaching. The game isn't won on a whiteboard, it's won in the weight room and during indy time when you're drilling fundamentals.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Feb 1, 2017 20:34:37 GMT -6
the biggest thing that bugs me is kids dont care about HS football anymore the game of HS football is ruined here (and probably even worse in Socal) 1. kids arent going where they grew up, they lie and fake address and try to make little super teams 2. kids are more focused on all the outside crap like 7on7 teams and other BS rather than getting better with their teammates It's the sad reality we're approaching. As the years go on, I fear HSFB will be seen as a stepping stone to CFB/NFL rather than the great American tradition it is meant to be. Let's pray that doesn't happen
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 21, 2017 9:05:45 GMT -6
Offensive Line. So much attention to detail goes into that position. It's so important to have a good OL coach.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 20, 2017 20:53:18 GMT -6
We go to a camp every summer. Absolutely love it. Gives players a chance to get to hit someone else, allows them to see "live" action, and gets us some practice with a game-like experience
I remember going to Benedictine College (Atchison KS) when I was a junior in HS. Such a fun time. Beautiful campus, beautiful town, and lots of good football. We were some small hick school from Missouri playing against 3 KS teams. Two were damn good programs and one was a huge school that wasn't very good. I remember having to go against a Nebraska commit in a 1v1 pass rush drill. To give you an image, I was a 5'10 180 lb (on a good day) and this kid was 6'4 280 and could squat 745 pounds. He headslapped me so hard that I fell to the ground.
I love the opportunity to play/coach against someone you have never heard of. It feels kind of nice to go into a game situation without a huge gameplan, scouting cards, etc. and to just line up and play ball. Your few core plays vs. their core plays. Your 11 vs. their 11. It's football at its purest
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 18, 2017 13:54:30 GMT -6
I always thought it was frowned upon for guys to cry At the risk of revealing myself to be the new age, liberal pansy that I am, this is why I would never chastise or demean a player for crying. Crying is healthy. Obviously it has a proper time or place, but it's our job to teach them that. After losing our playoff game the majority of our team cried, even freshmen who were only brought up for a few weeks. That's healthy and natural and I look at it as the sign of a team who cares about each other. Crying because you missed a block and got frustrated I can understand. That's a kid who cares, he just needs to learn to redirect that emotion. Shoot, I broke down and cries in my car after practice when I was 25 because I was so frustrated with being yelled at by my HC. Too much emotion with nowhere to go. Crying from pain is immature but again, I get it. I welled up when having an ingrown toe worked on, no shame there. I dunno. It's obviously not what we want because we would prefer teams of composed kids, but I don't think it's something to squash and destroy. I don't think you're a pansy if you think crying is healthy. I'd also like to say that last sentence you quoted came out wrong. I am a psych major. I completely understand that it's healthy to cry. Bottling up emotions are not healthy or natural for the human body. What I was saying is that some of my kids cry as a go-to reaction to anything that involves releasing emotion. My kids are either laughing or crying. It's odd. My starting center was a mean SOB on the field, but I remember one time he cried because he didn't hear the playcall and got confused. The millennial generation is filled with people who are Type-A personalities. This means that they are driven and competitive while also being impatient and stressed out. Obviously we're all dealing with teenage kids, so they're all stressed out about something. They're constantly insecure, worried about girls, etc. But I think some of our "helicopter" parents like we see so much of today put so much expectations onto these kids when they don't know how to handle them. I understand every now and then why some of these kids need a moment to take a deep breath and calm down for a second. I don't hate kids crying, but I'd just prefer that kids released their emotions in a positive manner, and take all negative emotions out onto the opponent. For some, crying works. One of my best buddies is a LT who would teleport people when he blocked them. It was almost funny what he would do to people on the field. But he was very emotional. If he didn't shed a few tears during the Lord's Prayer, he wasn't having a good game.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 18, 2017 8:11:17 GMT -6
I coached 7-8 grade last year and I never saw so many tears on a field in my life. We saw kids crying from frustration the most (coming to the sideline sobbing because the other guy is holding). I don't want to just say it's a generational thing because I am what you could call a "millennial" and I only cried twice on the field: when I took a facemask to the ribs as a freshman on OSKO by an all-state senior LB, and my last game. I wasn't some tough guy either. I always thought it was frowned upon for guys to cry
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Jan 17, 2017 8:28:33 GMT -6
I'll try to attempt to say what hasn't been said...
1.) Build a good relationship with the seniors. They are the voice of your team. Even if they aren't your future, building a good relationship with them creates positive vibes and envy for some people to want to play all four years. I've seen situations turn sour because the HC couldn't set a positive relationship with his 1st class of seniors.
2.) Recruit every male in the building. Chances are, you don't have great numbers. My senior season of HS, we had won 3 games in two seasons before hiring a coach. I was one of 6 seniors to play for him in his 1st season. Now he's got almost 20, despite having to compete with a perennial soccer program in a school of 500 kids. As the years go by, you may have the luxury of not having to recruit every male. But for now, selling your brand to the school is really important.
3.) Scheme does matter. I'd say about half of the time you walk into a truly AWFUL situation, they were probably running unsound offenses and defenses. Run what you like, fit it to your personnel, and make everything include a rhyme and a reason.
4.) Form a system of discipline and accountability. Start with the senior class. If they start slacking, it carries on. Unexcused absences are a sin. Everyone lifts, everyone practices, everyone watches film. Dress sharp on gameday, don't fool around in class, sit in the front row(s).
5.) Make football fun. This is IMO the hardest part of creating a good culture. You want to have systems of accountability, discipline, etc. but you need to make sure your kids love it too. I get the saying "winning cures all", but that's likely not happening your first two years. You have to balance it out. If you make it too military-like, kids will begin to dislike you and dread coming to practice. If you're too loosely-run, kids will lose focus and start to see you as more of a peer than leader. Of course, do what fits your personality the best, but I prefer to keep things mostly business-like and add in a little bit of fun to lighten the mood.
6.) Create new traditions. Do whatever you can to let everyone know that this is a new era of your program. Get the sour taste of seasons past out of the players mouths. This can be anything from what music you play in the weight room (country music Thursday here) to weekly post-practice meetings with your team that have nothing to do with football (we eat at one of the seniors houses after practice on Thursday nights).
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Dec 23, 2016 8:23:45 GMT -6
jgordon1 I listen to it in my car. Either plug my phone into car speakers with an aux cord or Bluetooth if your vehicle has it. I can usually get through a full episode in a couple rides to & from work. Automobile university. That's fine till you run your cellular data through the wall
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Dec 20, 2016 15:43:56 GMT -6
It is a selfish move. And I think nothing but great things of McCaffrey and Fournette. They're making 20 year old types of decisions. Are you telling me that there is a 20 something college kid who would turn down millions of dollars to play in the Sun Bowl? Of course not. But does that really make it the right choice? Is he aware of the impact that his choices have on the state of NCAA football? He's thinking of what's best for ME right NOW and putting that before the team. The Merriam-Webster definition of "selfish" is "seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others". Doesn't that kind of apply to this situation?
As a fan of CFB, this is disturbing. College football, despite its many flaws and imperfections, still has an authenticity to its name that most major sports lack. Name another league where players DON'T control everything, the regular season actually matters, and players have been dying to wear that name on the front of their jerseys since they could walk. Sounds like HSFB, doesn't it? That's why it is so, for lack of a better term, a "pure" experience. People can relate to the overbearing vibes of team spirit and camaraderie college football gives off.
I'm afraid if we put too much power in the hands of 20 year old kids, it'll turn into College Basketball. It'll be the complete opposite. No team spirit, all business decisions, and all of the major players will be more considerate of their draft status than their team.
And about the bowl games, yes there are too many. But I completely agree with Funkfriss, there is no such thing as a "meaningless game". If there's a team on the other sideline, it's a meaningful game IMO. If we think anything that isn't a championship is a meaningless game, why do the last 3 games matter to a HS team that won't make the playoffs? Should you just accept mediocrity and think "there's always next year"?
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Dec 12, 2016 12:20:32 GMT -6
I like having a grass field a lot, but somebody fricked up the grass on our stadium this summer so now we have a giant stripe in the middle of the field that's completely different grass than the rest of it. The players always complain saying that stripe is almost impossible to plant in, and after watching film, they weren't lying. Turf might be our only option to fix this problem if we can't get the stripe to go away.
Also I'd like to find a new place for the speakers. The speakers aren't on the light poles (in front of the stands) anymore. Those speakers went out about 6 years ago, and we replaced them with new ones placed right on top of the pressbox. So every game, we have to turn everything way down to where we can barely hear music, announcements, or anything on the field. All of these old people come up to the pressbox at around 5:30 every Friday night complaining that the music is too loud. So then matters become worse as our players can barely hear anything and get frustrated.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Dec 6, 2016 7:16:51 GMT -6
They were ranked #1 in the country about 7 weeks into 1990 before they lost 41-38 to Georgia Tech, who went on to share the NC Went on to lose their last 3 games that year and finish 8-4, that's the last time I remember them really being in national contention en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Virginia_Cavaliers_football_teamMost teams don't compete for NCs very often, all the other teams get 85 scholarships too I may be ignorant but didn't they have the Barber twins in 1990?
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Dec 1, 2016 18:45:32 GMT -6
Well, I guess not everybody is fortunate enough to have a 'Life Champion' coach who runs HUNH (sort of) and goes out and pays $1 mil for a DC who gives up OVER A MILE of offense to the worst teams on the schedule while pissing away a Sugar Bowl bid. When 2016 Mizzou puts up 37 points on you you're just bad
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Dec 1, 2016 7:22:51 GMT -6
His, ironically, coming to us from a guy who calls himself "Nike Football." Haha I'm not creative at all, I just gave myself that name because I wore Nike when I registered on Huey and I like football.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 30, 2016 22:31:24 GMT -6
Oregon is the most HUNH there is and they just told their coach DEUCES This is true but I read an article from footballscoop.com saying that they're strictly looking for young spread coaches with a hurry up offense (plus Jim McElwain). I get that that's Oregon's identity, but shite man. Just hire the best coach available regardless of his offense
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 30, 2016 20:05:26 GMT -6
Orgeron and LSU is a special case.
But if he doesn't spice up the offense him being a Loosiana boy won't buy him a lot of time.
He better hire some visor-genius to come in and run RPOs and stuff or they'll dump him within 2 years. A lot of the power brokers behind the scenes there were very upset they didn't get Tom Herman. I know you didn't do it, but I don't group Herman in with the visor-wearing douches. Herman seems like he knows a lot about motivation and relationships with players. I've never seen a team play harder for a coach than what I've seen his guys do (excluding SMU, Navy, and Memphis games).
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 30, 2016 11:40:40 GMT -6
You make some good points. This is the reality of the situation, the way of the world these days. ADs have to pay for those new Volleyball unis and Field Hockey sticks, which mean they have to put fannies in the Football stadium seats which means not only winning but doing it in an "entertaining" (read: show them the ball by throwing it) fashion. "Fans" would rather see a long incompletion than a well-executed option play that gains six yards. And it's not going to change. It's sad. So many would prefer to get their faces melted off than to have a coach who runs an organized program and teaches his kids integrity and molds them into great young men.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 30, 2016 11:26:24 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.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 27, 2016 17:47:25 GMT -6
There's an endless amount of free material on the internet for you to look at. Joe Daniel football has a great podcast that you can listen to in your free time. Brophy has a fantastic blog. Thomas MacPherson has some good stuff on his YouTube channel.
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 23, 2016 20:43:09 GMT -6
To add on, I think the best coaches set the best examples for their players. They do every little thing right. Simply doing things such as having a clean office, dressing well, not cursing, being in respectable shape, and having a consistent regimen strikes a subliminal message to the players on the team. I've always believed that a coach is just as much the face of the team as the mascot is. The most important aspect of leadership is being a guy who represents the team with class and character
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 14, 2016 18:32:42 GMT -6
Not to generalize, but a lot of great players don't make great coaches IMO. In my experience, lots of them are slightly unwilling to listen, don't understand that most kids didn't have the talent level they had, and don't have that drive to grind and really get after it like we do in the offseason. Now obviously, these guys aren't always bad. I find a lot of former stud athletes to be guys kids listen to. Their presence grabs the attention of players and they'll listen to him. I think guys like myself who were average players and never got to play past HS have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder, and more of a sixth sense on what kid can and can't do. Work ethic is usually naturally better in average former players because they're used to having to rely on it to play. i like to think that as well. as a former second stringer who had to scrap and fight for every down of playing time. the coaching grind has always felt natural. but i cant generalize because like i said, ive only worked with one former NFL guy. I've never worked with an NFL guy, but plenty of collegiate guys. Some of them look down on anyone who wasn't a star and assume that they have a naturally superior coaching ability and is pisses me the frick off. First step to being a good coach is to forget who you were as a player
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Post by The Lunch Pail on Nov 14, 2016 17:14:10 GMT -6
Not to generalize, but a lot of great players don't make great coaches IMO. In my experience, lots of them are slightly unwilling to listen, don't understand that most kids didn't have the talent level they had, and don't have that drive to grind and really get after it like we do in the offseason. Now obviously, these guys aren't always bad. I find a lot of former stud athletes to be guys kids listen to. Their presence grabs the attention of players and they'll listen to him.
I think guys like myself who were average players and never got to play past HS have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder, and more of a sixth sense on what kid can and can't do. Work ethic is usually naturally better in average former players because they're used to having to rely on it to play.
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