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Post by Coach Klemme on Nov 30, 2007 8:26:16 GMT -6
Being fairly green to different offenses and how people are using them, I had a tough time answering my headers question about what kind of offense we should move to next season. We have a QB that is immature, but no one to push him. We were a pro I team this season mostly, but we will not have a true I back type coming back. We will have several smaller quick, but not bruners, athletic backs. A decent line with some good interroior linemen. Unsure on the TE yet. He's a D1 basketball recruit adn after going 0-9 this year he may focus on b-ball. There has been some discussion of a version of the wing-t. but does that lock you in? being a large school and studnents come and go, if we were to get an athletic RB or QB do you scrap the plan to do whats best for the kids that you have? I felt bad that I couldn't directly answer his question on what to do. Our D should be fairly solid vs the run and pass next year too. Any suggestions on what type of plan fits these type of kids?
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Post by Coach Klemme on Oct 31, 2007 21:23:42 GMT -6
I missed my first game this year. My father had a stroke and was scared. I went to be with him. He was cranky that I skipped to come be with him (he was a coach before he lost his eye sight). Family is more important. He's the first one I call after my games. I have only missed one practice in all my life and that was the second practice of my freshmen year in HS 2-a-days. I had to give a speech to a group that sponsored me for a trip. I think kids who make it everyday for practice are becoming a rare breed. The ones who are there no matter what really make differences.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Oct 11, 2007 7:21:57 GMT -6
Do you have a JV program? Are the parents knowledgable in the sport of football adn what it takes to earn a scholarship at any level? We had a kid this season who thought he was better than our best DE. He said he was "unstoppable" at the JV level, but while going against our varsity he disappeared. He quit and we have moved on. If the parents think he can just start to play and earn a scholarship in 2 years that is laughable. Stick you your guns. I tell the my athletes (freshmen) that I can't play them unless they know what is going on. I won't put them in a situation where they can get hurt or if they mess up get someone else hurt because they don't know whats going on.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Sept 17, 2006 19:01:31 GMT -6
Our school got one of those hard drive cams by JVC. It shoots good game footage and then everytime you hit pause it creates a file for that play. When you hook it up to your computer then you can watch every single play or place them together in a film. It will be nice to group the O, D, and ST into different files for scouting and other purposes. Plus it will then be able to be burned to DVD and take up a lot less space than VCR tapes. You may even get 2-3 games on a DVD. We are still toying with this concept but it has been nice so far.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 1, 2008 16:18:46 GMT -6
I only got to see Pete in the later parts of his carreer as the player/manager. But as I saw clips of how he played the game, you cant question hpw hard he played. What he did as a manager is shameful, but as a player you know what you were going to get everyday.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Oct 31, 2006 21:43:46 GMT -6
What is a good program to use to put game film onto DVD? I have the windows movie maker and the software that came w/ the hard drive cam but it looks as if it makes those files very large and not able to fit on a DVD. What do your schools do to create these?
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Post by Coach Klemme on Sept 18, 2006 17:56:47 GMT -6
This is some good stuff I'm hearing. One thing that I did not mention is that this team is pretty close. They/we do a lot of things together when not on the field. Lifting, fundrasing, and the group likes to spend time with one another. I don't want to make it sound like they don't care because the ones who have invested the most time do, but it's almost like they're afraid to say "I'm going to kick your a$$ if you cross this line and there isn't anything you can do about it." Keep the great comments coming. Thanks
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Post by Coach Klemme on Sept 16, 2006 18:53:21 GMT -6
I am on a great staff and the coaches here put a lot into building relationships with the players. We do a very good job on coaching up the kids on what they need to do on a Friday night. This season has been rough for our team (0-3 start) and attitudes are starting to show. The problem that we have is that the athletes on our team, very few know how to be competative. We have a select few that get "it" and bust tail on every play. Should that rub off on the others? What can I (we) do to make kids more competative? We have done the drills like Oklahoma and Bull in the Ring but they are competative for that moment and then its over. Any thoughts/comments are welcome.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Feb 29, 2008 8:15:17 GMT -6
One of the main benefits of grading all positions is your coaches really watch the game film in fine detail. If your not grading each play, its easy to just skim over a play here or there, just see the big corrections and neglect the little things. When your grading your positions on each play, you really get a good picture of what you need to improve on. That is kind of what I need to hear. The person I could be replacing is a "skimmer" and I don't feel he looked at the little things very closely. He is a decent coach and has a great rapport with the kids, but his attention to detail was not always there. Seems weird cause hes a wrestling coach too and they're all about not taking shortcuts.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Feb 26, 2008 20:01:36 GMT -6
I may have the oppertunity to move up in our program to be the d-line coach. I have never actually graded the kids before, so I was wondering how some of you d coaches grade your linemen. We run a 4-3, 4-4, and some 3-5. Any help would be great.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Sept 16, 2006 19:03:19 GMT -6
I am a freshmen coach in the Twin Cities. I also work with the varsity o-line. Freshmen we run the spread out of shot gun and will go to pro or power I if needed. D- we'll run a 4-3 most of the time. I've coached 8 years between the HS and MS levels. I played a bit in college til the knees went out like the run and shoot. In HS, my coach used lots of motion to manipulate teams. I was an OT and he'd put me in motion. Nothing like a big man in motion. I want to see what other people are doing and thinking. I want to get better in many areas, o and d.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 3, 2008 18:15:11 GMT -6
Is it ever too late to get into college coaching? What does one have to do to move from the HS level to the college level?
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 3, 2008 17:38:02 GMT -6
I loved talking X's and O's with my head coach during study hall in high school. I went on to play one year at a DII school and I made some bad decisions, one being quiting football. I was immature and angry so I stayed away from the sport for about 2 years. Then I took a summer job umpiring and coaching flag football. I fell in love with it again because to see these 10 year old boys want to learn how to play the game, it reminded me how I felt playing the game. I helped out with a HS program my sr year in college which was fun. They were making the change from the T (which they ran for over 30 years) to some one back spread. I learned a lot from that coach. When I moved up to the Twin Cities, I was lucky enough to get on the middle school staff. After 4 years of that I was promoted to the HS working with both O and D line and being the O cord for the freshmen team. NOw it looks like I have an oppertunity to become the varstiy d-line coach if situations occur. I have learned more these last few years from some very wise individuals. They have taken me under their wing and helped me grow as a coach, teacher, and as an individual. The game has taught me to be humble. Learn from your mistakes. Absorb everything you can, but don't hesitate to ask questions. This is a wonderful sport.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Oct 29, 2007 18:28:32 GMT -6
I was listening to a QB that graduated from our HS and is now a QB in the big 10, he was on campus all summer working out and learning the system and he learned very quick what happens to those guys. As soon as they sign on the dotted line, the school can do with them whatever they want. Some guys were complaining about running and lifting. So the coaches made them come in 3 times a day starting at 5 am. They worked their asses off. Needless to say after those young men realized that they were not the big fish anymore, they toned down the attitude.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Jan 28, 2008 16:07:17 GMT -6
Our PA is a tool. The players rotate who makes the warm up cd for our home games (the songs have to be clean and heard by one of the coaches to make sure) He'll play one or two of those and then Go to his own style of music. Beach Boys, Jan and Dean etc. I don't know about you but it seems a bit hard to get pumped up to Little Duce Coup and the Bird is the Word every week.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 19, 2008 11:00:08 GMT -6
after the events of the past few days I would like to retract my previous posts, that is a total failure. We are going to try to get better results by beating the kids in the head with the books. The beatings will continue until morale improves. Nice
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 19, 2008 11:17:28 GMT -6
Get a gas can and use some metalic spray paint to make it gold/bronze or whatever. The "Fire Starter Trophy" can light a fire under those who want to keep it or light a fire for those who want to earn it.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Feb 4, 2007 12:33:42 GMT -6
Can anyone refresh me on what style Erickson is going to be running at ASU on o and d? I did not see anything he did last season and I am wondering what he's going to be doing. Thanks.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Oct 1, 2006 17:30:32 GMT -6
I know that from my playing days after a win or loss the varsity players wold sleep and if they were interupted by someone jacking around things were delt with in the team. As a coach now I think that the younger players learn how to act from the older players. I have 3 freshmen who suit up for the varsity and they try to emulate what they do for the freshmen games. They get the people to shut up on the bus ride there and keep things calm on the way home. From what I've seen in my few years coaching is that the players who card do reflect on how things went, good or bad and the players get more relaxed on the way home. It is good for them to discuss amoungst themselves what they experienced but do it in a way that it wont offend others who need more time to reflect.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Nov 6, 2006 22:19:47 GMT -6
I saw something along these lines a few weeks ago in the first round of playoffs here in MN. A 6 seed playing a 3 seed and the 6's RB rushed for 330+ against them. The 3's coach made it obvious that they did not like the QB of the 6 and did everything they could to get him out of the game. Late hits and working the offical on that sideline. Well the QB got thrown out in the 3rd quarter for clapping while the RB popped a 85 yard TD run. The coaches (who had foul mouths anyway because we could hear them dropping f-bombs across the field) told the ref that the AB swore at them and they booted him. The 6 still won and lost the next week but they couldn't play with the QB by the state rules. What was funny though... when they showed the run on the news...you saw the QB clapping his hands running down the field not even close to thier bench. Their coaching staff was eyeing us down after the game and were chirping. The coach at the 3 has done some good things for the program and they had a winning season for the first time in a long time, but what did he show his players that day. Classless and sad.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 4, 2008 20:23:24 GMT -6
Some people here in the Twin Cities threw this idea around when the gophers were looking for a new header. The threw a local HS coaches name into the mix. The even threw his name into the mix when the Vikings were looking for a coach. Its one thing when you are pulling good kids from some local communities to make a good HS football team, but I think it would be tougher when you are recruiting from the whole USA for college.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Aug 27, 2007 19:58:47 GMT -6
The form of the game as we play it is there are 2 teams. You have to advance the ball by passing it or tossing it between a team mate while running down the field. If a pass or toss is incomplete or knocked down it's the other teams ball. If you get 2 balls going at a time the team gets a good workout. We played it on a 60 yard field.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Jan 15, 2008 14:43:45 GMT -6
Our head coaches go to the middle schools and gets every player a football t-shirt to wear and he goes over the expectations of what it takes to be a part of our program. One day during the season as 8th graders they come to a varsity practice and go through some of the drills with the varsity teams. At the end of their 8th grade year the head coaches go to the middle schools again adn discusses with them what they can do over the summer to get ready for the next season (summer lifting, camps, throwing sessions, Sunday night camps, etc.) The new freshmen then get their equiptment after the 1st varsity practice and begin the 2nd day of 2 a days. They have senior line leaders that take them through all the conditioning/tackling stations. They need to be able to sing the school song by the end of camp and they are active in all our fundrasing. At the end of the freshmen season the coaches take the 5-8 top players and they run scout team during the playoffs with the sophs and JV.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Aug 27, 2007 13:57:04 GMT -6
All this is great stuff. The reason the dad was close to the sideline is because there were 4 scrimidges going on over our practice fields. we don't have stands for the freshmen/jv field, just a hill. We'll see how things go this week at our first home game. Thanks coaches.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Aug 26, 2007 20:04:00 GMT -6
We had our first scrimidge on Sat. and my 1's and 2's played pretty well which is better than I thought they would do. Anywho, at several times through the scrimidge I had 2 different fathers come up to me and ask what there sons are doing wrong because they were not out there more then others. One play with the 3's in was a big gain for the opponents offense and you could hear him on the sideline putting down others. I commented twards the team on what one could do to prevent that and that is how they learn, by making mistakes. The father then said that if the ones are in they don't make mistakes and you win. His son made several mistakes that day but the father puts blame on other kids or us coaches. His younger son even chirped at me. Both fathers were acting like this was inner city youth football and were talking smack to the other players if they came around. It was a real headache. ONe kid is very fast (anchor of 4x100 varsity as 8th grader) but has trouble w/ the whole left and right concept. The other one is smaller and has average skills. I have discussed this with the 2 other coaches and then we talked with the Head Varstiy coaches as well to give them a heads up. I don't want this to be a worry on me all season. One father is prone to play the race card as well which makes it a bit more touchy. What does a coach need to do, because I want to put all my efforts into the kids so we can be successful. If I have to babysit and be on the phone wiht the AD at everygame it could easily be a nightmare this season.
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Post by Coach Klemme on Feb 6, 2008 14:35:07 GMT -6
I have never seen this one, but John Gaglerardi (sp) at St. Johns in MN gives the same speech at every event he does. The coaches I work with say go to him once and listen to his stories, but any time after that you will always get the same thing.
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