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Post by RunThePistol on Dec 6, 2019 10:20:47 GMT -6
Just wondering what you say to your kids who did not get to play in a game that was decided early. Why are they coming to practice if you're not even going to let them in a game that's already been decided? How are you going to tell them you care about them when they can't even get into those games? We played a 6a team out of Mississippi this year, we're 4a in Tennessee and their HC was nice enough to allow us running clock in the 3rd quarter(There is no mercy clock in MS). We put our 2s in for a while and so did the team from MS, however their 2s were so much better than ours we had to leave our 1s in in order to prevent injuries. We didn't have any hate towards them, our pride was hurt but we learned from that game and ripped off 11 wins a row before losing in the semis. To answer your question we still had some kids that never stepped on the field but we did it in order to protect them. That's the only time all year in blow out games that some kids didn't play.
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 21, 2019 8:45:13 GMT -6
What were the unsportsmanlike penalties? WE had several of those as well but it was from players removing helmet while on the field of play. I asked one of them if they knew removing helmets on the field was illegal, and he told me straight up "You can't take your helmet off?" So that type of penalty is different than a late hit, roughing the passer etc.
Last season the way we addressed those issues were breaking the rule down to an elementary level. For example a facemask, we broke down what a facemask was and asked the team how do we prevent that from happening? They all responded by grabbing his body and not his facemask. Not the eloquent answer of "square him and drive through his body" but it served the purpose ya know.
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 4, 2019 13:29:07 GMT -6
Cancer is cancer... cut it out.
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 4, 2019 13:05:23 GMT -6
The best and most preferred method is to contact the high school relations coach. If there is not a high school relations coach then contact the secretary at the desired University and they should get you in contact with the appropriate person to schedule for a visit. Contacting coaches will result in no response due to the fact that they do not make that decision.
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 4, 2019 10:17:13 GMT -6
This year has been pretty rough for us. Lost 1 player who is committed to Tennessee, and lost another player who is a junior who has offers from 10 D1 FBS programs both to ACL tears.
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 15, 2019 8:24:28 GMT -6
I am one of those that need to find a new profession as well. On the flip side of that the team I played in high school for, we together only lost 1 homecoming in four years. As a coach with 12 years of experience(volunteering, student assistant at the university I attended, and high school coach) I've been fortunate to only lose 1 homecoming game. I am extremely proud of that fact as well. My philosophy F*&$ Homecoming.
As far as the work load, most of us know what we are signing up for in advance. I've been on staffs where we stay after games to watch the film on Friday nights, be up at the field house at 8 am on Saturday and stay until 1, then come in on Sundays from 1 until whenever we felt good about our game plan. I have found that the true "100% full football, all the time" are rare breeds.
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Post by RunThePistol on May 21, 2019 8:43:06 GMT -6
12%-15% program wide. It stay pretty proportional across all classifications. His reason for this served two major purposes: 1) If you have that amount then you should in theory have enough numbers for the football team to be pretty equal in regards to depth to other region/district opponents. 2) If you have that amount of male athletes in your school playing football, and you can create a culture of disciplined young men then your school as a whole "Should" be more well behaved across the borders.
Now there is no numbers to back this up and support his claim, BUT in theory it should work.
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Post by RunThePistol on May 21, 2019 5:30:55 GMT -6
A multi-state championship coach once told me "A good goal is to have 12%-15% of your male student body to play football." Give me all the kids that can physically play, and then they will either remove themsevles or you will remove them. Numbers has to be the main priority.
I currently coach at a 5A school in Tennessee, and last season we dressed out 52 players all season, which means we had 11% of the male student population. All of the teams we played against except 1 had 70+ players. Their talent pool was much larger, and the depth they had during the game played a large role.
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Post by RunThePistol on May 3, 2019 10:31:14 GMT -6
I have coached WRs for the first 4 years of my career, and I love Drill/Indy time and I need every little second of it. During indy time I try to work all of my blocking progressions, I try to work at minimum 3 footwork drills, 3 route running technique drills, and at least 4 ball skill drills. Do I get through all of them no, but I've alwys been told its better to have too much to work than not enough.
Last season I coached RBs and only had 3 so yes last season got a little excessive/mundane... this season I will still have 3 RBs but I will certainly have more "Game" simulating drills.
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Post by RunThePistol on Apr 30, 2019 8:54:28 GMT -6
I realize that the vast majority of us coaches, get into this profession to help develop young men, not just develop athletes, but develop young men into future leaders,husbands, and fathers.... but good lord I want at least 1 ring lol
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Post by RunThePistol on Apr 11, 2019 6:40:39 GMT -6
I'm in Chattanooga not too bad of a drive
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Post by RunThePistol on Apr 11, 2019 6:33:50 GMT -6
Just curious does anyone have experience with Gamestrat? Came across their product this morning and it looks promising.... any insight is appreciated.
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Post by RunThePistol on Apr 11, 2019 6:32:33 GMT -6
Where did yours take place in the SE?
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Post by RunThePistol on Apr 8, 2019 5:36:44 GMT -6
I volunteer to host this shindig at my place... Now it is a 2 bedroom apartment so it might get a little cramped, and I can test out my Beer Brewing abilities!
All kidding aside this would be a helluva clinic!
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Post by RunThePistol on Feb 28, 2019 9:41:12 GMT -6
I'll be there
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Post by RunThePistol on Feb 20, 2019 8:34:38 GMT -6
I drive 30-35 minutes everyday as an assistant coach. In school is easy because I'm in building. I leave my house every morning at 5:30 school starts at 7:15, we have morning workouts that I lead start at 6:30. In the summer we start at 8 am, so I leave my house at 7 am so I can be there to get the food setup for our players. I am a morning person though, and to be honest every job I've ever had required at least a 30 minute commute.
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Post by RunThePistol on Jan 10, 2019 11:51:46 GMT -6
I havent been to AFCA in a few years, but my first trip was in 2012, and I drastically misused my "Networking" time while there. I went again in 2014 and made a munch better use of my "networking." THe guys I met at the time were mostly GA's and I would text them time to time if they had a big game coming up and just wish them luck. Some of those connections were very fruitful, I get almost any film I want, I get invited to staff meetings during spring, and still talk to them.
Some of the connections were far less advantageous, and just a total waste of time.
After going to clinics/conventions you have to put a little effort into maintaining those connections, whether that be texting them occasionally, giving them a phone call every now and again, and every now and again they might ask for your help.
It all just depends on what you want out of the relationship, most are really helpful when it comes to film. Now if you want to attain a job out of the connection you better be knowledgeable becuase then you have to impress the head man. Sorry for the lengthy post, but I hope it was insightful.
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Post by RunThePistol on Dec 7, 2018 11:06:41 GMT -6
Newhope: The answer to that question is our athletes were better than the opposing teams. This season was an anomaly. We have good kids that work hard, but in order to have long term success within this program small changes or tweak should be made. I should say that the 5 coaches on staff here are all VERY good coaches, between the 5 of us there are 3 state championship winners, 7 total state championship appearances.
So I am trying to learn some ways to help a team handle some success, encourage discipline, and it never hurts to ask for help from others who possibly could have some insight.
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Post by RunThePistol on Dec 7, 2018 8:40:28 GMT -6
I have just completed my first season in a new school. We had success, won the region for the 1st time in 22 years, hosted a 1st round playoff game in just as many, and made it to the 2nd round for the first time in over a decade.
Some observations I have made after the season: Head Coach is far too hands off, the overall team discipline is doo doo, the ability to handle success from individual and team standpoint is awful, off season training program is developmentally flawed, and kids are not as mentally tough as needed.
SO what are training/practice drills or ideas you have in order to encourage mental toughness?
What are program ideas you have that encourage discipline? How do you encourage a HC to be more hands on in program structure?
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 9, 2018 8:33:28 GMT -6
That's exactly what he means... I worked with an OL coach who kept saying "We need to run this" and I would respond with "That's what we call Washington/Redskins"... His response "Oh, well we need to run that." But he was a hell of a recruiter... somehow he would get guys that should have gone bigger than us to commit to us.
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 9, 2018 6:26:42 GMT -6
I was at an FCS level school, in the middle of BFE... our recruiting area was a 6 hour radius of the school which included cities like St. Louis, Nashville, Starkville, Louisville, Atlanta, etc. just to give you an idea of places we would canvas on recruiting trips.
I was able to get quality players in, and yes I missed a few guys we should have got, but I never pulled anything like the aforementioned story. I would fudge the truth a little to get their attention, but I tried to be as honest as I possibly could with the kids. Hell I offered on kid the same day as an SEC school offered him, and I told him go ball out there, and wished him the best of luck.
The pressure to succeed and win the recruiting battles is a real mother F*$r though, and it can drive a man to do questionable things in a hurry.
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Post by RunThePistol on Nov 8, 2018 11:37:15 GMT -6
Just as Aceback76 said, recruiting is almost more vital than your coaching ability. I can't speak for a full time coach because I served as a GA, but the hours are much different than coaching the high school level, so is the amount of job security.
The hours you will work for most places: 6 am- 6 pm, that includes staff meetings, position meetings, practices, workouts, and other daily tasks. The hours will fluctuate a little during season and out of season of course, becuase you better put however much time in it takes to get the job done.
The off-season is the part that sucks the most, because you will be there from 6 am- 6 pm most nights, plus you have recruiting things to get done (watching film, talking to the recruits, talking to area coaches about recruits, etc.) During this time you also do your final self scouting procedures, you do self-study to see what new schemes/fix current schemes. You also have to do class checks to make sure the players are attending class, you will probably have study hall 1 or 2 nights a week all year long.
As far as the player go, there's not much different between college kids attitude versus high school players attitude. The biggest difference is you get to pick who you want, and then once the player is in they realize this is A JOB that pays for their school, their FOOD, and their BOARD, and if they want to keep all of those things then they better compete for their job every day in every aspect of life.
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 29, 2018 5:53:34 GMT -6
Nothing is more fun to watch than a group of young men playing for each other, that is a win in the column titled "Life". Sorry for the rough season coach, but it sounds like yall have some great days ahead of you!
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 25, 2018 8:45:44 GMT -6
From the viewpoint of losing a player, not fun, in that aspect you are correct. From the viewpoint of moving the puzzle pieces around and discovering which ones give you the best opportunity for success, that is the fun part. As coaches we talk to players about "responding to adversity," well name a better time to practice what we preach.
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 25, 2018 7:37:34 GMT -6
Injuries truly suck, but they are fun, you get a real sense of what kind of coaches you have.
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 24, 2018 10:41:59 GMT -6
We are doing the same thing, we used to run RPOs on everything, we're still running the RPOs but it is truly 100% window dressing. We will tell him to give, pull, or throw the RPO. We've been up tempo/ no huddle; and now we are huddling up... which i prefer to do anyhow. It will be a drastically different offense this friday night for a chance to win the region.
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 24, 2018 8:01:01 GMT -6
Are we at the same school? Sounds damn near identical
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Post by RunThePistol on Oct 23, 2018 10:38:13 GMT -6
Don't feel too bad coach, last friday night in week 8 of the season we lost our Starting QB on the 8th offensive snap, and in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd quarter we lost our 2nd string qb... both are done for the season no chance of coming back. So now we limp into the playoffs with a kid who hasn't played a down of QB at the high school level... Zone Read is our offense now lol
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Post by RunThePistol on Mar 9, 2018 17:15:10 GMT -6
Look into PJ Fleck... He has a billion acronym's the he uses in his program. One example: F.A.M.I.L.Y. = Forget About Me I Love You
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Post by RunThePistol on Mar 6, 2018 13:39:02 GMT -6
I asked my guys(Wide Receiver Corp) and they unanimously voted me as SFX and demonstrator lol
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