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Post by 50slantstrong on Oct 13, 2018 21:23:57 GMT -6
Won 13-0 in a game called at halftime because of lightning.
We could have won by a lot more but our backs don’t hit the hole. We’re running sweep and power and instead of riding the down block and going inside the kick out, our backs just want to get to the sideline and make highlight runs. If they couldn’t outrun the team we played last night, they probably can’t outrun any defense in California. I’m going to their drills first thing on Monday and letting them know they’re getting pulled next Friday if they don’t get down hill when there’s a hole. Head coach stuff you know? I’m sure there will be parent backlash but I’m willing to tell my AD to kiss my ass at this point.
The school we played is really down on their luck. They haven’t had a winning season since the 90s. Bunch of new schools got built around them and they don’t have a coach who’s in bed with 7-7 coaches and training gurus. Predictably, they’re 0-8 now. Typical Southern California.
Maybe you guys have had the same experience. I felt the refs just wound the clock and didn’t respect either staff simply because neither team was very good. Literally every time the ball went out of bounds they’d wind the clock trying to get the game done and over with ASAP. Several simple penalties they called they’d give me some middle school explaination of, as though I didn’t know we couldn’t have 5 guys in the back field or rolling starts weren’t legal. I never even tried to argue their calls either; it felt very condescending. When I was an assistant we had the same crew in a game in which both teams were ranked in the top 50 in the state. No mishandling of the clock or stopping the game to tell the coach basic rules.
Maybe my brain is just consumed with negativity, but I felt my AD said something again this week that confirms my desire to resign. He mentioned something about my OL coach coaching during the summer before he got board approved and finger printed and how I wasn’t supposed to allow him to be out there. I pointed out that board meetings are only once a month and he’s a middle school campus aide so he obviously doesn’t have a record. No harm no foul. He pointed out it’s district policy and if anybody in the district found out, he’d catch heat and not me. Translation, “I don’t want my job to be hard”. Same guy who told me it’s my job to “keep everybody happy” and that the last coach (who won 11 games in 4 years) did a “fantastic” job and I should model my program based off of him. You make admin pay dude, just try to earn some of it please....
3-5, 1-2 now. Next week we’re playing the defending league champs. They’re down a little but still pretty good. Should be an interesting week.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Oct 7, 2018 13:30:09 GMT -6
Got rolled pretty good. 42-7 to the team that’s going to win our league. We did a few good things well defensively. We fit the power, iso and buck sweep well at times but too many breakdowns in which 10 guys did their job, 1 guy didn’t and then their D1 back was off to the races. He had about 275 yards but I’d say 150 of them were on about 5-6 carries. Not trying to rationalize or say we played well but there were a dozen or so times we looked like a real team the way we played power (which they called about 25 times).
Our right tackle got ejected. Dad and him made every excuse to get out of weight lifting and practice all spring and summer but are now acting like this is meaningful. He couldn’t block to save his life on Friday. Talk about reaping what you sow. Out of frustration he ended up throwing a punch, taking his helmet off and challenging a guy to a fight after a play. Easy call for the ref. He’s done for the next game as well, per CIF rules. Dad asked and I told him I wasn’t going to appeal and he said “you’re going to regret it”. Whatever just take your kid out of the program and give me one less headache please.
Our senior QB is a poon and if we had anybody else who could even take a snap, he’d be starting. Refuses to stand tall and take a hit, even though there are guys wide open. They were sitting in cover 1 and didn’t switch on crossing routes and their corners are PI machines on deep balls. They’re a good team but it’ll be the reason they lose in the playoffs. All our QB had to do was drop three steps and fire and take a hit. If he delivered the ball it was a catch or PI. But as soon as he thought he was going to get hit he’d tuck it and run for no gain. Literally about 12 times. We had a pretty athletic sophomore QB but he got two serious concussions in the first 4 JV games. Parents said they don’t want him playing until next season. Don’t know how much I blame them. I tended to him after that second concussion and he was three sheets to the wind.
It’s just hard to watch the film at this point. Our seniors are reaping what they sowed (see above) and our underclassmen are painfully inconsistent. 2 really good things, 3 ridiculously bad things.
2-5, 0-2. 3 games left. Two winnable wins and one tough one. We have to win all three to get in.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 29, 2018 17:18:00 GMT -6
Lost a game we were winning at the half. 2-4 now and we need to go 3-1 to make the playoffs. Started 9 underclassmen on D and 8 on O.
It’s amazing how vulnerable to criticism these kids are. I’ve made a commitment not to criticize my predecessor but it’s obvious he never really coached the kids hard. We have a talented junior but he is a head case extraordinare. We played a veer option team and he was the pitch man. When he did his job he’d make the tackle for a short gain and when he got sucked in and went after the QB it turned into a huge gain. Literally no change in coverage or responsibility. He was the pitch man when they were in flex bone, which they were 95% of their snaps. He’s talented enough to make that open field tackle almost every time. But the freaking kid refused to believe his reads or do his job. Just him and him alone must have given up 150 yards rushing in the first half. And it wasn’t even an issue of him not understanding the reads. It was him demonstrating a poor attitude and not even trying to honor his coaching during the practice week. We literally have nobody else who could do it. Somehow we were up.
I tore into him at halftime. “Don’t pout. There’s 10 guys out there doing their jobs. You’re the odd man out.” Then he rolled his eyes and I snapped back “take a seat if you can’t handle being coached. I’m not your babysitter”. We played a freshman at his position the second half. Johnny Mental Midget literally sat on the bench with his arms crossed the entire second half. I was going to talk to him after and try to build him back up but he literally b-lined straight for the door after I talked to the team. Literally the first guy out of the door between about 50 players, half a dozen trainers, coaches, pastor, etc
We had our chances but we just don’t have the lead in the pencil. We’re talented enough to hang with teams like this and beat them. It’s just 4 years of weight room and good practice culture away from happening. It would also help if our AD didn’t try telling me whom I can and can’t start. I’m sure I’ll hear something from him because some of his guys didn’t play.
Of course I got a text from a parent (of a different kid) about 11:00 PM telling me the kid who took himself out is really upset, I did him dirty, I don’t know what he’s been through, wah wah wah. I was about 3 Coors Banquets in at that point but still sober enough to not respond and just turn my phone off. It never ceases to blow my mind how much this generation of parents baby their kids. You would think I was coaching a middle school volleyball team the way some respond to assertive coaching. I benched a kid who wasnt trying and rolled his eyes at me when it was pointed it out. There was a point and time when a kid who did that was lucky only to get benched.
Positive note: I ran down to the school early this morning to get my backpack and I ran into a freshman parent (who has another kid at the school who was practicing for band) and he basically told me he feels bad because these parents and older kids are being “professional malcontents” and said they couldn’t pay him enough to do my job. He gave me the rundown on what parents are saying in the stands. Fabricated ideas about me not being fair, playing kids at the wrong position, and not knowing anything about the game. It really helps me out in my opinion if a parent can be honest with me about that and understands how difficult the job really is. At least one parent gets it. LOL.
Next week we play the school’s oldest rival who’s 5-1 and averaging over 200 on the ground a game. Their HC and I go back. Once upon a time him and I sat in my parents’ garage watching film, chewing Grizzly and drinking Coors Light until the sun came up. Young, dumb position coaches thinking we knew more than everybody else. Probably going to ask what my role would be if I were on his staff. Could you blame me?
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 28, 2018 13:05:06 GMT -6
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I've never not coached a lower level team in which everyone HAD to play, not by coach program policy, but because we wouldn't be able to field a team if we didn't...
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 20, 2018 23:06:52 GMT -6
I’m about 90% decided I’m going to resign at season’s end.
A group of seniors went to admin and told them they didn’t like the way I ran the program and said they’re considering quitting. Admin deflected it to the AD who sat down today with me at lunch and told me I can’t let these seniors quit because there are only five weeks left, and there are multi-year lettermen who deserve better and he doesn’t want to go through the embarrassment of starting all underclassmen for the rest of the season. In reality only one senior has contributed, and the rest are JV caliber at best. Not to mention entitled narcissists.
Here’s how I know my AD is a soyboy. We can still make the playoffs. It’s a long shot given the competition but I’m not looking at it from the perspective of “there are only five weeks left”. If we can pull off three wins somehow we’re in for the first time in school history. I shared this sentiment with him and he told me that it looks bad on the program when we can’t field a JV, the past coach never had these problems, so many seniors are complaining and blah blah blah. Like f? WTF did you hire me for? To coach or to babysit?
It was also brought to my attention the things the seniors shared. A lot of it was the more abrasive style of coaching they’re not used to, and I told the AD if that’s the case if the shoe fits I’ll wear it. But what I felt was worrisome were the false allegations about saying things like “quit your job”, “you suck you should quit”, “f homework”, “f your family vacation” and telling other players I said so and so was a shitbird behind his back. None of that is true. And im planning on meeting with my principal and telling her that if we’re going to cater to the kids who make this stuff up without fact checking them, there’s no stopping any of them from making up more heinous allegations. And I’m going to mention the idea of resigning if I have to walk on eggshells to make a vocal minority of liars happy and it’s a joke considering 8 months ago I sat in her office and listened to her drone on and on about how she wants to start beating all of our district schools and she hired me to do it. The ultimate irony is I used to work with the guy who coaches the crosstown, perennial favorite rival. He’s the most verbally abusive human I’ve ever known LOL and gloats about the things he says and gets away with.
As an assistant I always took for granted stuff like this. I was naive obviously and felt any school with ability could win and if they didn’t their coach was a slappy. The school I work at has a gold mine of talent. Multiple guys that can ease into college football if they’d apply themselves. I’d coached against them for years and always thought “dang, the right guy there could turn them into a force”. And when the job opened up and they were looking for a guy with my credential, all of my former head coaches said that job’s got your name written all over it.
But wow I’ve seen full circle now why this place sucks in almost every sport despite having athletes all over. It’s one thing for there to be a culture of entitlement and whining. I can deal with that. What kills me and kills the possibility of success is that kids know they can simply threaten their participation in exchange for getting the coach to change the way he does things and every adult in the front office will fold like a cheap lawn chair. I’ve heard other coaches on campus tell me horror stories about admin telling them about executive decisions they can’t make as head coach. Rather they get pushed to take the path of least resistance.
At this point I don’t know or care what I do next year. Maybe I’ll coach DL for our rivals or my principal will have a set of ovaries and tell me “f those kids they’re gone” and I’ll be the HC again next year. Maybe I’ll get laid off and teach middle school PE in the freaking desert. My wife is getting her admin credential. Maybe she can hire me to teach history? Who knows?
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 15, 2018 20:10:23 GMT -6
Last night, the kids were running their warm-up laps and started singing the Marine Corps cadence song from "Full Metal Jacket"... While the AD was twenty yards away.. He was livid, especially because the coaching staff couldn't stop laughing. They must've practiced the song somewhere because all 40+ kids nailed it.. Edit: The HC hollered at them to knock it off and they did but one kid replied "THERE AREN'T ANY ESKIMO WOMEN HERE TO OFFEND!!" That would make my season!
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 15, 2018 19:28:34 GMT -6
I’m having a frustrating season as well.
I ran into one of my former parents from my previous school where I was an assistant. He’s an ex marine and currently a detective in the LAPD. I sang the blues to him about my season a bit and he told me “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do”
Definitely have had a different outlook on my season since.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 15, 2018 1:42:58 GMT -6
Ridiculous week but an incredible game. Somehow we won 28-14 against a team we wouldn’t have beaten based on scores leading up.
Our ASB jackoff is just a bad human. He left practice early on Wednesday with another senior to allegedly work on a project. When I contacted their teacher, not only did he say they didn’t have a project, he said they even went to him and asked him to lie to me about it. These are two potential valedictorians too. I kid you not. Neither even showed up for Thursday walk through or the game. Good riddance. I’ve got everything written up and documented for when they inevitably try to go to admin saying they should stay on the team.
I cleared out both of their lockers and erased them from the team Remind and when word got around a parent of a different senior sent me a 5 paragraph text telling me what I did was childish and stuff like that is why the kids don’t respect me. I didn’t respond. Then he has the audacity to text me two hours before the game asking if there is any left over food from the pregame meal. No joke. Again, I didn’t respond.
Found out another group of seniors is deliberately showing up late to their 5th period class (right after lunch) and blaming me, saying I kept them in lunch film too long after the bell. Luckily their teacher didn’t buy it and contacted me. I told them I whole heartedly support her writing them up and would be happy to document every day when I let them out the second the bell rings.
A parent of a sophomore emailed the AD saying I was a bad hire, I don’t run a “moral” program and I don’t teach the kids life skills. Luckily the AD wrote back saying he and the administration wholeheartedly support me and what I teach the kids outside of football and they believe I was the perfect hire. Stinks that I like the kid. He’s not very good but we’re going to need him the next two years.
Moral of the three above stories: good relationships with other teachers at school is HUGE!
Enough of me venting the unnecessary aggravation of my first HC experience, let’s get to the part most people here are more interested in - our victory.
We basically started a JV secondary. Two really green juniors, one of whom didn’t even get the majority of the first team reps until Wednesday, at CB and a soph at FS. We played a spread team who beat us last year. They’re usually 5-5ish but their coach has done a great job the last few years. Before he got there they were a laughing stock.
We were down 7-14 at the half. Offense gift wrapped a score for them by fumbling inside our 20 and the other score was a legit 15 play drive. They were a spread team running power read and playing games with the back alignment. They had their little tendencies and it felt invigorating actually coaching to their tendencies and not feeling like I’m just patching holes on a breaking dam. Even though we were losing it felt like real football was transpiring - problem met with solution, problem met with solution problem met with solution. The kids actually looked like they thought they had a chance at halftime. A different vibe and look on their faces. It was such a bizarre feeling, especially considering how terrible this experience has been at times.
Screw it - we started the second half with an onside kick. We didn’t recover but the kid on the other team tried to pick it up and got decked. It was such an indescribable energy when he got hit. We failed to recover but we were going wild because 6 or 7 hats almost beheaded their unknowing kid trying to pick it up. They went three and out and their punter shanked the kick and we went down and scored. We’re a wing t and it was belly and sweep 5 yards every time. I focus on the D and haven’t watched the entire film yet so I’m not going to sit here and say our blocking was vicious and great but there was a noteicable pep in the step of the offense.
That’s pretty much how the whole second half went. Again can’t comment on the O entirely yet. The defense gave up 3 first downs the second half and even when there was a stupid penalty you just got the feeling we were still going to make a stop.
We were up 21-14 with about 2 to go and they got the ball at midfield after a shanked punt but one of our junior corners, who probably wouldn’t start at 90% of the schools in Southern California, jumped a slant, picked it off and took it down inside the 5. Offense scored two plays later.
We got a bye next then we start league with a team very similar to the one we just played in terms of beatabilty and type of school. I look forward to it. Unfortunately if my time as a HC has taught me anything, the 14 days between now and then will have more unnecessary aggravation.
Cheers!
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 15, 2018 0:50:25 GMT -6
Congrats coach!
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 10, 2018 18:59:42 GMT -6
You’re setting a dangerous precedent. Essentially you’re saying mob rule out rules the coaching staff.
Today they’re telling you who your starting QB is. Next week what’s to stop them from telling you when they can and can’t practice, or what plays to call?
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 8, 2018 15:52:01 GMT -6
Update: lost last night 49-7. Should’ve been closer but I’m not going to try to rationalize the game.
We were only losing 21-7 at the half. We stopped them on a 4th and goal at the end of the half. But then in the second half we reaped what we sowed in the offseason. They took the ball down and drove their first drive and on 4th and 15 our ASB-obsessed corner (mentioned above) got out of his C3 backpedal and went after the scrambling QB before he crossed the line. Predictably ensued. The very next kickoff one of our non-bought in seniors who used every excuse (work, vacation, family illness) to get out of weight lifting allowed the kick to go over his head and when he picked it up he fumbled it around and they recovered it in the end zone for a TD. And then the next possession he caught a pass, and got stripped for a scoop and score.
One of the bright spots I thought was our junior sam linebacker telling our ASB corner to get out of the defensive huddle and off the field after he made a smart ass comment about the call I made. Im severely hoping he doesn’t show up this week.
Currently 1-3. Might be 2 winnable games left on the schedule.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Sept 1, 2018 11:26:39 GMT -6
Update: we lost last night 38-16 to a pretty good team with returning starters all over. They won a championship three years ago. We were actually winning 9-0 after the 1st quarter and only down 16-24 at the end of 3. Ran for about 250 yards and forced three turnovers. Sophomore free safety picked off a pass in cover 3 against 4 verts to the far side of the field. Incredible play. We actually had to start a freshman at right tackle too. That was slightly less encouraging to watch.
Last year they lost to the same school and same exact team sans a few players 42-0.
Lots of reason to be encouraged. I think most of our kids are starting to get it. Energy in the weight room and kids asking to come to my class at lunch to watch film. Other kids tried sneaking into the weight room after practice to “get a pump” LOL. They’re just so green and not capable of holding up physically for 4 quarters of a varsity football game. It’s amazing to think what could happen if we actually have a good offseason. Just got to uphold the positive vibes because there are about three more teams we play arguably better than the one we played last night.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 25, 2018 10:50:50 GMT -6
I guess I’ll do weekly updates for those that care:
This week was a good, bad and ugly week.
Good: we had a decent week of practice and won last night. 41-22 against a team that’s been down in the dumps as long as I can remember. There were a lot of mistakes but I’ll take it. Also worth noting as miserable as my tenure has been at times I’m very lucky to have great assistants. They keep the pace at practice and try to uphold the message of the program as best they can.
Bad: a sophomore tried to leave practice Wednesday saying they had to get changed for tae kwon do practice, even though it started 30 minutes after our practice gets out. I lost my cool pretty good, but kept it clean. Of course mom was waiting for me at the office Thursday morning to tell me her son is special and takes a while to get changed. We need the kid too. Selfish enabling moron parent.
Ugly: the kid of the parent who told me my practice schedule doesn’t make sense quit. Didn’t talk to me or anything. Just went straight to the counselor and switched out of the class. But that’s not the ugly part. Dad called the school and asked if he could be reimbursed for the $20 minute clinic sports physical his son got at the school last spring. He’s not playing sports now so he doesn’t need the physical. Our AD told him to kick rocks so he called me and asked if there was anything I could do. Nothing about why his kid quit. Just didn’t understand why he can’t get his $20 back and acted like I owe him a favor. LOL really? I was polite and told him I couldn’t do anything. His number is officially blocked now.
This next week is a tougher game. I’m sure something ridiculous will happen again before it’s played. Stay tuned
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 19, 2018 11:45:14 GMT -6
Good luck, Coach. In places like that it's easy for this year's hard working, bought in underclassmen to turn into entitled upper classes regardless of what you do. Yes and thank you. There are 8 juniors. Some of them are very bought in but there are a couple that are on the fence. I’ve got a few in my history class too so that’ll help our relationship. I’m seriously considering doing something like a weekly leadership class for them in the offseason. An hour a week where we learn about just being a leader, adult and a professional.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 18, 2018 10:58:35 GMT -6
Follow up: senior captain who wants to quit never returned my calls, nor was he at school yesterday. In true 2018 fashion, his parents never returned my calls either. He’s got nine more weeks. I hate parents like that. Enabling quitting.
We lost last night 37-0. We had 5 first downs. We didn’t quit but it was one of those “reap what you sow” type games. Lots of learning that can come from it. Going to emphasize the crap out of the importance of work ethic stuff to the underclassmen. Almost every senior is a lost cause.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 16, 2018 21:48:04 GMT -6
Don’t know if this is a vent or a “story of the present season”
First year head coach. Took over at a tough place. Didn’t think it was going to be easy. The consensus insight I’ve been given is that the seniors will be the hardest to sell to. Holy chit that wasn’t a joke.
Our attendance has been atrocious. Our parents, especially of the seniors, are enablers. If I had a nickle for every “little Johnny is sick he can’t come to practice” text I got at the 11th hour I’d be able to pay off my mortgage. Unfortunately we’re small and I can’t just tell kids to take a hike. It’s going to be a challenge to field two levels. At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re only one level by season’s end.
Our first game is tomorrow. Our team captain, right guard and mike backer texted me today after school that he was quitting. Literally one of maybe 3 seniors I thought was reliable. Something about not feeling appreciated and blah blah but he wants to be our biggest fan. WTF? I’m going to call him and I think I can get him back but it’s still just a pain in the ass I have to do it.
In the last month:
-Another senior thought he didn’t have to go to practice because they had summer ASB stuff. When I told him he can do all the ASB stuff he wanted 22 other hours of the day, he went to the ASB teacher, who then went to the AD complaining “football is not in season but he’s making kids practice”. AD took my side, but ever since kid has just been a stick in the mud and won’t practice hard. Literally went from projected starter to a kid I don’t even want to put in a JV game.
-Two parents, of seniors, gave me the third degree about our dead period rules. They didn’t think it was legal to have kids lift. I pointed out that we can lift just not practice. They didn’t believe me and went to our governing body and tried to say I was running illegal practices, only to find out I was perfectly within the rules. God forbid they listen to a guy who does this for a living. Their kids are also cheerleaders (no that’s not a typo) who wanted to go to a cheer camp.
-A parent, of a senior, at a meeting continually told me my practice schedule doesn’t make sense because it wasn’t what the previous coach did. He literally yelled it out half a dozen times. I explained it in perfect English why I’m doing it the way I am every time. Luckily I kept my cool. Kid won’t practice hard and told me he doesn’t think he should have to be in 6th period athletics. Luckily his counselor thought otherwise. Shocking, he’s another stick in the mud at practice. Unfortunately he has to go in for about 15-20 snaps a game. There are no other options.
-One of the returning players, the starting FS and a potential college football player, might not be eligible because his parents forgot to resubmit his annual intradistrict transfer papers and was enrolled at another school for a day. I’ll likely find out tomorrow. He didn’t show back up until Wednesday. Knowing our parents, they’ve already informed the governing body. -Now that school has started I can’t get all the kids into the athletic period. Credit recovery and other BS reasons and I don’t believe the counselors are supporting athletics as much as they could. That means I’m going to have to start practice later, which means more kids missing
All this apprehension and reservation and we haven’t played a game. Seniors quitting, not buying in, coming up with excuse after excuse to miss. The silver lining is our underclassmen are pretty bought in, except they’re tiny. Literally 8 juniors and 8 sophomores, one of whom is out for the year. Our freshman class is somewhat deep (16) and talented but they’re raw. None of them could hold a candle in a varsity game.
It just seems like everyday the last few weeks it’s just been one ridiculous thing after another after another. I don’t know what I’ve done wrong. I’ve done what I felt is best at maintaining relationships throughout since I’ve been hired, sold a good message “we not me”, and done what I feel is fair.
I took this job knowing it wasn’t great but wow this is some movie type chit I’m dealing with. Haven’t even played a game and on my ride home today I was thinking about what I’m going to say in my resignation speech.
Sorry for the vent guys. I hope you guys all have great seasons
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 12, 2018 21:56:45 GMT -6
Private school near Centennial? Norte Dame or Ontario Christian?
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 12, 2018 21:52:29 GMT -6
We have a team set. Love em. Haven’t had a concussion in practice since August 2016 and it’s good to COA when parents try to tell us their little Johnny can’t play a barbarian sport.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 12, 2018 21:50:33 GMT -6
Maybe it’s just the kids I coach....but I think those types of awards should only be given after loses.
With that being said, we give them out after every game.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Aug 12, 2018 21:48:40 GMT -6
Here’s the crappiest part about it all:
Maryland will hire a new coach, likely a respected name. They’ll use this as a “us against the world” or “we’re squeaky clean now” war cry. It will attract more big name recruits than they normally get. And they’ll be as good as ever three years later.
If you don’t believe me, look at how much Penn State, USC and other major programs have been “effected” by the NCAA slap on the wrist for this sort of thing.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 30, 2018 22:09:26 GMT -6
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 28, 2018 18:45:46 GMT -6
No kidding?
Good for him. Congrats
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 23, 2018 17:30:24 GMT -6
Parents that have gone on multiple vacations this summer and taken their kid that can’t donate $25 for snacks and Gatorade for camp week.
SMH
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 22, 2018 22:44:39 GMT -6
You need to have a “contingency period” on the practice plan. We do ours on Wednesdays.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 21, 2018 21:06:49 GMT -6
Haven’t watched it yet. Don’t plan on it...
Based on what I’ve been hearing and reading, it sounds like some of the assistants are real slaps and have it coming.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 21, 2018 14:03:10 GMT -6
How is a Media Guide going to help you with parents? WE GETTING SCHOLLYS! 7-7 CHAMPS FOR LIFE! But in all seriousness, the one I write talks about academics, life lessons through perseverance and attention to detail and using the game as an avenue to harvest lifelong relationships.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 21, 2018 11:46:37 GMT -6
Just keep coaching the kids you got. Embrace the ones that work hard and create the best relationship you can with your incoming freshmen.
Keep moving forward and don’t even acknowledge the quitters in front of your kids.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 20, 2018 20:03:38 GMT -6
He’s right. The people creating the CTE hysteria have a definite agenda. And it’s not safety. If they did, football would not be the first sport they’d go after. What Fedora said won’t sit well with people but I commend him for being real. The country could use more people like him and less ivory tower yahoos. I would say that the PUBLIC is the one with concerns. I am not sure if the word hysteria is appropriate. The science is just reporting the findings. The media may indeed be looking for big stories, but when you have NFL greats such as Warner, Favre, Bradshaw, Aikemen all saying they would not want their kids to play football, well, thats a story. I will be honest, some of you coaches here sound like tobacco ad men and executives in the 60s. And there are NFL greats saying parents should have the choice to let their kids play tackle football. That argument works both ways.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 20, 2018 15:47:06 GMT -6
Most kids know whether or not they’re major college football material by the middle of the 12th grade. It’s the parents that are completely delirious.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Jul 20, 2018 15:37:10 GMT -6
We go no pads for a little more than hour. Passing league “Magneto” caps on
ST review
Defense alignment and assignment review. Walk through run fits if necessary. Quick defensive skeleton. DL goes over protections we’ll see and moves conducive to defeating it.
Offense goes against fronts holding bags and carries out script against favorite fronts all mixed up. Quick offensive 7-7. OL reviews favorite stunts and twists.
Every week a unique situation is introduced at the end. Every swinging dick needs to understand the situation and why we’re doing what we do in said situation.
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