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Post by 53 on Sept 8, 2017 6:39:27 GMT -6
If you're just leasing it for a bit, it doesn't have to be perfect.
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Post by 53 on Sept 8, 2017 6:34:42 GMT -6
She hot?
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Post by 53 on Sept 7, 2017 12:32:31 GMT -6
Well I guess it makes the rocks thrown at our bus look civil We had that growing up. There was a conference opponent who used to have an old sign up in their town warning black people not to be there after sunset. We had a grand total of 3 black kids on the team, one of whom never played, which made us "that bunch of n******." They lined up to throw rocks at us as we were leaving there my junior year. Makes them seem downright welcoming now. The worst I've had as a coach was the highly ranked opponent who we upset on our home field a few years ago. Some of their kids tore up our fence and one of them busted a control panel for our scoreboard by throwing his helmet at it. We had to stop the game for about 20 minutes while they tried to sort that out. Some of their players were flipping off our sideline and talking smack while this was going on. On their way out they trashed some lockers in the visitor's locker room and busted up the shower tile with their helmets. The bill wound up being around $11k for all the damage. I'd love to coach with you sometime. If for nothing else, crazy stuff that makes great stories would be happening.
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Post by 53 on Sept 7, 2017 9:19:07 GMT -6
I can't speak for him. It means to me, that we've taken personal accountability out of it for the most part. We just push kids though the system for the most part. I think our educational system is broken, and too centralized at getting kids to college. If you don't fit that mode, you're in for a tough road and won't get much from it. The huge skills gap in jobs that are trade base shows this in the market. We have a ton of jobs that can't be filled because we're not reaching that set of students for the workforce. We need more variety and paths that better represents the population and market, instead of basically one cookie cutter way of doing it. We used to have more of those things before lawmakers started forcing high stakes testing on teachers and schools in the name of "accountability," largely as a scheme to undermine public schools so charters and privates could get that public school money into their bank accounts. Then they slice and dice the data in so many ways the it's impossible for any school to ever be truly successful by their metrics. That's what really caused the cookie-cutter, college-or-nothing system we have now. If we had any sense, we'd take another long look at tracking, invest heavily into CTE/vocational education in HS, and make the last 2 years of public school a choice between an apprentice-and-certificaiton or a college prep program, which is what most other industrialized countries do, but that brings up a lot of ugly civil rights, handicapped rights, and discrimination issues for us that conflict with other parts of our laws. It would make all the sense in the world to do this and save huge amounts of money, but we're hamstrung by politics and history. Charters and privates get it better. They can pick and choose their kids, kicking anyone to the curb who causes discipline problems or just doesn't test well, and get to operate on a wholly different set of rule than public schools do. That doesn't make them "better" than public schools--there are plenty of lousy private school teachers--though it creates a better environment for the kids with the means to attend them. The bottom line is that "good schools" are usually the product of "good kids" (read: above median income, non-SPED, non-abused, and mostly white/Asian). All the other "undesirable" kids still need to be educated somewhere, because they will one day be expected to work and contribute to society, so whatever schools serve them will always be classified as "bad schools" on the basis of BS test scores and problems that are beyond the schools' control. I guess some people in this thread think we don't need to educate that 50+% of the population at all or that, as "consumers," those kids (including that abused 6 year old with ADHD and dyslexia with the pilled mom who doesn't get to eat unless it's in the school cafeteria) and parents will miraculously straighten up and figure out the value of an education for themselves and find a way to pay for it if it's not provided via public education. Personal responsibility and all that... I don't think I've called for the destruction of the public school system. Hell, I work in it. I think it is unquestionably a true general welfare. That doesn't mean that I don't like that kids fall between the cracks have little options in the system, because that they don't fit.
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Post by 53 on Sept 7, 2017 9:14:29 GMT -6
I can't speak for him. It means to me, that we've taken personal accountability out of it for the most part. We just push kids though the system for the most part. I think our educational system is broken, and too centralized at getting kids to college. If you don't fit that mode, you're in for a tough road and won't get much from it. The huge skills gap in jobs that are trade base shows this in the market. We have a ton of jobs that can't be filled because we're not reaching that set of students for the workforce. We need more variety and paths that better represents the population and market, instead of basically one cookie cutter way of doing it. How would you change that? That's the hard part. It's not going to be easy or quick, but I think we're heading in the right direction, because at least vocational jobs and education is being looked at more favorable in the public. I think starting in middle school that students should be able to start learning skills or on the job training, if their parents and them choose too. It's not as much a place to just put the less desirable anymore. Students and parents need to be held more accountable for their actions and take ownership of their education. I teach in one of the most impoverished areas in my state, and sadly school is mostly looked at as a baby sitter.
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Post by 53 on Sept 7, 2017 8:01:49 GMT -6
regarding bobgoodman and coacharnold in this discussion, isn't this where we are (in America), already? Public school education, if we're honest, has devolved to the lowest common denominator of society. What exactly does that mean? I can't speak for him. It means to me, that we've taken personal accountability out of it for the most part. We just push kids though the system for the most part. I think our educational system is broken, and too centralized at getting kids to college. If you don't fit that mode, you're in for a tough road and won't get much from it. The huge skills gap in jobs that are trade base shows this in the market. We have a ton of jobs that can't be filled because we're not reaching that set of students for the workforce. We need more variety and paths that better represents the population and market, instead of basically one cookie cutter way of doing it.
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Post by 53 on Sept 3, 2017 20:30:36 GMT -6
In college the girls that dated baseball players were "stitches", girls going after football players were "jersey chasers", the basketball groupies were just "sluts". This is a new bread, one that I encountered early in my coaching career when I was single. This mom only wants to hook up with Head Coaches, she is what I call a "Whistler Blower". Coach if you are single and she is good looking, let her blow your whistle. For her its like climbing Mount Rushmore. Everyone goes there and looks at it, and alot of people wish they could climb it. She wants to be the one that looks at all those little people and say, "I owned Mt. Rushmore for one night." She doesn't have a patent on it, so why in the hell would you put your reputation and career on the line for it.
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Post by 53 on Sept 2, 2017 21:22:59 GMT -6
WOW just wow. That is pretty dang cool. It was insane. Learned a couple new things that day. Didn't realize that HS OT and College OT didn't have the same rule of having to go for 2 after 2 OTs. Plus there was a coin flip before every OT. We don't have a coin flip between OTs. It just keeps flipping. We won 38-0 last week and was in a 6-6 tie at the end of this one. I can't even imagine the emotional roller coaster your two games must have been.
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Post by 53 on Sept 2, 2017 7:34:01 GMT -6
This week we won ours in 5 OT.
It was a wild game and honestly I don't know how many more my guys could have went. Almost all of my players are two way guys.
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Post by 53 on Aug 31, 2017 9:15:58 GMT -6
I'd sure as hell make sure I didn't apply twice for this job
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Post by 53 on Aug 30, 2017 9:40:09 GMT -6
You're next coach
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Post by 53 on Aug 29, 2017 12:30:15 GMT -6
I think it's more about the type of players you're getting out instead of some magical number.
There's no way I'd want to handle the logistics of having 190 players.
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Post by 53 on Aug 28, 2017 12:29:47 GMT -6
Anyone have a good recommendation on a brand/specific type of pinney that fits well over shoulder pads and can take the beating of football? Most of the ones I see online are branded towards soccer. I do like the ones that have the velcro straps on the side but I see durability issues. We got some of the velcro ones from our riddell rep, and they've heavy duty and lasted way better than the pinney ones.
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Post by 53 on Aug 24, 2017 9:12:24 GMT -6
I'm not a doctor, but it sounds like you need a slump buster
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Post by 53 on Aug 22, 2017 12:14:21 GMT -6
More than a few of them .... We all know that 1 guy on every staff, that tries to show how "nuts" he is by wearing shorts and a T shirt or summer gear into the Winter about 3 years ago , were playing some team out in the middle of the state in the semis, I saw a dude put himself into what i can only assume was hypothermia, in an all day driving rain in like 40 degree weather steady wind , in late November Halftime we tell the dude , man its too cold for shorts , he says "Playoffs baby" and walks to their locker room, After the game i'm walking to my car , I see them literally helping the dude just to sit in the passenger seat of someones car, hes wrapped in towels and blankets they have the heat on full blast, etc... he looks at one of the assistants and says "(HC's name) Should let me make the decisions" Reminds me of a few years ago when I coached under a guy who was big on us all wearing "the uniform" on the sidelines, but since we had no money, "the uniform" was just a Nike dri-fit t-shirt in the school's primary color and khaki shorts. Well, our last game of the season was a road game on Halloween night, it was 30 degrees at kickoff, and we had 2 inches of snow on the ground at halftime with about 2" of ice cold water standing on our sideline. He somehow miraculously produced a jacket for himself to wear when we went into the locker room at halftime, but it was the only one we had. That was the game where the opponent's 8th graders scored on our varsity in the 2nd quarter. It was senior night and the stadium was empty as soon as they had those festivities. I have never reconsidered being a football coach more than I did right then, but at least we had a running clock. That had to be a wild year. The crazy part is that you all weren't that far from having a really good year there too.
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Post by 53 on Aug 19, 2017 9:42:42 GMT -6
logistics, time management, and building relationships.
I don't think understanding schemes is unimportant but it's a little down on the list of what makes a successful coach.
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Post by 53 on Aug 18, 2017 13:48:01 GMT -6
We give one out for free. Then it's either a dollar, or PIE after practice for another one. It's not something we make a big deal. I'll bite. What is PIE? I'm sure it is probably some kind of extra duty. Personal improvement exercise.
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Cramps
Aug 18, 2017 12:47:27 GMT -6
Post by 53 on Aug 18, 2017 12:47:27 GMT -6
Mustard
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Post by 53 on Aug 18, 2017 12:45:52 GMT -6
We give one out for free. Then it's either a dollar, or PIE after practice for another one.
It's not something we make a big deal.
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Post by 53 on Aug 18, 2017 11:36:46 GMT -6
We're right on the line of totality, so we're doing a half a day.
I'm giving them the day off. We've been practicing really well and getting after it. Hell its one day on something that doesn't happen that regular. If I played on Tuesday, I'd have practice in the morning
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Post by 53 on Jul 31, 2017 20:31:50 GMT -6
Football is losing popularity. The TV ratings plummeted last year for the regular season, participation numbers are down nationwide (in fact there are like 2 other threads exactly like yours floating around here somewhere) . Don't take it personally. Very true. Even ESPN sounds more like a political show than a sports station. They forgot people like sports because it's a break from politics and and the everyday issues surrounding people. They started taking themselves way too serious.
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Post by 53 on Jul 26, 2017 16:02:01 GMT -6
Most small school JH programs don't do work in the offseason......just show up and play. I'd have a hard time holding that against kids that can't drive or bum a ride from a friend. Once school starts and the numbers don't improve, then you have an issue.
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Post by 53 on Jul 26, 2017 12:35:41 GMT -6
I thought you were putting in the Peyton Manning offense in?
If you're not the head coach, bring these issues up to him. He'll have to be the one to address them. Don't go behind his back telling everyone in the building how bad it is.
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Post by 53 on Jul 25, 2017 19:28:08 GMT -6
Measure from the back corner of the end zone 3 feet and make a mark. Then go back to the corner and measure 4 feet down and make a mark. Measure the distance from the two points. If it reads 5 feet, you have a right angle. If it's not 5 feet, move your sideline string in or out to make it 5. Do this three more times and you'll have roughed in your field.
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Post by 53 on Jul 25, 2017 19:11:00 GMT -6
Helps your square the field. It's how you find right angles.
If you have any friends that are in construction, they'll be a huge help. You can get a land surveyor to ping it, if you're wanting or needing it to be dead on.
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Post by 53 on Jul 25, 2017 18:55:18 GMT -6
String, some some stakes, tape measure, and 3-4-5
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Post by 53 on Jul 25, 2017 15:45:35 GMT -6
I'd say they were 1-9 and a history of losing because they had poor discipline and didn't demand much from them at practice.
As much as we try to make it fun and enjoyable. Football is still a lot of hard ass work, if you're a wanting to be good.
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Post by 53 on Jul 21, 2017 10:04:20 GMT -6
I don't believe in two a days but I'd want ice baths if I were going to do it.
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Post by 53 on Jul 18, 2017 3:11:46 GMT -6
Going to be a tough row to hoe depending on the systems you're running and numbers.
Don't get too cute. Keep it simple as hell. Half line and POD is what you're going to live in. If the other coach unreliable, work out a rotation between skilled and linemen staying after to work more on Indy and fundamentals
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Post by 53 on Jul 15, 2017 13:58:09 GMT -6
I've never coached at a school that has great or even good numbers. We start with our worst player and work our way up filling positions.
Generally a stud can play anywhere, but the hard part is finding jobs for your average and below players
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