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Post by huddlehut on Sept 2, 2020 13:30:01 GMT -6
Ban parents.
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Post by huddlehut on Aug 3, 2020 9:51:47 GMT -6
Not to make this all about officiating, but just maintain communication with your wing official. 99% of officials are going to be aware of time remaining, the game situation, etc...and will get your timeout called promptly. In reference to the team box.... As a wing official, you notice that the closer the ball gets to the end zone and the pylon, the less space you have to work on the boundary. This is true even as far as the 15-20 yard line. Photographers, cheerleaders, whoever, all tend to move closer and closer to the field as the ball moves closer to the goal line. Plays at the pylon can be brutal if the wing official can't move back of the sideline. Imagine having an entire coaching staff, chain crew and group of players breathing down your neck. Someone would get hurt if the team box wasn't way back at the 25.
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Really?
Jun 22, 2020 8:47:53 GMT -6
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Post by huddlehut on Jun 22, 2020 8:47:53 GMT -6
I am 68 years old. I also have some health risks. If the NFL, which is testing frequently, and has much better medical resources then I have in a High School setting, can not control transmission, how can I expect my school system to protect me? Asymptomatic transmission is a major problem. I'm not going to coach this coming season unless the circumstances change. I don’t think anybody is coaching. I don't think so, either.
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Really?
Jun 17, 2020 19:00:22 GMT -6
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Post by huddlehut on Jun 17, 2020 19:00:22 GMT -6
I hope that I'm wrong, but I really can't see any state it local school district administrators or state athletic associations wanting to stand up and take the heat if/when things go to crap in the fall. Hate to say it, but I don't think that any of us will be playing football (HS football) this season.
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Post by huddlehut on Jun 9, 2020 17:58:44 GMT -6
I saw an air raid guy on Twitter today saying they were going to take a knee on first down their first play this season. He is really trying to get a national movement going with this, and he has like 4000 followers. I really wanted to ask why, as in what will it do to further anything but I didn't want to get roasted by the internet. My problem is I loathe symbolism and all of the #_____strong, and lights on the field for our seniors who don't get to play and so on. I believe it to be adults doing something to make adults feel good. So my question is, the Saturday morning after this happens will anything have changed? Does this guy want to do this so everyone will know that his program cares? I kind of feel this is akin to the pink out thing (symbolism, not issue). I am not against this or being a hater by any means, I just really don't believe stuff like this does anything. Please keep this civil guys, I think we all want the same thing, at least I hope we do. I just struggle with people doing something to be doing something. My take on this is as such: Isn't the athletic field a place where we can escape politics for once? Especially now? Furthermore, not a big fan of asking high school kids to make political statements, especially of someone else's choosing. Last but certainly not least, I feel like kids are the last ones that need to reflect on this kind of stuff. The kids I see around our school and neighborhood interact with different races all the time and their friend groups are much more diverse than mine ever was. I think the kids are eons ahead of the adults and most of them have this thing figured out. Let the kids focus on sports and play the game, let the people who need to do any soul searching (mostly adults) make a statement of their choosing. JMO. Great post!
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Post by huddlehut on Jun 7, 2020 11:25:53 GMT -6
I cannot believe that this is a topic on this board.
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Post by huddlehut on Mar 30, 2020 11:11:42 GMT -6
Just read that Great Britain was implementing 6-months worth of precautions... I know that their climate is different, etc...but that would put us through the end of September. I'm retired now, but just can't help thinking about the local team here in town. They're likely going to be the best team ever fielded by the high school - with a real shot at a state title - and may not even get to play a game. It's a shame... but what can you do?
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Post by huddlehut on Mar 28, 2020 17:14:46 GMT -6
I dunno, guys. How many times have you heard of something being cancelled "out of an abundance of caution" or "if this step saves just one life it will have been worth it?" I agree with an earlier post that felt that it'll only take one state to cancel and all the rest will follow like lemmings - even if the worst of this virus is behind us by July or August. Some folks love to virtue signal and speak out for others... I fear that there are not enough administrators and/or politicians out there who are willing to put their necks on the line and fight through a possibly messy football season - especially with elections in November. I'm really afraid that we'll hear these words sometime in August (in most, if not all, states): "Out of an abundance of caution, we have seen fit to cancel the 2020 Fall athletic schedules for all of the public and private schools in our great state."
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Post by huddlehut on Mar 22, 2020 20:49:56 GMT -6
Just FYI... This ain't a new problem, boys. It's always been this way. I remember having the same conversation that you guys are having back in the 80's and 90's.
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Post by huddlehut on Mar 10, 2020 9:05:38 GMT -6
Sleep apnea. Don't rule it out. Take a sleep test. Get a CPAP. Don't wake up in the middle of the night and you won't start thinking about things.
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Post by huddlehut on Feb 29, 2020 14:57:29 GMT -6
As an aside... Coaches are always looking for a curriculum for "building a culture", which is a goofy thing in my opinion, but John Wooden's "Pyramid of Success" provides a program with all the curriculum it could ever need to teach kids how to be better people.
...and don't try convince me on the "building a culture" jibber jabber. Just be a coach... that should be enough. Don't want to hear about Twitter, either.
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Post by huddlehut on Jan 30, 2020 12:18:12 GMT -6
To successfully brand a football program, one MUST commit to developing a robust social media program. Offensive and defensive scheme pales in comparison to a social media presence. The key thing that one must remember in branding your program is that reality plays no role in your social media activity. Only the image (or the "smokescreen" as we refer to it) that you present to the public matters. Just one simple example: We rarely have more than two or three players in the weight room after school... but by properly framing a photo of just one athlete lifting and then superimposing words such as "love the grind!" a coach can easily convince hundreds of thousands of online followers that a struggling program is thriving!
Another important tool that I have used is to prepare a motivational tweet at night before going to bed. (I'm talking about one that frames me/myself as a grinder who never stops, never lets off the gas...) Allow that tweet to sit there on your phone and go to sleep - and here is the key - post it when you wake up to pee at 2:43 a.m.!!! Now, you have convinced thousands and thousands of followers that YOU are a grinder and that YOU never quit, which is obvious because you're still awake and grinding at 2:43 in the morning! It's amazing the message that you can get out there about your program with just a little work. Keep grinding, boys! If you're not working, your opponent is!
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Post by huddlehut on Jan 18, 2020 17:39:12 GMT -6
THIS! This is why I thank God every day that I am retired!
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Post by huddlehut on Nov 27, 2019 6:56:23 GMT -6
You know, I'd have never believed this year's ago, but I really think that we (coaches) - while we're coaching - develop a distorted sense of the "importance" of the job. We place a ton of self-imposed pressure and expectations upon ourselves...and it isn't until we've removed ourselves from the job that we realize how we fooled ourselves into believing that we had to "grind" so hard. In reality, it's amazing just how few people really care how your team does each year. We just think that everyone loves and does with the fortunes of our teams. I say this (again...I'm retired) after 35 years in Texas, where it's supposedly life and death. I honestly go about my daily business (gym, golf course, church, etc) and rarely - if ever - hear about the local HS football team. Honestly... relax a little more, guys. Enjoy life. is it the grind or perception of the grind or this notion that somehow we are going to impact each and every kid in profound ways nobody else does or will do? We have teach this that or whatever, this book club, those principles, this leadership or whatever nonsense is the current trend. Just coach fb, be a good teacher your content. There nothing more to it. Save the children from the horror of the moral stump some are on. Just coach fb and teach the content. Agreed. Just coach. Couldn't have said it better.
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Post by huddlehut on Nov 26, 2019 23:00:36 GMT -6
You know, I'd have never believed this year's ago...so you probably won't believe it now, but I really think that we (coaches) - while we're coaching - develop a distorted sense of the "importance" of the job. We place a ton of self-imposed pressure and expectations upon ourselves...and it isn't until we've removed ourselves from the job that we realize how we fooled ourselves into believing that we had to "grind" so hard. In reality, it's amazing just how few people really care how your team does each year. We just think that everyone lives and dies with the fortunes of our teams...and I'm not saying that winning isn't important. I say this (again...I'm retired) after 35 years in Texas, where it's supposedly life and death. I honestly go about my daily business (gym, golf course, church, etc) and rarely - if ever - hear about the local HS football team. Honestly... work hard and get after it, but relax a little more, guys. Enjoy life.
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Post by huddlehut on Nov 26, 2019 14:29:47 GMT -6
I'm fortunate enough to have already retired after 35 years...and I know that I have a much different perspective now, but if I had it to ask do over again, I'd spend a LOT less time than I did! I'm now getting to spend time with my grandson that I missed with my own kids because I was working...
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Post by huddlehut on Oct 6, 2019 21:07:18 GMT -6
Everywhere I've been it's been hard to get "official's assistants", with games sometimes held up while they got a last minute volunteer from the audience. I think it's asking too much to expect them to act non-partisan and not steal signals if they can. You want a chain crew who won't steal your signals, organize one yourself. This is about the goofiest thing I've heard on this board... Where do you coach? Besides, who refers to people at a football game as "the audience?"
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Post by huddlehut on Oct 1, 2019 19:58:08 GMT -6
No volunteers in Texas...unless you happen to be a full-time employee of the school district.
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Post by huddlehut on Sept 25, 2019 17:51:32 GMT -6
I'm a MS/HS football official. I've never understood the kneeling...but now days I hear coaches making their players - even the ones on the sideline - take a knee anytime a player is down. Makes absolutely no sense. Guess these young coaches grew up doing it and it's now being fed to the next generation.
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Post by huddlehut on Sept 25, 2019 8:10:05 GMT -6
Yes. He crossed the line. Can you imagine the doghouse this guy is in at home?
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Penalties
Sept 23, 2019 11:49:33 GMT -6
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Post by huddlehut on Sept 23, 2019 11:49:33 GMT -6
I think this is directly related to the culture that you've developed in your program. What have you done to improve the culture? <Sarc> ☺️
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Post by huddlehut on Sept 17, 2019 7:57:51 GMT -6
That's what I was hoping for. One of my players came up to me during one of the breaks and we talked about his frustration of some of the players not working hard. I told him that maybe him and our senior captain should hold a team meeting to express their feelings. This is considered hazing. You may want to look into that. It can lead to a very bad situation. Hazing? Seriously? What if, at the team meeting, you provide milk and cookies...and coloring books?
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Post by huddlehut on Aug 18, 2019 4:35:24 GMT -6
Certainly, they're real issues. However, I don't believe they are likely to be associated with not being allowed to play in a powderpuff game.
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Vent
Aug 17, 2019 17:25:28 GMT -6
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Post by huddlehut on Aug 17, 2019 17:25:28 GMT -6
Drug use? Depression? Suicide? Because she couldn't play in the powderpuff game? Oh, brother...
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Post by huddlehut on Jun 16, 2019 11:11:50 GMT -6
You and the staff hang on until a class (or two) comes through with some great athletes and you win some games and experience above average success...and then you convince everyone that the success is the result of your program. This is typically done via Twitter and Facebook postings that show your players in the weight room, that show them helping in the community or acting like they're teaching 1st graders to read, etc...(and typically these posts include motivational quotes or the word "grind" or something similar). All the while, you and your staff will be aware of the fact that you were the beneficiaries of a talented group of kids that would have been successful had they not done any of the things that were posted about on Twitter. If you are able, you speak at some clinics about the magical things that your program accomplished... This success (or "culture"), you explain, took years of work and diligence on your part... However, the hardest part was just waiting for that great group of kids to get to high school so that they could save your job! Then, once that group of kids graduates, you move on to another job or you wait for the next great group of kids...
There you go... That's it in a nutshell.
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Post by huddlehut on May 7, 2019 4:51:07 GMT -6
There's never a good time to resign...or to have a resignation handed to you - if everyone is on "good terms." Just have to suck it up and move forward. Part of life as a head coach or administrator. Dealing with the "grown ups" and their issues is as bad as dealing with the kids and theirs.
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Post by huddlehut on Apr 23, 2019 8:26:07 GMT -6
I've found that our team culture has always been great (or better) when we had a great team and it's generally sucked when we have had a sucky team. Winning cures a lot of ills...and losing creates a bunch of problems!
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Post by huddlehut on Apr 20, 2019 19:41:23 GMT -6
Check out Dexter machines on-line.
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Post by huddlehut on Mar 24, 2019 20:37:02 GMT -6
Retirement... It's been awesome! No parents, no practice, no weekends spent in the fieldhouse. Hope that y'all all get to enjoy it one day!
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Post by huddlehut on Mar 18, 2019 19:49:50 GMT -6
I just wish that I coached at a place that had ficikities. Always wanted them, but...
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