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Post by throwahitch on May 21, 2019 19:31:09 GMT -6
I love to wear clothes I get for free from the head coach. A set for every day?
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Post by throwahitch on May 21, 2019 19:24:30 GMT -6
I am finally to the point where I can no longer deny that I need to be in large shirts rather than medium:(. What are some of you guys opinions on clothes you love to wear to practice?
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Post by throwahitch on Nov 8, 2018 9:03:03 GMT -6
I coached for a guy - he was a single guy in his late 30's - whose mom would bring him a big hoagie and a giant mason jar full of sweet tea everyday during summer practices. He'd sit in the shade with his mom, pounding his sandwich, while the rest of us coached. When he was done he'd rejoin practice still drinking from his mason jar. He was a heck of a coach but everybody thought he was nuts. you better be a hell of a ball coach or a MMA fighter on the weekends to pull this off, I kinda love it honestly, I mean who wouldn't want to hang out with mom on a hot summer day, got a bad feeling this dude's future wife is going to have some serious hills to climb "I thought maybe today you could tell your mom that I'm going to bring the sandwich" "........but.....but...mom does that Becca" The level of not caring what people thought from this guy must have been astounding ššš
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Post by throwahitch on Nov 7, 2018 23:42:07 GMT -6
I coached for a guy - he was a single guy in his late 30's - whose mom would bring him a big hoagie and a giant mason jar full of sweet tea everyday during summer practices. He'd sit in the shade with his mom, pounding his sandwich, while the rest of us coached. When he was done he'd rejoin practice still drinking from his mason jar. He was a heck of a coach but everybody thought he was nuts. Thatās insane lol.
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Post by throwahitch on Nov 7, 2018 18:40:27 GMT -6
That's interesting. I actually have pondered it a few times myself when I haven't liked my representation. I also love politics, and could see myself seeking an office at some point down the line. On a bigger scale, I'm surprised more coaches don't. Do you really think a guy like Saban, or any other major coach that is beloved by his fan base couldn't win something as high as a senate seat? Note: Not saying they're qualified to do so. I'm sure some are. Just that they'd draw votes. I think Michael Jordan would win the presidency in a landslide. No matter policy party or against who. Honestly.
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Post by throwahitch on Nov 7, 2018 18:38:13 GMT -6
like drinking a coffee during practice,just not something I think is professional. I ate a bag of chips the other day during stretches. I drank a half gallon of chocolate milk 45 minutes before the game a few weeks ago. I say eat it lol. Unless he tries to talk with his mouthful because thatās impolite
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Post by throwahitch on Nov 7, 2018 9:39:27 GMT -6
Kids just now understanding how to block veer.... our rule is first thing to the left or right (thereās a more advanced rule, but we donāt play any stacked teams). We randomly block the wrong way and get people killed in the backfield. Finished 3-6 with a low seed playoff bid, but now that we understand our rules idkkk what could happen. Glad it took 12 weeks for someone to understand the first thing to their left or right.
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Post by throwahitch on Nov 1, 2018 16:51:01 GMT -6
We did half-line this week for our defense to rep defending I option. Our kids thought that the other team ran a formation with 2 footballs on opposite hashes. One of our kids thought he was playing a new position. It was interesting. This is hilarious...and a little sad The issue was they werenāt open about what they thought. We went 17 minutes before anyone asked any questions. One kid who kept messing up, we kept trying to correct before finally he goes āwait So itās like linebacker?ā And I said āIT IS LINEBACKERā and he was like āoh I thought we were doing something elseā. Cool
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 31, 2018 19:37:09 GMT -6
We did half-line this week for our defense to rep defending I option. Our kids thought that the other team ran a formation with 2 footballs on opposite hashes. One of our kids thought he was playing a new position. It was interesting.
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 29, 2018 12:24:17 GMT -6
Bob Ladouceur says in his book "if a parent wants to watch every clip of film with me on a Saturday then they can discuss playing time" He also states that he even avoids questions like "Hows Johnny doing??" Yup... And that philosophy extends to everyone that's NOT at our practices every day and breaking down film with us. We have a middle school coach that was showing up to our games on Friday nights and "critiquing" our LB play. "Why are you guys reading guards AD the back.. Wouldn't it just be easier to read flow?" Why don't the linebackers man up on routes coming through their zone?" Early in the season, I had a civil conversation with him about what he "was seeing" and told him how he could apply it at the JH level. He didn't do so and it was obvious he was just playing "analyst". He approached me right after a nail-biting win and I wasn't in the mood to talk to him. I politely told him that I didn't want to chat but he kept at it so I pulled him aside and we had a "discussion". I told him that his opinion held no water with me as he was barely around for our summer camps and workouts and hadn't darkened the door of one of our meetings. I then told him to take his thought on our linebackers to the HC if he felt so passionately about it but to leave me the alone. He did so and got an earful from the HC. What idiot teaches not to read guards...
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 24, 2018 11:50:47 GMT -6
Rule 1: We never discuss playing time with parents. Explain this to parents at the first parent meeting and every subsequent parent meeting. Make sure admin knows this is your rule. It will save you a lot of time and problems. We ask parents for their kid, their time, their money and their support. Why can't they ask about playing time? Bob Ladouceur says in his book "if a parent wants to watch every clip of film with me on a Saturday then they can discuss playing time" He also states that he even avoids questions like "Hows Johnny doing??"
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 17, 2018 11:52:24 GMT -6
Has anybody lost an entire class. We are struggling. We are a small school, started with 34 kids on the roster. Playing schools 2x our size. We are out matched most weeks. Seniors have been great, working hard. Freshmen and sophomores are good. But we have lost about our entire junior class. they have been quiting left and right. We are down to 2. Its been an issue thats been brewing for a while. Its the group that getting them to lift hard is like pulling teeth. Forget about practicing at a level to actually get better....nope. We are actually better off with out them even though we will lose our last 4 games. Just curious if anyone else has experienced something like this... FWIW...they have sorry attitudes in ALL sports...not just football We have what we call "open enrollment". A student as an 8th grader gets to pick what high school he goes to within our county. Previous to this staff being hired, there was a HC. Just a HC, no DC no OC no nothing. Principal was one of those people who tink football should be gone. HC was just content to have a job. They never won any games. Incoming players with talent left. We have 2 freshmen and 2 Sophomores.
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 17, 2018 11:48:21 GMT -6
I curse too much, I can admit that. What I don't do is curse TOWARDS kids or insult them. Any coach that would flat out call kids those names has no business coaching at any level. Basically. I've never cursed at a kid or called him a name. That's bush league.
I curse to make an emphatic point and leave an indelible memory about what I'm communicating. In my career, I've had more players tell me later that, for example, "I knew job 1 was to turn the ball back to Mike because you made it clear how badly the defense would be {censored} if I didn't." However, cursing just to be amusing or to denigrate people isn't helpful or necessary. Every tool in your toolkit has a purpose.
This^ "If you don't scrape to A gap when you see a pull you have just taken a giant Sh!! on the integrity of our defense" I always use if. Like "If you Pssy foot up into the hole"
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 17, 2018 11:43:35 GMT -6
I coach at a conservative Christian school and the school's policy (as well as my own) is to not use profanity. I hear profanity from kids all the time. That said, I slip up sometimes. I noticed awhile back that kids don't respond well to a coach doing it and I lose credibility so I've all but stopped. Your mileage may vary. I use mine almost exclusively during practice to break the monotony. We do the same things every day. So sometimes to make the kids laugh I will drop one in a joking setting. Never calling a player names. That gets you nowhere. They won't trust you.
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 16, 2018 8:00:52 GMT -6
"Gtfo" my thread...very classy. So sorry genius. Apology accepted. š.
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 15, 2018 16:19:14 GMT -6
Put most of your Veer Package on the shelf...tighten your O-Line splits and run the heck out of a Power Based Package. Um no. Gtfo my thread.
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Post by throwahitch on Oct 15, 2018 9:21:35 GMT -6
We are 2-4 going to play a 5-2 team. They are ranked 11 in the state. However, we have a 200 pound running back and a 250 pound fullback and run double tight SBV where our line and tight ends average 260. Their biggest kid is 216 Pounds per the roster. They have beaten people by slinging the ball around, and took a team that we beat very lightly last week, and gave up two early scores.
My question is, has anyone ever been in this type of situation and came out on the winning side? What did you do to take advantage of the size?
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Post by throwahitch on Sept 20, 2018 11:49:20 GMT -6
You should've spent your time and effort building a culture instead of a practice field. Ha! Yep,I guess so. Seriously, though, that culture stuff just happens when you just do what's right. No need for all the silly stuff that folks are doing now...but I understand your dig at me. Hope that the original poster hangs in and that everything works out well for him! Exactly. I think too many people think thereās a way around demanding excellence and working hard. Thatās why every offense book saying that āyou donāt really have to block people wellā sells 10000 copies.
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Post by throwahitch on Sept 6, 2018 7:43:00 GMT -6
Can an offensive lineman or any offensive player grab his teammate and hold on to not let a defensive man through a gap? I saw a tackle step inside on Ext Point and with his inside hand he grabbed the guardās leg and held on. Literally every time the kick was happening the tackle was wrapping his hand around the thigh. Is this legal? Lol I grabbed the back of shoulder pads in high school. Did it when we ran wedge too. Never saw a flag lol
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Post by throwahitch on Sept 5, 2018 11:03:40 GMT -6
Had an unusual experience this past Friday night. We were up on a team pretty early that we probably shouldn't have scheduled in the first place. We agree to run the clock starting in the 2nd quarter. In the second half the refs ask if we can run the clock continuously with no stoppages for any reason. Our HC agrees. We run two plays. There is an injury. The entire 3rd quarter clock runs out during the injury. Both teams combined for 10 total plays in the entire 2nd half. Never seen anything like it. Omg thatās crazy!!
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Post by throwahitch on Sept 5, 2018 9:20:02 GMT -6
Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you want the clock to run when in that situation? When it's that big of a mismatch, I think getting out of there as quick as possible is in everyone's best interest. If it's the mercy rule being referred to, of course. Ended up in striking distance towards the end, and no, they did not put in their backups because small school ball. Had the clock not been running at times, I am not saying we would have won, but it would have been interesting.
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Post by throwahitch on Sept 5, 2018 9:18:17 GMT -6
Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you want the clock to run when in that situation? When it's that big of a mismatch, I think getting out of there as quick as possible is in everyone's best interest. If it's the mercy rule being referred to, of course. Ended up in striking distance towards the end, and no, they did not put in their backups because small school ball.
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Post by throwahitch on Sept 4, 2018 9:07:45 GMT -6
If you decline to run the clock, can the refs just run it anyway???
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 25, 2018 8:01:51 GMT -6
Tried it, Good on good still not playing up to par. They all play high, and right now the biggest struggle is they do not understand it isnt acceptable because on a friday night the other team actually wants to stop you. That's a different situation than having a bad scout team. That is just bad execution. Granted you will always struggle if the overall talent level is subpar, because those subpar kids will be going "good on good" vs other subpar kids. But if you went half line, and still got bad looks, then you have a pride and execution problem. I agree whole heartedly about a pride and execution problem. School had won 1 game in four years prior to the new staff we have now.
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 24, 2018 22:34:05 GMT -6
You thought about going half line? Tried it, Good on good still not playing up to par. They all play high, and right now the biggest struggle is they do not understand it isnt acceptable because on a friday night the other team actually wants to stop you.
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 24, 2018 22:14:03 GMT -6
Years of neglect have mounted up at the new school. New HC comes in starts trying to put in a winning or at least playing hard mentality, and we as a staff are struggling. The biggest thing is that we are missing two classes of players. These players have either moved to other schools, or will not come out because the program has been a joke for so long. It is already a small school, and we graduate more than half our roster at the end of the school year. This creates problems when it comes to scout team especially. Despite our issues with numbers, the kids we have simply have to play hard for us to have success, however, we are now half-as**** in our scrimmages because the scout team we have is so awful and young that they don't have to do anything to block them. We use our sled every day using the De La Salle sled progression. Dbs are having trouble covering WRs who can run under a 5.4 second 40. We can have success here, but our players are not getting quality reps at practice.
I saw an article years ago that showed Alabama bringing back Trent Richardson to be a scout team running back for a week to simulate a running back they were playing. I could potentially get some former players, and even a few of the college aged volunteers to use some shields and protections to get us a decent look. It sounds so unprofessional, but we are looking at a program that some success may save the program itself.
Thoughts???
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 19, 2018 15:14:00 GMT -6
Yep. Itās too many peoples lives. Guys we can not hold these kids feet to the fire the way the coaches who are paying for these kids college can. A lot of coaches do not hold themselves to the same account as they hold the kids A lot of coaches could never work or be coached by the guy looking at them in mirror. To a lot of coaches its a part their lives, not their life. I am not knocking those guys, just don't hold the kids to the higher standard. I think full 12 mo. A year fb is fine if you fill that time meaningfully. Most coaches cannot do it 3 mo. A year much less 12. Me personally believe it can be a coaches life, but too many want to make it a 16 year olds. Weāre losing the kids who donāt want to make it their entire life for 4 years.
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 19, 2018 11:48:58 GMT -6
"This year-round crap is for the birds" My retirement speech (OK, I never actually said it but I thought it). At times I wonder if there might be shift in HS football back to doing less organized offseason stuff. There's so much marketing ramping up in 7 on 7 and camps now, but it's wearing kids out. Football is trying to be more like basketball and baseball with year round activities and constant practices because companies see dollar signs and grinders are always going to find new ways to grind... but the demands of the sport are such that you can't really suit up and play outside of a few months in the fall and maybe a couple of weeks in spring. Eventually you have to look at what is actually going to build up numbers and players and be effective at making you competitive when the season starts and what's just going to burn kids out and run them off. I feel like in 5-10 years, HS football will still exist, but there'll be a lot more emphasis on 7 on 7 and private coaches for the truly motivated/stud athletes and the HS teams will mostly just lift in the offseason, have spring practice that will basically be little more than 7 on 7, and then get together in July for practice with very little hitting. I also feel like you'll see the talent divide in the sport increased along rich and poor and a lot more 6 man and 8 man ball played by the smaller schools to compensate for lower numbers and money. I agree football is trying to copy baseball and basketball. Yet we donāt get to play any real games during the summer. We will lose that right
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 19, 2018 11:47:09 GMT -6
I run 2 other forums (3 actually but 1 isn't up and running yet) The same topic has been brought up on both numerous times, on both boards, i've seen it discussed on several others, and have personally talked with probably 20 other coaches who feel similar If the sport isn't "dying" it's certainly changing enough that people all over are noticing, and coincidentally asking the same question Why? .. probably because for once its facing issues from all sides, its not just 1 issue facing the sport. I think the game will stand, but I think it may get to the point where it changes so much long term coaches may not want to be involved down the road, because to them its not Football anymore. Iāve said this too. Iām not coaching 7on7 year round.
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Post by throwahitch on Aug 19, 2018 11:45:36 GMT -6
@grad17 Your last two posts add nothing constructive at all to the discussions. Please keep the snark to yourself. I think it just illustrates why some kids donāt want to play anymore. The coaches take not going 7 days a week in the summer as rolling out the ball on Friday nights.
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