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Post by canesfan on Nov 5, 2019 13:06:18 GMT -6
We do. We pretty much want to give them time to talk to the HC, their position coaches and coordinators.
Basically questions fall into: -How did the year go (player and coaches perspective) -Offseason plan -Long term goal setting -Brutal honesty.
If a kid thinks I’m a jerk and it makes him hate football, I want to know. If a kid knows of kids we can recruit in the hallway I want to know. If a kid wants to try a different position or make it know they want varsity time I want to know.
Brutal honesty has been the best part of it. We’ve had kids tell us they want to start varsity, us lay out a plan for them to get better (sometimes tough love or realism). More often than not those players have met their goals and exceeded our expectations.
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Post by canesfan on Nov 4, 2019 14:07:27 GMT -6
Get rid of them for the rest of the year. They have likely poisoned the rest of your team, and getting them out of there may be the only antidote.
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Post by canesfan on Nov 4, 2019 8:01:26 GMT -6
This year. But most have been small (or ridiculous). We have one fairly significant injury to one of our best players but he only missed one game and has continued playing. But we’ve had kids miss games for soreness and heartburn.
We went on a 6 game win streak during which one starter was out each game for some ridiculous reason (soft injury, fight, etc.). It kind of became a thing where we just waited for something dumb to happen.
Crazy, crazy year. The heart of of team is tough, but the fringes of our starting lineup is young and a little soft. Overall we’ve had a great year, but it’s been strange.
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Post by canesfan on Nov 1, 2019 22:04:45 GMT -6
Tonight’s was the worst I’ve ever been a part of. Beyond pathetic and unfair to our kids.
5 yard penalty on 4th and 8 resulting in a 1st down.
A horrible PI call on the goaline. Literally the only one of the game. Refused to call them. Wait until the game is on the line and after we make a big play. Would have been 4th and 7. Ended up 3rd and 2.
Their returner literally batted a ball that we recovered. Said he never touched it. Clear ricochet and change of direction on top of it clearly hitting him.
Maybe we still don’t win but dang it was bad.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 28, 2019 21:07:13 GMT -6
KY is a 10 game regular season plus one bye week.
6 classes.
4-6 teams per district. Top 4 make the playoffs. 8 total districts for a playoff of 32 teams per class.
Most teams make the playoffs.
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Banquet
Oct 24, 2019 11:47:26 GMT -6
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Post by canesfan on Oct 24, 2019 11:47:26 GMT -6
Man, I am kind of surprised by the anti-banquet sentiment. Its after the season, so its not like it gets in the way of on the field performance, and I have found players and families tend to enjoy them (though I have been to some bad banquets before). Moreover, I am surprised when I hear about places that don't say something about each kid, thats usually the highlight of every banquet for the families. I get not doing it on frosh teams with 120+ kids, but every varstiy team I have been a part of has had position coaches speak about their players- even the ones with upwards of 70 on the team. I get that many of the speeches end up being generic and full of cliches, but its always a good gesture to the players and families. Preach. Never hurts to say something nice about each kid.
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Banquet
Oct 23, 2019 7:44:09 GMT -6
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Post by canesfan on Oct 23, 2019 7:44:09 GMT -6
We go to our local state park which has a banquet hall. Pretty nice meal. Trophies. Picture show from year. Highlight film.
What I think our kids would like better is to have it at school and load up with pizza, wings, etc that they like. Our kids would love it but their parents would hate it.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 17, 2019 4:52:02 GMT -6
We literally own the mats the use for wrestling. We have helped start the program and chosen the coaches. Wrestling was started because there was interest and football coaches wanted it too. So for now it is kind of a part of our offseason program. Obviously it’s for everyone but we control a lot of it.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 13, 2019 12:48:11 GMT -6
This week we had a sideline warning on the first play where everyone, except the ball boy was a full yard behind the line. The HC asked wth is going on and he said, "I always set the tone early. This is MY sideline." You can imagine how the rest of the game went. I would have immediately asked for the white hat to come over. They want to call it to set the tone if one of us Is in there fine. To make up a call then I’m going ask some questions.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 13, 2019 12:08:25 GMT -6
I've worked in 8 different schools. You'd have got laughed out of the room if you told them that in every single one. Maybe you need to move to a school where they actually want football to be good!! Just kidding, I know our situation is rare but I’d have strong hesitations about anywhere that would force the football team to practice less because of something as trivial as homecoming. What makes a great homecoming? Winning the dang game!
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Post by canesfan on Oct 13, 2019 7:09:13 GMT -6
Two of my assistants were given a sideline penalty walking off the field for a timeout. We already had a sideline warning. The official that threw it throws a sideline warning on each team every game. He’s 78, and should not be officiating.
When I asked about it he said they were in the restricted area. To which I replied “you think? They were walking off the field from a timeout”? The ready for play whistle hadn’t even been blown. The rest of the officials apologized after the game for him but we still had a 5 yard penalty none the less.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 13, 2019 7:04:58 GMT -6
Embrace the crazy. Other than the fact that I don’t allow for things being scheduled that take away from our practice time I don’t care what goes on. Homecoming parade? Cool. But it will be scheduled after practice and pregame meal Thursday. Homecoming is a convenient crutch we as coaches and players fall back on. Can it be the cause of lack of preparation? Sure, it can. But that’s a choice we all make. The coach gets to schedule the Homecoming parade. That's hilarious. I schedule our activities for our team. If they want us in the homecoming parade they’ll have it when we can come. If they schedule it when I don’t want it we won’t be there. Pretty simple. Let that be known wary and as professional as possible and it works out. Now is probably too late.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 12, 2019 15:08:41 GMT -6
Embrace the crazy. Other than the fact that I don’t allow for things being scheduled that take away from our practice time I don’t care what goes on.
Homecoming parade? Cool. But it will be scheduled after practice and pregame meal Thursday.
Homecoming is a convenient crutch we as coaches and players fall back on. Can it be the cause of lack of preparation? Sure, it can. But that’s a choice we all make.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 6, 2019 21:52:08 GMT -6
Just don’t get why that should be the case. If a school is willing to take them I just don’t see who it really hurts. How about fairness? If a family makes a legitimate move, fine. If there's an academic reason for moving, of course that's OK. Transferring to play on a better team sounds OK to you? Maybe his old team would be better if he didn't transfer. Yes it does sound ok. I’m not his parent and if a parent decides that they want their kid to go to any school for any reason, I don’t feel it’s my place to stop them or punish them. How are academics a more legitimate reason that sports? Is there any school in America that graduates zero successful kids? I get school is school, but who are any of us to tell someone what they should prioritize in their child’s education? People leave for better jobs all the time. People leave jobs, towns, etc. for various reasons. Changing schools for academics, band, chess club, etc is really not much different than leaving for sports. Maybe it changes your kids future. Maybe it doesn’t. But I just don’t think anyone should tell a parent what to do with their kid as long as the kid is being taken care of (food, water, shelter). If someone wants to leave bad enough they will find a way. Maybe we should ask why they leave in the first place? I don’t have a dog in the fight. No one is moving to our town for athletics and our kids probably aren’t leaving to go somewhere else. Just have always thought it was crazy to try to prevent kids from leaving schools.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 6, 2019 17:22:51 GMT -6
I hate transfer policies. Zero reason a state athletic association should have a say in what a parent can do with their child. How is a move for athletic reasons a bad thing if it’s what the family wants? For the record we get zero transfers that are not in the foster system. We also lose zero. So maybe I’d have a different opinion if we did. Nobody says that you can't transfer. They just say that if you transfer for athletic reasons you're not eligible to play. Just don’t get why that should be the case. If a school is willing to take them I just don’t see who it really hurts.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 6, 2019 13:42:15 GMT -6
Safe to say that this issue is a touchy one for all. But I ask you this, are you forced to stay where you hate it? "hey your a great WR, best in the county, but you live X and here at X we run single wing son, we throw the ball 3-4 times a game". Is this what is best for the kid? Answer it like a parent, not like a coach.....what would you do as a parent? Would you as a dad, really look your kid in the eye and say "stay at X"....would you really?? I hate transfer policies. Zero reason a state athletic association should have a say in what a parent can do with their child. How is a move for athletic reasons a bad thing if it’s what the family wants? For the record we get zero transfers that are not in the foster system. We also lose zero. So maybe I’d have a different opinion if we did.
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Post by canesfan on Oct 6, 2019 7:39:18 GMT -6
Most we’ve score in a quarter was 41. At the end of the quarter we headed towards the locker room until the officials stopped us and told us it was just going to be the second quarter.
Most we’ve given up was 37. 1st round of the playoffs vs eventual state champ. They mercifully ended with 57. Literally could have scored 157. As a matter of fact they had 9 points before they ran their first offensive play. Probably could have continued to block punts all night and never ran any offense. Very classy team though, we will appreciate them always for not embarrassing our kids.
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Post by canesfan on Sept 20, 2019 7:04:08 GMT -6
Umm, not sure that it will impact the game. Could possibly help. I don’t think they will be worn out.
But requiring kids to do it on Friday is garbage anyway. We get one game per week. It’s on Fridays. Schedule crap like this any other day.
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Post by canesfan on Sept 18, 2019 19:43:43 GMT -6
Depends on how good they are in the booth.
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Post by canesfan on Aug 15, 2019 6:33:45 GMT -6
We have a company that does our game jerseys. Kids wash their own practice gear.
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Post by canesfan on Aug 4, 2019 18:46:10 GMT -6
Make it important to the right kids in your program and it will help tremendously.
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Post by canesfan on Aug 2, 2019 7:39:15 GMT -6
I don’t think we could ever do that in KY outside of our bigger classes. We’re a small school, our JV kids play varsity as well. Some of our JV kids play a lot of varsity or start one side of the ball varsity and get reps on the other side during JV. That’s bad enough, as you may lose a rotational guy on Monday for Friday’s games.
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Post by canesfan on Aug 1, 2019 9:54:45 GMT -6
Where are you? That sounds like a nightmare.
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Post by canesfan on Jul 27, 2019 16:32:46 GMT -6
One of the best things you can do is be reasonable.
Schedule your practice well in advance and don’t deviate unless it’s necessary. (In KY we have the Heat Index). I have them the summer schedule in April and we told our kids two things: -Give one copy to your employer now. They can schedule around practice for you now, but if you wait until June/July you’re being unfair to them -Realize that attendance is tracked and everyone knows what you’ve done. Kids that are lifting and practicing are getting better. If you’re not here, for any reason, someone on the team is working to get your spot and your opponents are working to beat you.
I don’t stress anymore over who we have. Our roster is smaller than I want (40 kids), but our kids meet the expectations of the team. You get enough buy in and the kids will positively influence their teammates to come to practice.
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Post by canesfan on Jul 20, 2019 18:10:03 GMT -6
I usually try to be optimistic but also truthful in that you never really know until you start playing. Better to exceed public perception than fall short of the expectations you create by running your mouth. As coaches were at the mercy of our kids, and really they win the games by execution or talent.
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Post by canesfan on Jul 14, 2019 19:34:12 GMT -6
Tempo of practice accomplishes a lot of conditioning. Run plays as fast as you can, no much talking, lots of Drill work.
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Post by canesfan on Jul 12, 2019 21:08:32 GMT -6
We get a lot of milk donated by the school. Chocolate milk is good post practice. We feed our kids every day something. School provides during the summer, parents chip in and buy bread and peanut butter/jelly during the season.
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Post by canesfan on Jun 28, 2019 18:36:18 GMT -6
No Scout Cards sounds like something an offensive minded head coach would suggest to a DC. We’re an Air Raid/RPO team. We play 2-3 Wing T Teams, one Full house double tight iso team, a Double Wing Team, etc. this method would be a disaster for us.
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Post by canesfan on Jun 19, 2019 20:17:04 GMT -6
Any coach that pushes specialization should be immediately fired. It’s selfish and dumb.
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Post by canesfan on Jun 3, 2019 11:35:49 GMT -6
Our school is seeing a drop in all sports. That said, the kids that do play in our school are athletic. This past year we were competitive or better in every sport other than softball. I think every other sport may have had at least a winning record.
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