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Post by cwaltsmith on Jan 19, 2021 9:01:33 GMT -6
I'm all against cheating... but most of these are gamesmanship type things... anyone that says these are cheating and immoral but teach holding ... or cut blocking as aim for thigh and slide down, etc.... are being hypocritical... you cant make pushing the envelope ok in one area but immoral in another area IMHO
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Post by cwaltsmith on Jan 14, 2021 12:09:17 GMT -6
Trying to simplify and get more deception in my Gun Buck run game... and Gun Belly run game
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 18, 2020 7:51:16 GMT -6
I wanted to leave a longer answer but I had a meeting. I heard James Franklin speak t a clinic about Meaningful Stats, exactly what this thread about. The stat that I found most interesting was Average Starting Field Position. He likes it because it involves all three phases of the game but I also like it because it is something that a coach can control. That hidden yardage makes big difference in HS football. NFL teams may be able to execute well enough to make 90 yard drives. For HS teams, I think, every yard that they have to gain is another chance for a 16 year old to jump offsides or miss block or run the wrong route. That's why I'm not a fan of the onside kick every time/ no punting school of thought. In HS field position counts. That is interesting and definitely worth considering, i think the opposite side also has a good position as well though. Just in my own way of thinking i think it would be tough to try and kick deep with any sort of guaranteed field position, that is unless i had a kicker who could get constant touchbacks. JMO but i think there are other benefits to onside kicking just than the hope of getting one here or there. Yes ... I believe its all about your kicker and coverage team. 1 year after 6 games... avg starting field position after kickoff for our opponents was the 41 yd line... we didnt have a kicker and were having to rest some key guys bc of depth. I decided that if we onsided everytime... we only gave up 9 to 11 yds... and we had a chance to get the ball... we onsided every kick off the rest of the year unless we were up big.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 17, 2020 8:52:57 GMT -6
When the talent level is VERY similar (like in the NFL)... analytics averages out ... but at the high school level... talent is very rarely level therefore the dont work...IMHO
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 13, 2020 8:51:37 GMT -6
Our Head Coach does the scheduling of out of region games with suggestions from admin... our region schedule is set by governing body and a draw at region meeting
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 13, 2020 8:51:23 GMT -6
Our Head Coach does the scheduling of out of region games with suggestions from admin... our region schedule is set by governing body and a draw at region meeting
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 8, 2020 19:03:27 GMT -6
neuman coaching gloves are lined and warm but not bulky... best ones I ever wore
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Post by cwaltsmith on Mar 12, 2020 7:02:24 GMT -6
SMH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the words of Aaron Rodgers... everyone needs to R-E-L-A-X!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by cwaltsmith on Mar 6, 2020 12:21:45 GMT -6
Wingt you beat me to it! I feel that I personally don’t need to meet, but my younger coaches benefit greatly from it. They share ideas and we talk about why they are good and bad for our game plan. For those that don’t meet, do you feel like you lose out on collaborative ideas that can snowball from meetings? I feel we do miss out on some of what your talking about by not meeting. As I stated before I wish we could meet for 30 minutes to an hour to present game plan and solidify confusions in anything.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Mar 5, 2020 7:56:45 GMT -6
We don't meet. We do the hudl stuff and end up putting it in a GOOGLE DOC and GOOGLE CLASSROOM for the kids. But we talk and face time and text to get the plan... I do think we would benefit with a short 30 min meeting or maybe 45 to present the glamplan to the staff and smash any questions or concerns. But not meeting has not been an issue at all
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Post by cwaltsmith on Feb 18, 2020 7:51:24 GMT -6
I have morphed the other way a little I think... When I was young, I thought I could change the world and bring every kid out of the dark and into the light of greatness and being a model citizen... Ive realized that aint happening most of the time. I still think we should give them at least a 2nd chance... I think we should help kids as long as they want to be helped and are showing effort as trying to help themselves.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Feb 3, 2020 8:31:42 GMT -6
Have to be willing and able to communicate with parents and community members... that and motivating kids may be the 2 of the most important skills to have.... Obviously you need great coaches around you and if you are a coordinator there is much more you need ... but I see so many great football coaches not succeed as HC bc of these 2 things.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Jan 13, 2020 10:58:47 GMT -6
I totally see what OP is saying... last year we looked really good in 7 v 7 in june and july... However, our QB is on the short side and our OLINE wasnt great. so when we went live it wasnt even close to the same as 7 v 7. I do think it has its place, but we are at the very least gonna have 4 guys stand in front of him during all 7 v 7
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Post by cwaltsmith on Dec 17, 2019 10:34:06 GMT -6
They have 4 rooms going at once, a traditional wing t room, a hybrid wing t room, a spread room, and a defensive room. So although its geared to the wing T it has a little bit of something for everyone. Please post dates when you see them. Thanks March 13th & 14th
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Post by cwaltsmith on Dec 5, 2019 10:47:56 GMT -6
In watching the Penn State vs Ohio State game, it seems OSU's superstar DE affected the play if not got caused or got credit for a sack each time he was single blocked. So obviously the natural question here is "why are you doing something that will result in him being one on one?" We know as coaches we do stupid stuff all the time, I was just curious to hear some of the stories and some of the reasons why? To answer your question directly....this is in part due to OSU's style of defense. I dont think Chase Young lined up in the same place two plays in a row. It's hard for an offense to scheme pass protection to a player who lines up in a different place every play. When you do that, you end up no longer running your own scheme and changing everything you do base don defense. There's only so much you can do to to add an extra man to an unknown part of the LOS. Chip and double as often as possible, but sometimes you just have to try and win with your scheme. It's like double-teaming Randy Moss, especially when he played for NE. You cant spend the WHOLE game playing down a man on defense. Eventually you need to move your safety to another place on the field for coverage. Much like NE could just chuck it deep to a single-covered Randy, OSU knew they had a chance any time the RB or TE went away from Young. THIS^^^^^^ If I have game planned to double player x every play all night. Then the team I am playing starts killing me on something else.... Then I might deviate away from the double call for a play or 2 to try and guess right... It is a chess match. I cant just sit in same thing all night or a good coach on the other side will eventually find a way to beat it. When a call the non double call I am hoping that I stop the new play they are killing me with and get them into something where they try and go back to the stuff I schemed to stop
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Post by cwaltsmith on Dec 4, 2019 8:47:59 GMT -6
I think over thinking and giving that other staff too much credit and those other players too much credit is the main reason we dont do the obvious some times....
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Post by cwaltsmith on Dec 4, 2019 8:44:16 GMT -6
Or when it’s 4th and inches someone gets in the gun snaps it back 4 yards and hands it to a Rb that 7yds to run IZ. What is the difference in doing this and lining up under center and turning around and handing it to a TB that is aligned 7 yds deep and running power? 7 yds is 7 yds whether your in the gun or under... I personally think lining up iin the gun and snapping it to a runner @ 5 yds & letting him run power with an extra blocker is a much better play. Obviously SNEAK is the easiest thing to do but if you cant move them then maybe its not.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Dec 2, 2019 9:44:12 GMT -6
Its hard to argue with numbers, but I don't feel that numbers can always relate to high school... bc most of the time the talent level isnt even on the HS field. This skews the numbers a ton...
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 18, 2019 8:03:19 GMT -6
Knowledge of their position... AND how that position fits into OUR scheme.... there are 100 ways to play corner... how do we need to play it to maximize our scheme.
Also I think they need to be a drill hound... all kinds of drills that help techniques that support the overall scheme.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 12, 2019 9:57:53 GMT -6
we have roughly 1050 students... 70 kids in the program... HC/DC, OC, 4 asst paid, 1 volunteer. We do frosh jv and varsity all in 1 hoping to split frosh next year with one of paid asst and a volunteer
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 6, 2019 7:44:43 GMT -6
1. willingness to work hard... & not just at the football stuff... taking up equipment, paper work, etc...
2. loyalty... Not a yes man ... behind closed doors they need to be able and willing to intelligently voice opinions
3. knowledge... the 1st 2 are way ahead of this one IMHO, but knowledge does help... tough to do by self scheme wise.
4. love for kids... I have coached with some that i believe hated kids, they just wanted to coach the sport... kids want you to care.
And 4 might should be number 1 but definitely important
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Post by cwaltsmith on Nov 4, 2019 11:02:33 GMT -6
We didn’t punt all year and never kicked a PAT. We tried to punt twice in the first game and never got it off. I liked my chances on 4th more than punting. We didn’t have a kicker so we went for two. We always onside kicked or pouched it because I didn’t feel it made much of a difference field position wise. I’m not sure if we’ll do the same next year but right now I believe we will. Fortuntely, we have a solid PAT kicker (29/36) on the season, so we will continue to do that next year, but that's about the extent of his kicking range. I'm thinking about the onside/pooch every time approach to kicking off as well. Do you guys not feel you could make 15 out of 36 2 pt conversions??? if so would it not make sense to go for 2? just curious...
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 30, 2019 11:37:14 GMT -6
Wanted to make sure that we were all on the same page.
Also benefitted our Sub-Varsity coaches (who were typically less experienced) with game planning, preparation, calling their games.
Professional Development as it were.
This is one of the big reasons I think there should always be a meeting of somekind even if its short... A good HC develops players and coaches!
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 30, 2019 11:34:09 GMT -6
Not tyring to be a smart*** but what is the purpose of rewatching the game film and scout films as a group? Just wondering if you discussed other things during or something? Wanted to make sure that we were all on the same page. got ya... I used to be one of these guys that thought coaches all needed to be in the same room for hours on the weekend grinding out the game plan... But technology has changed me a little... as I said before we don't meet now and at first I was super leary of not meeting, & I actually think we should but only to present the games plans & work out personnel. maybe 30 to 45 minutes. So while I do think coaches need to meet, the methodical plod thru hours of game film as a group is over kill imho... Now to be successful without meeting you need committed coaches that arent just in it for a check that will actually do the work at home. Right now all my coaches shoot me text whenever they get to film on sat or sunday... I sit down and work out the plan sunday night after kids and wife in bed... I dabble a little during days on sat and sun but compile everything sunday night write up scouting report and share it with team and coaches on google classroom. I like this thread... there is no correct way to do it IMHO all about what works for you.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 30, 2019 11:18:46 GMT -6
After a Friday game we usually don't bring the players in over the weekend. Some JV games are on Saturday morning and some kids come in to see the trainer but otherwise they're off until Monday. Unless we have to scout a Saturday game (And we often do especially early in the season) the coaches don't come in until our meeting on Sunday at 5 PM. Coaches are expected to work on their own at home during the weekend. On Sunday, the coordinators will have a tentative game plan. At the meeting we'll discuss any program issues, watch our game (Quickly, since coaches should have watched it on their own), discuss any personnel issues, watch some film of the opponent (Again, we've already watched at home), then discuss the tentative game plan. Sometimes that may just be the DC (Me) saying, "We're not changing anything". Unless we're anticipating something, like weather, disrupting practice we rarely spend much time planning practice. We've had veteran staffs who didn't need guidance and our practice format almost never changes. Coordinators draw scout cards on their own. Not tyring to be a smart*** but what is the purpose of rewatching the game film and scout films as a group? Just wondering if you discussed other things during or something?
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 30, 2019 7:02:49 GMT -6
We do not bring players in over the weekend. We also don't meet as a staff. As DC, I'm just expected to have everything done and ready by Monday.
We don't bring the players in; we meet on Sundays as a staff for a few hours to touch bases. That's assuming that film assignments have been taken care of outside of scout cards; I just expect those to be done by Monday. I put together two Google docs for the weekend; one breaking down our game and another breaking down the next week's opponent. They're detailed documents and I ask the staff to contribute to it through out the weekend. If they've contributed to those documents, then we can hit the ground running on Sunday, get game plans in place and practices planned.
We dont meet as a staff... I started bringing the offensive guys in and any one else that wanted to come to my house on sundays at 1 we watch friidays film and talk for about 10 minutes on next weeks opponent. My wife cooks for them something simple and some stay and swim... We have did this in lew of staying after during the week to watch film... I would love to see you document.
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 28, 2019 13:36:04 GMT -6
Agree leave it up to him and let him know youll help in any way you can and team will be here if he changes mind... tough spot for anyone to go through.
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Banquet
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 24, 2019 12:09:06 GMT -6
I am all for recognizing as many kids as possible without watering it down... (fine line)... and anything positive said is a good thing... my experience is that they dont like coming... but love hearing what other do ... gives ideas even if not the same thing is done
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Banquet
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 23, 2019 8:14:46 GMT -6
Good thread... I hate banquets... most kids dont wanna go unless they think they are winning something and even less parents wanna go unless their kid might win something. Its a huge expense and hassle IMHO... then you have the kid how said he had 8 family members coming and none show... so you pay for extra food that is wasted.. I love the having it at school or right after and do pizza wings
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Post by cwaltsmith on Oct 14, 2019 7:00:50 GMT -6
It says document no longer here?
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