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Post by coachjm on Sept 6, 2023 6:16:47 GMT -6
If you aren't so good up front - will you be better running something completely new to them, or what they've been doing since they got into HS (if not before)? If you're teaching fundamentals does where you line up change them? I just think you can give your kids a better chance to succeed if you get creative with formations. In my opinion if you are a flexbone guy and you have poor players on the LOS you are better off in running plays that hit quicker like under center flexbone then other slower hitting versions of option football.... If you are spread pass first guy and your poor up front you likely will need to run more quick/screen game to ensure your QB is protected so just like the flexbone coach would need to adapt so would the spread pass first guy.... I know my kids are generally better when we do the same concepts year to year adapting, anytime we make wholesale changes we can surprise someone for a week or have some success but it doesn't seem to lead to a great season... With that I said it has just been what is best for me through the years it doesn't mean it would be best for you, I would never contend my way is the only way and it may not be the best way, however, after years of searching for the best way I have deducted it is the best way for me to help my kids have the best experience they can.....
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Post by coachjm on Aug 31, 2023 4:04:26 GMT -6
Situation matters as well....
Football Schematics like any curriculum should be layered if possible.....
If you are in a situation in which their is heavy turnover in your roster for whatever reason your schematics don't matter beyond you better keep it simple.... However, if your gonna have mostly the same kids for 4 years whatever scheme you run ideally builds upon itself.... This becomes even more important if you have a 7-12 system or a K12 system... The reality is it helps EVERY level when kids come in with some knowledge!
Agree with all the above opinion on the fact that it has to be flexible enough to utilize talent however, I would argue almost all systems have this built in it is a byproduct of an experience coach to know how to do this without making a mess of things...
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Post by coachjm on Jul 27, 2023 4:54:53 GMT -6
We are testing your theory and TBH I have no idea how it will end up but I do have some data points....
Took over a school that had struggled to win many games the last 10 years. The previous HC was here for 2 years had played in the NFL, ran a spread offense that was very open and had 2 qbs transfer in each of his two years one of which came from Oregon (we are in Michigan, he had come from Oregon..... Ironically...) we are in Metro Detroit just west of the city in a lower social economic area. Many Football players have been transferring out of our District (2 HS) for some time to some of the more successful programs in the state...
Anyhow, we have installed the Power T/Double Wing and this is what we will be doing here during my tenure.... When I first met the kids I joked that I had 49 WR, 1 OL, 2 QBs, and 1 RB when I asked what position they want to play. Although that isn't completely accurate it is close... I had kids with OL bodies telling me they wanted to be a WR and almost all the current RBs had the same view....
Our approach was we are gonna focus on making you the best football player we can, this means tackling, coverage, fitting, ball carrying techniques, catching, throwing, blocking ect.
We are heading into our second year, our numbers are very good better then they have been in a long time, our retention has been good as we have been fortunate to not have kids transfer out (also nobody has transferred in either) since we got here (that might change tomorrow... Never know in this area as their is heavy movement on all fronts)..... The local youth program that goes up through 8th grade has asked to implement our schemes and work with us learning them... We have lots of guys that want to be running backs and tight ends.....
I do think much of this is we have some really good men and mentors coaching in our program, and a district that is working hard to make sure kids needs are met, the district is ensuring there are meals after practice and transportation home if needed..... I'm certain we have some kids who wish we spread it out and I know we have some dads that feel that way, I have no idea how that will end however, the one thing I do know is the vast majority of the kids in our program are wanting to learn how to be BETTER football players, improve their skills, and play for each other and really don't talk much about our scheme or position much on either side of the ball...
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Post by coachjm on Jul 13, 2023 10:53:04 GMT -6
Just because a coaches office is attached to a locker room does not mean that it is being supervised, even if there is a clear window. Coaches shooting the breeze or meeting before/after practice doesn't mean the kids are being monitored. Sure you'll catch the big stuff such as a big commotion during a fight or something like that, but by no means does it mean there can't be some stuff that happens right underneath your nose, especially if there's music being played in the locker room. I agree this can be the case..... I also disagree.... This is entirely based on the set up of the space.... My last school the coaches office it was IMPOSSIBLE to supervise from you couldn't even really see the lockers let alone hear what was going on. As part of the bond project I was part of the team to build new locker rooms, the #1 factor we built in was ensuring offices could be actively observing of the locker room we essentially created a space in which every locker could be seen with the coaches office door open.... My new school the office we "made" it is far from nice, allows for this as well.. However, to your point.... This isn't an option in may set-ups..
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Post by coachjm on Jul 13, 2023 5:09:20 GMT -6
We always have a coach in the locker room... We went is far is making a coaches office out of a storage room to ensure our coaches didn't just stand in there without purpose.....
None of us can 100% stop hazing/bullying or any other poor behavior that involves kids treatment.....
However 100% of us can: 1. Have a Coach in the lockerroom when the team is sent there. 2. Have the team being specific spots together when doing team activities 3. Continue to educate on the consequences of hazing/bullying 4. Continue to educate on why when their is a hierarchical relationship (senior-freshman) that the goal is servitude and true mentorship. 5. Recognize that things that start out as small and funny tend to escalate when you get a large group of young men (or old men) together... Therefor try and stay in front of the small things.....
It is a tough time in education/coaching as the behavior of even the most immature or most emotional often leads to a consequence of the adult not the child.....
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Post by coachjm on Feb 12, 2022 5:14:24 GMT -6
I don't think there is any doubt, the style of negative, demeaning, or overly critical instruction is going out. Ultimately, like the NBA transitioned as the NFLPA and the players gain more and more power and more freedom to move the more the Coach will need to connect build relationships to create a culture people want to be at... I see it similar too both the work place and education....
A couple generations ago most owners of companies and bosses weren't concerned about company culture they were worried about production.. Now almost all companies are trying to attract talent with work place culture flexibility and enjoyable work environments. Can you picture your great grandfather riding a scooter down the halls of his work place?
Educationally, has moved this way as well, if I had a dollar for everytime I hear student centered instruction and differentiation I would be a rich man. I know all the educators on here have seen this transformation for better or for worse...
The NFL is going through the same transition, in the end I don't think it is for better or worse, I'm certainly not on board with how Bo, woody, Lombardi always treated players in effort to win more games with that said the results they had impacting people can't be argued unless it was just a byproduct of the strong surviving..
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Post by coachjm on Dec 22, 2021 18:50:00 GMT -6
Coaches, I have a detailed set of character traits that I want to build my program on. I want to create a visual and brand for our program so these intangibles are able to be looked at at any time. My high school coach put together a pyramid with each layer being a character trait (hard work, selflessness, etc.) that he referred to almost every day when giving speeches/explaining what qualities our program was built on. I want to do the same, but I don't want to copy the pyramid idea. I want someone "cool" for the kids, but also gets our point across in a crystal clear manner. I've toyed with a hierarchy, but I don't love it. Just looking for unique ideas. Anything is appreciated. Thanks. Another thought.... If your HS coach's plan was significant enough to make this level of impact on you I would encourage you to mimic it as it likely was effective and powerful for many others as well! Your players, it will be new too just like it was to you!
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Post by coachjm on Dec 21, 2021 5:27:38 GMT -6
One of my best RBs I have ever had was one of my worst LBs I have ever had, we moved him to FS and he got better (still not great)....
First I believe the goal of our tests and the data we take in is to measure growth and to inspire to work harder. If I am measuring something, keeping data on it, and letting people know (twitter, leaderboard, ect) it is probably going to be important to the kids and they will get better at it. This is important as we want them to strive to get faster, more explosive, agile, and of course stronger.
Defensively, we have always tried to define our players as leverage players or plug players.... In general, I don't care how much my leverage player squats but his ability to change direction matters, and as listed above his willingness to squat matters..... My plug players I don't really care how fast they run a 40 in, but their nastiness in the squat rack and toughness is typically a huge variable in the type of player they become....
The goal is to get all of our players developed a little faster, stronger, tougher then they were last year. Then when the season starts get them better at playing football regardless of the position they play try to help them improve at their fundamentals every day. It sounds simplistic because it is....
So measuring/testing matters a ton, it creates standards that we are trying to achieve at and compete for... Also, many times we have found that when we get a boy in the right spot he becomes better, my strongest fastest senior next year is a really really nice kid, he has played TE, FB, G, LB, DE, DT, OLB, DB in his career he runs so well and is very strong for our program. After all the trial an error and seeing glimpses of his talent at all spots, it is without a question he is a defensive lineman... Sometimes we have to take those back-ups and keep coaching them, other times we have to take them and keep working to find their spot and role... In the end we typically have 16-18 guys actually play on either side of the ball on game night so any boy that isn't in that group we either try to forecast how they may be down the road with graduation or injury or we will try to find a spot where they may forecast in the fact is being buried on the depth chart is never going to inspire a young guy to get better..
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Post by coachjm on Dec 10, 2021 4:41:12 GMT -6
Does anyone have a template for underclassman exit interviews. I would love to see what other questions people are asking and format they are doing them in to be efficient but get some depth of discussion with their players.
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Post by coachjm on Dec 10, 2021 4:39:22 GMT -6
Have no use for this stuff... If I have a kid not working as hard as we would like or coming late we talk with him about it... If it continues I generally talk to their parents... If it continues and the kid has a desire to play college football I make sure that him and his parent know that this is the stuff I am responsible for sharing with the college coaches in recruitment. Generally, if they are successful college recruit step 1 suffices, never do we have to get to step 3 if they truly have ambition to be a college football player.
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Post by coachjm on Dec 5, 2021 11:54:05 GMT -6
Just finished year 22 as a coach and educator, I am hopeful I'm right around the half way point of my career! I love it as much today as I did 22 years ago.... I do plan to change states to be able to collect my pension from Michigan and I look forward to going back into the gym (teaching) and out of administration when that transition occurs..
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Post by coachjm on Nov 1, 2021 18:33:15 GMT -6
Has anyone ever bought or built a cart for the machine? We're going to try and have our shop class build one so it is easier to transport to/from practice field. We had a local welder build a cart for it... I highly recommend this as it makes it much easier to move around. Our first year with a Jugs... I like it a lot for punt/kick return.... I'm not sure it has had an impact on ball catching yet but I want to see if it gets used in the offseason before I draw any conclusions on that.
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Post by coachjm on Sept 30, 2021 5:14:03 GMT -6
Due to the cancellations last night our HS of 256 kids in Division 8 (smallest division) played MS Football against a school in Division 2 and a school in Division 4.
Our 7th Grade squad played the Division 4 school we dressed 19 they had a combined 7th/8th of 40 or so Our 8th Grade Squad played the Division 2 school we dressed 25 they had a combined 7th/8th of 40 or so
Both schools have excellent varsity coaches who been successful, both schools worked hard to make sure their kids could get a game (which not everyone does)....
We have some history of success and a strong community so we have some things going in our favor, however, my first year at this school 10 years ago we had to scrap to have 14 on our one middle school team and 2 years prior they didn't have a MS team.... We have worked REALLY hard to change our infrastructure and here are my conclusions...
1. Football must be age appropriate... 2. Kids come out to play, a. to actually play b. to play in games.... Make sure they can when they are young or they won't get better. 3. Coaches and dads care about lower level results more then kids! Football needs to be fun! 4. Flag football is Fun... The longer kids play it the more eager they will be for tackle it won't negatively influence how they tackle... 5. Spend time building numbers and recruiting/building interest with the MS-9th grade years if they haven't gotten excited about it by then you probably won't sway them.... 6. Balance matters, although their are periods you have to grind, most of the year (year round program) the activities should be fun and the kids should look forward to it as should you as the coach! If you are as a coach are grinding in March make some changes....
I know a little off topic and there are so many variables everyone deals with that are out of our control.... However, there are some things we as Coaches could do much better to make the game more enjoyable for ourselves and the kids and our game would benefit and SOME of these schools cancelling would not be..
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Post by coachjm on Sept 5, 2021 7:55:01 GMT -6
We tell our guys if the guy doesn't see you coming it is your job to hold him up (thumbs up inside literally keep him on his feet) it doesn't take much contact to knock a guy down who is surprised by your presence. In doing this we have been able to prevent getting that knockdown blocks that tend to get flagged. Ultimately, it takes care of the job as well. If the guys is running at you, different ball game....
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Post by coachjm on Aug 26, 2021 3:12:55 GMT -6
Our JV plays... 1 Thursday game, 1 Wednesday game, 1 Saturday game, and the rest on Monday..
Our state moved to allow 5 quarters of play for any player from previous 4 2 years ago. Prior to that all schools pretty much played the day before the Varsity (Thursday) since that move some leagues like our own have started to play the JV games after but most haven't creating these inconsistent schedules. With dwindling participation I think in time most will end up on Saturday or Monday.
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Post by coachjm on Aug 19, 2021 11:18:35 GMT -6
I do believe until the pandemic becomes an endemic I think we're already there. Totally agree from my view, however, I think when there is a common view of this from our medical professionals (CDC), politicians (the White House), and the media (at least the big ones) I don't think much will change. Although I would much prefer that the Football Coaches of America could make this declaration. There was a county in Iowa that did yesterday.
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Post by coachjm on Aug 19, 2021 5:13:43 GMT -6
I don't know if it's COVID, or what, but all of society seems totally off their rockers. From airplanes, to sporting events, to school board meetings, to everything, people are acting like jackasses everywhere. Because there are no consequences to bad behavior. It's just that simple, IMO. Not so sure I buy into this thought process..... People are certainly on edge... Since the pandemic I have experienced a different set of emotions then I have ever prior.... Although, I believe myself to be an optimist with a general upbeat demeanor (internally), during this pandemic I have had increased anxiety, depression, anger, and at times a sense of helplessness. I do not have extreme political beliefs one way or the other so I do believe my emotion is stemming from the lack of interactions and restrictions of interactions we have had to endure mainly due my innate desire to be with people and appreciation of social interaction. One simple example I went nearly 9 months without seeing my parents, during that time I got very anxious about not seeing them again despite them taking great precautions, once they were comfortable with regular distanced visits (I would check on them weekly or bi-weekly) this anxiousness went away. I do believe there are many people who have dealt with much higher levels of anxiety and depression prior to the pandemic then I did I can't imagine how they are coping or handling the emotions I was confronted with if they may have been on edge to start. I don't believe simply hiring more counselors or having more consequences will solve these issues, I do believe until the pandemic becomes an endemic we will be confronted with these challenges and at that time we may be able to work our way back to a stage in which human decency and love for one another trumps the internal emotions of the moment...
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Post by coachjm on Aug 16, 2021 4:22:18 GMT -6
Been reading-hearing for years if you run a Spread offense it will "get the athletes out" who it is implied would not play otherwise. And yet here we are discussing how numbers are down all across the country. Are turnouts down only at schools who don't run Spread attacks, or was that a fallacy? As you and others know we moved away from our beloved DW during the pandemic, running a spread pistol package last year and planned to commit to a that pathway for 4 years to see the impact with many "spread kids" some of which were on the fence playing.... Last spring I offered before and after school opportunities for kids to work on catching the ball who wanted to be a receiver (2-4 at a time, our state allows you to work with 4) and also had QB School once a week from March until the end of the school year, our QB's set these up with me on there desired schedule in an effort to not burden them when we got to tournament time in basketball and baseball we took a couple weeks off. The epiphany occurred when many of the talented skilled boys and my top young QB started to rumor that they weren't going to play, despite never coming to the optional workouts..... I found myself working on catching with body types that were FB's, TE's, and even some kids that were going to be offensive lineman. Ultimately, for us I wanted to provide the opportunity for whoever wanted it.... I met with our starting QB and best WR at the beginning of May and asked them to list the guys they felt they could count on to play, work hard, and want to make themselves better. Both game me a seperate list, I had my coaches do this as well and all lists were pretty close... I then asked where they thought our best match-up advantages in the speed and space offense and there was consistent concern in this as well...... So we are back to our old DW, with a mix of some spread packages to hopefully utilize our very talented QB a little.... Numbers wise we are down some but still in decent shape, only one of the 4 or 5 skill kids that were on the fence is playing the others all opted out with all but one telling me when we were still planning on being a "spread" team. One wanted to focus on basketball, one was concerned about concussion and headaches (had two last year one skiing), one "lost the love for the game", another said he doesn't like the game and never has and is finally old enough to stand up to his dad on this.... In other words I think it is a fallacy... With that stated in our version of the DW, we have thrown a lot, gone in gun some, run lots of formations, I do believe our fans don't really know it is a whole lot different then any other offense and nor should they because it isn't.
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Post by coachjm on Aug 11, 2021 5:07:22 GMT -6
Although I agree with the argument of HS football and the current offseason demands impact having a negative impact on the participation numbers I do think the cultural dichotomy that we are currently living in does pressure a necessity for much of this....
Currently coaching at a small school with 44 players 9-12 participating, this is the second smallest roster I have had in my 10 years here. I had 34 my first year, my overall roster numbers are solid outside of my Senior class that has only 5 participants.
The change I have seen over the last decade is caused by movement, I have about 10 boys in my program that absolutely love football, it is the favorite thing they do sports wise and they live to get better regardless of the skill. In the offseason, they want to work, do drill, strength train and speed train. To be frank I am very blessed to have a number this big in the size of school I am at. If we did not offer a well organized offseason strength and development program these boys would transfer out, there is not a doubt in my mind on that. Even now they are working with outside trainers and taking advantage of other opportunities which leads to some level of recruitment that I know they are intrigued by as a young person. We try to take a minimal approach to offseason work (get all players in lifting class, go 2 days a week in summer outside of camps, and then do individual stuff with kids at their request) however, even this approach is too much for many and I know we have several very good athletes through the years in our halls that likely would have played if we used the methods of yesteryear, however, I do believe with that approach the 10 or so boys who love ball the most likely would be at neighboring schools....
The impact of school enrollment in our state is significant, this morning on the news they stated that last year a lone we had a 4% reduction in total school enrollment across the state and that is with nearly all public schools offering virtual learning so those students who participated in those programs weren't considered part of the loss but many couldn't or chose not to participate in sport.
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Post by coachjm on Jul 26, 2021 6:09:53 GMT -6
in SC we have 5 classifications... AAAAA down to A. We just went to 5A a couple of years ago... it cleared up some funky split classifications b/c of football. Based on Average Daily Enrollment from 2020 cycle: 5A is the top 40 teams in 8 regions/conferences. Enrollment from 1303-3093. That largest school is going to split this year... 4A is 40 teams in 7 regions/conferences. Enrollment from 916-1292. 3A is 46 teams in 8 regions/conferences. Enrollment from 514-916. 2A is 40 teams in 7 regions/conferences. Enrollment from 325-557. 1A is 41 teams in 7 regions/conferences. Enrollment from 61-325. When you get into 1A size, there are several tech/charter schools that have some sports but no football (about 9). The numbers I gave are schools that field 11 man football. In the 1A there are 10 schools that field 11 man teams with less than 150 kids in the HS. Most of these are towns that that have had some kind of history... especially a sports history. The link to these numbers can be found here: LINK TThis does NOT include the private/independent league SCISA Coach do you know why 3A is grouped with 46 schools and the others all at 40/41 (even numbers)... On paper it seems though the numbers work to have everyone at 41/42.... I have several buddies coaching in SC and my wife and I have considered heading either there or Georgia for a retirement gig in a few years so I follow both states closely and have been curious on this since they aligned these.
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Post by coachjm on Jul 23, 2021 19:36:18 GMT -6
Not sure exactly what your asking but...
We have 250 kids we are small school ball division 8 in Michigan... I would quantify small school ball in Michigan being either Division 4 and below or division 5 and below.... Ultimately, even these numbers don't jive I do believe dynamics change over 800 students, 1500 students, and certainly over 2000 students although their are numerous other factors that have greater impacts then enrollment, IMO... Despite our enrollment we play 4 schools near or over 400 students and another school near 1500 students next fall...
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Post by coachjm on Jun 3, 2021 19:02:17 GMT -6
I'm baffled.... Although I know there is certainly stupid people in our world that do stupid things, and certainly in our profession there are some stupid people....
However, how are you "smart enough" and make good enough decisions as a leader and educator to be named the head football coach at Canton McKinley HS in a 90K a year gig and still make this decision....
I'm curious on his background and where he was mentored? Certainly, I have made my share of mistakes as a coach and leader but this is much greater then a poor decision..... I certainly hope there is more to the story because on the surface this to me is about as bad as it gets...
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Post by coachjm on May 11, 2021 4:49:01 GMT -6
Agree with the above.... If you are trying to make that jump here is my recommendation..
Find the nearest small college, ask to meet with them to learn as much as you can... Ask to attend practices and after you get a handle let them know you would love to volunteer if they ever have openings.... They will as most small colleges have many entry level positions that have transition you in time may have an opportunity for that or to be a more stable assistant. This gets "college coaching" on the resume and can lead to either a GA opportunity at a larger institution or a full time position in a small school. Keep networking and building contacts and there will be opportunities. You can't worry about money and commit 5-10 years of walking a potential hard road without a lot of say prior to being in the position you might "dream about".
The other option for HS guys is being at a school with a bunch of division 1 players that can be potentially swayed with your hiring although I would like to note these types of hires are very rare if the HC isn't a former D1 or NFL player themselves but it does happen....
The Kevin Kelley situation that I think your referring too is EXTREMELY rare.... What other HS coach in the country does Bellichek call.... I wouldn't look at this as a likely scenario if your goal is to get in college ball.
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Post by coachjm on Mar 24, 2021 4:33:00 GMT -6
Every day I work on learning something about football....
My daily activities are: Reading (typically have one book I'm working on may read a few pages or chapter per day) Watch instructional video on a concept that I feel I can teach better (could be any phase) Watch our film typically tied to whatever I'm trying to teach better
Weekly I talk with a mentor, friend, or my own staff on these things I'm studying..... Don't underestimate some of the guys on your staff with limited knowledge as you are teaching them things if they find it confusing, the kids certainly will and you will need to find a different way to teach for it to work.
I notice at this point in my career I spend most of my time trying to find better ways vs. new ways, I really look for concepts we are teaching and finding drills or nuggets that allow us to teach it better.
I'm 43, been a HC for 18 years (middle age in football years???) I believe daily study is critical to my growth, there is no finish line...
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Post by coachjm on Dec 30, 2020 5:10:52 GMT -6
Any one from Florida or South Carolina that knows about their state clinics? I have family in both places and have always had interest in traveling and seeing how another state runs there clinics? Would be ideal if they are in person and we (MI) are virtual this year.
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Post by coachjm on Sept 7, 2020 5:41:02 GMT -6
We don't have many rules but enforce the ones we have....
Really, be there and on time is about it... (with covid this is a lot tougher)... All other stuff is handled case by case basis as issues come up.
Big stuff, drugs, alcohol, bullying/harassment ect.... District policy exists and we follow and support those..
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Post by coachjm on Sept 3, 2020 4:08:03 GMT -6
California has not overturned the original decision, but rather our governor continually moves the goal posts in an effort to keep schools closed. Just as some larger counties were on the precipice to begin to re-open schools he changes the requirements- allowing more small businesses to open, but keeping schools closed. Our counties out here are physically larger than in most states, but all counties are judged as a whole. So a city can be kept closed based on how things are 80 miles away. As is, a county must have a daily new case rate of less than 7 per 100,000 for three straight weeks and a test positivity rate of under 8%. Those numbers are extremely low, but are required to open up schools (actually elementary schools can open with waivers, but not HS). I can't feasibly see many places meeting those benchmarks by December, when athletics were supposed to start back up. The "Data" is all so fascinating to me... In our state (Michigan) the metrics are ever changing... I fully understand that as we learn more about this disease that the things that we look at should change. What has been disappointing to me is the number of times the metric that we have used to determine sports being played or not has been changed in the last 6 weeks, seemingly everytime we reach the "objective" there is a new standard. I guess that will make us a healthier state in some regards but it does make it seem as if the target we are trying to hit might now be impossible. I also find it interesting the numbers in comparison to your state (California).... We have been told our percent positive must be below 3% at one time this was just diagnostic testing, now it appears that we must be below that with both diagnostic and serology testing... We are currently at 3.1%..... At one point we needed also to be below 10 per 100,000.... Now the target is to be below 10 per million... Currently we are at 6 per 100,000 as a state. Other metrics have come and gone, my greatest concern at this point is the complete lack of faith in our levels of leadership by the people in our state. Frankly, I understand it when folks are encouraged to change their natural behaviors for a common good to reach a specific landmark like reducing the hospitalizations so we can provide adequate treatment to our sick (flatten the curve) to a whole new level. Ultimately, I have no idea what the right numbers are or at what point activity will ever be justified if the disease isn't eradicated or being influenced by outside political factors. There is never an end to being safer if that is the stance that we are working towards....
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Post by coachjm on Sept 3, 2020 3:37:15 GMT -6
Agree with much of the above...
Biggest thing in my opinion:
Kids will do what other kids think is fun and cool not what old men are trying to sell on them!
Let the players lead the way... You set the vision, work with leadership on the team, listen to the things they want and try to implement all that you are able too!
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Post by coachjm on Jul 9, 2020 20:59:40 GMT -6
Main points are the following... 1. The plan remains to play in fall 2. There is a commitment to ensure we have 3 traditional sport seasons no matter what even if we have to get creative. 3. The situation is fluid What the small colleges WHAC, MIAA, and GLIAC do and the neighboring states Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio decide will impact on our direction. Expect a plan by the end of this month.... Lets hope the number go down (they certainly aren't trending that way!) Will the Big 10 influence or impact the direction? Yes and no! If the Big Ten plays football it is plausible that HS Football in Michigan plays and it is also plausible that it cancels.... However if the Big Ten cancels, my belief is the WHAC, MIAA, GLIAC and MHSAA (Michigan High School) will likely cancel as well!
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Post by coachjm on Jul 9, 2020 20:53:14 GMT -6
There's only 2 ways out of this thing- herd immunity and a vaccine. And a vaccine isn't probably happening until early 2021 at the best. And then, herd immunity will only exist if millions of people become infected. But here is the fun part, the testing is so inexact and still relatively scarce, and the virus existing and being transmitted asymptomatically that could already be the case. It makes for very challenging decisions. And the cherry on top very well might be there is no lasting "herd" immunity and one may be susceptible to the symptoms of the virus a few short months after a previous infection. Which again makes for challenging decisions. Although I agree with your premise, herd immunity ideally will be enhanced when we have the introduction of a effective vaccine as well. My worry that I think you elude to is that is no gaurentee, so at somepoint we will need to make significant choices that could lead to greater loss of life...
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