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Post by joelee on Dec 13, 2016 12:37:43 GMT -6
Our district gives us a professional day with a sub but no PD credit. The boosters buy the Glazier pass and 2 nights of nice hotel for 6 coaches and 2 nice meals. We go out of pocket for travel, beverages, and the rest of the food.
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Post by joelee on Dec 9, 2016 8:02:48 GMT -6
Enjoy it!
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Post by joelee on Dec 7, 2016 20:13:40 GMT -6
I had kids earn everything from locker, number, equipment. It was a giant chit storm and I got fired at the end of the year. (not the only reason I got fired) People with a losing mentality don't like accountability I discovered. (#1 reason I got fired) So do you think the approach is a bad one or one that doesn't work at certain places? I'd go back and try to communicate it differently and change less in year 1. Evolve into it.
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Post by joelee on Dec 1, 2016 11:54:30 GMT -6
I had kids earn everything from locker, number, equipment. It was a giant chit storm and I got fired at the end of the year. (not the only reason I got fired) People with a losing mentality don't like accountability I discovered. (#1 reason I got fired)
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Post by joelee on Nov 30, 2016 12:29:41 GMT -6
Comes down to this Leaders are in charge to be process oriented Supporters are not in charge because they're results oriented Sometimes the two flip depending on the situation but a lot of coaches are hired or fired because of their results, not their process Great insight.
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Post by joelee on Nov 30, 2016 12:29:17 GMT -6
Oh, and LSU just hired a DL coach.
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Post by joelee on Nov 30, 2016 12:22:38 GMT -6
I disagree with the extreme picture the OP is painting. Butch Davis just got one of the first open jobs (DC) and Mark Helfrich just got fired for 1 losing season. (hunh)
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Post by joelee on Nov 7, 2016 12:37:29 GMT -6
I run my hudl reports vs only teams with winning records and use a playlist that has every snap cut when our backup qb is in. That gives me an analysis of our true offense without garbage time.
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Post by joelee on Nov 4, 2016 13:22:51 GMT -6
Our staff annotes all every play of practice film and shares it with the players. We changed our practice schedule this year. We go hard on Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday has become our previous Monday (mental day)...this is when we watch practice film with the players. But the players will have the annoted practice film shared with them. Monday's practice will be shared Monday night/Tuesday morning. Tuesday's practice will be shared with them Tuesday night/wednesday morning. Whats your Thursday like now?
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Post by joelee on Oct 25, 2016 12:05:59 GMT -6
Art Briles and his offense (montgomery, babers, gilbert and many of the concepts filtering to others) is trying and possibly succeeding to run people out of quarters, the chosen hot defensive answer of the last decade.
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Post by joelee on Oct 12, 2016 9:16:24 GMT -6
We call them biscuit eaters. They just want to be on the team, have a sweatshirt, and get a biscuit at Saturday morning film.
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Post by joelee on Sept 30, 2016 8:23:02 GMT -6
One thing I have promised myself is that I will never coach again at a school that doesnt employ an athletic trainer who will be there or be available 5-6 days a week. Why is that? I'm currently where we only have one for game days and it's less than acceptable what he provides. I have a medical background with the navy so I end up dealing with everything. #1 I do not have a medical background. #2 If the school doesn't deem it important enough to provide medical/safety for its kids they are not going to want to provide other smaller things that are required for a highly competitive program.
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Post by joelee on Sept 27, 2016 12:11:39 GMT -6
If the administrator has any idea what he is doing then no it will make no difference.
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Post by joelee on Sept 27, 2016 12:06:18 GMT -6
I am assuming because of the way you labeled the thread that I think you are confused about what "lower level" means. The lower level for a freshman coach is JR high. The class system in a state is about enrollment generally. It is not a lower level of football. My state has 6 classes and admittedly the top 2 classes a team will need to platoon to win the title but otherwise using the words lower level is condescending and meaningless. Its about the number of kids you can get on the roster and how many you have to roll out there on Friday night in order to win the big games. HS coaching is coaching all over with few exceptions.
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Post by joelee on Sept 26, 2016 13:34:05 GMT -6
We have consistently cut to 1:15 on the field the 2nd half of the season the last 4 years. We do not cut indy. We cut team snaps back.
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Post by joelee on Sept 23, 2016 8:04:55 GMT -6
One thing I have promised myself is that I will never coach again at a school that doesnt employ an athletic trainer who will be there or be available 5-6 days a week.
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Post by joelee on Sept 14, 2016 12:59:44 GMT -6
WE haven't had a player shower since 1999. It has kind of died out around here and nobody in this day and age can force kids to shower.
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Post by joelee on Aug 19, 2016 13:04:58 GMT -6
OC: Urban DC: Saban These two can recruit from anywhere in the country and know their craft inside out. I am shocked no one said this before. I came on here to post the same 2 names.
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Post by joelee on May 19, 2016 19:54:08 GMT -6
I'm a 5'11 fat former lineman. I have coached WR for a state champion team and I have coached qb for a state champion team and I have coached ol for a state champion team (coached most of that season with a broken foot). No you do not have to be able to demonstrate.
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Post by joelee on May 10, 2016 11:50:49 GMT -6
I coach in low top merrell shoes. Have bought a new pair every year for about 9 years in a row since I discovered them.
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Post by joelee on May 10, 2016 9:16:08 GMT -6
This year: My favorite was Joel Williams from Delta state. Very simple, very honest, very humble.
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Post by joelee on Apr 27, 2016 7:55:42 GMT -6
As far as active guys with the most rings in KY: Bob Beatty Trinity Phillip Haywood Belfry Ty Scroggins Louisville Central Chuck Smith Boyle Kevin Wallace Bowling Green
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Post by joelee on Mar 31, 2016 11:46:19 GMT -6
What I would tell my kids every day and twice on Sunday is that: A. if you don't have a commit-able offer, you don't have an offer. B. If they are being vague with you, you don't have an offer. C. If they say we like you and if so and so doesn't come...., you don't have an offer. D. A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush, if you have one offer from someone and we are deep in the process, take it.
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Post by joelee on Mar 31, 2016 10:15:58 GMT -6
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Post by joelee on Mar 23, 2016 8:03:03 GMT -6
I think 7 on 7 is probably overemphasized, but it can be a great teaching tool under the right circumstances. I can teach my QB his reads/progressions vs 1/3 shells, 2/4 shells, and cover 0 which is valuable to me. It becomes less valuable if you get a garbage defense designed only to win a 7 on 7 and that would not actually be used in a game. What would constitute a 'garbage' defense in 7 on 7 (I've never been to one before...at least one that wasn't a part of a structured practice)? I find value in 7 on 7 so for categorization purposes that's where I am. BUT one team I played a few years ago played 3 deep 4 under man. We hit our FB in the flat over and over to move the chains but, really? Another team insisted on having 8 guys on the field and blitzing one of them right into our qb's face and trying to block passes and on a 3rd down decided to drop all 8 of them. That game didn't last long.
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Post by joelee on Mar 7, 2016 12:55:24 GMT -6
What are some "little things" you demand of your athletes. Example: Shirts tucked in during workouts Be on time Using "Coach" in front of coaches names when talking to them Geez, sometime I have to remind our kids that they have to wear a shirt period.
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Post by joelee on Feb 29, 2016 10:08:37 GMT -6
I had decided about 2 years ago that I was going to go away from having a program manual. I have one and put a lot of work into it but I started thinking that the work ingrained my answers and beliefs into my head where I could talk forever on it and have whatever answers without having it in front of me. My question is, was I too soon in dropping it? Are they making a comeback or never really left?
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Post by joelee on Feb 9, 2016 14:01:24 GMT -6
I have probably forgotten some of the things we used to do 25 years ago but i'll give it a shot. Whistles Huddles lots of the verbiage in play names, now just 1 or 2 words at most Bull in the ring and monkey rolls! Full gear scrimmaging during a game week. Taking people to the ground in season. Polyester coaching short shorts closed practices Thursday walk through VHS tape decks for cutups bringing kids in on Sunday, what were we thinking? running the same play 6 times in row vs the same defense in the same spot on the field till its right stopping practice to rant at a kid for 3 minutes while the rest of the teams picks daisy's fall camp toughness drills fall camp 3 a days distance running as conditioning static stretching
And most of all when I was young I used to look at people across the field or at clinics and be like "what a slappy, I could do so much better than him if I had that job". Now I'm just thankful for the job I have and the kids that I'm blessed to coach.
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Post by joelee on Feb 3, 2016 8:09:01 GMT -6
2 blocks. I started my career living behind the fieldhouse at my first job and I may end it here at this job where I can see the stadium lights from my back door.
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Post by joelee on Jan 28, 2016 14:01:29 GMT -6
I'm at a tiny tiny school. We have 37 boys in the high school. 4 of which have medical conditions - 1 epilepsy, 2 severe back issues, one special needs. That leaves 33 males. We had 30 on the squad this year. Next year will be a higher percentage with 3 of the above 4 mentioned graduating bc every 8th grade male participates except 1 who is our ball boy so I'll count him. You beating the bushes and recruiting the hallways will get a few more out if you are a new HC just bc that raises some interest and excited to start. Our staff pounds home how special it is to be part of our group. The kids take pride in it. The "peer pressure" is what brings the participation up big time. It was my first year here, and there was a baseball stud that refused to play football. After 2 days of spring practice he came and begged to play. All his friends talking about how different it is and the pride they exhibit from being in the football program did that. Concentrate on the kids you do have. Get every one of them to buy in completely and take pride in what they're doing every day. A kid telling another kid he needs to be out on the football field goes a lot further than any coach saying the same thing would go. This answer is gold
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