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Post by lochness on Feb 18, 2016 9:57:04 GMT -6
Eye guts ta work mah tail off or dem other coaches gonna git me! Cain't let anyone thinkin' Eye gut myself out worked by no one!!!! If dat there coach gonna work 18 hours a day, best believe imma work me 19 hours! Guts ta be TOUGH and COMMITTED if you wanna coach you some high school fuball!!!!!
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Post by lochness on Feb 17, 2016 19:51:23 GMT -6
Maybe I'm missing something here...but why don't you all have the players do their own laundry?
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Post by lochness on Feb 15, 2016 21:45:59 GMT -6
"I don't always hire a football secretary, but when I do, I prefer to call it a Director of Football Operations."
Stay thirsty, my friends.
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Post by lochness on Feb 14, 2016 9:12:39 GMT -6
In fairness- I've never done this. It's always felt like "selling your soul" a little. I hate the thought of selling these kinds of guys on something as a benefit to THEM, when that goes against our core values as a team.
I want guys who want to play football and be part of what we're trying to build. I don't want guys who I need to convince. I don't want to hire mercenaries. I've had basketball guys join up on their own, but usually because our existing players sell them on it, not me. And THAT'S when you know things are really working. Your players go after the "right kind of guys" and there's no promises, no Facemelter, etc. It's just a couple of guys who love playing convincing a buddy to come and share the experience.
I think when you need to convince someone, you end up with a player who isn't there for the team. They're there because of the sell-job and they aren't going to lay it out there for you.
Maybe this "hands off" approach to recruiting will be the end of me, but I'm ok with that.
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Post by lochness on Feb 14, 2016 8:49:03 GMT -6
Chip Kelly and Tony Franklin
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Post by lochness on Feb 13, 2016 19:26:57 GMT -6
Tell them you run the Super Spread Facemelter No-Huddle RPO Reader Offense, which is statistically proven to eliminate concussions from the game AND get more athletes out for football.
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Post by lochness on Feb 13, 2016 10:13:00 GMT -6
We have one where I coach. We use a different title though. We call it "Team Mom."
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Post by lochness on Feb 11, 2016 17:58:44 GMT -6
Our state athletic association has a policy that says if you miss a school athletic event(in-season...not off season) in favor of a non-school event (AAU, CYO, whateverthehell) then you are suspended for two games. You may want to look at your state's athletics rules. If specialization is indeed the push, then football will die slowly in smaller areas (especially with all the other pressures). It's much easier to get a baseball or lacrosse offer for a small school kid than a football scholarship. I've never coached at a small school but it seems to me that most baseball offers are partials at best. You know that and I know that...but the families are the ones who matter.
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Post by lochness on Feb 11, 2016 16:07:49 GMT -6
We do 3.5 hour practices instead of two-a-days. 90 minutes of O, break, then 90 minutes of D. Works out well for us. That's what we do. We have no need to do it any differently.
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Post by lochness on Feb 11, 2016 16:04:47 GMT -6
Our state athletic association has a policy that says if you miss a school athletic event(in-season...not off season) in favor of a non-school event (AAU, CYO, whateverthehell) then you are suspended for two games. You may want to look at your state's athletics rules.
If specialization is indeed the push, then football will die slowly in smaller areas (especially with all the other pressures). It's much easier to get a baseball or lacrosse offer for a small school kid than a football scholarship.
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Post by lochness on Feb 9, 2016 22:34:32 GMT -6
SCRAPPED:
Almost completely eliminated conditioning, except for in August, and even then it is brief huddling during practice in regular season Any complicated team or group drills (super-duper Oklahoma drills) Static stretching 11-on-11 special teams (we do special teams Indy pods for every group to teach and improve skills, execute on air 2-3 times, done) "Pre-practice" Saturday's (no kids, no coach meetings) Unorganized film sessions (everything is short hudl playlists) Practicing Longer than 1:45 after mid-season 7v7 in practice (we almost exclusively run on air for install and timing, and then progress to various tactical passing drills like half-line or single-read) Complicated call sheets for game day Playbooks (informative PowerPoint manuals and hudl presentations instead) Double sessions (we do a long night practice with a 20 minute break in August) Straight-up scrimmages (except for a pre-season jamboree, everything is "joint practice" format now)
I'm sure I could think of more...
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Post by lochness on Feb 8, 2016 16:47:00 GMT -6
It's a "keeping up with the Jonses" effect for coaches sometimes. You see these documentaries about High School football and "coaches changing lives" or "working 90 hours per week" and you start to think that this is what you need to do, or you aren't any good at your job. In some areas, that unfortunately IS what you need to do, I guess.
I think that we definitely can take ourselves too seriously, but I think the ultra-competitive side of football coaches comes into play here too...and we start to think that we are falling behind and need to "up our game" when we see other guys doing this stuff. It gets to be very unhealthy. Our guys love football and they are dedicated...but I'm not going to be a nazi and force them all to go to every workout or skip a camp to be at our event or whatever. I get to judge them and grow them from August 15 through the end of the season. Everything else is cake. If I call a meeting or want a group discussion, and not everybody is responsive, that's their prerogative. Yes it disappoints me, but these are kids and they aren't always going to come to something you think is important or critical.
I've gotten so much happier and more effective the more I've let some of this go. I'm not saying I don't meet with the kids, wish my feeders ran my stuff, and push the weight room like crazy. What I'm saying is that I realize that it's not the end of the world if that stuff doesn't pan out or meet my expectations, and I'm not going to hold a grudge or act the fool if/when it doesn't. We're still going to line up a team each fall and play football. We're going to do our best to teach our kids the game and about responsibility, team and commitment, but not everyone is going to get it or even care. Oh well, not the end of the world. If I make one kid (just ONE) a better man, it was worth it.
But, I do think that ALL sports have gotten a bit ridiculous. I loved football and it made me a better human being than I ever had a chance of becoming on my own...and our coaches were never in our faces with HALF of the foolishness we do now. At then end of the day, we need to really analyze the "return" on some of this stuff we do. I think you'd find (again, in many cases, not all) that it just isn't worth all that anguish and frustration. The kids just want to play and have a good time with you and their buddies. We're much better when we take a deep breath and realize that.
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Post by lochness on Feb 8, 2016 9:00:12 GMT -6
"Game changer" is what I've been hearing a lot, not just in football but in various professions. I have to admit that clinic season is great because guys are so bored! Went to a Glazier clinic once out of my state and 2 rivals went to blows because the guys who won were wearing shirts with a picture of a clock that had legs, arms and appeared to be running. Above the picture was the score 63-0.... Apprantly the guys wearing the shirts beat up on their rival pretty bad and the game went to a running clock in-season. They wore the shirts at the clinic to be Richards and from what I saw, they paid a pretty hefty price for it outside the hotel. It never pays to be a Richard.
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Post by lochness on Feb 2, 2016 15:32:55 GMT -6
Guys,
Now that it's clinic season, and we're all busy watching Coach's Choice videos and going to clinics to get better, have you perhaps noticed a certain type of speaker? I'm talking about the guys who use the word "football" unnecessarily frequently when they are giving their presentations:
"Coach, if you get that man blocked, you have a great FOOTBALL play right there." (as opposed to a basketball play...? Gotcha coach!) "We like to divide up the FOOTBALL field into zones." (Thank God! I thought it was a baseball field) "You move that guy over there, and that's a tough little FOOTBALL formation to defend, men." (I thought I was looking at alphabet soup...that's a "football" formation??) "We think that Blue Coverage is a great FOOTBALL coverage for this scenario in the FOOTBALL game" "This guy right here playing your Mosquito Backer position needs to be a heckuva FOOTBALL player, coaches."
Just me? Useless thread of the week award? Discuss...
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Post by lochness on Feb 2, 2016 14:16:30 GMT -6
It's kind of a toss up of what you want from a youth/MS program as a High school guy. I think there are 2 possible "focuses" (if thats a word). It would obviously be nice to have both 1 and 2, but sometimes the amount of quality "help" to be found is an issue. At all levels if I might add. 1) You want them to run your offense. They can come into your program hearing the same plays/blocking rules/etc. REPS are king and the earlier they start getting them the better. Gets the kids bought in and more comfortable. Less thinking when they get to high school means playing faster. 2) OR do you want them to learn your fundamentals? Your blocking progression and terminology. Your tackling progression and terminology? Your circuits and daily drills? Your footwork, your get-offs, etc. I see the benefit of both, but I'd probably prefer number 2 if forced to decide. Give me kids that can block and tackle correctly and we will teach them our scheme. Blocking and tackling are vital at all levels and schemes. I think either one of these would be major wins. In my experience, I think the most important thing that you can realistically hope for is that the guys teach safe techniques and instill a love for the game so that those players will want to continue their careers. The way that this high school coach handled himself in this example is the worst possible illustration of how to behave towards the coaches any youth program in your community.
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Post by lochness on Feb 2, 2016 12:10:43 GMT -6
You know, I've never worked in a situation where the relationship between the youth football people and the High School people wasn't "lukewarm" at best. I think there's a lot of ego and unhealthy behavior on both sides that leads to a lack of trust.
It's behavior like you've described here that unfortunately sheds some light on the "why." Sorry this guy was such a douche.
But, in fairness I've seen destructive, selfish behavior go both ways.
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Post by lochness on Jan 29, 2016 22:45:51 GMT -6
Been around option football for a few years, not out of the gun though. We run a 42 defensively. I think it's relatable to 43 stuff. I have been a part of a 43 team in the past. Love to talk ball. PM me. If you're not out if the gun, your contributions to society are utterly worthless, I'm afraid.
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Post by lochness on Jan 24, 2016 12:47:04 GMT -6
Hey Coach!! I work closely with the eFootballFlix property and wanted to give just a little information on the site and new content. There was a chance to get some new content from American Football Monthly and we wanted to provide our users with the most up to date, fresh information. We want to make sure that we constantly do the best for our coaches and felt that adding this new content would give our coaches a chance for some newer, up to date information in the world of football. I am happy to hear any and all feedback on the new content, and if there is a specific topic that you are searching for that previously was there on eFootballFlix with the Coaches Choice content and doesn't seem to be addressed with the new American Football Monthly content, let us know. We want to make sure that all of our coaches have access to the most relevant and up to date content, and if a topic isn't there we will do whatever we need to make that happen. Thanks Coaches!! i enjoy the site and streaming compared to DVDs. I personally feel like it is hard to find movies on the site. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, but it seems difficult to locate and filter to find something you really want. Not all of the "tags" work. You click on pistol, and no videos come up. I do not know the answer, but there has to be a better way to filter the videos and narrow the results. Like click offense... and just O videos come up... then you can continue filtering from there. or have a list by last name of all of the contributors... that way if there is someone specific you want to hear you can go directly to their name and see all of their content on the site Along these same lines, it would be cool if you could build a "favorites list" so its easier to find videos for multiple viewings.
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Post by lochness on Jan 23, 2016 10:22:45 GMT -6
If you could upload your plays into Madden 2017, they'd know how to run them...I'd guarantee that.
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Post by lochness on Jan 23, 2016 8:41:06 GMT -6
We take Monday and Friday off. We go light Tuesday-Thursday. We sit out any players that are banged up, give our back-ups more reps, run more, and we start put-in for next week's opponent. We also cut practice back 30 minutes each day. We would have one day of offense, one day of defense, and one day of defense, offense, and special teams. This is nearly identical to what we did last year.
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Post by lochness on Jan 22, 2016 12:38:29 GMT -6
What a great read- thanks coach.
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Post by lochness on Jan 12, 2016 10:18:21 GMT -6
NFL is inferior in so many ways to college ball. I only watch my local team with regard to NFL football (and that's only because they're good every year)...but I'll watch any random college game I can find.
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Post by lochness on Jan 9, 2016 18:41:46 GMT -6
Did efootballflix get rid of the coach's choice content and replace it???
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Post by lochness on Jan 2, 2016 8:41:22 GMT -6
Bowl season, and to some extent college football period, has lost its luster to me because everyone is running the spread and there's not significant scheme differences from team to team. I miss the good ole days of a healthy mix of Wing-T, Pro I, Spread, and (my personal favorite) Flexbone. I guess I just like variety.
I feel that way too - Zone, Jet Sweep, Zone-Read, Bubble Screen, the occasional PAP deep ball all from Gun and-or Pistol, 3-5 WRs.
As an option coach I appreciate watching Navy and the like. It still amazes me more bottom tier P5s who have never been and never will be Bama, Ohio State, USC et al don't run option football to be more competitive.
As an old fart OL coach I like seeing teams that will run some Power football.
Let's face it, a lot of the "bowl" games - especially those before New Year's Eve - are just made-for-TV (ESPN) OOC games that with advent of playoffs will become more meaningless every year.
Right- nowadays I enjoy watching ANYTHING besides spread and pro style 1-back. It has gotten so dull and generic. I love watching the academy teams, Georgaia Tech, Stanford (although they've gotten away from their unique heavy/power looks this season) etc because they actually use a different way to move the football.
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Post by lochness on Dec 30, 2015 23:39:05 GMT -6
how would you obtain anything not through film? KPIs are not obtained. they are set. for example - lets say at the start of the year looking at my opps i say ok "Key Performance Indicator for our offense is 3.5 yards per carry". then based on games and film review, you see where you measure based on that goal - if you are above goal you didnt set the bar high enough, if you are below goal something is wrong (could be personnel, technique, etc). you can think of KPI's as yearly goals based on a hypothesis (and im using the scientific definition of hypothesis) But does it change anything that you do? We used to keep a goals chart but we stopped because we decided that it was a waste of time. For example, one of our defensive goals was to hold the opponents to under 3 yards per rush. But what if we didn't? It wasn't because we didn't try. We practiced run defense. We game planned to stop the run. We called defenses that we thought were best to stop the run. We just couldn't stop it. So, what good did that "metric" do? That's exactly where we went. All those "goals" are meaningless. They become stuff we talk about on Monday. It doesn't change anything that we do, though. It's not like we go out suddenly in week 3 and say "Hey, don't forget we have a goal of holding this QB to less than 40% completions...so...I guess we really need to play great pass defense this week" because we try to play great pass defense every week. We are not going to do anything materially different...so what is it other than a conversation piece?
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Post by lochness on Dec 30, 2015 23:31:58 GMT -6
How have you applied a metric to measurably improve your team in a way that couldn't be observed through watching film? This is the question nobody has answered yet in four pages. I don't mean to insult anyone's methods...but it just seems like a waste of time designed to make everyone feel like a hard worker who is on the cutting edge as opposed to something that produces actual meaningful results for a program. The data that I look at has the biggest impact on how we do things the following year are the frequency with which we saw certain run and pass concepts the previous year. This has a huge impact on the structure of our spring practices because I wasn't tp practice against the stuff people were actually calling against us. I'll give you an example of something we actually changed based on this data collection. We are a Cover 3 defense so we have always operated under the assumption that we should spend our spring and summer working on defending 4 verticals and Flood concepts a ton, because those are some of your common "cover 3 beaters". As it turns out, we rarely see Flood anymore for whatever reason but that trend has held for several years, so we quit spending a bunch of time on it. We also almost never saw 4 verticals out of 2X2 so we don't spend nearly as much time on that as we do 3X1 verticals. I don't know that I can prove that this made us a better team any more than we could prove that practicing on a Tuesday helps you get better for a Friday game, but I think we'd all agree that practicing against the plays you see is a good idea, that's why we watch scout film. Yeah, absolutely that's good stuff. But, I'd definitely consider that good scouting / opponent analysis rather than number crunching. Seems like there's some confusion between all of us regarding what the definition of "metrics" is. We scout the heck out of people and ourselves. We look at trends just like you describe here. All good stuff. That's not the activity I was questioning though. I question the guys who try to look at the measures like "points per drive" or "play efficiency" because to me there's just no gain to be had there. Even play efficiency is a weak measure. The play may have sucked because we were bad at blocking it that particular year. Maybe teams were loaded up against it that season. There are just too many variables to draw a crisp conclusion for action. In fact, even more dangerously, is you DO draw a conclusion that isn't really based in fact. Like I said in another thread, I think you can use these numbers in football to say anything you want, and then justify your decisions by claiming that your decision was based on an extensive analysis. When, in fact, because of the nearly infinite number of variables affecting performance, the conclusion you are drawing may not be fact at all.
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Post by lochness on Dec 30, 2015 7:30:14 GMT -6
I have absolutely no doubt that player development is more valuable in high school football than any type of statistical analysis, scheme, etc. to me it's the single most important factor in developing a great prigram. But I find it very hard to believe that anybody is doing a statistical analysis at the expense of having their kids lifting weights or teaching their scheme to their players. The school I coach at is the best in our area in the weight room every single year. We also run our base scheme on both sides of the ball as much as anybody in our area. We also look at statistics to see if we can find anything to help us do things better. They aren't mutually exclusive things. So I can't get to the conclusion that you appear to be advocating that because one thing is most valuable that makes the other things worthless or not worth putting time into. Do I use every metric that has been put forward in this thread? No, not even close. But if looking at these various metrics leads coaches in a direction that lets them improve the way they do things then the time spent is worthwhile. I don't think anybody in this thread is advocating blowing off player development, if they are I couldn't disagree with them more. How have you applied a metric to measurably improve your team in a way that couldn't be observed through watching film? This is the question nobody has answered yet in four pages. I don't mean to insult anyone's methods...but it just seems like a waste of time designed to make everyone feel like a hard worker who is on the cutting edge as opposed to something that produces actual meaningful results for a program.
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Post by lochness on Dec 29, 2015 21:46:53 GMT -6
Not mutually exclusive coach. Perhaps not, but there's only so many hours in a day. I know where I want to allocate my time. Maybe someone will put a metric together that compares time spent on player development vs time spent on metrics analysis and which pursuit more positively impacts team performance. I'd actually be interested in looking at that.
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Post by lochness on Dec 29, 2015 20:49:11 GMT -6
You guys keep working on your metrics on points per possession, onside kick effectiveness and play efficiency. I'll be in the weight room and in the meeting rooms getting my guys hungry, strong, and sound.
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Post by lochness on Dec 26, 2015 15:02:50 GMT -6
I don't think it has anything to do with "old school vs new school thinking." I think that's just as limited as saying the shotgun is "new school" and the T is "old school."
It's a question of VALUE.
What value do you get out of metric that has a measurable impact on the way you conduct your business as a coach...and if you do change your methods as a result of these metrics, how do you know that the changes directly help you win football games.
I have yet to see one answer that comes even close to explaining this. The closest thing to a true, self-aware answer I've seen is someone admitting that they like numbers and the analysis helps quench their curiosity.
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