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Post by morris on Dec 5, 2007 18:58:42 GMT -6
Coach is there a way to get copies of some of these games if one wants one?
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Post by morris on Mar 26, 2008 5:22:50 GMT -6
Scott Smith has his QB every TO come over and say Yard line Position (hash/middle) Play that he likes Sometimes he goes with it and sometimes he does not.
Now this past year we had a extremely good Oline (MS). I told our center at the beginning of the year that I gave him the green light to adjust blocking. Worked extremely well for us and at times we looked like a zone team because of how they would adjust. They could cut splits or whatever.
I ask my RB at key times what he wants or feels good about. In other years I have asked players because I want to know what they feel good about. I know who to listen to. We have won a number of games with that approach.
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Post by morris on Jan 28, 2008 6:24:47 GMT -6
With youth games yes but very very rarely in our games. At the State Championships this year though Lexington Catholic Knights were introduced as the Catholic Knights which I have to say was a little wrong. Private vs Public is a big issue here.
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Post by morris on Jan 3, 2008 6:52:38 GMT -6
Coverdale's formation system he goes over in the basic quick gam ebook is very good and easy. Allows you to get into a number of formations very very easy. the other thing is I know a number of people that teach the formations in blocks. Depending on numbers and such it makes it easy also. What I meanby blocks is not everyone on the O has to know the entire formation just their key words
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Post by morris on Dec 12, 2007 6:35:09 GMT -6
Well if you do not want to be gun all the time then why not do both? We are switching to a spread for many of the same reasons. For what we do past the QB/center exchange there is not much difference at all or hard to teach. I go through the same thing with my HC and I have found that he is much easier to convince when he sees better results. When you get into spring us both and let the HC see that maybe being in the gun more 70% or so is a better fit.
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Post by morris on Dec 23, 2007 19:59:28 GMT -6
We do it with about 40-55 players. We even were lucky enough to have almost a special teams unit. There is a number of things that allows us to do this and the biggest is offense and defensive systems.
In the past we featured 1 back carring the ball 20-25 times a game. So we have skill kids that we were not using on offense. We also do not use any "fatties" on defense. I think every single one of our guys on D has 1-49#. So our line got to rest and make adjustments and our RB got to stay fresh. The kids love it because they can get good at 1 position or so. It also helped in that we got to go 1s vs 1s all the time.
We feel we can play a a kid that is not as athletic because he is going to get a ton more reps. Now of course we can not put a kid out there who runs a 10 sec 40 or trips over his own feet. The question is how do you split up the players. I know some that pick a side of the ball and say the best 11 play on offense or defense and then you do what you can. I know some groups say that the Offense or defense gets first pick for certain positions and then they go from there.
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Post by morris on Dec 21, 2007 22:11:03 GMT -6
Roy Williams had to be taught this at some point in time it seems. We do not teach it but I know teams that run Louisville Male's defense teahc a DB technique where they horse collar the rec. What happens is you end up rolling/breaking ankles and hurting knees. This whole rule came about becaue of Williams and the ironic part was it was the tackle of TO that started it.
This method is extremely dangerous on the legs of the offensive players. I do not see it as a neck issue but I have witnessed enough knee/leg injuries from it.
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Post by morris on Dec 10, 2007 7:10:49 GMT -6
Load is where you block the normal key. It is common is option offense. The term gets thrown around a little (more than likely this includes me) but this how we call it.
Speed ( some peopel call the speed optio lead):option EMLOS often the DE Speed Load: Block EMLOS option off of OLB/SS Speed Load change up: Block EMLOS, OLB/SS and option off of the corner
On our level (MS and I sure it hold true at least to some degree at the HS) yo ucan start running speed. Coahc tells DE you have Q and OLB/SS has pitch. Then you load the end and not block the OLB/SS. Now he might fly to the pitch back because thats what coach told him to do, he might freeze or he could come for the Q. For the offense it is not different other than the person. Then you block him and the DE and option off the corner. I hope this is clear but all you are doing is changing who you are optioning off of. The defense has to keep chaning assignments (as long as you can block them) and have to think. This is not even going into showing option and then throwing the ball off of run action.
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Post by morris on Dec 9, 2007 20:54:36 GMT -6
I am sure you have thought about it but I would suggest Load tags or call for the option also. Now you shoudl not have any problem with the backside set back being a pitch back because your Q should be going downhill. With that front side set back being able to block the alley or load.
Now I might be completely wrong but I would think with speed/lead tags yuo could cause a number of problems because you are changing who you are pitching off of. On time it is DE, then OLB, then corner. Makes the D think and puts them in coverage run support conflict.
I woud also think out of a set liek that you shoudl look at buck type actions or even single wing backfield action. You can cause a few problems with things like cross keying and the such.
If I am wrong on this stuff someone please tell me because we are going to a similar way of thinking this next year.
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Post by morris on Nov 28, 2007 6:43:36 GMT -6
Malzahn's tape goes into some of the issues and how it is done. He states that your DC must be ok with being on the field more and not getting much rest. He use to us ball boys also. If a long pass is overthrown or something then a ball boy runs out and gets the ball while a new ball is thrown in. The players are taught to hand the ball to the ref at all times. IF they toss it the ref could drop the ball which slows things down.
He also used 1 snap count and had a dead count. He wanted the defense to get into a flow and then go dead count which is a no play check with me so he used both methods. He also suggested that if you go against a team that has much better talent that this tempo can end up hurting you. He did not look at it as a equalizer to help when you are out matched but as a way to gain an edge against teams of similar talent levels. This can also be an issu eif you have a large amount of kids that go both ways and the other team is a 2 platoon.
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Post by morris on Apr 5, 2008 17:38:05 GMT -6
There is extremely few DVDs that go through the install process. It is a shame also. I think it depends on the coach soem too. Coverdale's stuff goes into so much detail and the building process that it is step by step. I only have the SZF stuff from AMF and there are some things I do like and some I do not. Honestly it had more information thne a Coaches Choice DVD I got about the jet offense. It was lacking the drills but I did not feel like I waisted my money. The Mumme Air Raid stuff and honestly most of the stuff from Championship Porducts I have not been overly impressed with.
I think the inservice/private clinic/home made stuff is the best. I wish I had more of it and more people would do it. It does not have to be fancy but there are a ton of guys I would love to see dvds from that are on here. How they put in their offense, teach it and the such.
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Post by morris on Jan 12, 2008 18:32:42 GMT -6
It as the ball comes into the hands/ as the WR tucks the ball. It gets the guys into the habit of looking the ball all the way in. Some people use colors also such as color numbers or circles of different sizes. Helps the stuff stand out and gives people other things to focus on.
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Post by morris on Feb 11, 2008 20:18:21 GMT -6
So if any of these were to pass when would they go into effect?
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Post by morris on Dec 10, 2007 9:19:40 GMT -6
Now we are a middle school so take that into account but this is what we did this year and most of last.
We would come out as a team and stretch. Go to the end zone and call out each group (punt, KO, KO return, ect) and make sure we had 11. we would go over adjustments and and calls for that week by just talking and pointing. Then we went to the endzone and turned and faced the other team until after the coin toss. We never took a snap or anything. 55 kids just watching the other team not saying a word.
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Post by morris on Jan 9, 2008 9:22:39 GMT -6
So where do you guys film from? Do you film behind the O during O and D during D? If you could only get 1 view what would it be?
We could do it film ground level and some from a press box. I guess we could get a ladder but not sure how well that would go over.
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Post by morris on Feb 1, 2008 21:16:36 GMT -6
we have not used a playbook ever. this year with a change in system we are going to give them to a few of the players to look over. I do not expect them to know it inside and out but to cut down on the learning curve during install
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Post by morris on Dec 8, 2007 22:03:28 GMT -6
Fun thing is just responded to one of those posts and posted one myself. In my post I stated why we were looking to change and could go even more in depth. Our "why" is to take better advantage of our talent and we our currnetly in part in search of the what and how.
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Post by morris on Feb 8, 2008 8:38:55 GMT -6
KY
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Post by morris on Feb 4, 2008 8:44:33 GMT -6
Not having to get games, paperwork, making a plan for getting funding/money and dealing with certain people. I honestly do not have much of any desire to be a HC because I do not want to deal with all of that stuff. I just want to coach. I have heard a number of times when you stop coaching when you become a HC. While I know that is not 100% true I do think you coach a good deal less.
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Post by morris on Feb 11, 2008 9:03:21 GMT -6
We do not have a ton of large schools. Yes we do have cases where a soph could start on Friday Nights and sometimes some SR may move down to 2nd and 3rd. We do not see th eyounger kids getting banged up because if that was an issue they would not play varsity or play veyr little. Most teams do a good job of balancing it out and get the guys on the field.
Now if a kid starts on Fridays then he does not play in JV. There are some cases where a kid woudl play JV so he could work on O or D. For us it comes down to school size.
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Post by morris on Feb 11, 2008 8:40:42 GMT -6
I do not think we have anything like that in KY. I do not know some states had limits on the amount of time a player could play. Now I can not imagine a kid playing more than 8 in a week nor can imagine why a state would want to limit a player to a set amount of playing time during a week
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Post by morris on Oct 16, 2007 7:40:40 GMT -6
The bigest part of the turn around for UK is when Joker Philips took over as the OC. Joker is an extremely good coach.
Locke was recruited by OK but they wanted him as a DB. UK said they would give him the chance to play RB. He is a "track guy" because of scholarship issues. Marshal Faulk was recruited heavely as a DB but he wanted to play RB and that is how he ended up at SDST.
I was at the game and I am not sure if it will every set in as far as what happened. I say that because UK football has been down for so long that the talk of top 10 and such just seems crazy. It should be interesting to see how everything develops after this year.
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Post by morris on Dec 10, 2007 8:43:10 GMT -6
yeah well when they got to state is was ugly. Lexington Catholic plays either a 33 or a 35 I am not sure but they just played cover 1 or cover 0 the whole game and killed them with speed. There were 2 TF schools and both looked very grab bag at times.
T ended up winning in OT I think 38-35. T's RB had something like 300+ all purpose yards on something like 20 touches or so.
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Post by morris on Dec 9, 2007 9:44:46 GMT -6
If you can find someone in Louisville with cable they will replay the games. In Northern KY right now all we will get is 3 or the 6 games. I hope it makes it onto some sports channel. There were 2 TF chools that played for a title and both lost. The other game was much closer though
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Post by morris on Dec 6, 2007 6:23:44 GMT -6
Trinity also to Cincinnati St. X would just recently won the big school championship here in Ohio and is ranked in the top 3 in the country...You will find little argument that St. X had the best defense in the state this year, and one of the best in the nation. That being said, Trinty put up 31 on them when no other team put up over 14 I second what Brophy said, if no one can post the game I will buy the DVD off of them. I can not find it anywhere around here and on my Direct TV...If anyone finds it hook me up thanks! Eh, I talked to a coach who said Trinity was running illegal pick routes the whole night and the refs just weren't calling them. While it sounds like an excuse, if the refs are not going to call it, play ball! If you have every read or watched the Bunch Attack videos/book then you would know what they are talkign about. Coverdale teaches the WR to run through contact. The WR has as much right to a spot as the DB and they take advantage of that. The WR run "through" contact. Eyes up and arms pumping is how it is taught. When they go to compressed formations it happens a bit. Coverdale even says that the DC for the other team will be throwing fits because of it. Most if not all of us know that Coverdale is extremely smart and good at what he does. What is so impressive is the amount of detail he goes into with his players. It will remind you of watching NFL Films of Bill Walsh and how anal he was about where people and the ball are to be. In last years state finals he went to a gun 2 TE look with trips WRs to one side. You want to talk about a PITA to deal with. Coverdale is very open with what he does and is very helpful. He is very aware that most of what they do can be bought in either books or videos. I am sure there are HS that run systems just as complex as T but it is an amazing thing to watch them. Their QB has thrown for something like 50+ TDs with around 5 ints. They also have a jr RB they use like a Marshal Faulk. Lots of personal groups, motions and multipul shifts. They are both a large all boys school and dress around 100 players. They dress that many for freshman also. T has won more state titles than anyone in KY I believe.
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Post by morris on Dec 5, 2007 18:11:51 GMT -6
Well I will be at the game. The local cable company normally does all the state games so there is a chance I can record it off of the TV. I plan on doing this if it is on there. T QB has only thrown something like 4 picks all year with 2 of them coming in one game. Also I think T has been running a 4-3 for a little while except against power teams which they go to a 6-2 look. I did get to go see T in passing league type work this summer.
As a side note Lone Oak will be playing I think the game before. Lone Oak has the QB that broke the national record for TDs (87+) in a season and has something like a 79% completion percentage. I will be recording as many of these games as I can. If and when I get them I will let people know
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Post by morris on Dec 22, 2007 11:43:01 GMT -6
My players and students can call me any of the following Coach Morris, coach, Morris, or Mr Morris. As long as they do not call me by my first name I do not care. Now most will pick Coach, or Coach Morris. It tone that is importnat to me not the words as much. It how they respond to me when I ask or say something that is important.
Now players/students I call them mainly by last names unless they express other wise then it is first name or nicknames. It was easier for me to remember nicknames then names. We do have the plays say yes/no mam/sir. we also make sure they understand how they are to talk and act toward others.
I can see where with me that sends a mixed message a little but I when it comes down to it I do not care as much what the call me. I care that they do what is expected of them.
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Post by morris on Jan 24, 2008 19:03:39 GMT -6
I ask them if they ever thought about playing. I give them an honest assessment about how they could help us. I ask them to come out int he spring and try it out. If they do not like it then I understand but I just aks if they give us a shot. If they say yes then I do not say much about football after that but I am always asking about grades, life everything. I make sure they understand I am checking on them and that I am interested in them.
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Post by morris on Dec 14, 2007 9:07:36 GMT -6
Do not overlook the money Franklin will be bringing into AU. While at Troy teams woudl bring players and whoel team in after going to Franklin's clinic. They did it because the practices and drills would be the exact same as what they would do at home. It was another week of practice for them with more coaching.
Now think of the same thing but now kids will be coming to an SEC school. To me that is huge for the kids and for AU. They can use it as a recruiting tool and can almost work a kid out and ge thim on film doing the drills and practice. They get the money and the kids get a chance to get noticed.
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Post by morris on Dec 17, 2007 8:42:31 GMT -6
I have not looked at a TF wrist coach but I would have to assume there is an excel program or the like for the coaches. I know in the download section someone made up a wristcoach excel program that copies the information from the call sheet to the wirstband. The setup would eb a PITA but after that it should be fine to work with.
Now my understanding of Leach is they use hand signals to the QB who does have a wristband. The wrist band then has a series of calls based on look and down and distance. I would have to think it would be colored coded and or column based.
Of the 2 TF schools that played in the KY state championships both used the wrist coach for all the skill kids I know. It looked like they used words for the oline.
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