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Post by highball007 on Nov 7, 2008 9:06:13 GMT -6
we had 6 varsity and JV coaches and 1 Freshman coach that was payed!
1-HC/DC/LB/RB 2-OC/QB 3-WR/ assist DB 4-OL/ assist DL 5-DL/ assist OL 6-DB/ assist WR 7-HC Freshman 8&9- Vol. Guys at the Frosh level 10-Vol. JV OL/DL
Good staff lots of experience and the kids feed off the staff better then in the past!
A few of the Vol. Guys might be better then the guys who get paid they just aren't on time all the time because of off-campus jobs.
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Post by highball007 on Nov 4, 2008 23:24:54 GMT -6
I used to think that play calling was not that important in high school as well until I saw this years OC at work! Every 1st down it is a run most likely a base dive play. The OC/HC that was at the school for the past 8 years is one of the smartest offensive coaches I have ever been around, and he had been around the college level for 20+ years before coaching at the high school level. The OC now did not coach for the past 8 years, but he still taught at the high school, now he is back into coaching, I think he is a good coach, just don't think he gives the team the best possibility to put points on the board.
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Post by highball007 on Nov 4, 2008 20:13:39 GMT -6
The OC was the OC when the HC played at the high school. They had great defenses back then, they averaged 13.8 points a game.
I have a pretty good relationship with the HC, I think!
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Post by highball007 on Nov 4, 2008 19:53:44 GMT -6
We had a poor year as a team and a worse one as an offense. I have 3 seasons as a varsity offensive coach as well as the SP. Teams coordinator. I had 4 years of college coaching experience (1-WR's/2-RB's/1-QB's) as well. I feel I could have put up at least two more TD's each game, just based on play calling. I don't think that the OC coached the QB's to the best of their ability. Week 10 and the Varsity QB could not tell the difference between Cov. 2 and Cov. 3
I just don't know how to approach the HC about the situation. I just feel bad for the players because we are not doing all we can to set them up for success.
PLEASE HELP!!!
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Post by highball007 on Oct 26, 2008 19:12:30 GMT -6
I think that it was was great, that he sent him off the field. There are too many pre-madonnas running around out there, especially at the high school level.
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Post by highball007 on Oct 25, 2008 16:45:03 GMT -6
Why you need a stencil? I just draw my formations on Power Point and save them then I have all of them. I can print off a sheet with the same formation on it in eight squares. I can then draw plays and defenses againsts them. I also print a sheet off and then copy it for the players to draw during film session.
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Post by highball007 on Oct 13, 2008 22:11:32 GMT -6
We purchased it last year and had great success with it. We have a new head coach this year and he didn't want to run that offense. I truely believe that it would give us an advantage in our league.
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Post by highball007 on Oct 11, 2008 16:51:50 GMT -6
I think that Coach T held the reigns tight on Franklin. My staff ran the Franklin system last year and when I watched Auburn games this year it looked nothing like it. I am just amazed that he didn't give him more then half a season to get it rolling. I truely believe that if anyone fully commits to the T.F. system they will have success. You should of seen the kids we had and we were fairly successful, more then we thought as coaches. We got a new head coach and didn't want to run the T.F. system this fall and we went from ave. 38 points a game to 15 points a game. Our offense is the Wing T. This should put it in perspective we had 28 rushes for -9 yards in the first half of a game we should have been in, instead it was 30-0 at half. T.F. system gives teams with less athletes a chance to compete. It gives a team with athletes a chance to excel (Auburn).
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Post by highball007 on Sept 27, 2008 11:34:39 GMT -6
I tell you all what! We are a 5A school and the largest is 6A! If you do not have a trainer you will not have injuries. The kids have no one to feel sorry for them. The kids also don't have an out of conditioning. We tell the kids if they get hurt and can not practice or condition then they will miss a quarter per practice. It is amazing that in the games we play in how many players on the other team get "Hurt" then back in 4 plays later. The game stops for the trainer to go out and get the kid. We are not the best team but we do not have injuries. I have been at this school for five years and we just do not get injuries, we get bumps and bruises and get beat up a little, but no injuries. That is one of the most important lessons athletes need to learn. Are you Hurt or Injured???
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Post by highball007 on Sept 10, 2008 17:09:41 GMT -6
I did wristbands last year and even if the other team got lets say our (Z) WR's wristband. They would have to hear what I called find it and then they would only know what Z was doing on that play. I give WR's routes to run on Run plays so they don't know that it is run unless I need a crack or some other motion block. I would still take my chances if they took one of the wristbands. We also carry three sets and 1's and 2's have them on and third is in a box for just that scenario. Hope this helps!
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Post by highball007 on Aug 27, 2008 8:36:55 GMT -6
I think you need to address the whole team about the situation and tell them it is not the other teachers, parents, community members that play the game. It is the family of football players, they need to have each others back. Point out that the WR's dropped balls the kicker missed his kick, the RB caused a Fumble, and maybe they will let up on the QB a little. I am sure when you graded the game no one finished with 100% Talk to the QB and let him know you have his back and find a SR. Leader to tell him the same. The football team is a family that only the players and coaches are a part of, they need to have each others back through the thick and the thin. Talk to them about over coming adversity, and if they let the community uproar tear them a part it will not matter who is playing at what position, they will not play the best they can. They need to take this as a life lesson as well.
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Post by highball007 on Aug 17, 2008 9:54:21 GMT -6
Jordan Kent at Oregon wasn't bad either!
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Post by highball007 on Aug 16, 2008 23:35:24 GMT -6
What if he was a FB player???
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Post by highball007 on Aug 16, 2008 23:33:33 GMT -6
What I have done at another school was labeled each series and dictated what it was on. For examples 0-9 was our option series and it was on 1. 10-19 was or power runs they were on 1. 20-29 were our zone runs and they were on 2. So on and so on. We showed the players this on a PPT in camp and then reped it everyday and then that is one less thing the QB has to tell the huddle, because they all just know what it is on. My last year doing this we had 2 false starts and one was on a damn WR!
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Post by highball007 on Aug 11, 2008 19:02:55 GMT -6
What we do is on Mondays QB/WR come in in the mornings. Tuesdays OL/DL. Wednesdays RB/LB's. Thursdays we have all special Teams come in. Nothing on Fridays just an optional Film day if kids want to come in and watch. We usually have about 10-15 kids come in on fridays mostly senior players that really want to get better. We have normal after school practice from 3:15 - 5:30!
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Post by highball007 on Jul 31, 2008 8:26:47 GMT -6
You know, I grew up with my father as a head coach, and we were based out of a single back and spread people out, we still ran the ball, we had the states leading rusher going into the 7 game of the season. I then went to college and played in offensive system that was pretty wide open. I then started coaching at the college level in a system that was wide open and ran a lot of read and shovel option. I now coach at the high school level and I find that teams are switching so drastically from year to year that the kids don't ever get comfortable with one system. At least here in Oregon the best programs are the ones that have their kids do the same thing from pop warner all the way through varsity football, or they are private schools and take the pop warner kids that the public schools helped fund.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 30, 2008 23:57:48 GMT -6
YASH,
That is so FUNNY! I had a in coming freshman and his mom run into me at the store and asked the exact same question. The funny thing is we do not do 2 a days anymore. Our school district is so big milage wise that we have one longer practice with a break in the middle to get a PBJ and gatorade. We have kids that live an hour and a half away from the shcool. Not just one either. Thre small towns feed into the one main towns high school.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 30, 2008 8:47:23 GMT -6
The level that I coach at there has not been one freshman to even consider bringing up to the varsity level. We had to bring two freshman up to the JV level for two weeks because of injuries, but there is no way that they are mentally and physically ready to play at our level. Freshman football should try to have as much success as possible because if they do then you get more sophomores out the next year.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 27, 2008 21:28:58 GMT -6
I use the plastic sheets but I clip them to my whistle chain and attach a pen there as well.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 15, 2008 16:28:46 GMT -6
I have been on staffs were we just go to a cabin for a three night weekend. We hash out football material the first night and all day the next day. We then had a horseshoe tourney and fishing and other stuff. The last day was a Sunday and we had all the families come up for a BBQ and relaxation. I really liked the format we had. It was a fun staff and we really got a long with each other.
The cabin was about an hour and a half away from home so it was not to far away. We had all Varsity, JV, and Freshman coaches attend because we all wanted to be on the same page when talking about athletes and their role on the team.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 10, 2008 12:56:21 GMT -6
I evaluate all of our athletes in my weight room. I have a scoring system that gives a specific number of points to the athletes for achieving higher on their lifts and vertical and 20 and mile times.
I have shirts for clubs that they can get in.
I have done this for 6 years 3 of which I was at a college and the top athletes always come out on top. If you want I can email you the system and you can adjust it to your needs.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 10, 2008 8:51:37 GMT -6
This seems to be a norm around the nation right now.
For the most part 10-20 years ago big kids just played football because they played sense the first day they were told they could. I am at a big high school and we have had 2 OL/DL guys show up this summer to the weight room and conditioning. We had a OL/DL kid transfer from another school were he won a state championship playing OL/DL. He comes to our school which is 3 divisions higher and he thinks he is a RB/LB. Why are kids in it for themselves so much now days? I would have played where ever my coach told me to play.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 8, 2008 9:17:49 GMT -6
I would say if the other school is not in the same conference then it is fair game. I think he would be able to explain to the current kids that he wanted to be an OC and he had to jump at the opportunity and that he will still be watching and hoping the current kids do well.
If the other school is in the same league then I would have to say no way can you do that. We fight the students transferring and now the coach is going to transfer to another school that offers the same level of competition.
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Post by highball007 on Jul 2, 2008 22:58:19 GMT -6
I have no horror stories, but I am getting my 2nd masters degree as I speak. I have one masters degree in my content area, and now they say that is not enough I need a masters in education. I am now just a little worried about the PRAXIS II. If anybody can help me in passing the PE PRAXIS II I would love some insight.
Thanks
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Post by highball007 on Jun 28, 2008 10:08:12 GMT -6
my philosophy is to keep as much the same as possible, but as a coach you must account for what type of athletes you have year to year. My base would be out of a single back spread, but we have formations with two backs and two TE's. Our job as coaches is to analyze the type of athletes and put them in the best situation to succedd. If I have 3 good WR, I am not going to run thw wing T and have 3 of my best athletes fighting for one spot. Same thing on the other side. I would not run some much spread if I didn't have QB and WR, that could catch.
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Post by highball007 on Jun 26, 2008 8:50:52 GMT -6
Being a head coach is an important step in the coaching career, but the teaching job is 98% of your income I would presume, at least it would be here in Oregon. Plus in my opinion it is very important for the HC to be an on campus worker.
At this point I would tell them that if they want you as the HC they will find a teaching position, and if they don't then you were not that important to them and also the Football program is not high on their priority list. (100+) students is a big responsibility and you need to feel comfortable with the admin.
Just my 2 cents!!!
Good Luck
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Post by highball007 on Jun 23, 2008 8:27:18 GMT -6
I tell you what, when I was coaching at a small college, we used a great system to signal in plays. We had all of the QB's signal as well as the WR coach. Anyone of them could be the real thing and we could switch it at any time.
As far as plays go everyone has to use their imagination.
Numbers, we used our fist making numbers like a dice on the chest. 1- 1 fist in middle of chest. 2-Right fist on right pec close to the arm pit. Left fist on abs close to the left hip. Hope you get the point. It took our kids about four days to pick this up. Just think dice.
Formations - we used just Rt. arm for right strength formations and the we used both arms mirroring each-other for Left side strength formations.
Hope this helps!
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Post by highball007 on Jun 22, 2008 9:03:16 GMT -6
Judge: Duke football indeed stinks For once, Duke was so bad on the football field that it won. The News & Observer reported that the school avoided paying the University of Louisville $450,000 for opting out of three football games. Duke lawyers essentially had argued that the Blue Devils were so bad any Division I team could have replaced them on the Cardinals' schedule. Louisville's breach of contract suit, filed in Franklin County (Ky.) Circuit Court, was dismissed by Judge Phillip J. Shepherd on Thursday. The contract had called for a penalty of $150,000 per game to be assessed if a date with a "team of similar stature" could not be scheduled in the event of a cancellation. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the judge's summary included the following: "At oral argument, Duke (with a candor perhaps more attributable to good legal strategy than to institutional modesty) persuasively asserted that this is a threshold that could not be any lower." Duke has gone 13-90 over the last nine seasons and beat only Northwestern en route to a 1-11 mark and winless ACC campaign last year. The teams, which played in 2002, were slated to face each other last season, this season and in 2009. Louisville played non conference games last season against Championship Subdivision Murray State, Middle Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina State and Syracuse. Full article: sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/rumors/post/Judge-Duke-football-stinks?urn=ncaaf,89496
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Post by highball007 on Apr 29, 2008 8:26:48 GMT -6
Who in their right mind would want to coach there?
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Post by highball007 on Apr 22, 2008 17:52:21 GMT -6
We get out of school at 3:15 - Players are on the field for pre-practice at 3:30 and then practice goes from 3:45 to 6:00. 6:00 -6:15 is post-practice. After game 5 or 6 we usually will be off the field by 5:45.
Post Practice is for any coaches to call over specific players that need work or for any players that want extra reps or time with the coaches.
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