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Post by coachbdud on May 6, 2013 11:49:37 GMT -6
burn out has much more to do with the kids than the wins and losses for me
Last year we start out 5-0 and had one of the best offense (in both points, rushing, and total yards) in Northern CA
I was miserable and already burnt out... why? couldn't stand the kids... we had some real problems with our senior class, kids didn't want to get better, some coaches weren't doing much to get better and i have never felt so burnt out and frustrated in my life (the kids paid for it by going 1-4 down the stretch and losing in 1st round of playoffs in blowout fashion)
I have been happy as heck coaching on 2 or 3 win teams who just wanted to get better and we had a lot of fun
so again I think it really comes down to the how the kids and coaches all get along
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Post by coachbdud on May 6, 2013 9:00:06 GMT -6
Also, I would absolutely love to be able to coach golf in the spring. Golf has to be the easiest stipend ever no yelling small roster (I think we have 6 boy golfers right now) just a laid back gig I hate golf, but if you were a golfer you get an excuse to hit the driving range and play all the time You get a ton of release time from class (our coach misses at least one 7th period a week for their match and on a tourney day misses the whole day) just overall when you compare the amount of work for golf, compared to football they have it EASY Maybe they are the smartest ones and we are all dumb (regardless of OC or DC)
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Post by coachbdud on May 3, 2013 13:19:46 GMT -6
defense is easy, just read my signature Only 1 guy can have the football... you have 11 guys to tackle him jk I don't think one is easier than the other but I will say most OC seem more intelligent/sophisticated than DCs... not saying this is a universal truth or anything but the OCs I know generally dress better, speak better, and just tend to look more professional... A lot of DCs speak like Yosemite Sam, think they were the best MLB to ever wear a helmet, and continually make references to back in their day, what they would've done in a play if they were playing, and still think they could go out there and lay people outHave we met? nope
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Post by coachbdud on May 3, 2013 13:03:10 GMT -6
defense is easy, just read my signature
Only 1 guy can have the football... you have 11 guys to tackle him
jk
I don't think one is easier than the other
but I will say most OC seem more intelligent/sophisticated than DCs... not saying this is a universal truth or anything but the OCs I know generally dress better, speak better, and just tend to look more professional... A lot of DCs speak like Yosemite Sam, think they were the best MLB to ever wear a helmet, and continually make references to back in their day, what they would've done in a play if they were playing, and still think they could go out there and lay people out
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Post by coachbdud on May 3, 2013 12:40:48 GMT -6
OL - "Hit somebody"
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 22, 2013 19:37:52 GMT -6
Everyone says "sucks" without thinking about the sexual connotation. it's so mainstream
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 19, 2013 13:53:32 GMT -6
I dont think there is a double standard, I think it comes down to context. When I'm having drinks with my buddies I will drop f-bombs all the time. But after church I wouldnt go up to a pastor and say "hey, that sermon was f-ing awesome, keep that chit up". Now maybe I don't keep it as real as some on here, and I guess Im just putting on a facade at times, but to me there are certain acceptable practices for various situations. I wouldnt wear board shorts to a wedding the same way I wouldnt wear a suit to the beach (different situations different ways to behave). So the question, at least to me, isnt how people talk in movies, or in songs, or with their friends in social settings; the question is whether or not swearing is acceptable in front of the kids we coach? Maybe I am wrong in considering it this way but I am at work, and the players are not my colleagues. I find it odd when I go to the grocery store and here the bag boys swearing, and I think it would lack professionalism if the guy at McDonalds asked me "Do you want any Mother F-ing fries with that?" I think your argument actually proves that there is a double standard... Swearing is ok in situation A but not in situation B there is no solid concrete rule on it
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 19, 2013 13:52:34 GMT -6
Exactly great point The highlight of Cal's spring ball for me was watching Tony Franklin VERBALLY UNLOAD on a RB who ran a lazy flat route Just screaming at the top of his lungs "you got all the talent in the world but you're phuking lazy, that's why you've never played a down here cuz youre phuking lazy," and on and on with F bombs Surely there was more to be gleaned from a college spring game than a coach cussing out a player... In regards to profanity being on TV and in movies, that is almost more motivation to mind your tongue as an educator. Kids are fed so much garbage through the entertainment industry that they need to see a difference in the way we act as coaches compared to the behavior that is deemed "acceptable" on TV. Yes I learned more from their spring ball I meant the highlight as in personally entertaining to me
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 19, 2013 12:40:45 GMT -6
Every Movie and most TV shows have people swearing. It is very evident that college and pro coaches swear a good bit even though most try to not look like idiots. I don't know why the world expects such a double standard. I get it that it can't be defended, but the whole world does it then tries to act like they don't . Exactly great point The highlight of Cal's spring ball for me was watching Tony Franklin VERBALLY UNLOAD on a RB who ran a lazy flat route Just screaming at the top of his lungs "you got all the talent in the world but you're phuking lazy, that's why you've never played a down here cuz youre phuking lazy," and on and on with F bombs
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 18, 2013 19:55:18 GMT -6
TO THE REGIONAL DISCONNECT: If I said: -bdubdaman -yourmother'snamedamn -yourwife'snamedamn -someonewhoisimportanttoyoudamn
would you think it was simply rolling off my tongue?
TO THE IT'S JUST DONE THAT WAY: If you said: -to your wife:"Hey honey, I'm horney. Let's phuk." -to your 7 year old: "Pass the damin ketchup." -to your 3 year old when his trains are scattered all over his room: :"Clean this chit up."
Would that be a colloquialism?
TO THE I USE IT JUST IN CERTAIN SITUATOINS: If you said: -to your boss: "Johnny is just a dumb arse." -to your boss: "I can't make chicken salad out of chicken chit." -to a collegue: "You would phuk up a wet dream." -to a collegue: "You didn't do _______, you must be a pushy!"
would that get you ahead on the job force?
Again, don't get me wrong, I can be as salty as the rest. Times are just different now. to the 1st question...still yes, wouldn't even blink if i heard it to the 2nd... doesn't seem that bad, ive heard my parents say worse to the 3rd section... I would not cuss in a conversation with my boss
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 18, 2013 13:56:19 GMT -6
newhoperystayloI guess it is very different across different regions and cultures then I hear GD often, the S word is occasionaly said by a teacher and it usually just gets a mean stare from other adults, F bombs are pretty much the standard you're gonna get talked to... at least in my observations of life Personally I don't understand why GD is offensive, or labeled as bad, I say it all the time... in anger, out of shock, when joking, it just rolls off the tongue, no one has ever said a thing to me about it
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 18, 2013 8:54:16 GMT -6
It amazes me that some of you think that sh** is worse then GD. To me a parent or administrator would be much more offended by the GD word. At a christian/catholic school I get it At a public school they can be offended, but I don't think they can do anything about it
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 17, 2013 14:31:15 GMT -6
I try to focus on it... I use to cuss, I realized it was dumb and doesn't make me look as intelligent as I actually am so I try to cut it out With my friends I cuss a lot, it was how I was raised, both parents love their swear words I NEVER use a cuss word while teaching I almost never use one while coaching, but sometimes my emotions get the better of me and one slips out I dont believe @ss is a cuss word I dont believe Hell is a cuss word I dont believe God {censored} is a cuss word these might slip out... I try to avoid the B, S, and F words this seems to be the attitude of alot of coaches. i just dont believe that there is anything wrong with the words themselves, they are just words. now, i would never use those words at a player. i may use the word @ss...but i will never call a kid an @ss...but i have the same rule about non-"bad" words. i may use the word idiot...but i will never call one of my players an idiot Yeah same here, especially now that I am teaching full time I try not to say anything that I think anyone could ever want to fire me for while we are on this subject, in my own personal conversations away from the kids I LOVE the C word... I don't understand why people get so worked up over it as if a word by itself has some magical power my mom flips out when someone says it
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 17, 2013 14:25:01 GMT -6
I try to focus on it... I use to cuss, I realized it was dumb and doesn't make me look as intelligent as I actually am so I try to cut it out
With my friends I cuss a lot, it was how I was raised, both parents love their swear words
I NEVER use a cuss word while teaching
I almost never use one while coaching, but sometimes my emotions get the better of me and one slips out
I dont believe @ss is a cuss word I dont believe Hell is a cuss word I dont believe God Damn is a cuss word
these might slip out... I try to avoid the B, S, and F words
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 14, 2013 15:52:19 GMT -6
Our district HR actually handles all of that
every bit of paperwork has to go through them and they tell the HC who has do
get certified, renew tb test, renew cpr... etc.
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 13, 2013 11:52:01 GMT -6
Similar issue
How do you guys feel about a kid quitting before the final game of the year as a Junior and then coming back out as a senior?
Our backup Qb through most of last year (also played a lot of WR, but wants to be the QB) anyway he gets beat out by the 3rd stringer for our week 10 game... He had been slumping and getting worse, 3rd stringer looked better in all practices... (Starter was suspended for a game for being ejected so we knew one of the backups had to start the week 10 game)
He played the week 10 game, but was upset he got beat out and quit the following week (1st round of playoffs)
He wants to come out, has attended a little over half of our off season workouts... not the best attendance, but certainly not our worst... he will likely be able to get to his required point total to attend spring ball if he is solid during the month of April.
We decided to let him be on the team and compete (with that same 3rd stringer who beat him out last year) for the starting job...
Talented kid athletically, kind of scared to get hit, but fast/mobile, and he is without a doubt the most intelligent kid I have ever coached... he understands pass plays better than most of our staff... he just has trouble over thinking/analyzing and panicking
Just curious as to some people's thoughts, most of our staff (including HC which is really all that matters) agrees to let him out and see if he can earn it, a few guys think he is a quitter and a loser and we shouldnt even allow him to try out
I think he is a good kid who is going through a lot(got kicked out of his house mid season and has been living with cousins in town) and got upset and made a bad decision
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 12, 2013 11:40:53 GMT -6
Put him last on the depth chart, make him earn his way up
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 10, 2013 23:11:12 GMT -6
Oh, you should have seen the yummy mummy I had on my very first team, and we only had 18 kids! Lucky, we don't have hot moms... for football anyway I saw 2 hot ones at open house a month ago... gotta try to get their sons out for football next year!
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 10, 2013 22:40:18 GMT -6
cqmillerThe biggest thing I am getting from all of this... is with that HUGE amount of numbers out for football by some of those schools... statistically speaking there have got to be a few MILFs Cutting 75+ kids means 75 desperate moms who just wanna do whatever they can to make sure lil Johnny makes the team
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 10, 2013 13:17:54 GMT -6
As a parent I'd have a problem with fundraising for $140 cleats. As a coach I'd have a real problem if I lost a good player over a frill like that. I generally agree with that but he did mention that he has had multiple problems with this player and parents So it might not be a case of losing a good player, but getting rid of a large headache
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 10, 2013 12:56:53 GMT -6
I forgot to add, our varsity kids have extra incentive this year... We haven't told them yet, we are going to announce it in spring ball
Our colors are Black and Gold (really it is yellow)
Anyway We have worn blakc at home, white away forever
Our kids have been begging to get a set of gold jerseys to bust out for "special" games (cross town rivalry, and historical rivalry... 2 games)
Anyway our equipment guy is giving us a great deal on them so we are going to give the kids a number... tell them they have to fundraise a specific amount or we aren't getting them
Honestly a bunch of them would find a way to have Cash in hand the next day ready to get their jersey
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 10, 2013 11:59:52 GMT -6
We incorporate our fundraisers now with our off season points competition
Players get bonus points for fundraiser milestones
We also tie our liftathon in with our spirit packs
Our spirit pack this year will cost 100 per player... They get shirts, shorts, 3 panel wristband, 2 pairs of customized team socks (our colors with logo on the back that every kid in school loves)
Everyone is expected to raise $100... Every kid that raises $200 kids their spirit pack for free
We also buy cleats for the top 3 fundraisers
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 3, 2013 9:26:26 GMT -6
It's OK coach, you don't have to pretend Nothing wrong with wanting to see the half naked 23 year old blonde
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 3, 2013 8:56:22 GMT -6
I have one... Haven't used it to its full abilities yet but my plan for Spring Ball on is Make every kid get a twitter account, they all have cell phones, they can turn on mobile notifications and get a twitter notification/text whenever I send out a tweet Beats the heck out of trying to send mass texts I can just tweet "Varsity Football: Practice is moved back to 4:00 PM today, spread the word" and I'm done Just have to keep it professional as everyone always says don't be like the 23 year old female teacher posting pics of her smoking weed and referring to her students as jailbait on her twitter account sounds good coach. I think the majority of our kids have it or know how to make 1 but I can tell them to turn on mobile notifications. by the way what is her screen name ? kush-joint.com/?g=23-year-old-high-school-teacher-tweets-nude-photos-of-herself-calls-her-students-jail-bait-and-talks-about-getting-high
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 2, 2013 12:34:23 GMT -6
I love that we are already a fast team and turf is like hitting the FF x2 button. Hate the rubber inside my shoes because I always forget to take my shoes off at the stadium so after a few weeks my apartment looks like brown turf in my living room. The Rubber in the shoes is slightly annoying but vacuums up easy... the Mud/Dirt from a dusty old track and field are much more of a pain in the butt
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 1, 2013 22:50:12 GMT -6
It's not "real," it lacks a visceral quality. Sterile. What would be your guess at the percent of fields in Canada that are turf vs grass? I would think with the weather most schools would be going to turf for a better year round playing surface but would like to hear your input
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 1, 2013 22:32:26 GMT -6
I've heard some of the numbers, and it works out to about the same long-term. Turf makes sense, but it just doesn't feel right. What part doesn't feel right? Just curious
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 1, 2013 21:12:22 GMT -6
Fiscally, are artificial fields more cost effective? At first glance the answer would seem to be yes. You dont need to mow, water, seed or paint. However, I heard arguments where you need to disinfect the field and then the overall lifespan of the field itself compared to the high start up cost. What type of maintenance is done on artificial fields? How often do you have to spray some sort of disinfectant to prevent staph disease and whatever else? Has anyone ever had to get their artificial field re done? I don't have the exact numbers I just know some basic things because as I stated earlier we will soon be getting a new stadium with turf, as well as a practice field with turf. Varsity will use the stadium field, JV and freshman will split the practice field No matter what you're gonna get a 10 year life expectancy from the field... Some might guarantee 8, some go up to 12 but they all say plan for roughly 10 years That is with solid upkeep, I just know you need to use the field turf zamboni (i don't know what it is really called) it essentially fluffs the rubber pellets and makes sure it settles properly I believe... so there is some upkeep I think it probably costs more overall financially but Having a field that can be used non stop year round makes it worthwhile. We will have 2 full football/soccer fields and both will have lights. We will have a 9 lane track... We are trying to have the nicest athletic facility in the county and if they do it right we should be pretty close to the best around We will have a rentable facility that can generate a ton of money for the district to make up whatever maintenance costs arise the next 10 years Local youth soccer, football, track teams all pay other schools, located further away... we will be able to get their business and it will help act as a natural feeder to our sports programs
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 31, 2013 17:42:46 GMT -6
The new ones I've been on don't get hot It is statistically safer than grass (less injuries) I would like to see data on both of these statements... I've been on some of the new ones and they were still HOT.. as long as they use that black pellet filler, it will be hot... Also, I could see no significant increase in injuries being the case... but what would give it a safer edge than real grass? We're in the process of getting a new stadium... Our contractor has told us their new technology doesn't get hot anymore... I have been on a few newer ones that are the same temp as grass not the shoe melting death traps Safer because most grass fields are filled with potholes and uneven spots... We've had a ton of sprained ankles on grass Turf is a more stable surface IMO If I never see grass again in my life I'd be ok
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 31, 2013 16:56:41 GMT -6
I dislike all the rubber in my shoes when I take them off. It is hot as hell on it. Have seen a couple serious leg injuries that, in my opinion, would not have happened if we were on grass. Other than that, its great. I still like nice, short, grass better. The new ones I've been on don't get hot It is statistically safer than grass (less injuries)
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