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Post by spreadbone on Oct 15, 2008 20:22:43 GMT -6
....at a pep rally for an 0-5 team? Get me a gun comes to mind, but that is inappropriate. I mean really what is there to be said? Also what do you say to the kids for motivation? We are really struggling right now. We've gone from 30 kids down to 25 in a week (quitters, I hate em) and it has some kids down in the dumps. I have a whopping total of 4 coaches and the jaws of our schedule loom ahead. I'm looking for any way to be positive but man this is bad, really bad. Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by jm on Oct 15, 2008 20:44:22 GMT -6
It's time to go big picture... there will be no banners hung this season, no championships celebrated for years to come. However, the friendships that the players forge, and the way each individual will learn to handle adversity with dignity and perseverance, is something that no one can ever take from them...
That, or get up there and remind them how much they suck.
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Post by amikell on Oct 15, 2008 21:35:05 GMT -6
somehow call on the school to get behind the team....find a way to politely/slyly call out the quitters. talk about the sacrifices the team is making, etc. I think most of the time a team is 0fer part of it goes back to lack of support w/in the school. the student body is the first line of support to leave. call them out on that, in a positive manner of course, and use it as a rallying point.
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Post by los on Oct 15, 2008 22:13:14 GMT -6
I'm thinking the speech by "Bluto" in animal house, just might be a good motivator here.....Dang all the gloom and doom stuff.....who cares what record you have.....how lopsided the scores have been....how terrible you guys are....playing football is supposed to be "fun".....where else can you hang out with some of the best guys on the planet......run around on a field, hitting people, you don't know, and not get in trouble.....so.....when the going gets tough......the tough......uhhh.....get pi$$ed off.....so lets go go go.....ahhhhh!.... good luck......los
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Post by coachorr on Oct 15, 2008 23:30:14 GMT -6
Bluto...that is money.
Line your team up in front of the school, point at them and say, "At least they are phuking doing it,".
Drop the mike on the gym floor and then exit stage left.
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Post by raiderpirates on Oct 15, 2008 23:38:20 GMT -6
I'm thinking the speech by "Bluto" in animal house, just might be a good motivator here.....Dang all the gloom and doom stuff.....who cares what record you have.....how lopsided the scores have been....how terrible you guys are....playing football is supposed to be "fun".....where else can you hang out with some of the best guys on the planet......run around on a field, hitting people, you don't know, and not get in trouble.....so.....when the going gets tough......the tough......uhhh.....get pi$$ed off.....so lets go go go.....ahhhhh!.... good luck......los Don't stop him now, he's on a roll.... |
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Post by bulldogoption on Oct 16, 2008 6:10:04 GMT -6
I would introduce the players.
Talk about your captains a bit.
Thank the kids for hard work.
Short and Sweet.
Control the tempo of the time your players are in front of the student body...i.e. don't allow any time for "comments" from the stands..... or even for student body minds to wander away from the positive comments from you to thinking about how much our team sucks.
Positive as heck and get out of there!!!
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Post by coachnichols on Oct 16, 2008 6:40:59 GMT -6
Bluto...that is money. Line your team up in front of the school, point at them and say, "At least they are phuking doing it,". Drop the mike on the gym floor and then exit stage left. I love it!!! Do it spreadbone! Call 'em out and walk out with your team! ;D |
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Post by coachorr on Oct 16, 2008 9:08:13 GMT -6
Bull dog option, has the best plan. I like it.
Mine is not very good, but I think it demonstrates both frustration of the losing season and at the same time how much more respect you have for the guys who are sticking it out. Too bad we can't say what we want to all of the time.
So frustrating, because you want to win and your players want to win, yet they don't get that reward even though, you and the players are there every day working hard and fighting the good fight. Nothing frosts my cake more than to hear some loser who has never played or has quit say negative things about the players who are putting the time in and doing the hard thing.
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