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Post by rocketcoach on Dec 18, 2008 21:31:15 GMT -6
What clinic speakers are you going to see this off-season?
Who are the best in their area of expertise that are speaking at clinics? Where are they? What clinic? Who do you recommend that was a good clinician?
Offense-Passing/Running game spread/west coast/option/wing-t/zone/etc
Defense- 33/43/34/52/42
Who are you willing to travel out of state to hear?
Thinking of traveling to hear Dewayne Alexander speak on Cumberland's hybrid wing-t offense, anyone heard him speak?
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Post by coachjblair on Dec 18, 2008 21:35:03 GMT -6
I am planing on going to the Glazier clinic IN LA to hear Slack. I will also go to Vegas to hear Jeff Tedford.
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Post by coachdubyah on Dec 18, 2008 23:29:15 GMT -6
I have met coach Alexander and he is all class. Cumberlands Wing T is awesome, fun to watch college athletes run it.
Anyways, all of the John Curtis Coaches in Louisiana are awesome. JT himself is a very good presenter. Matt Moore, Dana Holgerson (both Air Raid guys), OC at Louisiana Lafayette (cant remember his name). All time favorite is Alex Gibbs. I have heard him speak 2 times. Gives a great presentation on Zone Blocking and beating the blitz with the running game. However, he has managed to break records on both occasions for usage of "F" bombs.
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Post by CoachDP on Dec 18, 2008 23:42:06 GMT -6
"All time favorite is Alex Gibbs. I have heard him speak 2 times. Gives a great presentation on Zone Blocking and beating the blitz with the running game. However, he has managed to break records on both occasions for usage of "F" bombs."
Gibbs has got a ways to go to beat out either Urban Meyer or his line coach, Steve Addazio. Both of them are shameless.
--Dave
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Post by coachbdud on Dec 19, 2008 1:41:19 GMT -6
if you can hear mark speckman talk he is amazing. he is THE fly guru but you could listen to him talk about anything and get something out of it. Just an amazing speaker
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Post by fbcoach33 on Dec 19, 2008 10:41:33 GMT -6
Larry Johnson Penn State, he is often on the Glazier mega circuit
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 19, 2008 11:03:26 GMT -6
I always try to hear "no names". they usually try to give more and go more in depth. Also, some of those "Big" guys just do too much for a one platoon hs team which we are. we are just not going to play "brown coverage with banjo principles" Do I understand it yes, could I teach it? probably, would hs kids I see for 1 and 1/2 practices a week understand it? NO
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Post by rocketcoach on Dec 19, 2008 11:44:42 GMT -6
I would agree. In my 13 years of attending clinics I have gotten much more from h.s. and small college coaches. Seems to me they do more x's and o's and are willing to share more. On the flip-side the big guys, NFL, and big time college coaches talk more philosophy and program stuff. Not that there is anything wrong with that but I like to hear on-the-field stuff that I can teach my kids directly. Now I am sure there are some big guys out there that do a great job with the x's and o's, just hasn't been my common experience.
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Post by CVBears on Dec 19, 2008 11:47:28 GMT -6
I'm a big fan of John Levra. He will be at Reno Clinic of Champions and NorCal allsports. Absolutely great for DL techniques and front stuff in general.
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Post by kboyd on Dec 19, 2008 14:28:11 GMT -6
I'll be hitting the Glazier Clininc in Minneapolis and the Football Manitoba Superclinic in Winnipeg this year. Not sure which speakers I'll be going to yet other than Al Preston from Georgia Tech.
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Post by td4tc on Dec 19, 2008 15:45:43 GMT -6
My sleeper would be John Gagliardi (sp?) from St john's Minnesotsa D3 (winningest coach in all NCAA fball )gave a great luncheon speech years ago that i had the pleasure to attend.seemed like a great guy!
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Post by brophy on Dec 19, 2008 16:04:39 GMT -6
Tommy Condell. Southeastern Lions
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Post by brandanb34 on Dec 19, 2008 16:09:31 GMT -6
Last year we were at the Mega clinic in Chicago and saw Blaise Winter. What a trip. Something everyone should do once. Seriously, the best I've ever seen was Rod Olsen on Quarterbacking and Sam Pitman on Oline. Both are great.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2008 17:22:04 GMT -6
Waiting for the Flexbone clinic whenever and whereever it is this year.
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Post by coachdubyah on Dec 20, 2008 10:35:29 GMT -6
Tommy Condell. Southeastern Lions That's the other guy I was thinking of. He will talk your ear off on any aspect of football. Awesome teacher and even better person. When I was at my old school, he would come in and recruit and before he left he would have some chalk talk sessions with me and other assistants.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 20, 2008 10:42:50 GMT -6
Jim McNally- crazy and entertaining but knows his stuff
Ron Vanderlinden- DC at Penn State
Tony DeMeo- Option guru
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Post by wingtol on Dec 20, 2008 10:50:51 GMT -6
Tom Herman wing-t ol wear one of these if you sit in the front: you will need it!
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Post by chadp56 on Dec 20, 2008 11:17:04 GMT -6
Check out Darrell Hazell talk about WR's if you get a chance. He is the WR/Associate Head Coach at Ohio State. He is one of the best I've seen as far as having detailed insight into coaching his position. It ticks me off that they don't mention his name as a possible head coach that is black. I'm not saying that because I like Ohio State, because I'm a Michigan State fan.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Dec 20, 2008 11:26:41 GMT -6
Vanderlinden-
Gave a presentation in Jersey last year on team D & LB stuff...
Very direct, cuts out the fluff, lots of film
Also has incredible energy
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Post by dsqa on Dec 20, 2008 18:52:57 GMT -6
Coach Blair,
I will be in Houston, not LA this year. I will also be in Boston, Baltimore, and Seattle. Hope to meet you.
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Post by morris on Dec 20, 2008 19:15:21 GMT -6
Andrew Coverdale: Huge amount of detail. Last year I think he said something about unless he gets 2hrs he does not feel like he should talk. That is how much detail he goes into.
Dubb Maddox did a great job last year.
I prefer the HS guys most of the time.
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 20, 2008 19:50:44 GMT -6
I prefer the HS guys most of the time. not so sure one should be publicly admitting this ;D
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Post by rideanddecide on Dec 21, 2008 5:22:21 GMT -6
"All time favorite is Alex Gibbs. I have heard him speak 2 times. Gives a great presentation on Zone Blocking and beating the blitz with the running game. However, he has managed to break records on both occasions for usage of "F" bombs."Gibbs has got a ways to go to beat out either Urban Meyer or his line coach, Steve Addazio. Both of them are shameless. --Dave Coach Meyer was the "big name" speaker at our state clinic the year he won the national title. Nothing but class, and he got right into his offensive philosophy and how they use the spread to feature the QB in a power run game. This was during a time slot when historically most guys just showed up to promote their program. I know many state coaches appreciated this professional and fantastic presentation by Urban Meyer.
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Post by go42 on Dec 21, 2008 6:36:49 GMT -6
If you have the chance to listen to Chuck Martin from Grand Valley, Do It. He doesn't try to impress you will his knowledge, he explains football....very funny - lots of one liners "call me a {censored} but I don't practice in the rain"
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Post by lochness on Dec 21, 2008 10:20:01 GMT -6
George DeLeone is one of the best clinic speakers I have ever had the privelage of hearing. Our OL coaching improved vastly just be employing his fundamentals and his approach to drills and teaching. Very good stuff.
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Post by coachdawhip on Dec 22, 2008 9:21:21 GMT -6
Wes Elrod and love him from Coach Ayers and crew at Wofford.
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Post by coachjblair on Dec 22, 2008 9:58:44 GMT -6
Slack I must have some how got last years schedule on the Glazier clinic.
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Post by SetHut on Dec 22, 2008 10:30:15 GMT -6
Glen McNew. He is an absolute Wing T guru. He's won several state championships. He's a regular on the MegaClinic circuit so he should be coming to a town near you this winter.
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Post by ccox16 on Dec 22, 2008 10:52:59 GMT -6
Coach Slack I was wondering how come you are not doing any lectures in the Orlando area since you are from around here?
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Post by SetHut on Dec 22, 2008 11:30:01 GMT -6
Coach Cox, you can email Darin directly at darinslack@quarterbackacademy.com
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