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Post by oguru on Aug 29, 2007 23:42:01 GMT -6
I am on a staff in a a city at a school of 2500 kids and we barely have 60 out for football9-12. 37 10-12. I am the Varsity reserve OC,and have a pretty good handle on the offense last week we had a game and won. Here is the problem Middle of the game the head varsity coach comes over and starts telling me what to call and everything. Totally distracts me,and then in the process throws a kid out of the game for no reason what so ever. This week I have simplified my game plan and Tuesday he comes out and gives me a scripted list of plays he wants run from a formation we have not used all of fall camp. Today when we were doing varsity reserve offense the QB asked me"Whats this I formation BULL {censored}" I laughed I ran a couple of them and then went to our base spread stuff which we have been running for three weeks know. We have another game tomorrow which the HC said he might show up at. I have been given full reigns of the offense and we are a spread team, which to me means NO I formation {censored}. The kids know that it's BS and So do the other coaches. The Head coach is just a control freek. What do I do just call the base plays out of the gun or call the plays out of a formation that in three weeks we have never once walked through or ran as a program. To sum up the HC our O-Line coach says he probaly scripts when he is going to take a dump,and he is just an organized control freak.
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Post by phantom on Aug 30, 2007 5:38:18 GMT -6
You need to remember that the HC is your boss.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Aug 30, 2007 19:59:32 GMT -6
The Head coach is just a control freek. Sounds to me like too many wanna be chiefs and not enough indians. and this just in...it is HIS program, if he's not suppose to be a control freak then who is? and every minute of our practice is scripted, from team flex, to conditioning. Each coach is responsibile for scripting out his individual period, group periods and rotations during inside run and team. Ditto. I am as much of a control freak an assistant could be, but if the HC says this is what we're going to run, I'm going to run it. If it's as misguided as completly changing what we've been doing then I'm going to find a new job next year.
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Post by brophy on Aug 30, 2007 20:34:24 GMT -6
I am the Varsity reserve OC what is a reserve coordinator? The real question is. Can you work for / submit to this guy OR not? There are no right or wrong answers....if you can, stay on and communicate. If not, respectfully leave.
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Post by CVBears on Aug 30, 2007 23:40:14 GMT -6
you have to do what he wants. otherwise it is a blurred line as to when it is okay and when it is not okay to go with him/against him. no matter how you slice it, that situation is not what is best for the team/program
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Post by wccoach on Aug 31, 2007 9:15:44 GMT -6
Your HC does not sound like an organized control freak to me. I am an organized control freak and I would never make my JV run something that has not been practiced and proves to fit within the scheme. It sounds like he is an insecure coach that does not have a lot of confidence in his offensive system and is grabbing at straws and is using the JV as his "laboratory of offensive invention". I have had a HC come to me and talk to me about running something a little different in the JV game to get a look on how a defense may adjust, or just to get a feel for how the wrinkle looks in a game situation. I had no problem with that, but for the guy to just walk up during the game and say, "Coach, Let's Go I Back and run 35 Lead, Oh yeah, just put "Billy" at FB and tell him to hit the first guy he sees." would be a little frustrating. Organized control freaks don't do those kind of things, because they are uncomfortable with unpredictable outcomes. Hang in there, and talk to him about the situation. Let him know that if he wants to try something out on your level that there is no problem, but let you know ahead of time so that you can help him with coaching the change. If he is the dictator type that gives the old, "its my program and you work for me" response, then you are screwed and need to make a change next year. Don't quit during the season, you owe the kids that. Good Luck
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