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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 8:31:30 GMT -6
 anyone got any weird stuff that has happened during a game or practice? |
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Post by coachcalande on Jan 5, 2006 8:38:27 GMT -6
Cant remember if I shared this story here...but it was pretty weird when the ref told me that "there was a midnight meeting among refs last night, we decided that you guys cant cut block in jr high anymore"....yeah, that was weird.
Or one time, in the middle of a game my wife called the school...the ad brings me a phone while we are driving for a game winning score with under a minute to play...my wife tells me that my son cant walk and wont do any weight bearing...thought he was paralyzed ....turns out the kid had his leg broken sitting on his aunts lap going down a slide that afternoon....anyhow, that was pretty weird...
...or one time, i coached varsity volleyball for one season, one of our boys was workign as the line judge and CAUGHT THE BALL when it came to him....nice focus.
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Post by ogie4 on Jan 5, 2006 8:40:47 GMT -6
anyone got any weird stuff that has happened during a game or practice? First year coaching at a TX middle School (I was a MN transplant which will make sense in a moment) had a frog strangler storm and the bayou over flowed onto our school's practice field. Next day our field had half a dozen cottonmouths on it and I got to experience my first snake round up. Needless to say I played the roll of Marlin Perkins from Wild Kingdon and watched from a safe distance (on top of the bleachers) as two of our coaches attempted to kill them with a long jump rake. |
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Post by brophy on Jan 5, 2006 8:51:05 GMT -6
had a streaker run across the field before our second half started for last year's homecoming.
Kid ran the length of the turf, then jumped a fence (20 yards) and jumped into a nearby ravine (30 yards) to escape.
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Post by coachcalande on Jan 5, 2006 9:08:45 GMT -6
In the middle of a practice while repping plays, a bunch of baby rabbits crawled out onto our field...our fb managed to step on one...had to move up the field so we didnt crush any more...that was pretty weird.
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Post by brophy on Jan 5, 2006 9:16:45 GMT -6
during pre practice (everyone on the field), a player's mom got into it with a player's girlfriend in our parking lot (directly across the street from our practice field)....6 or 8 others got involved.....a dozen more got involved (family members) ....two squad cars show up.... Ended up 30 people involved (no players) and 6 police squad cars to quell the "riot"....  |
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 9:33:57 GMT -6
during pre practice (everyone on the field), a player's mom got into it with a player's girlfriend in our parking lot (directly across the street from our practice field)....6 or 8 others got involved.....a dozen more got involved (family members) ....two squad cars show up.... Ended up 30 people involved (no players) and 6 police squad cars to quell the "riot".... so, there are redneck idiots in iowa too? |
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Post by coachnorm on Jan 5, 2006 9:43:37 GMT -6
One time in practice I was watching our QB get under center when suddenly his eyes went wide and he jumped out, pointed and said "Coach, that's a tornado!" Sure enough over my shoulder about 5-6 miles away, was a tornado. We'd been practicing away and nobody had even noticed it until he did.
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Post by outlawzheadcoach on Jan 5, 2006 10:52:03 GMT -6
Well there was this one time at football camp.... No I dont have any wierd stories.....
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 10:59:26 GMT -6
i liked it when the little sister of our team psycho came out on the field yelling
"daddy says you have to go home right now"
walked right in between players as a play was going on
and she was like 13
he started yelling at her
she started yelling back
meanwhile, in the car in the parking lot right next to the practice field, the dad is honking the horn and yelling "let's go boy"
they were going to olive garden that night
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Post by brophy on Jan 5, 2006 11:04:05 GMT -6
they were going to olive garden that night I completely understand, then. |
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Post by coachcalande on Jan 5, 2006 11:06:14 GMT -6
One time in practice I was demonstrating "force" to my defensive ends...everyone knew we were walking thru the drill except one of dumbarse lbers (actually a really bright, great kid who was just over eager)...anyhow, i got smacked in the face with his helmet and everyone, even the trainer swore my nose was on sideways and broken...went to the er...not broken...but alot of blood and i taught my kids a few new ways to use profanity at practice.
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Post by sls on Jan 5, 2006 12:23:21 GMT -6
We were doing Goal Line Defense and the first team D was told that they scout team was running 5 plays. The D was going to have to do 10 updowns every time the Scout O scored. One of the "Captains" says this is F_ _ ---- dumb. I start hollering at him and the kids snaps and comes at me and wants to fight. I get rid of him and the next day he shows up at practice like nothing happened. I tell him to get lost and he says "Why, I didn't do anything wrong?"
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 5, 2006 12:45:13 GMT -6
One of our coaches sons was picking up our play calls during a game on his walkie talkie. He and a friend had a couple of those little personal two-way radios and they said they would hear me call the play down to the sideline and then hear the opponent call their defense right after. He's familiar with our numbering system and said we would call a play and they would call blitzes and pressure right where we were running it. We still won, though.
We heard later that some students in the stands had those little radios and were listening to us, too. That was a little disturbing because I have been known to say things to the coaches on the sidelines that I don't want the players' buddies in the stands to hear.
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Post by coachcalande on Jan 5, 2006 13:26:52 GMT -6
We had a girl on our team...during a hot August practice we had the kids just practicing in tee shirts and practice pants...seemed like every now and again all of the boys would stop what they were doing and lose focus...sure enough, that girl was dumping water down her body and getting a wet-tee shirt look to cool off.....
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Post by brophy on Jan 5, 2006 14:09:06 GMT -6
so, there are redneck idiots in iowa too? well...um...IOWA is a little "different"....  |
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 20:20:30 GMT -6
so, there are redneck idiots in iowa too? well...um...IOWA is a little "different".... that looks like anysmalltown texas |
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Post by los on Jan 5, 2006 21:27:20 GMT -6
Our team is called the Patriots and the Boosters came up with this mascot dressed up like a minuteman and riding a "real" horse. (I think it was one of the players mothers and she was a good rider) anyway, the mascot and real horse would lead the team out on the field before each game. Went alright the first game or two but in the first Qtr. of the next game, I see players scattering and hear whistles blowing all over the place! None of us on the sideline can figure out whats happening but play has come to a complete halt(thought somebody must be hurt or something) but no- an official ambles over and says "somebody has got to clean up that big pile of"real" horse {censored} out there before this game can continue! So everybody is looking at somebody else and guess who gets to do the honors? It was a good half a 5 gal. bucket full!!!
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Post by los on Jan 5, 2006 21:32:44 GMT -6
That was horse S--T not nuts coach Huey, I was real close to that action!
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Post by pegleg on Jan 5, 2006 21:33:16 GMT -6
i once worked at WIlmer-Hutchins!
if your from tx that is enough siad.
Holla
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 21:38:28 GMT -6
i once worked at WIlmer-Hutchins! if your from tx that is enough siad. Holla the big trash dump over there has seeped into the drinking water |
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Post by los on Jan 5, 2006 21:39:49 GMT -6
No Peg, South Georgia but theres lots of assorted livestock and chicken (Feces) OK Huey? AROUND HERE TOO!!!
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 5, 2006 21:41:35 GMT -6
We were about to pull away on the bus for an away game a couple yearsa ago...I went back in to lock the locker room and in comes one of my players. I say hurry up we are leaving. He says sorry I am late coach. If the cops chase down the bus and pull me off on the way to the game I am sorry. It turns out he had a fight with the folks and stole the car. Dad called the cops. So we walk out to the bus and there is dad and the town cop. It was quite strange. Wierd stuff does happen. Unfortunately it is kind of par for the course with that family.
As a player a bunch of neighborhood kids ran across our practice field and stole all the footballs in between practices.
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Post by pegleg on Jan 5, 2006 21:48:01 GMT -6
tog if you only knew!
i could tell stories for hours about that place.
here's a short one: the time our best linebacker threatened to kill everyone in the locker room if he did't get his cools back right now. scary part is he wasn't joking and everyone knew it.
Holla
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 21:49:22 GMT -6
kool cigarettes?
thats classic
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Post by pegleg on Jan 5, 2006 21:51:01 GMT -6
yeah i don't spell very well.
Holla
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 21:51:41 GMT -6
you gotta tell us some more
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Post by pegleg on Jan 5, 2006 21:54:22 GMT -6
how about the black principal who told me she was the HNIC? and then asked me if i knew what it ment, before i could say yes, she told me!
Holla
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Post by los on Jan 5, 2006 21:54:43 GMT -6
Our bus got hit by a pickup truck on the way to a game! Not very hard, as the old guy ran a red light and was turning and hit us at an angle but it was in the same town we had come to play! I told the HC it was a bad sign, cause they were already knockin the mess out of us and we hadn't made it to the field yet!
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Post by tog on Jan 5, 2006 21:55:03 GMT -6
was she though?
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