Post by fbdoc on Oct 3, 2007 8:36:15 GMT -6
Ok gentlemen, stay with me on this.
Currently in my 7th year as HC at a small Christian school that started football 2 years before I came on board. We are the smallest enrollement in our district and one of only 2 that does not give funny money to our student athletes. In that time we are 33-31 with one trip to the playoffs. Most of our kids are D-III at BEST and probably typical upper middle class suburban. About half of the teams we play (non-district) are comparable and we usually have found a way to win. Out Distirct is another story as we are consistanly over-matched but continue to fight the good fight. I felt we were gradually closing the gap, until this year, where we are 2-2 but have lost the last 2 by huge margins (turnovers!).
Last Spring our returning QB and stud FB/LB left for the bright lights of a big public school - the LB is doing ok, the QB is struggling. That was tough enough to handle but we moved on. Since the season started we have lost the following starters to injury - New QB, OL/DE, RB/CB, FB/FS, WR/SS, along with 3 more non starters who played a lot on special teams.
Friday we play a state ranked team and we're planning a 2 headed QB attack of our backup (9th grader who WAS a starting WR) and our starting JV QB (pretty good passer but short and slow
). We've put our "pistol" on the shelf for this week and we are back under center - we'll show gun for obvious pass - jsut to simplify the running game and keep the clock running. This game could be 100-0 as we are now basically a JV team.
My thinking is that our situation is probably not so different from many of you. I've coached a the college level (7 years) and at a number of larger schools - I'm here because we chose to send our kids to this school - but I'm asking if any of you agree there are many times where the talent level is simply beyond any degree of tactical coaching and the only thing you can do is encourage, motivate, and manage the clock. I can tell you that our coaches and captains have been doing just that all week long as we have prepared for this game. We also have 5 more games after this and, if we can keep the wheels on, we can - if we don't lose any more kids - probably win our share. We are focusing on all of the cliches including One play at a time, win your battle, do your job, and all of the rest. I've faced games like this before but the number of players we have lost this year is just mind boggling to me!
Any thoughts?
Currently in my 7th year as HC at a small Christian school that started football 2 years before I came on board. We are the smallest enrollement in our district and one of only 2 that does not give funny money to our student athletes. In that time we are 33-31 with one trip to the playoffs. Most of our kids are D-III at BEST and probably typical upper middle class suburban. About half of the teams we play (non-district) are comparable and we usually have found a way to win. Out Distirct is another story as we are consistanly over-matched but continue to fight the good fight. I felt we were gradually closing the gap, until this year, where we are 2-2 but have lost the last 2 by huge margins (turnovers!).
Last Spring our returning QB and stud FB/LB left for the bright lights of a big public school - the LB is doing ok, the QB is struggling. That was tough enough to handle but we moved on. Since the season started we have lost the following starters to injury - New QB, OL/DE, RB/CB, FB/FS, WR/SS, along with 3 more non starters who played a lot on special teams.
Friday we play a state ranked team and we're planning a 2 headed QB attack of our backup (9th grader who WAS a starting WR) and our starting JV QB (pretty good passer but short and slow
). We've put our "pistol" on the shelf for this week and we are back under center - we'll show gun for obvious pass - jsut to simplify the running game and keep the clock running. This game could be 100-0 as we are now basically a JV team.My thinking is that our situation is probably not so different from many of you. I've coached a the college level (7 years) and at a number of larger schools - I'm here because we chose to send our kids to this school - but I'm asking if any of you agree there are many times where the talent level is simply beyond any degree of tactical coaching and the only thing you can do is encourage, motivate, and manage the clock. I can tell you that our coaches and captains have been doing just that all week long as we have prepared for this game. We also have 5 more games after this and, if we can keep the wheels on, we can - if we don't lose any more kids - probably win our share. We are focusing on all of the cliches including One play at a time, win your battle, do your job, and all of the rest. I've faced games like this before but the number of players we have lost this year is just mind boggling to me!
Any thoughts?
But, this is where "your experience" will help doc, you may be able to snag a couple more wins out of this possible disaster, than the average guy 
