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Post by coachmathis on Apr 17, 2007 12:02:29 GMT -6
1st, could you coach with a woman in football and have you ever known or known of a female football coach. I went to a meeting and a lady introduced herself to me because she heard that I was an AD and she wanted to inquire about a job. She proceeded to tell me that she doesn't coach volleyball or basketball, but she does coach football. She was currently the tight end coach at a college (i think naia) that is getting rid of it's football program. She also said she has written a book on coach wr's. I wasn't floored because I could care less that she is a women. She said she was having trouble getting on and she felt as though it was becasue she was a woman. I had never thought about this before because I have always thought of football coaching as something that only men were interested in, but obviously this isn't the case. How do you guys feel about women football coaches?
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Post by lsrood on Apr 17, 2007 12:11:35 GMT -6
coachmathis,
If you look at the Women's Football leagues (NWFA, IWFL, WPFL) you will find a number of female coaches, some even head coaches. Though I haven't heard about a woman coaching men, it happened in basketball around here a few years back and the woman did an excellent job.
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Post by knighter on Apr 17, 2007 12:12:25 GMT -6
I would hire my wife in a heartbeat. She would be a hardass, and she knows the offense as well as I do.
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Post by tog on Apr 17, 2007 12:43:13 GMT -6
wouldn't have a problem with it
1. be there for the kids
2. work hard
3. continue to learn
these are not gender specific
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Post by brophy on Apr 17, 2007 12:48:47 GMT -6
why not?
but it would largely depend on what she looked like
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Post by wildcat on Apr 17, 2007 12:52:44 GMT -6
All I can say is Goldie Hawn in "Wildcats"....
Wish she had been MY coach in high school! ;D
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Post by khalfie on Apr 17, 2007 13:43:17 GMT -6
I could see my daughter one day being a football coach...
Undoubtedly, women would catch a hard time doing it... but I bet they'd better coaches because of it... Knowing they'd be tested often, I'm sure, theory wise, women would go above and beyond the game...
Their communication effectiveness, would be the only concern... but then again, young boys would be so shocked, they might just give her that gentlemen behavior!
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Post by brophy on Apr 17, 2007 13:53:59 GMT -6
I would love to have a woman coach. I guess I am assuming that she wouldn't be coming in with the preconceived biases of a lot of men have ("only do what we did when I was in HS!" or the "I played in the Big Ten so my playing experience trumps all"..). The toughest sell would be the parents, IMO. There would be nothing more humbling, IMO, than a woman that knows more about football than you do (to a guy that thinks he KNOWS football......you know the type)  |
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Post by kboyd on Apr 17, 2007 15:02:54 GMT -6
Who cares, as long as they can do the job. I presented at a clinic last year and there were three women in the audience who were coaches.
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Post by crl on Apr 17, 2007 15:12:20 GMT -6
poker, golf ,now football...guys! please my b*lls are all I´have left...can´t say P*ssy anymore can´t say F*ggot anymore can say s**t any more. The last bastion is going and you are going to PC the rest away... now some female is going to speak to my Dline about killing the f**king QB---give me a break.
Look at your self in a staff meeting... gee gosh maybe we can´t block it that way , say Doris what do you think about about this 3 teq player.
Instead of Hey Guys this MFer is gonna kill us , how can we blow him the f**k out of there...
Yeah you all are gonna say this and that...
I am a dinosaur, but at least I´ll retire as one...and my daughters would never, never be mixed up with anyone in this game!
PS if my wife reads this I did not write it...it was my evil twin.
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Post by tog on Apr 17, 2007 15:15:59 GMT -6
I am fairly crude in the office and my wife fits right in. That's why I like her.
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Post by crl on Apr 17, 2007 15:20:13 GMT -6
Tog...you found a Saint...give me her name so I can light a candle.
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 17, 2007 16:01:37 GMT -6
A woman, in Football? Uh wut? I don't even like cheerleaders close to my boys distracting them  I guess with the right woman it would be fine, such as a 20yr veteran Marine DI that understands "motivation". What I couldn't handle is a PC woman wanting to feminize the sport. |
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Post by brophy on Apr 17, 2007 16:10:10 GMT -6
I heard Mike Price tried to hire one a few years ago.
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 17, 2007 16:20:24 GMT -6
I had a woman assist on our varsity this past season. She had done our stats for a few years and her daughter was our all county kicker as a senior. At the end of the season, we both felt that she had done a good job, but she decided she enjoyed the stats part better. She was accepted by the team because they knew she really wanted to be there and because they saw her work ethic at practice and during games. If you have a someone who wants to coach for you and they know their game, it doesn't matter if they're male or female - sign them up!
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Post by coachveer on Apr 17, 2007 19:35:04 GMT -6
If she can help us win games then she's in. Heck, if Bin Laden could teach my QB to recognize the difference between Cover 2 and Cover 4 at the LOS then he gets a hat to.
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Post by herky on Apr 17, 2007 19:54:04 GMT -6
Look at your self in a staff meeting... gee gosh maybe we can´t block it that way , say Doris what do you think about about this 3 teq player. Instead of Hey Guys this MFer is gonna kill us , how can we blow him the f**k out of there... That sounds like your problem, not the woman's.  All coaching staffs test the limits in decorum each year. You may have 'howdy doody' types in which you cannot swear or chew. Don't assume a woman would prevent men from being men. Hell, I am more foul mouthed than many coaches I know. My only advantage is I have a better rack and can cook, keeping the coaching office well stocked. |
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Post by crl on Apr 18, 2007 0:59:15 GMT -6
Herk, I know you were gonna say something right after I wrote it... look maybe I am wrong and I have been wrong more times than right in my life but its the way I feel. As for problems with women only in golf, poker and football. I am a terrible golfer, I lose when I play poker, and I get paid to win games or I get the door. If I have insulted you I apologize, but at least you can´t call me a lair and a hypocrite you can call me everything else and I probably deserve it. Please don´t state your handicap...humble pie already tastes bad enough. Oh, and Doris I am sorry I used your name  |
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Post by coachmoore42 on Apr 18, 2007 2:06:18 GMT -6
I would hire my wife in a heartbeat. She would be a hardass. I second that. Although my wife might be too high strung when it comes to football. I go watch the televised games in a room by myself because she's screaming at the TV, lol. |
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Post by tye2021 on Apr 18, 2007 6:33:00 GMT -6
My wife loves the sport and watches football with me every sunday. Showed up to all the games I coached in the youth league and is soaking up knowledge about how the intrecacies of football work.
There was a report years ago (i think real sports but not sure) about a coach and his wife was one of his assistant coaches. Other coaches didn't have a problem and neither did the players because she knew what she was talking about and how to teach it.
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Post by tog on Apr 18, 2007 6:43:06 GMT -6
small college in alabama somewhere right?
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 18, 2007 7:03:38 GMT -6
I think it was one of the JUCO's in Mississippi. Part of the Football American series that's on ESPN ever now and then. Pretty decent coach too.
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Post by herky on Apr 18, 2007 7:22:48 GMT -6
If I have insulted you I apologize You absolutely did not insult me....so don't worry about that! I give Tog {censored} all the time about putting me on his staff. (mt) |
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Post by brophy on Apr 18, 2007 7:35:13 GMT -6
crl is all upset because he knows when it comes to the interview process, a woman coach can do things he can't do..........er....uh.......I guess he's TRIED>........ |
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Post by Gman0433 on Apr 18, 2007 9:18:37 GMT -6
I think it was one of the JUCO's in Mississippi. Part of the Football American series that's on ESPN ever now and then. Pretty decent coach too. Her name was Dot Murphy, I think it was Hinds JC in Mississippi, her husband Gene Murphy was the OC at the time and she was coaching WRs. I looked her up a bit after the Football America show to see if she was still coaching, that was a few years ago, then she was coaching special teams and her husband and moved to HC and then AD. Just checked their website and he is still AD and she is now Asst AD. George |
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Post by crl on Apr 18, 2007 9:19:03 GMT -6
Yes Broph, but the Job interview is San Fran was the last time...I even wore sensitive birkenstocks and my I voted for Kucinich button.
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Post by oldwarrior on Apr 18, 2007 10:42:14 GMT -6
What the f###!!!!!!!!!
a woman coaching football
BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!
we had a woman trainer one year........bad idea, all the sudden all the guys needed tape before practice
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Post by tog on Apr 18, 2007 10:45:21 GMT -6
What the f###!!!!!!!!! a woman coaching football BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!! we had a woman trainer one year........bad idea, all the sudden all the guys needed tape before practice uh oh warrior i will try and tell herky that you are a buddy of mine and that you are really ok but her response is coming she was a trainer for 5 years on the college level just a warning fear her wraith! |
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Post by oldwarrior on Apr 18, 2007 12:39:15 GMT -6
haha
the worst type of trainer for high school boys is a hot 24yr old girl
seriously, every kid needed to be wrapped or get icyhot rubbed on there hammys
one year we had a ugly 24yr old girl as the trainer, probably the healthiest group we ever had, no one needed tape or anything like that
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Apr 18, 2007 12:45:10 GMT -6
we had a woman trainer one year........bad idea, all the sudden all the guys needed tape before practice
We had a woman trainer too... which was ok... except she was 25 and good looking and all the guys suddenly had groin injuries that needed immediate medical attention. plus she had candy in the room...
Anyway, Carol Frost (Scott Frost's mother) had coached football for several years in Nebraska high schools. She was an olympic thrower (hammer... possibly shot, I think), and coached track as well.
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I guess with the right woman it would be fine, such as a 20yr veteran Marine DI that understands "motivation". What I couldn't handle is a PC woman wanting to feminize the sport.
