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Post by firebird on Nov 20, 2005 7:19:05 GMT -6
I've been lurking on the boards for quite some time now and I absolutely love the site. Best on the web for sure!!! I decided it was time to get into the act.
Question: How many (if any) of you are head coaches and coach from the booth? I ask this question because I spent most of my early coaching career in the booth. When I became a head coach, I made the natural move to the sidelines. I had the opportunity to watch a couple of our division playoff games last night and sat right next to the pressbox. This is the first time I have been able to be at a HS game for some time as the teams I have been involved with have gone deep in the playoffs for a number of years (I am now at a brand new school that had 0 seniors 5 juniors and rest soph and fresh). I had forgotten what a different perspective the box allows you. I am now considering moving to the booth next year. I am wondering how do head coaches do this? How do you manage the game? What tips can you offer me or anyone else who decides to do this?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
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Post by coachcalande on Nov 20, 2005 8:00:37 GMT -6
I am not a head coach,...but when i am, ill be in the booth for sure.
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Post by firebird on Nov 20, 2005 9:05:50 GMT -6
KW
That is my concern, having an assistant manage the game from the sideline. I have a couple of guys that I would trust, but if things go bad, it's my @$$ on the line and I'm in the booth in no situation to help.
Thanks!
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Post by phantom on Nov 20, 2005 13:01:09 GMT -6
I don't like the of having the HC in the booth. A big part of a HC's job is leadership and I don't think you can do that upstairs.
I do have some experience with a HC in the booth. A few years ago our HC tore his ACL and decided to try to coach the next game from the booth. That lasted less than one quarter- one miserable quarter during which he micromanaged over the phones. When he came back down, things went back to normal.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Nov 20, 2005 14:13:23 GMT -6
OK, here’s my story. Several years ago (when younger and more prone to outbursts that would get me in to trouble), I was “somewhat suspended” for a game (by our school district- not the state… that’s a whole other story). I was told that I could not be on the field, but could be in the box. I called all of our offense from upstairs and loved it. We scored 64 points- and I had never seen such a clear view. The down side- we gave up 63 points and I was frustrated as can be that I couldn’t talk to any of our players or defensive coaches (talking over the phones is not the same as face to face) to get some adjustments that were better than “let the goal line stop ‘em”. The next week I planned to be upstairs for the first half only. We were 6-3 playing a 9-0 team for the district title, and again I saw much better- but we didn’t execute as well, and I was very anxious to get back to the field (and did go down there with time remaining in the 2nd quarter). We ended up losing 34-19 and I don’t think me being one place or another would have made any difference, but the players later said that they wished I would have started out on the field. I said it wasn’t a problem last week and they said, “well, last week you were as close to the game as you could be.” That kind of stuck with me.
I have never been back there- mainly because I have good people who can tell me what I need to know (I don’t want play suggestions… I want defensive techniques, reads, etc.). Having done both (by force, somewhat), I much prefer being on the sideline. I do think that if I were responsible for just one side of the ball, the booth might be the place to go, but since I am responsible for the whole game, the sideline gives me the best position to manage it. Plus, I’ll never forget that comment about being “as close to the game as possible”. If they would let me on the field, I’d probably go there (until I got run over a few times now that I am fat and slow).
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Post by coachcalande on Nov 20, 2005 19:08:46 GMT -6
I think it depends. in a system like the double wing or wing-t you really can benefit from seeing the alignments...in a different system where the qb checks off and makes the reads its probably not as big a deal??? i dunno...for me, itd be easier to call the plays from up in the booth.
then again...there are times when i think things ive done and said during those time out huddles....well, thats pretty important isnt it....tough one.
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