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Post by boblucy on Nov 6, 2005 13:53:23 GMT -6
Over the years I have often debated this question. There was once two big rivals, both had no lights. Then, one team got lights and they flourished. They could scout the other team on saturdays, as they were scouted on friday nights by the other coaches. The team with lights could turn them on at practice as the sun went down late in the season. The other team had to go into the gym to practice as they had no lights. The next year, the "saturday team" lost some day games, as they realized there was a "lazier, more relaxed atmosphere" than on friday nights under the lights. The next season, they had lights installed. The one advantage of playing on a home field with no lights is that coaches get 6 days a week with their kids, 5 practice days. Most coaches in my area who play on fridays don't see their kids until monday afternoon.
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Post by tog on Nov 6, 2005 14:01:40 GMT -6
in texas they call it friday night lights for a reason
everyone has lights
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Post by PowerDown on Nov 6, 2005 16:29:31 GMT -6
Can't compare the atmosphere on a friday night to a saturday afternoon. There is just something about having the entire focus on the field, with everything around the stadium in the dark.
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Post by boblucy on Nov 6, 2005 17:15:43 GMT -6
I 100% agree. Regular season high school games do not have 50-100 thousand people at them, like many colleges do to get them fired up on saturdays. A friday night game with 2,000 people can be electric, turn that scene into a day game and it could seem like 300 people.......
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Post by toprowguy on Nov 6, 2005 17:34:27 GMT -6
Nothing like a Friday night in the fall. There are still a few schools in our area that don't have lights so we still play a few Saturday games. Those schools do have advantage when playing during the day. Our kids don't seem to have the same emotion. Thats why they call it home field advantage.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 7, 2005 19:15:09 GMT -6
I agree...It is Friday Night Lights for a reason. There is something about it. Unique to the game of football. Everything else in the town comes to a stand still for a few hours while the game is going on....like in the Nike comercials. It is special time. I am getting jacked up thinking about it. I have coached some Saturday games and they really sucked compared to the atmosphere. Especially late in the season when it dark when you comes out to warm up. There is also something cool about driving into a town and seeing the lights on the football field. Friday nights is something that makes this game special.
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Post by boblucy on Nov 8, 2005 4:28:03 GMT -6
From a preparation standpoint, with no lights, you spend 6 days a week with your kids without any excuses from them. I know of "friday night" teams that try to get their kids in on saturdays or sundays for atleast 2 hours, and they either have sparse attendance ie., work, don't want to show up, attending to a family activity, or parents grumble about coaches trying to take over their kids' lives. If you play on saturdays, you have a 6 day week with the kids without any excuses or arguements. And, in 2005, the teams that don't have lights are so few, they are now a novelty. They are actually a "saturday showcase" if you can believe it, since there are now so few teams without lights. I would rather have lights, however.
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Post by Coach Huey on Nov 8, 2005 20:42:56 GMT -6
didn't think not having lights was an issue?
'cept maybe for baseball/softball.......
occassionally we'll practice under the lights. late in the year as darkness is factor. early, early in year due to heat
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