A coachhuey.com type coach?

I agree with both sentiments. There does tend to be a certain "type" of coach on this board. Coachbdud is right in that we all want to improve and to do that means we have to admit that what we are doing might be wrong. Not every coach can do that. Those who can, tend to have the very qualities you're mentioning.

You mean to say that I shouldn't take pointers from Stephan A. and/or Skip?

I think the best part of this site is just talking to others and getting the creative juices flowing

many of the posts i've written have been about a new idea I had and was considering and just looking to see what others thought about it

we are able to share ideas, our own experiences, occasionally there is a little argument about the best way but for the most part we all understand there's a million ways to accomplish something... do whatever works for you

we are all at least open to thinking about doing things differently

i recently met a new coach and shared our pistol hand off mechanics... and he flipped out about what we do after the mesh
i got it from coach grab but i have seen a ton of people do it

we put the ball on the hip flexor, show open hand looking back at the Rb for 2 vertical steps, then we boot

this was "foreign" to this new coach i was speaking with and he instantly went into defense mode... we can't do that, that's so wrong, QB will never get the laces back ... the sky was falling

he doesn't strike me as a coachhuey type of coach

I would say that in general, people willing to seek out alternative ways of doing things than the way they learned or have always done, means that they are willing to change and do what they believe is best for their athletes. Most guys on the board are not here to put anyone else down or act like they have every answer in the world, but more of a "this is how we do it... see if it would work for what you are trying to do".

In my experience, the "yelling" coaches wouldn't be willing to share information on the internet in fear of someone "knowing what we do"... LOL. If you block the guy you are supposed to and the 1st guy there makes the tackle every time... ALL the offenses work and all the defenses work.

I would say you are correct in the fact that most guys here tend to focus on technique, teaching concepts, using computers to help as well as just trying to find a better way to do what they believe in.

There's solid crew of guys here that I would totally work for/with if the opportunity presented itself. I can't say that about a lot of coaches I know in real life.

One thing that happens is that generally the longer a guy is here the less inclined he is to get into an X's and O's discussion. It gets old having the same discussion over and over. If there's a question in my area of expertise and somebody gives a similar answer to what mine would be, I'm happy to let it be. If nobody does I'll say what we do. If there's a direct question I'll answer it but won't get into an argument. Been there done that. 

this is a social consensus here for sure. But i think thats created by us more then people "gravitating".

for example. there have been many people who have come here, and nearly been run out (not without reason...many of them were 'thingys' ).

here is what I understand to be true about 'coachhuey coaches'.

1) we want to learn, and get better. everyone here understands that there is always someone smarter (except OJW ).
2) we want to share. we arnt a group of people who are secretive about what we do.
3) we are the more technical coaches. (as you pointed out)
4) we are not afraid to debate.
5) we love coaching kids. its not just a job!

All in all, I just want to meet Lochness face to face. I just want to know what they guy looks like. I picture him in my head him looking like Allen (w/ satchel) from "The Hangover".

Blb is probably the Obi Wan Kanobi of the Veer Offense. 

Anyways, I love this site. I can honestly say that I have learned more football from this site than any clinic that I have ever been to. I get made fun of for being on here by co-workers at times, but this place is a great place to be. My "pen pals" ,as my wife calls ya'll, are the best. This is a bunch of guys that that just want to talk ball and get the details to bring back to our kids in order for them to be successful. 


 

I plan on doing a major update soon. I have to get my clinic notes cleaned up and I'll put them in there also.

Sus informacion estara aqui pronto, amigo!

I like to picture him with eagle's wings, singing lead vocals for lynyrd skynyrd, with an angel band

love this site and read it everyday....don't post much myself, but learn a lot from yall....every once in a while i will throw something in...i also love to see how policies and styles are different around the country.

i think it's more about fine tuning our craft in any way that we can. we're always looking to get better any way that we can, because we owe that much to the kids we coach. if we're not giving them all that we can, then we're doing them a disservice. those are the kind of coaches that i see on this board.

I think the coaches on here for the most part know "they don't know it all"

I second the comment about coaching with the coaches on here. I have often thought If i was a HC a good get would be to lure one of the great posters to your staff.

Also this is one of the only places I get to talk ball, Sometimes I can with a few on staff but as I don't work at the school it is tuff to do.

This site gives me my fix as I bet it does many of you.

Haha! Jezuz! That is something right there. I'm 6' 190 with short hair and clean cut! Not NEARLY as good looking as Allen, though.