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Post by jambooey on Jun 20, 2014 10:56:54 GMT -6
Our school just got bumped up to AAAA football because of an increase in school population. In Fact we will be the smallest school in AAAA this year. We have been a dominant football program in AAA with a good system and a long tenured staff. I am not worrying about competing good kids good coaches.
The situation is more complicated. We also got moved into a conference where 2 teams now feature very recent former assistants of our program.
We are a no huddle team and 4-4 defense team. Besides changing our signals and play names what else should i expect? They know how we practice and how we game plan, but I also know what they do as they are a HC and DC at the two different schools.
Any ideas or suggestions on how i should restructure our team. We are not changing offense or defense.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2014 11:05:16 GMT -6
Since you've already mentioned possible signal changes, I'm not sure I would change anything else. You've mentioned you've been pretty successful doing what you do. Going against former assistants twice a year doesn't strike me as a reason necessitating major changes.
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Post by fantom on Jun 20, 2014 11:07:29 GMT -6
Our school just got bumped up to AAAA football because of an increase in school population. In Fact we will be the smallest school in AAAA this year. We have been a dominant football program in AAA with a good system and a long tenured staff. I am not worrying about competing good kids good coaches. The situation is more complicated. We also got moved into a conference where 2 teams now feature very recent former assistants of our program. We are a no huddle team and 4-4 defense team. Besides changing our signals and play names what else should i expect? They know how we practice and how we game plan, but I also know what they do as they are a HC and DC at the two different schools. Any ideas or suggestions on how i should restructure our team. We are not changing offense or defense. What possible advantage could knowing how you practice give them? Rotate your terminology from game to game, and self-scout for tendencies and you'll be fine. |
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Post by rsmith627 on Jun 20, 2014 11:19:30 GMT -6
I'm on the other side of this situation. Left my former team a few weeks ago, which means I was there for a lot of the install. Head coach knew I might be leaving, but insisted I be present anyway. As such, I know how they play certain things on defense. I also know all of their offensive plays and signals. As far as I know, they do not plan on changing anything, even though I have it all.
Personally, I wouldn't panic. The information that the former assistants know really doesn't matter.
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Post by coachphillip on Jun 20, 2014 11:19:37 GMT -6
You'll be fine if you change the signals and audible calls. You're playing their kids, not them. Timmy isn't gonna be in the perfect place because Coach Joe told him that you love TE in the corner off Boot. You'll be fine, Coach.
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 20, 2014 18:28:48 GMT -6
Things they can pick up in games like signals, checks, and cadence might be good to switch up. Otherwise I think you're fine. Like someone else above said self scout and you should be ok.
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Post by falcon44 on Jun 20, 2014 20:44:59 GMT -6
It depends on how fast you go! They can scream ,yell in the play but good luck adjusting to it quickly. I ran into this problem a couple of times. I kept most signals the same and changes a few.The Assistants have become a non factor.Not to mention the fact that if they jump a play we can make a quick play change.
Dont worry about it,make a couple changes ,tags and move on.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 21, 2014 4:40:07 GMT -6
Dont over do it. Dont over stress the situation, and dont change too much. We had an assistant who signaled in our O go to our arch rival school. We knew he knew our signals. So we went over the freakin top, and came up with like 3 others ways to signal in the play. Well problem with that is, it slowed the kids down and affected the way we played. At halftime we said screw it, just get the signals from coach so and so instead, and we started rolling.
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Post by planck on Jun 21, 2014 5:36:23 GMT -6
Change signals and tactical stuff, forget the rest. Most of strategic stuff they can get from film anyway, and if they're any good that's what they'll do.
That comes with the territory; when you have a strong program, your assistants become desirable and you'll start facing them with increasing frequency.
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Post by coachseth on Jun 21, 2014 6:30:23 GMT -6
Doesn't bother me in the slightest, we change our wristbands yearly, we will keep the same plays but change the colors around. So what use to be Red 12 is likely Yellow or Black 12 now.
Plus, we're going so damn fast it doesn't even matter. I don't rightly care if they know what we're running, they still gotta stop it.
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