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Post by deaux68 on Aug 21, 2007 8:57:57 GMT -6
Watch the movie Invinceable again the other day. I know it's just a movie but I can belive that Dick Vermeil would throw up.
I didn't get that nervous when I was playing nor do I now. I get the jitters but not so bad that I'm making pizzas in a stall somewhere.
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Post by fbdoc on Aug 21, 2007 10:10:20 GMT -6
As a player - once. As a coach - never. I'm excited to get out there! Even if we're playing someone that I know is just going to kill us, I can't wait to try and get some match ups to try and stop them or move the ball.
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Post by phantom on Aug 21, 2007 10:12:54 GMT -6
Our HC used to when he was younger. Over the years he's gotten better but he's still no fun to be around on game days.
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Post by knight9299 on Aug 21, 2007 10:20:32 GMT -6
Worked for an HC that dry-heaved for 20-25 minutes before every game. He said he has done so before every game- playing or coaching.
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Post by barnone on Aug 21, 2007 10:20:35 GMT -6
I never did as a player, but I may as a coach this year. Moved up to Co-DC (with the HC).. So I am sure week 1 I will be ready to vomit before kick off. We will have to see.
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Post by coachjd on Aug 21, 2007 10:21:45 GMT -6
used to as a player at times, but never as a coach.
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Post by wingt74 on Aug 21, 2007 11:32:04 GMT -6
Not even close...what are you guys eating for breakfast?  |
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Post by larrymoe on Aug 21, 2007 12:13:52 GMT -6
Never. I don't understand why people get so worked up on game days. I do understand some aprehension about the kids performing, but for the most part the preparation and work are all done. Friday nights are fun nights. You get to go out and play and show what you worked for all week long. Now I'm not saying I laugh and joke all night, but I don't get so nervous I puke, because if I was that nervous about it, I should've done something during the week.
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Post by wildcat on Aug 21, 2007 12:19:38 GMT -6
To be honest with you guys, I feel like throwing up the closer we get to Friday...
Big test for me...I'm a 1st year offensive coordinator coaching big-time 6A football (been coaching farmer ball for the past 6 years). Also have a brand-new teaching job in a subject area I have never taught before.
I feel like the kids are prepared and that I have done everything I need to get ready, but, that fear of the unknown is still looming...asking myself a lot of "what ifs" lately...
Also, the guy I'm working for is a real class act and gave me a chance when it looked like I might not even have had a coaching job this fall...really don't want to let him and the kids down.
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Post by ajreaper on Aug 21, 2007 12:26:17 GMT -6
I've thrown up watching tape after the game does that count?  Never as a coach. Sleeping the night before games use to be a problem though. |
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Post by wingt74 on Aug 21, 2007 13:12:22 GMT -6
I've thrown up watching tape after the game does that count? Thats an entirely different topic! |
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Post by Shotgun1 on Aug 21, 2007 20:20:25 GMT -6
Never thrown up but I always have to find time for a #2!
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Post by threeback on Aug 21, 2007 20:32:53 GMT -6
I can honestly say that I have never thrown up from nervousness or having too many- I think- although I did wake up hugging a burrito from Taco Cabana one morning having NO IDEA how the hell it got there. Not to mention the half-chewed Whataburger on my pillow (dang San Angelo is a great clinic) after a long night drinking. I tend to vent nervousness through the other side. Don't know if it's the "fight or flight' tendency, but I have a tendency to blow much #^%$** before a game.
I think that if you are that nervous before a game, the kids will pick up on that and play just as tight as you are. I try the "calm and cool" approach, although I don't know how successful I am at it.
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Post by lukethadrifter on Aug 22, 2007 18:31:01 GMT -6
As a player, I used to get "butterflies", but it was the excitement of playing in a big game. As a coach, I can't wait to get out there.
I'm excited and ready to go. I've never thrown up before playing or coaching in a big game. Luke
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Post by coachjim on Aug 23, 2007 23:00:39 GMT -6
First scrimmage tonight and won it with a totally new offense. It looked great on paper and practice but you can never be sure. Was a little nervous but mostly for the kids. I've never thrown up, nothing is worth your health. They say now that stress can cause cancer (among a million other things...) Something to think about before you start taking things too seriously.
My kid threw up once or twice before a game while he was QB. I informed and requested that
the coach train another backup QB who actually a better job. Probably because he was less nervous and didn't take it as seriously.
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Post by coachsky on Aug 24, 2007 0:46:38 GMT -6
I never puke before games. I love game day. My hardest area is sleep. I find myself dreaming of football and X's and O'x and details. I used to sleep in 45 min to 1 hour stretches on Game eve.
Now I have a pad and pen and write down everything I am thinking about that evening. I make a to-do list of things that come to mind throughout the evening. I read it before I go to bed, and then I sleep better. Usually!.
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Post by spartancoach on Aug 24, 2007 6:43:13 GMT -6
Sometimes when the "coaches meeting" the night before got out of hand.
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Post by lionhart on Aug 24, 2007 7:59:21 GMT -6
sleeping the night before a game is a tough task. i never puked before a game, but as a player i would feel an uncontrollable urge to piss right as we were ready to leave the locker room. it was like clockwork. i chalked it up to nervousness
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Post by wingt74 on Aug 24, 2007 8:10:26 GMT -6
Sometimes when the "coaches meeting" the night before got out of hand. Me "Honey we have a coach's meeting tonight at Sharkey's" The Wife "Yeah, right...just say your going out with the guys, don't give me that coaching meeting BS" |
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Post by fad3d on Aug 24, 2007 13:03:44 GMT -6
I never threw up, but i always hated putting my mouthpiece in at the beginning of the game, always gagged and got close to puking.
Had a QB I played with that would puke before every game, and usually his nose would bleed with it. It was pretty funny, but we were never ready to go play until he tossed.
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