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Post by boblucy on Dec 3, 2005 10:10:22 GMT -6
A schedule that tests you every week with tough teams and gets you "battle hardened" which could be risky for injury? Or, an easy schedule that keeps you fresh, builds confidence and allows you to pound teams without the risk of real injury(which could happen at practice)?
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Post by tog on Dec 3, 2005 15:28:18 GMT -6
yes
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Post by toprowguy on Dec 3, 2005 15:28:29 GMT -6
Scrimmage tough teams before the season and start your regular games with cupcakes, if possible. Need to build confidence and get as many wins as possible.
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Post by tog on Dec 3, 2005 15:28:38 GMT -6
a little of both
also depends on how your state hs playoff system works
and on how tenuous (sp) your job standing is
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Post by coachjd on Dec 3, 2005 16:01:31 GMT -6
I think you need to evaluate where your program is at. Are you in a rebuilding phase? Are you loaded for Bear? Will you have a class coming through that is low/high in numbers?
JD
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Post by Yash on Dec 3, 2005 16:04:48 GMT -6
I don't think the injury thing matters. You can get guys hurt playing against anyone. Sometimes the bad teams injure more of your guys cuz they are losing and take cheap shots. I prefer a tough schedule with 2 or 3 tune up games fixed in there somewhere. We play a cup cake schedule here and it hurts us when the playoffs roll around because guys don't know how to react when they get punched in the mouth.
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Post by phantom on Dec 3, 2005 18:01:16 GMT -6
It depends what your goals for the season are. If you're just building your program you probably want to play as many winnable games with a few tough games mixed in to show the kids where they want to be.
If you're expecting to be pretty good and have a shot at making a run deep into the playoffs then you want a mix. I think a tough schedule with close games toughens the kids and gives them confidence that they can win in adverse circumstances. You don't want it to be a death march, though. A couple "Lettermen's Nights" are good to get some of the 30/30 guys some PT.
It's a moot point for us. We play in a 10 team district and only play one out of conference game. I also believe in tough scrimmages. Expose your weaknesses before it counts and while you have a chance to fix them.
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Post by DLine06 on Dec 3, 2005 23:51:19 GMT -6
I think you need to schedule a decent scrimmage team.
You need a good test game before you go into district.
What I have learned is that you are only good as what your coach belives how good you can be. Some coaches have had excellent talent and wasted it while the coach in Atlanta a couple of years back started 0-4 and won 12 straight to become a state champion.
I can't go into a rebulding mode unless this was your first year. I would try to establish a system that the kids can get to work and then coach to be successiful.
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Post by boblucy on Dec 4, 2005 12:57:25 GMT -6
Notre Dame 1990 had the toughest, most brutal schedule in college football history(they were an independant trying to justify their multi-million dollar TV package to NBC). They played at home-Michigan, Stanford, USC, Miami and Penn ST!! Away-Tennessee, Michigan State. And the reward for this?? Colorado(going for the National Title)in the Orange Bowl where they lost 10-9!! I can't believe Lou even had a team that could walk in the Orange Bowl after that kind of regular season schedule. A 9-3 record was an amazing coaching job by Holtz...
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Dec 5, 2005 14:14:54 GMT -6
You need a few patsies and a few dogfights... in 2003 we had a bear of a schedule- lost 3 and did reasonably well in the playoffs. In 2004-2005 our schedule was 2 (3 in 05) tough games, and the rest we won by 40+. That didn't help us much. It bothers me most that the state sets our schedule, and i can't do anything about it (unless i already set up an out of state game). By the way we were eliminated in the same playoff round in 05 as 03... the losses didn't hurt us- they probably made us better. Yashinsky is right though... you get hurt in "easy" games as well as the tough ones.
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Post by brophy on Dec 5, 2005 14:23:27 GMT -6
how much "battle-readiness" do you need? Either you're 'ready' or you're not.....
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Post by coachnorm on Dec 5, 2005 14:51:51 GMT -6
In most cases you don't have that much control over your own schedule. In most states you are goping to be locked into a certain number of games by district, conference, league affiliations. Here in KS by the time you play your league games and district games there often isn't any room for scheduling.
So- to the original question. The best schedule is probably one that combines the two things you asked about 3-4 challenges, 3-4 relatively easy wins and a couple of others.
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Post by tog on Dec 5, 2005 14:58:58 GMT -6
In Texas, all the non district games are set up by the coaches.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Dec 5, 2005 15:25:39 GMT -6
how much "battle-readiness" do you need? Either you're 'ready' or you're not.....
Brophy- I agree to a point, but it is a lot tougher convincing 16-17 year olds they need to be lower, quicker, stay on blocks longer, run upfield, etc. if you won 50-0.
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