Post by coachwoodall on Jun 24, 2017 14:06:03 GMT -6
I've got a couple safeties that just get it... they think the game, they ask great questions, they anticipate situations, they evolve as the game goes by.
This is one of the best pair of safeties I've coached in my career. Both are returning starters, rising Jr and Sr.
I've even started letting the Sr makes calls in 7 on 7 and at practice
Funny thing, the Sr, we thought about playing JV at the beginning of last year because he had moved from QB after his sophomore year and was injured during that spring. He played our S$ (the overhang) last year and asked to fight for that job instead working in the rotation at Rover (weak safety) He did have some growing pains but made a ton of improvement during the year. This year he is the Rover.
The Jr, well he is one of those kids that humbles you as a coach. Last year the only returner was our Rover. We had 3 other seniors we thought would be the ones that would win out at FS. This kid had broken his collar bone really bad as a freshman and was just getting back into the swing of things during the spring. He spent the whole spring and summer with the JVs. He even played some CB during 7 on 7 last summer. We get to the end of fall camp and I'm not happy with how the Srs are playing and we have game 1 coming up. I told the other defensive coaches that we need to try the then sophomore to at least let him prove to us that he's not ready for it.
He started game 1 and stayed there for 14 straight games.
This is one of the best pair of safeties I've coached in my career. Both are returning starters, rising Jr and Sr.
I've even started letting the Sr makes calls in 7 on 7 and at practice
Funny thing, the Sr, we thought about playing JV at the beginning of last year because he had moved from QB after his sophomore year and was injured during that spring. He played our S$ (the overhang) last year and asked to fight for that job instead working in the rotation at Rover (weak safety) He did have some growing pains but made a ton of improvement during the year. This year he is the Rover.
The Jr, well he is one of those kids that humbles you as a coach. Last year the only returner was our Rover. We had 3 other seniors we thought would be the ones that would win out at FS. This kid had broken his collar bone really bad as a freshman and was just getting back into the swing of things during the spring. He spent the whole spring and summer with the JVs. He even played some CB during 7 on 7 last summer. We get to the end of fall camp and I'm not happy with how the Srs are playing and we have game 1 coming up. I told the other defensive coaches that we need to try the then sophomore to at least let him prove to us that he's not ready for it.
He started game 1 and stayed there for 14 straight games.
