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Post by gacoach on Oct 17, 2007 6:46:17 GMT -6
Was sick as a dog last week and I missed my first game on Thursday, a JV game, but still..... I know I was sick and it was in my interest for my health, but I still feel/felt guilty because I let the kids down by not being there. I'm the JV OC and varsity OL coach, and the HC and RB's coach did the play calling. I knew that if I would have been there Thursday, I would have been useless on Friday.
Anyone else ever missed a game?
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Post by information on Oct 17, 2007 6:54:56 GMT -6
Nope...never missed a practice....it goes with the territory. My deal is I expect the kids to be there everyday, no matter the circumstances, so I will be there on my deathbed if need to be to set the example. Most importantly, you know your health and you have to do what works for you. Being there everyday....even in off-season....is what works for me.
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losh96
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Post by losh96 on Oct 17, 2007 7:07:56 GMT -6
Missed my first practice (actually 2 of them) two weeks ago to attend to the birth of our first child.
The team did not miss a beat, I have been prepping the coaching staff to take over if I had to miss a game/practice.
I am sure some of the kids might have been let down, but I figured they would get over it a lot quicker than my wife who would let me hear about it for the rest of my life :-)
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Post by gacoach on Oct 17, 2007 7:11:16 GMT -6
Nope...never missed a practice....it goes with the territory. My deal is I expect the kids to be there everyday, no matter the circumstances, so I will be there on my deathbed if need to be to set the example. Most importantly, you know your health and you have to do what works for you. Being there everyday....even in off-season....is what works for me. I know what you're saying coach, I really try to practice what I preach. I also expect the kids to be at all practices, but if they're sick the HC always sends them home. He doesn't want whatever they've got to invade the team. The HC really encourage me to not be there and I think that's what he was trying to tell me. It was the flu and has been going around the school but has seemed to stay away from the team.
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Post by aztec on Oct 17, 2007 7:16:41 GMT -6
The only practices I missed were when my son was born (Friday, Saturday). We played Thursday night and my wife was in the stands having contractions. Game finished, we won, my son was born the next morning.
Airborn is my best friend. Plus we have a coach on staff who says nothin Whiskey and Butter can cure. So I throw in a shot of whiskey with hot tea, lemon, and some hauls drops. Feel like a champ.
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mike13
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Post by mike13 on Oct 17, 2007 7:21:21 GMT -6
Missed my first practice two weeks ago. I was hospitalized with kidney stones. Missed monday came back on tuesday. Ended up passing over twenty stones over the next 8 days. That was a fun week.
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Post by gacoach on Oct 17, 2007 7:22:57 GMT -6
The only practices I missed were when my son was born (Friday, Saturday). We played Thursday night and my wife was in the stands having contractions. Game finished, we won, my son was born the next morning. Airborn is my best friend. Plus we have a coach on staff who says nothin Whiskey and Butter can cure. So I throw in a shot of whiskey with hot tea, lemon, and some hauls drops. Feel like a champ. Coach, I've got 4 children and we "planned" their births around the season. They all obliged. Living in Georgia, a shot of whiskey before a game would get me one thing........fired. Kidding. I know what you're saying.
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Post by information on Oct 17, 2007 7:26:07 GMT -6
If the boss tells you to go home....thats another story. I just get wore out when other Coaches miss.... as a DC...I do not get to coach my kids (OLB)...I have to Coach DL or Secondary...which puts us in a bind to see if everybody is doing what they should when we get to team.
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Post by kboyd on Oct 17, 2007 7:27:12 GMT -6
I missed two weeks of practice and a game when I had a heart attack 3 years ago (doctors orders), but was back that same season coaching.
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Post by realdawg on Oct 17, 2007 7:30:14 GMT -6
Never ever-only missed one summer workout in 7 years-that was for the birth of my little girl this past summer.
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Post by justwingit on Oct 17, 2007 7:44:37 GMT -6
Missed two - father's and sister's funerals.
by the way - I don't the kids believe me when I tell them I never missed a practice as a player in high school or college. Biggest turn around we have to get in our program which has had a recent history of losing - they have yet to buy into improved practice leads to improved performance on Friday nights.
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Post by ajreaper on Oct 17, 2007 8:00:53 GMT -6
Missed camp once- damn appendix decided it was no longer happy being where it was- I was 12 hours from getting on a bus and heading out of state could have really been a mess. Missed a practice to attend my Grandmothers funeral- left after the evening practice missed the morning practice but was back for the afternoon practice. That was many years ago and I'm not so certain it was the right thing. I believe we sometimes over estimate our importance- what kind of staff do you have if a coach missing for a couple of days is a huge deal? My DC missed a couple of days of spring ball this year when his son was born- he felt guilty about it but the truth is then and there being a Dad and husband was far more important then being a coach. Life can trump football just the way it is or should be anyway.
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Post by information on Oct 17, 2007 8:23:32 GMT -6
Thats funny right there....
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Post by CVBears on Oct 17, 2007 8:56:45 GMT -6
For all of you who have missed for the birth of a child, I recall what my first HC told our DC when his wife was about to deliver their 5th kid on a friday night: "J*sus Chr*st Smitty, thousands of single mothers give birth every day without you there." I needed a laugh this morning after the practice we had last night. thanks for that
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Post by silkyice on Oct 17, 2007 9:21:53 GMT -6
Missed one practice the day my house got broken into while my wife and kids were still there. The man is in jail now for the rest of his life. He had escaped from prison and stopped at my house. Happened seven years ago. I thank God every day that my family was shaken but not hurt.
I did miss a JV game a couple of weeks ago. I am at a new school and it seems that the former head coaches didn't always go to the JV games. Anyway, I get off the practice field a little late and ran inside to do a couple of things. When I came back out, the bus was gone! They just figured I wasn't going. My car can barely make it one mile to school and back, so I missed. It sure did feel weird though.
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Post by spartancoach on Oct 17, 2007 9:26:10 GMT -6
I missed two weeks of practice and a game when I had a heart attack 3 years ago (doctors orders), but was back that same season coaching. Wimp.
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Post by coachjd on Oct 17, 2007 9:34:09 GMT -6
never have missed a game, but I did miss a practice this year do the the funeral of my father in-law.
I almost got kicked out of my house 5 years ago when my sister in-law got married 8 hours from here and my entire family was asked to have a roll in the wedding, and I told them NO, because I had a game on Friday night. Well my wife kinda won the battle because I got in my truck after the game and drove all night long to make it to the wedding the next morning.
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Post by tothehouse on Oct 17, 2007 10:05:00 GMT -6
Missed a game the day my mother died. In a 5 week period my mom went from healthy to pancreatic cancer, to gone. The game was on a Saturday (she died at 3am that Saturday). It snowed at my house and the game was down in Sacramento. Our games are on the radio and TV (public access). I was able to hear the game on the radio. The only time I've ever been able to hear our radio guys.
On a happier note. We are playing our biggest rival the first year I was here. My brother is getting married the next day. His wife to be is pissed because I don't attend the rehearsal dinner the night before (I was the best man). How about this for a great wife? My wife stands in for me and then tells me how pissed she was that she couldn't attend our game.
Have missed a couple practices because I physically couldn't move cuz of sickness. Maybe 3 practices in 17 years.
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Post by groundchuck on Oct 17, 2007 10:25:02 GMT -6
I have never missed a game.
As a head coach I never missed a practice. I missed 1 day in the wt room when my 1st child was born. My second child....we planned an induction a week before the season started. Doctor wanted to do it anyway b/c he was a big baby.
As an assistant I have missed one practice for a job interview in the same district where I coached.
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Post by coachveer on Oct 17, 2007 11:00:21 GMT -6
Had my daughter on a Monday....Had to miss that day. At least that is what my Wife said
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Post by Yash on Oct 17, 2007 11:11:03 GMT -6
I missed 2 games and some practices due to military obligations. I thought high school football came first, but I guess fighting terrorism does. I disagreed, but they won. Personally I believe that if we skip football because of work, the terrorists win, but my bosses disagreed, so I got phone updates every quarter.
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Post by midlineqb on Oct 17, 2007 11:43:03 GMT -6
Only missed one game in 37 years, that was for the funeral of my mother. It was difficult since she was a big football fan. My sisters tried to talk me into going but it was a 250 mile drive one way and I would not have been any condition to call the game. I was the head coach. Got beat 7-9.
Have missed a few practices when my blood sugar dropped into the high 50's and low 60's at the beginning of practice. It just zaps you.
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Post by coachdawhip on Oct 17, 2007 11:48:56 GMT -6
I have missed because I was too sick to be there, if I can't stop vomitting, what good am I at practice, that's why we have assistant coaches to assist and that's why we are assistant coaches to assist.
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Post by eickst on Oct 17, 2007 11:53:11 GMT -6
I've ended practices early when my migraine aura sets in. I lose sight in my right eye and about twenty minutes later I can't form a coherent sentence so I just call it quits as soon as it starts. Nothing like trying to talk to players and having word salad come out or can't think of words to say at all because you can't remember any.
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Post by coachbdud on Oct 17, 2007 13:04:23 GMT -6
i miss 1 maybe 2 practices a year, i am a college student and some classes have midterms on wednesday nights
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Post by 1ispread on Oct 17, 2007 13:58:56 GMT -6
gacoach you were sick and you couldnt be there dont feel guilty. Being sick means you are unable to physically do your job. Everyone sooner or later will be sick enough to miss a game or practice. When someone says they come to work when they are sick really they are saying i was feeling poorly but not bad enough to miss the game or practice. If you have a heart attack or a full blown case of the flu you are not going to be at a game or practice. If you have the flu and show up in the locker room you are being irresponsible, you could infect the whole team.
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Post by jraybern on Oct 17, 2007 18:51:11 GMT -6
My nephew was born 3 hours away - missed school that day but had to get back for practice - my wife understood - I'm not sure my mother-in-law did tothehouse's story about the wedding reminds me of my wife she is the unltimate football wife. It pisses me off when coaches miss practice. I have one that misses a ton of practice - probably more than any player has missed all season. Of course he was the MS head coach and the program has been in terrible shape for years. Maybe there is a correlation there? His wife didnt come to the last game because of a scrapbooking party. Wow.
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Post by jjkuenzel on Oct 17, 2007 23:09:53 GMT -6
I missed a game last year for my grandmothers funeral. It was out of state and a long flight away. Don't regret it one bit. When my mom called to tell me the news she said "I know you have a game and will have a tough decision to make." There was no decision to be made. I had already made it up long before. I was going to be there to bury my grandmother.
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Post by coachnorm on Oct 18, 2007 9:28:58 GMT -6
A little off topic but close..... In my first year at a new school my Mom died just a few weeks into the season. The funeral was set for early on a friday afternoon I told the other coaches and team I would meet them at the game. As I'm sitting at the church waiting for the funeral to begin I see our activity bus pull up. The team had driven an hour and a half out of their way to attend the funeral. The players and coaches got off, attended the funeral, then loaded up and headed to the game. I attended the graveside services and met them at the game later that evening. It was, for me, a very touching gesture to have the team attend the funeral and spoke a lot about the class of the head coach and the school's administration for allowing it to happen.
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Post by gacoach on Oct 18, 2007 9:44:48 GMT -6
A little off topic but close..... In my first year at a new school my Mom died just a few weeks into the season. The funeral was set for early on a friday afternoon I told the other coaches and team I would meet them at the game. As I'm sitting at the church waiting for the funeral to begin I see our activity bus pull up. The team had driven an hour and a half out of their way to attend the funeral. The players and coaches got off, attended the funeral, then loaded up and headed to the game. I attended the graveside services and met them at the game later that evening. It was, for me, a very touching gesture to have the team attend the funeral and spoke a lot about the class of the head coach and the school's administration for allowing it to happen. Very cool.
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