Practice coach or Game coach?

being former military and been through two conflicts I never refer to football in military terms, but to answer you r question I would consider myself a better practice coach for much of the same reasons you stated. I like working on the nuances of the game.

I was asked this question in an interview last week. It was the first time anyone had asked me that one. I also would think of myself as a practice guy. I feel if you plan and work the week correctly, hopefully you eliminate most of the suprises on game day.

I believe that you need to be good M - Th or Friday can be a long day. I enough the Friday night lights the most.....you get see how the weeks planning plays out....make some calls on a gut feeling......deal with subsitutions when there are injuries...chess matches with the other coaches...can't wait until August!

Having been in or associated with the military for over 30 years and coaching at various levels during that time, I would consider myself pretty good at both. I enjoy the teaching aspects of pratice and seeing players grow on a day to day basis.

I enjoy the challenges that making adjustments during a game can present. Think on my feet and making snap decisions if fun.

Thats what I'm talking about, Tribe! It doesn't mean you can't do both just which your more naturally cut out for! Tribe sounds like a game coach! It might be a good thing to know if you're putting together a coaching staff or applying for a job! But you gotta answer honestly!

Largely, I can sit in the stands and by the end of the 1st qtr thru 2nd half, I picked apart the offense to know what their vital plays are. Esp. the tendencies. One thing about tendencies is that they can telegraph your play.

huey is right of course

both would be ideal

the biggest thing in my mind about being a good game coach is having enough knowledge of the game to see things they are doing to you and then how can you adjust little things to help the players with that, do you have enough things in your arsenal to be able to adjust and be flexible during a game with those little things, and more importantly, can you get it across to the kids? do you know when to do things like this?

example would be working counter gt strong during a game, and the 8 is folding in to make the play late, in film they had him play the edge harder and he wasn't that much of a factor as he was outside the kickout, having the te then take a different release and work inside out
on him

just little things within the gameplan that you already know how to attack because of work on the weekend, but you have to tweak within a game makes a good game coach IMO

the good practice coach makes it so those little things can be done durning the game because the players understand what is going on and what we are trying to do with a certain play, and they can understand what is happening

the guys I have now aren't there yet, but it sure is nice when they come off the field and they have seen what I see, and they ask me if they can do the adjustment I already had in mind

determining when you are ready and when you can get one are two different things

saint, there is a difference between no tendencies because you are good and have a plan, and focus on being disguised random

and

having no tendencies because you don't know anything and the offense doesn't make sense, isn't sound, etc

Im a very good practice coach and always improving on the field as a coach...how do i know im improving? I yell less. yelling at the kids and trying to do lots of coaching from teh sidelines is a show of lack of preparation. ie, when we scored, id already be thinking of my two point conversion play rather than thumping chests and jumping up and down etc...with experience comes calm and cool. I once heard a guy say "i dont get nervous about games at all...i have prepared my team. now its up to them to perform."...had some sense to it.

i think making half time adjustments is what its all about when you are in a close game. never panic, be great at what you do and dance with who brung ya.

true story- one year i was up on the roof with the head set on...i kept suggesting that we run a G play against this team..."we dont have one" was the response...

at half time I got with the oline coach, his hogs and the head coach and showed em how to run it...we ran it in the second half 4 times for better than 8 yards per carry. it was the difference in the game ...a 14-13 slug fest. thats a half time adjustment.

i called for the play because the des in the other teams killer 5-3 were diving into the fbs knees and the refs wouldnt throw the flag...anyhow, a couple of thumping kickouts by the guard had that de change his attitude.

tog

We get warned by the officials if our EMLOS's come in and take out a Guard of FB at the knees. It is against the rules but we teach them to take on the block at the defenders waist.

Yes it is. Out of the free blocking zone the defender cannot block/hit/etc. below the waist(except when tackling), just like the offense. The officails usually just warn the kids because they are trying to tackle the ball carrier behind the block.

I'll have to start some. How many states use the NCAA rules?