snafu
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Post by snafu on Apr 17, 2007 9:47:15 GMT -6
Let's say you're a D1 football coach who took over at a new school.
How do you build your team?
First part: PERSONNEL
1. What are the 4 positions you recruit the heaviest?
2. What are the 2 positions you recruit the lightest?
3. Do you go fight with the big dogs for the big names? Do you try to just go after the local kids? Do you look for players who can play now, or kids that are redshirt candidates? High schoolers only, or JC kids as well?
Second part: SCHEME
1. What type of offense do you run?
2. What type of defense do you run?
3. Do you honestly commit 33% of your time, energy and efforts to special teams, or do you treat it like an afterthought like some schools?
Third part: PROGRAM
1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Weight room (strength/power), track (speed), field work (agility), skills (7 on 7), film room, academics?
2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize?
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Post by groundchuck on Apr 17, 2007 9:52:51 GMT -6
Let's say you're a D1 football coach who took over at a new school. How do you build your team? First part: PERSONNEL 1. What are the 4 positions you recruit the heaviest? 2. What are the 2 positions you recruit the lightest? 3. Do you go fight with the big dogs for the big names? Do you try to just go after the local kids? Do you look for players who can play now, or kids that are redshirt candidates? High schoolers only, or JC kids as well? Second part: SCHEME 1. What type of offense do you run? 2. What type of defense do you run? 3. Do you honestly commit 33% of your time, energy and efforts to special teams, or do you treat it like an afterthought like some schools? Third part: PROGRAM 1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Weight room (strength/power), track (speed), field work (agility), skills (7 on 7), film room, academics? 2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize? Well I am not a D1 coach but do play NCAA 07 so I guess that makes me qualified to answer. Personnel: 1. QB, OL, DL, LB 2. I guess RB b/c there always seems to be a bunch of quality RBs in D1 football? 3. Whatever we can get. The bigger name yoru school is the easier it is to draw bigger names. Scheme: 1. Multiple I, which includes spread and 1 back zone schemes so we can adjust to our talent base. 2. 3-5-3 3. Committ time to special teams Off Season: Training and academics |
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Post by brophy on Apr 17, 2007 10:05:31 GMT -6
Let's say you're a D1 football coach who took over at a new school. How do you build your team? First part: PERSONNEL 1. What are the 4 positions you recruit the heaviest? 2. What are the 2 positions you recruit the lightest? 3. Do you go fight with the big dogs for the big names? Do you try to just go after the local kids? Do you look for players who can play now, or kids that are redshirt candidates? High schoolers only, or JC kids as well? Second part: SCHEME 1. What type of offense do you run? 2. What type of defense do you run? 3. Do you honestly commit 33% of your time, energy and efforts to special teams, or do you treat it like an afterthought like some schools? Third part: PROGRAM 1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Weight room (strength/power), track (speed), field work (agility), skills (7 on 7), film room, academics? 2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize? First part: PERSONNEL 1. Quarterback, Dline (those that don't cut it go to Oline), Safeties & linebackers (those that don't cut it go to Dline) 2. Corners & receivers 3. start with JCs, but build off the HS talent of the state Second part: SCHEME 1. Spread option 2. 42 3. maybe 35% of the time devoted to special teams.......kicking and punting is BIG. Third part: PROGRAM 1. Weights, speed, & academics (and community involvement) 2. 7 on 7 and film. |
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Post by tog on Apr 17, 2007 10:15:37 GMT -6
four positions to recruit the heaviest?
1. DL
2. OL
3. QB/Athlete
4. RB/Athlete
recruit the lightest?
1. wr
2. secondary
why?
because if it is a new school, you can find a bunch of good good athletes at rb that are too short or too small to play and move them
athletes qb's, and athlete rb's are the type that can make the transition
scheme-some form of what we do now, spread triple option game from the gun, utilize the smaller players with quickness and speed and option the bigger fast people we would have a hard time blocking anyhow
defense?--whatever fits the kids---assuming we would get smaller quicker type kids 3-3 stack that can morph into other odd and even looks
offseason?
depends on how much rope I would have from the admin, is it a locked in contract for a long time?---then build up the family aspect of the whole thing and get those kids invested by working their tails off in the class and in strength and conditioning programs
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 17, 2007 10:38:29 GMT -6
How do you build your team? First, Hire Brophy as Information Director First part: PERSONNEL 1. What are the 4 positions you recruit the heaviest? QB, Oline, Dline, RB's (most RB's will be converted into slotbacks, DB's and LB's) 2. What are the 2 positions you recruit the lightest? I don't know if you recruit anything lightly, depending on year and depth, focus will change, but as mentioned above, I believe you take the best athletes available and put them on defense. 3. Do you go fight with the big dogs for the big names? Depends on if its a winnable fight. If there is an chance, then yes. Do you try to just go after the local kids? Depends on the location and talent pool, if there is talent, yes recruit instate first then out of state, in an equal situation take instate over out of state. Try to build tradition but always recruit the best playable talent first. Do you look for players who can play now, or kids that are redshirt candidates? High schoolers only, or JC kids as well? Immediate impact players first, of course. If the program is in need, go Juco to inject immediate talent into the pool. Second part: SCHEME 1. What type of offense do you run? Same exact thing that we run now, Spread Option/Air Raid. 2. What type of defense do you run? Same thing as now, 335. 3. Do you honestly commit 33% of your time, energy and efforts to special teams, or do you treat it like an afterthought like some schools? Honestly, I don't know about 33%, there isn't as much scheme involved in special teams or as many game time snaps as offense and defense. Probably in the range of 20%, of course the specialist's (snappers/punters/kickers) are practicing their trades 100%. Third part: PROGRAM 1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Weight room (strength/power), track (speed), field work (agility), skills (7 on 7), film room, academics? All of them. You will not be sucessful at the college level (or HS for that matter, IMO) without solid focus on all of them. 2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize? Concern about the Information Director's beer & pizza budget,.... |
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Post by brophy on Apr 17, 2007 10:53:14 GMT -6
2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize? Concern about the Information Director's beer & pizza budget,....  where do I sign? |
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CoachJ
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Post by CoachJ on Apr 17, 2007 11:07:09 GMT -6
I would recruit O-line and Dline first and foremost. That wins more games in college than anything else.
Next because I like offense I would recruit QB and RB.
A good O and Dline can hide other problems.
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Post by revtaz on Apr 17, 2007 11:16:57 GMT -6
Let's say you're a D1 football coach who took over at a new school. How do you build your team? First part: PERSONNEL 1. What are the 4 positions you recruit the heaviest? 2. What are the 2 positions you recruit the lightest? 3. Do you go fight with the big dogs for the big names? Do you try to just go after the local kids? Do you look for players who can play now, or kids that are redshirt candidates? High schoolers only, or JC kids as well? Second part: SCHEME 1. What type of offense do you run? 2. What type of defense do you run? 3. Do you honestly commit 33% of your time, energy and efforts to special teams, or do you treat it like an afterthought like some schools? Third part: PROGRAM 1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Weight room (strength/power), track (speed), field work (agility), skills (7 on 7), film room, academics? 2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize? PErsonnel: 1. QB, DE, LT, MLB 2. TE and RB. (Give me a guy that can hold on to the ball and get me 3 yards, I will be ok with that) 3. Go after everybody, Go after marquee names in your state (see how I did that there?). Scheme: 1. Multiple I offense. I hear there is some definite face melting going on in that offense. 2. 4-3, Cover 2. Add a nickel package, a goalline package and you should be all set. 3. I believe that you should commit the same amount of time to it because of how it can change a game. Nothing breaks another team down like a returned TD or muffed punt. Program: In this order: 1. Academics (Can't play football if you don't make the grades son. I know some people won't care but I do, it means a lot to have my kids graduate being smart now. Besides if they are hitting the books hard how do you think they will do when comes to preparing for game time?) 2. Speed 3. Weight room 4. Skills/Agility 5. Film Room. |
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Post by CVBears on Apr 17, 2007 12:18:25 GMT -6
Let's say you're a D1 football coach who took over at a new school. How do you build your team? First part: PERSONNEL 1. What are the 4 positions you recruit the heaviest? 2. What are the 2 positions you recruit the lightest? 3. Do you go fight with the big dogs for the big names? Do you try to just go after the local kids? Do you look for players who can play now, or kids that are redshirt candidates? High schoolers only, or JC kids as well? Second part: SCHEME 1. What type of offense do you run? 2. What type of defense do you run? 3. Do you honestly commit 33% of your time, energy and efforts to special teams, or do you treat it like an afterthought like some schools? Third part: PROGRAM 1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Weight room (strength/power), track (speed), field work (agility), skills (7 on 7), film room, academics? 2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize? Part One: four positions recruited heaviest- QB, OL, LB, Secondary/Corners; retcruited least: DL, WR; (if it was a long term contract) recruit HS kids that are a step or two below the "blue chips" to start. Year four and five we are going for the blue chips. Part Two: Pistol-type offense, 33/odd stack defense, 20% equivalent to specials (earlies before practice) Part Three: grades/tutoring, weightroom, becoming more of a family with the entire program top to bottom |
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Post by cqmiller on Apr 17, 2007 12:31:17 GMT -6
If you are a D1 college coach, the first thing would have to be the program. You have to decide whether you will focus on Athletics and let Academic standards be average/below average, or whether you will emphasize Academics first.
Second would have to be the scheme. You would have to know what you are looking for at each position before you can go recruit a bunch of kids. Doesn't do any good to have a 6'5" 250 lb. Qb if you are gonna run the veer.
Last part is getting the athletes. Depending on your scheme, you will have to recruit different positions more heavily...seeing as how I am a 4-3 guy, as well as a pro-I style offense, I would recruit this way:
1)...Defensive Line
2)...Offensive Line
3)...Defensive Backs
4)...Quarterback
Two positions to recruit lightest:
1)...RB
2)...LB
Can't do anything in the 4-3 or pro-I if you don't have the hogs up front, so that needs to be priority number one. Next comes defensive backs, because it is hard to teach a kid the mentality you need to be a great DB, so you have to recruit that mentality specifically. Then I put QB, because as long as you are recruiting QB's heavily, there are plenty of kids playing QB at the high school level who will be great TB's, TE's, FB's, WR's, even LB's. Most teams in HS put their best athletes at QB, so you have some wiggle room with the 2 positions recruit the least.
BUT you gotta put the #1 emphasis on the program... Miami & Florida State have some of the best athletes year in and year out, but look at how the program is run...TERRIBLY. Meanwhile (before this year) Urban was using "sub-par" athletes to defeat the "studs" at other schools because of the way the program was run...
Watch out now that he will have an excellent program direction AND some studs on both sides of the ball...
LSU will still give 'em trouble
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 17, 2007 16:50:37 GMT -6
I'm going to throw out a different idea that I heard two different D-I college coaches mention about their process to turn around a losing program. They both basically said the same thing - namely that they went after a top punter and a kicker first, then defense, then the QB and one good RB. The logic was the punter and kicker both lead to winning the "field position game" which helps to keep your defense out of trouble. Next was defense - athletes over size. Finally was the QB to manage the game and the one RB to make those big plays. Both took bottom dwellers in the conference to major bowl games. Just another approach.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Apr 18, 2007 2:31:53 GMT -6
I second the NCAA Football on Playstation as qualifying me to comment on this, lol. (I've got WV on a 100+ game winning streak, on Heisman level, that's realistic)
First part: PERSONNEL
1. Recruit Heavy: QB (Running)/FB/MLB/CB
2. Recruit Light: DT/WR
3. Recruiting: New Program - Locally...Successful Program - Big Names
Mostly local, but not exclusively
I recruit guys who can play now for weak positions, doesn't matter so much for strong positions.
I would only want JC guys if they could step in and start immediately
Second part: SCHEME
1. Offense: Bone Option (I know the comments...it won't work...we probably won't know anytime soon anyway.)
Once we got big time I might evolve to more of a spread o.
2. Defense: 3-5-3
3. Special Teams: Absolutely equal effort. I would like to rival Coach Beamer's success in that department.
Third part: PROGRAM
1. What is your #1 emphasis in the offseason? Depends on need. If all are adequate I would go with Speed and Skills
2. What is the last thing on your list to emphasize?
Film Room
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Post by wingt74 on Apr 18, 2007 7:16:30 GMT -6
 I've played NCAA through multiple season...way to easy to recruit. Give me 5 huge offensive lineman and a guy with great speed. Then give me 11 kids who can tackle well. |
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Post by nannother on Apr 18, 2007 7:38:34 GMT -6
Part one
1) OL, DL, QB, DB
2) RB, LB (Good OL/DL key to their success)
3)Only fight for the big name of OL/DL.
Part 2
1) Flex Bone (huge rushing numbers each year)
2) Multiple fronts with 8 in box (unless passing situation)
3) Field position and big plays from special teams make a huge difference. Yes, spent the time.
Part 3
1) A little bit of everything. Everything you named is the off season for current players.
2) Tough question. I don't really know.
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Post by coachcb on Apr 18, 2007 18:54:24 GMT -6
1 Top positions for recruiting:
-Offensive Line- looking for athletes, not just hawgs. Try and get TEs and switch them over to the OL
-DL- Same thing, we need an athletic DL that can cause problems up front
-QB- Looking for a kid with some speed and quickness; more of a single wing QB.
-CBs- We need speed at the CB position; we want to be able to play man-man when we need to.
2. Lightly recruited:
-RB; whether we have a speedster or a bruiser, we can fit them in. We need a good OL for them to do anything anyway
-LB: need the DL more
3. Going to look for kids/body types that fit our schemes; we can convert positions if we need to. Looking for undersized speedy kids that other schools overlook; we can put size on them.
3. Schemes:
-Offense- SG Option, 1 back- H-back. Zone team. Air Raid Concepts+quick gane
-Defense- Gap control 4-3. Multiple fronts, multiple coverages
4. Program; tight team, off season training, academics
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I've played NCAA through multiple season...way to easy to recruit.