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Post by freezeoption on Jan 29, 2023 21:55:29 GMT -6
Well, I got seven kids. First 6 adopted. 27 to 13 years old. I'm down to a 14 and a 13 year old girls. Throw in 11 dogs and several cats. And as I said, a wife that I can tell really don't like me. Serenity now.
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Post by coachd5085 on Jan 29, 2023 22:43:11 GMT -6
It is only a trap because quite frankly, half of the "grumpy old man" type things you post are simply ridiculous. I mean look at yourself...you claim that measures to increase fan interest and involvement and thus income in a BUSINESS is "a scam" In another thread you accuse someone who is questioning their relationship choices and future of being a psychopath. Trust me, very few if any of the well respected and sensible members of this forum would call much of what you post in this vein "arguing" anymore than they would consider a wolf howling at the moon "arguing" Maybe coachpithy would think the stuff you posted was a constructed argument. It is one thing to say that one doesn't enjoy NFL football for whatever reason. But to argue that it is not the most competitive football across the board, or that somehow measures to ensure that constitute a "scam"...are just objectively foolish. Oh no, you called me names. How will I ever live with myself? No. I described your comments and posts. But whatever guy. Keep on being you and living it up. |
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Post by 3rdandlong on Jan 30, 2023 11:12:24 GMT -6
Okay, this response isn't probably what you're looking for and you probably won't like it. Also I might be misreading your post, or just putting some of my personal experiences into your post. If that's the case, my apologies. That said, the first thing you need to do is change your attitude toward the situation. Facilities and money never won a football game in the history of the game. If you start adopting the idea that you can't compete with someone based on money or facilities or whatever, your kids will adopt that and you're caught in a self fulfilling prophesy. Sorry, but football coaches complaining about stuff like that is a pet peeve of mine. Friday nights don't have a freaking thing to do with budgets or who has a nicer looking weight room. Coaches should not complain about being at a disadvantage because then kids will find an excuse and we all know what excuses are like.... With that being said, schools with greater resources have a much higher advantage than those without the financial means, whether public or private. There are a lot of goliaths in leagues in Southern California. Southern California school districts are almost all open enrollment, which means a parent can send their kid to any school they want regardless of district geographic boundaries. This practice gives the more affluent neighborhood the advantage of having better players. The parents of better players who might live in a neighborhood that doesn't have the best reputation or doesn't have the most bells and whistles decide to send their kids to goliath schools making the rich richer and the poor poorer..... But I digress because "it is what it is" and there's nothing you're going to do to change that circumstance other than work your tail off to get the best out of your players that you do have. With that being said, I wouldn't get your players too caught up in the "us against the world" or "David killed Goliath" mentality when you play these guys because if the result is not what you want, then the results afterward can be very problematic and the team morale can be hindered. Play hard to compete with them. Respect all and fear none. And if you're a no-huddle team, it might be a good idea to slow the game down a bit that week so you can hang with them and so that you're kids don't get injured. |
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Post by CanyonCoach on Jan 30, 2023 13:16:05 GMT -6
How have you guys gone about when you have a Goliath in your conference in terms of resources and funding? We're a proud program with regular success, but we have a new school in our area who is just head and shoulders above the conference in terms of what they have available to them (money, new school*) We have that situation here too. We are just outside that invisible border for the oil money. Our neighboring district (relative term here- 60 miles away) has a new turf field, new track… now a new school. It hasn’t improved their program… they are OK... kind of a middle of the pack team. The school up the road (another 60 mi. or so) has beautiful facilities. Their practice gym is bigger than our competition gym. For gym sports (BB, VB, etc.) they play in a 5500 seat arena. It looks like a Division 2 college... and they have really struggled. Part of it is they had to move up a class for most sports and have to do so despite a somewhat transient student population, but in football, minus some readjustment that moved some smaller schools out (us included), they’ve been in the same class for a while and they won 2 games this year (surpassing their win total for the last four years) and one was against a new school who had no seniors. Before the oil patch traffic, both of these schools has crummy facilities like we have. And both of them were pretty good. The second school I mentioned won several state titles through the 80s – early 2000s. I always remind our guys that when Rocky was training in a dirt alley, chasing a chicken in the grey sweatshirt with the holes in it, he won the title. When he got the new, fancy gym that had the gold ropes around the ring Clubber Lang beat his @ss. We kind of embrace the dungeon (we just need a larger one). I remember a few years ago we had a former player come back from college for a few days before he had to report back to pre-season camp. He was a big weight room guy. He told me he went to his friend’s house in another town (not a very good program there) one weekend and was raving about how nice their weight room was etc. He then said “Yeah it’s real nice… I guess they just don’t know how to use it.”
The two newest and nicest schools in our area (buildings)...suck. There are three teams a stones throw away. Their football boosters are bringing in 100k per season. Alternative uniforms, inflatable tunnels, a live band at the end of parents night, a weekend retreat at a summer camp for the entire team. Team camps covered by boosters. AND piles of state championships. It took us a decade to beat them all in the same season. The mentality is the hardest part to overcome. |
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