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Post by djwesp on Feb 11, 2007 17:19:41 GMT -6
So I'm behind the curve. Finally got a chance to watch some of the show 2 a days, while doing laundry.
Would you be willing to say this to your kids and to a television show,
"These are the dirtiest kids and coaches you will ever see. They will intentionally try to hurt you and they lack complete class, ----- has the dirtiest o-line, and ----- is the kind of coach that only wants to hurt you."
Even then, after saying this, would you have your kids elaborate on the tactics of this team and refer to it by name?
I guess this whole thing kinda caught me off guard, and I guess I'm being hypersensitive. I just wonder what is going thru a coaches head when he is willing to say such things about another team on television and even name the coach.
Warning your kids about another teams tactics seems okay to me, but professionalism also seems paramount in a situation like this.
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Post by coachcb on Feb 11, 2007 17:24:26 GMT -6
This is just one of a wide variety of issues I have with the Hoover High coaching staff. They're a great staff in terms of winning games, but I disagree with their philosophies on sport pyschology. Like telling the kids at half time of a close game that they going to get their butts worked the next week.
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Post by custer on Feb 11, 2007 17:38:26 GMT -6
It's a tv show, I'm sure for good Television they edit the material and take things out of context to get people riled up. (I know this is a suprise that the media doesn't always need the truth. LOL)
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Post by djwesp on Feb 11, 2007 17:42:41 GMT -6
It's a tv show, I'm sure for good Television they edit the material and take things out of context to get people riled up. (I know this is a suprise that the media doesn't always need the truth. LOL) They show the coaches speech in its entirity. It is far from edited, hence my complete shock by the things he said.
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Post by rathernot on Feb 12, 2007 10:26:36 GMT -6
After watching the game can you blame him for warning his team that they will employ illegal chop blocks. The FB coming in and hitting a LB at the knees has been outlawed in all but a couple of states at the HS level because it is a very dangerous block. I also can't say I remember him naming the coach but I may be mistaken, I was a little distracted while that part was on. That is dirty.
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Post by wingtol on Feb 12, 2007 11:08:07 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2007 12:03:41 GMT -6
I watched the whole series last week and got interested in some of the stuff not on camera. Found out that the team chaplain and head coach are frustrated with the way they were portrayed throughout--thus the speech you're talking about (while complete) is in the context of how we perceive that coach to be.
It makes you wonder how many hours of film was scrapped to make those kids and coaches appear as they are.
According to one place on the internet the "main" character--#34-- has been arrested twice since graduation for breaking and entering. Again, don't know how reliable, but found that bit on the web.
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Post by fbdoc on Feb 12, 2007 12:35:35 GMT -6
It is a TV show - and I have never watched it, although I do enjoy Friday Night Lights... I read in Sports Illustrated that the coaches are trying to be more appealing this season, saying "I love you guys" and the like. I don't know, part of wishes we had those kind of horses at our little school and another tells me we are blessed NOT to have them.
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Post by Yash on Feb 13, 2007 2:58:55 GMT -6
I've stayed away from these shows because I don't think they do high school football justice for what it is. They add Hollywood and drama to it to attract the casual fan. For me high school football isn't always just a ticket to the next step or about getting the girl after the game or the next party. To me it was about the guys next to you and working your butt off to make sure that you have no regrets. I'm sure that these shows have some of that also, but from what i've seen, the drama is too much for me to sift through to enjoy the shows.
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Post by sls on Feb 13, 2007 23:01:34 GMT -6
I would rather watch bad football than about anything else. I even liked the XFL, was it the NFL or College? No, but it was better than any thing else. Same with 2-a-days, if I am going to wathc TV, something with a football theme is good to me.
2-a-days has made my players talk about football more than anything else. The main reason I started watching it was my kids were constantly talking about it.
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Post by edwardslv on Feb 14, 2007 12:09:24 GMT -6
To answer the original question, no, I hope I would not say the things he said. However, I have looked back on some of my speeches only to realize that I have indeed stooped rather low at times. I once gave a halftime speech that I wasn't real proud of, but I was desperately trying not to lose the team after an 0-4 start against a brutal schedule. Not justifying, just being honest.
As far as shows like Friday Night Lights, truth is stranger than fiction, and, like it or not, in many cases, it is art imitating life. I watch FNL each week b/c it reminds me of what our kids are going through. Sure, some things are exaggerated and sensationalized, but it is a long way from being far-fetched.
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Post by coachdawhip on Feb 17, 2007 20:35:00 GMT -6
Yep you have to take it all in context it is a MTV TV show at that
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