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Post by Coach Huey on Jul 18, 2017 16:44:54 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on Apr 5, 2017 14:22:14 GMT -6
40 players in the total program? or 40 players on the varsity? We have around 90 players in our program, 9-12, and average around mid-30's on the varsity. We have a way to basically 2-platoon with a handful of crossovers. It is all in how you set up your practice time. The goal is to maximize reps in practice so that the "2nd tier" player (the guy that would be the backup) can get enough time to be on par with the guy that was the starter. Now, that "original" starter may take on an even greater role on his 1-side of the ball and simply crossover to the other side in spots. If you keep your practice time the same - giving each kid the same amount of time on offense as defense - then it won't work. If you adjust the practice so that your "offense primary" or "offense only" kids are getting significantly more time on offense then you have a chance. I am actually speaking on this subject at a clinic later this spring. Once my presentation/notes are done I'll try to remember to post them. I would be very interested in how you go about this. We moved to a complete 2 platoon system last year and practiced guys only one way. What we determined was that overall the 2 platoon worked but we had to find away to get some guys ready to play both sides of the ball when needed. This puts us in a practice dilemma, how do we get those guys 'offense primary' guys enough reps on defense so they can be ready if needed. Here's the short, short, abridged version... Monday: * during Pre-practice & periods 1-2 (or whatever you decide) the offense primary guys that also play defense will go with the defense. * starting period 3 it's business as usual. * we have 2 to 3 periods of "good on good" to thud, so we script the personnel being used each series to help get guys any crossover reps * after practice all defense primary guys that play offense will stay after for 15 minutes for any stuff we might be adding Tuesday: * same as Monday except now those defense primary guys start with the offense. likewise, after practice the offense primary will stay with defense for some type of stuff Wednesday: * We do the more traditional system where everyone is on offense for, say, 8 periods, then we flip and everyone is on defense for 8 (or whatever number of periods you wish to do) Thursday: * We do the proverbial "play the game" or "kick the field" type stuff so it's pretty much like a dress rehearsal. We make sure to include situations where we are using crossovers occasionally within the practice. Above is the most basic practice format we use. However, throughout the year we rotate between a couple of others based on what we need - i.e. we might extend the crossover from 1-2 all the way to 6 periods, etc.
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Post by Coach Huey on Mar 31, 2017 7:24:25 GMT -6
40 players in the total program? or 40 players on the varsity?
We have around 90 players in our program, 9-12, and average around mid-30's on the varsity. We have a way to basically 2-platoon with a handful of crossovers. It is all in how you set up your practice time. The goal is to maximize reps in practice so that the "2nd tier" player (the guy that would be the backup) can get enough time to be on par with the guy that was the starter. Now, that "original" starter may take on an even greater role on his 1-side of the ball and simply crossover to the other side in spots.
If you keep your practice time the same - giving each kid the same amount of time on offense as defense - then it won't work. If you adjust the practice so that your "offense primary" or "offense only" kids are getting significantly more time on offense then you have a chance.
I am actually speaking on this subject at a clinic later this spring. Once my presentation/notes are done I'll try to remember to post them.
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 20, 2016 12:14:43 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 12, 2016 10:07:45 GMT -6
Nope, won't be reading. I went to Colleyville Heritage and I can't ever support cross-town rival GHS...(just added to cart) Easy, now ... not sure it would be prudent to upset any Mustang, present or past I've coached many a game in Mustang stadium
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 8, 2016 20:55:47 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on Nov 3, 2016 13:10:56 GMT -6
Glazier Clinics has released speaker schedules and opened registration for their 2017 coaching clinics. GlazierClinics.comOnce again Glazier is offering a Season Pass deal so all of your coaches can attend any (or all) of their clinics and have access to Glazier Vault for one low price. They have also expanded their list of special clinics (Athletic Performance, Flexbone, Special Teams and Wing-T) to more locations.
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Post by Coach Huey on Jun 28, 2016 17:45:36 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on May 19, 2016 11:08:18 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on May 19, 2016 11:08:18 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on May 19, 2016 11:08:18 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on May 19, 2016 11:08:18 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on May 19, 2016 11:08:18 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on Feb 26, 2016 19:20:14 GMT -6
here from the start and here until the very end
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Post by Coach Huey on Feb 16, 2016 20:50:36 GMT -6
It should be a good clinic. Looking forward to catching up with coach slack. It's been a couple of years since I've seen him.
* sent from my mobile phone
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Post by Coach Huey on Jan 5, 2016 11:31:43 GMT -6
I know one longtime member that will be there I'm betting you could probably track this guy down fairly easily, too... just ask any of the staff on site. They'll point you in his direction - and hopefully won't say too many disparaging words
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 23, 2015 21:49:12 GMT -6
AFCA is great. My daugther has an event in Galveston during this year's event so not sure I"ll be able to make it down there. For those of you meeting up, be aware that when you are with Coach Vint things can get rather raucous. He's got fans everywhere. https://vine.co/v/eQtKJPQt3ja
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 9, 2015 11:30:23 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on Nov 12, 2015 15:00:11 GMT -6
No one in the Big 12 plays defense? Is Mark May posting on our board now?
Look at points allowed per possession and you'll see, I believe, 4 Big 12 teams among the top 40 teams in the country with, I believe, 5 among the top 25 in points scored per drive. Seems like they play pretty good football.
Let's not overlook how the "terrible" defenses of Oklahoma, Baylor, and Oklahoma State outranks the following "great" SEC defenses (in terms of points allowed per drive):
LSU Ole Miss Tennessee Arkansas Auburn South Carolina Kentucky
Not to mention these other "defensive" teams:
Notre Dame Michigan State Virginia Tech Miami
Maybe we should re-examine how we "evaluate" and "classify" defenses (and offenses, as well)
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Post by Coach Huey on Nov 7, 2015 18:51:58 GMT -6
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Post by Coach Huey on Nov 5, 2015 8:21:35 GMT -6
I totally forgot about this thread. I appreciate brophy bringing it up as I needed a 'nostalgic' type moment this morning. Has it been over 10 years? Wow. The things I've learned, the friends I've made by reading/posting here. Thanks to all of you.
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 31, 2015 15:59:11 GMT -6
Larger by land size or population? I think there are around 27 million people in Texas. No geography buff, but I was under the impression the largest province in Canada had roughly half that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Again, this issue is about population size, population dispersement, and distance to be traveled for schools with an equitable population size to be matched up.
Utopia, it ain't. Somehow, though, it has survived - in the current form, for the most part, - since the 1950's. Realignment will happen in February. Guess what, a new school will be 'getting screwed' for 2 years then.... Realignment and we begin anew.
* sent from my mobile phone
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 31, 2015 8:04:35 GMT -6
Ok thought there was just different classifications state champs. A state that's the size of 3 states combined is okay to have 3 different state champions. this is very complicated. we crown 12 state champions. classes are based on school enrollment. with this school, there isn't enough schools their size in that part of the state for them to be in a league with so they have to travel a rather large distance. it is unfortunate but there is no simple fix. our population is not evenly dispersed throughout the state. we have lots of rural, small towns in that area with a small handful of big schools scattered throughout. in other, metropolitan parts of the state there are literally hundreds of schools of similar sizes. makes for a very complicated situation.
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 31, 2015 8:00:03 GMT -6
So I the end how many "state champions" does Texas have? Seems like 60-ish? Also, I find it cute when Texans think their state is so big, but at the same time I wouldn't want to be involved in that nightmare of a redistributing effort. Sounds like a job for a math grad student. Do people try to gerrymander the process to help their pet school? You find me cute? At what point did you think it necessary to the discussion to slide in a little sly jab about texas? was my post about the size of our state deemed by you to be arrogant or sly? i'm trying to convey the fact that in a pocket of a state that is factually larger than the other 48 continental states there isn't a school of similar size within a hundred plus miles of said school, therefore, they must compete in a league that requires them to have more excessive travel. regardless of me being from texas i simply find it in poor taste to add "i find it cute" in such a condescending way. unprofessional and brings no value to the thread. i have not, to my knowledge, added "i find it cute" to any of your posts despite what i may of thought about their content, validity, or value. there is, likely, quite a bit of "cuteness" to some of your ideas - but if i were to point it out it would be unprofessional and serve no purpose other than to make me seem big by knocking you down. i mean, i think many of us would like to say "i find it cute when people with little to no idea of the inner workings of our area try to tell us how we should be doing things"... yet, as professionals, we realize this type of comment would only stir arguments rather than healthy debate. i'll be sure to read more of your posts to see what i find cute.
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 30, 2015 13:25:59 GMT -6
maybe chop up the state and have east west or north south. That's called "regions" which is being done. However, that simple solution would require there be relatively equal numbers of similarly sized schools in each "region." which, there isn't, hence a team 150 miles away in the "east" must travel to play in a district (league) in the "north". out where they are, the number of schools their size are few and far between. to play in an "east" league they would be playing schools of 500, 600 and then the conversation would be how a school with nearly 2,000 is "beating up on" small schools, etc. at the end of the day, while the modestly-rare "extreme" travel scenario may be a problem for some, it is the only "solution" we have without blowing up the entire structure of our 1,600 public schools football classification system.
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 30, 2015 10:29:52 GMT -6
Obviously there is a reason to why Ennis got put in that district, but I don't get it. Waxahachie and Red Oak go with Mansfield, and Ennis makes the trip to Lufkin? I know that would make 14-5a INSANE, but still. We don't have to get it nor we will ever get it. i mean, this place is huge. there is no "right way" or "good way" or "best way" to divide this thing up. someone will always "get screwed" and many of us "won't get it" but when faced with alternatives, i don't know. that is a tough job, one i don't want, and we aren't privy to all the details, issues, concerns, etc. the committee has to deal with when dividing things up. one of the reasons they do it every 2 years is to rotate "who gets screwed." lol ... basically, try, the best they can with what they have to work with, to try to make some semblance of reason to such a fluid thing. i've been west and made 180 mile trips for district. i've been in the metroplex suburbs where you maybe drove 20 minutes. i've been rural and been fortunate everyone was within an hour. then had a situation where a school dropped and next thing you know you've got a 160 mile trip for 1 odd-ball team in the district. without having any real "solution" to offer ... i simply avoid the beetching process as i don't want the responsibility of trying to do what uil does with realignment.
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 30, 2015 10:02:04 GMT -6
district game that's 150 miles apart? Wow thank goodness I'm not in that area...I'm not thrilled when we have to travel 2-2 1/2 hrs....much less 6 for a district game.....that just sounds stupid....but then again when I look at our country and the people that run it...it all makes since...stupid people are starting to run everything.....can't imagine basketball/baseball traveling 6 hrs during the week to play a district game with school the next day. When you look at our country do you see the size of some of our states? www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Map-What-Texas-looks-like-on-top-of-other-places-6001569.php#photo-7362407mapfrappe.com/?show=34869Variances in city/town population sizes create variances in school population sizes. This is amplified when some regions of a state are densely populated and others are sparsely populated. When there is an area with 1 "large" town in a sparsely populated area filled with "small" schools, large travel distances for league games may result. The alternative is, well ... what exactly? It's not like the governing body just randomly said, "You shall travel 6 hours for no reason"
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 20, 2015 16:47:05 GMT -6
1. I've not won near the games nor the games of such magnitude as harbaugh. 2. doubt many of us here, have. 3. since msu didn't put a return man back, should michigan have called timeout and gone for it? or should they still kicked it since there was no one back 4. if the snap was caught and it was punted 40 yards, rolled for 15 more, and time expired .... would it expire? ... would people still be disagreeing with the decision? 5. if they go for it instead, and the qb botches the snap because he's apparently as freaked out nervous as the kicker was - i mean, i don't know the players involved but apparently THAT kid freaks out in pressure situations, or is it ALL punters get bat-Shiii nervous in these situations? i digress, but apparently the michigan QB has ice water, despite not completing all his passes in crucial situations, but anyway where was i? -- then if the qb drops the snap, msu scoops/scores is it bad call ? good call?
i think it is 6. at the root of all of us is the innate genius that makes us all super smart --- or, we basically have the human instinct to second guess after the fact --- so whatever happened that was negative was the wrong choice because, well, duh, it didn't work out... which means that if our decision was chosen, then it would have worked.
so, 7.... harbaugh should have either run a play from the super spread to get his athletes in space OR ran super wedge from the dw to get a gazillion blockers at the point of attack. although, had he done either of those, he would have been accused of running up the score because, well... facemelter, y'all.
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Post by Coach Huey on Jul 7, 2015 15:03:37 GMT -6
we had 8 coaches - 4 offense & 4 defense we had around 40 to 50 freshmen every year with another 85-95 between the jv & varsity...that's pretty good for a school with around 250 boys total, 9-12. freshmen don't come back after school except on thursday for their games.
when freshmen were doing offense, it allowed the defensive guys to do whatever they needed to do - i.e. meet as staff, tend to classroom stuff, etc. when freshmen were practicing defense we might meet to discuss varsity practice from day before, hash out any particulars for that afternoon's practice, or simply get caught up on grading papers ... just depended.
without walking in another man's shoes, it's hard to say a staff is inefficient or ineffective or type a, or whatever. i don't completely understand all the inner-workings of football across the country so i try to refrain from speaking on it as to it being "good" or "bad" or "inefficient" or whatever. do i find the title of "jv hc/oc" as laughable because titles such as those here are meaningless? well, i shouldn't because i don't understand the dynamics and workings of the athletic arena in those states.
so, for those of you poo-pooing how we have done things the past 7 years with 8 coaches and around 140 kids while teaching a full course load, carrying 3 football teams, coaching 2nd and even 3rd sports--- oh, and helping with our junior program, well.... just like in other areas, things are a little different here. being "at the office" 12-13 hours a day during football season isn't really that much of a stretch and not that taxing of a workload. the key isn't the time at the office, it's how you maximize your time away from the office.
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Post by Coach Huey on Jul 7, 2015 8:26:01 GMT -6
a typical mon-wed schedule the past several years has been something like this: 6:00 am - arrive at school, open facility, quick meeting/prepare for day 6:30 am - freshmen begin arriving 6:45 am - freshmen lift meet or lift / practice 8:30 am to 3:30 pm - teach 3:30 pm - varsity position meetings/film 4:00 pm - varsity/jv practice 6:00 pm - upload practice film, start laundry, etc. 7:00 pm - leave school
thursday will start an hour later but may not leave field house until after 10 pm, depending on game location friday starts at 7:30 and my "day" doesn't usually end until i've broken down the night's game on hudl - typically around 1:30-2 am
saturday's we usually go 7 to about 4. this includes lifting, meeting with team, and game plan sunday - the past 7 years, we haven't come in at all and just done specific tasks at home via hudl/google docs
the hours add up simply due to all the 'non-football' things that you have to do....laundry, equipment, film, facilities, etc. not to mention the school work needed to be a good classroom teacher. so, while 90-hours a week may not be 'typical' it isn't necessarily 'atypical' either.
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