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Post by brophy on Dec 13, 2012 8:05:59 GMT -6
A portion of THIS type of stuff is a product of unnatural framing. Its one thing thing (natural) to say, "aw man....that fumble by the running back really lost the game"its another thing to say, " clearly giving the football to the running back was a DUMB decision by the coach. Anyone can see how stupid that was. Besides this is the worst running back in the game. period!"We've seen more of the latter in since ESPN and this has been dictating how we all see sports. They aren't doing it because it they are 'reporting' anything. They have done it because it gets them ratings and ad revenue. This is true of most everything on TV. it is what it is, manI am really looking forward to sports fan bloggers to take advantage of the NFL O/D/K film and provide some haphazard breakdowns. I haven't seen any yet (or any attempts) - lemme know if you can find any.
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Post by brophy on Dec 13, 2012 6:54:31 GMT -6
parents blaming coaches teachers blaming parents administrators blaming teachers
and we wonder what the hell is wrong with the kids?
WHY should kids invest in hard work and greater goals of the group? Do you see anywhere in our society where those types of people aren't getting screwed over?
THAT is the real challenge. Coaching is infinitely more of a challenge nowadays, particularly in football. We have more of a burden to create a compelling environment. It is what it is.
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Post by brophy on Dec 13, 2012 6:45:48 GMT -6
1) know what you're getting when you read that {censored} 2) be mature enough to avoid it 2) be disciplined enough to ignore it
I blame "Coach Rudy, Big 10 Alumni"
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Post by brophy on Dec 6, 2012 15:31:51 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Dec 3, 2012 12:41:23 GMT -6
the beginning and end of the decision-making comes down to personnel. Look what personnel groupings did to Alabama - Texas A&M. This is essentially what Richt said after the game, anyway. They had the right matchups on the field and rather than stop the tempo, they had the right scenario in play and had everything they needed for the situation. It came down to Alabama executing better on that given play.
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Post by brophy on Nov 23, 2012 16:02:03 GMT -6
You can manufacturing scoring and tempo control on offense. You can't so much on defense. Invest in a sound defense and you'll win most HS games
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Post by brophy on Nov 22, 2012 8:25:48 GMT -6
Correct.......but we've lifted weights before. The teams were strong in body, but mentally, they lacked something. My next question (to the coaches, to myself) is HOW do you train the mind at the same time you are training the body? Just lifting alot doesn't do it....... brophyfootball.blogspot.com/2009/07/there-is-no-secret.htmlWith clear guidelines and expectations for off-season conditioning, where ALL the kids (including incoming freshmen) are engaged to compete every month. Off-season football should be an almost club environment where there is ONE TIME that you meet to lift, to do agility/speed work. Meet to compete in strongman competitions. Meet to do recreational/community events. After the season, draft up teams that include incoming freshmen, chosen by your leaders, STARTING with the freshmen (selection), that their team is responsible for checking up on them (make sure they attend, etc). Do your leadership training for seniors and special juniors. Take the guys out for pizza, bowling, movies....what not to get them interacting. You have maybe 6 months to get your entire program on board, learning how to compete and invest in themselves and each other . Its not just lifting, its learning how to compete (against themselves)
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Post by brophy on Nov 21, 2012 19:11:36 GMT -6
I tried agin to 2 platoon this season after 2 failed attempts @15 years ago. I thought sure we were able to this year. Started the season 1-3 and midway realized we just weren't that good all around so put the top athletes on both sides with only about 4 not going both ways. We went 4-1 after that. I would LOVE to 2 platoon but it just won't happen again after 3 tries in 32 years. The best I could shoot for is to have only 5 or 6 going both ways-at least at our school. I gave more prefernce to defense when we tried it. i don't think its a thing you can dabble in. You've got to sell out as a 4-year program and do it because you believe it is whats best for your program then commit to having your coaches coach up those position groups because they all aren't going to be studs or get it right away you're going to get guys that may be your 3rd best choice for corner or 5th best DT, but what you get out of the system is no one else is getting the reps these kids will be getting so it falls on coaching (reps, drills, game planning)
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Post by brophy on Nov 21, 2012 19:05:44 GMT -6
here's what we did...... - take a pool of all your talent (soph - seniors)
- list their O & D position
- vote on which position this kid is better at (can contribute more at DE than OG)
- Put your best 11 defenders on defense
- figure it out on offense
kids wants to play LB but there is nobody better at FB than him? hmmm, yeah, well.....sorry
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Post by brophy on Nov 21, 2012 15:48:39 GMT -6
....all the "HOW's" that go into creating that? I don't know yet, but at least I know the WHAT's.
so off-season weight room, eh? Seems to cover everything but the 1st down calls
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Post by brophy on Nov 20, 2012 21:03:26 GMT -6
depends on which camp - most big schools aren't actually working their own camp. I know one kid who got offered a scholly (on his first year out for football) just from going to a 7 on 7 tournament.
The thing is, if he is 6'4"+ or 220lbs + he would've already had an offer. I'm guessing this guy's numbers don't jump off the roster right away otherwise he would've had people looking at him prior to the junior year. You can always Youtube the hell out of him
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Post by brophy on Nov 20, 2012 18:13:21 GMT -6
you wanna get recruited? You should be going to college summer camps...I'm not sure film has been the way to exposure in about ten years
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Post by brophy on Nov 15, 2012 7:14:23 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Nov 11, 2012 5:14:54 GMT -6
If you operate by intimidation and treating your players like dirt, and can still win, then that is your decision. . for clarity's sake, that isn't what anyone's talking about. It would be having a physical consequence for correctable performance liability: - player grades out below 65% in a game
- player has a loaf in a game
- player is responsible for a penalty in a game
lets say for each one of those comes with a consequence of doing ladders after Monday practice. Its setting an expectation of excellence to eliminate errors. I know Nick Saban has some legendary stories of this type of stuff when he was in Baton Rouge. Thats really all this thread is about, not coaching personality.
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Post by brophy on Oct 30, 2012 22:12:19 GMT -6
kids these days, I tell ya....
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Post by brophy on Oct 24, 2012 15:31:56 GMT -6
Anybody suggest just showing up to other sports kids are playing at your school and maybe take an interst in those players? I know when basketball players see asst fb coaches at their games they actually take notice and feel like they can approach those.coaches later
Help the other sports out (volunteer for.fundraisers/concessions,etc) and they will be.more.willing to.see football as an entire school sport
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Post by brophy on Oct 21, 2012 8:59:34 GMT -6
There is a HUGE difference between myself and that kid in terms of my old job... 1. I never disrespected my principal in front of my peers/his employees. 2. I never tried to physically threaten my principal. 3. If that kid didn't like the way I handled the matter and choose to get on playerhuey.com and voice his problems then so be it. actually what coachd5085 and myself were referencing was how that principal treated you (alpha-ing and demeaning you) not how you treated him. I totally understand the justified feelings, though. I mean, this really would've been the norm 20 years ago. Nowadays, not so much. That hollerin' and anger stuff just doesn't fly with kids these days, and as uncomfortable as it is for me to adjust to it, its honestly good for them that it doesn't because NOBODY should put up with that kind of abusive treatment. It usually doesn't feel good to be upset and frustrated, and communicating by venting that anger only amps our emotions (makes it worse). You weren't wrong for being upset with the player, but not letting it go rather than just finding the solution is where you could've pumped the brakes (because it gave him all the leverage to make you look bad) All that really matters now, though, is damage control and possibly learn from the situation. Game night is stressful enough without adding to the problem and I don't know about you, but I'm not counting on 17 year old kids to make me feel secure that things won't screw up. 1. CALL for punt/PAT team on deck / ready on 3rd down 2. Special Team mats. I thought this idea was ridiculous when it was presented early on in my coaching career, but it makes a WORLD of difference on game night. These issues will never happen again with the ST mats (you can make your own). above all, though, good luck and hope things improve for ya
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Post by brophy on Oct 20, 2012 16:58:50 GMT -6
had this happen years ago with a phenomenal athlete who was our punter. A botched snap in our end zone and he doesn't cover it...our opponent does for a touchdown. Coaching staff jumps him before he leaves the field and returns the favor with a gesture. Its going to be a showdown in the lockerroom because WE'RE kicking him out of the game ultimately it was our fault because thats our product (we never taught him what to do in that situation) don't let it escalate to threats or intimidation What does this say about our society when you cannot even jump a kid's butt without fear of getting fired... no cussing.. no name calling... just telling him he has to pay attenion to the game... I just don't know anymore. easier said than done, but that isn't effective management. You didn't didn't appreciate that treatment as a man from your AD 2 years ago, neither should your young adults. Kids are gonna screw up.....its our job as coaches to make sure personnel is accounted for snaps ahead of time kid should probably be replaced for future games, though, because he's not dependable (pay atttention) now, I'm not saying you're WRONG, but I am saying you put yourself in a position to be reproached. If you find yourself having to revert to threatening, intimidating, and blowing up on kids on GAME NIGHT, then I'd say you've wasted a TON of time during the week of practice
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Post by brophy on Oct 19, 2012 19:24:54 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Oct 19, 2012 16:17:25 GMT -6
this guy has a good idea about what to do
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WTF?
Oct 15, 2012 20:28:20 GMT -6
Post by brophy on Oct 15, 2012 20:28:20 GMT -6
you have to have a passion for the game
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Post by brophy on Oct 5, 2012 8:03:05 GMT -6
just as perspective on this, I remember facing no-huddle/quick-snap SPLIT BACK VEER teams in the mid-80s as a HS player and it essentially had the same effect (nothing new).
I don't know if it is so much going no-huddle that is the issue (though it is part), but the efficiency that is what is creating the scoring explosions that no-huddle represents. Its difficult to be efficient in a few plays and be successful unless you create an equalizer (rapid tempo) to prevent defenses from teeing off on you (knowing what you are doing).
Offenses can go no-huddle at their own risk. The issue becomes "can defenses adapt"? Can you switch your defense to be content with forcing 12-16 play drives?
Why try to slug it out with George Foreman and open yourself for immediate knockout? Why not adapt and make him last eight rounds?
No-huddle OFFENSE is "cool" and exciting, but it ultimately is very basic at its core. What I find more interesting is the DEFENSES that adapt to the no-huddle, where you have to load up your players on learning football rather than setting up the pieces on each play. Thats where the true coaching/football is taking place.
I ENJOY no-huddle offense...maybe more so because it doesn't allow for TV timeouts or advertising BS but also because it usually is the product of good fundamental football (focused catches, hustle, quick reads). Also, when an offense is proficient in it, they have a killer instinct you don't see in many other teams where they aggressively look to sweep the leg / bury their opponent in points.
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Post by brophy on Oct 4, 2012 22:44:51 GMT -6
I don't think sour grapes is the right phrasing and I do think that it has more to do with a conflict of Saban's idealized view of what football is: a game where you physically dominate your opponent and force their submission. With that kind of mindset, it's easy to see why someone would be bothered by teams who want to win through 'finesse' and what appears to be unconventional strategies. A fair comparison would be the US being {censored} that the VC wouldn't fight them the way that they wanted. For those who are keeping score at home, I did just make a direct comparison between spread coaches and the Viet Cong. I dunno....its maybe more like Kung-Fu vs Jeet kune do or the first UFC fight because when an offense goes no-huddle it isn't for 1 or 2 plays, it will be for 3 or 4 series of sustained drives. When an offense does this (yeah, La Tech has gotten REALLY good at this strategy) defenses simply lose a war of attrition and break. It has nothing do with coverages, blitzes, fronts.....the pieces of the defense all bust. When the offense gains this kind of leverage it is as nasty smashmouth as a Tim Murphy double-wing wedge Saban's issue (or dismissal) may have more to do with coaching control of what takes place on the field. The defense has very little time to adjust and adapt (severing the tie between the player and coordinator/coaches)
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Post by brophy on Oct 4, 2012 22:11:17 GMT -6
Just a thought, but cut out warmups and water. Water breaks can be built into indy periods and players can be cycled in group/team by scripting reps (players get breaks with water, then get back in the huddle almost like a game).
You can establish a 'pre-practice' period (10-15 min) where you do walk-thru / warmup by position groupings focussing on fundamentals
nothing trims practice faster than scripting everything, down to the rep/personnel groupings
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Post by brophy on Oct 4, 2012 20:42:42 GMT -6
I think it's a general statement from a football purist point of view.this may be more closer to the truth and captures two sides of the same side of the argument. 1. not "traditional" football...humbug 2. players control more of the game/flow and it comes out of the coaches hands When someone says they're concerned about the "safety of the game", I become a cynic of that statement when that person is lining 330lbs Barrett Jones up in the backfield to run lead on a 210lbs linebacker. This will could either prompt for an official rule change or require different enforcement of the current rules, where officials aren't so quick to mark the ball in play as quickly as they are doing now. Some places in this country, no-huddle cannot be used because of this reason. When did "safety of the game" suddenly become such a convenient strawman like "support the troops"? You run a nickel defense? I guess you don't care about the safety of the game, huh?
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Post by brophy on Sept 29, 2012 21:11:18 GMT -6
what happens next year? the weight argument is an excuse and not really valid. EVERY defense is 'undersized' and out gunned. What is going to FIX the defense?
kids lazy? sounds like a coaching issue kids don't tackle? sounds like a coaching issue kids aren't in proper fits? sounds like a coaching issue
flip the argument to offense - kids fumble or don't catch passes....what are you going to do?
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Post by brophy on Sept 19, 2012 4:00:46 GMT -6
who cares what the kids are like off the field? I do. Regardless, I want the switch to be the whistle. The point is, do.you really think you're gonna get kids to become Eddie Haskell for you in their own time just because you spent a few months with them? The point is to get them to.mature as people. I wouldnt waste energy thinking you're gonna teach them manners and ettiquette and like what I like. You'll have to start much younger than HS. Good luck. The point would be developing them to be competitive and playing the game at a certain level. None of that really has anything to do.with an emotional us vs them mentality. It will be about them competing against themselves, collectively. Thats pretty.much done in the weight room. In the off season
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Post by brophy on Sept 18, 2012 17:13:11 GMT -6
maybe download them
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Post by brophy on Sept 18, 2012 16:38:13 GMT -6
who cares what the kids are like off the field? Practice like you play. Enforce tempo and play/practice at a high tempo (no walking, no loafs). You can't do that unless you organize, plan, and SCRIPT EVERYTHING If kids walk or linger after the play, everyone on the field suffers. There needs to be accountability for the speed YOU play football. brophyfootball.blogspot.com/2009/07/establishing-tempo-intensity-on-defense.html
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Post by brophy on Sept 18, 2012 16:35:42 GMT -6
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