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Post by realdawg on Jul 21, 2015 6:07:17 GMT -6
Last year was our HC first year at our school. We had had 5 straight 10 win seasons. And last year we went 4-6. Now the talent level had dropped off considerably. But also, our team lacked leadership and mental toughness. To try to develop some mental toughness we adopted a running program called The Pyramid that I got from a buddy at another school. It is tough. Very tough and we pushed, encourage, fussed, yelled whatever to get our kids to do their very best. I really believe that this program has made our kids a little faster, we are in pretty good shape, and I think it has made us mentally tougher, at least mentally tougher in the types of things you can do this time of year. We will see if that translates to the field later
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Post by realdawg on Jul 14, 2015 20:06:26 GMT -6
We have 1 full time AT that is certified and teaches 2 training classes in the school.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 10, 2015 3:59:09 GMT -6
We give our kids monday off and friday off. We lift like it is out of season that one week. Tuesday practice for us will focus on indy with very little if any team or group. Wed and Thur we will have a couple of live, full speed periods. I think it is very important to get back up to live speed a couple times during the off week. Even if for just a little while. The year we didnt, we have trouble getting adjusted to our opponents game speed the week after.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 9, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -6
We did this before. I think we did 60 for line. 56 for mid size kids and 52 for skill. Then added two seconds each additional run. I can't remember if that's the exact numbers but they r close.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 5, 2015 7:22:06 GMT -6
NC had separate. But some privates agree to abide by NCHSAA rules and pay to play in public leagues. Charlotte Catholic is the big one that comes to mind that does this
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Post by realdawg on Jun 26, 2015 3:28:20 GMT -6
Got our first raise in several years this past year, the new pay scale that the legislature put in place is all kinda jacked up. Heck they stopped paying people more who had their masters! Its not really the coastal regions that have a bad reputation. Teachers are beating down the door to get a job on the coast. Its the counties that are 2 counties to 2 hours inland that are in the situation you describe. See rsmith's description of his time in NC. Fayetteville is one of those areas.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 25, 2015 21:16:54 GMT -6
I agree that the pay is crap. I am in year 15 and my assistant coaching supplement is about $2800 and 10 percent per week if we make the playoffs. And thats considered good for most of NC. And the state teaching pay is something like 46 or 48 out of 50. But hey cost of living is low right??
I have never lived east of Cleveland Co., but I do know that Brunswick and New Hanover are nice places to live, as is Asheville and some of the western mountain towns.
However, I also know where some of you guys have been; Fayetteville (called it Fayetnam) and Rocky Mount are not on my wifes lists of places where I can take a job.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 25, 2015 9:49:52 GMT -6
You guys that have been down east giving NC a bad name! LOL. Living here in Cleveland Co is like living in paradise. Lol. Really everyone. All of NC is not a bad place to live in coach if you don't mind the pay not being too great.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 22, 2015 3:56:10 GMT -6
Make sure they know that Lebron and Allen Iverson were great HS football players. Post the info off of football scoop everywhere around you school that says the vast majority of college scholarship kids, and the vast majority of players that get drafted were multisport athletes.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 20, 2015 8:56:23 GMT -6
I went money clip too. But never any money in it. Instead I keep receipts from stuff I've bought with plastic. Lol
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Post by realdawg on Jun 20, 2015 4:32:08 GMT -6
I wear gym shorts with pockets every day, either UA or Russell. I dont have any problems with stuff falling out of the front pockets. However, unless they have a back pocket, I dont carry my wallet in them, I leave it in my locker.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 19, 2015 10:59:11 GMT -6
Kinda my plan.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 18, 2015 16:05:19 GMT -6
Yeah, I mean lets say your become a HC at 25. You'd have to win 10 a year till your 85. That was kinda what I was thinking and blew me away
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Post by realdawg on Jun 18, 2015 10:42:58 GMT -6
Ok. I didn't know that. What I was really thinking about was a guy just starting as a HC now could never get there. Sorry for the misinformative post!
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Post by realdawg on Jun 18, 2015 3:55:38 GMT -6
His record would never be broken, IMO, you would have to win better than 10 games a year for 60 years. Or win 15 games a year for 30 years. I dont believe that will ever happen.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 17, 2015 3:34:23 GMT -6
NC as far as I know still has the 8 qtr rule. Before we went to it, we were in same boat as coachwoodall. We played our backups up in that situation.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 15, 2015 17:10:46 GMT -6
Coach Metzger has done a great job at Pinecrest. Took over a program that was on the verge of shutting down and has made them very very competitive in a tough league. Idk what the pay is like there, but they have nice facilities and the Pinehurst area would be a nice place to live.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 15, 2015 16:47:40 GMT -6
Areas that I consider football areas far west mountains, Murphy, Swain etc.... smaller schools, lots of community pride.
As mentioned Cleveland, Gaston, Charlotte area.... alot of good teams, 2 state champs out of Cleveland County last year (2a and 3a), the big 4a state champ is almost always out of Charlotte.
Greensboro area turns out some really good teams regularly (N. Guilford, Dudley etc...)
Sandhills (Richmond, Scotland)
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Post by realdawg on Jun 13, 2015 4:28:37 GMT -6
I live about half way between Charlotte and Asheville. Which is not near the water at all unless you count the lake across the road. But the cost of living is relatively low (it wont be as low near the beach). Whether sports are valued kind of varies from place to place, here they are especially football. In other areas, not so much, especially around the larger cities. As a whole, they pay is pretty low for teaching and coaching, I think NC ranks like 48th in the nation in teacher pay. But again the cost of living is pretty low. There are some areas with alot of poverty, there are also some areas with alot of affluence. Areas near the water include Topsail, Jacksonville, Havelock, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, Brunswick County, Shallotte, etc... and of course the outer banks.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 11, 2015 4:14:09 GMT -6
NC here, ours are called Conferences. Ours is a 9 team conference currently. We are allowed to play 11 games, so we have to find 3 non conference games.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 10, 2015 8:18:14 GMT -6
Yeah. As asst AD I don't do any of that stuff. Scheduling, ordering etc... Is all the AD. I do handle busing and transportation for him as well
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Post by realdawg on Jun 10, 2015 3:59:27 GMT -6
I am as asst. AD and my supplement is about $1800 here in NC. I dont know that I have a written job description. My job is to help the AD. I cut alot of grass for him, especially our practice field, I keep our fields painted. I help him with eligibility paperwork. I will cover a few home games for him during basketball and baseball season when we have a busy week. And I'm there just for him to bounce ideas off of.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 8, 2015 17:03:59 GMT -6
NC
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Post by realdawg on Jun 8, 2015 3:16:46 GMT -6
We give them this week off (school out tomorrow). Then we go the next 2 weeks, Monday through Thursday. 830-1030 am. We lift and run 3 days and go out and practice one day. We have 1 7 on 7 against another school each week. Then they are off the week of July 4 (state requirement) then we go 2 more weeks, same basic schedule as before. Then they are off for the week of the state coaches convention. Then we come back and have 1 week before practice starts. We do a 3 day mini camp that week.
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Post by realdawg on Jun 3, 2015 10:31:22 GMT -6
I agree that it's hard to do some stuff on d when you can't hit. But you can do pursuit. Formation adjustments. Most of your individual stuff (DL may be harder) teach tackling on dummies 7 on 7 etc.... I understand that and why you may do a little more on O. Just don't understand why you'd leave the defense that far behind. Of course, I am a DC. Lol
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Post by realdawg on Jun 3, 2015 10:16:03 GMT -6
Why not install both? Why put the defense behind?
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Post by realdawg on Jun 1, 2015 12:35:41 GMT -6
As mentioned my position coaches pretty much set the depth chart at their positions but we talk about it a lot. Especially early in the year. Most substitutions go through me except for injuries. It doesn't have to be that way. It's just the way it is. Only subs that I would really require go through me is when it becomes mop up time.
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Post by realdawg on May 30, 2015 11:02:56 GMT -6
Spring practice Thursday. Young kid. We are working cut drills on bags. He cuts the crap out of the bag and then wraps it in his arm and start rolling on the ground. I say "great effort! But you can't wrap your arm around the guy like that" he looks at me and says "really?!?!" Yeah really I say, it's a penalty. It is? He says. Yeah it's called holding I say. Oh he says. I thought it was just grabbing ahold of them and keeping them on the ground. Yes I say. That's what it is but you can't do that on offense!
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Post by realdawg on May 27, 2015 3:27:35 GMT -6
Hey ain't that where DC went?
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Post by realdawg on May 27, 2015 3:26:14 GMT -6
I am DC not HC. We always practice O and D every day. And we always do D second. I talk quickly at end about defense only. Then HC talks if he's got anything to say. If I were a head coach I wouldn't make it an open forum for all my assistants to talk.
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