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Post by realdawg on May 22, 2015 2:38:21 GMT -6
Havent had much success recruiting our halls especially for linemen. Generally, kids you have to go recruit to play dont help you much. I am sure there are some exceptions but for us this is the general rule. Our numbers are pretty low and we recruited the halls pretty hard this winter just to get bodies, we got a bunch of kids who are 4'5 tall and run a 5.4 forty and 2 linemen. One is 6'2 270 and if a big old kid, but he is a sophmore and has never worked out and never played. His hips are so stiff he cant get in any kind of stance. To his credit he has worked pretty hard this week during spring practice and got better but he needs a year of JV ball. The other kid is 6'8 (not a typo) about 215. We have him working at DE and he is fairly athletic, runs good, and has been in wt lifting class and cleans and squats good. He has shown alot of promise and he may help us. We wont know for sure though until we can hit.
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Post by realdawg on May 19, 2015 10:27:09 GMT -6
I reference Wally Pipp often. Actually just did it yesterday. We started our 10 spring practices yesterday and I have a returning starter at safety who starts on our baseball team which in in the 3rd rd of the playoffs. I told him not to be the next Wally Pipp then told him to go look it up. Lol
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Post by realdawg on May 16, 2015 4:35:05 GMT -6
Depends on who is quitting. Not necessarily a good thing, not necessarily a bad thing. Gotta look and see what kids have quit.
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Post by realdawg on May 16, 2015 4:28:48 GMT -6
Around here AAU basketball is on the weekends. Spring practice is not. Dont see why you cant do both?
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Post by realdawg on May 2, 2015 16:50:47 GMT -6
I'd do something for the kids they would consider cool. T shirts, shorts, sweats, alternate helmets or jersey, something like that. Then I'd put some of it away for a rainy day.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 30, 2015 9:30:24 GMT -6
Do they really wanna come to the meetings and practices and spend that much time? That would be my question. I can see them wanting to be on sidelines during game.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 29, 2015 10:02:33 GMT -6
Ours try to. However except for HC our MS is not well staffed. So usually what ends up happening is they run our O and tweak a few things to fit their kids and start running our D but don't know how to adjust it to anything and end up going to the standard middle school bear front. Also, we as the HS need to do a better job of teaching our MS coaches bc they are willing to do what we ask but we don't teach them our terminology or how to adjust stuff. That's our fault. Not theirs.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 24, 2015 14:53:43 GMT -6
Love the beach new pride. That's a great recharge. We live very frugally most of the time so that we can go to the beach a few times in a teacher and public nurse salary. We usually make 3 or so trips to the beach between Memorial Day and August 1. Couple years ago stole a quick trip to the beach in October on our off week. It worked wonders
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Post by realdawg on Apr 24, 2015 10:34:25 GMT -6
Joelee-do your wives come to this gathering? We have JV games on Thursdays so that would be out for us. But I'd like to do something like that
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Post by realdawg on Apr 24, 2015 9:14:43 GMT -6
The season is a long grind. I think our bodies get naturally wore down from the time effort and lack of sleep. For me spending time with my wife and kid on the weekend helps. Sleeping later Sunday morning and a good sermon at church helps. And if you can steal a day or two away around your open week helps. I don't have a problem getting jacked back up for the playoffs. It's the last third of the regular season that wears on me. And it is that time we play our 2 biggest rivals. Both defending state champs.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 20, 2015 15:26:13 GMT -6
My first thought was to level in the low spot with sand, which is what you had mentioned.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 20, 2015 9:56:20 GMT -6
Coach. I don't have a template or anything bc like you, this is our first year with this set up in the spring. But we are gonna try to do a lot of what you mentioned. Our plan is to make these 10 days a lot like the first 5 days in the fall. A lot of fundamentals, and installation of our base schemes. To us fundys will be first. Installation secondary. And we will try to hit most of our major formation adjustments defensively as we start to put stuff in.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 15, 2015 9:13:34 GMT -6
Going up to ask questions about his presentation is fine. Going for autographs and selfies is too modern culture for me.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 12, 2015 19:53:18 GMT -6
We do it, and its the only way any staff Ive ever been on has done it. Coaches on coach on one side of the ball. For example, I'm DC and LB coach, so I coach that for both varsity and JV. While varsity practices offense, JV practices defense and vice versa. That part is really quiet simple. Now with the JV playing right before the varsity, IDK how that will go, we play our JV games on Thursday nights. Off the top of my head, HC and coordinators stay with varsity team during JV game, everyone else coaches JV. Gonna be a long tiring night for those guys though.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 12, 2015 19:49:36 GMT -6
Be up front and honest. Tell them you cant promise them that anyone can promise to anyone that injuries will not occur. Then show them the steps your program will take to prevent them as much as possible and deal with them should they happen.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 8, 2015 8:07:30 GMT -6
You could cut it down by using that schedule on Monday. On Tuesdays just do your lifting and your running with no practice. On Wed. dont do any lifting, just practice like a normal practice (2 hrs) and condition at the end. On Thursday just do the lifting and running again.
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Post by realdawg on Apr 4, 2015 5:18:47 GMT -6
I think talent is relative to who else you play. There can be a 1a team whose talent is good relative to the rest of the 1a teams they play, but compared to a 4a school that is 5-5 they dont have talent. Just as that 5-5 4a school feels they dont have talent bc they are compared to the big boys in their state. Second, talent sometimes is a simple math equation. Our school has some talent, dont get me wrong, however, over the last several years our school numbers have been on a steady decline. (from as many as 1300 to less that 1100 now) This has resulted in less players on the team, which results in less talent compared to our opponents whose school numbers have stayed steady or rose.
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Equipment
Mar 18, 2015 9:10:53 GMT -6
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Post by realdawg on Mar 18, 2015 9:10:53 GMT -6
I hate it. But one of the things we do is start early and hand a little out each day in segments.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 12, 2015 9:17:37 GMT -6
I am not a HC. And we don't do it. But if we did the O would get the first two picks. Qb and whoever else they wanted. Next 11 go to the D
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Post by realdawg on Mar 10, 2015 3:19:06 GMT -6
I cant remember how many tickets we sold to be honest with you. We didnt raffle off anything else, but we did have a silent auction going on that night, so that brought in some of the money. Almost everything in the auction had been donated by someone so our overhead was pretty low.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 6, 2015 20:49:01 GMT -6
Reverse raffle, with silent auction. Sold tickets for $100 a pop, included a dinner for 2, drew the tickets out, and the last one left in the hat won $5000. Had a silent auction the same night. Made $13000.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 27, 2015 5:49:18 GMT -6
Great story not from this season but about 7 years ago. We got this kid on the team named Spaceman bc he has to wear those sports goggles. He's bad, one of the worst I've ever coached and socially inept. His dad is our masonry teacher and played for our school back in the 80s, so the kid thinks its cool and makes sure to point out to us and all the kids when he does, like "hey this is the same undershirt my dad wore in 1986" or "hey coach, my dad wore these same cleats when he played" Swear thats true, but thats not the point. Anyway, this kids freshman year, is his dad's 1st year as the masonry teacher. So its our first day of hitting and I am all jacked up and we are getting ready to go to Oklahoma drill, when I feel a tug on my sleeve. I turn around, "WHAT!?!?!?!" There stands this kid, eyes full of fear, "Coach, I dont think I can hit today." Me: "Why in the hell not?" Kid: Cause coach, my dads insurance dont kick in till Sept 1" LOL I almost lost it! That was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. I told the kid that was a good idea to go set over there on the bench.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 26, 2015 21:30:14 GMT -6
For most of them, look on the schools official athletic website.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 18, 2015 20:34:03 GMT -6
One that I have heard a few times that was extremely good every time is Kyle Richardson HC at Northwestern HS in Rock Hill SC. He is an Air Raid guy and I am a defensive guy who us often looking to learn more about the passing game and QB play. He doesnt try to talk about too much of his O. He picks a segment to talk about and really takes the time to teach it in a way that is easy to understand. He does a great job of showing it on the board and walking you through it and then showing it to you on film. Also, interesting and a good speaker.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 14, 2015 20:15:42 GMT -6
Dang. I love cutting the grass! Nobody bothers me when I'm riding the mower!
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Post by realdawg on Feb 14, 2015 5:25:11 GMT -6
NC varies from district to district. My supplement as DC this year was $2785, there is a small increase each year. We get an allottment of $4000 to help pay coaches over the summer, usually get about $500 off of that. We also get 10% per week we are in the playoffs. HC supplement is about $4500, but he is also a 12 month employee.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 14, 2015 5:24:45 GMT -6
NC varies from district to district. My supplement as DC this year was $2785, there is a small increase each year. We get an allottment of $4000 to help pay coaches over the summer, usually get about $500 off of that. We also get 10% per week we are in the playoffs. HC supplement is about $4500, but he is also a 12 month employee.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 12, 2015 4:16:29 GMT -6
I'll be there. Look forward to hearing Mikey Lineberger talk about the South Point flexbone O. I am also gonna listen to a couple 3-4 guys who are talking. I also wouldnt mind hearing Kyle Richardson from Northwestern HS in Rock Hill, I have heard him a couple times and he is always a very good presenter.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 8, 2015 17:05:49 GMT -6
Our school system required the NFHS certification "Fundamentals of Coaching" a few years ago. They paid for it, but it was not nearly so football specific. It was just general BS philosophy stuff and talked a ton about setting good examples and "teachable moments"
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Post by realdawg on Feb 4, 2015 10:41:50 GMT -6
About the same as everyone. You can talk but.it should be quiet. I shouldn't hear your music. About half way there I usually start talking about the game. Game plan adjustments etc... One more time.
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