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Post by realdawg on Jan 30, 2022 17:53:58 GMT -6
Maybe some of those guys dont view the jobs they have had the opportunity to get as good jobs or the right fit for them after the interview? ? I do think that Flores, Bieniemy, Morris, and Leftwich deserve to be hired if they want the job.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 26, 2022 12:50:01 GMT -6
When we made the playoffs and needed a charter bus for our second round game……we had an Asst coach who has been around forever and is well connected in our community basically start calling alumni, community members, and people who owed him a favor to raise the money for the trip. So parents weren’t paying for their kid to get a charter bus. But we were basically soliciting money.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 17, 2022 10:36:55 GMT -6
It’s hard on the current players. The extra year is killing high school kids more than the portal. They are the ones eating scholarships. If it was just the portal there would be the same number of scholarships available. Just at different schools. But with the extra covid year the number of available scholarships is diminished. I was talking to a college coach one day when he came by. And he basically said. D1 kids are going D1AA. D1AA kids are now going D2. D2 kids are going D3. He is at a D2 school and said in this class they were getting kids they wouldn’t have even talked to before bc they didn’t think they had a chance to get them.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 16, 2022 8:14:12 GMT -6
I agree, they got used to doing whatever they wanted during the shutdown.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 16, 2022 6:50:20 GMT -6
I disagree....as a whole our grades as a team are much better in school than they were when we were remote. There are kids who will do no matter what. There are kids that wont do no matter what. Then there are kids that will do as long as you push them to and stand over there shoulder. You cant do that virtually.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 16, 2022 6:01:28 GMT -6
Online instruction sucks....been there, done that, it doesnt work...... Even with all the technology we now have, instruction needs to be face to face.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 14, 2022 11:43:49 GMT -6
Same school as the crunk school is now posting a position coaching job. This coach does not need to stay crunk everyday. He can have some downtime. Post says something about swinging to both sides, the LGBT+ discussion has come full circle I missed that part of the post!
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Post by realdawg on Jan 14, 2022 11:29:21 GMT -6
Same school as the crunk school is now posting a position coaching job. This coach does not need to stay crunk everyday. He can have some downtime.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 12, 2022 4:29:51 GMT -6
Alot of it has to do with the #culture guys on social media. But.....
For me-I dont feel like I want to raise other peoples kids. However, I do realize that some of my guys are not gonna get this instruction at home (I would say half). I want them to have the character it takes to do things right and continue to play hard when things arent going on our way. I want them to care about one another and be as close of a group as possible. I think it is important for the off season development of our team
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Post by realdawg on Jan 11, 2022 14:06:35 GMT -6
You wouldnt have the videos, but you could come up with your own. Thats what I do. I introduce a topic at the first of the week. First week is what is character, second week is always Love. Then you go from there, what do you want to emphasize? I try to tie the next week into the last week if at all possible. Again, you wouldnt have the videos but generally this is what I do. Monday-Introduce this weeks character trait and talk about what it means-both dictionary meaning and real life application. Tuesday-Some quick quotes from some people more famous than me about this weeks emphasis. Wednesday-A more in depth discussion and conversation about this weeks trait, what it means, why it is important.....etc... Thursday and Friday-try to get a player or 2 to talk about this weeks trait. Monday/Tues/Thur/Fri takes about 5 min Wed takes a little longer-maybe 15-20. I also try to find ways to use the word or trait throughout the course of our warmup, lift, run whatever, and use it and teach it continually through the class period.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 26, 2021 19:19:10 GMT -6
I agree with buck....its a huge work load with kids moving around. Also a part that sucks, is you sometimes get a kid or two who just isnt going to be on time isnt going to do right now matter what his "captain" or coach says. I refer to these kids as cant get right....also you can end up making a kid a captain of a team that just isnt a leader or just isnt vocal or just isnt interested in that type of role. When one of those two things happen it can make one of your teams suck and really be a pain and kind of demoralizing.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 21, 2021 8:39:10 GMT -6
In NC we cant make anything mandatory until the first official day of practice which is usually Aug 1.
We have mandatory dead periods that are 3 weeks long from the start of each sport season (fall, winter, spring) Also, there are 2 dead weeks during the summer and the last 5 days of 1st semester and the last 10 days of the second semester are dead.
You are basically allowed to do any non mandatory skill development you want outside of those dead periods.
Most schools wait until the summer to start to do 7 on 7s against other schools.
Strength and conditioning sessions can occur at any time.
We are fortunate that all our players are in strength and conditioning class 1st period in the second semester. We will not ask them to do anything after school until our spring skill development sessions start after school sometime in the spring.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 12, 2021 6:54:54 GMT -6
The bottom line is, you can tell the recruiter the truth, without doing this. This is for show and publicity, and I am not sure its the type of publicity most of us would want.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 10, 2021 4:45:46 GMT -6
I dont really get the point of this.....looks bad, and if you did it at most public schools you would probably be in the office pretty quick.....that being said.....do you all have guys who are getting recruited that arent good kids who pretty much do what they are supposed to do? Maybe its just me but every kid I have had who could play at the next level generally did what they were supposed to do. I've never had a turd bucket who was getting recruited I guess....
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Post by realdawg on Dec 5, 2021 15:12:55 GMT -6
Huge advantage to have your kids in a class during school day!
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Post by realdawg on Dec 5, 2021 13:34:45 GMT -6
8 years left. Coach and educator. I will be 51 when I can retire. So always a chance I keep going just coaching. Or cross the state line and teach and coach for a while.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 4, 2021 5:38:01 GMT -6
In the summer/off season-I reward the kids that make a certain number of days. You earn off season points in our off season character development program.....showing up is part of it. They get rewarded with t shirt, name on back of jersey, and some other things.....
In the season, I have a policy that if you miss practice it has to be excused by me. No communication means not excused no matter what it was. Funeral, sickness, etc...ok you can still play. "Family issue", had to babysit my little brother, get haircut, go school shopping not ok. I told our kids and parents if you are going to tell me you cant be there bc of a "family issue" you better be ready to discuss that issue with me so that I know the situation and may be able to help our player. If you are gonna call me and say you have to babysit younger siblings your parent better be the one calling and telling me that.
Even if you are excused...i.e family death or COVID....if you miss two you dont start. Not fair to the kid who had to take your place, and no way I feel like you can learn the gameplan for that week.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 3, 2021 12:06:40 GMT -6
Summer-not much you can do-its not mandatory and you cant punish them. I will say this, give your kids a schedule of off season activities really early, let them know when you are going to workout and when you are going to practice. Most employers will work with the kids and work their schedule around yours if you let them know early enough going in, at least in my area.
In season-you gotta be there....I am pretty willing to work with kids, maybe overly so, but you gotta be at practice. No practice, no play.....but again communication is key. Let them know early what your practice plans are. Communicate your expectations on practice early so that parents know what to expect.
I will set down after Christmas and make out a calendar of our off season events and our practice schedule through Labor Day. This schedule will be in our kids hands and on their school email within the first couple of weeks of January, and I will pretty much stick to it. Now the ball is in their court.....do you wanna play, or do you wanna work?
They can work Sat. and Sun. in season. I have several kids who leave practice at 6-630 and go get a couple of hours of work in. It can be done. Its just a matter of importance to them.
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Post by realdawg on Nov 14, 2021 7:41:07 GMT -6
Why would a grown man use multiple accounts on here? That seems kind of childish and almost psychotic....
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Post by realdawg on Nov 10, 2021 18:35:36 GMT -6
We played a team that ended up 3-7. We are currently 10-1. You could tell they had a good staff. Their players were going or trying to go to right spot. Very sound in what they did. Very good at fundamentals. They squeezed down blocks. Etc…just didn’t have enough athletes. We beat them by about 30. But it wasn’t an easy 30. We didn’t jump up quick. They made us work for it. We played well and were just better than them.
Conversely. We trade the TE/H a good bit. It’s on film and you can see it. Amazes me how many times in last couple of weeks we’ve done it and the other team doesn’t know how to handle it or just doesn’t move. To me. That’s on the coaches. Including a team we played in playoffs.
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Post by realdawg on Nov 10, 2021 6:37:05 GMT -6
The fact of the matter is, we are accustomed to living at the level of money that we currently make.....therefore, my answer would be 2K or less. No one wants to go back to being able to live below their current means.
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Post by realdawg on Nov 2, 2021 7:16:41 GMT -6
In NC the rule is 42 points after half. Unless coaches mutually agree. A couple years ago we were up 35-0 with 4 min left in 1st Qtr. Clock ran from then on our. Halftime was only 10 min.
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Post by realdawg on Oct 29, 2021 4:11:48 GMT -6
Congrats......
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Post by realdawg on Oct 29, 2021 4:10:07 GMT -6
Pack dry clothes for after the game...socks, underwear, sweats, shoes.
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Post by realdawg on Oct 11, 2021 14:12:30 GMT -6
HC here who calls O but is a former DC. After game I usually go through our film. ODK it. And chart O stats. And just watch it. Next morning. Our film. D stats. Then our film O for corrections. I spend a little time on our film D. But usually my D coaches handle that. Just can’t get the DC out of me. Then I start watching our opponent. I’ll look at last couple films quickly. Just trying to get an idea of what they do. Then I look at all the films I’ve got trying to find formations and looks similar to ours. Watch a little of the opposing O. Maybe help out DC out with some tagging formations and plays. Sunday morning up before church. Start watching to solidify our O game plan. And anything defensively that has kinda stood out or peaks my interest. 2-3 hours during Sunday meeting. I get up at 5 each morning and make our O and D clips to watch for the day in film. Usually 10-15 clips on each side. After practice I may watch some film early in the week just to see if there is anything I missed or can pick up that I haven’t already.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 13, 2021 19:41:26 GMT -6
I never broke down more than 3 films anyway. 2 was the preferred number for me. Unless there was one against someone who did the same thing as us. So our sample size is relatively small all the time. We prepare for what we see with our players. And what we think might happen amongst ourselves as a staff.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 8, 2021 5:40:06 GMT -6
Plain and simple Covid is ruining high school football. Besides cancellations and quarantines. If a kid calls you up and just says hey coach I dont feel good today I am not gonna be at practice, then you have to tell him not to come. If he gets specific and mentions COVID symptoms then he probably has to be tested before he can return. It makes it hard to hold kids accountable, and it makes it hard to plan and practice when this is happening every day.
Then you add the stupidity of parents and students on top of that......things like I had a stuffy nose and a headache over the weekend, so my mom scheduled me a COVID test at 730 Monday evening. But I felt better Monday morning, so I came to school and practice and didnt tell the coach till after I was tested......
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Post by realdawg on Sept 1, 2021 18:00:30 GMT -6
Our first game of the year the other team got Covid. And we rescheduled an opponent on Thursday afternoon at 2 and played on Friday. Week 2 was fine. But 3 kids got quarantined Bc of household contacts. This week we have had 2 test positive. But Bc of weekend contact tracing didn’t go back to last week. Plus a couple more household contacts. Add up a couple injuries. And my roster of 34 varsity players is down to 24 for Friday. We have 0 backups in some spots. And we really don’t have a true player at one of our OLB spots.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 26, 2021 4:29:34 GMT -6
Our JV plays on Thursday night at 7 PM
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Post by realdawg on Aug 19, 2021 3:04:59 GMT -6
Last night after practice, a JV kid came in with his mom and quit and asked for his physical to transfer..b/c he was the STARTING RB not the starting QB!!!!!!!
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