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Post by silkyice on May 28, 2020 13:24:24 GMT -6
Congratulations coach. Did you interview before the whole social distancing or was it online? I was hired before COVID shutdowns hit. My old school was on Spring Break. I was waiting to tell my team face to face. The shutdowns hit, so I not only missed my opportunity to meet my new team, I never got to tell my old team face to face. Had to do it online. Tough way to do it.
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Post by silkyice on May 26, 2020 6:13:28 GMT -6
Congrats and good luck coach! Now that you're back in the AHSAA, if you guys are looking for a game next reclassification let us know! Westminster vs MA would be a good match up! All full right now, but next time, let’s see if we can make it happen.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 30, 2020 16:52:32 GMT -6
This is not a slam on this service. In fact, it sounds cool. Impressive even.
Doesn’t everyone watch the previous game film with your team? Wouldn’t you address all this during film review?
Also, I have said this elsewhere on this site, “tackling” is actually the least important part of tackling. Of course technique needs to be taught for safety reasons and to help you tackle better. But, run fits, gap integrity, block destruction, leverage, strength/speed training, are all more important to be a great tackling team than the actual skill of “tackling”.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 16, 2020 7:00:20 GMT -6
just a FYI
I took a new job a month ago and just haven’t announced it on here due to all the Corona craziness.
I am now the head football coach and AD at Montgomery Academy in Alabama. Actually going back home to my Alma Mater.
Can’t wait to actually meet the team.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 10, 2020 11:06:25 GMT -6
cnunley rfryklu, You read about "drastic change in strength" or speed, etc. How has your team performance been upgraded since RPR?
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Post by silkyice on Mar 30, 2020 11:17:05 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Mar 28, 2020 20:14:29 GMT -6
Sure. But you do so by "just coaching!" You teach all the principals and lessons but you do it by coaching rather than being a cultural leader and pastor, etc... Hell, if a kid is late, you teach him about being on time and self-discipline right there (is: push-ups, sit on the bench, run a mile, whatever)... You don't have to have a curriculum written up by some social media guru. A kid said something inappropriate, you handle it then and there. You didn't have to role play anything or have a kid do a worksheet to learn that he needs to think before he says something stupid! That's what coaches do! They coach football and in the process of doing so, they teach things... Just coach! Stop all the other BS! I (me and my teammates) learned about respect, discipline, being on time, humility, etc...and I can't recall ever having been the recipient of a lesson about culture or whatever from our coaches. These things were just a part of what they coached. But, I understand, things change, I guess... I agree with this.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 27, 2020 22:30:18 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Mar 22, 2020 16:37:54 GMT -6
coachd5085 I have no idea what made me think of this thread today. I guess Coronavirus craziness. I am actually surprised that I could find this old thread. Anyways, the school now has 18 state basketball championships. All three of the guys I said would go d1, went d1. The photo of the guy above is the kid I beat in bball. He started at DE at Penn State. I just know the "small school" comment rubbed me the wrong way 8 years ago and for some reason, it popped in my head this morning. Ha I maintain that you and the other old men would not stay on the court against any bigger Louisiana basketball school that went a few rounds into the playoffs, much less was favored to win a state championship. LOL. Although, maybe in an open gym enviornment without leadership, I could see where kids wouldn't be as cohesive. Coach, 8 years ago, bring them on. Right now at 2 months shy of 50, not so much. Ha Definitely talking about open gym environment where the kids are on their own instead of under the leadership of a professional coach. But, give me the same coaches I was playing with and I will take my chances. I have been very fortunate to have really athletically talented coaches who coached with me. Like a guy who played DE in the NFL, guy who was named Mr. Baseball for Alabama and was point guard on a 6A state championship bball team, 6'8 300 pound dude, our head bball coach 6'3", and me, the ultimate overachiever who could actually play a little with a little athleticism. I don't want to oversell myself as some kind of for-real athlete, but I was good enough to play summer league bball on a team with a former d3 player, a former d3 all-american, a former Auburn player, and a former all-sec player from Vandy. There were only 6 of us, so I'm not terrible. We beat the local d1 college team who was playing in the same summer league by 10 for the championship. Link to game with those guys winning state championship: www.oanow.com/gallery/sports/boy-s-basketball-glenwood-vs-tuscaloosa-academy/collection_b0e6e8b2-9903-11e3-ae55-0017a43b2370.html#1The team we beat had three guys 6'8" and over. A 6'5" guard who was player of the year the year before. And a 6'5" guy off the bench who scored 13 against Florida, 11 against LSU, 17 against Miss State, and 8 against Michigan State his freshman year at college. Our grown men beat that State Champ team all summer. Ha coachd5085
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Post by silkyice on Mar 22, 2020 13:56:52 GMT -6
Double post
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Post by silkyice on Mar 22, 2020 13:41:03 GMT -6
Every school I have been has the same kind of open gyms. Except we beat the HECK out of the kids. They can't beat us. I currently coach at a school with 15 basketball state championships! 15! We will be the favorites next year for sure. The kids can't even stay on the court with us 30-40 year olds. I can beat the best kid on the team one on one who has a chance to be a Div 1 basketball player. He is dang good. I didn't even play high school bball. I'm not that good, but I will be danged if I am going to let a kid beat me. I don't cheat or play cheap either. I just play hard and have a will to win. I said it was that way at every school I have coached. That is not exactly true. I coached at a crappy school one time. And our open gyms were like you described, but I changed that and the old dudes starting winning. But I had to leave due to the overall climate of losing at the school. While how open gyms are conducted should have no bearing on your athletic program really, I think I can tell a lot by just playing in a few. I have no idea what that has to do with this thread and I know I rambled, it just struck me wrong. Small school coach? I know here in LA, the best players on any of the state contenders in the top 4 of the 5 classes dont "have chances" to be Div I players, but are blue chip athletes already being recruited by the SEC, ACC, BIG 10 etc. Small school coach? I know here in LA, the best players on any of the state contenders in the top 4 of the 5 classes dont "have chances" to be Div I players, but are blue chip athletes already being recruited by the SEC, ACC, BIG 10 etc. Yes we are. But we have 3 kids in the soph class right now that will all get Div 1 football scholarships. No doubt at all. We have also had several Div 1 bball players from our school and one NBA player from our school. (Before I got here a year ago). One of those sophmores is the basketball player that I was talking about. Just depends on how tall he gets. He is 6'4" right now. By the way, he would have been the best player (transferred to us this year) at a 6A school in town that has won 2 of the last 5 6A state championships in basketball. I guess the reason I said he had a "chance" to be a div 1 basketball player instead of "is" a div 1 basketball player is because I have never coached a div 1 BASKETBALL scholarship player. And can't really say with absolute confidence that he would be one at a big div 1 school. I have coached against div 1 bball players and a NBA draft pick out of high school (our player is not on that level right now). Have coached 5 div 1 football players, against 5 current NFL players, against 3 of this year's starting LB's on Bama's national championship team, and this year's Div 2 player of the year. So I know what those types of football players look like. He is every bit one of these. coachd5085I have no idea what made me think of this thread today. I guess Coronavirus craziness. I am actually surprised that I could find this old thread. Anyways, the school now has 18 state basketball championships. All three of the guys I said would go d1, went d1. The photo of the guy above is the kid I beat in bball. He started at DE at Penn State. I just know the "small school" comment rubbed me the wrong way 8 years ago and for some reason, it popped in my head this morning. Ha
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Post by silkyice on Feb 27, 2020 11:37:41 GMT -6
Maybe its different where I am at, but if you aint bringing up how you are helping get their kid to college then you are missing out on a lot of parents. I know, I know; we don't make college level football players (we are just lucky enough to coach them). But the parents still believe that their kid getting to the next level is predicated primarily on who their HS coach is. So if you aint talking about those things then you are missing a sizable chunk of families. But what happens when they don't get recruited? I don't think that is the point. I do agree with carookie here. Bring it up. Tell them what you will do to help. For instance, I send out hudl highlights to over 300 college coaches' emails. I will let them know about camps and junior days. I will talk and call up colleges for them. When coaches come by, they will get to visit them. I will try and make them as strong as possible. That being said, I will also say that college coaches do not care about stats. They do not care about all-state or records. Your film will not lie. I will do my part, but I can't get anyone a scholarship. That comes from hard work, genes, grades, and performance. The kid has to be willing to put in extra time from workouts, nutrition, practice, and going to camps. The point here is that the parents need to know (or feel) that you will do your best for their kids to get a scholarship, but that ultimately it is on the kid. It also needs to be said that while you will do all that you can for each individual, you were hired as the coach of the team, and that the team and program come first.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 26, 2020 9:02:42 GMT -6
Syrup. Positive experience: Kind of a like a Plant Fitness philosophy: No shaming, No comments on the weight they are using. I try to celebrate any positive experience on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter. We have had a problem of younger kids being intimidated by older kids. I have tried to create a culture of eliminating that. Thousand Pound and twelve hundred pound club T-Shirts again celebrated. I use snap chat to communicate with players. They CHECK IT ALL THE TIME unlike text messages from me. I call out all positive things the kids do to entire team. To be honest I have to fight the urge to do some kids face for not coming, etc. I have found in my situation "you get more flies with honey then vinegar" when it comes to the weigh room. It is a constant struggle and not easy, but it is getting better. Just like everything we do, we try to build on it each year. We used to have poor summer attendance now it is great. We have built on that culture over a long time. The after school weight room is a constant work in process. I will say this year is our best freshman participation in a long time. I am hoping to build on that for the years to come. Really good advice here.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 22, 2020 9:36:14 GMT -6
1) I worry they would make the guys lunge. We had same thoughts, but these have really helped with guys staying on feet and coming to balance. 2) What do you do with efficiency of rolling the wheel for one guy and then getting it loaded up for the next rep without too much wait time. We have two, and whatever position group is using tackle wheel gets both of them. Only LB's and DB's use these. 3) Do you feel they prepare guys to tackle in game situations? We use these, as well as other tackling drills which involve using players holding shields. 4) Do you need a decently smooth surface to roll them? We use them on our grass practice field, not problems. 5) Is it really better than tackling/fitting up on a person (other than limiting contact)? I think it helps with pursuit angle, coming to balance, clubbing up at contact. I am old school and like to have tacklers pursue ball carrier, maintain leverage, and club-up ball carrier. I agree with all these except coming to balance. How are you guys doing that with the wheels? Our guys just run and roll right thru them.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 21, 2020 8:39:56 GMT -6
I GREW WITH THE GAME, I WENT FROM WING T TO SPREAD WING T OPENED MY PASSING GAME. I HAVE ALL THE CONCEPTS DOWN, R4 SYSTEM TO SLICE YOU UP 28 YEARS OF EXPERIANCE. I HAD MY A$$ HANDED TO ME BY A 35 YEAR OLD WISHBONE KID!!!1 The game is big enough for us all Love your honesty and ability to set your ego on the shelf...keepin' it real one day at a time! I LOVE that he called a 35 year old a kid!!!!!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 17, 2020 21:43:56 GMT -6
So, in my twenties I was a “get on board or get gone” type of coach. If a kid missed summer stuff, had a bad attitude, etc we were better off without him. As I got older, and through the influence of my HC, I’ve adopted the idea that we are the last stop before real life hits them in the face, and that you should rarely give up on a kid. That doesn’t mean you don’t hold them accountable, in fact, caring for them means you do......but you almost never kick them off. Second chance (with consequences)....again and again. Somehow, kids with behavior/laziness problems don’t effect our team moral.....the true cancers are the kids you have no justification to kick off, they are just selfish crappy leaders. Our worst years were entitled seniors who showed up to weights, worked hard, but were ultimately selfish. Anyway, back to the topic: anyone else have this transformation? Any one think I’m just a {censored}? The best reasons to part ways with a kid are 1) when it is actually the best thing for the kid 2) when keeping the kid brings other kids down Knowing when 1 and/or 2 is true is the tricky part.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 13, 2020 20:28:53 GMT -6
What I find hardest is trying to translate the new lingo after 45 years of numbers and descriptive names that described point of attack, backfield action, and blocking schemes into the same play using what seem to be unrelated words in the coded system Hard for this old guy to have to be able to take: Red, 34 Power on one to Rondo (formation), Philadelphia (Power at the 4 hole), Cowboy (ball carrier), Percy (blocking scheme), Howdy (RPO action), Sunday (cadence), on the fly under duress during a game. That's a mouthful of words, and I always wanted to KISS this part so the play could come in from the side line correctly. I guess one gets used to it........ It's like I just want to lean out of the pressbox and yell: "Just run the 5 hole!" and let it go at that! But that is just terminology and language. And if the other coaches (mainly just the oc), is experienced, you can probably just say “run to the 5 hole” on the headset and he can spit out translation. So I am wing t. Have been spread also, but have run wing t 18 years for sure. Maybe more. Belly down Have called that at different times with different coaches at different schools: 182 182down 182dog Down Dog 6g 636g G Georgia Herschel Walker Bulldogs
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Post by silkyice on Feb 13, 2020 14:24:29 GMT -6
And yet kids get actual scholarships from this drill at college camps. Crazy.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 11, 2020 10:23:32 GMT -6
I have learned to never go into a locker room if I am angry. I once flipped a gatorade cooler and said some things that didn't need to be said. After the game I apologized to the team. Now if I'm mad I send our halftime adjustments in with position coaches and I don't go in the locker room at all. That sounds like a mistake. Most likely if you are mad, things aren't going well for the team. If you don't show up in the locker room at half, many teenagers (or heck, just players), could interpret that as you abandoning them. I certainly can appreciate you not wanting to flip coolers or say things you regret. But can you possibly find a "middle ground"?
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Post by silkyice on Feb 11, 2020 8:03:12 GMT -6
I'd say: most embarrassing moment: dealing with a state-wide uprising against our high school athletic organization and referee organizations stemming from my ejection from a game...it was a total $hit-show. Long story in short- it must have ripped open some public wounds and people used my incident as a springboard. It was my first and only ejection in football...but it was a big one. Can't drop that in this thread and not expect someone to ask for details on this one. So, details?
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Post by silkyice on Feb 9, 2020 18:45:47 GMT -6
Y’all only eat granola bars and fruit for a pregame meal? Let’s back up and define pregame meal. For us, it is a real meal at around 3 pm. We play at 7 pm. Surely y’all don’t eat lunch and then only granola bars and play 7-10 pm. Not everyone has the same resources to work with. Our boosters do feed them after the game but there is nothing pre game wise for us. None of the coaches are on campus and are coming right after work for practices and games. I understand lack of resources. But do the kids (or are the kids allowed to) get something to eat for a pre-game meal or is granola and fruit it?
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Post by silkyice on Feb 9, 2020 8:50:27 GMT -6
We get granola bars and fruit if it's a road game. If it's a home game, hope they have something at home to eat before they report. Just roll with it if you have a pregame meal, who cares who serves it... Y’all only eat granola bars and fruit for a pregame meal? Let’s back up and define pregame meal. For us, it is a real meal at around 3 pm. We play at 7 pm. Surely y’all don’t eat lunch and then only granola bars and play 7-10 pm.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 7, 2020 10:21:24 GMT -6
Didn’t order food for the ride back of an away game. It was about a 1.5 hour trip back. Just didn’t think about it. This was 12 years ago.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 6, 2020 13:30:24 GMT -6
So. I'm coaching baseball. I don't know anything about baseball. Is there a coach huey for baseball? If so someone let me know. Thanks. You are in luck!! All your players dad’s are experts!!! Ask them. Sorry. Couldn’t resist. Hope someone knows the answer.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 29, 2020 12:47:28 GMT -6
No. Grinding is about appearing to work harder and sacrificing more than everyone else. The amount of work accomplished is irrelevant. If you get 10 times more work done than I do, but you do it from home and I do it from dusk to dark at work, I win. If I post on social media and you don't, I didn't just win, I destroyed you. Okay, I am not a grinder then. I must be one of the few coaches that have a computer at home that can watch game film while my wife and kids are at the same place. Right. You are a slacker.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 29, 2020 11:46:40 GMT -6
Is working from home grinding? No. Grinding is about appearing to work harder and sacrificing more than everyone else. The amount of work accomplished is irrelevant. If you get 10 times more work done than I do, but you do it from home and I do it from dusk to dark at work, I win. If I post on social media and you don't, I didn't just win, I destroyed you.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 28, 2020 10:16:38 GMT -6
Good gracious. I don't think that anyone is asking anyone to be the jury and judge here. No one needs all the facts. I am not blaming Andy Reid. I have no idea what is going on. But, Andy Reid is an ultimate grinder. Read the ESPN article. The judge says the "family is in crisis." BOTH sons got in legal trouble and lived at home. One pointed a gun at another person. The same kid had 89 pills in his JAIL CELL. They think he shoved them up his butt to smuggle them in. You are correct, no on has the facts. No one has the answers. Balance is in the eye of the beholder. All that is true. But why can't someone just point out the dude that worked ALL the time had a family in crisis?? Each one of us are adults and can interpret that how we want. I don't interpret that as Andy Reid is bad guy. I just interpret that as I need to make sure I don't neglect my family. Period. i am not ripping larrymoe. I am not ripping anyone. It is all in the eye of the beholder. I work/grind all the time. I make time for family. But most of my time is spent working. We dont know all the facts. So to assume work equals family dysfunction leads to faulty conclusion. Balance and grinding included. Agreed here. I think we had two different interpretations from larrymoe posting the ESPN article. I didn't take it as an assumption that work/grinding equals dysfunction. Just more as a warning to keep everything in balance as much as possible.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 28, 2020 9:49:39 GMT -6
I am going to defend larrymoe here. All he did was post a link from an ESPN article. He made no comments. This article has been out there. The comment from the judge was obviously in the article and anyone can come to their own conclusions. I think most everyone would take away from it pretty much what I took away from it. Be careful spending time away from those you love. I don't think anyone would believe that if you grind, your kids will be drug addicts. Or if you are a stay-at-home dad they won't. But there are consequences for every decision. If we are going to praise a public figure for working non-stop, the rest of their life is also crucial information for people to make informed decisions on. No matter what, I think we would agree some degree of balance is necessary. informed decision? How? Nobody has all the facts. Including andy reid. Balance is in the eye beholder. Their really is no universal truth with things like this. Good gracious. I don't think that anyone is asking anyone to be the jury and judge here. No one needs all the facts. I am not blaming Andy Reid. I have no idea what is going on. But, Andy Reid is an ultimate grinder. Read the ESPN article. The judge says the "family is in crisis." BOTH sons got in legal trouble and lived at home. One pointed a gun at another person. The same kid had 89 pills in his JAIL CELL. They think he shoved them up his butt to smuggle them in. You are correct, no on has the facts. No one has the answers. Balance is in the eye of the beholder. All that is true. But why can't someone just point out the dude that worked ALL the time had a family in crisis?? Each one of us are adults and can interpret that how we want. I don't interpret that as Andy Reid is bad guy. I just interpret that as I need to make sure I don't neglect my family. Period.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 28, 2020 9:21:23 GMT -6
1st, "The judge said the parents clearly loved and supported their children and had tried many times over the years to get them help." 2nd you are disgusting, this is beyond a low blow. 3rd Reid could have worked 16 hour days or 4 hour days addiction knows no boundaries and doesn't care how many hours your parents put in at the office. I am going to defend larrymoe here. All he did was post a link from an ESPN article. He made no comments. This article has been out there. The comment from the judge was obviously in the article and anyone can come to their own conclusions. I think most everyone would take away from it pretty much what I took away from it. Be careful spending time away from those you love. I don't think anyone would believe that if you grind, your kids will be drug addicts. Or if you are a stay-at-home dad they won't. But there are consequences for every decision. If we are going to praise a public figure for working non-stop, the rest of their life is also crucial information for people to make informed decisions on. No matter what, I think we would agree some degree of balance is necessary.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 19, 2020 11:00:12 GMT -6
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