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Post by silkyice on Jun 13, 2019 16:37:47 GMT -6
Do you see a CORRELATION with this??? 71 percent of young Americans between 17 and 24 are ineligible to serve in the United States military. Put another way: Over 24 million of the 34 million people of that age group cannot join the armed forces—even if they wanted to. Some of this is the military's fault. My oldest son looked into joining the military. The problem is he is 5'9 235. Big shoulders, chest, and legs. Not thin, but not even close to being fat. Jumped over 30" on the just jump, ran a 4.8, benched 300, etc. Would probably be in the top 10% athletically of people who enlisted in the military. Problem: He has to weigh a MAXIMUM of 175 to enlist at his height. That means he would have to lose 60 pounds just to enlist. Ridiculous. My youngest son just graduated high school. He is 6'3" 192. He is trying to get to 210 before college baseball season and eating like a horse. If he gets to 206, he would now be too "fat" for the military. This is a three sport athlete. A quarterback, and if he just gains a little more muscle and gets stronger and faster, he now is too "big" for the military. Oh, and I would have to lose 23 pounds to enlist. Just look at my avatar and you can see all of us. Just a whole another perspective. www.military.com/join-armed-forces/army-weight-rules.html
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Post by silkyice on Jun 12, 2019 9:48:03 GMT -6
God bless you all. Enjoy. Do you really not understand the relevance of the Socrates quote? I can explain it to you if you really want me to, but I think you understand it. Kids are kids. Adults are Adults. Been that way forever and will be that way forever. There, summed it up.
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Post by silkyice on Jun 5, 2019 6:53:22 GMT -6
I was in a very similar position before, it wasnt as hard as you think if you have a rubric and a chart. Its just like teaching- some teachers take hours to grade, I can grade 30 essays in less than an hour (same way that AP readers do); have a grading rubric- if it meets the requirement then grade it as such. Now there are some forms we used to make things easier. Have an AC or student assistant write down all play calls during the game, then type them into an Excel file immediately after (numbered too). Send it out to all the coaches, and have columns where you can put each players number, then print up the form and use the form to grade them out (+ -, whatever you use). Heck, most mornings before films, when all the other coaches were going on about things we need to do as a program and all that bluster I was able to grade out the whole game on the paper using my phone. I'd get it copied and out to the kids before they left the weight room. As with most things the key is to know what you want to get done, pare it down to the essentials, and be organized while doing it. I don't see it as an issue of an efficient system to grade the film--I see it as a "what's the purpose in grading" issue. As someone said above, what are you going to do when a kid makes a bad grade? It's like coming up with a grading system and a rubric for an assessment that is pure BS and serves no real purpose in the first place. If you're going to give coaches more work to do, have a purpose for it and a positive result for the program that will come from it. Otherwise it's just busy work. As a head coach, I'm not using the grades for anything. I can see from the film what needs to be corrected without a grade. So, I'm not asking my coaches to give of their time to do something I'm not putting in value in. To do so, at least in my situation, would be disrespectful to them. If you're a HC and you can't watch the film and see what is being done correctly and what isn't, and what needs to be worked on and improved, you shouldn't be a HC. If the HC is giving assistants this to do in order to make them watch film, he's fooling himself. If they're too lazy and uninvested to watch the film in the first place, they'll just BS through the grading and create bigger issues for the HC. Great post. I think grading is not the most productive use of anyone’s time and bot the mist effective tool to get better. We watch film with the team. Every play. And correct everything. Literally anything I see wrong I am going to attempt to fix. And not just for that kid, I make sure everyone is paying attention. I hate when a kid makes a mistake that I just corrected for someone else.
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Post by silkyice on May 29, 2019 18:53:34 GMT -6
"We get as many kids going at once but keep eyes on our starters the majority of the time to correct mistakes." We do the same. We adhere to the "racehorse" philosophy of practice. A player doing something, even if not correct, is better than a player doing nothing but killing grass. Our HC goes nuts when he sees 3 players doing a drill and 10-15 other kids standing in line. I don’t disagree, but also see the side of “don’t mistake activity for progress.”
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Post by silkyice on May 18, 2019 9:26:15 GMT -6
I do not understand this thread. We are talking about recruiting the halls. So how would go about just getting the “quality” players anyways?
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Post by silkyice on May 5, 2019 5:55:13 GMT -6
I go to fudge for all my drills Saying “Function” and “Ball Skills” over and over makes your players better. It is proven science.
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Post by silkyice on May 3, 2019 10:15:37 GMT -6
Maybe I am just getting a special deal, but I am getting 50 F7 VTD’s painted and delivered for $250 each. Plus $10 if extra large. I was shocked I got that deal, but I did. Then I stand corrected...thats awesome for you... I was shocked. When I got the quote by text, I immediately called my guy and told him he quoted me the wrong helmet. LOL. He said nope. I argued with him. Hahaha Anyways, didn't 100% believe it until I got an in-writing quote. Needless to say, we bought those helmets. PM me. I will give you the guys number. Great guy. No idea if he can do the deal again, but he might be able to.
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Post by silkyice on May 3, 2019 9:24:21 GMT -6
Go Schutt for sure...cheaper and higher rating. I'm getting schutts for under $250 each. Do not fall for the Riddell marketing machine. Not sure what rating your looking at...but all the Schutts rated above the flex are $900, find it hard to believe Schutt is selling you a $900 helmet for $250??? Schutt does have several 5 star helmets at that price point, but none rated higher than the flex.... www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/varsity-football-helmet-ratings.htmlMaybe I am just getting a special deal, but I am getting 50 F7 VTD’s painted and delivered for $250 each. Plus $10 if extra large. I was shocked I got that deal, but I did.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 23, 2019 13:19:21 GMT -6
Be a coach. Coach your kids. All of this "culture" discussion should simply be addressed by doing what good coaches do. YES
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Post by silkyice on Apr 11, 2019 12:11:39 GMT -6
What is the exact name and color of the Khaki game pants he wears? Thanks in advance thats tmi. Brand of Underwear? Toothpaste?
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Post by silkyice on Apr 9, 2019 10:18:06 GMT -6
how do you know the reason they're doing it? I highly doubt it's just to F cash strapped programs over. Like any business, they are most likely analyzing their overhead costs and adjusting accordingly. If they were going to do it just to screw people, they'd have done it a long time ago. Sure, it is impossible to "know" why any company does anything. But it is pretty easy to infer what is going on. In the post above, I lay out what their costs are for storage. This is a known number - their CTO is all over the internet talking about how they use AWS and which services they use, and AWS's pricing is transparent. If anything, that estimate is on the low side, as they probably have a special deal given how big a client they are. If they were simply trying to cover overhead, they could have introduced ala cart pricing for storage. Even at double their costs, that is still only about $50 a year per 100GB of data. But no, they instead chose to put hard limits on storage and want you to "upgrade" to a higher tier that costs between $800 and $1,600 more per year but only costs them a few dollars more in storage. So, are they trying to "F cash strapped programs"? That is a value judgement. But it is absolutely the effect of their policies to grab as much cash as they think the (presently inelastic) market will bear. And the reason they are doing it now is because they think they can - they have run all the major competitors out of the market, and they believe they have a sticky enough product that most customers don't want to go through the hassle and risk of changing. And they are probably right, at least in the short term. This is true. But there are a lot of things to consider that go into their costs. For instance, they bought up many of the companies that were their competition. That costs money. That costs cash that could be spent in other places like development, upgrades, paying investors, etc. That was not a good short term business decision. But it is a great long term one that pays dividends later. Like now.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 9, 2019 8:19:30 GMT -6
If prices were set and the government standardized everything thirty years ago, we would still be using VHS tapes. Sorry, but no. The government constantly regulates and standardizes things. Hell, the reason my pickup truck has a backup camera, tire pressure monitoring, and traction control isn't because of supply and demand. It's because they're required by law. And, frankly, they all make my truck a hell of a lot nicer than the one I had 10 years ago. So much to unwrap here. First, who pays for that!!! Hahahahahaha. Second, that is for safety!! Third, there wasn't even a company that ran the VHS tapes swap. So if the government mandated price controls on coaching swaps (lol - ridiculous argument I know), can you imagine trying to get the ok to go from $50 for a years worth of VHS tapes to $800-$1400, plus a computer, plus an internet connection? It couldn't happen. If the price was less, no company would jump in. Fourth, many companies operate in the negative for a while hoping to gain a substantial share or corner the market, knowing they can later make up the profit. That is probably where we are with Hudl. Who here thought Hudl was a ridiculously good value when it first came out? Heck, we were paying a lot more for just breakdown software with no sharing or cloud capability.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 9, 2019 7:59:49 GMT -6
Law of Supply and Demand
There is a high demand from hs coaches for hudl (or a similar product). There are not many options (supply). Therefore the price should be high. I think it is personally reasonable, but since it is a free market, everyone gets to make that choice for themselves.
Back to economics, the higher the price (and profit), the more other companies will jump in (more supply), thus lower prices AND creating innovation through competition.
If prices were set and the government standardized everything thirty years ago, we would still be using VHS tapes.
We do all realize that we can now get freaking instant replay on our sidelines!! Heck, I can give my wife our code and she can re-watch a play while in the stands!! When a game is over, I hit a little button on my iPad (Star Trek tech) and it instantly gets whisked away by magical fairies to the "cloud" and is available to me anywhere in the world. I can make cutups from my house and instantly sent them to my entire team. One of players can be visiting family 500 miles away and instantly watch them. ON HIS PHONE! I can push a button and send to an opposing coach or just ask another coach for film on another team and get 10 films from this year and last year. And they can be already broken down.
Again, everyone gets decide if it is worth it. If it is, buy it. If not, don't. If you have a better a idea or can do it better, start your own company or get some partners and do it together.
Am I happy that I have to pay more? No. Am I completely satisfied with their service and innovation lately? No.
But Hudl is still a great deal for my team. If someone comes up with a better product or more affordable product, I will be glad to switch.
As it is, just do another cookie dough fundraiser or Boston Butt sale or car wash or sell more adds in your program.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 8, 2019 11:38:44 GMT -6
Problem is that teams the have playoff success are even more penalized. We played 16 games last year plus two scrimmages, and with three angles of film that adds up to roughly 36 hours. With the silver package, that is half of the storage gone already. Its not 10 years of missed archive film, we would only be able to store 2 or 3. With as cheap as cloud storage is, this move is really puzzling from Hudl. It seems as if they are trying to recoup costs from other services that aren't as successful as they intended. We will gladly pay the extra if it means we are playing 16 games each year! Hahahahahaha Good point. Plus, bet your gates will be pretty good on late round playoff games to help offset Hudl.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 8, 2019 10:08:14 GMT -6
At least he didn't type syrup.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 1, 2019 21:24:46 GMT -6
Is this why no one responds to any of my posts anymore? I was starting to feel like I was talking to myself.... like tom hanks on that island with the volleyball Hey, has anyone heard from Yash in a while?
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Post by silkyice on Apr 1, 2019 15:19:18 GMT -6
I've used the block feature as well. Whole threads look like deserted towns.... Hahahahahaha
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Post by silkyice on Mar 29, 2019 14:08:48 GMT -6
Do people actually make a living doing football? Yes. Many make a very good living. And not just head coaches.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 29, 2019 11:44:27 GMT -6
I'm all for breaks every 30-45 minutes from meetings, but why call it a cell phone break? Why not just call it a break? 15 minutes to go do whatever. THIS
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Post by silkyice on Mar 29, 2019 4:16:27 GMT -6
We ain’t talkin bout da game, we talkin bout practice. Practice. Pract-tice. Not the game. Practice.
Hell, we ain’t even talkin bout practice. We talkin bout the meeting. Not practice. Meetings.
Not the game. Not practice. Meetings.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 15, 2019 22:28:30 GMT -6
I think a big part of the split here is that "culture" has become conflated with Tom Herman and PJ Fleck and that brand of showmanship. Thea idea that a catchy motto, insincere displays of affection and buzzwords are going to make you a winner. Like so many, they are marketing themselves at all times, under the guise of being a "players coach" whenever cameras are rolling. That's BS and fluff. Culture that wins you games is Saban/Belichick/Chip(@oregon)/Urban/Harbaugh. They grind their guys to dust, burn bridges left and right and are generally a-holes with regards to the game and how things are done. Whether you call it "The Process" or whatever, the idea that the game is a meritocracy, they have exacting standards on exactly how it HAS to be done, and anybody not hitting those standards is gone. And when I think about the HoF level coaches I've been around (not just football, all sports). They guys with multiple state championships ect, that is exactly how they are. It doesn't mean they treat everyone like garbage, and it doesn't mean you have to be a miserable dictator. But they have no problem processing people who don't meet the standard. Get better or get passed. Now, the practicality of that in the high school setting is a real issue. Some programs with "tradition" have kids who are young and hungry and can pass a senior who wants to skip spring weights. Other programs have 35 kids, and no matter how hard #33, #34 # work, they aint getting into the top 22. As far as building confidence - that comes through good teaching / coaching and the kids being prepared for a situation. Kids who know their job inside and out play with confidence. Kids who don't play slow and start to blame everyone else. It's not rah-rah stuff. Breaking it down to "family" doesn't create a brotherhood and having a locker in doesn't make you OLB sit on QB. Having a good staff that has been working their responsibilities and correcting every mistake in practice is what makes your OLB sit on the QB. Hammer meet head of the nail. THIS
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Post by silkyice on Mar 12, 2019 7:26:11 GMT -6
fkaboneyard, How has the team been doing this season minus that one game?
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Post by silkyice on Mar 11, 2019 21:16:41 GMT -6
Have you not seen Hoosiers? Jimmy Chitwood trusted the process... Not at first. His not playing was going to cost the coach his job. Chitwood was the process.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 11, 2019 15:54:14 GMT -6
In this instance I'd say it is intended to mean "We're not going to win many games but you're going to get good experience. Hopefully that experience will pay off in the future." More often than not it actually ends up meaning "I don't have anything valuable to say and hope this reassures you."This is honestly what it felt like but all the kids repeating it kind of threw me off. This was a very good team that should have beaten us badly. They have a couple kids that are widely believed to be good enough to make it to the big show. My guys went into the game thinking they were playing with house money. I told them before the game, "Someday you're going to be watching MLB with your son, won't it be great to tell them about the time you went yard on the pitcher they're watching on TV?" Three of them did, it was awesome. The coach seemed like he had no idea what to say or do. But his guys were completely sold out on the whole "process" deal. Weird.
If they are very good and have guys that anyone thinks can actually make it to the majors and you beat them 18-0, something is WILDLY off. 18-0 is an absolute disaster. The fact they kept repeating trust the process and they are very good and have real talent could actually mean something here. Like you played their second string cause this was a throwaway game and they are about to play in a big time tournament with six games and they need all their actual pitching and players for that tournament. Just a guess. I mean a good team with major league talent doesn’t even get beat 18-0 by the best team in the nation.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2019 15:37:12 GMT -6
Not sure what you are trying to say or ask. All the fundies stayed the same, correct? yes
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2019 10:56:23 GMT -6
Went back to wing t. I had run spread at a different school. Yes, it was worth it. Our line still down blocked, trapped, cut, kicked, and wrapped. Those fundamentals stayed the same. and you didnt and do not make the logical conclusion that what you call it makes no difference? Not sure what you are trying to say or ask.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2019 10:32:31 GMT -6
Silky What did you do after 2 years in the spread? Where did you learn the spread you put in for those 2 years and how much time did it take you to learn it? Was it worth the effort? Went back to wing t. I had run spread at a different school. Yes, it was worth it. Our line still down blocked, trapped, cut, kicked, and wrapped. Those fundamentals stayed the same.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2019 9:10:43 GMT -6
In my opinion, the only weakness of the wing t is when you have that "stud" qb. I mean the kid who is the best athlete on the field every game or close to every game. Who can run and throw. Who can run over people and run away from people and make people miss.
I had that qb for 2 years. We changed from the wing t to the spread for those two years. Right or wrong, that is what we did.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 8, 2019 8:52:58 GMT -6
I coach by three mantras. Bobby Bowden: “You don’t prepare to beat the average team on your schedule. You prepare to beat the BEST team on your schedule.” Bill Parcells: “Every player deserves the chance to win and it is your job as a coach to give them the best chance to win.” Every intelligent offensive mind: “Get your dudes the ball!” Excellent
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Post by silkyice on Mar 7, 2019 18:59:50 GMT -6
You play the cards you're deal with, and for some coaches we don't have a large talent pool so you play to your players' strengths and hide their weakness. The Double Wing is a great system and with athletes you can expand from it. In the twelve seasons between responses in this thread, we either ran or drilled bucksweep 27,359 times.
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