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Post by silkyice on Feb 11, 2018 17:34:10 GMT -6
I will say...if your kid is a freaking stud...that alleviates a lot of the nonsense. The problem...is that perception of a studliness is objective. We have had several threads in the recruiting where people posted a video asking "why isn't this kid getting recruited" and neutral parties are pretty straightforward in their downgrading of the players ability. I think a coach who overestimates his son's abilities is definitely a potential disaster. You meant subjective. Not trying to be grammar police.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 9, 2018 18:46:42 GMT -6
Update!!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 8, 2018 14:57:56 GMT -6
It's a proven psychological fact after 10-12 hours of studying the same series of related things, the human brain will start failing to retain anything. A person who puts in 20 hours of work doesn't get "twice as better" as someone who puts in 10. They sharpen the knife until it's dull and alienate their families. I was wondering what kind of drugs they used to be able to take in information in an efficient matter for 20h. Most be one of those cool cocktails that makes you use more than 10% of your brain as well. Must be real sense I saw it on TV Must be true cause I just read what you wrote on the INTRONETS.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 8, 2018 13:13:25 GMT -6
Reading books counts as work? 20 hours of work? How long of a commute do they have? Do they eat breakfast and dinner? Take a poop, shower, brush teeth? What does that leave them 2.5 hours of sleep? For 20 hrs worth they're probably not multi-tasking. If it were me I could easily knock out the "reading/poop" category at the same time; or at least put a dent in it by doubling up. The NFL coaches put their pants on two legs at a time. That saves them 5 seconds right there. Their crap comes out so clean they don't have to wipe. That's another 30 seconds right there. There is a stream between the fieldhouse and the field at our school. I have to cross it by going over a bridge. An NFL coach walks on water. That saves another 25 seconds. Just think what you could do with another minute a day!!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 8, 2018 11:42:01 GMT -6
Why do I find it ridiculous that people claim to work 20 hours a day for a prolonged amount of time? I know right. I work 25 hours a day 8 days a week. Those 20 hour a day guys are slackers.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 8, 2018 8:18:37 GMT -6
My FIRST year as a head coach, I inherited a program that had MASSIVE discipline problems. I set the rules early on and kids adapted very quickly. One of the biggest issues was that kids missed practice in the years prior to me being there. The first week of the season I had a few kids miss practice and I suspended both of them for the first quarter of the game. I told them as soon as possible. However, the last week of the season we had a "Senior Skip Day" on Monday (we were 3-5 at the time, and out of a playoff berth). I told our seniors that if they missed school they would NOT be able to practice and they WOULD NOT PLAY IN THE GAME. I had 13 seniors miss practice on that day. Normally, I would tell them right away. However, I knew if I did that they would cash in the season early. So I didn't say anything about it until game day. I brought up 10 sophomores and not ONE of those 13 seniors played Friday night.......ON SENIOR NIGHT. Ten minutes before the game I ran down the personnel on all specials and Offense/Defense and none of them included those seniors. Needless to say, it was a eye opener. The following Monday all I did was field angry phone calls and parent meetings. Looking back, I wouldn't change a thing. A fairly successful soccer coach did this by me last May. The next game was their first playoff game and they were seeded near the top of the section . She warned her Seniors ahead of time if they participated in Senor ditch day and missed practice they would sit the next game. Five of her 8 Starting Seniors ditched. She sat them and they were upset in the first round of the playoffs. She was fired later that week by her AD. Coaches, just make sure you run this by the AD beforehand. Not for permission, but just a heads up. I am AD and would support you. But I sure would support you much easier if you gave me a heads up. My coaches are great and they let me know stuff all the time. They know I can give some sound advice and be a sounding board. We will even disagree on some stuff. But they know I have their back. But it is a lot EASIER to have someone's back when you aren't blindsided. Y'all think football and athletics is tough, try cheerleading. I had to dismiss TWO senior cheerleaders this year on basketball SENIOR night. I backed up the coach and even made the final phone call to the MOM. Hell hath no fury...
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Post by silkyice on Feb 7, 2018 19:49:08 GMT -6
Damn. They would have been even better if their weight lifting wouldn't have messed with their shot all year. Boys MVP played football for the first time this year. Increased his bench 75 pounds in a year. Squats over 150 and deadlift 150. Really messed him up. He only scored 29 in state championship game. He is a lights out three point shooter and can shoot from downtown! Best thing is that he is now a college football prospect.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 7, 2018 19:46:40 GMT -6
Ya’ll play your State Title games on a Monday!?! Yes. Get great crowds. Elite 8 starts on Thurday. Final 4 Saturday. Championship Monday.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 7, 2018 12:32:07 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Feb 6, 2018 9:08:03 GMT -6
He was apparently smoking dope, late for curfew, got caught, got mad at the coaches and was acting a fool. I applaud BB for being able to stick to his guns and his team rules. Just blows my mind how a guy is so selfish and would let his team down like that. Then again, it happens all the time so I shouldn't be too surprised. Don’t disagree. But why didn’t they say it was a displinary reason? And why does he get to play special teams. Something doesn’t quite add up.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 6, 2018 7:43:16 GMT -6
Missed curfew and we confronted about it he reportedly called out BB for spending too much time with his GF and not having the team ready for the SB It is still undefeated!!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 6, 2018 0:06:29 GMT -6
There is a lot to look into. Just off the top of my head: Arm strength Receivers having to run back like you pointed out Interception on first attempt and you lose The fact that they might go for interception might help complete it - lol HailMary's take a long time. If you get pressure and then roll and then throw and it bounces for a second, you might still only get one attempt. Just a bunch of possibilities. Side question. Could it be better to have 4 new receivers ready to run on field for last play if you attempt the hailMary earlier? First they are fresher. Second, you get the ball off quicker and the defense could be scrambling to get set/ready just a little, although defense out of position for a second is not a big deal on HailMary. It should definitely help with pass rush. But the defense could/should also be ready to just throw 3 or 4 new d lineman out their to pass rush. Players, not plays. Who do you want going up for a jump ball, Gronk (even a tired Gronk) or your fifth best receiver? Oh, I agree. I was just throwing junk out there. But, don’t sub Gronk, but the other 3. Or whatever.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 6, 2018 0:03:46 GMT -6
Both our boys team and girls team just won the State Championship! My son is a starter on the boys and my daughter was named to the all tournament team! Unified weight program! Congratulations. Your season ends very early. It does. Scheduling conflict with venue. Season should be two weeks longer next year. Boys finished 19-8. Girls 24-2.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 5, 2018 21:15:55 GMT -6
Both our boys team and girls team just won the State Championship!
My son is a starter on the boys and my daughter was named to the all tournament team!
Unified weight program!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 5, 2018 10:26:34 GMT -6
I'm not sure what you're saying here. There are two teams, two head coaches, two Qb's, and to your post, motivation coming from both teams. So in every game, one side's words of motivation "work", and one doesn't. This game had nothing to do with any of that though. The Eagles made a huge Defensive play when they needed it, simple as that. Belichick benching Butler was another huge mistake. I know my post is not clear. Definite ramblings. Let me clarify, I am not saying ANYTHING negative about the Pats or Brady. I was trying to use a specific example, last night and legend qb, to make a broader point. Your point about two teams, two head coaches, two QB's, motivation from both teams, is exactly my point. Too much credit goes towards motivation, belief, knowing you were going to win, speeches, love for each other, would die for each other, run through a brick wall, instead of just execution and playing the game. You probably can't win without those things, but those things aren't what win. There, I finally figured out what I was trying to say.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 5, 2018 9:49:03 GMT -6
This is just me being cynical. And I am actually a very positive person and coach. I just believe that games are won by doing your job, not some great speech or believing that you will do it, or pointing out that John Candy is in the stands.
Don't get me wrong, believing you can win, good speeches, motivation, etc, matter. They just aren't what wins. I do believe the opposite definitely leads towards losing. No motivation, no belief, etc, will mean you won't win.
Enough rambling.
Here is what I am trying to point out. You know that if the Patriots would have scored on their second to last drive and won, that everyone would say, ME INCLUDED, I knew that was going to happen. All the Patriots would say that Brady willed them to win, they knew their was no way they could lose, it is the Patriot way, Brady looked the guys in the eyes and they all just knew "no way we lose", or that Brady pointed out that some celebrity was in the stands or whatever.
If the last play would have been caught and they converted the 2 point play and won in OT, same thing.
So surely Brady or Belichick said something on those last two drives. But turns out, it was just words or belief, not results.
I was rooting for the Pats and am a Tom Brady fan, so I am not slamming him, the team, or even this game. Just pointing out universal football/sports beliefs that are probably incorrect. Of course the winners can always say - we knew. We believed.
I guess that actually wasn't enough rambling, cause I continued to ramble. Peace out. LOL
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Post by silkyice on Feb 5, 2018 9:34:24 GMT -6
Interesting, and I heard that. I think the 10 extra yards makes that exact HailMary easier though. I think it does too, but I suspect it doesn't double your success rate
(though, doubling isn't quite the right rate to compare it to, because, as mentioned above, on the second one you'd have to turn around, run to the line of scrimmage, then run 50 yards again, etc.. so does 10 extra yards add idk 75% to your chances of success on that Hail Mary?)
There is a lot to look into. Just off the top of my head: Arm strength Receivers having to run back like you pointed out Interception on first attempt and you lose The fact that they might go for interception might help complete it - lol HailMary's take a long time. If you get pressure and then roll and then throw and it bounces for a second, you might still only get one attempt. Just a bunch of possibilities. Side question. Could it be better to have 4 new receivers ready to run on field for last play if you attempt the hailMary earlier? First they are fresher. Second, you get the ball off quicker and the defense could be scrambling to get set/ready just a little, although defense out of position for a second is not a big deal on HailMary. It should definitely help with pass rush. But the defense could/should also be ready to just throw 3 or 4 new d lineman out their to pass rush.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 5, 2018 8:29:00 GMT -6
Patriots had the ball on the NE 49 with :13 left last night and threw a pass to try and pick up 10 or so yards, Collinsworth mentioned that he thought it might be a better payoff to try and do 2 hailmary's. I thought it was an interesting idea. I tend to think that he was probably right. One thing about it though, it would have been a taxing play on all the receivers, to run 50 yards down there, turn around, get back in time to line up again, and then run 50 yards again. Especially considering that the Eagles defenders would not have needed to do that, the defenders starting near the goal line, could have just stayed near the goal line. Since they basically needed a hail mary either way, I tend to think doing twice would have been worth it either way, but that would have been a very similar scenario to the punt redo. Interesting, and I heard that. I think the 10 extra yards makes that exact HailMary easier though.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 2, 2018 9:17:49 GMT -6
If a player misses a practice without prior communication (excluding obvious scenarios that would prohibit it, car accident on the way) they are immediately removed from the program. I don't miss work without communicating with my supervisor and this teacher our players the same lesson. We have a player miss about once every 4 years. WOW! Would you get fired if you just one time were so sick that you overslept and didn't let your boss know until 8:01am that you were going to miss? I'm all for holding kids accountable and teaching lessons, but this just seems extreme. That being said, I can't remember a time when a kid missed practice and I didn't know beforehand, but if it happened, I don't think my reaction to it would be to kick him off the team.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 1, 2018 23:10:18 GMT -6
With us during game week, if you miss one practice that week, you sit for one quarter. If you miss two practices that week, you sit for one half. If you miss three practices that week, you sit for the game. We don't have excused or unexcused absences. We just allow 6 absences during the season before you turn in your gear. Don’t have excused or unexcused. So if a kid gets the flu and misses a week and sick one other time for one day, he is off the team? I am guessing/hoping I am misreading that.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 1, 2018 16:32:22 GMT -6
“Hard work without enthusiasm leads to tedium. Enthusiasm without industriousness leads to unrealized potential. When combined, they cement a solid foundation.” John Wooden We all just got taught a lesson. Wow
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Post by silkyice on Feb 1, 2018 12:03:20 GMT -6
I have found that if you get kids strong and in shape, if they know what to do and how to do it, they will usually be tough. Kids freaking amaze me how tough they can be.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 23, 2018 11:13:33 GMT -6
Here's the reality; other sports with poor cultures will eventually correct themselves. I'll expand upon my earlier statement. I coached in an area where the Legion baseball coaches wanted the kids specializing; they set up a "fall baseball league" and told kids that they'd better be playing year round. We had several very good football players quit to play fall baseball as they were fed b.s. about "going pro" and D1 scholarships. One kid was a varsity starter as a sophomore and also a NATIONAL CHAMPION wrestler. He quit both because they Legion coaches had him believing that he was going to be drafted as a pitcher right out of H.S. Unfortunately, his parents fell right into it too. We tried to talk them out of it (without trashing baseball) but they were adamant. Long story short, the kid specialized in baseball for three straight years and ended up with a full ride to an NAIA school. His shoulder and elbow were shredded from playing so much baseball and he lost his scholarship within the first year as he needed surgery. I ran into him a few years later and he told me that quitting football and wrestling was a terrible mistake. The same story came out of other kids and parents, kids stopped participating in fall baseball. Many of them still competed in Legion ball but they quit specializing. Kid was a NATIONAL CHAMPION wrestler and gave that up? Holy Cow! The time and effort and dedication to be that and then the recognition received and most likely a full d1 scholarship, and he gave it up as a sophomore? That is crazy. Ironically, I bet he would have been a BETTER college pitcher if he would have continued to wrestle and pitch. But that is just my opinion.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 23, 2018 11:09:10 GMT -6
Seriously, someone needs to show the coaches of those other sports how to change the culture within their program! For discussion sake....saying a program has a bad culture is one person's opinion. Just because the OP thinks it's a bad situation doesn't mean it actually is especially if he's not at that sports practices everyday. Wrong. It is a proven fact that if you aren't "rowing the boat" and don't have a turnover chain (don't care if it is baseball, still should have a turnover chain), then your culture is abysmal.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 21, 2018 22:38:11 GMT -6
Seriously, someone needs to show the coaches of those other sports how to change the culture within their program! it is spring for goodness sakes. Great time to “row the boat”.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 16, 2018 17:35:11 GMT -6
I coached at a private school that got new uniforms. At the beginning of the season the HC had every kid pay a $100 uniform cleaning fee which was to cover the entire season's uniform cleaning. There were 42 kids on the team, so $4,200. He asked all of the staff who wanted to clean the uni's, said they could keep the $4,200. One guy that was lazy, always broke and always seemed to be out of work jumped at the job. First game of the season was an away game played on a terrible grass/dirt field in the high desert. After the game the HC put all the uni's into trash bags, cinched them up and gave them to the Lenny laundry guy. Lenny went home and put all the bags into his garage and left them there until Thursday when the HC said at practice, "Where's the uniforms? We were going to give them out after practice?" Lenny got a panicked look on his face and said, "I'm still working on them." HC was pissed, he knew something was up. Lenny made an excuse to leave practice early and went home to work on the uni's. His wife called the HC and said, "Lenny can't finish washing the uniforms, he just took them out of the bag and the smell makes him throw up. You will have to come get them, they are on the side of our house." The HC went over and got them and had his own wife do the washing which, as you can imagine was pretty bad since they were sitting in plastic trash bags in a hot garage for a week. Lenny was an old high school buddy of the HC and it ruined their friendship. Lenny had already blown all the money and wouldn't give it back, he never even came back to the school. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Post by silkyice on Jan 16, 2018 11:39:35 GMT -6
Side note - my wife convinced to not have white game pants. Ours are navy. Great decision.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 15, 2018 16:36:15 GMT -6
I can’t believe there are places that have kids wash their own stuff. I’ve never seen that before. We wash and distribute everything. I wash workout clothes too. I wrote it earlier, and I'll write it again; I am the opposite and am shocked how many do laundry for their players. Now I see why there are so many posts complaining about how much time coaching takes up; I'd feel the same way too if I were wasting my time washing clothes for kids. I've coached MS ball had the kids take their stuff home and wash it and had zero incidences; let alone the years in high school. We are the same. Zero problems. But let’s say that there is some problems. Three practcie uni’s and three game jerseys trashed or lost or whatever. Bill the players. Hold the report card until they pay. Ok, let’s say they can’t pay. Make them sell more ads or whatever. Ok, say you never recover the money. That is $600. Heck make it $1000. That is still less than you are spending as a team on coaches man-hours, detergent, and washer and dryer wear.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 15, 2018 12:25:38 GMT -6
I can’t believe there are places that have kids wash their own stuff. I’ve never seen that before. We wash and distribute everything. I wash workout clothes too. Try it and you will never go back. Never.
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Post by silkyice on Jan 13, 2018 21:23:57 GMT -6
Same. As a player and as a coach, players have always been responsible for their stuff. When I was in high school it was a requirement on the varsity level that practice clothes were washed every day. If you had dirty clothes you ran extra after practice. If you left practice cloth in your locker our head coach would take it home and wash it. Then charge us 5 dollars to get it back. No one really left anything after the first time he went through and did that. I'd have a hard time telling kids that they-or, more likely, their parents- had to do laundry every night. . If a kid plays peewee football, AAU basketball, travel baseball, etc. they do their own laundry.
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