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Post by 19delta on Jul 21, 2017 9:56:55 GMT -6
I understand what you are getting at, I will just comment with some other questions to help you try and see things from a bit of a different perspective: Do you (or your family members) see a doctor. Is that doctor the best doctor in the region? Did that doctor graduate at the top of his/her medschool class? Was that doctor the first candidate to match for the residency program of their choosing, and was that residency program rated the best in that discipline? That said, I absolutely understand your point, and I too wouldn't really enjoy a scenario where a kid wearing the not super expensive helmet gets a concussion, and was asked by Parents why their son/daughter wasn't wearing one of the new super duper helmets. It is a sticky situation because the players are given helmets, not choosing them. Give the parents the option of buying their own helmets. I understand the feeling, but if you follow the logic, every player should be in the exact same helmet. So you either bankrupt you program or never upgrade. I had this thought when I first posted the link. I do think this will eventually be a possibility. I would imagine that wealthier districts will find a way to subsidize the helmet purchase.
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Post by 19delta on Jul 21, 2017 9:41:10 GMT -6
I read a whole lot of posts that criticized Buddy's language and approach with the players, and rightfully so. Fun fact, His oldest daughter is a close friend of my little sister (She went to EMCC) and was actually one of my sister's bridesmaids about a year ago. At the wedding I met Coach Stephens for the first time, and he was nice enough to me but we didn't talk for long. Since the show was released my sister told me that Buddy's daughters and wife watched the show and sat down with him and expressed their concern over his language and treatment of players along with the hypocrissy of a lot of his actions. I have heard from friends that are currently enrolled at EMCC (I'm from starkville, EMCC is the regional JUCO for us) and fans that Buddy toned it down significantly this past season. Season 2 might not have quite the "shock value" that the first one did. Just watched Episode 1 of Season 2. Buddy is trying but, at the end of the day, he is who he is.
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Post by 19delta on Jul 21, 2017 7:44:54 GMT -6
Season 2 was just released.
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Post by 19delta on Jul 20, 2017 6:55:46 GMT -6
Makes me think of something discussed in a micro econ class long ago about pricing. The prof had said that he firmly believed automakers could make cars that routinely could be driven for more than 1/2 million miles. Just not for $25,000. I wonder if they really are making some good engineering advances and the cost is reflected (research, materials, etc) or if companies are using the onslaught of head trauma new to make a buck In my opinion, it's probably a mixture of the two. But I have to wonder, at $700 per helmet, how much profit is Schutt is going to make? At that unit price, the cost of developing and getting the helmet to market must have been pretty high. It would not surprise me if this is nothing more than a clever PSA disguised as a new product..."Look at how much we care about safety."
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Post by 19delta on Jul 19, 2017 19:51:16 GMT -6
Makes me think of something discussed in a micro econ class long ago about pricing. The prof had said that he firmly believed automakers could make cars that routinely could be driven for more than 1/2 million miles. Just not for $25,000. I wonder if they really are making some good engineering advances and the cost is reflected (research, materials, etc) or if companies are using the onslaught of head trauma new to make a buck Right. And the kind of people who COULD afford that vehicle that will last for 500,000 miles most likely would not be interested in buying it. There isn't going to be much innovation without the possibility of profit. Pretty much Capitalism 101. Eventually, prices may fall due to competition or cheaper manufacturing processes. But $700 is way too expensive. Perhaps if they can cut that in half, it would be more feasible.
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Post by 19delta on Jul 18, 2017 20:34:23 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on Jul 8, 2017 11:36:03 GMT -6
Along the same line, check out Merrells. Very comfortable, lightweight, breathable, and waterproof. Expensive but worth it. They are built for outdoorsy types so getting through a football season would be a piece of cake. These would be my #1 choice if price wasn't a big deal.
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Post by 19delta on Jul 7, 2017 14:51:13 GMT -6
Skechers with memory foam. Most comfortable shoes I have ever owned.
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Post by 19delta on Jun 30, 2017 20:27:22 GMT -6
Watching "All or Nothing" on Netflix. Even NFL coaches are guilty of a lot of these inanities.
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Post by 19delta on Jun 28, 2017 19:15:22 GMT -6
Next year I want to change my helmet color from white to orange. I plan on shipping 30-35 helmets to be reconditioned and change the color. I also want to change the chin strap to black, and send off the facemasks to be changed from white to black (greengridiron is what I ran across). What is the cost I am looking at per helmet? Is Schutt or riddell any better for pricing (both can reconditioned each style, correct?)? I had Schutt youth helmets reconditioned and repainted 2 years ago. Through Schutt, I think it was like $35/helmet.
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Post by 19delta on Jun 22, 2017 20:55:30 GMT -6
I mean, I took a massive bowl of chili in the box for the second half of a game last year. We were up by a lot, and I was hungry. We had a kid not play his freshmen year because he didn't want to practice in the summer. Because his older brother was going to college, and he wanted to spend time fishing and frog gigging with him. Had a kid as a freshmen, and he quit a few weeks into the season. Moved after the school year. He started following me on social media, and I checked up on him. Dude is 16 or 17, and is currently engaged to a 36 year old he had known for 4 months. Once had a kid drink 3 of those liquid nicotine containers that go on one of those vape stink things. Missed practice to get his stomach pumped. Kids are weird. And every day, I just hope I wasn't as weird as they are. When I initially read the first 6 words of your post, I thought you were taking this thread in an entirely different direction.! 💩
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Post by 19delta on Jun 22, 2017 20:53:07 GMT -6
I mean, I took a massive bowl of chili in the box for the second half of a game last year. We were up by a lot, and I was hungry.
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Post by 19delta on Jun 19, 2017 15:18:34 GMT -6
Not sure if this is exactly where you're going with this but this is just what I'm thinking... If the school doesn't have any kind of football tradition don't go there. If they think they're a basketball or baseball or whatever school don't think that you're going to walk in and turn it into a football town. Football requires more time, for success, than any other sport and if the town and school has never understood that then they never will. Some schools are meant to be chit holes that never win. If they support football it doesn't matter about money, ethnicity, religion, whatever (you might not win state but you will have success). Every state has towns that just get it. They have hard working people, they understand the positive impacts sports can make on lives, and they have great leaders in the school and community. Other towns have none of this and will never get it. The town was started by dipchits and it has just inbreed for 100s of years and it will never change. The life blood of every small town is the football program. Some negative you can change. All negative you are phuked. Jesus couldn't save that place. Reminds me of an old saying...there are more good football coaches than there are schools that play football. There are lots of guys out there toiling away at places where they get no support and have to coach their butts off to end up 2-7. Long story short, there are simply some places that don't deserve to have a good football coach.
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Post by 19delta on Jun 9, 2017 10:01:05 GMT -6
This one is petty, but really pissed me off this spring. Had a kid who started wearing a Spartan Race Beast finisher shirt to school. Wore it every week for a month. For those of you who don't know the Spartan Beast is a 12-14 mile long rice through mud, hills, etc with 30+ obstacles thrown in. I did one last weekend and it took me 6 hours to do and yesterday was the first day I felt normal over it. This kid that wears it doesn't run in PE because he "had too many concussions in JFL and running makes him dizzy". So, I asked him about the shirt one day. He said he and his mom finished it in Ohio last spring. He hasn't participated in PE in three years. Personally I think he's lying on both ends- I think it's mom's shirt too. Why this irritates me is staff and students alike think I'm being a dick for questioning that the kid did the race. "Just let him be" is the response I keep getting. Well...I guess if boys can now claim that they are girls (and vice versa), I would say that a kid who can't make it through a PE class claiming that he finished the Spartan Race is pretty tame by comparison!
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Post by 19delta on May 24, 2017 22:29:59 GMT -6
Ok but there's also two totally different levels of AAU team. There's probably more than two. But, whatever the top levels are, Chico and Ray aren't sponsoring them.
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Post by 19delta on May 24, 2017 20:39:17 GMT -6
No but it explains why Ray is cool with sponsoring a crappy AAU team. In that case, Ray has a lot in common with Chico's Bail Bonds. I addressed that a few posts up.
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Post by 19delta on May 24, 2017 20:35:32 GMT -6
Even if we posit that the sponsors are trying to get market value advertising they still don't care if the team is good. If an AAU U18 basketball team wins the national championship it won't really help Ray's auto body, all those fresh eyeballs are out of state. A U6 girls soccer team has just as many parents with just as many cars. Ray's Auto Body is not sponsoring top-level AAU teams.
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Post by 19delta on May 24, 2017 20:32:43 GMT -6
Bob...sorry, but you are wrong. Quality IS important. How much did the Chicago White Sox get for their new stadium sponsorship deal with Guaranteed Rate? How does that compare to the naming rights of other comparable MLB stadiums? How much do you think the Cubs would get if they were to ever offer naming rights for Wrigley Field? Now...if we are just talking about Chico's Bail Bonds buying hats and t-shirts for the local little league baseball team, then that is different because it is such a small output of cash for the company. But Nike and Under Armor and Addidas , etc, etc aren't sponsoring those kinds of youth teams. They are sponsoring the big-name teams with big-name players who are going to get a lot of exposure. Sponsors of Little League, in aggregate, represent the far greater portion of sports sponsorship than sponsors of MLB teams. What are we discussing here, major league sports? No, it was about AAU basketball teams. And the sponsor there doesn't care if they go 0-fer the season, or even what season they play in. "We sponsor the Laughing Hyenas."
"Are they that choir?" "No, they play basketball, I think. Or maybe they're a marching band, I forget." "Huh, I thought they were that troupe that goes around cheering hospital patients up." "You sure they're not that self-help group trying to kick narcotics?" "I was sure they did animal rescue. Or it was an animal act." Bob, You are one red track suit away from being this guy: archer.wikia.com/wiki/Barry_Dylan?file=BarryCyborg.png
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Post by 19delta on May 24, 2017 0:54:56 GMT -6
Guys get a number when they come in. If someone leaves and opens a number or they number is vacant they can ask to change it. Making nice with the equipment manager makes all these things much easier. We have a couple programs around here like that. Everyone has the same uniform, freshman through senior. You get a number as a freshman and then that is pretty much your number for 4 years.
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Post by 19delta on May 23, 2017 18:01:57 GMT -6
What sponsors care about is the marketability of the team. A team with bad players is not interesting and, by extension, not marketable. The vast majority of sponsors just want to be seen, and be seen as "community-minded", "helping children" or the like. The team with bad players is interesting to the players, the players' relatives, etc. Same with sponsoring community or children's theater with bad actors, bad productions, etc. Quality of product is not what it's about. Bob...sorry, but you are wrong. Quality IS important. How much did the Chicago White Sox get for their new stadium sponsorship deal with Guaranteed Rate? How does that compare to the naming rights of other comparable MLB stadiums? How much do you think the Cubs would get if they were to ever offer naming rights for Wrigley Field? Now...if we are just talking about Chico's Bail Bonds buying hats and t-shirts for the local little league baseball team, then that is different because it is such a small output of cash for the company. But Nike and Under Armor and Addidas , etc, etc aren't sponsoring those kinds of youth teams. They are sponsoring the big-name teams with big-name players who are going to get a lot of exposure.
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Post by 19delta on May 23, 2017 13:50:22 GMT -6
If kids are only paying $14 to play, who is paying the entry fees for tournaments? Warm-ups and gear bags? Shoes? Hotel rooms? Food? Gas money? Are there sponsors? Are there going to be sponsors for crappy teams made up of kids who aren't even good enough to play for the local high school team? You think most sponsors care about the quality of play of teams they sponsor? You think many of them even pay attention to which sport it is? Or even whether it's a sports club? What sponsors care about is the marketability of the team. A team with bad players is not interesting and, by extension, not marketable.
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2017 20:51:04 GMT -6
Are all AAu teams "big bucks" ?? From what I see on the website, to be an AAU athlete, it is like 14 bucks. I know that some travel teams/aau teams etc require big bucks, but is it universal? If kids are only paying $14 to play, who is paying the entry fees for tournaments? Warm-ups and gear bags? Shoes? Hotel rooms? Food? Gas money? Are there sponsors? Are there going to be sponsors for crappy teams made up of kids who aren't even good enough to play for the local high school team? Here's the fee schedule for a team some of our kids play for: www.rockfordbasketball.org/page/show/1052094-registration-fees
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2017 20:42:03 GMT -6
Are all AAu teams "big bucks" ?? From what I see on the website, to be an AAU athlete, it is like 14 bucks. I know that some travel teams/aau teams etc require big bucks, but is it universal? If kids are only paying $14 to play, who is paying the entry fees for tournaments? Warm-ups and gear bags? Shoes? Hotel rooms? Food? Gas money? Are there sponsors? Are there going to be sponsors for crappy teams made up of kids who aren't even good enough to play for the local high school team?
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2017 18:47:00 GMT -6
<sour-grapes-mode_on> We have a 6'3" DE/WR that has given up playing football his Sr. year to play AAU. Last season (Jr.) on the HS team he averaged 4 pts. a game. He's given up lifting, and it seems he's trying to lose weight, at least every time I see him on campus he's looking thinner and thinner. Last season he was academically ineligible at the start of the year. Stayed with practices, did the weights, got eligible, and played the last 3 games and the playoff game. Very good contributor. We have a gunslinger QB returning this year and he would have been one of the primary targets. Why is he not playing football? Because the HS basketball coach (9-16 last year), who also coaches AAU, told him that he could do more for him if he stuck with basketball than I could if he played football. So, he's a basketball player now. <sour-grapes-mode-off> We had another kid, 6'4", 215 or so, graduated last year, did the same thing. Football, basketball, baseball each year from grade school until his junior year. Then dropped football, and then baseball his senior year so he could focus on basketball. Made it to the 2nd cut at a JC. I see the AAU guys in the gym all the time now, practicing. The HS Frosh coach is in there as is the JV coach, who is usually playing. From what I see it is scrimmage time from start to finish. My take is that it's a great way to really learn some very bad habits. If the kid loves to play the sport, more power to him. If he's a legit player, chance to be recruited, sure, play the sport. But you'd better be working at it all the time, not screwing around all the time. If you are a good HS player, but aren't elite then play every sport you can, try them all, you won't get another chance to do that. Is that legal in your state? I'm pretty sure that in Illinois, coaches of school-sponsored teams can't coach their own players out-of-season except for designated contact times. As for losing your two big guys...did you guys do anything to try and keep those guys out for football? Were you willing to try and work something out with basketball so those kids could play both sports? If you did try and work something out and the kids still didn't play for you, well...I gotta tell you that you are probably a lot better off without kids like that. If a kid isn't willing to meet you at least half way, then that really isn't a kid you want.
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2017 18:36:24 GMT -6
If you're 15/16 and haven't made your HS basketball team you probably don't have a future in that sport.
Want to keep playing hoops? Find other ways.
And then something that not only interests you but you're good at.
Happens to all of us at some point in our lives.
Wouldn't AAU basketball be another way? Must there be a "future" in a sport? Can't one just enjoy playing it, but playing it in an organized manner? I see what you are getting at. However, if the kid isn't good enough to play on the school team, he's probably not good enough to play on an AAU team. Now, I'm not going to tell parents what they should or shouldn't do with their money. If a family wants to pay big bucks for the privilege of driving all over the tri-state area to watch other parents' kids play while their kid sits, then I'm not going to stop them. But let's not pretend that kids like this are playing AAU ball because they "enjoy" it. There is usually some ulterior motive. And my opinion is that, as a football coach, you are probably better off without kids and parents like this anyway. Most football coaches already have enough headcases. They really don't need to invite in any new ones.
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Post by 19delta on May 15, 2017 11:42:31 GMT -6
I'm sorry but making fun of a kid while signing his behavior sheet--which is something he has to do and make sure gets done by the way--is just flat-out {censored}. Offer him something constructive or simply sign the sheet and move on. It's flat-out bullying which I would hope a professional educator would steer clear of...but apparently not... This is true but is also one of my least favorite accommodations because it so seldom produces results. I call it the "magic planner". Little Johnny hasn't been doing his work so we are going to give him this enchanted piece of paper and magically he will start getting his work done. 🙄 Of course, mom and dad NEVER check the planner at home and still come up with all sorts of excuses explaining why their special little snowflake shouldn't have to do his work.
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Post by 19delta on May 15, 2017 11:37:32 GMT -6
No toys in my room. Period. I've taken a dozen away this year and I'll keep doing it. I give the kid detention if I have to take it away twice. Some parent tried to redo their kid's IEP to allow them to use it in class because of his ADD. I told her that her son would spend the entire math period in the resource room if his ADD was that bad. I don't know about your school district but where I taught if a kid's IEP said that he needs something, he gets it. Not my call. I think that is true regardless of where you teach. An IEP is a legal document. It is not optional no matter how ridiculous the modifications and accommodations.
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Post by 19delta on May 15, 2017 11:35:46 GMT -6
What do all these kids with ADD do when they get out of school and their job doesn't allow them to have an IEP or 504? How does this help them long term? I say all the time that I really hope their parents enjoy spending time with them because kids like that will never learn how to function on their own and will end up living at home as an adult.
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Post by 19delta on May 15, 2017 11:33:26 GMT -6
I've told my kids that they are only allowed to have a spinner in my class if they have it written as an accommodation in an IEP or 504 plan. If they don't need an IEP or a 504 plan, then they don't need that d@mn spinner in my room. As for football, I agree with someone who posted above. If practice can't keep you engaged then up downs are probably a perfect way to fidget. btw I think these 504's and IEP are sometimes insane. There is one kid I had one time that anytime he got upset he could pull out his phone and listen to music. Thats nuts. We have stuff here where the kids that can't act right get to accumulate points for doing what they should be doing anyway and redeem them for crap. I call them treasure box kids. Like my young kids in school, if they do right, they get to pick out of the treasure box and bring another bouncy ball or some other crap home. I probably do more to undermine everything they are doing because everytime I sign their behavior sheet I ask them if they are going to get to pick out of the treasure box today. I call kids with those kinds of IEPs 007 because they have a license to kill...
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2017 8:14:52 GMT -6
Middle school teacher here (6th/7th).
I have kids who have them. As long as they are doing their work, I don't mind if kids use them.
The biggest problem, IMO, is that the kids who are most easily distracted are the ones that have them.
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