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Post by s73 on Jul 1, 2018 15:02:57 GMT -6
well of course, drago was a hated russian, maybe that's why we seem to have more racial issues now than when I was a kid, when we had a common enemy to hate we banded together a little better. We need a independence day style alien invasion to bring humanity together I would say the key word here is seem, and I would argue we seem to have more simply because technology has made people more aware, not because more occur. But what you tapped into is part of what I meant earlier. Without even realizing it a comparison between a "dangerous hated political rival" and a person with a different skill color than rocky has been made. Not by the movie necessarily, but in the mind of the audience. Rocky wa actually based off of an actual fight. Ali v. Chuck Wepner. Wepner lost the fight just as Rocky did in the first one but gave a courageous effort despite being a HUGE under dog. Sly was at the fight and wrote the movie script that night. My point is perception is everything. The reality is, the movie was based off of actual characters, but the audience may be perceiving something different. I feel social media has made many of us much more informed, but also much more cynical. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Jun 27, 2018 18:17:48 GMT -6
I'm the "smarter not harder" guy.
I know we have to do stuff to compete but I think we have a pretty good balance for getting stuff done but still giving them time to be kids.
We go 9 days in June & 9 days in July. 2 hours field time and 1 hour weight room. We take 2 week off at end of school year, 2 weeks in the middle and 2 weeks at the end before the season starts.
I think it's enough to be effective but not too much. I also think it comes down to effective planning. Practice efficiency is HUGE IMO.
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Post by s73 on May 28, 2018 17:27:44 GMT -6
Has anyone ever watched film, seen poor effort or players doing things contrary to coaching and made an announcement that all starting spots were back up for grabs that week - and then made those changes? This could be heat of the moment or pre-determined. I've always felt like starting spots should always be under scrutiny and evaluation. Otherwise you're telling the rest of the team that once the line up is set in August they have no chance for the next 3 months. JMO.
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Post by s73 on May 20, 2018 12:25:28 GMT -6
I echo all the previous sentiments (especially weight room).
I would also say FOR ME, the most under rated thing about being a HC is having YOUR OWN VISION. You can copy cheat and steal from others but eventually you have to find what it is you believe in and be yourself.
It took me 3 years to figure that out and from there on we became much more successful b/c I stopped trying to do what I thought others would do. Nobody has the pulse of your kids better than you and your staff. Seek advice but don't be afraid to make decisions based on what you feel, observe, etc.
An example would be, maybe you have a set of rules you believe in and should be followed, but at the same token it's difficult to take a program from the example you gave and have the same accountability and standards of an established winner.
It's a process, just like learning the new systems is a process, so is teaching accountability, etc.
That's just one example. You will encounter many situations as a new HC of a struggling program that you will have to make decisions more case by case UNTIL you have established an identity & put your own stamp on the program.
The beginning is very tenuous, once you get through that successfully, things get better.
JMO.
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Post by s73 on May 16, 2018 6:51:08 GMT -6
Have not run it but have coached against it and always respected it. RIP coach.
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Post by s73 on May 15, 2018 7:46:30 GMT -6
And, if you don't have spring ball, be careful what you wish for. I would go year-round if they let me. I would to. My concern is, would the kids? A wiser man then me once told me "you can't coach ghosts".
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Post by s73 on May 8, 2018 13:47:01 GMT -6
I was coaching freshman football for a large school while I was in college; I handled the LBs and the RBs (FBs and TBs). We had over 60 freshmen out and 25 of them were LBs/RBs. We had a B-squad schedule in place but there were twice as many "A-squad" games and we needed to rotate all of these kids in and out of the game. One kid was getting a fair number of snaps per game at TB but his dad felt that we weren't doing enough for his boy and approached me after practice: Daddy:"I need to talk to you about Lil Johnny." Me: "Alright, what can I do for you?" Daddy: "Lil Johnny isn't getting enough playing time and he isn't touching the ball enough. He's the best RB you have." Me: "Well, it's freshmen ball and we're more concerned with getting kids playing time." Daddy: "It's high school football. You should be playing to win not dishing out playing time like some communist country." Me: "That is something that you need to take up with Coach _____ (the HC) as he wants us playing as many kids as possible. I agree with him though; we treat the lower levels as developmental." Daddy: "No, YOU'RE the person I need to be talking to; you're his coach and you're calling the plays. Did you know that he only has 12 carries for 40 yards and 3 catches for 16 yards through the first two games." Me: "Look, I'm done talking about this, we'll need to discuss this further with Coach Mr. HC and Mr. Athletic Director." Daddy:"We paid $15000 for him to attend the Seahawks football camp this last summer!! He deserved more playing time and more touches. This is bullchit!!". Me: "Give the head coach and athletic director a call, I'm not discussing this any further." Daddy: "Well, I'm pushing to have you fired, just so you know". Me: "Alright." Sure as chit, we had a terrible season with the freshmen team (because we didn't coach them very well..), Lil Johnny's Daddy got the rest of the parents worked up and the whole freshmen staff was canned at the end of the season. Rule #1: "WE DO NOT DISCUSS PLAYING TIME". Program wide. Top to bottom. Parents are told this from Day 1 and it is enforced. Any coach who can not follow this simple rule gets fired. Solves many problems. (Also, make sure admin is aware of this and supportive from Day 1 as well). I honestly can say that discussing PT IME has been a positive for me. Now don't get me wrong, I won't discuss other kids w/ a parent but I will discuss there kids PT. The reason I feel this way is I stay on top of off season attendance. So, if a kid doesn't show up to the weight room, I have no problem emailing a parent as a heads up. When that same parent emails me mid season why "little Johnny" isn't playing, I always have records to fall back on. Same w/ performance, I always notate the good & the bad on film, so I have something to point to when parents are unhappy w/ PT. FOR ME, I have always felt that "getting out in front of it" is a good thing. I recognize I'm in the minority but I feel that open communciation along w/ continual communication seems to avoid alot of problems. JME.
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Post by s73 on May 7, 2018 14:20:42 GMT -6
I have called parents directly after similar incidents and told them that if they are going to be that disrespectful their kid will not play. Then I always get the "hey don't penalize my kid b/c of me" to which I always respond, you still have a choice. Behave appropriately & we're all good. Don't, I pull him. It's actually your decision not mine. I have never asked admin if this was okay. I just did it. Went this far twice & both times it worked. Just my 2 cents. PS - I tell the kid the same thing. Little Johnny it's not personal, just can't have the distraction. Now dads getting heat from his own kid to. My opinion is if a parent wants to run their mouths, I don't allow drive - by's. It's either a high noon draw or shut the f#ck up. I can't honestly say I agree with that decision. I coach at a school that has an epidemic of parents who want to live vicariously through their kids' football experience. As you can imagine, they're quite vocal and embarrassing during games. I can cite multiple instances of parents telling coaches' families we don't know what we're doing, using expletives in front of our kids and at one point forcing a ref to stop a JV game because of terrorist threats. Most of the kids whose parents that describes develop as thick skin of apathy about the game by the time they're upper classmen. You can only hear the "you're the best player on the team. The coach doesn't know what he's doing" talks so much until you find out it's untrue so many times until you read the writing on the wall that your dad is an idiot and he's embarrassing you. Getting one of these kids and sitting them is only going to build the wall more. You're going to have to deal with a kid who's tuned out completely. If it's a parent whose prerogative is to be negative and unrealistic, there's a slim chance you'll ever win their favor. I'd rather not even go through the headache of calling him/her and would just coach their kid up knowing that he knows his dad is an a-hole and put my teaching hat on and finding my own ways of motivating them. I follow you. But.....maybe ask yourself why you have parents like that. I believe few of our parents are like that b/c they know it is not tolerated. Me and my staff have families to and they have a right to go to a HIGH SCHOOL game w/o having to listen to vulgarities about there loved ones. We can agree to disagree but my coaching atmosphere has been pretty pleasant and supportive after confronting the behavior. For the record, never had to sit either kid b/c once the behavior was confronted never had a problem w/ either parent. it's not about gaining the respect of the parent, it's about holding parents accountable for appropriate behavior at a high school event.
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Post by s73 on May 5, 2018 18:42:01 GMT -6
Syrup guy by far. There are lots of places I would love to literally take a chit on (never have just for the record), never wanted to lick syrup off a player though. Player? Licking syrup off of any dude.
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Post by s73 on May 4, 2018 6:40:20 GMT -6
Scenario: The hype guy on staff is getting the players pumped before the game. Do you think this is useful or not? I find that it often takes us a while to settle down. Consequently, we've been prone to giving up long kick-off returns to start the game and so on. My hypothesis claims that the players are "psycked" enough without any additional rah-rah, and that we'd be better off systematically running through last minute reminders from the game plan? When I was younger, I felt it was useful. As I get older, I have realized that after the 1st play, hit etc, nobody is really thinking about the pre-game speech anymore. Everyone settles and does their jobs. So no, I would say not so much. JMO.
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Post by s73 on May 2, 2018 10:53:11 GMT -6
Anybody suggest the best place (price / convenience / bulk) to purchase wrist coaches?
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Post by s73 on Apr 6, 2018 17:52:11 GMT -6
As a coaching community, I believe something can be done. I don’t know what it’s like in your parts but here in Southern California there is an epidemic of con artists disguised as trainers, 7-7 coaches and position experts who claim to be responsible for their athletes receiving scholarships. They mislead parents about knowledge of the process, their kids’ abilities and how their high school coach should be doing his job and in turn finesse parents out of money. Parents buy these clowns’ acts hook, line and sinker. After all they’re paying them and they have a really cool instagram with pictures of NFL players they supposedly trained. Based off of conversations the staff has had with kid and parent, it seems like once again a returning starter is transferring because him and his parents think that he's not playing the right position and it's the reason he's not being offered a scholarship. He's been a great kid the last three years, a serviceable (but not great) 3 tech and occasional 5 tech vs power teams, and for the most part a pleasant kid to coach. However, he has about a 2.5 GPA, and ran a 5.2 in testing 2 weeks ago. Him and his dad insist that he's a linebacker and fullback (even though we run a spread) and that their trainer agrees and thinks in order to get a scholarship, he needs to play those positions. When asked who his trainer was, dad showed us a social media account of videos of kids doing cones and ladders with rap music playing and a list of clients that included Derek Carr, the St. Brown brothers, Jamaal Williams, etc. No testimonials or pictures with any of said guys of course. A lot of the younger kids that he can verify he did train have transferred schools, I'm assuming because of his influence. Guy also claims he played at USC, of course when we googled his name, nothing came up. This is not an isolated incident. Last year a 7-7 guru told a group of our parents and his customers that their kids need to go play at his fellow 7-7 guru's school in order to win a championship and the year prior another 7-7 guy told one of our all-league D lineman (who literally couldn't squat parallel or do drive-crossover-drive agilities) that he's a DB and as a staff we had him out of position. All kids transferred with predictable results. Guys like this are bad for business. They make coaches' jobs even harder, they fleece parents out of their hard-earned money, and worst of all, they lie to kids. What do you think a realistic sollution is? I do not believe it is crazy to assert that all coaches, trainers, etc need to obtain some type of a certification from USA Football. In turn as high school coaches, we can emphasize to our kids and parents that if they wish to seek outside training, it will be in their best interest to make sure they retain a trainer whom is certified by USA Football. What are your guys' thoughts on the potential of adopting such certifications? Not sure if this was said already so excuse any possible redundancy. If the trainer a kid is using is more of a con artist or phony (btw, some are and some aren't IME but almost ALL either are not good at training kids for football v. fitness or.....most try to find a way to show the kid improved at something so he keeps spending the money) my way of dealing w/ this is telling him that nothing can replace working w/ his teammates and then I try to run a good enough program so that those who train w/ us tend to out perform anyone who does not. That IMO is the best way to do away w/ it. have had some go to a "trainer" only to come back after his teammates surpassed him in the weight room and on the field. PS - True Story: Had a guy trying to drum up business so he started a speed & agility camp for pretty cheap and he timed everyone in the 40 on day 1. On the last day he timed them again but put the last cone at 37 yards and then of course everyone improved dramatically. It was easy to see the cone was only 37 yards but guess what, nobody said anything. You know why? Because everyone got "faster". My point? Have to beat those kids on the field. it's the only way to stop them from drinking the kool -aid. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Apr 1, 2018 12:26:42 GMT -6
Gatorade vending machines.
Then I don't have to deal with paying for it or being a accused of jamming food down somebody's throat.
Furthermore, I prefer to let kids and parents take more responsibility for themselves and their own nutrition. I will educate them but they must make their own choices.
JMO.
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Post by s73 on Mar 25, 2018 11:55:44 GMT -6
Heard a great speaker talking about not starting practice with stretch. It’s slow paced, boring and redundant. They stretch about 20 minutes into practice but try to start with something more engaging. I thought it was a great idea. By the time the regular season gets started, practice can feel too familiar and scripted. Any ideas for what to start practice with? On air, up tempo offense? One on ones? We do dynamic warm up w/ exaggerated movements to improve flexibility and range of motion. Went away from stretching probably 10 years ago now b/c stretching is all about increasing range of motion so we just cut to the chase & go right to range of motion exercises & warm up. Whole thing takes about 10 minutes. I think the vast majority of muscle pulls has NOTHING to do w/ stretching but rather a lack of symmetry in your weight training as well as dehydration of the muscle tissue. What drives me crazy is when I see youth programs spend 20 minutes on stretching. When's the last time anybody has seen an 8 year old w/ a pulled hammy? Those guys are like rubber bands. Just warm up for 5-10 & go. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Mar 23, 2018 12:04:05 GMT -6
I have called parents directly after similar incidents and told them that if they are going to be that disrespectful their kid will not play.
Then I always get the "hey don't penalize my kid b/c of me" to which I always respond, you still have a choice. Behave appropriately & we're all good. Don't, I pull him.
It's actually your decision not mine.
I have never asked admin if this was okay. I just did it. Went this far twice & both times it worked.
Just my 2 cents.
PS - I tell the kid the same thing. Little Johnny it's not personal, just can't have the distraction. Now dads getting heat from his own kid to. My opinion is if a parent wants to run their mouths, I don't allow drive - by's. It's either a high noon draw or shut the f#ck up.
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Post by s73 on Feb 18, 2018 11:17:53 GMT -6
First thing we will do in a situation if we are in my classroom is escape. I keep a hammer in my desk so I can bust out the window and then rake out the glass with the hammer. The kids will then jump out of the window onto the ground below (about a 6 foot drop) and will then go into the woods that surround the school. We are not going to sit in a corner of the room and wait there and hope a shooter does not enter the classroom. While they are jumping out of the window, I will be armed with my hammer and hiding up against the wall next to the door. If it opens, I will take a swing. Once all the kids are out, I will leave the classroom. Agreed. On another note, what a sad societal commentary that we all have to discuss these types of plans. Don't get me wrong, I agrre w/ planning as much as possible. Just never in my lifetime did I think this type of stuff would NECESSARILY permeate a football message board. We are planning for offense, defense, special teams and school shootings. SMH.
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Post by s73 on Feb 13, 2018 21:32:33 GMT -6
I think people who played any sport(s) are generally better off physically than people who haven't. I'm sure there are guys who had serious injuries and still feel them, but considering the numbers of people who play sports, it a small number...Lyle Alzado notwithstanding. Consider what we used to do in our youth (I'm a little older than you) from riding a bike down "dead-man's hill" to surfing/skating/skiing/hockey...all sorts of pick-up games in the park (or the street). We all got dinged up some. Actually, I think we're better off from playing anything and everything we played because, in part, our bodies were stronger and more able to take it. I have a neighbor who never played any sport, not even Little League. He slipped on a ladder in his back yard some 30 years ago and still has a knee problem. NOT playing sports is no guarantee you won't carry a life-long injury. I'm knocking on the door of 47. I played MS & HS ball. My junior year I fractured my L5. Ignored Dr. and didn't do any of the rehab (it was 1987, so...) came back had a strong senior year & really wanted to play college ball but they weren't offering & $ was too tight for D3 tuition. So..kicked around at the local Juco for a couple years before I decided I still wanted to be involved with FB & hence transferred to a 4 year & got my education degree. With that said, I completely 2nd what Chi5hi said. While I was "knocking around" town after HS we played some pretty vicious pick up games at the local park (played w/ a kid who got a full ride to a big 10 school & started 2 years there). I suffered a partial dislocation of my shoulder during one of the games & LITERALLY got my bell rung during another. I caught a ball & my buddy (former heavyweight wrestler) wrapped me up from behind w/ my arms pinned at my sides and slammed me head 1st into the ground. I couldn't hear anything but ringing for about 1-2 minutes. My point is that yes, injuries abound inside and outside of sports. My biggest issue now is a meniscus which I never injured while playing sports & frankly don't know how it happened. My back & shoulder are great & I think my head is good but if it isn't I wouldn't know it anyway so I'm going' with it's ok ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . Otherwise, I played in a dad's pick up B-ball game a couple years ago for my son's travel team & I was like MJ compared to these slobs & I've never played organized b-ball in my life. These guys needed a sub every 3 minutes and could hardly move. Despite the injuries, my athletic background (3 sport athlete) along w/ working w/ young people I believe has kept me seriously fit compared to others MY AGE. benefits have FAR outweighed the negatives FOR ME.
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Post by s73 on Jan 29, 2018 21:50:35 GMT -6
I don't have a problem w/ it. IME...ONLY IME....I can tell the freshman apart who are experienced v. the ones who have never played before. But....I cannot tell the kids apart who have played youth for several years v. the kids who started in MS.
I myself never played FB until I was in 8th grade. Honestly never occurred to me. We moved and the 1st day I walked into my new MS (I was an extremely large 8th grader) the HFC asked me to play, so I did. Fell in love with it & had a pretty decent playing career.
I don't think playing sooner would have changed much if anything. Played over several kids who had been in the local youth league for years.
Again, JME.
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Post by s73 on Jan 21, 2018 17:20:44 GMT -6
Do any of you tell players to avoid certain sports programs because bad culture in those programs. Example spring sports that accept poor work ethic, kids being selfish, accept loosing etc... We want multi sport athletes, but at some point are you better off telling them to avoid bad programs? Absolutely no. Don't have to encourage kids to join but CANNOT tell them not to go out. Extremely unprofessional.
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Post by s73 on Jan 20, 2018 10:26:41 GMT -6
Kid like that, telling him you don't want him is probably a guarantee to get him to come out for the team. Ignore the kid. THAT'S what he won't like... Funny you should say that. Had 2 kids quit last year. One cited family issues, the other playing time. Both kids are lazy, have invested little, get into trouble & generally are not likable, know better than you, etc. In fact, the one kid who quit b/c of PT told me he was quitting to "workout & get huge so he can start next season". Here's the deal, 10 years ago I go off on him about quitting on his teammates & blah, blah, commitment & integrity & blah, blah, never take you back, blah blah. But instead, I said "bad idea , good luck w/ that" and left it. Here's the reality, kids a drug user, dad who doesn't live at home, always short on facts was emailing weekly about playing time (not aware kid didn't show to summer camp, etc) THE REALITY is I was glad he was leaving. Wasn't good for the team. The other REALITY is, I won't ban him from returning, I have enough FAITH in what we are doing that he can't quit & compete with our programming of the other kids. In the meantime, since he quit "to prep" he has missed 5 weeks of off season workouts & I don't say a word. I'm certainly not going to fight w/ him about cutting his own throat.
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Post by s73 on Jan 20, 2018 9:53:35 GMT -6
....tell a kid you didn't want him to come out for football because you don't like him and his character? I've got a kid who is sneaky and I honestly don't trust him and don't want him around our team. It's widely believed that he is involved in drug dealing and other illegal activity although he's never been caught. Administration and even law enforcement are onto him. He's one of those smart kids who thinks he's invincible, above authority and rules, and that he'll never get caught. The "problem" is he hasn't been caught doing anything. Anybody have a similar issue? How did you deal with it? In my younger days I would have done that. As I've aged some, I have developed the belief that more often than not these guys will eventually cut themselves. If he is doing what he's doing, I would have no problem telling him what you're hearing & have a frank conversation about the possible consequences. FOR ME, the biggest thing is I want them to know that I know. I think the more genuine the coach/player relationship the better. Start w/ honesty & see what happens.
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Post by s73 on Jan 6, 2018 17:38:58 GMT -6
if you have a player that is struggling, do you require them to go to study hall or do you hold a study hall and invite teachers to help out? How do you handle that? Also do you do a weekly grade check sheet? If so what all do you ask for on that sheet? grades, missing work, classroom behavior, etc? For what it's worth when I have players struggling I call them discuss it with them & then email there parents that they will be in jeopardy of being academically ineligible the following season if they don't meet "X" standard. That has gotten me some decent results. Many times I find the parents are not only unaware of the poor grades but also unaware that Spring semester grades determines fall eligibility (at our school anyway).
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Post by s73 on Dec 31, 2017 0:04:58 GMT -6
Wow! This to me smacks of the "peanut gallery" running things. Jordan Lynch what....27 years old or so. Former Heisman finalist, former pro baller, coach at NIU.....Lenti an old veer option guy. Let's bring in the new blood & bring MC into the 21st century. Yep, somebody's been listening to pops in the stands. IMO this will be a disaster. Lynch has 1 year as a coach under his belt. I feel this move disrespects the coaching profession. It takes more of a "anybody can do it approach". Lynch has never even coordinated before. As for anything nefarious with Lenti? School has a pretty clean record as far as I can tell. This seems wrong to me. When somebody has been as successful as this guy has w/ no major issues (as far as I can tell) he deserves to go out on his own merits. Plain & simple. JMO. Not to hijack the thread, but I've been out of coaching for a few years and am planning on getting back in(finally finishing my degree) and what you describe seems to be a very broad trend from what I've seen lately. Has it really gotten to the point where "old school" coaches can't even keep a job with legendary histories and deep playoff runs on a consistent basis? I do feel that since the average joe has more access to Fb knowledge via the internet, etc that they have become more critical of schematics. When I started there was criticism of winning & losing, now their is even criticism of how you win. Obviously there are greater & lesser extents depending on the community but I have heard it more than ever before. My program is the most consistent winning sports program at our school, yet b/c we are a run 1st UC offense I still hear things like so & so isn't coming out b/c we don't throw enough. Or.....why don't you throw more (have heard it after a win in which we scored 35 points). That's about as serious as it gets for me. Manageable for sure. But some programs have much more struggles with it. Several in our area in fact.
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Post by s73 on Dec 30, 2017 13:34:38 GMT -6
Winningest coach in state history. 11 state titles AND just made it to the semi’s. Yep, fire that no good bum! This whole thing reminds me so much of the Nebraska fiasco when they fired Frank Solich back in 2003. He was an Osbourne disciple w/ an "old school" philosophy and all he did was take runner up in the national championship in 2002 & win 9 games in 2003 & fired. Well.....they had hired a new AD the year before & he wanted to "make his mark" so he brought in B. Callahan from the NFL, he has to be better b/c he coached NFL ball right? I think we all know how that went. And...Nebraska football has never been the same. So many parallels, guy is successful & still fired by new admin b/c he had an "old school" approach which just isn't as good as winning w/ a "new school approach" for some reason. New guy coached (1 year, scary) at the "next level" so he must be better right? He's going to be new & dynamic (hate that word as it pertains to football). I see this as a microcosm of the same thing. Should be interesting to see how it plays out.
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Post by s73 on Dec 30, 2017 10:58:14 GMT -6
Wow!
This to me smacks of the "peanut gallery" running things. Jordan Lynch what....27 years old or so. Former Heisman finalist, former pro baller, coach at NIU.....Lenti an old veer option guy. Let's bring in the new blood & bring MC into the 21st century.
Yep, somebody's been listening to pops in the stands. IMO this will be a disaster. Lynch has 1 year as a coach under his belt. I feel this move disrespects the coaching profession. It takes more of a "anybody can do it approach". Lynch has never even coordinated before.
As for anything nefarious with Lenti? School has a pretty clean record as far as I can tell. This seems wrong to me. When somebody has been as successful as this guy has w/ no major issues (as far as I can tell) he deserves to go out on his own merits. Plain & simple.
JMO.
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Post by s73 on Dec 29, 2017 19:48:34 GMT -6
Just 1 class of it offered a day at the smaller schools? Every hour at large? Good answers And how many coaches are in there, specifically in the co-ed We offer it multiple hours of the day. Our school treats it as a true class so only 1 teacher/ coach per class.
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Post by s73 on Dec 29, 2017 12:25:11 GMT -6
School size 900.
Co-ed
Class sizes are too big but kids get out of it what they put into it. Not a prerequisite but strongly encouraged.
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Post by s73 on Dec 28, 2017 16:12:03 GMT -6
Coaches, Love to hear your thoughts on defeating this Def. Philosophy 44 base Man Coverage Spin the OLBs and S v. motion---think Jack and Jill concept---motion OLB with replace the safety and Safety will spin down to the box Defensive alignment--Double 5 tech Def Ends 3 and 1 tackles--3 to the field or strength call Safety is typically the "5th" LB and will be very active in the run game v. Trips--Both OLBs will be in press man on #2 and #3 to the open side the 5tec DE will play upfield for contain OLBs will go wide with #2 ILBs will blitz all QB roll-outs ILBs will immediately fill their run gaps on action to them and scrap over the top on action away This is a very aggressive set that on paper I have answers for BUT over the past few seasons has been quite successful Thank your for your feedback. If they are spinning to motion that hard then any type of counter should have some success in my mind. Or boot away from motion. You said they blitz boot. Motion away (OLB spins up top) & have FB leak into flat. They can't both blitz & cover the flat with the OLB playing MOF. Also, as an an option guy myself, I would predetermine the 1 tech & motion away from him then run IV opposite the motion. PT can seal ILB, X can run off corner & Now if it's a pull I have 2 on 1. If not an option guy, again, counters should be solid IMO. PS - Motion seems to be a big key fro them so maybe run some stuff on 1st sound w/o motion.
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Post by s73 on Dec 28, 2017 8:55:06 GMT -6
I bring in my own systems. If I was able to hire an established, successful coordinator then I would not have issue w/ him bringing in something. But most of the time at the HS level when you start a new job you don't really know what you're getting on staff, so you're really taking a gamble to let somebody run w/ it IMO.
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Post by s73 on Dec 25, 2017 8:31:26 GMT -6
aceback, are you really 25? I dunno why I thought you were much older. Regardless, back to the original post, got on Keyshawn. Still hate him for being a prima-donna with my Jets, lol. But I do admire how he's not one of those parents that stops being a parent when the kid turns 18. Because, yes, at 18, they are still a KID. Hell, at 24, I still see myself as a kid. the 25 year old is the author of the post... Aceback copied and pasted the post here. And while I applaud KJ for doing this, I think the situation would be quite different if KJ's financial situations were a bit different as well. I agree w/ you but many people w/ lots of money fail to do the right thing.
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