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Post by s73 on Dec 21, 2017 19:13:47 GMT -6
I may get an opportunity to be an assistant at the HS level at a great program. Thanks to all the wonderful people here, I've learned a lot. My mentality is "Do whatever the head coach asks as if it is the most important thing in the world." I now understand the full plate a HS HC already has and will work my butt off to take as much off as possible while adding value where ever and however I can. With this said, my question for you guys is how do you do all this without becoming a "Yes, man" type of guy? Is this something to worry about or is it on a case by case basis depending on the HC philosophy and whether he wants input from his assistants? My plan is to keep my mouth shut, learn everything I can, and give input when asked but does this come off as "Yes, man"? My concern is not being a critical thinker/offering my thoughts (when asked) versus just blindly agreeing with everything because I am low man on the totem pole. As a HC & IMO, when newly hired you have something to prove 1st. FOR ME, I'm not looking for input from "newbies" until they have DEMONSTRATED to me that they know their stuff. If I sit down with an assistant to chalk talk for example, it's pretty easy to see if the guy knows his stuff or not. If he does, then I am more apt to be open to him when he offers something. I have no timetable for any of this. The guy has to show knowledge. Some become people I listen to more quickly than others, just depends on what I see when I observe them coaching. Gotta earn your stripes brother. That's the best advice I can give.
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Post by s73 on Dec 20, 2017 9:28:57 GMT -6
I'm curious as to how you practice adjustments and how to practice (mentally) as a coach adjustments you would make based on X, Y, and Z... FOR ME, This comes down to off season "scribbling". I like to take a notebook when I have down time & just go through my plays v. various defenses & how I would handle things. To me it's just mental exercise.
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Post by s73 on Dec 14, 2017 14:16:05 GMT -6
Coaches, I am looking for others input on what your 3 year or 5 year plan is when taking over a program. Would be happy to share what I have. Looking to learn from others through experience or just what you plan to use when becoming a head coach. This to me is a talking point you hear on the NFL network. What they are really saying when they mention 3-5 year plan is that's how long (depending on the owner) he has to get things turned around before he gets $hitcanned. In reality, I don't believe a HS that has comparable talent to it's opponents can't win immediately. On the flip side some schools will struggle to win forever. I don't think timelines make any difference. JMO
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Post by s73 on Dec 2, 2017 10:05:00 GMT -6
IMO,
Toughness is built through confidence. I think it starts in the weight room & the kids developing confidence that they are physically strong enough to handle themselves v. their best opponents.
Next I believe success breeds more confidence & more toughness. The more you win the more you expect to win the less intimidated you are...hence toughness.
Lastly, & I've said this on many threads before but I will say it again, I believe 100% that RECOVERY leads to toughness. I think too many guys have their kids walk on the field on Friday nights a little tired, a little achy, and just like any human being, you go into a physical competition already hurting, well you're gonna struggle.
It's akin to a boxer walking into the ring with a fractured hand. Dudes tough for still stepping out there but does he PERFORM? No, hence he LOOKS soft. The reality is his body was betraying him and so he couldn't perform to his capability.
Everyone plays harder when they feel good. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Nov 27, 2017 17:13:47 GMT -6
What would be the purpose of this? How would it in any way benefit the thousands of coaches-kids who play-coach HS football? It's cool to imagine it I suppose but the reality is even if you did one the champion would still be mythical b/c you could never include enough teams to say that everyone who was deserving got a fair shot. Besides, and I'm only speaking for myself here, I'm still working on trying to become more recognized in my state, national isn't even on the radar right now. Just saying.
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Post by s73 on Nov 25, 2017 12:45:18 GMT -6
I hate when I catch myself saying "about" or "kinda".
For example, on a route go about 8 to 10 yards. Or I want you to block so & so but kinda keep an eye out for the blitz.
I find then when I ask a kid to do something "about like this or kinda like that" I get about what I want or something kinda right.
If I speak in grey terms I get grey results. I have made it a definite effort to be very black & white in my coaching over the past few years. I try to speak in more exact terms.
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Post by s73 on Nov 13, 2017 14:34:09 GMT -6
What was the comment, just out of curiosity? He said that at the All Conference banquet other coaches said that if our back ran behind a line like the top 2 teams in the conference he would have easily been a 2000 yard back. Yeah, That's dumb. Obviously don't know the guy but I do know that as a HC I've had a few times where I was at the banquet & tried to say something complimentary & it came out wrong. I would guess he was trying to compliment the back & in turn insulted some of the team. Sometimes when you're responsible for doing all the talking you don't always get it right. Happens. They could A...transfer out of disgust for the comment or B.....work their a$$es off so he can't say it again next year. That's what I would tell my kid.
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Post by s73 on Nov 12, 2017 13:02:09 GMT -6
It sounds to me like you are a coordinator & not the HC correct?
If so, #1 do your job well.
#2, when you interview put your accomplishments in your portfolio, resume, what have you. Then when you interview discuss your role in your current program and you can use your written material to self promote for the job you want.
If on the other hand, you are an assistant looking to self promote in your current program about how much credit you deserve for current success, outside of the inter view format?
That's just douchebaggery.
JMO.
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Post by s73 on Nov 8, 2017 16:22:18 GMT -6
I resigned from my HC job last spring after having some great success at my school. Wife and I are having #2 and needed to help out more. Just accepted a new teaching position at a very good football school. Very excited to get back after a year off. The schools couldn't be anymore different. My current school, very little talent exclusively option. The new school packed with skill talent spread. This one will be interesting. Moving back into an assistant role will be different. Any guys out there make the transition from HC to position coach. Advice? I concur w/ what BLB said. If you were a successful header then you know what to do and what not to do. PS, The best part of this thread is the Bob Seger horn in the back ground.
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Post by s73 on Oct 30, 2017 8:35:18 GMT -6
I will share some advice I learned a long time ago from a coach who was more experienced & wiser than myself. I made the same complaint to him & he said the following to me: If you were walking down the sidewalk and you noticed a big steamy pile of chit laying there would you stop and talk to it? Would you ever even give it a 2nd thought at all whatsoever? I said no. He said, then why do you give a single parent a 2nd thought? I think you can see the correlation he was trying to make. While I like the analogy, if that pile was at your front door or in your yard or it will be stepped on and possibly brought into your house, what now? But my advice is still to ignore the message boards. Coach, All I can say is in my current position I am a Dean at our HS and 90% of all our current discipline involves social media and can easily be avoided by avoiding social media. I follow the same advice I give to kids. Stay off of it or block the people you are having a problem with. The few times someone brings it to my attention (when someone tells me without me inquiring) I generally try to be dismissive. I did confront one parent this season only b/c he works in my building and he has been doing this for sometime now. He ran and hid like the coward I knew he was. The only reason I confronted him was b/c he would make subtle off handed remarks to me while pretending to be supportive & my own pride got in the way as I wanted him to know I knew what he was doing. Do I regret it? No. Why? He no longer talks to me & I consider that a blessing. Otherwise, I am slowly learning not to give these idiots the time of day & it's very liberating.
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Post by s73 on Oct 30, 2017 8:11:33 GMT -6
Summarizing our program - very talented in 15 and 16 and won our league. We graduated most of that talent and have started underclassmen at almost every position this season on top of having 10 new starters on D and 9 on O. It has been evident as we are 5-4 and eliminated from winning our league. Several of our parents can’t accept it. 3 really stand out. Parent 1 - son graduated three years ago and he used to be friendly with us. He frequently posts on a local message board about the program and how incredible all of our players supposedly are. Up until this season everything was positive about the coaching. Even to this day, he tries to say our players are great, however he is now calling out our coaching. He has stated the DC has no idea what he’s doing and our OL coach is only allowed on staff because we want his son to come to the school. He went so far as to post a picture of the OL coach and say that his son is a “pansy”. He’s in the 8th grade BTW. Parent 2 - son is a stud sophomore. Dad shopped him around while he was in middle school. He takes his son to some local training specialist blowhard whose claim to fame was making the Washington Redskins practice squad for a half season and parades clients around like he’s the reason why they have scholarship offers. Dad is on same message board as parent 1. The majority of his content is about how good his son is and how amazing his trainer is. However he’s turned on the staff lately, saying that our defense is a “pop warner” defense and we don’t know how to coach a “real defense”. He stayed on the board he’s going to “have a sit down with the principal and AD and discuss the state of the program”. I’d be stunned if he doesn’t transfer his son out of the school. Parent 3 - has had two sons graduate from the program and has another on the freshman team. She has been very supportive in the past despite her sons hardly getting playing time. However she has recently blasted us on the school’s Facebook page, saying that our playbook is “straight from Madden”. I’ve heard ignorant things like that a bunch but she’d be one of the last I’d think to say that. This will be the first time since 2013 we don’t finish ranked top 10 in the division and this is how we’re treated? (Vent over) I will share some advice I learned a long time ago from a coach who was more experienced & wiser than myself. I made the same complaint to him & he said the following to me: If you were walking down the sidewalk and you noticed a big steamy pile of chit laying there would you stop and talk to it? Would you ever even give it a 2nd thought at all whatsoever? I said no. He said, then why do you give a single parent a 2nd thought? I think you can see the correlation he was trying to make.
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Post by s73 on Oct 25, 2017 14:04:32 GMT -6
Looking into next season. What goes into killing the idea that the players can miss practice. That effort isn’t important. To get parents to stop scheduling appointments during practice times. To get kids to summer workouts/ 7on7. What is your advice to getting these problems fixed in the best way possible in a place where two things have happened 1st Head Coach (school was built in the 80s or 90s). Good coach.... but extremely old school. Like to the point he didn’t believe in summer workouts. It finally caught up with the guy in like 2011. Principal was anti sports hires a guy who was a JR high coach somewhere and that guy has been operating the program like a JR high program for the last 5 years. Things have went really down hill. Lost kids to the point they lowered the classification. Still have crazy speed and size. New principle has come in. She wants things to be fixed. Very pro sports. Husband was a coach. She was a coach. So what’s your ideas on fixing this situation going forward when it’s all the program has known. i would have never said this even LAST YEAR let alone at any other time in my career but honestly, I think the principal can have more effect on this than any coach can. Our principal is in her 2nd year here & after watching athletics at our school her 1st year she addressed the whole school including parents & said that she feels our kids are "too nice" on the game fields. She said, in the hallways it's great but we need way more GRIT during competition. Then she told the coaches to hold kids more accountable. Our program has always been pretty decent but I do feel some of the "practice ain't that important" mentality was started to seep into a football a bit. Well, her talk along with several initiatives to improve school spirit has definitely led to improvement in our athletic community in both practcie attendnace as well as results. PS - Please understand that I am not suggesting one talk was the key, but her addressing the subject, pushing the AD to address it again, building up our pep club, having an additonal assembly, recognizing athletes more in the announcements, etc has all been a big asset to us. I am lucky to have the support. I think if your principal is unwilling to do so, some of these initiatives can be started on your own. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Sept 30, 2017 18:36:26 GMT -6
How do you develop strong chemistry with this personality. On my team, I have 3 very good players with this trait. In addition, they are very vocal. They are me first and finger pointers causing strife. Are there any team building exercises that could overcome this "condition." The best I got is to pump up the guys that don't do it and point out that they don't do it. Promote the leaders on your team that aren't like that regardless of ability. This year we have good leadership but next year we will have issues so we are already working that angle with our guys in next years group. I know sitting guys is sometimes the answer, but in todays day and age of declining numbers many of us can't afford to do it. So, I really try to do what I said above and have had some good results. In reality though, this does seem to be a trend that may not change. Football is an endangered game and I don't think concussions are the only reason. I think narcissism is definitely another issue that is growing. JMO
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Post by s73 on Sept 24, 2017 9:19:20 GMT -6
"You cant please everybody" ...best advice i was ever given This is the truth. I learned a long time ago that no matter what you will always have naysayers. When I 1st started coaching I had naysayers b/c we weren't winning right away. Then when we started winning I had naysayers b/c I wasn't playing enough kids. Now I have naysayers b/c even though we are winning we aren't " the spread". I decided a LONG TIME AGO that if I'm gonna get yelled at no matter what then I'm gonna do things the way I want them done & on my own terms. The gist of it is I NEVER want to look in the mirror if I fail & know that I failed b/c I was too worried about pleasing someone else.
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Post by s73 on Sept 15, 2017 14:48:18 GMT -6
May be a little off topic but I WANT our opponents to have everything. We run so many different formations on a week to week basis that they'll end up practicing stuff we have no intention on running against them. I used to be the opposite of this. Wanted to hide stuff v. weak opponent if next week we had a tough one. Now I'm doing a 180 on this. The more they have to practice for the less they can concentrate on the "bread & butter". JMO.
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Post by s73 on Sept 12, 2017 6:43:29 GMT -6
We have a conference rule with bylaws. We follow those rules to the letter inside the conference.
Outside the conference if you can manage some extra film from somebody there is no issue that I'm aware of.
Our rule is any 2 films of your choice. Some guys want to trade them all. Never understood that. I almost feel it's detrimental. If I go into a game with information overload I feel like I over think my strategy instead of calling plays.
Basically, when I look at film, the biggest think I'm looking for is alignment/ coverage & personnel.
Outside of that, not really looking for much else. Maybe the occasional blitz.
Am I the norm or I am missing the boat here?
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Post by s73 on Aug 23, 2017 20:40:51 GMT -6
I find it interesting that people actually care about how much credibility you have based off of appearance. Who the hell cares, if my team shows up and kicks your teams ass that's all the credibility we need. In the 90's I was on a staff that the HFC felt it very important to look professional & dress the part. I had no problem w/ this as it was his show & his call. With that said, we coached against a rival school that wore mesh shorts & T-shirts & had something like a 30 game winning streak & whipped our a$$es. I can tell you that we looked better on the sideline & they looked MUCH better on the field. Once I got my 1st HC gig I decided that as long you wear something that represents the school you coach for I didn't really care about anything else. I have SO MUCH MORE TO WORRY ABOUT, then whether or not we are all wearing the same stuff or not. As long as it's representing the school I don't care. Pants, shorts, matching, not matching, whatever. Just coach good ball. It ain't project runway. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Aug 22, 2017 6:39:37 GMT -6
I was planning to take vacation next summer in Texas. Can I wear shorts to the water park? Or does only full scuba gear give me enough "credibility" to ride the water slide? Going to a water park in Texas will make you lose all credibility. You can only go to steakhouses there. Coach, you forgot the caveat that you can only go to steak houses their if your belt buckle is larger than a garbage can lid. Other wise, take out's in the back.
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Post by s73 on Aug 22, 2017 6:33:43 GMT -6
People with prison numbers for handle identification need not reply. Just sayin' In TEXAS going by a prison type number is really cool in TEXAS because in TEXAS that's how we do it in TEXAS. Try not going by a TEXAS prison number in TEXAS and see how seriously you get taken in TEXAS because in TEXAS that's what TEXANs do in TEXAS. I was planning to take vacation next summer in Texas. Can I wear shorts to the water park? Or does only full scuba gear give me enough "credibility" to ride the water slide?
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Post by s73 on Aug 22, 2017 6:20:51 GMT -6
If you make sweeping generalizations based on personal opinion on a message board, you have no credibility.
You need not reply.
Show up for a game in Texas in a pair of shorts and see what folks think. Well, on second thought, you'd be alright because our Junior High staff wear shorts at their games, too. People with prison numbers for handle identification need not reply. Just sayin'
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Post by s73 on Aug 20, 2017 8:47:27 GMT -6
Wrangler shorts. Despite the "modernization" of football I still see it as a blue collar event, not a formal.
JMO.
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Post by s73 on Aug 6, 2017 21:24:58 GMT -6
We made play offs last year & while we are not world beaters we are competitive.
Our numbers have NEVER been great but they've been sustainable. This year scares me a bit. Will struggle to put 25 varsity kids on the field. We're a smaller school so not as bad as it sounds. We're kind of used to it.
Unfortunately, I don't have any answers. I picked up a couple of kids through recruiting the halls. But...for the most part I think the concussion thing & the work FB takes is causing many to walk away. JMO.
Two sad things stand out to me. One, we lost 6 varsity players going into this season due to grades, moving away or code violations. In the past, we could usually recoup those guys through a concerted effort of recruiting. This year seems different.
Second, our talent is actually the best we've had in several years. It will be heart breaking if we sustain some injuries. Nothing worse then a talented team losing it's potential b/c you just can't find a few dudes to give them a blow during a game.
On another note,
School 30 minutes from us has 1300 kids in the building & only 55 players signed up total. Another school close by has 1700 & only 80 players signed up.
The big school conference in our area that is very strong & usually competes very well at the state level just dropped a level of football.
In the past I used to feel like guys who complained about numbers were just "making excuses". I don't feel that way anymore. This is a real issue & the future looks tough.
Again, JMO.
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Post by s73 on Aug 5, 2017 10:44:13 GMT -6
To play devil's advocate, shouldn't the AD of the school the coach worked for be following and monitoring the message and image? Or another Admin if not the AD (I know in some places AD positions are more paper work and clerical in nature and not particularly management). Absolutely. But hes not harming kids by posting updates to often on social media move on with life. But remember, the article stated he also filmed and posted his opinion of "bad calls" during a basketball game while being responsible for crowd control. That same game the article also started a huge brawl broke out. I mean, if he's responsible for crown control & he's filming the game to out the referees and posting it, it sounds to me like the AD is INSINUATING that he felt the coach had possibly incited some of the behavior that led to the brawl. Don't know if that's true or not, but I feel it's very inappropriate to be in that position & film referees whose calls you don't agree with & post them on twitter. IMO it sends the wrong message to kids about excuse making, inappropriate conduct towards adults, etc. Again, that's what I GATHERED from the article. I may be wrong but that's what I read in between the lines. Regardless, seems like this decision right or wrong shouldn't be made 3 days before the dang season starts. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Jul 27, 2017 11:50:12 GMT -6
just when I was getting comfortable blaming my irrational anger on CTE....... Yep. Not surprised at all. This is the kind of point I was trying to make above. Maybe they start doing this regularly w/ general pop the football "witch hunt" will die down. Doubt it though. The general pop suffering from this is not as sensational as the NFL "knowingly endangering their cattle".
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Post by s73 on Jul 27, 2017 9:46:14 GMT -6
Nope. They just conduct the studies that make them. Should they not do the studies? Fantom, You are smarter than this. Maybe read what I was responding to fully before fighting a battle that doesn't exist in relation to the comments I made. NC1974 said that WE need to embrace these studies and not discount them. I simply stated that if the studies weren't so one sided & AT TIMES, seemingly for personal gain as much as they are for helping kids I would be much more open to learning about them. I then stated several examples of what I was intending through my comments, like MORE studies including several sports, non athletes (gen pop) etc. I think I made the case pretty clear for those who took the time to read everything, that I was open to studies, but feel AT TIMES they are simply TARGETING FB when they should be TARGETING what CAUSES CTE. FB is not the CAUSE. Head trauma seems to be the cause. So target ALL sports that include head trauma & maybe this will feel a bit less like a witch hunt. JMO.
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Post by s73 on Jul 27, 2017 8:27:05 GMT -6
Agreed. But if that's the case AND IF THEY WANT MORE COOPERATION FROM THE LIKES OF US, then I think they need to do at least as good a job of mentioning that more research needs to be done as they do demonizing FB. Other studies have published simultaneous results of other sports in concurrence with FB studies, I think more Dr.'s should take care to do the same. IF that happens, I will be more open, and I suspect others will as well, to listening to what they have to say. If you want to "feed the birds" you don't run around waving your arms trying to scare them off. You stay low key & develop a rapport with them. Build trust. This has not been done very well by the scientific and medical community IMO. Scientists don't write the headlines. Nope. They just conduct the studies that make them.
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Post by s73 on Jul 27, 2017 8:19:06 GMT -6
Agreed. But if that's the case AND IF THEY WANT MORE COOPERATION FROM THE LIKES OF US, then I think they need to do at least as good a job of mentioning that more research needs to be done as they do demonizing FB. Other studies have published simultaneous results of other sports in concurrence with FB studies, I think more Dr.'s should take care to do the same. IF that happens, I will be more open, and I suspect others will as well, to listening to what they have to say. If you want to "feed the birds" you don't run around waving your arms trying to scare them off. You stay low key & develop a rapport with them. Build trust. This has not been done very well by the scientific and medical community IMO. Why on earth does the scientific community need more, or any, cooperation with you? Coach, w/ all due respect, maybe you're suffering from CTE. Why pick the unnecessary fight dude? I was responding to an earlier post imploring us to be more open to this type of study/research. My point was if ANYBODY would like the coaching community to get more onboard w/ some of this stuff then be IMPARTIAL in your study instead of targeting the sport I support. Guess that flew over your head or you woke up on the wrong side of the bed or something. Why do they need cooperation with US (made it clearly plural) well.....if they want to help people stay healthy.....they may want the people DIRECTLY involved with the subject matter (players) to be cooperative w/ future initiatives, etc. In that case, more IMPARTIAL studies may convince more of us this is a legit problem rather than a $ grab.
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Post by s73 on Jul 26, 2017 23:09:08 GMT -6
Coach, I understand you are trying to be impartial and your efforts here are noble. HOWEVER, IMO, the fact that they are doing THIS particular study shows they are very one sided. After this report came out, I went on the net and did some research and found a study that reported girls soccer having more concussion issues than FB due to heading the ball. I would be more open to these kind of studies if they included other sports stats, along with non athletes. But, since so many of these studies ONLY seem to concentrate on FB I FEEL like this is more about some of these people making a name for themselves. None of them would receive any notoriety or attention if they went after girls soccer. But the NFL is the big corp. and getting their name stamped on reports that make the NFL walk on egg shells seems to be at least partial motivation in some of these studies, again IMO. Furthermore, I did not see the film "Concussion", but did read an expose that one of the main characters depicted in the movie who was involved in much of the study actually had a son who played football...after he was aware of the study. Again, haven't watched the movie but the expose seemed to suggest that this was not information portrayed in the movie. My question: Why not? Maybe makes the information less sensational if the people portrayed as so horrified by the sport actually allow their kids to play? I also find it ironic that Will Smith's son played FB with Joe Montana's kid at a private school in CA. I'm open to information, but not open to the targeting of one sport over another. Compare FB to hockey, wrestling, soccer, non athletes, etc REGULARLY & stop making FB the big bad bogeyman & I will be willing to listen to what they have to say. Again, JMO. Coach, I think you make some good points. I do think that the media seems to focus on football because it probably draws more viewers than if it focused on soccer. I would point out though that the research team that did this study has studied other sports and wants to study the general population. So while the media and Hollywood might be trying to make $$ by demonizing the NFL, or sensationalizing this issue, the researchers are trying to understand CTE. It just so happens, due to the popularity of the NFL, the most accessible brains they have to study are from former football players. But they want to expand that to the general population. That's why they publish studies like this to make an argument for why they need more funding/participants. These very researchers that some people seem to be attacking, might end up being our greatest allies 10 yrs from now. They may someday find that the incidence of CTE among football players is not all that different than that of the general pop. And of course they might find that there is a big difference. But I think we need to objectively accept the new findings and not blow them off as stupid. Agreed. But if that's the case AND IF THEY WANT MORE COOPERATION FROM THE LIKES OF US, then I think they need to do at least as good a job of mentioning that more research needs to be done as they do demonizing FB. Other studies have published simultaneous results of other sports in concurrence with FB studies, I think more Dr.'s should take care to do the same. IF that happens, I will be more open, and I suspect others will as well, to listening to what they have to say. If you want to "feed the birds" you don't run around waving your arms trying to scare them off. You stay low key & develop a rapport with them. Build trust. This has not been done very well by the scientific and medical community IMO.
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Post by s73 on Jul 26, 2017 22:18:33 GMT -6
I'm still not sure you have read the article. They are reporting on what they have found up to this point. They caution not to jump to conclusions and state that they need much more research. The researchers in this article are extremely objective and measured in what they are saying. My point is that we need to be objective and measured in how we respond to it. I guess I need more help understanding why you think this is a stupid ass study. It seems to me that you are upset that people are using this study to completely vilify football, but that's not what the researchers are doing. Coach, I understand you are trying to be impartial and your efforts here are noble. HOWEVER, IMO, the fact that they are doing THIS particular study shows they are very one sided. After this report came out, I went on the net and did some research and found a study that reported girls soccer having more concussion issues than FB due to heading the ball. I would be more open to these kind of studies if they included other sports stats, along with non athletes. But, since so many of these studies ONLY seem to concentrate on FB I FEEL like this is more about some of these people making a name for themselves. None of them would receive any notoriety or attention if they went after girls soccer. But the NFL is the big corp. and getting their name stamped on reports that make the NFL walk on egg shells seems to be at least partial motivation in some of these studies, again IMO. Furthermore, I did not see the film "Concussion", but did read an expose that one of the main characters depicted in the movie who was involved in much of the study actually had a son who played football...after he was aware of the study. Again, haven't watched the movie but the expose seemed to suggest that this was not information portrayed in the movie. My question: Why not? Maybe makes the information less sensational if the people portrayed as so horrified by the sport actually allow their kids to play? I also find it ironic that Will Smith's son played FB with Joe Montana's kid at a private school in CA. I'm open to information, but not open to the targeting of one sport over another. Compare FB to hockey, wrestling, soccer, non athletes, etc REGULARLY & stop making FB the big bad bogeyman & I will be willing to listen to what they have to say. Again, JMO.
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Post by s73 on Jul 25, 2017 15:48:37 GMT -6
I'm used to variances in player numbers from year to year. But this is getting to me. Last year, my 2nd as HC, we go 6-4, get a playoff game (lost it on a slant for TD with :04 left in the game). 4-6 the year before, my first year, and 2-8, 1-9, 1-9 the previous years. Doesn't sound like much but it's the 1st playoffs since 2007 and 1st winning season since '99. And the reward for doing well? Player numbers are down, coaches numbers are down. We typically have 33+ varsity players and right now I'm scrapping to get 26. I think I've got 11 seniors and 3 of those are transfers. I can't seem to build interest in playing football, it's almost like the better we do, the fewer players come out. When they were 1-9 4 years ago they had 37 on the roster. At a small school numbers like that are big. And the coaches. I lost my DC (lost his son), my OC (left for a better job, didn't get it, and now coaching at another school), my QB, and my DL coaches since the start of the year. I've got 2 coaches that haven't taken the time to get their district certs done so they aren't likely to be with us when we start next week. So it looks like my staff of 9 on-field coaches will be 5, maybe 6. Don't get me wrong, the players that are left are good players, kind of a weeding out of the pretenders, but this is something new to me. And the strange part - When it was early summer and we were doing football and weights and 7v7 we'd be lucky to get 15 kids to come out. Now that we're in the dead time, no football stuff, just agilities and running and weights, we're getting 26 each day. I have no idea what this season holds for us. Been there done that bud. My current job we seem to have no correlation between numbers and success. I used to believe success spurred success but now I think the "concussion thing" plays an unpredictable factor. IMO it's going to be a year to year, class to class type of thing for many schools. We are a school of 850 & will have about 80-85 this fall. But, I know a school nearby that has 1300 & used to be a real power in the state & they currently have 55 total for the whole program. Big power conference in our state just dropped a level b/c schools can't field all previous organized levels and most of the schools consist of 1500-2500 kids. Just keep plugging away, not sure you can do much more. PS - 5 years ago my alma mater had 120 frosh, this year they have 80 total for the whole program.
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