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Post by dsqa on Jun 16, 2012 21:53:47 GMT -6
No, I'm not British, but I have had enough experience on the business side of this game that nothing surprises me anymore...truth is I knew this was coming 5 years ago when IMG sold their agent business to CAA and got into NFL player development...
...the understatement is more likely a function of the beginning stages of acute euphoric "whateverness" brought on by prolonged exposure to the numbing effects of overpromising, underdelivering football training entities (not IMG yet, that remains to be seen) that breeds disillusioned parents, discouraged athletes and disrespected coaches that we have to rehabilitate as best we can in our program to believe that camps and camp coaches aren't the devil incarnate and don't exist to ruin kids futures.
I know some of the key IMG guys, I've visited with Chris Weinke on his plan, and to IMG's credit, at least they aren't hiding what they are or are seeking to be...
you want to talk troubling, let's talk overpriced, empty suit recruiting services, post High school graduate school athlete racketeering, and behind the scenes auctioning of elite athletes to colleges through the highest booster bidders, and the exploitation of rising talent through the flooding of the recruiting market with non-commitable college scholarship offers being laid on athletes that are worth no more than a recruiting letter that says you're on a list...
can't understate those train wrecks that no one seems too bothered by....IMG will have 60-75 kids that can MAYBE do this, and realistically, the level they will be able to compete at will be suspect for a while, simply because they can't offer some of the things that a real High school offers in the athlete experience...so in the big picture...
Also, this is an extremely expensive undertaking that only an IMG could bankroll because of all the other infrastructure they have in place...
It's another expensive private school starting football...If they ever go into State series play, they will be watched like a hawk by FHSAA...and according to someone I know at IMG, they intend to hire a compliance officer to manage that relationship to avoid any bad press...they can't afford that kind of brand damage.
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Post by dsqa on Jun 16, 2012 19:32:03 GMT -6
I know a little about this situation...they have their own accredited private school on campus...they currently have a 700+ student school.
FHSAA just approved through the State legislature that Member schools can play non-member schools in-season, so this will help them get games with schools that will play them.
They have hired a compliance person to make sure everything is above board...
Keep in mind that there are boarding schools in this country that cost the same amount of money as IMG each year...I know of a number of them.
This is simply that...a boarding school that will emphasize its football opportunity...
We have a very successful program in Florida that has been like this for years...The Bolles School
Kinda neutral on the thing, but its not as out there as it seems, it just isn't affordable for the vast majority of athletes...
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Post by dsqa on Jun 2, 2012 15:12:23 GMT -6
Small additional price to pay to allow your kids the chance to feel Ownership of something...besides, they have to play...what's a few extra bucks to get them a ball they feel will help them? Captains call...it's a little statement of the value you believe matters to put in them
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Post by dsqa on Jan 29, 2012 20:42:12 GMT -6
I'll be speaking on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning in Chicago...Just FYI...if you've got time stop in, and there are no other big name guys you want to see...talking about QB development Friday and R4 on Saturday...If you come, make sure to say hello...Always a privilege to meet my fellow Huey coaches at the clinics.
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Post by dsqa on Oct 29, 2011 22:32:25 GMT -6
Won't discuss it with parent...I am here to assist them in building their boy into a man who can stand on his own. Part of that process is their need to approach me and hear what the issues are...
Makes no sense to discuss it with the parent simply for the reason that they wouldn't want another parent influencing my decision on another player's time over their son's...it's just not appropriate...
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Post by dsqa on Oct 11, 2011 19:42:20 GMT -6
1. Why do you coach? To impact young men's lives in a positive way permanently2. What is your philosophy on leading / coaching? Accelerate learning/execution through a clear understanding of why...leadership is best done through serving, not being served3. What is your philosophy on living / life itself? Growing in my willingness to do what others are not, so that others get what they need with God's help4. What is the best piece of coaching advice you've ever heard? (If you could give just one piece of advice to every other coach out there, what would it be?) Don't take yourself too seriously, it's not about you and it never will be5. What is the best piece of LIFE advice you've ever heard? (If you could give just one piece of advice to every person you meet in life, what would it be?) People/Players alike, don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.Read more: coachhuey.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=48840#ixzz1aWizjllD
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Post by dsqa on Sept 24, 2011 14:23:56 GMT -6
Started two HS programs from scratch in successful private schools...interesting experience
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Post by dsqa on Sept 24, 2011 9:33:56 GMT -6
Just coachin' thoughts here..congrats on the big night for sure...good win, but as the coach, I'm not sure why the bigger numbers matter...it simply highlights your need for more work on defense and running the ball...don't get me wrong, I love big numbers for the QB, but the bigger indicator is percentage of completions 64%...is good, not awesome. As this QBs coach, I would revisit the 14 misses...affirm his good fortune in the other team's horrific secondary play...and break down each completion decision on it's own merit... We gotta play next week:-)
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Post by dsqa on Sept 24, 2011 9:19:49 GMT -6
Ok, another perspective...from a history of some pretty brutal situations....Not sure it's wise to believe in an ideal situation, and honestly, longing for one can only serve to make you more ungrateful and cynical. Lord knows I want things easier at times, just get the bills paid...ya know... But I have found that if I spend all my time trying to make it "ideal" for me, then I am certainly in danger of missing the point of my coaching...bringing the best out of what I have. I like to think in terms of opportunities given...Nothing wrong with dreaming a bit over a beverage, but I think we might all find more upside in what we do as coaches if we maintain perspective...just sayin'
For me on the dream side...get the bills paid and change some lives in the process for the positive...the rest is just stuff
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Post by dsqa on Sept 24, 2011 8:25:58 GMT -6
Where's the block? Throwing from the pocket well? Throwing under pressure? Checking at the line? Remembering the plays? Bad decisions?
I know you could probably say all of it, but which one is the worst? It will say something about what you need to dial-in...you have to identify the sticking point, and if he has any talent or toughness you can move the chains with him...
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Post by dsqa on Jun 16, 2011 6:16:35 GMT -6
Another factor of easy and simple is the integrated nature of the content...sequential building block learning takes very basic principles and can apply a great deal of information to them, because of how they are interconnected.
The schemes and systems that are easy and simple have keys and ciphers that unlock quick understanding and application...it doesn't always mean you can't have a lot of ways to do things, you just have to be able to connect the parts in a way that makes a lot of sense.
Not always the easiest thing to do...
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Post by dsqa on Feb 18, 2011 11:48:48 GMT -6
Work on the kicking game...
Kick field goals when you are inside the 30 or Red Zone. 3 points at a clip can never be accused of running up the score, the kids keep playing hard, and you get the kicker some much needed work. We used to work on his deeper kicks when we might need them in close games. Valuable game experience and if the ball is turned over its a good as a punt, or we kick it off again.
Nice compromise to huge scores. We kicked on 1st or 2nd down in some games, because we wanted certain kinds of kicks at certain distances.
Just another thought...
Opposing coaches saw what we were doing and never had anything bad to say...I don't know...just another way
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Post by dsqa on Jan 14, 2011 8:50:45 GMT -6
Not sure there can be an over-coaching of technique, but there can certainly be an "over-talking." Been there, done that.
It has a lot to do with how you package what you teach and deliver it.
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Post by dsqa on Dec 14, 2010 17:49:50 GMT -6
Thanks Mav for watching out for us! Yes, I am up to my elbows in NFA! We are busy creating full blown certification and curriculums with some of the best coaches we can find, and more are contacting us everyday. If any coaches here are interested in getting involved in certifying to coach, or just want more info on the Skills Clinics, or how to get their players involved, you can contact us through the NFA website mentioned above. www.nationalfootballacademies.comWe have hoped for this opportunity for a longtime, and we are learning more about football than we have ever hoped we could as we put together our curriculum teams. We believe with Glazier's partnership and credibility, and the great staff we already have in place this could be something coaches can have confidence in to support their ongoing program development efforts. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive training program available that coaches will feel genuinely helps them and their players improve.
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Post by dsqa on Dec 14, 2010 17:24:40 GMT -6
Casey, Thanks for your very kind comments, I am glad you had a great time - you really did a great job yourself. Thanks for your help in evaluations on Sunday! :-) We are very grateful to have the privilege of coaching with men like you. It is our hope that we can continue to make a difference as we expand the QBA model for development and certification to every position through National Football Academies. There are a lot of great coaches getting involved and I believe we can make a difference for a number of coaches and young men. With the addition of the Glazier Fundamental Skills Clinics for Season Pass Holders at our events and opportunities for certification, I am confident there a lot of coaches on this board who would be interested in getting involved. If you are interested in more information on NFA, Glazier Fundamental Skills Clinics and certification for all positions, please contact us through www.nationalfootballacademies.comThanks again Casey, look forward to seeing you again soon!
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Post by dsqa on Nov 16, 2010 22:42:16 GMT -6
Coach, your videos shipped. You should have them in the next day or so as we discussed. The technical failure delayed the process. Thank you for your patience.
Typically, you will have your order within a week to 10 days from the day you order it domestically. Sometimes sooner depending on UPS.
Let me know if there is a problem.
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Post by dsqa on Nov 12, 2010 20:03:17 GMT -6
Leaders make other men feel important
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Post by dsqa on Nov 12, 2010 14:33:58 GMT -6
The ramp up was very encouraging, but the financing fell through and we weren't able to continue due to some unfortunate dealings behind the scenes. Sometimes business deals can leave you in a cold, dark place.
Since that debacle, I have made what I hope are some positive changes to what we are doing to ensure we are never in that situation again.
For the record, the 3d software was, and still is, a very good concept and a very functional software platform; albeit much reduced from what we originally were developing, but I am not involved with it any longer.
Mav is correct , I believe Apex is selling the reduced product as the licensed holder, and I believe it is still a great resource.
Certification layout was roughly correct as discussed above. The objective is to provide coaches a way to benefit from the process without having to pay exorbitant upfront fees for ongoing certification. The 3 camps is OTJ training for coaches in the model and there are some good extra income opps as well once they are on the certified side.
You can email us through the quarterbackacademy.com site for more information...we are fixing to kick off the new year next month.
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Post by dsqa on Oct 20, 2010 10:28:45 GMT -6
Yeah, I agree, getting a feel for a team is important - I probably should have put that in first and then started the list. I am just not sure coaches even have a punch list beyond D & D, hash, formation, play, etc. (if that)
I just believe that some times there are questions that go unanswered in the film room that end up being the same questions that are asked after a game is over and things didn't go as planned.
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Post by dsqa on Oct 20, 2010 10:12:20 GMT -6
Probably a good idea to have a punch list of what you are looking for, and or will be grading on, before you start watching a game video.
Same holds true for breaking a video down. Know what you are looking for before you sit down. What are the questions that need to be answered first for the scouting report, next for the plays we will call, or defenses we will institute, and then those for the tendencies that may or may not be there.
Finally, once the key questions are answered, you just watch the video to pick up anything you may have missed.
Good tests, I missed two things in the second video.
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Post by dsqa on Oct 19, 2010 14:56:16 GMT -6
I think the term "vocal leader" is misleading. Some might immediately see that as telling others what to do and being intentional in being heard. Being "heard" is of no value if what you do isn't done well. Those QBs may be "vocal" but they are consistently referred to as "backups."
I like "Servant Leader" better. It might have a "vocal" element where the QB must speak up when things aren't as they should be, but being a "leader" is critical, and in the case of the quarterback, you cannot use a better qualifier than "servant."
This should reflect not only his attitude toward others on the team and coaching staff, but his enthusiasm to distribute the ball where it needs to be and when it needs to be there. This demands that he have a significant work ethic to develop his ability to distribute the ball in its many forms - often having to do much of that work in secret.
It isn't demeaning in the sense that you are viewed any less by others, on the contrary, it will produce greater respect to the one who becomes a "servant." It's the posture of heart that the great ones have who will use whatever they have at their disposal internally to benefit the team - on the ground as an athlete, or in the air with the arm.
The "servant leader" understands his role on the team, and makes it his highest privilege on gameday to enable every weapon the offense possesses to "move the chains."
And the best part....If you really have a genuine QB like this on your team who does this, he doesn't seem to care if he gets the credit.
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Post by dsqa on Sept 28, 2010 15:40:46 GMT -6
Well if you're planning on leaving anyway, you might as well shake things up a bit. What's the worst that could happen, you have to leave?...
Don't know what kind of stick you have with the coach, or the kids, but you ARE CURRENTLY A COACH ON A TEAM. Not a good team mind you, but YOU ARE CURRENTLY A COACH ON A TEAM. Now, if you left and got the head job elsewhere, YOU WOULD BE A COACH ON ANOTHER TEAM. Either way, YOU ARE COACHING AND YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR COACHING.
Now, either you are in a position of no influence in a losing program, and you are tired of having no say...Or, you have been retained for the third time because you are a pretty doggone good coach and what you say matters to the staff, and this team.
If its the first one, that's tough, might want to look around. However, if it's the second one, it seems to me that you gotta decide that winning the hearts of these kids 1 by 1 is worth more than anything you do everyday, and let the record be what it is. In other words, you have to dig deeper into your reason for coaching and be what it is they seem to be lacking in this program.
Now, it may get you fired if you have to speak your mind to the HC (behind closed doors, please), or to the staff, or to the players, but don't remind them of what they aren't good at - they already know that. Start remembering how fun it is to coach by telling everyone, including the staff, what you like about what they bring to the table - what ARE they good at, even if it isn't much. Move the chains in their mindset, by being a continual reminder of why they are valuable to this program. Doing this will immediately change your heart, and probably impact the program in some positive way, if not on the scoreboard.
God knows when you're losing, nobody feels good about anything they do. You just decide to be the thermostat of encouragement that raises the temperature in the hearts.
It takes no skill to find what is wrong here, and everyone knows what needs to be done to fix it - these kids and coaches are scrambling to try and do better, what is always missing from the losing equation is that "perspective spark" (coach or player) from someone who believes in spite of everyone who doubts...this is a great assistant role in the midst of great discouragement.
What have you got to lose - everything is already a mess.
Good Luck.
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Post by dsqa on Sept 16, 2010 19:44:48 GMT -6
Love OJW's quote and comments, right on the mark...also coachcb's idea to freeze call to get the defense to jump ---- but Kick the FG, and if you don't have a good kicker - drive a squib away from their burner...If the kicker is good, tell him to kill it! into the endzone and make them go 80 and kick the extra point to win it.
The rest is some additional thoughts on why I would do that... because you asked for it...
Speaking purely from an assessment of the decision from the team, staff, and fanbase perspective...
A lot of what makes this decision difficult is driven by the fact that to do anything but kick from that distance of 4 yards away can unwittingly send a message that you question, or doubt in some fashion, your various units' ability to do their part following an unfavorable outcome. As OJW said, you invite a beating, but more than that, you send a message...
It's the idea that you are saying if we don't get the first down and close it out here...some other unit will let us down. Bill Belichek went for it on 4th down on his own 29, because he didn't believe his defense could stop Peyton Manning, et al. Plain and simple.
But this is HS, where the percentages are much more tenuous due to the age of our teams. It really is kind of a "no-win" decision at that distance...kick it! Even if you go for it and make it, the potential message of doubt is sent, because of how far you had to go - regardless of your motivation, momentum, etc. It just doesn't make sense "unless we aren't good enough to follow normal protocol..." You could absolutely say you believed in your offense until you are blue in the face, but you still invite unnecessary doubt about your motivation. Let the kids win it...
At 4th and 2 or less, you will have more support to try to close it out, because the perceived risk of "going for it" is less, and therefore you won't look as desperate to avoid exposing some unit to the pressure of a failed effort.
I think the message you should send is clear at 4 yards...."I believe in my kicker and special teams to put 3 points on the board, I believe in my KO cover team to make the stop, and I believe in my defense to close out the game for us." And that is exactly what I would sayto the kids, parents and media, if we missed the kick, and the opposing team drove drove 80 yards for the win, or tied it with a kick and beat us in overtime. "I would do it again, because I always believe in my staff and players to each do their part."
On 4th and 2 or less, on the opponent's 20, (Which I will already have told my team at nearly every practice prior to that moment that if we are inside the 30 in this situation we WILL close it out), then I look at closing out the game with a statement to my offense that I believe it is up to them to put this one away. At that point, all of my kids and coaches are on the same page, because we had prepared for this moment.
Just another take. This game truly is a game of inches...
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Post by dsqa on Aug 25, 2010 7:10:48 GMT -6
That is good starting list, with a few tweaks, you have a future bestseller :)Good Luck in your class, it sounds like a great time.
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Post by dsqa on Aug 11, 2010 11:09:11 GMT -6
nm
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Post by dsqa on Aug 2, 2010 9:41:57 GMT -6
This is a great link. Thank you. Very appropriate.
These are the secrets to great programs' ability to reload every year...they apply many of these ideas, just by how they are.
I have seen this at work. Great stuff.
Can be an interesting study on how giving up "ownership" of these things can clash with coach egos.
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Post by dsqa on Jul 19, 2010 7:50:44 GMT -6
For what its worth, I tend to agree with the sentiment that it brings your players together in a semi-competitive context, and while it lacks all the specifics of the fall schemes, it is still a chance for your players to rally around each other, and learn to play together. Notwithstanding the scheme adjustments, etc. It is essentially getting your boys to do something together as a team that we used to do without having to be told - sandlot football. :-)
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Post by dsqa on Jun 17, 2010 23:58:59 GMT -6
Wally It was great working with you! It was amazing that a man of your experience would be willing to participate in our program for coaches. Your enthusiastic effort and work with the athletes was a great addition to the camps. Thank you.
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Post by dsqa on Jun 10, 2010 17:48:41 GMT -6
Coachbilderback - thanks for your comments - which camp did you attend?
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Post by dsqa on May 30, 2010 14:26:02 GMT -6
Being willing to do what others are not, so that those they serve can get what they need...
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