hoya4ever
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Post by hoya4ever on Nov 24, 2005 14:11:39 GMT -5
I think the reason they kneeled was because had they failed in those twenty seconds they would have given the other team a great field position at the change of the quarters.
I don't know much about team management and play calling but I do know that the attitute of the coaches matters. I have seen the attitude and it is one that doesn't allow for respect but only disrespectful obedience. Our coaches yell but do not motivate, they give orders but do not explain their intents. They are not in contact with their players. Most of the guys don't know the reasons behind any depth chart, or play call.
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FormerHoya
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Post by FormerHoya on Nov 25, 2005 14:14:10 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but these quotes sound like the quotes of people who haven't been on a football team before. More accurately, they sound like quotes of people who haven't been on a team before and are listening their friends on the team that don't play.
Having been in these situations I can tell you this, Coaches lie. Especially in a non-scholarship situation, they lie because they must. If a player isn't any good, the coaches must continue to tell him that he is good. The reason for this is simple: he is needed for practice. The problem that arises is that coming from highschool where they are assuredly a star, and being told still that they are good, they become frustrated, and believe (as any player worth his salt should) that they should be playing.
When it comes down to it, football is a difficult game to play even when you are starting, five days of practice for one game on Saturday isn't easy. When you don't have a chance to play it becomes even worse. the temptation to quit is really easy.
I don't mean to call anyone out, I just think that comments like the second quoted paragraph don't make much sense. A football team is not a democracy, it is a TEAM, and to be a part of it everyone should put in their best effort.
Have I just outed myself as an old fogey? I'm not actually that old...
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hoya4ever
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Post by hoya4ever on Nov 25, 2005 15:22:34 GMT -5
FH i understand what you are saying and I do agree with you, but is there anyway to deal with the frustration of the players? I have been on a team before, a very competitive one, and I understand that practise players are needed but dont' the practise players know what they are? I don't think there should be any illusions as to who is better.
edit: Respect for the coaches can come from all players, first string or not. I know some first-stringers that have told me they don't respect their coaches. These guys know football, and know what coaches are supposed to do. There must be something wrong there.
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Post by WesCoast on Nov 28, 2005 0:24:45 GMT -5
Saturday November 26, 2005: www.footballscoop.com/scoop.htmSCOOP: Candidates for head coach openings... Columbia names: Chuck Priorie – HC at Trinity (CT), Tom Gilmore – HC at Holy Cross; Mike Kelleher – DC at Brown; Keith Clark – OC at Yale; Jim Margraff – HC at Johns Hopkins; Mike Donnelly – HC at Muhlenberg; John Audino – HC at Union Fordham names: Dave Cohen the DC at Delaware; Vince Sinagra DC at Stony Brook Hofstra names: Pete Lembo HC at Lehigh |
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Nov 28, 2005 20:45:21 GMT -5
Going from Lehigh HC to Hofstra HC, despite the improvement in overall league quality, would have to be one of the most senseless things Lembo could do. If I were Lembo, I wouldn't leave Lehigh for anything short of a BCS conference coordinator job, and frankly I wouldn't blame someone for not doing that.
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