Do you like the bye week? Advantages of having it. Disadvantages of it being there.

 

Love it. It gives our kids a chance to recover some injuries if there are any and allows us to have a much bigger learning week than game week. We get the opportunity to revisit plays that may have been bagged and seeing how they work now as opposed to earlier in the season. It also gives the kids a chance to relax if the season isn't going the way you want it to.

Coach, during our bye week we relax practice for our starters and give our younger kids more practice reps. Good idea?

 

I still want the starters to get practice but with little to no contact. I try to think of everything I want to work on, that does not require contact, that I rarely have time for in a week we have a game. I also have position coaches pick out specific things they want to focus on/fix.

 

I agree though it I is a good time for the younger guys to get more contact.

3RD AND SEVEN

Why run to the short side of the field?

 

Thanks.

 

Most coaches tend to run short side to their sideline. It does help to be able see what is happening better and to coach your players on errors they might be making. It also can help the coach make adjustments. I would possible run to short side of the field on third and seven if I have already decided I'm going for it on 4th down. Many running teams (see Georgia Tech and Navy) already know that when they get to a certain spot on the field they are going for any 4th and makable situations.

By the way this is a good thread.

Your starting QB is injured and lost for the game. On your roster you have one or two other QB listed, but you insert a player listed as A RB/WREC AND/OR DB. Why? Again Thanks

Your starting QB is injured and lost for the game. On your roster you have one or two other QB listed, but you insert a player listed as A RB/WREC AND/OR DB. Why? Again Thanks

 

Have to go with what gives you the best option to win. Sometimes that's a true QB and sometimes that's an athlete that has been trained as a backup QB or has a specific package.

 

Our backup this year was one of our slots. If he was only a QB that would have taken one of our athletes off the field.

Have to go with what gives you the best option to win. Sometimes that's a true QB and sometimes that's an athlete that has been trained as a backup QB or has a specific package.

 

Our backup this year was one of our slots. If he was only a QB that would have taken one of our athletes off the field.

 

Agree 100%, same with my boys.

What is your typical thought though. Pound it or save it.

 

My thought on this is to keep going to it but not repetitively. Run a play in between especially if you know you can get at least 5-7 yards every time you run it.

Lets see if we have any coaches that will answer this,,

Your team is O and four in the conference, you record is 1 and 10, do you really want to travel 4 hours to face an undefeated team that you know is going to put a running clock on you before halftime?

 

We had a year where nothing went right for us, lost many close games. We finished as the #4 team in our district, at 3-7, and went to play a team that finished 8-2. We gave them everything they wanted and would have won the football game if it hadn't been for our QB going out right at halftime. I always think that there is a chance you can make a game close as a coach.

 

I totally understand that parents/players and fans probably do not want that game to occur, but I agree with ChiefSmoke on this one as well.

You have a big led and pull your starters.

 

Do you allow the back ups to run your offense, or do you just being them in the game to run it up the gut three times and then punt the ball away?

 

You shrink the playbook, as those kids have not received the same reps all week for what you were trying to do, but I do not believe in running it right up the gut and punting. I think you run the ball to keep the clock moving, but you still run counter action, sweeps, to get those young guys the experience of playing in a Friday night environment.

Love having your opinion.

 

With the recent conversation about punting, or not punting, what are you thought about punting in high school football? Do most coaches punt because it's expected? Or, do they punt because they think they get an advantage?

 

Field position, defense, and how good our punter is definitely play into this question. If I have a very good defense I lean towards punting because field position can limit what offenses can do against a defense. Also, If I am backed up inside the 25-30, punt it away.

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We had a year where nothing went right for us, lost many close games. We finished as the #4 team in our district, at 3-7, and went to play a team that finished 8-2. We gave them everything they wanted and would have won the football game if it hadn't been for our QB going out right at halftime. I always think that there is a chance you can make a game close as a coach.

 

I totally understand that parents/players and fans probably do not want that game to occur, but I agree with ChiefSmoke on this one as well.

 

Good answer, but I think a team that has 3 wins , the odds are WAY better than a winless team, and I think there has been a few of those make the playoffs over the years. Does that change your thoughts?

Can a wing T offense work, with a slow team, who's QB is a drop back passer?

 

I ask these questions mainly because these are things I have watched and did not understand. or because I think I know but had to see what coaches actually thought.

Can a wing T offense work, with a slow team, who's QB is a drop back passer?

 

I ask these questions mainly because these are things I have watched and did not understand. or because I think I know but had to see what coaches actually thought.

 

Slow teams usually don't make anything look good; not really a cure for that.

 

As far as a Wing T team running 3 and 5 step concepts, absolutely they can.

 

Brett Favre and Dan Marino were both HS Wing T QB's.

 

When people here "Wing T" and even more so, "Wishbone" it's an automatic thought of 'you can't throw the ball' out of those offenses; which could not be farther from the truth.

 

Play action, 3 step, 5 step, screen game, etc can all be done from these and can be DEADLY.

 

The Wing T has evolved even with the now popular RPO (Run Pass Option) concepts (many college and high school programs do these, think Baylor).

Edited December 25, 201510 yr by Harry Doyle

If you have an offensive play that you know is working, do you go to it until the stop it or do you keep mixing it up and only pull it out when you need it?

I certainly do. Heck, I've had games where I'll run the same play 20+ times in a row until they adjust. And when they do adjust I'll go to the next wrinkle. Most people will adjust after the 2nd or 3rd time though.