I was one of them. I knew everything! The coaches knew nothing and if I only had the chance I could make this team great. It's just not the truth. It's not the way it really is.
However much you think you know about football the reality is unless you're coaching at the Varsity level of High school and above you don't know $hit about how the game truly works.
I left the corporate world to pursue that dream and in my first year coaching I was blown away at how little I truly knew about the game of football. It was pathetic actually. I would sit in meetings and be completely lost at the nuances we were discussing. It was mind blowing. Last Saturday I watched 472 snaps of offense to formulate a game plan for this Friday night. Spent 4 hours diagnosing 70 different types of motion we will see and developing a reaction to each type. We then have to teach this to 100 different personalities and intelligence levels and expect them to execute perfectly. Not to mention all of the people telling these kids what they should be doing. I have to tell parents to stop trying to coach their kids from the stands. It doesn't help. Add all that together with a generation of kids who don't know what it means to win and lose a game because they've been taught everyone is special and everyone should get a chance to play and be included so they're mental toughness is a cliff that they teeter above constantly.
At the high school level take it easy on your coaches and especially take it easy on the refs. They have tough jobs and make about .02 an hour.
College and NFL coaches are paid to be the faces of their program they can take the heat but I would suggest realizing you just might not know everything there is about a game plan when it's being executed on the field.
However much you think you know about football the reality is unless you're coaching at the Varsity level of High school and above you don't know $hit about how the game truly works.
I left the corporate world to pursue that dream and in my first year coaching I was blown away at how little I truly knew about the game of football. It was pathetic actually. I would sit in meetings and be completely lost at the nuances we were discussing. It was mind blowing. Last Saturday I watched 472 snaps of offense to formulate a game plan for this Friday night. Spent 4 hours diagnosing 70 different types of motion we will see and developing a reaction to each type. We then have to teach this to 100 different personalities and intelligence levels and expect them to execute perfectly. Not to mention all of the people telling these kids what they should be doing. I have to tell parents to stop trying to coach their kids from the stands. It doesn't help. Add all that together with a generation of kids who don't know what it means to win and lose a game because they've been taught everyone is special and everyone should get a chance to play and be included so they're mental toughness is a cliff that they teeter above constantly.
At the high school level take it easy on your coaches and especially take it easy on the refs. They have tough jobs and make about .02 an hour.
College and NFL coaches are paid to be the faces of their program they can take the heat but I would suggest realizing you just might not know everything there is about a game plan when it's being executed on the field.
