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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 20, 2017 5:41:31 GMT -6
I nailed it at a Grand Rapids this weekend. 1. Mike Uremovich, NIU offense. Awesome. Kept his topics really limited and focused. Organized, detail oriented, prepared. I'd buy on his stock. 2. Harmon Barnett, MSU defence. Very good, not nearly as good as last year. Got a little tied up being cute I think, and this was a much bigger crowd than last year. 3. Grand valley state DC. Very good. Not sure if it's intentional or not but made it clear that RPO defense isn't about playing man, it's about not giving a guy conflicting jobs. Went a little nutty in the last hour showing too many blitzes but that's all DCs. 4. Steve Szabo. Good. A bit reductive in his assessment of quarters. Made a few too many grand pronouncements. But if you follow his train of thought he explains it magnificently. 5. Tim Lester, WMU but really Purdue/Syracuse offense. Awesome. Very clear explanation of what he's doing and how. Really I couldn't have done better. Did you ask any/all of them why they only put 11 guys on the field?
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Post by Chris Clement on Feb 20, 2017 6:37:52 GMT -6
It did seem to put them at a tactical disadvantage.
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Post by tabs52 on Feb 20, 2017 6:53:39 GMT -6
My "worst" right now after one clinic is watching two "RPO" presenters talk on package plays which the QB reads numbers pre-snap (i.e. IZ/Bubble). Dude, THAT'S NOT AN RPO! Dude that is a presnap RPO, he has the option to throw the ball at the snap or run the play, then you post snap RPO
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Post by tabs52 on Feb 20, 2017 6:57:42 GMT -6
My frustration is with coaches who stand up there brag about what they run and how they run then you come to find out A. It was never there stuff and they are on the circuit making a buck on someone elses stuff 2. Guys who talk like they currently coach and come to find out they have not been in the game for the last couple of years.
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Post by karjaw on Feb 20, 2017 9:49:34 GMT -6
Is it me or does every clinic just another chance to sell you something? Coaches
Have you ever gone to a clinic where you spent $85 to $100 to get a snippet of information followed by a sales pitch to buy more materials that contain what you really came and paid $100 to see?
I do not mind paying for stuff. I enjoyed getting things but not a couple hundred bucks at a pop. Believe it or not some of the best I have ever gotten was from sites like this one and not those big production companies.
Or
They put on the film the entire time and run clip after of clip and say things like:
Well my kid screwed that one up or I hope in this clip he does it right? Making you feel as if this is the first time they watched the clips.
Or this
They do not alott enough time to the topic. You get a great speaker and he is going into detail and then the clinic director comes in and goes 10 minutes. Then the speaker says sorry guys I could not get to all of my presentation. Maybe next year or buy the videos they have all the info.
Or better yet
They put on film none of the lecture that was given is evident in the film. Saw a coach one time talk about technique and on the film none of his OLINE was lined up correctly, half of them stepping with wrong foot or no foot for that matter and missing blocks every where, but the backs are soooo good they make play after play or their playing inferior teams and defensive fronts I have not seen since 2005.
Or even better yet
THIS IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE
They talk on stuff they have never run and have no film for. Going around claiming to be an expert on these things. Talk about doing schemes and then come to find out later they were back under center or did not hurry-up when they got three and outted a few times.
These clinics are becoming more and more common place. I have attended three this year so far and witnessed all of the above at all of them. Two out of three clinics I drove 7 hrs for one and 4 hrs for the other.
When I first started coaching coaches who did clinics were:
Honest
Forthcoming with everything
Sold stuff for under $50 bucks now it cost under a $1000 (not exaggerating)
Knew their stuff and could answer all questions
Gave you the coaching points and not clinic talk.
Some of the nicest and giving people you meet.
Tell you to call and they would actually talk to you.
WHATS YOUR POINT??
There are some really good ones still out there and for the most part and they do not come with all of the stuff I stated above. Funny thing they do not come with a big price tag either.
1. Herschel Moore and Wes Elrod met with me and my staff several times for FREE. we came to them and they spent the entire day with us. Some of the best video clinic I have in my collection.
2. I bought all of their materials and they have been worth every penny and of then some. One of the best deals around. In those videos is everything. No secret withheld no lead up sales. I wish they were still doing clinics. They are the best around.
3. Glenn Mcnew. One of the best clinicians who is a class act. He is extremely informative and sells his stuff for less than $20 bucks. Like Wes and Herschel put In all of that time into their products and sell them cheap. It has to be a losing proposition for them. They can not be making any money with all of the time that goes into them. Glen still does clinics, but I do not know how much longer. Go see him speak before he is not doing it either.
4. Chuck Johnson. Saw him this weekend. He had more energy than the 30 and 40 year olds who spoke after him. His clinic was detailed and precise. After he finished he handed out packets of information and even gave his business cards out to people to call him for more information. He spent his entire lunch with me and spoke on Wing T and answered every question. Even went as far to say look forward to speaking to you in the future.
Lastly, some of the best clinics in addition to those guys are things I bought on eBay. They cost less than $10 and have a ton of detail.
FINAL NOTE: The best clinics I have ever had were the ones in which I brought them to me and my staff. Guys like: Wes Elrod Dan Morrison Glen McNew John Ianucci Wade Lang Mike Cavanaugh Bill Mountjoy
Good luck finding deals
Coach Wright
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Post by newhope on Feb 20, 2017 9:59:07 GMT -6
Gunter Brewer from UNC did a good job at the Charlotte Glazier.
To second karjaw's post just above, Wade Lang is excellent. If you're an option guy, go down to Wofford.
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Post by rsmith627 on Feb 20, 2017 11:13:21 GMT -6
Is it me or does every clinic just another chance to sell you something? Coaches Have you ever gone to a clinic where you spent $85 to $100 to get a snippet of information followed by a sales pitch to buy more materials that contain what you really came and paid $100 to see? I do not mind paying for stuff. I enjoyed getting things but not a couple hundred bucks at a pop. Believe it or not some of the best I have ever gotten was from sites like this one and not those big production companies. Or They put on the film the entire time and run clip after of clip and say things like: Well my kid screwed that one up or I hope in this clip he does it right? Making you feel as if this is the first time they watched the clips. Or this They do not alott enough time to the topic. You get a great speaker and he is going into detail and then the clinic director comes in and goes 10 minutes. Then the speaker says sorry guys I could not get to all of my presentation. Maybe next year or buy the videos they have all the info. Or better yet They put on film none of the lecture that was given is evident in the film. Saw a coach one time talk about technique and on the film none of his OLINE was lined up correctly, half of them stepping with wrong foot or no foot for that matter and missing blocks every where, but the backs are soooo good they make play after play or their playing inferior teams and defensive fronts I have not seen since 2005. Or even better yet THIS IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE They talk on stuff they have never run and have no film for. Going around claiming to be an expert on these things. Talk about doing schemes and then come to find out later they were back under center or did not hurry-up when they got three and outted a few times. These clinics are becoming more and more common place. I have attended three this year so far and witnessed all of the above at all of them. Two out of three clinics I drove 7 hrs for one and 4 hrs for the other. When I first started coaching coaches who did clinics were: Honest Forthcoming with everything Sold stuff for under $50 bucks now it cost under a $1000 (not exaggerating) Knew their stuff and could answer all questions Gave you the coaching points and not clinic talk. Some of the nicest and giving people you meet. Tell you to call and they would actually talk to you. WHATS YOUR POINT?? There are some really good ones still out there and for the most part and they do not come with all of the stuff I stated above. Funny thing they do not come with a big price tag either. 1. Herschel Moore and Wes Elrod met with me and my staff several times for FREE. we came to them and they spent the entire day with us. Some of the best video clinic I have in my collection. 2. I bought all of their materials and they have been worth every penny and of then some. One of the best deals around. In those videos is everything. No secret withheld no lead up sales. I wish they were still doing clinics. They are the best around. 3. Glenn Mcnew. One of the best clinicians who is a class act. He is extremely informative and sells his stuff for less than $20 bucks. Like Wes and Herschel put In all of that time into their products and sell them cheap. It has to be a losing proposition for them. They can not be making any money with all of the time that goes into them. Glen still does clinics, but I do not know how much longer. Go see him speak before he is not doing it either. 4. Chuck Johnson. Saw him this weekend. He had more energy than the 30 and 40 year olds who spoke after him. His clinic was detailed and precise. After he finished he handed out packets of information and even gave his business cards out to people to call him for more information. He spent his entire lunch with me and spoke on Wing T and answered every question. Even went as far to say look forward to speaking to you in the future. Lastly, some of the best clinics in addition to those guys are things I bought on eBay. They cost less than $10 and have a ton of detail. FINAL NOTE: The best clinics I have ever had were the ones in which I brought them to me and my staff. Guys like: Wes Elrod Dan Morrison Glen McNew John Ianucci Wade Lang Mike Cavanaugh Bill Mountjoy Good luck finding deals Coach Wright All of your gripes are why I started webinars. Huey guys know their chit, coach at the same level we do, and deal with the same kind of slapdick players that we do. I'm also not trying to sell anything, although I'm sure I could make a few bucks if I threw up a paywall.
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Post by esch on Feb 20, 2017 12:01:50 GMT -6
Just got back from the Glazier Flexbome clinic in North Jersey. The head coach, Tom Bolden, was great. He did 6 straight sessions on his flexbone offense and 2 more on his 50 front defense. I have never seen a guy be so open at a clinic. He's a great speaker, and was very detail oriented. I would definitely see him again.
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Post by chipprjonz10 on Feb 20, 2017 12:46:13 GMT -6
I also just got back from the Glazier clinic in North Jersey. Darin Slack, Matt Gallagher, and Tom Bolden were excellent. I really enjoyed Matt Gallagher because he would take ANY football questions and start drawing it up on the white board, making it more interactive. Rather than just showing his hudl clips and reading his power point the entire time. All three also stayed after and allowed me to e-mail/call them to get their power points and hudl clips for FREE. This enabled me to write down those " key points/nuggets" and not worry about writing down every word on each slide and drawing up the plays/assignments for the actual plays during each of their sessions. All 3 seemed to not hold back and give you access to all their tips/tricks and really wanted to help you get better and take what works for them and tweak it to work for your current system.
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Post by funkfriss on Feb 20, 2017 13:35:33 GMT -6
My "worst" right now after one clinic is watching two "RPO" presenters talk on package plays which the QB reads numbers pre-snap (i.e. IZ/Bubble). Dude, THAT'S NOT AN RPO! Dude that is a presnap RPO, he has the option to throw the ball at the snap or run the play, then you post snap RPO I guess it's one of those things where people start using the same term to mean whatever they want it to mean (like "socialism"). "Option" has always been a word to describe a play in which you read a defender after the snap. If somebody told you, "Yeah, we run the Triple Option, Double Option, Midline Option, or Speed Option," you wouldn't have to ask him, "Are you reading that pre-snap or post-snap?" Heck, even the Halfback Option was a post-snap determination (and the first ever RPO if we want to go there). Now, once some really clever guys started having their QB read defenders post-snap with the option to run or pass it became coined "run-pass option," or RPO. RPO sounds sexy and innovative, so everybody who was running old-fashioned (like so 2010) "packaged plays" started calling their stuff RPOs too. A packaged play is the cousin of the audible, same as "check with me." None of those are option plays. Rant over....
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Post by funkfriss on Feb 20, 2017 13:46:12 GMT -6
Gunter Brewer from UNC did a good job at the Charlotte Glazier. To second karjaw's post just above, Wade Lang is excellent. If you're an option guy, go down to Wofford. Heard Coach Brewer maybe 5 or 6 years ago when he first went to Ole Miss. Really good stuff that has become the staple of almost everybody's Quick Game package. Had a good way of communicating and teaching his stuff. It helped that he had a lot of film on Justin Blackmon and Dez Bryant from his Okie St. days. They definitely were freak athletes, but it was cool to see his drills translating to their game film clips (great footwork and hand fighting skills). He even had a few Randy Moss clips, but those were mostly for showing off. I remember him saying something like, "Don't watch his technique. The only things I did for him were not overcoach him and told the QB to get him the ball!"
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Post by wolfden12 on Feb 20, 2017 13:46:26 GMT -6
Cincy Glazier this past weekend.
Been looking to hear this coach for a number of years and he didn't disappoint. Chad Hetlet (HFC - Glenbard West (Ill.) was legit.
Loud and enthusiastic! Kept you on the edge of your seat and not to mention he is built like Bill Kazmeier. Good one-liners and subtle jokes to keep you going. All film (good and bad) which allowed us to see and discuss more in depth. Answered questions and shared everything.
I would argue maybe the BEST H.S. coach I have ever heard talk. Sat in on 6 sessions and would have stayed for the evening 2 if I didn't have to leave town.
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 20, 2017 20:08:03 GMT -6
Dude that is a presnap RPO, he has the option to throw the ball at the snap or run the play, then you post snap RPO I guess it's one of those things where people start using the same term to mean whatever they want it to mean (like "socialism"). "Option" has always been a word to describe a play in which you read a defender after the snap. If somebody told you, "Yeah, we run the Triple Option, Double Option, Midline Option, or Speed Option," you wouldn't have to ask him, "Are you reading that pre-snap or post-snap?" Heck, even the Halfback Option was a post-snap determination (and the first ever RPO if we want to go there). Now, once some really clever guys started having their QB read defenders post-snap with the option to run or pass it became coined "run-pass option," or RPO. RPO sounds sexy and innovative, so everybody who was running old-fashioned (like so 2010) "packaged plays" started calling their stuff RPOs too. A packaged play is the cousin of the audible, same as "check with me." None of those are option plays. Rant over.... Wing-T Waggle is the original RPO, everyone else is just trying to get on Tubby's level...
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Post by canesfan on Feb 20, 2017 20:52:49 GMT -6
Bobby Acosta was good. Phil Longo is good. Taylor Mazzone didn't a decent job but without the flare of his pops. Pat Fox is interesting. He spent 20 minutes talking about how he wasn't going to short change us with his talk because no one short changed him and people are driving all over the country to get to a Glazier clinic. He's also one of those guys who walks around throughout his talk and will look each coach in the eye for at least 10-20 seconds while he's talking. I love listening to Pat Fox. Guy is hilarious. Heard Pat Fox this weekend. Could hear him all the way down the hallway so I thought I'd check him out. He was good. Interesting and passionate. Maybe a little nuts, which I don't have a problem with.
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Post by grouchy71 on Feb 22, 2017 11:02:13 GMT -6
I love listening to Pat Fox. Guy is hilarious. Heard Pat Fox this weekend. Could hear him all the way down the hallway so I thought I'd check him out. He was good. Interesting and passionate. Maybe a little nuts, which I don't have a problem with. Big Pat Fox fan, though I haven't heard him in a couple years now.
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Post by coachdubyah on Feb 22, 2017 21:12:15 GMT -6
4 that stood out to me this past weekend.
Terrance Archer - WR Coach Sam Houston State Nothing but Wr play. I have a lot of respect for these guys. One of the best offenses in the nation and they aren't exactly working with a bunch of Studs. They have some, but not many. Well coached kids. Gave out free Drill DVDs. I love free stuff.
Dave Christensen - Former Missouri OC and Oline guy. He's consulting now. Supposed to start up an Oline deal on Championship Systems. Great guy and hilarious. Doesn't take himself too serious.
Tony Marciano - OC/Oline Coach at Incarnate Word. Made the trip worth it for me. His video wouldn't load. So we cleared the chairs out and did a pass Pro walk thru. Me and like 4 other guys. Glazier guy told him his time was up and he just kept going. I stayed after to talk more Pass Pro and were the last ones out that night. Walked out around midnight. Great guy. I think he was TE coach for the Colts thru the Payton years.
James Vint - I always steal from him. Great offensive mind. Believe he's on here.
Worst...Strength coaches that talk about their "undersized" 6'3" 235 pound Left Tackle and how weak he is...I walked out.
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Post by StraightFlexin on Feb 23, 2017 6:56:57 GMT -6
Just got back from the Glazier Flexbome clinic in North Jersey. The head coach, Tom Bolden, was great. He did 6 straight sessions on his flexbone offense and 2 more on his 50 front defense. I have never seen a guy be so open at a clinic. He's a great speaker, and was very detail oriented. I would definitely see him again. Tom Bolden was amazing! Had a very small group in his sessions last year and shared so much. Great guy.
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Post by wingtol on Feb 26, 2017 16:06:27 GMT -6
Saw Saban this weekend at a Nike clinic. Wasn't expecting to learn any X and O's from him but... He was great and horrible all with in an hour and a half. His program leadership stuff was great totally worth it. Then for some reason he decided to talk coverage for 20 mins. Pretty sure he went over ever coverage they run in that time. Put up a slide, show two clips, "See it's easy", next slide, two clips, "See it's easy" over and over. Felt bad for the guys sitting in the front row as he kept asking them You got that? You understand? they were just shaking their heads scared to death to say no LOL
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Post by **** on Feb 26, 2017 16:18:42 GMT -6
Saw Saban this weekend at a Nike clinic. Wasn't expecting to learn any X and O's from him but... He was great and horrible all with in an hour and a half. His program leadership stuff was great totally worth it. Then for some reason he decided to talk coverage for 20 mins. Pretty sure he went over ever coverage they run in that time. Put up a slide, show two clips, "See it's easy", next slide, two clips, "See it's easy" over and over. Felt bad for the guys sitting in the front row as he kept asking them You got that? You understand? they were just shaking their heads scared to death to say no LOL Probably wanted to see if anybody had the stones to ask him what the hell he was talking about!
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Post by chipprjonz10 on Feb 26, 2017 16:20:27 GMT -6
The Saban story sounds very familiar. I saw him at a Nike clinic as well in PA about 5-7 years ago. His story telling was by far the best and linking it to character and culture. Then he got into his secondary coverages for the last part of his clinic talk and was as you described above .
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Post by Coach Vint on Feb 26, 2017 18:54:06 GMT -6
I saw Saban when he was at Michigan State and it was awesome! He was talking about their base rules for playing cover 3. It was and still is one of the best clinic talks I have seen.
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Post by pvogel on Feb 26, 2017 19:30:13 GMT -6
Not gonna lie. Just bumpin this thread to make sure i wasnt a dud when I spoke at the NJ glazier haha.
Phil Longo (OC @ Ole Miss that was just hired from Sam Houston) was legit tho. Did a great job being super real with everything. Kept stressing simlify, simplify, simplify. And was real good in talking about technique and little coaching points.
Looking forward to Tampa Glazier this wknd.
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Post by coachb5806 on Feb 26, 2017 20:27:36 GMT -6
Hunter Wood, strength coach for Apopka, was outstanding at Denver this weekend. He was one of the best I have heard.
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Post by wingtol on Feb 27, 2017 8:20:29 GMT -6
I saw Saban when he was at Michigan State and it was awesome! He was talking about their base rules for playing cover 3. It was and still is one of the best clinic talks I have seen. Sure it was a bit more in depth then than this weekend where it was literally "Ok this is Rip/Liz. CB has all of 1. Watch for 3 cross. Run the clip. Alright. Any questions? Ok this is 7. CB has all of 1. It's man until it's not. Run the clip. Alright. Any questions?" and so on through 10 overages in 15 mins.
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Post by pvogel on Feb 27, 2017 8:35:49 GMT -6
Hunter Wood, strength coach for Apopka, was outstanding at Denver this weekend. He was one of the best I have heard. That whole organization is very good from the top down. They will be a consistent power for a long time. Theres so much turnover in this state but Apopka has a real good structure and theyre great in an organizational sense.
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Post by coachb5806 on Feb 27, 2017 11:05:30 GMT -6
Hunter Wood, strength coach for Apopka, was outstanding at Denver this weekend. He was one of the best I have heard. That whole organization is very good from the top down. They will be a consistent power for a long time. Theres so much turnover in this state but Apopka has a real good structure and theyre great in an organizational sense. Got to hear Darlington in Phoenix last year, he was equally impressive. Hearing his strength coach, who was speaking elsewhere last year, was on the list. If we weren't already headed to Denver we would have made the trip for that alone. We do a pretty good job with our off season, and honestly there was only one thing we are going to tweak with our high school program. But Coach Wood completely opened up a new way of doing things with our 7th and 8th graders that I can't wait to get rolling on. We have certainly been neglecting those guys.
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Post by 546954695469 on Feb 27, 2017 17:02:24 GMT -6
Jerry Campbell has made a career of speaking at clinics. Has playbooks for every scheme. Kinda shady to me...
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Post by mdftfo on Feb 27, 2017 17:44:37 GMT -6
Jerry Campbell has made a career of speaking at clinics. Has playbooks for every scheme. Kinda shady to me... I'm not going to comment on the quality of his sessions since I was so out of it for the one I attended but he seemed like a coach who just wanted to share knowledge. He handed out his DVDs for free to all the coaches who toughed it out to the last session. There's like 7 or 8 powerpoints I have to wade through still, each like 150 slides long. There were plenty of coaches hawking their stuff at clinics. I mean Paul Alexander was great but even still it was "hey check out my book" scattered throughout. It's not like high school coaches are exactly paid millions... And I will say for Jerry Campbell he finished what he was supposed to talk about with 30 minutes or so left. He asked for questions, there were none, so he started just sharing various things. Coaching tips. Ran through some of his special teams briefly. Felt like he wanted to just be helpful overall to anyone who was there. Just throwing out another perspective.
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Post by funkfriss on Feb 27, 2017 21:05:00 GMT -6
I nailed it at a Grand Rapids this weekend. 1. Mike Uremovich, NIU offense. Awesome. Kept his topics really limited and focused. Organized, detail oriented, prepared. I'd buy on his stock. I listened to Joe Tripodi (I think that's right) the OL coach at NIU a couple weeks back and was also very impressed. Very thorough in explaining their run game and RPOs
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Post by Coach Vint on Feb 27, 2017 21:09:47 GMT -6
Jerry Campbell is one of the best people in coaching. He will give you the shirt off his back. He has forgotten more football than most of us will ever know. 20 years ago when I was first starting out he spent a lot of time answering questions and helping me to better coach. In his career he has been an offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator and head coach. He was an OL coach for the number one rushing offense in the nation at the college level and developed a few first round draft picks. He had a couple of rough go's as a head coach, but has been very successful as an assistant. His players love playing for him, and he loves using the game of football to grow men. It pisses me off when a coach disparages another coach he doesn't know. Coach Campbell is a hell of a ball coach and a damn good man. He has mentored many, many very successful coaches in is 40 some odd years coaching. I am proud to call him a friend, and even more thankful that he is so willing to share his knowledge with Coaches.
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