K I S S

You must brief to ensure the lowest common denominator on the team understands.

 Simplifying as much as possible is crucial to success,

Our blocking rules are pretty simple: protect the inside gap. So the first rule was to 'block down.' At one school I coached we had an inside tackle who could not execute properly against various looks like a stack on his inside gap. So we instructed the team & coaching staff to greet him when their paths crossed the 'BLOCK DOWN.' It eventually stuck.

S Q U A T

Thanks to coach Schrader for this one. In addition of you can squat down on the toilet to do #2, you can squat properly.

OFFENSIVE LINE CREED

There's a whole bunch of people who do not realize this. I used to say, 'If all of the people at the POA, even I could run through the hole & gain yardage:'

http://footballscoop.com/news/offensive-lineman-creed/

LEADERSHIP

 

GEORGE S. PATTON

Stored WWII General

Leadership is the single greatest factor in any team's performance.

The leader's ATTITUDE sets the tone for the entire team. The leader drives performance . . . or doesn't. 

EXTREME OWNERSHIP

EXAMPLE

The team sees EXTREME OWNERSHIP in their leaders, and as a result, the emulate EXTREME OWNERSHIP throughout the chain of command down to the most junior personnel.

People do what people see. As the team leader you must set the highest example that you want them to aspire to. More difficult each season with all the distractions that the team faces everyday, especially if you are hired from the 'outside,'  & not a professional educator.

Who knows the story behind the picture. What an example of EXTREME OWNERSHIP!.

Furthermore, "you have to own it." Good leaders take ownership of failures, seek guidance on how to improve & figure out a way to overcome challenges on the next iteration." That's like field & halftime adjustments. 

LEADERSHIP

Today, I read chapter 5 of John Maxwell's book "Good Leaders Ask Great Questions." I think it should be required reading for all coaches, especially head coaches. There are all kinds of great tips on how to develop as a leader. I have read most all of his books on Leadership & Attitude. This is one of his best. His tenet is that 'Leadership is Influence.' He wrote a book years ago with that title. In addition, he states, "Your ability to influence others will be the single greatest factor in your success as a leader."

Coaching Point

Sorry that I have not been posting here. I have been on my EQualizer Facebook page. I will try & re-post here as well.

So I read 'RED PLATOON' by Clinton Romesha, a Medal of Honor winner, about a battle in Afghanistan. A very good read. In the book he talked about playing platoon-on-platoon football before deployment: Brad Larson proved to be astonishingly fast. In addition, 'Whenever the QB drew back his arm to throw, Larson knew exactly where the ball was heading . . . Just by looking at the QB's eyes & angle of the QB's forearm & with his speed was able to make a beeline for that spot & destroy whoever was the target.'

Advice:

Keep this in mind when coaching your free safety next season.
Interesting what you can pickup when reading a totally unrelated football book. 

MISSION

You can't make people listen to you. You can't make them execute. You have to lead them & it's all about the mission. Question is: How can you best get your team to most effectively execute the plan in order to accomplish the mission.
EXTREME OWNERSHIP How Seal Teams Win.

What is your mission? Do 'they' know what it is? Everybody wants to win, Are you all aligned? Do you know what it truly takes to make a winner with what you have to work with, to take what everyone thinks is impossible & make it possible?

THE FOG of -

THE FOG OF WAR is real. Just ask the Tillmans. Every endeavor has a FOG to cut through. In football intelligence & feedback from the men on the field to the OCs/DCs provide the necessary intell to help the team perform better.At the end of my carrier, I went up into the pressbox too out of the rain. Things look much different up there where the field lays out in front of you. One can just call plays & defenses so much better that's the vast majority of college & Pro OCS are in the box and away from the FOG OF FOOTBALL that rages on the sidelines.

PASSION

EQuote of the Day: 04.15.2016

We should only do those things 

We can get passionate about. 

Jim Collins

Question of the Day:  

 

What can you be best in the conference, state, nation, world at?

Are you passionate about that?

Galatians 6:9

 

BRUTAL FACTS

EQuote of the Day: 04.14.2016

Leadership does not begin with vision.

It begins with getting people to confront the

Brutal Facts & to act on the implications.

Jim Collins

Question of the Day:  

 

Does your staff have their heads buried in the sand?

Galatians 6:9

 

FOCUS

EQuote of the Day: 04.13.2016

  Develop a simple unifying concept

Focusing on the few things that have the greatest impact.

Jim Collins

Question of the Day:  

 

How can you be sure their eyes are 

Seeing what they are supposed to be seeing?

Galatians 6:9

 

FAITH

EQuote of the Day: 04.12.2016

 

THE STOCKDALE PRINCIPLE

 

 

 

 "I never lost faith in the end of the story."

Admiral James B. Stockdale

Vietnam Prisoner of War Vet

Question of the Day:  

 

Your end game, is it in sight?

Galatians 6:9

 

DETERMINATION

EQuote of the Day: 04.11.2016

We are going to win this thing. It might take us a 100 years, 

But we will persist for a 100 years, if that's what it takes. 

Robert Aders, Kroger Leadership Team

 

Question of the Day:  

 

Your team was there before you got there;

It will be there after you're gone;

What will you do to make things better?

Galatians 6:9

 

WHEN?

EQuote of the Day: 04.08.2016

Yesterday, you said tomorrow.

 

Question of the Day:  

 

What do you need to get started?

Galatians 6:9

 

SPEECHLESS

EQuote of the Day: 04.07.2016

Speechless, I am!

 

Question of the Day:  

 

And your excuse is . . . ?

Galatians 6:9

 

EXPERIENCE

EQuote of the Day: 04.05.2016

Question of the Day:  

 

Are you giving yourself enough experiences

To gain the experience needed to achieve your expectations ?

Galatians 6:9

 

COMMITMENT

EQuote of the Day: 04.05.2016

The ultimate commitment is sacrifice.

Jon Gordon

Question of the Day:  

 

How does your team know you are fully committed?

Galatians 6:9

 

W H Y!

EQuote of the Day: 04.04.2016

When you set a goal of distant possibility & reach it,

You gain insight into what it takes that

Lasts the rest of your life.

Pat Summitt, SUM IT UP

Question of the Day:  

 

Are your goals written down,

So you can see them, visualize them 

Becoming reality?

Galatians 6:9

 

TRACKING

EQuote of the Day: 04.01.2016

If you don't track your progress,

Then how will you know if you are

On the right path, or even growing at all?

Mark Divine

Question of the Day:  

 

How much can you power clean?

What is your end of season goal?

Galatians 6:9