next score wins

wow that was a bad decission

Quote from: OzJohnnie on December 14, 2019, 03:41:55 PM
(Hmm... whoever is doing the special teams coaching needs to put some thinking time in over the summer.)

coaching won't fix a poor, weak snap from the long snapper.  The season's kicking issues have mainly been execution related by the specialists. I hope the work with specialists coaches over the offseason.

It's fun watching College Game Day on ESPN. Both my kids are going to the game and are part of the festivities.   Someone has a Fathead of GAC FB Head Coach Haugen that made it on TV.  It's been pretty good exposure for Minnesota.

Quote from: faunch on November 27, 2019, 11:02:16 AM
IMO club sports are replacing private education. Schools like CDH are facing lower enrollment and i think it's due a more suburban population and families spending money on clip sports instead of private education.
One big problem with club sports is that playing JO volleyball almost forces a kid to become a single sport athlete by the time they're 14 years old! My kid gave up softball last spring because of the time commitment of club volleyball.
There are also kids sticking with club volleyball on a 3's, 4's or 5's team because they know they will never play on the varsity team.

I agree, but the pressure to specialize early has infected every youth sport.  This specialization leads to burn out at the 14-15 year old level, increased over use injuries, and is at odds with what college coaches are looking for; namely multi-sport athletes.  Of my son's HS class mates, those who went on to play in college were multi-sport athletes (varsity, intramural, or other).  My daughter was a pretty savvy young lady and got out of football once the guys got too big and left HS volleyball after 10th grade.  Instead she concentrated on band, debate, and Science Olympiad.  My son rode the youth sports train longer, leaving baseball after 10th grade, swimming after 8th, playing intramural basketball (his favorite sport) instead of varsity, and instead concentrating on Football, Track (throws), and weight lifting.  Now, as a senior in college he's done with Football and told me his body has had enough of a pounding so he's happy.  He still has an indoor and outdoor Track and Field throwing seasons and is looking forward to setting new PR's in his throws before that journey ends.  He rooms with members of the swim team and sometimes joins them for morning swims to the delight of everyone seeing how graceful a walrus can be in the water and still plays intramural basketball which he loves.  I'm sure he'll find something to do for sport once he graduates.   I think multi-sport athletes develop a love of sports that stay with them.  The hardest part as a parent was making sure that they didn't overuse themselves with pre-season, in-season, and post-season training activities (i.e. fall baseball at the same time as football season at the same time as pre-season basketball).

Quote from: AO on November 27, 2019, 10:22:17 AM
I decided to do some of my own investigation on the volleyball fees and you were not kidding.  The local JO club near me wants a minimum of $3,000 starting at age 11, quickly bumping up to $6,000 per year by the time they're 14.  3 practices a week and 2-3 day tournaments every other weekend for 6 months.  Insane.

If your daughter is going to go to a Minnesota high school with a state ranked volleyball team and wants to play varsity then she will need to be on a top notch JO volleyball team starting in middle school. Typically they can play in 9th and 10th grade but after that they need to come from a top notched JO program as those kids don't start playing HS ball until their junior year.  In Eagan, where my kids went to HS, the volleyball program is very good.  The varsity squad comes from Northern Light's (1's and 2' not any lower) or M1 and it will cost you $7K/year or so with significant volunteer hours.  Hockey, Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Soccer, Basketball, Swimming are all similar and the larger the high school the more competitive it is to play.  Football and Track are your best bets if you want a no cut sport that doesn't cost a small fortune.

My kids are senior's in college now so I'm out of the youth sports rats race.  If you live out state you might still find that kids can usually get on teams without the pressure to be part of the youth sport development mill.  If you live in the metro area then you need to be prepared to spend some coin. I use to coach in-house baseball and volleyball and my kids played travel Basketball , AAU Basketball, Football, travel Baseball, JO Volleyball, and I volunteered a lot of time to our youth sports efforts.  I enjoyed every minute of it, well except for some of the paper work.

Congratulations to all the Senior student athletes, their parents, and family for whom today represents their last regular season football game ever. Unlike most other sports football is one that you don't play recreationally after your competitive playing days are over - it's just too hard on your body. Today represents the final chapter of a journey that started as far back as 3rd grade, a whole lifetime of having fall days consumed with a sport that you were passionate about and devoted to. To those for whom today represents their penultimate game, play it with passion and enjoy it for your next loss will be your final game.  I expect to see a number of very large, tough men cry at the conclusion of today's game as they realize that their journey is finally over.  Stay safe and take care.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 03, 2019, 10:28:47 AM
I'm pretty sure Husby has run a camp at SJU the past few summers. 

He, along with Brian Jackson, run a camp at SJU every summer that has attendees from all over (they rent the facility) as well as SCSU over the winter break (my son has been to that a few times) . He may have run development/evaluation camps for SJU in the past although NCAA rule changes may have put an end to that.  2-3 days of contact with a coach however is not enough to fix technique issues, that's usually done through frequent lessons during the offseason.  By developing a longer term relationship the coach/specialist can work on fixing things via Skype during the season as the technique issues are usually readily identifiable by the coach from video.  Chris Husby isn't the issue with SJU's specialist problems although he might be able to help remedy the situation.

Quote from: sjusection105 on November 03, 2019, 08:15:19 AM
In the world of hunting one usually goes to the natural habitat of the species one is looking for. If you are duck hunting you go to the swamp. If you are deer hunting you go to the woods. If you are pheasant hunting you go to the prairie. When a football team is looking for specialists like kickers, punters, long snapper one would think to search where these elusive species train and practice their craft. Seek and ye shall find.
https://kohlskicking.com/camps

No need to go to Kohl's to look for talent (besides a D3 school is going to have a hard time enticing the top Kohl's specialists to come), http://specialteamsfootballacademy.com/ is local and Chris Husby has produced a number of fine specialists in the area who are with D1, D2, and D3 programs around the country.  Almost all of the top metro specialists train with him.  It takes time, commitment, and a bit of money to hone your skills as a specialist.  Almost no college program knows how to train and evaluate specialists.  We are fortunate to have Chris and his staff in our region.

I think the problem Concordia is suffering from is that they are trying to run a "system" without regard to the players they have on the roster or in their recruiting pipeline.  Is an option offense the best use of the players on Concordia's roster?  In recruiting does an option offense still sell these days?  Other teams in the MIAC suffer somewhat by being stuck on a "system" instead of building your system around what will put your players in the best position to win, but Concordia might be the most glaring example.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on October 23, 2019, 02:18:14 PM
Veldman can sling it.  GAC needs more D.

Actually the GAC D is pretty good in light of how much time they are on the field.  One of the problems with the GAC offense is that it can't/won't grind out first downs, it's good at gaining big chunks of yards quickly and scoring quickly.  The downside of that style of offense is that your defense in on the field a lot.  Take a look at time of possession differences. GAC consistently runs less plays and has the ball 5 minutes less than their opponent. I believe HU ran 10 more plays and had the ball for 3-5 minutes more than GAC in a blowout loss.  If GAC wants to keep running the offense like that then they need to rotate more on the D-Line, so instead of using just 1 and 2's you need to mix in 3's and even some 4's so that your 1's and 2's aren't gassed in the 4th quarter.  In their 2 losses they played well and if not for some ill timed turnovers (Veldman's main chink in the armor) could have won one or both of those games.  I think the GAC-UST game might be the best game of the year in the MIAC.

Final GAC 69 - HU 21 Gusties with 607 total yards

With 3min in 3rd qtr, GAC 62 -HU 14

At the half GAC 48 - HU 7. 389 yrd for GAC

With 7 min left in the half GAC 41 - Ham 7