FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Adam Sayer]

I know at MSJ, there would have been a lot of folks who wouldn't have had the money to go, myself included. Honestly, I'd rather have the same opportunity here in the states where I can practice with the same group of guys I'm going to be playing with. Not a back up guard, 3rd string center, starting tackle, etc.

Create an opportunity where your likely starters and backups who will see significant playing time can play together. You'll build more team chemistry that way. Those trips are fun, I'm sure, but does it really do THAT much for your team when you're playing with guys who will never see the field at the same time?

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Adam Sayer:

The practices that we ran at Adrian were not geared towards getting the players who were going overseas to play ready.  In fact they were geard to give our returning players and possible starters for the next season real practice experience.  We were not playing third strong guards in practice and to be honest the practices in Europe were not much.  I can distinctly remember being told by our OC at our first practice in spain that it "smelled like a god damn brewery" in the huddle. 

[70_dc_alum]

I can distinctly remember being told by our OC at our first practice in spain that it "smelled like a god damn brewery" in the huddle. 

Ahh spring ball nothing smells better/worse at 6:30am...

[Pat Coleman]

even better if D3 let every team have spring practice (10 full pads) and one spring game with a non-conference foe.

has that ever seriously been discussed at the DIII level? is there a chance something like that could ever happen?

I would say there's no chance that could happen, not as described. Not even D-I plays a game against outside competition.

If Division III splits into III and IV then there's a chance the III teams might choose to allow practices in pads. But that in and of itself is a long shot. Remember the current Division III spring practice we have was not an overly popular decision. The fact that many conferences water down spring practice even further should be an indication that it isn't likely to get expanded in the current membership setup.

[victorybell_57]

i understand that the mission of D3 is to have a great experience with the players who are not on scholarship and all of that stuff. however, i think most players would really enjoy the 10 practices (i just said 10 because more than 10 could get overboard for a spring game. you could obviously have 2-3 practices in helmets or whatever. you could probably do the whole spring in pro pads) knowing they will get a chance to earn a starting spot against an outside opponent. i don't think this will ever happen, but it would be fun to see Franklin play a spring game against maybe a wooster, capital, adrian, mount union, etc. nothing too far away, and it would be a great way to drum up interest for the upcoming season. and remembering back to your playing days, 4 months straight of lifting and running can become mentally challenging. this would be a nice way to break it up. i know when franklin was naia under coach faught, they used to have spring practices. granted, under coach faught, it was more of a 7 on 7 scrimmage. the players had fun i am sure.

[victorybell_57]

sayer, the alex gibbs tapes have arrived. thanks for the info on that.

[M and L]

Sayer, wasn't MSJ supposed to toake a trip like that to Italy or something.  Because I can remmeber that a whole bunch of guys worked down at Paul Brown Stadium during Bengals game doing secruity and stuff.

[Adam Sayer]

Our whole team was supposed to work at the Bengals game, but about half took off the bright yellow shirt and sat in the seats...can't say I blame them But yeah, we were planning for a trip to Italy, but the 9/11 bombings and continued threat of a terrorist threat side tracked it.

Macke...how is the job search? I met yesterday with Lakota East's head wrestling and football coaches and Sycamore's head wrestling coach. Both have teaching positions available for me and I have an interview at Sycamore today at 1:30.

[victorybell_57]

funny stuff again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3o6H0b4kZc

[Adam Sayer]

I had my 2nd interview at Sycamore this morning. The lady I met with today is a good lookin woman...but had a monster ring on her finger. Anyway, he talked a lot about how the school day works, bell schedule, after school programs, etc. Hope it's a insight to the very near future.

Macke, you gonna be at Katie's 21st?

[Adam Sayer]

VBell, how are those tapes?

[victorybell_57]

the outside zone tape is the best i have seen. he is very very good at explaining whey and how they do things. i have seen the many mistakes people make with it and he is fanatical about not doing those.

the inside zone tape is good for hearing coach speak, but not so much on the inside zone. if you have any info on inside zone, that would be great. the only things i have seen on the inside zone deal with a million different calls and how the lb's are numbered and it sucks. it takes the fun away from the simple play.

[Adam Sayer]

Inside zone is all about aiming points for the OL blocks and running where you either have an advantage or where you have an equal number. A lot of communication and rules are required, but in Alex Gibbs' mind, you teach zone and nothing but due to all the rules and the amount of time required to implememnt everything.

On the front page of D3, there's an article about Wartburg in Germany. I had inquired last season about playing overseas in either Italy or the GFL (German Football League). I had contacted the coach for the Munich team (that's where the Hoffbrauhaus is) and we exchanged emails but it came down to Adam not really wanting to live in Germany for that extended of a time and not making a decent dollar. The same with the Italian League, Gladiatori Roma where some of the Semi-Pro guys played. I would suggest it to anyone who may want to continue playing who doesn't need a career right after college.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

The inside zone is a great scheme and can work wonders.  It is definelty key about aim points as well as it is learning and understanding your steps and placement with your zone partner.  I was the Oline coach for Adrian last season and was the assistant oline coach the previous two years.  You can keep the system quite simple, some teams choose to make it more complicated than need be.  When I was playing at Adrian we ran zone all day long along with some complimentary counters and powers, it was a very effective run game and we actually had the single season rushing leader in adrian history from my junior year.  Let me see if I can dig up some of my old notes and what not out of my storage unit and I can get some more on here.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Adam Sayer:

I take it you attended the Cool Mushroom clinic down in cincinnati?  I was there last year it was a great clinic, I only ask this because you say you are proud to be a mushroom.