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On 12/12/2020 at 11:46 AM, Grover said:

Who is learning to block?

I was down in your area, Franklin, when my kids were going through and they just told kids to get in the way or push on another kid.  All the coaches were worried about was how to get the fastest kids to the outside and score.  No Mechanics taught at all.  Hell, we still had kids at the high school level chicken wing blocking. 

Are we talking 7 on 7 flag or full 11 on 11 flag?  I like the idea of 7 on 7 flag until they reach 5th grade.  Since no one knows what a player will look like when they grow up, everyone has to learn to take a handoff, catch a pass, and throw the ball.  

4 hours ago, Giantbeareagle80 said:

I was talking about Oak Hill and Mississinewa as the 2 shut outs.

Frankton only scored 6 and Alex had a 6 early then 2 jv feel good scores

 

AHHHH Brainfart on my part.  I thought you were listing the shutouts.  

Alex scored in the first quarter, so I don't think it could be considered a shutout.

When I was there in the 2018 season the head coach got $6000 to split between assistant coaches, as they see fit.  The head coach was also able to negotiate their contract the year after I was there.  

When I started my teaching Job and coaching under Marty in 2014, I did the drive from Franklin from July to October (Bought a house in town in October).  It is a tiring drive and some late nights, especially Friday nights and turn around to be back on Saturday morning.  Franklin is a great town and hard to leave.  I still have many friends down there.

I truly hope that Coach Riggs sticks around.  Those kids have been through so much and they deserve to have someone to believe in them and willing to stay and see them through this rough patch.  

In my short tenure, I was able to line up six outreach opportunities for our team.  It helps when your assistant coaches are connected to the community.  Get in contact with your local government agencies.  The parks and rec department gave us two jobs, the street department gave us one, we partnered with our unified teams, we worked with local churches to do repairs and maintenance, and some of our athletes went to retirement communities and played board games with them.  Other opportunities that fell through were helping with the VFW, painting fire hydrants, and helping tear down eyesores.

Congrats Coach Byers.  Got to talk football for about five hours over the summer.  Good guy and very positive attitude for his uphill battle.

32 minutes ago, GV5 said:

I just don't see it. All the talent at Elwood is either in the stand, at home or transferred. It will take a few years for them to get on track!

Elwood is a work in progress.  I feel they have a chance, but will need to execute.  Last year we knew we were going to have a couple of lean years with freshmen and sophomores playing.  This might have been pushed back a year with transfers.  Ron knows what he has and is getting experience for the younger players.  Win or lose these kids are doing what they can, but they are a few steps slower than the teams they are facing.  Coaching longevity and player buy-in will determine how Elwood does in the future.

On 8/31/2019 at 1:58 PM, captainobvious said:

What is an Argyle anyway?

The Argyll is a Scottish Warrior. At least that is what I was told by by a dearly departed friend.  As a new teacher I first thought it was a sock and another teacher thought it was a cat.  Julie told us we were stupid, she had a way about that, and explained about the warrior

On 8/20/2019 at 11:24 PM, Indiansreloaded said:

When will Elwood start paying their assistant coach's?

Elwood started paying assistants last year.  A pool of money to be divided up at the head coach's discretion.