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    Turf 2020 and Beyond

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, btownqbcoach1 said:

    That's crazy with how much you can be on the turf. 

    I think it has to do with what all we could do with an indoor facility. You can drop the batting cages and hit year round. You can go in and have football practice in poor weather. Track and Field could use it pre-season. Maybe your hard core tennis players could use it too. We already have a practice field that's full width and 80 yards long. We don't need to be on the game field all the time.

    Turf 2020 and Beyond

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

    Posted

    38 minutes ago, Ballhawk said:

    I'm not taking sides on this, but could someone please provide a cost analysis on turf vs. natural grass?  I'm a little skeptical that installing turf saves money.

    What does installation and upkeep cost for a turf stadium?  What does maintenance of a natural grass field cost?

    I get that turf allows more opportunities for more groups to use a field without destroying it, but I'd rather see that argument than the one that it saves money over the lifetime of the turf.  I'm not convinced that this is true.

    Someone give me some numbers.

    It's been about 3 years ago, West Washington was talking about going turf. One of the WW school board members taught next to me and he told me their cost analysis showed it was basically a wash financially. The upkeep of the grass field over the expected life of the turf was the same as installing the turf.

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    PLAC-MSC 2023

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

    Posted · Edited by JQWL

    1 hour ago, roaringthunderdlr said:

    I've been curious about this topic for a while and I figure that I'm in the right place. Why is Crawford County so bad at football? I understand that the county has economic issues but I have to assume that the issues lie much deeper than that. Is there any light at the end of the tunnel for them? Their basketball team went to state about 6 years ago, so they can definitely develop some athletes.

    Like anything, it's not just a single issue. Support from the school has always been lackaing. The school has never made an investment at all in the program. The football program is expected to be 100% self sufficient meaning if they needed equipment, it comes from fundraising or donations. If you want Hudl, fundraising. New jerseys, fundraising. Helmets refurbished, fundraising. The school hasn't really hire any assistant coaches to be in the building but from what I hear, that's getting better. The current AD will do whatever he can to make sure things are done correctly but they wasted a lot of years.

    I also feel like if you want to have a  successful football program, you have to have support from the community, which historically is lacking. You have some great parents that are involved and they are at everything and their child never misses a workout, but for every one of those, you have 8 that are the opposite.

    The overall mentality of the county seems to be, "How can I get by and do the absolute minimum?" which doesn't turn kids into quality football players. I know an army recruiter that makes his rounds at area high schools has said it's hard to get those kids to sign up for the military because the mentality of hard work just isn't there in the majority and if it is, those are the ones that head off to college.

    I mentioned assistants earlier, and there has always been a lack of help in the area because the pool of people willing to help are small, or they want to help and work construction and don't get off work until well after practice time. And if you can't find quality assistants for high school, jr. high and youth are a challenge too.

    Keep in mind, these are generalizations. There are some kids that work super hard and are very talented. Some parents are super supportive and are willing to help out in whatever way they can.

    Coach Bell deserves a lot of credit. He probably has the hardest coaching job in the state. He and his staff are giving those kids an opportunity to play football when they otherwise wouldn't get to. Hopefully things get better for them soon.

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    PAC Week 3

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    4 hours ago, GS Titan 78 said:

    It's the yearly routing of the Princeton Tigers by GS, there's zero chance GS loses.  That being said how do we continue to get better?  As fans we can look ahead and players can't.  We have South Warren in Bowling Green then Southridge and Heritage Hills at home.  That's as tough as it gets in the tristate area.   

    Does Owen Valley have any openings?

    Assessment of penalties

    in Officiating Forum

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    On 8/26/2023 at 1:28 AM, Yuccaguy said:

    Then that MAY have been assesed incorrectly.  If you have video... please share.

    Sounds like spot foul assessments....or perhaps end of run/kick.

     

    I can't say much more without more information to make an accurate account of what was done.

     

    I really tried to download the video so I could share it but after I made my playlist, I never had an option to download. It doesn't really matter at this point. I really hope someone talks to that crew before Friday though because I don't think they are doing anything intentionally incorrect. They just don't know they are doing it wrong every single time. 

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    Assessment of penalties

    in Officiating Forum

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    Currently watching a game. Not going to say where. They have assessed every single penalty from the previous line of scrimmage. Not from the spot of the foul, on fouls that have typically been called spot fouls in the past. Has something changed that I'm not aware of.

    PAC Week 2

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

    Posted

    8 hours ago, SimpleWins said:

    Wonder what the poor kids in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, etc do EVERY DAY when it’s hot out? Nevermind…they play football. That’s what they do. 

    A buddy of mind coaches at Oakridge in the Orlando area. I asked him when the heat index gets up to 114 (which is rare there as well), what do they do. He said they go inside.

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