Subject: Dumbest

action by a coach in
practice or game
fball247
posted on 5-26-2004 at 07:52 PM
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Dumbest action by a coach in practice or game

Just wondering if you guys had any stories of the dumb things you
have seen this year or in years past by other coaches.

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olineiq posted on 5-26-2004 at 10:02 PM

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When I was GAing I was the getback coach my first college game
well during half time the Assistant that was in the box came up to
me and ripped me a new one for not doing my job as the getback
coach. Well after the game the Refs, coaches that were on the
sidelines, and an other college coach that was in the stands
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complemented me about how much control I had of the sidelines.
Registered 9-24-2002 Even after hearing all the complements the coach that was in the
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Buff94 posted on 5-26-2004 at 10:06 PM

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worked for a guy who fired our DC three times in one game in
front of the kids on the sideline

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DonaldDuck posted on 5-26-2004 at 10:17 PM
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This year we were up by 5 in a freshman game late in the 4th. We
got pinned on inside our own five with about 6 seconds left. Well,
we punt and the returner catches the ball on about the 50. As our
kids are running down the field, the final buzzer goes off. HALF
OF OUR KIDS JUST STOP!! The returner crossed the field and
scored a touchdown. They win by 1 (they miss the PAT).
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DIDN'T YOU TAKE THE SAFETY???"
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Well, we just all nearly cried.

JWalker posted on 5-27-2004 at 12:00 AM

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Oops. I didn't know the rules.

College:

Head Coach: Legendary Heisman Trophy Winner John David

Crow
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Just held Tulsa on a two-point conversion attempt to win the game
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it. Crow tells the QB to dropback and down it. He does twice.
Tulsa calls timeout twice. He does thrice and a penalty stops the
clock. On fourth down, he quickly downs the ball again as the
clock nears 6 seconds to play. The clock stops and Tulsa runs out
the well-known top-ranking NCAA placekicker Steve Cox and the
field goal team to kick a 57 yard game-winning field goal. Crow
thought the clock continued to run on a change of possession
despite every man on the sideline screaming to the contrary.

Lots more where that one came from.

hsfbfan posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:09 AM
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Shoot Buff, I had a job where I averaged getting fired twice a
week in practice and 3 times every Friday night. The firings in
practice were in front of the kids, the ones on friday night were
only the ones in earshot, I was upstairs.

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danmarino77 posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:48 AM

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really wasnt dumb but two head coaches flipped each other the
bird in a scrimmage and in just a few there was a fight.

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JWalker posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:57 AM

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Les Johnson as Patton

Les Johnson dressed up as General George Patton, complete

with medals, ribbons, helmet, and revolver loaded with blanks.
Shoots the revolver to get everybody's attention for his
reenactment of the opening speech from the movie, Patton. Asked
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motivates me to laugh whenever I get depressed.

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More entertaining than dumb.....

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Spoon_Jake_Spoon posted on 5-27-2004 at 01:45 PM
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we (i say we because i dont remember who was actually in
charge) were traveling to an out of town game, and we put players
equipment on a box truck, trainers eq. in his truck along with video
eq. etc. and the footballs got on the trainers truck. OK... here we
go...
trainer follows the bus, right? as we head down the road the
Posts 159 football appearantly fly out of the trainers truck. Luckily, one of the
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stop to get the ball bag. OK ... here we go...
Another car had already stopped and was picking up the bag as
Mood: the little girl gets out and says I will take them im a student trainer.
The man in the car says NO I will take them we are going to the
game too.
Well It turns out they must have been going to the game in the
town we were traveling thru....because we have never seen those
balls again to this very day..
TRUE STORY

DonaldDuck posted on 5-27-2004 at 01:54 PM

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A coach I worked with has a bad habit of standing almost to the
numbers during the game. One night he had shared a few unkind
words with the sideline official. On a long play, the official was
running down the sidline and "accidently" knocked the coach TO
THE GROUND. Coach got his ego bruised, plus a flag.
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Olarmycoach posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:08 PM

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I saw a coach on the field cover a fade route once.

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watson posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:09 PM
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I looked up once in pre-game to witness our OL coach throwing
passes to the linemen. I walked over and asked him what he was
doing and he said "we have already finished all of our other stuff".
Needless to say he is now a truck driver.

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4yardsandacloudofdust posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:16 PM

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Had a rookie coach tell the kids he could out run them on sprints
after practice during conditioning. Well he lines up and takes off
with the kids takes about 8 strides and goes down like a shot. the
kids finish thier sprint and look back to see him roling on the
ground holding his ham which he pulled. We were all rolling
watching this guys on the ground. He never made that statement
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if it aint broke dont fix it, now lets get down and dirty
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DonaldDuck posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:23 PM

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4 yards,

Either we know the same guy...or this happens more than I

thought
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Mood: The strength of the wolf is in the pack. The strength of the pack is
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RedRiverGrrl posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:24 PM
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ahhh the unnamed coach who got so mad he kicked the water
cooler and broke two toes. I won't forget that one for a while!

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battleking posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:44 PM

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Once had a defensive guru call a timeout after the other team got
a first down...only problem was there was only 6 seconds left in
the half...clock would have started and probably ran out...they
hadnt gotten a play in on time all night...

You know the rest of the story...they hit the TE on a dump route
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Thinking causes hesitation, hesitation causes failure. React to the

situation and be man enough to handle the consequences!!!

pancho villa posted on 5-27-2004 at 02:47 PM

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We had a coach run down the sideline alongside his player as he
broke for a td.
He then hit a bad spot on the ground and tore his ACL.

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with my friend.

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K.Little posted on 5-27-2004 at 03:15 PM
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I got the best one. How about a HC who not once but at least 4-5
games in the same year would put on NEW PLAYS in PRE-
GAME. I don't mean just change a little something I mean a new
formation, shifts, motion, blocking, he did it all several times. One
game he put on a cross trap play and the FB and TB ran into each
other and the QB! Needless to say the opposing coaches laughed
Posts 49 a little. I can also remember 1-2 games when he would put on a
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go and what to do-we never even got to line ip in it before we ran
Mood: it in a game!! Do yall still wonder why I told him after week 3 I
wasn't coming back???

oneback posted on 5-27-2004 at 03:21 PM

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1. jh coach put on a helmet, had a dummy in each hand. lined up
his entire team, one at a time they ran at him, he proceeded to
beat the crap out of each kid. then he got a fb, and ran around the
field as the team chased him. this guy was about 6-3, 250.

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DlineBuff posted on 5-27-2004 at 03:22 PM

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I was at a game once in wheeler and witnessed a defensive
coodinator, who was standing beyond the numbers with a wired
headset. get caught out there in no mans land when the opposing
tailback broke lose and ran between him and the sideline. all he
could do was squat down and hold his cord to his headset to the
ground...funniest thing i've ever seen an educated, grown man do.
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TexDoc posted on 5-27-2004 at 03:33 PM
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District game late in the season (last game in fact), team ahead
24-19 has the ball, 20 seconds left in the game, clock is
RUNNING! What do you do? You let the damned clock run out
and win the game!

Well, the winning coach was already in the playoffs as long as

Posts 104 they win. He gets greedy and wants to go for the endzone. I was
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"you know that you DON"T have to run a play, and you win,
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score." Stupid, stupid, stupid.

The QB drops back, and the whole defense blitzes. A defensive

end literally takes the ball out of the QB's hand as he winds up to
throw it, goes 70 yards for a TD, time runs out, and the defensive
team wins.

I have never, in 17 years of officiating, seen a coach that mad

after a game. What is funny is that he was made at his coaches
and the officials, not himself for making such a dumb mistake. He
came into the dressing room and started yelling at the officials for
a couple of things during the game that he never said a word
about during the game.

He was fired the next day! But, he is now a successful 4A coach.

JigglyJ posted on 5-27-2004 at 03:41 PM

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I know this is the wrong sport, but we end up having to coach
more than one. I was the assistant basketball coach during a
varsity game, and we have just been called for a blocking call
instead of a charge. It is about the third time of the game and
second time for this kid that night. Our head coach is furious
because the kid is falling out and not being tough enough to take
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I look at him wondering what is he thinking. He sets himself to
Mood: take a charge and says "coach run over me." I say, "you sure?
That might not be a good idea" He barks back "RUN OVER ME!!!"
I take two good hard steps and lower a shoulder and he stands in
there as I hit him. He flies backwards, lands on his back, tie up
around his head, jumps up and yells at the kid "Thats the way you
take a charge!!!"
TexDoc posted on 5-27-2004 at 03:44 PM
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Officiating in Austin this last year and right before half time a wing
official has a PF call on a defensive back for hitting a receiver
when the ball is clearly not catchable. It was a call I may not have
made, but he was right there and in his judgment the defensive
player just used the situation as a cheap shot.
Posts 104 The team that the call went against was opposite the official that
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Mood: When we were leaving the field for half time, the secondary coach
of the team that got the call against them walks straight into the
middle of the field and waits for the calling official to walk by and
proceeds to blast the official, cursing and yelling at him. When
another official told me what was going on, I went back and got in
between the official and the coach, and told the official, who
basically had ignored the coach, to go to the dressing room. The
coach then started yelling and cursing at me, right there on the 50
yard line as the band was trying to take the field. I saw the HC in
the end zone, and went towards him ignoring the pissed off
coach. As soon as I got to the HC I said, "I want to know this
coaches name, and I want him gone from this game the second
half because we will be at the UIL next week." The HC looked at
the other coach and told him "get your ass in the locker room,
NOW!" Funny as hell. The coach looked like a whipped puppy.

The HC promised that he would "take care" of the problem, so I

said the coach could come back as long as he didn't say another
word.

As we were lining up for the second half kickoff, the coach in

question came up to me, hat in hand, and begged forgiveness
saying he would apologize to the official he berated. I've never
seen a coach that scared.

Nothing ever came of it with the UIL, but I think the coach learned
that night how not to handle a situation like this.

BillyClydePuckett posted on 5-27-2004 at 04:07 PM

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quote:

the defensive player just used the situation as a cheap shot.

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IrishBearcat posted on 5-27-2004 at 04:13 PM
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I can remember when I was playing had a coach, who was a little
nuts anyway, try to motivate us by taking on an OT twice his size.
Needless to say the coach was not in pads but the tackle was.
When it was over coach had blood running down his face and had
to go to the emergency room! He was alright after a couple of
stitches!
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TexDoc posted on 5-27-2004 at 04:32 PM

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quote:

So what is the problem with that?

Nothing at all, as long as you understand you will get a 15 yard

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Registered 9-19-2002 penalty for it and don't get pissed off because you do. Cheap shot
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clumsy posted on 5-27-2004 at 04:46 PM

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When I was coaching JH, we had another rookie JH coach try to
show a kid "what happens" when you chop a DE. So, he
illustrates just what will happen to that DE when you chop him, so
he threw himself up into the air with arms and legs flailing around
everywhere, lands awkwardly, and breaks a foot. Kids were
pointing and laughing at him, and so were we.
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BillyClydePuckett posted on 5-27-2004 at 04:52 PM

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Nothing at all, as long as you understand you will get a 15 yard

penalty for it and don't get pissed off because you do. Cheap shot
away. It makes my job easier when your first string is all ejected.
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Member Is Offline Dude it was just a joke, lighten up.

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BillyClydePuckett posted on 5-27-2004 at 04:54 PM
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Had a guy run a 1 and a 9 against my strong side for an entire
half one time.

That was like stealing candy from a baby.

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tog posted on 5-27-2004 at 05:38 PM

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had an asst ol coach teach our big fat ot on a tackle pull on
counter to pull around with his arms up in the air like a plane

he said it gave him balance

i told the kid he was slow enough as it was, to use his arms and
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JWalker posted on 5-27-2004 at 05:40 PM

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I HAVE SEEN THAT! Where were you at tog?

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BLT posted on 5-27-2004 at 05:49 PM
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Scored all of our touchdowns in the 1st half of a game...funny

thing was, the defense only had 10 men on the field the entire 1st
half. Oh, was the HC pissed when we told him after the game.
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[Edited on 5-27-2004 by BLT]

Give me winners, not whiners!!!

tog posted on 5-27-2004 at 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by JWalker
I HAVE SEEN THAT! Where were you at tog?

the same bunghole place i am at now for the next 45 minutes

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mojo1fan posted on 5-27-2004 at 08:08 PM

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Legend has it Jack Jacobsen here at Permian in the late 70s went
head to head with an O-lineman one day at practice. Years later
he had an aneurism, so........

A couple of years ago at a practice the 9th grade coach at one of

the junior highs asked the 8th grade coach (who was running the
Posts 61 freshman scout team defense) why he wasn't lining them up in
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lining them up in the opponents' defense. That's what the scout
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they'll be playing against this week". Needless to say, the 9th
grade coach is no longer coaching and that 8th grade coach is
now the 9th grade coach.