Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Bill Snyder: Miracle Worker
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Bill Snyder: Miracle Worker
Given the success Kansas State is having (again) under Bill Snyder (again), it’s good to spend a little time thinking about how the 73-year old wonder does it. And, unsurprisingly, the reason K-State is winning now is the same reason K-State was winning before: because they play with great effort, great discipline, and they do…
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Former Texas A&M Coach Mike Sherman’s letter to Texas High School coaches
Sometimes things don’t work out the way you hope they do; that’s certainly the case for any coach that gets fired. But sometimes there can be victory in defeat. In that vein, I enjoyed coach Sherman’s letter, which is reprinted below. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for allowing my…
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How do you predict whether someone will be a good college coach?
We looked at the head coaches, offensive coordinators and defensive coordinators for the 66 major-conference schools, plus Notre Dame, and found that with a few high-profile exceptions, NFL experience isn’t a great recipe for success on Saturdays. Most notably, Pittsburgh’s Dave Wannstedt, the former Bears and Dolphins head coach, resigned under pressure in December. Meanwhile,…
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Improving a quarterback’s throwing motion
[The following is from noted quarterback guru Darin Slack. Check out his site and find out about his camps, materials, and the like.] There’s an old coaching adage that “you can’t change a throwing motion! A quarterback either can throw or he can’t. Period.” You hear this all the time, this idea that a quarterback’s…
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Is coaching overrated?
So asks Gregg Easterbrook, in an article titled “Coaching is Overrated”: Changing the playcaller sure helped the Redskins! In the cult of football, surely few things are more overrated than play calling. Much football commentary, from high school stands to the NFL in prime time, boils down to: “If they ran they should have passed,…
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Two coaching decisions, a review
Scenario 1: Your team is up 28-23, though the other team has moved the ball quite efficiently all game. There is 10:56 left in the fourth quarter, and you have fourth and goal from the one yard line. A field goal puts you up by eight points; a touchdown probably ices the game. (“Checkmate,” as…
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Big balls Pete Carroll
That’s the title of the new profile of USC’s Carroll in Esquire. Lots of interesting stuff, but here are two of the best bits. The setting for both anecdotes here is during USC’s summer camp for high school kids, some being recruited by USC, others just there to be coached for a week by Carroll…
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Gregg Easterbrook: NFL should hire more high school coaches
Well, I know a lot of high school coaches who would agree with this: [T]he larger coaching issue is that once again, the NFL is stocking up on head coaches who have never been a head coach at any level, even high school, before becoming the boss in the pros. Steve Spagnuolo, the new coach…
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Get fired up: Wide receiver video from Dub Maddox
Maddox is a coach at Jenks High School in Oklahoma.
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