Been wondering if the "coaches fraternity" has rules....

[nittanyfan333]

about upcoming whoopins? I get that the games pre-CFP rankings will be as they be, however I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up? "Hey, just wanted to let you know that with the CFP rankings the way they are, we're gonna have to hang 70 on everyone we play. We mean no disrespect to your team, but we are going to leave starters in till zeros."

Of course the outlier is if there is already bad blood between 2 coaches (CJF/Dantonio)....

 

[lockhavenlion3]

about upcoming whoopins? I get that the games pre-CFP rankings will be as they be, however I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up? "Hey, just wanted to let you know that with the CFP rankings the way they are, we're gonna have to hang 70 on everyone we play. We mean no disrespect to your team, but we are going to leave starters in till zeros."

Of course the outlier is if there is already bad blood between 2 coaches (CJF/Dantonio)....

perhaps we should just worry about winning games as opposed to how much we win by.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

about upcoming whoopins? I get that the games pre-CFP rankings will be as they be, however I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up? "Hey, just wanted to let you know that with the CFP rankings the way they are, we're gonna have to hang 70 on everyone we play. We mean no disrespect to your team, but we are going to leave starters in till zeros."

Of course the outlier is if there is already bad blood between 2 coaches (CJF/Dantonio)....

I doubt Harbaugh apologizes for winning big, and CJF shouldn’t either. My impression of him is he cares about *his* team first.

 

[Bob78]

about upcoming whoopins? I get that the games pre-CFP rankings will be as they be, however I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up? "Hey, just wanted to let you know that with the CFP rankings the way they are, we're gonna have to hang 70 on everyone we play. We mean no disrespect to your team, but we are going to leave starters in till zeros."

Of course the outlier is if there is already bad blood between 2 coaches (CJF/Dantonio)....

Can you imagine the bulletin board material the coach would have, telling his team "Hey, Coach Soandso just called to let us know that not only were they going to beat us,, but that they were going to hang 10 TDs on us. I've never heard of a more blatantly arrogant thing in all my years of coaching. How do you guys feel about that?" That's the prelude to a Rutgers upsetting a Michigan, for example.

I think that type of semi-apology / explanation is best left for the post-game handshake, and can be reinforced in the post-game media conference. A coach can allude to the way things work in the weekly media conference leading up to a game, but no coach worth a damn as a person would ever make such a call. Coaches generally maintain a good amount of respect for each other, unless not warranted, and are rarely if ever that over-confident.... in fact, they preach to their own team to not be over-confident!
That said, all coaches are aware of what is needed to reach post-season goals. The days of the JVPs of the coaching world taking the air out of the ball late in a game already in hand, and before the need to take a knee, are far less prevalent. Whether that is right or wrong, it is the way it seemingly needs to be to reach those team and individual goals.

 

[Zenophile]

... I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up? "Hey, just wanted to let you know that with the CFP rankings the way they are, we're gonna have to hang 70 on everyone we play. We mean no disrespect to your team, but we are going to leave starters in till zeros."

Yeah, I'm guessing no.

 

[nittanyfan333]

Fair enough, just wanted to incite some discussion that wasn't OSU related.

 

[JR4PSU]

Can you imagine the bulletin board material the coach would have, telling his team "Hey, Coach Soandso just called to let us know that not only were they going to beat us,, but that they were going to hang 10 TDs on us. I've never heard of a more blatantly arrogant thing in all my years of coaching. How do you guys feel about that?" That's the prelude to a Rutgers upsetting a Michigan, for example.

I think that type of semi-apology / explanation is best left for the post-game handshake, and can be reinforced in the post-game media conference. A coach can allude to the way things work in the weekly media conference leading up to a game, but no coach worth a damn as a person would ever make such a call. Coaches generally maintain a good amount of respect for each other, unless not warranted, and are rarely if ever that over-confident.... in fact, they preach to their own team to not be over-confident!
That said, all coaches are aware of what is needed to reach post-season goals. The days of the JVPs of the coaching world taking the air out of the ball late in a game already in hand, and before the need to take a knee, are far less prevalent. Whether that is right or wrong, it is the way it seemingly needs to be to reach those team and individual goals.

Are you insinuating JoePa teams (Kerry Colins) took air out of footballs to make them easier to throw and catch? ala InflateGate.

 

[AWS1022]

about upcoming whoopins? I get that the games pre-CFP rankings will be as they be, however I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up? "Hey, just wanted to let you know that with the CFP rankings the way they are, we're gonna have to hang 70 on everyone we play. We mean no disrespect to your team, but we are going to leave starters in till zeros."

Of course the outlier is if there is already bad blood between 2 coaches (CJF/Dantonio)....

No coach worth anything goes into a game thinking they're going to win by 70. They might feel confident they're going to win, but games are unpredictable. And they're certainly not going to say anything close to that to the opposing coach.

 

[Ranger Dan]

about upcoming whoopins? I get that the games pre-CFP rankings will be as they be, however I wonder if CJF reaches out to every coach they're about to play for the rest of the season and gives them a heads up?

Right, because the coach on the other end of the phone wouldn't ever try to post that on the bulletin board, use it for motivation, or mention that in the press conference afterwards...

 

[MtNittany]

If there actually was a "coaches fraternity", Stacy Parks Miller would have indicted them by now.

 

[Woodpecker]

Before the game (to the press): We've been studying Team X and they are a very good team. Our coaches are surprised that their record is what it is. They were in every game and I can assure you that many of the teams they lost to consider themselves fortunate to come away with a victory. They are well-coached and have some good football players over there.
Before the game (to his team): Quit screwing around or we'll end up getting beat! Focus on doing your job on every play. These guys would like nothing better than to make you all look really bad. This is their championship!

Halftime (to the sideline reporter): The breaks seemed to go our way but there's a lot of football left. Coach X (funny, he has the same name as his school) isn't going to let them give up so I suspect we're in for a dogfight in the second half.
Halftime (to his team): I don't care that we're already up by 5 touchdowns. You guys looked sloppy in the first half and I want to see things tighten up in the second half. Focus on your assignments!

After the game (to the press): Hats off to Team X for playing hard but everything seemed to be clicking for our guys. That 50 point score differential is deceiving. We really seemed focused and we'll want to maintain that going forward.
After the game (to his team): Good job out there. Now Team Y, Team Y, Team Y

 

[nittanyfan333]

Before the game (to the press): We've been studying Team X and they are a very good team. Our coaches are surprised that their record is what it is. They were in every game and I can assure you that many of the teams they lost to consider themselves fortunate to come away with a victory. They are well-coached and have some good football players over there.
Before the game (to his team): Quit screwing around or we'll end up getting beat! Focus on doing your job on every play. These guys would like nothing better than to make you all look really bad. This is their championship!

Halftime (to the sideline reporter): The breaks seemed to go our way but there's a lot of football left. Coach X (funny, he has the same name as his school) isn't going to let them give up so I suspect we're in for a dogfight in the second half.
Halftime (to his team): I don't care that we're already up by 5 touchdowns. You guys looked sloppy in the first half and I want to see things tighten up in the second half. Focus on your assignments!

After the game (to the press): Hats off to Team X for playing hard but everything seemed to be clicking for our guys. That 50 point score differential is deceiving. We really seemed focused and we'll want to maintain that going forward.
After the game (to his team): Good job out there. Now Team Y, Team Y, Team Y

dude....... I like it

 

[Woodpecker]

dude....... I like it

 

[michnittlion]

Can you imagine the bulletin board material the coach would have, telling his team "Hey, Coach Soandso just called to let us know that not only were they going to beat us,, but that they were going to hang 10 TDs on us. I've never heard of a more blatantly arrogant thing in all my years of coaching. How do you guys feel about that?" That's the prelude to a Rutgers upsetting a Michigan, for example.

LOL ..... so true.

I do sort of wish Spurrier was around, however, because he's the one coach who might do such a thing.

I can actually see the 1990s Spurrier calling up Phil Fullmer and warning Phil of his upcoming whooping, while simultaneously wishing Fullmer good luck in Tennessee's upcoming ciTrUs Bowl.