Yes. Rick Allen. Was a teacher and FB/Wrestling coach for a few years before his teaching position was eliminated. In the same time frame there was also a Cyle Young who either won state or took second in wrestling. Went on to play FB at UM.
I saw that cat play football and wrestle and wow oh wow, he was something else. He should not be confused with the one arm drummer from Def Leppard, lol. There was another FB player and wrestler around time, Hardy, Hart, Harts??? (my memory is failing me). I do remember being impressed with him both on the field and mat. I think we talked about Young before and he has (had) a UM Rose Bowl jersey in the school display case. Did not know he was a wrestler. .
Jon Hart. Good friend with Rick. Was my defensive line coach. Married the former 2New meteorologist Randi Ricco. Believe he is currently teaching and coaching at Loveland.
I see your point and will somewhat agree but somehow I see coaches adapting more than parents.
I'm not see the connection between this and being soft. Care to explain?
Did your mother ever need to help you ask for a date? What happened to being a man and going up to the girl and politely asking for a date without all the pomp, circumstance and DRAMA? Hell, I would have cut my throat if my mother would have made a production out of me getting a homecoming date. Times change, I get it, but damn. This screams soft and even evolutionist see this as a paradigm to their central beliefs of a man/woman relationship.
i understand what you’re getting at and i partially agree that it’s on the coaches, etc to adjust to the current generation of kids. however, i’m not sure how that would work with football. football is physical in nature and you don’t have football without blocking and tackling. i think we are seeing more coaches shy away from contact in practice (injury purposes, as well kids wanting no part in it). when i played in high school i remember we ran the oklahoma drill, tunnel drill, and others. tackling drills was a non-negotiable at practice.
I did not have my mom assist me with anything in regards to asking a girl to a dance. I guess I just see this as different. If you want to make a production out of it and you need your mom or other family member to hold onto the stuff until you are done with your game and can ask yourself then I don't have an issue with it. Now if the mom is doing the actual asking thats different.
While I do feel a lot of companies need to come out of the 70's and 80's with their call off policies (You can call off for your funeral, otherwise be at work) and overall PTO policies, the adjustments the current generation seem to want is not sustainable. I work with entirely too many people who don't understand how to work through adversity and I think at least some of it does come back to the whole "soft" issue.
I think we are on the same page, in a round about way. Just take a look around the next time you are in the stands at homecoming season and you'll see what I am talking about. I appreciate your comments and insight and you are at the top of my list of must reads for football and especially the CBC posts.
I try to have thought out opinions and thoughtful insight.
I like this post. I think many of the younger generation see adversity as negative. I tend to lean into stoicism, as adversity is just a function of life and how you deal with it. Coaches are the prime example. No matter what happens they deal with it and find solutions, parents on the other hand can have differing opinions and many times cause more problems than solutions.
This is good stuff. Thanks for the work.
Uh Oh, the Chef faithful will not be happy with this information.
Uh Oh, the Chef faithful will not be happy with this information.
BTW, I could not find this for the OHC (I may have not looked enough in that thread). Just curious about Greenon and NE.
Again, thanks...good stuff.
One problem with that database is that it only goes bac
QB room will definitely be crowded, excited to see how much these young men push each other to get better.
you make a good point. competition is good however when the room gets too crowded, players will leave. if OSU had 4 scholarship QBs on the roster, would St Clair really want to be the 5th?
buckeyeswire.usatoday.com
Will Howard will be gone by the time St. Clair arrives in Columbus next January. You would think that Devin Brown and Keinholz would leave if they get passed up by Howard and then have to risk losing their spot to a younger Nolan or Sayin. St Clair will be all of 6'5 240 by the time he is a Buckeye.
Is he coming to the CBC?