This is not necessarily a Dooley thread, so please post the other drivel in one of the other threads.
When we think of a college football coach, we think of someone who is game planning and recruits. In that game planning, coaches study several years of tapes of the various places a coordinator or head coach has been. Also, on those tapes the coaches are looking for tendencies of the opposing team when they are faced with certain situations and also tendencies by certain players that may give away what is about to be ran.
Along with that, they have to constantly recruit in preparation for the future. What got me thinking about the time that is spent by the coaches was what the coaches did for Matt Rolin (a 2013 LB recruit). They had a film study with him where they broke down many aspects of his game tape, showed him different schemes, and then showed him how Sal liked us to use McClain. They spent 3.5 hours with him just in that film study, and I cannot imagine how long they took to prepare for just that one film study with a recruit. Then you consider they do that for numerous prospects.
When Rolin and the rest of the recruits go home, they will get numerous calls, e-mails, and letters from the coaches. That is just two aspects of a football coaches' life. Then you must consider that they have to somehow oversee the behavior, academics, etc... of the current football players and plan for their future (VFL, Dooley introducing the deal with the suit company for the football players, etc...). Makes you wonder how they have any time for their families when this process must occur daily.
When we think of a college football coach, we think of someone who is game planning and recruits. In that game planning, coaches study several years of tapes of the various places a coordinator or head coach has been. Also, on those tapes the coaches are looking for tendencies of the opposing team when they are faced with certain situations and also tendencies by certain players that may give away what is about to be ran.
Along with that, they have to constantly recruit in preparation for the future. What got me thinking about the time that is spent by the coaches was what the coaches did for Matt Rolin (a 2013 LB recruit). They had a film study with him where they broke down many aspects of his game tape, showed him different schemes, and then showed him how Sal liked us to use McClain. They spent 3.5 hours with him just in that film study, and I cannot imagine how long they took to prepare for just that one film study with a recruit. Then you consider they do that for numerous prospects.
When Rolin and the rest of the recruits go home, they will get numerous calls, e-mails, and letters from the coaches. That is just two aspects of a football coaches' life. Then you must consider that they have to somehow oversee the behavior, academics, etc... of the current football players and plan for their future (VFL, Dooley introducing the deal with the suit company for the football players, etc...). Makes you wonder how they have any time for their families when this process must occur daily.
