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Originally posted by BushRef
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Originally posted by Ed Hickland
The thing I like to do is make sure the cpatain does not make a mistake and take the wrong choice. Someone is going to say our job is not to coach and that is correct. But if you assist the captain of both teams with the coices that does not give an advanatge to either team.
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OK, then, what do you do at the coin toss, when you have a team that is in it's second year of existence. You flip the coin and the experienced team chooses to defer. You turn to the other captain and give them their options, and the elect to kick, which means, in all likelihood, they will kick BOTH halves? Do you do anything to fix this?
THen, to add insult to injury, as you turne the teams so their backs face their goals, one of the captains on the newer program turns to the speaking captain and says, "What does it mean when they defer?"
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Don't let that happen!
Let's say the experienced team has chosen to defer to the second half. You first response is to step out and signal, "Team A has won the toss and elected to defer their choice to the second half."
Then back to the players, you ask, "Would you like to receive a kick?" Now is this player going to say, "No, sir, we want to kick the ball."
And you say, "You want to kick the ball this half and give them the choice for the second half?"
The captain answers, "Yes, sir, that's what the coach said to do."
At that point you have used persuasion and it failed, let them kick off.
That happened two seasons ago. We questioned the coach and reaffirmed his captains choices and they promptly lost the game 61-0 and the team had a new coach next season.
As my granddaddy once said, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.