Custom playbooks

Submitted by BakkerUSMC on
With football being the ever-evolving sport it is, I wondered how today's most innovative coaching staffs get their innovations from principle idea to on-field application. Similar to the Train formation being discovered by the Colorado high school tape, I wonder if the Harbaugh staff is open to other creative plays and substitutions. How does one go about contacting the staff with a legitimate scheme or wrinkle? I'm not saying my playbook or schemes are Harbaugh - worthy (yet..) but if an armchair QB did come up with one, how would we introduce it to staff (without it falling into the wrong hands! No dirty buckeyes will see my scheme until it's on the field!). Not selling anything, just genuinely curious.
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Amaizing Blue

January 12th, 2017 at 12:01 PM ^

I don't know why, but I felt compelled to close my office door and sing this out loud.  I then broke into hysterical laughter for a minute or so, then opened my door and resumed working as if nothing had happened.  It's possible my work duties need to be expanded.

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mgowild

January 12th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^

Call the football office, and tell them you'd like to speak to the coaching staff about some plays. They'll probably hang up on you the first dozen times or so, but I believe your persistence will pay off and eventually they'll transfer you through to Coach Harbaugh.

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Kevin13

January 12th, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^

at new wrinkles and schemes they can implement. They visit with other coaches and talk a lot at conferences and clinics.  Watch what other teams do and if they see something they like they might try implementing it or tweaking it a little. A good coach is always learning and looking for new things to do to gain an edge.

I have coached at a few Michigan camps and got a lot of time with the coaches. You might try coaching at their camp and see if you can get some time with an offensive coach and talk kto them about what you do and have, they might be interested in hearing it.

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BakkerUSMC

January 12th, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^

How does a non-coach go about actively trying out the schemes? They work in theory, but I don't really have 22 kids with time on their hands willing to try out my methods.. Also, they wouldn't have the diversity of skills / bodies needed to prove they work anyway. Realistically, even if I did coach a high school team, and had the playbook ready, I still wouldn't have the bodies necessary to prove my playbook works anyway. Harbaugh uniquely does, therefore he may be the only one to prove them to be legit. Thoughts?

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stephenrjking

January 12th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^

Try building a relationship with a high school coach somewhere. Volunteer to help out at practice or something. You might find someone willing to give the concepts a whirl, if they run the right kind of scheme. Then, if it works, you have film to send. But there's not much that's genuinely new. Most "new" concepts are generally interesting repackagings of old concepts that are known to work.

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LJ

January 12th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^

You seem like you have good intentions, but honestly, if you're not a coach, what makes you think your plays are new or effective?  You can't honestly believe that an armchair quarterback has ideas that are going to be useful to a coaching staff at the highest level of elite football, or, even if you did, that anyone would possibly take you seriously.

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ama11

January 12th, 2017 at 9:54 AM ^

I'll tell you how. Start actually coaching, be successful, move up the ladder to coordinator, present at one of the coaching clinics he goes to, impress him. Done.



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BakkerUSMC

January 12th, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^

Fine, let's say I had a damn good mix tape for Usher, but no studio that needed the remix. There's a world-class studio that Harbaugh owns, and it's in his best interest to listen to it, maybe add in a note or two to his world. Isn't there a legit way to get it to him? Seems like a sophisticated office like his would keep an ear to the ground for such things...

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SalvatoreQuattro

January 12th, 2017 at 10:07 AM ^

on how to fight amphibious warfare even though I have never been in the military much less the Marines.

How do I go about sending my fabulous ideas to the Commandant of the Marines?

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wolpherine2000

January 12th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^

...

1. Sit yourself down at the Virginian in Twentynine Palms. Or the Haunted Head in Oceanside.

2. Drink seven shots of Jack Daniels. Go ahead and get a beer back if you need it.

3. Tell the jarheads sitting next to you that they've been doing it all wrong.

N.B. Think about leaving your eyeglasses in the car.

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BakkerUSMC

January 12th, 2017 at 10:11 AM ^

Your wit and sarcasm is well-received Salvatore, however I could actually forward you to the intelligence office in Quantico for that information... Harbaugh doesn't need such an office, thankfully. Just curious if there's a trusted source to sit down and chat with sometime, maybe share a phone call or email or two.. Doesn't need to be with the man himself, whatever the process is to get it there I'd happily comply

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Everyone Murders

January 12th, 2017 at 10:20 AM ^

I think your best bet is to reach out electronically to a grad assistant with a very concise email setting out what you have in mind.  Even that's a longshot, but they may not be inundated to the point that they won't look at something. 

Even then, you should really know your Xs and Os before you ask a coaching staff to vet your ideas.  And be prepared to be ignored, and if you are - don't take it personally (and don't be a pest).

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stephenrjking

January 12th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^

If you are familiar with the process of developing combat doctrine, you can probably understand the idea that people may be skeptical of someone off the street offering coaching advice in much the same way that someone at Quantico might be skeptical of tactical suggestions from, say, some guy that read Band of Brothers once and took a gun safety course. Not trying to be unkind. There are a lot of people that have play ideas; we are all fans. But we are, after all, only fans.

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