Last Chance U (College-Football Related) New Season Starts On The 20th

mikes12

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These kids need better mentors. You can’t teach what you don’t know, and this coach doesn’t seem to know much. After listening to a Saban speech, I want to run through walls, and show him (and myself) what I can achieve. Listening to coach Brown makes me lose a little faith in humanity. A bit of salty language doesn’t bother me, but just like salt, too much ruins the dish.

Sadly, most of these kids are too far behind academically and have resigned themselves to either football or prison that they cannot conceive of a life outside either of those two fates.
 

tidefan39817

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i'm just kind of wondering two things.
1) does winning really trump the way this guy acts?
2) when will they get a program that has a coach that actually cares about the players?
 

JustNeedMe81

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If he keeps winning, then it may not matter if he's the worst coach or not. He has a track records of turning around the program. His personality is little rough, because of his background. Clean up his mouth and pay little more attention to offensive plays and he can be real good. He's more of a fit for smaller programs.. so I don't think he'll be at ICC after this fall.
 

B1GTide

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If he keeps winning, then it may not matter if he's the worst coach or not. He has a track records of turning around the program. His personality is little rough, because of his background. Clean up his mouth and pay little more attention to offensive plays and he can be real good. He's more of a fit for smaller programs.. so I don't think he'll be at ICC after this fall.
Mike Shula - winning covers everything, but have just one bad season with this kind of overhead and you get canned.
 

Lost in TN

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To me the saddest part was where the English teacher asked the kid, "tell me something that makes you special". He could not name 1 thing. Poor kid has Zero self esteem.
 

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To me the saddest part was where the English teacher asked the kid, "tell me something that makes you special". He could not name 1 thing. Poor kid has Zero self esteem.
I saw that and was touched the same way you were. After you see the English teacher it is quickly apparent who can have the greatest positive impact on these kids lives.
 

Tidewater

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The antidote for the East Mississippi and Indpendence CC coaches is the film Undefeated (on Netflix). Coach volunteers at an inner city Memphis school, with a terrible tradition of failure on the field and turns them around.
He cares about his kids. He makes them better players and better men.
Restores your faith in this sport.
 
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beardensdaman44

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The antidote for the East MIssissippi and Indpendence CC coaches is the film Undefeated (on Netflix). Coach volunteers at an inner city Memphis school, with a terrible tradition of failure on the field and turns them around.
He cares about his kids. He makes them better players and better men.
Restores your faith in this sport.

THIS. EXTREMELY GOOD documentary.
 

gamersfuel

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thx for that suggestion.. though i enjoyed the first 2 seasons of last chance U, going to check out Undefeated..

The antidote for the East MIssissippi and Indpendence CC coaches is the film Undefeated (on Netflix). Coach volunteers at an inner city Memphis school, with a terrible tradition of failure on the field and turns them around.
He cares about his kids. He makes them better players and better men.
Restores your faith in this sport.
 

B1GTide

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The antidote for the East MIssissippi and Indpendence CC coaches is the film Undefeated (on Netflix). Coach volunteers at an inner city Memphis school, with a terrible tradition of failure on the field and turns them around.
He cares about his kids. He makes them better players and better men.
Restores your faith in this sport.
Just added it to my list. HoF game tonight. Football is back.
 

RedWave

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The antidote for the East MIssissippi and Indpendence CC coaches is the film Undefeated (on Netflix). Coach volunteers at an inner city Memphis school, with a terrible tradition of failure on the field and turns them around.
He cares about his kids. He makes them better players and better men.
Restores your faith in this sport.
Never heard of this one. I will have to check it out. Thanks for the information.
 

tusks_n_raider

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Just added it to my list. HoF game tonight. Football is back.
I just watched it last night and it's a very good documentary.

I've got the HOF game on now too...lol

RGIII is looking pretty good for the Ravens!!! I had no idea he was completely out of the NFL last year?
 

B1GTide

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The antidote for the East Mississippi and Indpendence CC coaches is the film Undefeated (on Netflix). Coach volunteers at an inner city Memphis school, with a terrible tradition of failure on the field and turns them around.
He cares about his kids. He makes them better players and better men.
Restores your faith in this sport.
Love the way that this is starting : "Football does not build character, it reveals character." Preaching about playing football to win, but not putting football above everything else.
 

Tidewater

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Love the way that this is starting : "Football does not build character, it reveals character." Preaching about playing football to win, but not putting football above everything else.
Mrs. Tidewater saw a news story out of Memphis and three of these young men went on to college (1 to UT-Jackson and 2 to Sou Miss since transferred to Austin Peay). This coach had an effect. A positive effect.
 

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