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Wish me luck boys

Sweetrice80

Sweetrice80

Deaf Mofo
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Gaithersburg, Md
Hey guys, thought I would write up on a passion of mine outside of cigars. I have been very much into sports all my life, I can still remember the days my father throwing a football at me when I was a young gun. Now that I have grown up to become a big boy :laugh: , I have found new love within the sports world and that is Coaching. This Friday, the school that I am an offense of coordinator for is Model secondary school for the deaf in DC. Last year the school was 2-7, with a whole new coaching staff and offense of mentality (spread offense), we are 6-2 right now, averages 39.4 points a game, while only giving up 14. The two games we lost, were against one team that is undefeated and one that is a much bigger school than we are.

Ill put it this way for you, we currently have 22 players on the team, and only 20 can play this week due to injuries, if anyone knows football, you know those numbers are too low. With our winning success next year we should be able to increase that total to 30. Tomorrow though we have a big game against the Maryland school for the deaf, it is for the National deaf prep championship (ll-man). Maryland school for the deaf is the 4 time defending champion. We have not beaten them since 2001 and have not won a national championship since 1999.

I love coaching football with all my heart, but I enjoy more seeing the success the kids have, and the stories they can share to their future families. Wish us Luck fellow CPers. In case anyone is interested go to www.deafworld.com, and they will have live updates of the score. Game is at 7:00. Hopefully, I can pull out my victory cigar I have been waiting to smoke. :thumbs:

here are some pictures I thought people would like to see.

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Thats me with the ball, and with the famous play calling sheet tucked in my pants. :thumbs:
 
MaxNoodle said:
Hey Dave ~

How do audibles work? Seriously...



~ t

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BTW - Good luck - smoke em out if you have too! :p
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Simple answer we do not have audibles. All of our running plays are an shot gun option play, So qb has 3 different choices, on what he wants to do with the ball depending on his read.


HenrysCigar said:
Good luck tomorrow. Hope your boys tear the roof off.
20 players huh? Half of them must play both sides..
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yep 20 boys, we may have 3 deaf all-Americans on the team, the QB has 25 passing touchdowns with 4 INT and 1,800 yards with 9 more rushing TD. RB on 65 carries has 944 yards, and 17 TD. Our leading tackler on the team right now I believe has 58 Tackles 6 sacks and 3 INT with 2 for a TD.

Everyone else does really well playing as role players. We have other options but so far have not had to use them yet. This week I may have to.

David
 
That is so awesome David. I think your boys kick ass tomorrow. For inspiration why not make them watch the Program or Remember the Titans. Get them all fired up :D
Again... Goodluck tomorrow bro.
 
I saw a story on ESPN about another deaf school, with some incredible winning record.

I cannot begin to think about how these kids play, without being able to hear. Amazing athletes to say the least.
 
bfreebern said:
I saw a story on ESPN about another deaf school, with some incredible winning record.

I cannot begin to think about how these kids play, without being able to hear. Amazing athletes to say the least.
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That is the team we are playing bro. haha. However, I must say, they play all cupcake teams, to be honest. Every one of their wins this year was to a team that does not have a winning record. :sign:


LINKY FROM ESPN
 
bfreebern said:
I saw a story on ESPN about another deaf school, with some incredible winning record.

I cannot begin to think about how these kids play, without being able to hear. Amazing athletes to say the least.
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As someone who has a brother that is deaf, it is amazing what people with disabilities can do. My brother was/still is a very good basketball player and while you do not need to hear as much with basketball as you do with football it is difficult but something he overcame. He might not be able to hear but that kid (he is 25 now) has the most amazing peripheral vision.

Football has to be a whole other obstacle to overcome given cadence,etc. But I am sure you can signal in the plays via sign language or other method.


Kudos to Sweet and his team.
 
cpprhead59 said:
As someone who has a brother that is deaf, it is amazing what people with disabilities can do. My brother was/still is a very good basketball player and while you do not need to hear as much with basketball as you do with football it is difficult but something he overcame. He might not be able to hear but that kid (he is 25 now) has the most amazing peripheral vision.

Football has to be a whole other obstacle to overcome given cadence,etc. But I am sure you can signal in the plays via sign language or other method.


Kudos to Sweet and his team.
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Ditto with a sister who is deaf and also a teacher at the Indianapolis School for the Deaf. Shae has adapted and overcome the disability. If you ask her, she doesn't want her hearing back. She was born with nerve deafness.
 
cpprhead59 said:
bfreebern said:
I saw a story on ESPN about another deaf school, with some incredible winning record.

I cannot begin to think about how these kids play, without being able to hear. Amazing athletes to say the least.
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As someone who has a brother that is deaf, it is amazing what people with disabilities can do. My brother was/still is a very good basketball player and while you do not need to hear as much with basketball as you do with football it is difficult but something he overcame. He might not be able to hear but that kid (he is 25 now) has the most amazing peripheral vision.

Football has to be a whole other obstacle to overcome given cadence,etc. But I am sure you can signal in the plays via sign language or other method.


Kudos to Sweet and his team.
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Agreed, I must say, when you are in the deaf world, it really is not that hard. We run the no huddle like none other, cause everything is done by sign. we watch the ball when its snapped, thus never go off sides. We never feel the "home field advantage' or the '12th man', because we just don't hear them. We can swear and say nasty things about your mother on the field with hearing people because no one will know. We run to the ball every play because we are visual, the 'BEE' 11 man to the ball is common thing every play. See, we think we are the ones that have the advantage, haha sucks to be hearing :laugh: :rolleyes:

David
 
Matt was born fine, contracted menigitis at 9 month and lost 80% of his hearing in both ears. He had a sinus infection that spread to his ears and wiped out what hearing he had in one ear and dropped the other down to 10%.
His local ENT had friends in NYC who were developing the cochlear implant and put him right on the list as a candiate for it. He was one of the first to get it and is doing great with it.

He is a jerk (he is my little brother) but to see what he and others with disabilities do to overcome it is a fantastic experience to share in and shows that a lot of us take to much for granted.

Cheers as well to your sister Max, that is fantastic.
 
cpprhead59 said:
Matt was born fine, contracted menigitis at 9 month and lost 80% of his hearing in both ears. He had a sinus infection that spread to his ears and wiped out what hearing he had in one ear and dropped the other down to 10%.
His local ENT had friends in NYC who were developing the cochlear implant and put him right on the list as a candiate for it. He was one of the first to get it and is doing great with it.

He is a jerk (he is my little brother) but to see what he and others with disabilities do to overcome it is a fantastic experience to share in and shows that a lot of us take to much for granted.

Cheers as well to your sister Max, that is fantastic.
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Thats great the implant works for him. I honestly am against Implants. I would not want to make a decision for my kids like that, because their are lots of limitation to them. Like playing football, with the implant that is a big no no. But implants work for some dont work for alot. I just witness more failure implants than success implants. But thats just me.

David
 
cpprhead59 said:
Matt was born fine, contracted menigitis at 9 month and lost 80% of his hearing in both ears. He had a sinus infection that spread to his ears and wiped out what hearing he had in one ear and dropped the other down to 10%.
His local ENT had friends in NYC who were developing the cochlear implant and put him right on the list as a candiate for it. He was one of the first to get it and is doing great with it.

He is a jerk (he is my little brother) but to see what he and others with disabilities do to overcome it is a fantastic experience to share in and shows that a lot of us take to much for granted.

Cheers as well to your sister Max, that is fantastic.
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Weird thing - my Cousin also deaf, had menigitis when he was 2 and thats what caused it. I also had a great grand father who was deaf...no idea how / why...maybe its a strain in my familys DNA....?? But he was a glass makes / blower in the old days.
 
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