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[QUOTE="JackBauer44, post: 254200, member: 227"]
I coach defensive line for a high school in Eastern Carolina. 
Their practices are not open to the public.  There was no media there as well.

Their practices are not open to the public.  There was no media there as well. Everything is being controlled by the athletic department.  The only extra people who were in attendance were the coaches there for the clinic and a couple of recruits and their families.  
 
The general tone is that they have been struggling with the transition from Butch to Larry.  In speaking to some of the assistant coaches, they were very open with saying they have a long way to go.  They are doing way too much thinking right now and not playing football which makes for some very sloppy football.  The defense has been very aggressive and the coaches told us there have been fights between the Offense and Defense almost every day.  They had a 120 play scrimmage on Wednesday and apparently 5 fights broke out in that time period.
 
One thing I will say, which I really like and plan to use in my upcoming football season.  After every practice, they go in and watch video and grade how the players practiced the day before.  The position coaches count how many times a player did something they weren't supposed to or was not giving maximum effort.  The next day, at the end of practice the offense and defense split up and make really big circles.  They then call out names of players.  When your name is called, you sprint to the circle and the coach tells you how many times you "let the team down" the day before.  The player then says in the middle of the circle "My name is so and so, and I let the team down 4 times."  Then the team does 4 up downs and then the player sprints out of the circle.  They then break down with their position coaches where the leaders of the positions get on the other people for doing stuff wrong.  It was a really interesting concept, which I personally loved.
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