Why coaches dont give the tweaker credit but give props to the painter

When you purchase a bag of bases, it's like 24 6-year-olds showing up for their very 1st day of Pee Wee Football. They've watched their Dads watch football and they've displayed some interest in catching the ball with their faces over the years and now that they're of legal PWF age, Dad signs 'em up and here you are.

They all have 2 hands, arms, legs and feet (each) and it's YOUR job to "teach" them how to use 'em. Or you can just throw a ball in the middle of them and tell half of them to run a "Pro Right TE Motion 32 Counter Trap" and the other half to run a "4-3 Under All Out Blitz" and see what happens.

You gotta "coach" 'em. Tweaking bases is like teaching your LT proper footwork to protect your QB. Or your RDE how to "rip" through that LT's block. Or your RB to be patient up to the line and once he sees daylight "burst" through the hole. Or your FS (on or off a magnet) has to "learn" or be taught how to take the proper angle to make the sure tackle. THAT'S ALL COACHING! To me, at least.

If I try to run a Sweep Left and everybody hits their hole but the RB cuts back into the pile in the middle, I gotta coach him. I gotta turn his base over and brush the prongs or adjust the wheel a lil bit. That's just like Vermeil telling LJ to follow his blocks and don't cutback. Or Cowher telling The Bus that he had daylight to the outside. Or Ditka telling Payton that there were more guys on the outside to punish. Etc, etc, etc. THAT'S COACHING.

That's the way I see it. We all do the same thing, but might just call it something different. I call it "coaching."

[Kansas Bill]

Originally Posted by Anthony D Burgess

This is a good question .

May be it could be that tweaking is not coaching ? Have you thought of that ?

Tweaking : This is to program ,
Coaching : Well there is much more to this . Ti gain a better understanding , look them both up .

The question was why do the painters get all the props.. and not the tweakers..

What does that have to do with coaching?

Painting isn't coaching..

You're right Bill! NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE!

[Kansas Bill]

Originally Posted by JIMBO

You're right Bill! NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE!

Well.. I kind of look at EF as the whole experience.. And in most leagues, if you don't have tweaked bases.. you're not gonna win..

And as far as nothing making sense.. No kidding...
But.. Not being able to make sense of some of the EF stuff is just a minor detail...

It's the day to day inability to make sense of things thats tougher..

Take Care man.

[Anthony D Burgess]

How the figures look are very important to how we see this game . Painting is not hard , just put brush to paint , and paint to figure , if you mess up then just paint over it until you get it right .

When you tweak a base you will either get it right or the base is trashed . Tweaking is not as simple as painting , and anyone can paint vs tweaking .

I guess you could say that Painting is an art that everyone can see , while tweaking is less seen as an art form , but more as programming .

[Reginald Rutledge]

I rather have a great tweaked base on a poor paint job than a poor tweaked base on a great paint job. But really, it depends on the audience I think. I think you have guys who have gotten recognition as outstanding tweakers over the years. Sometimes those tweakers have to self-advertise to get the recognition they reserve.

For most, you still will not get the total respect that you may want unless you take those tweaked bases and go out and win in league play or tournament play. Heck, in the things I do, I wrestle with that same feeling of lack of respect in all that I do in the game. Somebody else does less but gets more, right? Well, if you are a tweaker and you know that your work is great, you've got to announce it to the world.

The only thing you better be careful of is that if someone thinks its bad, they will do everything in their power to slam you and spread the bad press! Some people don't get a second chance to fix their problem. It becomes an "I heard type of thing".

So if you know you are willing to take that risk, let people know. Heck, I am one of those who say be true to thine own self! Your work (or any other tweaker's work) may make a significant improvement in the game of miniature football.

Reg

[Geno H]

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Geno H

May the GFORCE be with you

[Coach K-LO]

Originally Posted by Geno H

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Geno H

May the GFORCE be with you

I am sure you have more to add to this thread........

[Geno H]

OK OK OK......To me it is simply a couple of reasons. #1. If Coach A. tells where he got his bases then then Coach B. will go there for his talent and Coach A has lost (in his mind) his edge over his competition.
#2. Coach A has been doing some tweaking and claims that he tweaked the bases himself.


Geno H

[Geno H]

Originally Posted by Anthony D Burgess

This is a good question .

May be it could be that tweaking is not coaching ? Have you thought of that ?

Tweaking : This is to program ,
Coaching : Well there is much more to this . Ti gain a better understanding , look them both up .

Anthony question for you sir, Why do you add weight to your base?

Geno H