Day 2: AFCA Convention wrap-up

Coach and Athletic Director was at the American Football Coaches Association’s annual convention this week in San Antonio. During some of the breakout sessions, we were live tweeting some of the best comments and tidbits from former South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier and Stanford head football coach David Shaw.

Here is a compilation of our tweets from the second day of the event.

Tommy Tuberville speaking now. Says football is under attack. Talks about how participation in youth football down 40% nationwide. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Tuberville: "There is not 1 person out there who is not for safety … Yet our sport stays under attack constantly." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Tuberville: coaches must video how you teach blocking/tackling. You will be sued and need something to show this is how we do it. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier: Teamwork is the fuel that allows common men to achieve uncommon results. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier as a third year coach became off. coordinator at Duke. Was asked to build the playbook from scratch. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier said it was halftime of game vs. central FL when he thought he couldn't coach anymore. Let SC's AD know that Monday. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier: all coaches/players have an expiration date. Some of us are good enough to know when it is, some are not. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier: I read once that if you want different results, you yourself should be different. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier said he learned a lot from former Duke coach Red Wilson. Wilson loved to handout guidelines for great players. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier's guidelines for coaches: criticize players to their face, "not downtown;" be open to new ideas; listen to players. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Spurrier talked about winners/losers: "winners say there ought to be a better way. Losers say this is the way we always done it." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

(1/2) Spurrier says at Florida he became really big on goal setting. He shared a list of 7 ways to achieve goals that he lives by. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

(2/2) assemble plan; put it in place; visualize; believe goals are doable; transcend prev accomplishments; trust; fight adversity. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

In 20 minutes we'll be joining Stanford HC David Shaw's session titled "building consistency." Stay tuned for tidbits! #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw quotes Bobby Dodd: "Either love your players or get out of coaching." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: if the best thing you can say about me is my 1-loss record, I have failed. We're in the business to educate young men. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: coaches must have a group of people around them that they can grow and learn from. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: The best coaches in every sport are flexible. They have things they believe in, but they can adapt to situations. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: Competitive environments are productive. Combative environments are not productive. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: My fav coach in any sport is Tara Vanderveer. Whatever she needs to do to be successful, that's what her team becomes. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: We have to be experts at what we do, but we also must push the envelope. Constantly learn and grow. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: there's no worse feeling as a coach than when a player asks a question and you don't know the answer or how to get it." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw on recruiting: don't sell your soul by doing whatever it takes to get players. Be honest with program and who you are. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: "Games are won by having the right players in the right spots." Not just having the most talented players. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: successful people don't throw up their hands when they don't reach their goals. They go back step by step, figure out why. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: young people are so distracted by things that don't matter. Keep them focused in the here and now. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016

Shaw: Successful teams handle disappointment. They learn from it and it makes them hungry. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 11, 2016