Andy Reid did. Said he would hold his kids off until 13 "knowing what he knows now". This was several years ago.

Report problem with this ad

Apr 19, 2019
12:55:29pm

Rhino84 All-American

Report problem with this ad

Rhino84

Bio page: Rhino84
Joined: Aug 19, 2010
Last login: May 6, 2024
Total posts: 5,836 (411 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

Argument with my wife...did Lavell ever say

bday

4/19/19 12:12pm

Bronco did

Sandy Lyle

4/19/19 12:13pm

Bronco was big on this idea. Bronco was a surprise guest speaker in one of my

BerkeleyCoug

4/19/19 12:17pm

Bronco may have repeated it, but Lavell said it.

Benfica1

4/19/19 12:20pm

He never said it would be easy, only that it would be worth it.

Goliath

4/19/19 12:13pm

Only if the poster lives in Texas...

CougarThug

4/19/19 9:23pm

Is he asking to play football? A kid being in football prior to HS has little advantage over a kid who waited until HS.

Pimpin4Paradise

4/19/19 12:14pm

wait. what? are you serious with that comment?

BlueFrog

4/19/19 12:21pm

Absolutely

Pimpin4Paradise

4/19/19 12:21pm

crazy talk

BlueFrog

4/19/19 12:22pm

Some of that DEFINITELY is determined by the HS the kid goes to.

Eddie

4/19/19 12:25pm

Balderdash

shakarocks

4/19/19 12:45pm

He's dying to play..he plays flag football now

bday

4/19/19 1:28pm

let him play. where do you live?

BlueFrog

4/19/19 1:40pm

For the record, I played four years of tackle football in grade school and middle school

Sea Chicken

4/19/19 1:38pm

I believe it was Bronco. I loved my little league football experience growing up

Crazy Duck

4/19/19 12:15pm

LaVell wouldn’t let his kids play until high school

titlecoug

4/19/19 12:16pm

True, and when asked what the best preparation for HS football was, Lavell said

NewMexiCoug

4/19/19 12:20pm

He liked Tennis too from what I remember.

Qhall

4/19/19 12:22pm

That's what I heard as well.

Benfica1

4/19/19 12:30pm

Yes. He said start later –high school.

Benfica1

4/19/19 12:18pm

Correct, and Bosco said start them as young as possible..

Bleeding Blue

4/19/19 1:01pm

& my neighbor said to not play at at all. So many opinions. But the OP asked....

Benfica1

4/19/19 1:28pm

Well - according to one of Lavell's nieces...

Eddie

4/19/19 12:20pm

what's your goal? or his goal? i'd put him in now. see where it goes from there

BlueFrog

4/19/19 12:21pm

CTE studies show the longer you wait the better. Lots of fairly well informed

unctoothman

4/19/19 12:22pm

Watch Concussion - that’ll sour him on football.

BlueSioux

4/19/19 6:48pm

We're putting our 9 year old in tackle, but only because he's brilliant...

UberDeek

4/19/19 12:25pm

The Mannings didn't start tackle until 7th grade, Brady didn't until 9th grade

The Chelsea Dagger

4/19/19 12:27pm

"I'm a brain scientist and I let my son play football."

Pasadena

4/19/19 12:52pm

Andy Reid did. Said he would hold his kids off until 13 "knowing what he knows now". This was several years ago.

Rhino84

4/19/19 12:55pm

Remember when he did that Kick, Punt, Pass competition

TNT

4/19/19 1:12pm

They should totally show a clip of that one day when his team is TV!

bruincoug

4/19/19 2:21pm

whatever lavell said, 9 is far too young. jr. high at the earliest.

bruincoug

4/19/19 1:18pm

I really don't think it can hurt. I coached a 10/11 aged team. They are too

oldrugger

4/19/19 2:24pm

do flag football

cruiserhead

4/19/19 3:07pm

Bo Jackson said he'd never put a kid in tackle football.

Archaea

4/19/19 3:14pm

My son started at 7. Pretty funny watching 2nd graders play football

TunaNoCrust

4/19/19 3:33pm

Merlin Olsen on the advice of a friend said to wait until high school. #1 HS QB

ImuaKahuku

4/19/19 4:28pm

Why did you want your kid to play after two concussions?

CougarThug

4/19/19 9:33pm

I believe wholeheartedly they are due to poor form due to poor coaching.

ImuaKahuku

4/22/19 11:32am

8th grade is the quote I remember from LaVell.

Y05

4/19/19 4:49pm

I think most smart people would say 8th or 9th grade. Flag football's perfect...

COACHdrn

4/19/19 5:14pm

RE: Argument with my wife...did Lavell ever say

PJMort

4/19/19 5:25pm

RE: Argument with my wife...did Lavell ever say

The Natural

4/19/19 5:32pm

Gary Crowton said wait until around 8th grade

halltocollie

4/19/19 5:35pm

I heard Andy Reid had said that something like not till 8th grade

Jacob

4/19/19 6:42pm

It was a different time where kids played 4 sports and he wanted them doing

travelcoug

4/19/19 7:23pm

I agree with your wife. Flag football till Jr. High. He won’t lose a step.

StalwartBraveTrue

4/19/19 8:13pm

IIRC, LaVell did say that. He said to start them in a sport like soccer when

ManicBlue

4/20/19 2:38am

I played 6th/7th grade tackle, got lazy and didn’t play 8th (didn’t want to run

Posting on CougarBoard