RedRider1;1269945 wrote:None of the Mansfield stations are broadcasting it. Wouldn't it be neat to have a "Red Rider Radio" station that could webcast all Rider away games? Sort of like 'The Voice of Holmes County.' It's a web radio station that does all WH games.

BRF;1272238 wrote:Troll King: I just noticed your vCash........pretty impressive.

If we get that on-line radio thing going, I nominate riders1 to be the announcer. He would be really good and he goes to all the games.

OQB;1271219 wrote:Well we are definitely in territory we're not used to....1-3

riders1;1273154 wrote:I would have to decline. It would be too hard to announce while eating popcorn, nachos, pizza, and hot dogs.

OQB would be my choice.

Old Rider;1273276 wrote:But we better get used to it. The Red Riders will not make the playoffs for years and years to come. For one, we do not belong in the OCC. Way too small and our numbers out at each level are down! We belong in the WCAL. Perfect fit for our size and travel times.

Old Rider;1273276 wrote:But we better get used to it. The Red Riders will not make the playoffs for years and years to come. For one, we do not belong in the OCC. Way too small and our numbers out at each level are down! We belong in the WCAL. Perfect fit for our size and travel times.

Red Rider Nation;1273298 wrote:We probably would not compete well there either. We would not beat Norwayne, Hillsdale, Northwestern. Add that to losses by Copley and Triway and we end up in the same boat. We need to revamp our offense and figure out a way these next 4 weeks to keep other teams' offense off the field or we will get run over by these next 4. If you think its been bad so far if we copntinue to play like this we will be blown out. Lexington in my opinion was the worst team we played so far. I thought not even as good as NW. No reason for losing 30-8 against them. For D2 they didnt have size or speed. Put Zook back at RB and mix up some plays and get some first downs and make it respectable. If not we will lose as bad as Rittman did last week to Norwayne!

Old Rider;1273310 wrote:I did not attend the Lex game...However, I was on the sidelines at the Woo - Ashland game. I was not impressed with Wooster, Ashland will be a tough one!

As far as the Riders...I think its very obvious that Monheim, Brenner, and Turner made the other guys around them look better. Great players make average players look good and that was the case last year. Someone needs to step up and be a playmaker, but we also need to design an offense that puts our playmakers in a position to do what they do best...an we don't do that.

Our offense seems so watered down and simple that it must be pretty easy to gameplan against us. I don't want to sound as though I am bashing the offense, because our defense isn't getting it done either. Big plays have killed us and they always happen at critical times (before half, first play of a half, etc.).

We are a D5 team playing schools much bigger than us and that needs to change. We cannot compete in the OCC. We had some good teams just recently that never won a league title. I know...it prepares us for the playoffs, but you have to win games to make the playoffs and this league is not one where an average Orrville team is gonna win games. We need a really good team to even compete in this league...an average team won't get it done!

sanitizer;1273394 wrote:This seems like a sour year for sure (at least so far). Old Rider you may have a point but even when we couldn't get in a conference we always played bigger schools. Sometimes it really helped and some years it hurt but it always seemed to even out over time.

Players, playmakers, and teams seem to move in cycles sometimes in small towns like ours. Perhaps this is a year where we are gonna have to really fight to win 4 or 5 games. Really doesn't mean we have bad kids, lazy kids or poor coaching... They just may not be good enough this year? I find humility in living outside the community and seeing it from a distance now. What I mean is we have become so accustom to winning in Orrville that our vision can get blurred to the lessons these young men are (should be) learning on the field. Looks like it could be a tough year for the Red Riders. My hope is they stay the course and keep putting in the effort on Friday night. Sometimes in life you can put all you have into something and it just doesn't always work out. Good luck Riders!

Troll King;1273346 wrote:Finally someone is agreeing with what I've been saying for years. We need to change our offense. We have the pieces in place to run the option. It would work with short at qb , I know he's small but it would work. Maybe our coaching staff doesn't know how to install it. Devault seems unwilling to change anything. A good coach wins by adapting to the type of players he has. Devault never changes despite not having the offense to score points regularly. He should build the offense around the type of players he has, not forcing them to run the same formations and plays over and over again. A good coach can win with mediocre talent, we will see how good Devault is this season. I honestly do not think we will win another game this year. Possibly clearfork but I don't think that will happen either.

rrfan;1273370 wrote:You want to go to an option offense with a 120lb quarter back? Great idea. Maybe the real problem is not the coaches it is the players! They are what they are. There is no game changers on this team and the O-line is bad.

Old Rider- Have the team put on there big boy pants and get there job done. I don't want to be in the WCAL or any of that other crap. If you see some of these kids (some of) the day after the game you would have thought they won. Get your butt in the weight room do some real work and get better. You can not trot out on the field on Friday night and win becasue you are the Riders. That is earned and it always has been.

Old Rider;1273425 wrote:Thats just it...we have a handful of kids that have put in that extra time and others that go through the motions. It is definatley EARNED!

sanitizer;1273394 wrote:This seems like a sour year for sure (at least so far). Old Rider you may have a point but even when we couldn't get in a conference we always played bigger schools. Sometimes it really helped and some years it hurt but it always seemed to even out over time.

Players, playmakers, and teams seem to move in cycles sometimes in small towns like ours. Perhaps this is a year where we are gonna have to really fight to win 4 or 5 games. Really doesn't mean we have bad kids, lazy kids or poor coaching... They just may not be good enough this year? I find humility in living outside the community and seeing it from a distance now. What I mean is we have become so accustom to winning in Orrville that our vision can get blurred to the lessons these young men are (should be) learning on the field. Looks like it could be a tough year for the Red Riders. My hope is they stay the course and keep putting in the effort on Friday night. Sometimes in life you can put all you have into something and it just doesn't always work out. Good luck Riders!

Red Rider Nation;1273813 wrote:I just think we need to create an offense around our strengths and not to exploit our weaknesses. We have run the same offense for the last 7 years and it does NOT work. We ran the same offense with a bunch of talent that we do this year with less talent. Short can do some great things just like Turner last year but we cannot find a way to get playmakers the ball. I just dont get it. And please please please for heaven's sake get rid of running plays in and out with the kids. Use signals like every other high school team in America.

Red Rider Nation;1273813 wrote:I just think we need to create an offense around our strengths and not to exploit our weaknesses. We have run the same offense for the last 7 years and it does NOT work. We ran the same offense with a bunch of talent that we do this year with less talent. Short can do some great things just like Turner last year but we cannot find a way to get playmakers the ball. I just dont get it. And please please please for heaven's sake get rid of running plays in and out with the kids. Use signals like every other high school team in America.