RedRider1;1518057 wrote:Cant win with some of you...if a two-way starter got hurt in practice, you'd be all over coach just the same.
He's not being soft on the kids, just trying to preserve kids for Friday night. A senior should know how to tackle.....period.
Season has gone pretty much as expected..if not a bit better. Some of us predicted 4-0 was very possible, and it happened...and we knew these last 3 would be tough...and they were. So we're basically sitting right where we thought. It's just reality. Senior, WH and Ash may all be playoff teams. No shame in losing to schools more than 2x your size.
If we get 6 wins, we're in. Fantastic50.net projects us as having 6 wins....favored by 8 this week vs. Madison, then by 2 over Clear Fork and by 1 over Wooster (the last 2 are basically toss up games).
I know the 'next game' is most important, but I truly think the game this week at Madison defines the season. Win this and it take a world of pressure off. Lose this and you have to go to Clear Fork (never easy) and beat your rival to make it to the playoffs....no easy task. If we lose this week, we probably finish 4-6. Kids need a win bad.
My concern is offensively we haven't been very good the last few weeks. 16 vs Lex in the rain, 0 vs Senior, 16 vs. West Holmes (not counting the kick return) and 10 vs. Ashland. 42 in our last 4 games, less than 11 per, isn't going to get it done most weeks. The only saving grace is that these were against easily the best 3 teams in the league.
Fantastic50 also is projecting we face 1 seed COLDWATER in the first round. A rematch of the '98 state title game. That would be very interesting.
You cannot simulate real game tackling throughout the week of the size, strength, and speed you will face against Senior, West Holmes, and Ashland by not hitting and tackling your own in practice PERIOD!
