soupcitysoldier;1645020 wrote:Spread also...is Iarussi back on the staff? I had a Struthers guy once tell he was bad luck for Struthers against Campbell haha

Ohio;1645831 wrote:I think Falls, Labrae, Champion, and Jefferson are wins and the devils should be underdogs the rest of the way IMO

reddevil90;1645850 wrote:I agree here ... Have to admit coaching is way different than what you have been accustomed too over the last 19 years.. either you got it or you don't or inbetween! Rozum has a gift of knowing what he has and playing the players strengths. the rest of the games we will be heavy underdogs. But if we can squeak one or two out of the 5 tough games i would say success for the season. Skunkkers will be a hard one to win brookfield toss up. girard toss up. lakeview another hard one to win. 5 and 5 or 6 and 4 is success. Dont forget there is a some very talented freshman and sophomores coming up. i dont know if he will utilise them or not. I do know he did use Patton all 4 years if i'm not mistaken. Not as a starter his freshmen year or sophomore i think. Lets just wait and see this weeks scrimmage. I would not take much from it at all. Rozum has always shown very little during those. there are 2 scrimmages up from the 86 team and it proves my point. But they are not on my channel. you have to look for them. As some else put them up!

itzme;1645926 wrote:Interesting that most of you have chalked up both LaBrae and Jefferson as wins for the Devils. 2 teams that return the majority of their teams from a year ago, have the same Head Coach in place, and 1 of them (LaBrae) beat Campbell a year ago while the other (Jefferson) lost by 1 point. I think the Devils will have a hard time winning either of these games.

It's a tough road for the Devils. Struthers, South Range, and Brookfield right out of the gate is very tough. How healthy and how focused they remain after those 3 will tell a lot the rest of the way. The next 3 games of Girard, Jefferson, and LaBrae do ease up a bit but still will be awfully tough. They do get 2 of those 3 at home. Then the final 4 have 2 of the worst teams on the schedule (Champion & Falls) along with 1 of the toughest (Lakeview) and Liberty, who graduates a ton but brought in a ton along with the always dangerous Lynn Bowden at TB.

I could see anywhere from 2-8 to 4-6. Which, at 4-6, would mean 4-5 the rest of the way after starting 0-3 with something to build on for the following year.

Devilone;1645898 wrote:Patton started his Sophomore year. His freshmen year he was living in Detroit. He's used very few freshmen to play varsity. Rozum never shows anything in scrimmages he's more concerned with technique and evaluation. "The eye in the sky don't lie" he would tell us. That meant every play from the scrimmage was evaluated and showed to each player to improve technique.

southbender12;1646043 wrote:you guys make it sound like your the only program who runs a tough disciplined system. Based off what I saw from LaBrae and even champion, who looked very physical in their scrimmage....it is going to be a very rough season for Campbell fans. Bayuk and Sikora may not be Rozum but you act as if you had Johnny come lately on the sidelines the last several years. I have enormous respect for Rozum and I know fans are always at least cautiously optimistic but the only team on paper (and we all know paper doesn't mean everything) that you will be favored against in an objective's fans mind is Newton Falls or Champion. Jefferson will be 10x better with relatively their entire team back and LaBrae is in the same boat.

southbender12;1646043 wrote:you guys make it sound like your the only program who runs a tough disciplined system. Based off what I saw from LaBrae and even champion, who looked very physical in their scrimmage....it is going to be a very rough season for Campbell fans. Bayuk and Sikora may not be Rozum but you act as if you had Johnny come lately on the sidelines the last several years. I have enormous respect for Rozum and I know fans are always at least cautiously optimistic but the only team on paper (and we all know paper doesn't mean everything) that you will be favored against in an objective's fans mind is Newton Falls or Champion. Jefferson will be 10x better with relatively their entire team back and LaBrae is in the same boat.

itzme;1645926 wrote:Interesting that most of you have chalked up both LaBrae and Jefferson as wins for the Devils. 2 teams that return the majority of their teams from a year ago, have the same Head Coach in place, and 1 of them (LaBrae) beat Campbell a year ago while the other (Jefferson) lost by 1 point. I think the Devils will have a hard time winning either of these games.

It's a tough road for the Devils. Struthers, South Range, and Brookfield right out of the gate is very tough. How healthy and how focused they remain after those 3 will tell a lot the rest of the way. The next 3 games of Girard, Jefferson, and LaBrae do ease up a bit but still will be awfully tough. They do get 2 of those 3 at home. Then the final 4 have 2 of the worst teams on the schedule (Champion & Falls) along with 1 of the toughest (Lakeview) and Liberty, who graduates a ton but brought in a ton along with the always dangerous Lynn Bowden at TB.

I could see anywhere from 2-8 to 4-6. Which, at 4-6, would mean 4-5 the rest of the way after starting 0-3 with something to build on for the following year.

soupcitysoldier;1646218 wrote:Welcome to Chatter, respect your opinion on those two opponents. Admittedly I do not know what those two teams return I have heard alot. I dont know how much that matters for a bad football team. Campbell returns alot and I dont think that has anything to do with my prediction. What I see is Campbell and Jefferson both went 3-7 last year and in one of Campbell's worst years in 5 years they still managed to beat Jefferson. The addition of a new coach for Campbell doesnt hurt them because this ones a better fit. Basically I am hedging my bet that Campbell is still better than Jefferson after an offseason. Labrae I feel the same way. The continuity at head coach doesnt bother me. Campbell put up 28 points on Labrae last year and lost by 3. I think weve gotten better than Labrae this offseason. Just my opinion. Welcome to the Chatter. Keep posting...

itzme;1646245 wrote:You bring up some very fair points. Returning a bunch from a bad football team just means you return a bunch of bad football players... at times. In the case of Jefferson & LaBrae, I do feel they return a lot of quality and not just numbers from what I have seen. I was impressed with the way Jefferson's Freshman TB ran last year along with some good OL and their QB threw a good ball. They also return a number of good players on D. 3-7... You are what your record says you are as they say but when u dig deeper; they lost 3 games by a total of 4pts -- 4 games by a combined 13pts. I'm sure they preached all offseason that they were a few plays away from being 7-3 instead of 3-7. I have a feeling they will be returning to that 7-3 / 8-2 record wise that they were in 2011 and 2012. I do, however, understand the thinking of "We beat em with 1 of our worst teams in recent memory. So what, they return a lot. We'll be better too and beat them again." Fair points.