green machine

posted by oldsmithie

Well it seems that I have been chatting with myself! lol.  Smithville at Dalton tonight! I remember when this game meant something! The battles I have witnessed over the years!!! many times deciding the Championship. Oh how the times have changed!! Smithville, Dalton and Waynedale are now bottom dwellers in the WCAL they were once known as the Big Three. 

Smithville's offense is awful. The coaching staff has done nothing but sit and watch it fail for 7 straight games. The QB has thrown 13 ints in 7 games many of them in the redzone while we were driving for a score. He also has 5 for 6 fumbles lost with 2 of them in the redzone. Some people want to blame the line for the QB miscues and thats fine but there have been no changes there except for an injury and line performance only got worse. Its frustrating watching this, as the coaching staff does nothing to try to make it better. We can't be any worse so why not try a different scheme or different personnel? Its ridiculous to just do nothing and watch our offense make miscues every time we get a good drive going.

To answer your question one of the teams I thought we could beat was Rittman and we did 10 to 6. I still think we have big time issues on offense. We ran the ball very well number 23 had a hundred and sixty-three yards rushing. We still cannot throw. We have issues at the quarterback position and wide receiver positions which are not being addressed and until they address those I'm not sure how many more games we can win. I thought over the last two games are secondary has improved greatly. The first two games we couldn't cover anybody. Our defense played phenomenal last night and they played very good against Crestwood as well. With Norwayne on the horizon I hope they don't lose the confidence that they have gained. Because I do think next Friday will be ugly

Well another week of hardly any offense by the Smithville smithies. I just wonder how long it will take until Coach Baker decides to make some Personnel changes? We have six completions in three games and five interceptions that's not good. How much more of this do we have to watch until there are changes? Our defense played very well. Are only points that came off a blocked punt when number 62 blocked it picked it up and ran it in for a touchdown. I just hate to see the seniors suffer through a season like thiswhen I think a few changes could really improve things. But would these changes get us into the playoffs?... Absolutely not, but I think we could maybe get 4 wins the rest of the way. If no changes are made, we very well may be the first team in 63 years at Smithville to go 0-10.

I think East Canton is very good team too. Norwayne is by far the best WCAL team, would have  their hands full with East Canton.   I look for a lot of WCAL teams that lost last week to rebound this week.   

Smithville has not looked good at all in the scrimmages. The secondary has been horrendous and our offense turned the ball over a total of seven times in the two scrimmages.Four interceptions in the first scrimmage and three fumbles in the second. The offensive and defensive line seem to be improved over last year. We could run the ball decently when we weren't fumbling. And we stop the run very well but the pass defense is a whole other story.