Henderson Cols

He has been around some great coaches. He knows the strength and weaknesses of the program. He could be a long term coach. Plus he brings energy... Great choice.

Henderson had a lot of young guys last year on the team. I only saw a few games, but the roster was half sophomores with a few freshman. The sophomore numbers appeared to bigger than any class since Reese. I wonder how much of a rebuilder it is...

The last four seasons I had a relative on the Evansville Central Bears, so I have only seen half of Henderson's games. I always watch the Reitz games with both teams. Some years I have watched Reitz play 3 times. I believe Henderson should have beaten Reitz at least 2 of the last three years. Clevenger's teams at Henderson start the season slow. His teams were usually better in middle of season. Reitz with there tradition is usually strong out of the gate and very much in superior shape compared to most teams in the area. Henderson would have won those games later in the year. I think three years ago the cols had a two touchdown lead in the second half. Two years ago the cols lost in overtime with many second string players playing because of cramps and pulls. Heck, the cols had 8 players out on defense at one point. That doesn't happen later in the season. Last year Reitz was plus 4 in turnovers and barely won. I guess what I am saying is the legend of Reitz and their 4 wins in a row over Henderson has tons of context. Reitz has had a complete drop in talent since winning state that continued last season. Outside of 4 or 5 players, they have not been very good. That title team would have absolutely smoked last years team. In my opinion Lewis is a great coach not for the title but for what he did with very little talent the last few years. He has beaten teams he should not have beaten. This is a very touchy subject and many of their fans are living in fantasy land. That might be a reason for Lewis to leave. The other reason is a comment Lewis had about how he looked across the field and saw all that talent. Henderson has better talent than Reitz currently. I have thought that for a few years. And Henderson is not a train wreck with discipline issues either, so it is easy to see why that wood be appealing. I think Clevenger was the right coach to get the program back and Lewis is the right coach to take the cols to the next level..... I expect them to beat Reitz by at least 14 points.