Many of the Perineal powers have platooned for some time. Have the other schools in the state learned this and now experiencing more success?

 

Highlands, Trinity, Covington Catholic, Bowling Green and some others have been platooning for some time and have had great runs of success. Have other teams learned from this and are now experiencing success?

 

After Simon Kenton beat Collins in the early season, Collins Head Coach Jerry Lucas was quoted as saying "to beat Highland, we have to platoon". After implementing a full platoon system, Coach Lucas appeared to be correct.

 

Scott County is obviously large enough to platoon and has implemented the platooning system, has that played a role in their success over the other 6A programs?

 

What other teams have had recent success with platooning? Is platooning the key to success over the perineal powers?

Caldwell Co platooned and has become a 2A power. I think if you can do it at a small school you can gain a HUGE advantage.

I don't know if platooning is done simply because it makes. Team better. I think platooning is also done to get more kids in the games. The schools you have mentioned all have a lot of kids on the roster.

 

Other schools don't have the numbers to platoon and still be able to win.

 

I wish my fav teams would platoon but you will never convince me platooning is always better than playing your best players.

I think you have to have an established football program and culture in your town/school if you want to do it with success. Otherwise, it's probably better to build up your team anyway you can, even if it means iron man football, then trying to implement platooning.

 

I'd think it'd be a huge mistake to go into a Class A or Class AA school with little history and a subpar record the year before and come in thinking that the first thing you need to do is platoon. Obviously, you could do some things to lay the foundation for platooning if you had the job security to know you'd be around long enough to see it play out, but I would think that coming in and platooning would likely make a bad team worse.

 

Now, it's exactly the opposite if you are at a school with a rich tradition and talent. Implementing some facets of platooning will probably make a good thing better in that case.

I don't know if platooning is done simply because it makes. Team better. I think platooning is also done to get more kids in the games. The schools you have mentioned all have a lot of kids on the roster.

 

Other schools don't have the numbers to platoon and still be able to win.

 

I wish my fav teams would platoon but you will never convince me platooning is always better than playing your best players.

It seems that the programs that platoon don't necessary have 22 great players, they develop enough players to play one single position. I would agree with put the best players on the field, but from what I have seen is one team's OK player is better in the fourth quarter after playing on one side of the ball then another team's best player after playing both ways.

 

For example: Highlands, in previous years, would have close half time scores just to blow teams out in the second half. Was that solely because of half time adjustments? Or, was it, in part, due to players being more prepared to play the second half then players who played both ways in the entire game?

Know that there are plenty of exceptions when it comes to this, but I think platooning and getting more kids on the field helps in this sense too.

 

At plenty of schools, the old line of thinking was probably more like, "I'd love to be able to start varsity as a junior or senior"; now the line of thinking is probably more like, "why am I not starting as a freshman or sophomore"?

 

Platooning can help with this, as you'll attract more kids because they know they'll have a good chance of at least getting some playing time if they work hard.

Know that there are plenty of exceptions when it comes to this, but I think platooning and getting more kids on the field helps in this sense too.

 

At plenty of schools, the old line of thinking was probably more like, "I'd love to be able to start varsity as a junior or senior"; now the line of thinking is probably more like, "why am I not starting as a freshman or sophomore"?

 

Platooning can help with this, as you'll attract more kids because they know they'll have a good chance of at least getting some playing time if they work hard.

 

And I've been seeing more and more that if they're not getting said playing time early on, they'll go somewhere that they can get it.

I am a huge proponent for two platooning. There has to be an understanding that you will give a little early on in a season as new starters get used to their position. You can always have certain players that you rotate in on certain situations in a two-way fashion.

 

Of course, the best thing you can do, as a coach, is have good players. :thumb:

I'd think it'd be a huge mistake to go into a Class A or Class AA school with little history and a subpar record the year before and come in thinking that the first thing you need to do is platoon. Obviously, you could do some things to lay the foundation for platooning if you had the job security to know you'd be around long enough to see it play out, but I would think that coming in and platooning would likely make a bad team worse.

Maybe not the "First" thing you do, but I contend that by letting it be known, especially at a school that has lower numbers, that you are going to start 22 players instead of 11 you will see a rise in the number of player on the team. Perhaps, you could even get some athletes from other sports if they knew that had a better chance of playing time.

 

In a true platooning system, you are going to start 11 on offense with another 8 rotating in. Likewise, you are going to start 11 on defense with another 8 rotating in. That's 38 players getting significant playing time. If the potential players know that, you are more likely to get better numbers out to play.

Maybe not the "First" thing you do, but I contend that by letting it be known, especially at a school that has lower numbers, that you are going to start 22 players instead of 11 you will see a rise in the number of player on the team. Perhaps, you could even get some athletes from other sports if they knew that had a better chance of playing time.

 

In a true platooning system, you are going to start 11 on offense with another 8 rotating in. Likewise, you are going to start 11 on defense with another 8 rotating in. That's 38 players getting significant playing time. If the potential players know that, you are more likely to get better numbers out to play.

 

Agree completely.

 

I do think that a huge part of getting more kids out (earlier and at a school where there hasn't traditionally been a lot of it) is winning too, so I wouldn't sacrifice that just for the sake of platooning. I'm guessing you agree with that though.

Agree completely.

 

I do think that a huge part of getting more kids out (earlier and at a school where there hasn't traditionally been a lot of it) is winning too, so I wouldn't sacrifice that just for the sake of platooning. I'm guessing you agree with that though.

Agree completely. I think it has to be a well thought out, well organized, two or three year process for most teams. You have to balance winning versus implementing the system.

Agree completely. I think it has to be a well thought out, well organized, two or three year process for most teams. You have to balance winning versus implementing the system.

 

Unfortunately, fans and AD's may not be so far sighted.

The evidence might suggest that Coach Lucas may have given more lip service to platooning than actual practice.