Zimmerman was a tool! The band is the band. They put in a lot of work and it shows. "Yeagle and his staff were better than Rash and his staff." That's funny cuz it's mostly the same damn staff! The entire offensive side of the ball and several of the other coaches were there when Yeagle was. This isn't the 90's anymore folks so quit trying to compare this season/staff/players to those cuz their is no comparison.

 

Yes, you are correct. There is NO COMPARISON between Yeagle and Rash.

"Despair and pity can kill a man, but to bow your back and come out swinging when things are at their worst is one of the greatest feelings there are, especially when you do it with your brothers!"

Noel Rash

"Despair and pity can kill a man, but to bow your back and come out swinging when things are at their worst is one of the greatest feelings there are, especially when you do it with your brothers!"

Noel Rash

I like that quote!

I take offense to your claim about BW being the better team. Simply put, MAYFIELD was the better team. Bw was a very good team, formidable foe but to somehow claim Bw was better is not true. Bw was better up front in their run game and very good up front in rush defense. Does being better in just this phase make you somehow better ? No!

 

MF was/is better in most of the other aspects of the game from QB and receiver play to pass blocking, pass defense and coaching. In all the games played between these 2 teams MF has out executed BW and did so a lot last night. I also think you tend to believe that you all to often have better players when you have not. At a good many positions you assumed BW had better players tended to not be the case. The best WR on the field was/is Kennemore. Has been all year. But its hard to know that until the teams play due to the distance between the teams.

 

I think coaching and execution was the biggest difference last night yet again. I also think MF's belief in themselves is a advantage, MF's kids don't know the meaning of lose or quit. Every time BW made a run MF countered. They expect to win, they have that swagger that I don't see in BW. Finally, I have stated a million times that BW is just not comfortable passing and I said in my pregame breakdown that if we could force BW to get away from their run game and force BW to have to pass more that it would play into our hands because BW is just not fluid at it. Why I do not know but Rash needs help in developing a offensive philosophy that is not so run centered and into one where BW is unpredictable. MF has been just that and was at times last night but BW forced MF to have to go to the air to win and MF was comfortable in doing just that. I don't care what you say, BW has improved in their pass game but they still are not comfortable or at least not so much so as to have to rely on it to win the big games. MF since 2009 has been just as comfortable passing as running. I looked at the BW big games except MT Healthy and Dixie that I omitted due to first game of season and Dixie because they were just on another level and could see a run trend then passing only when forced or when there was little pressure due to the score. You have to improve here to the point that you are as confident and comfortable passing as running.

 

I realize you are in pain and I feel for all of you as you truly had a great team but hey so do we.

 

I disagree. From everyone I have talked to or what I have read on here Beechwood was the better team. They haven't said that to often with Mayfield.

Much of what your posting is coaching related. Are Rash and his band of merry men the issue?

 

Also, does Mayfield moving to 2A solve Beechwood's issues or simply mask them.

 

Umm of course it does. I see Beechwood dominating 1A again.

Hey this is my first post.

 

First, congrats to Beechwood on a lot of heart. good game, well played.

 

I would like to also disagree with the sentiment that Beechwood is the better team, expressed in this thread, expressed by the coach in the cincy paper, and expressed pretty much yearly in my view.

 

I kinda see why one MIGHT think that, apart from the obvious reason of perspective from a hometown fan. You guys whipped us on the line of scrimmage this year, resulting in a lot of positive yard runs for you, and a lot of stuffs on the defensive side. Usually, the better team controls the line of scrimmage. but..that is a narrow point of view in determining the "better team."

 

In all other aspects of the game, Mayfield was superior. Offensively, we moved the ball in the air. BW could neither cover our receivers or put pressure on the qb. so yeah, you stopped the run, which was impressively done. but it kinda is myopic vision to get all fired up about how good the run defense is when our receivers are scoring 99 yard touchdowns and generally just taking everything they want.

 

Which leads to another aspect of the game, versatility. coach joe's comments made it clear that he was using the clock, by continuing to run when it wasnt effective, knowing BW cant catch up quickly. in other words, i guess we could have passed more...but we did things and made decisions designed to win the game and in part those decisions were based on a weakness of the opponent. that's good coaching i think.

 

Like i said, i get it, i get the idea that you think you were the better team b/c of the line of scrimmage, but it stopped there. wanna know why you had those long sustained drives? because you controlled the line of scrimmage but didnt really have any "take it to house" ability. your most exciting plays, the ones that appeared to have the most potential to "take it to the house" were the kickoff returns, the qb scrambling out of pressure and a fake punt.

 

Anyway, i guess i joined to make this reply, i dont blame someone for saying "we were the better team" you kinda need that attitude to be great. but from our perspective, it just seems like every year we beat BW, and we get told, "good game but we were better team, its just a shame we didnt get the breaks we needed." and then the next year we are told how this years team is better than last years team and then the whole process is repeated. i guess not anymore, i just wish we could play BW some more, just to see how many times we have to beat BW before someone from BW admits that they arent the better team.

 

Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla Mayfield is a great team don't get me wrong but like I said from talking to people and reading on here I think Beechwood was the better team. Mayfield made the plays and Beeechwood didn't. It's just that simple.

Clearly the better team won. We have always been the better team. Dont worry though we will let yall win it next year:laugh::dancingpa

 

How have you always had the better team? The 95 team wasn't the better team. This streak shouldn't be at 7-0. I know at least 5 times if you guys wouldn't have been knocked out the week before Beechwood would have beat you the following week. Yes you are 7-0 against them I give you that but to say they were always the better team is crazy. They didn't dominate 1A like they thought they would have. :popcorn:

Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla Mayfield is a great team don't get me wrong but like I said from talking to people and reading on here I think Beechwood was the better team. Mayfield made the plays and Beeechwood didn't. It's just that simple.

 

And the better team makes less plays? What a joke.

Umm of course it does. I see Beechwood dominating 1A again.

 

Now get on your knees and thank Mayfield for leaving 1A so you can win! Hahahaha

Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla Mayfield is a great team don't get me wrong but like I said from talking to people and reading on here I think Beechwood was the better team. Mayfield made the plays and Beeechwood didn't. It's just that simple.

 

I have an idea. You can design a Trophy for "We were the better team but lost all 7 times"...

 

Im done now...hahahah

Umm of course it does. I see Beechwood dominating 1A again.

With a 20 team class A field? Lol! Yes, I know it's not 20 teams buts it's not too far from it.

 

Class A is watered down enough, it's not like when you played when there were teams such as NCC and a strong Lloyd team in the Tigers district. Then add other strong teams in A at that time.

When Beechwood was winning all of the titles with Mike Yeagle, was Mayfield in their class during this period? If not, who was their main competition? Would this have been considered a water downed Class A era?

This thread has strayed significantly from the classic BW / MF good natured banter that we have been used to over the years. Reel it in boys, this is immature garbage. It's almost like the kid that got knocked down by the bully 7 times in a row and still calls out the bully because he knows the bully will not be back in his yard for a long time. And I would venture to guess that some of the good MF folks like Toothpick and Snot do not appreciate some of the crap being hurled back over the fence by some MF posters.

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I don't like to play the "if this team was in such and such class they would have won", as no one knows for sure. A few years ago when Beechwood beat Cov Holy Cross and put up 60+ points on them, HC went on to win the AA title, many people said if Beechwood was AA that they would have won the AA title. We simply don't know that for sure. But Beechwood was very strong in the 90's. But looking at the 95 game, it was very close. THIS is the only game where I think the better team didn't win. BUT MF won and that is all that counts.

 

Back in the 90's you had a very strong class A. In NKY you had a strong NCC team fall from AA, and a strong Lloyd team fall from AAA? Into class A. Pikeville was very strong, as well as Bardstown, Harrisburg, And Murray and Russellvile always seemed strong. Then Danville dropped to A as well. This was not a watered down period in A.

With a 20 team class A field? Lol! Yes, I know it's not 20 teams buts it's not too far from it.

 

Class A is watered down enough, it's not like when you played when there were teams such as NCC and a strong Lloyd team in the Tigers district. Then add other strong teams in A at that time.

 

Glad to know how cheap and insignificant these titles Mayfield is winning are.