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New season, new coach for Manual football | High School Playbook - WLKY Home

 

"The first weeks of football practice at Manual under Scott Carmony have been a learning experience. He's learning about his players, and they're learning pretty much everything.

 

"We tell the kids your job right now is to show up here every day with a great attitude ready to work. We have a lot to teach them. Everything is new to them," says Carmony.

 

Carmony last coached at Butler High School in 2012. He's a defense-first guy, and wants a tough, run-oriented offense. Under previous Coach Oliver Lucas, the players at Manual platooned, playing exclusively offense or defense. Carmony is changing that, he wants the best players on the field as much as possible.

 

"Without a doubt. They don't do any good sitting over there by me, so if they're good enough to earn that spot both ways, they're going to play both ways," he says.

 

"A lot of us have always wanted to play both ways, but we never really got the opportunity. Now that a new coach has come in and given us an opportunity and its exciting to know that you can showcase your skills on the offensive and the defensive side of the ball," says Senior Bryce Cosby, who played defensive back last season.

 

With guys learning both the new offense and the new defense, along with new terminology, the practices have not been easy. Carmony says the starters for this year's team will be determined in preseason practice, regardless of how much or little playing time guys got last year.

 

"That's sort of the thing about coming in. Everything is new. We don't really know who started last year. We have some idea, but we don't have it down. We're really going to take it as it comes out here in practice, and whoever earns it and deserves it is going to get it, not based on what they've done the last two or three years," Carmony says.

 

"He's definitely in the past couple of weeks pushed us to the limit, but that's what we need as a team. To be mentally tough for what he's preparing to do with us offensively and defensively that's the type of mindset you have to have," says Cosby.

 

Last season, Manual finished with a 9-3 record, and lost in the second round of the playoffs to eventual state champion Male. The Crimsons begin the season Friday, August 19 against Central."

Edited August 5, 201610 yr by Colonels_Wear_Blue
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Carmony last coached at Butler High School in 2012. He's a defense-first guy, and wants a tough, run-oriented offense. Under previous Coach Oliver Lucas, the players at Manual platooned, playing exclusively offense or defense. Carmony is changing that, he wants the best players on the field as much as possible.

 

I'll be interested to see how many players a 6A team has going both ways...

I'll be interested to see how many players a 6A team has going both ways...

 

It can work just have to rotate. Just because you platoon doesnt mean players are restricted to one side of the ball or the other.

Good luck to the Crimsons this season. A lot of talent I'm interested to see DuPont Manual. They seem to beat who they're supposed to beat and lose to who they're supposed to lose to.

He's a good coach IMO.

Better keep players playing one way in 6-a vs the big boys. Henderson when had good teams can play a half or 3 quaters then run out of gas. They had Male and Bulter down going into the 4th back to back years in region title games and lost both in o.t. Henderson played 17 maybe 18 kids they both played 35 to 40.

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Manual High School's new football coach making changes with team | High School Playbook - WLKY Home