Predict Highlands 2021 Record

[TheDeuce]

From @Rocket Man's post in the other thread, here is Highlands 2021 Schedule... How do you think the Birds will fare under new coach Bob Sphire?

[TheDeuce]

I'll start. 

Many around the program think the talent is there to win games they lost over the last couple seasons. With that in mind, I'm going 8-2 with losses to Bowling Green and CovCath. I don't know anything about McNicholas, so I'm giving the Birds the win there by default. 

[theguru]

5 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

I'll start. 

Many around the program think the talent is there to win games they lost over the last couple seasons. With that in mind, I'm going 8-2 with losses to Bowling Green and CovCath. I don't know anything about McNicholas, so I'm giving the Birds the win there by default. 

I am going to go 7-3.  HHS should beat McNick unless McNick has a super strong team and even then Highlands should still beat McNick. 

[DearToday]

6-4 or 7-3. 

[THUNDERBIRDS]

1 hour ago, TheDeuce said:

I'll start. 

Many around the program think the talent is there to win games they lost over the last couple seasons. With that in mind, I'm going 8-2 with losses to Bowling Green and CovCath. I don't know anything about McNicholas, so I'm giving the Birds the win there by default. 

This is pretty accurate. Now what happens in the post season may be different. Or maybe not! JMO! I really think HHS the next couple to 5 years at least will close the Gap and swing the other way over CCH and other teams across the State. Again, just my Blue Colored Opinion but it's happened before. 1989 for starters....Highlands didn't go after Bob Sphire to be complacent! That's one thing that will change Immediately....

[Jack of all Trades]

I am thinking 15-0 or maybe 14-1 with a State Championship.  Shouldn’t that be the goal each and every year?

[TheDeuce]

16 minutes ago, Jack of all Trades said:

Shouldn’t that be the goal each and every year?

Sure, but the thread title isn't "What Should Highlands Goal Be?"

[theguru]

19 minutes ago, Jack of all Trades said:

I am thinking 15-0 or maybe 14-1 with a State Championship.  Shouldn’t that be the goal each and every year?

What is the one loss you are potentially seeing JOAT?

[gbballfan21]

BG, Dixie, and CCH will probably all beat Highlands. I’ll say 7-3.

[The Double Deuce]

8-2, losses to BG and CovCath.

If the Birds don't beat McNick they are in big trouble.

[uninformedexpert]

Question, do you guys in the know have a sense of the Offense and Defense they will be running?   I'd think how much that changes, and how quickly the players adapt, may play a part in the record question.   

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

18 minutes ago, The Double Deuce said:

8-2, losses to BG and CovCath.

If the Birds don't beat McNick they are in big trouble.

Same thing I thought.

[NKYPrepSportsFan]

Ryle and Dixie will be tough games but Highlands should win. 

[Kenny Powers]

41 minutes ago, uninformedexpert said:

Question, do you guys in the know have a sense of the Offense and Defense they will be running?   I'd think how much that changes, and how quickly the players adapt, may play a part in the record question.   

In the past Coach Sphire has always ran a spread offense that utilizes a lot of crossing routes underneath why stretching the defense vertically; he was actually one of the first in KY to start running it years ago. I would be shocked if this changed.

In terms of defense, I would imagine that would be determined when Coach Sphire hires his DC. With spring ball around the corner, that decision should be made soon; I hope. 

[Jack of all Trades]

55 minutes ago, theguru said:

What is the one loss you are potentially seeing JOAT?

Maybe Bowling Green because of first game jitters.  

I am hearing nothing but good things so far.  No more square pegs in round holes and complacency is not a word in Coach Sphire’s vocabulary.