2 minutes ago, Cousin Chris said:

To me this was the biggest surprise of the weekend.  Either Ryle is much better than I thought or CC is much worse than I thought.  I am sure we will find out that answer in the next few weeks.

To me it was not a surprise at all.  The only surprise was how Ryle performed in their scrimmage against Highlands but now it has been two years in a row where the Highlands/Ryle scrimmage was a false key of sorts.  More to your point, we sure will find out.  It always takes three or four weeks to know what is up. 

22 hours ago, CCHFC said:

Hey I said it was a positive spin ?

You’re never as good as you think you are after a win and never as bad as you think after a loss.

We’re clearly not talented enough to win a title, but I still think 8-2 or 7-3 is very reasonable. Then we come together to win a few games in playoffs and give a nice launch point for 25 and 26 to have a real shot. 

Agree this will prob be the case but it’s not out of the realm of possibilities when looking at the schedule to start 0-5 or 1-4.  Next week will tell us quite a bit.  

I don’t see them being able to run the ball between the tackles against quality teams.   Hopefully EE can create a plan to get guys the ball in space.  Knowing this isn’t a championship caliber team, what’s wrong with looking to the future and going with Queen at QB to get experience?  I don’t think it’s a terrible idea to line up Queen in shotgun with Harney and Gaiser on each side of him.  Get those two kids the ball in space in the passing game and use misdirection to run the ball.  

Or maybe Ryle has a really good defense and after this week the offense will look much better the rest of the year! 

1 hour ago, bigblue96 said:

Agree this will prob be the case but it’s not out of the realm of possibilities when looking at the schedule to start 0-5 or 1-4.  Next week will tell us quite a bit.  

I don’t see them being able to run the ball between the tackles against quality teams.   Hopefully EE can create a plan to get guys the ball in space.  Knowing this isn’t a championship caliber team, what’s wrong with looking to the future and going with Queen at QB to get experience?  I don’t think it’s a terrible idea to line up Queen in shotgun with Harney and Gaiser on each side of him.  Get those two kids the ball in space in the passing game and use misdirection to run the ball.  

Or maybe Ryle has a really good defense and after this week the offense will look much better the rest of the year! 

Definitely possible, but I’d be surprised to see us lose to Dixie or SK. 

The variety game feels a little fast for Queen and he needs to speed up his process a bit, but the talent is there. I caught some of the JV game and he’s got a real good arm, clean mechanics and was working through some progressions. I see why EE started Cash, but agree on Queen getting some more reps as the season goes on (2nd half of the year). 

6 minutes ago, CCHFC said:

Definitely possible, but I’d be surprised to see us lose to Dixie or SK. 

Dixie I agree, with Simon I don't think the emotion would be surprised and in fact Simon Kenton could be a trap game for CCH.

On 8/24/2024 at 4:48 PM, colonel-fan said:

Anyone have the score of the JV game?

Three overtimes : 28-20 CCH. Regulation ended 6-6

Over the years I have had a self-imposed cooling off period till Monday before I post anything good or bad.  I should probably move it back to Tuesday or Wednesday this year.    I didn't see a whole lot of positives in this game.  Penalties, backs and receivers not lined up properly, missed tackles, missed blocks, a snap going through the QB's hands and a snap going over the QB's head and a huge mental mistake in the endzone.

Even though we gave up 30 pts. I think the defense was the shining spot of the game for CCH if there was one.   To be fair the defense did not give up all 30 pts and were not given great field position on a couple of drives. I think adjustments will be made and I think you will see some people in different positions this week on defense.   Ultimately, I have more confidence in the on this side of the ball and believe Coach Brown will get it will righted quickly.

I think the offense needs to be seriously looked at.   We didn't look good in the scrimmage, and we looked worse in this game.  Way too many QB runs again and putting players in positions where they can't use their talents.   Tate is a great blocker and short to intermediate pass rout guy, he doesn't have the speed to run sweeps or go deep.   Gaiser has the speed and the hands to spread the defense sideline to sideline as well as vertical and get big plays, he is not the guy who can run between the tackles or block.   Bessler should be the guy running between the tackles and blocking.   He has speed, strength and physicality and is hardly used. Bradshaw should be the target about 8 feet in the air, not many will be able to defend his height.  To be fair that did happen once for a TD.   Cash is your QB, let him throw the ball 9-16 for 47 yards don't abandon the pass so fast and don't get him killed running the ball so much.   A QB run adds an extra dimension, especially with a guy like Cash, but not so much when they know it's coming as often as it does.    I watched a good portion of the game with friends from Ryle and most were surprised at how vanilla/predictable our offense was.   

My disclaimer, I am not a coach, nor have I ever been a coach at the high school level.   These are just my observations and thoughts and want the kids to have their best opportunities to succeed.  Not trying to go all Karen.