11 hours ago, New Colonel said:

All of the above. Guys are always well covered.  Guys drop numerous balls each week.  QB is overthrowing most passes because he is flat footed, not stepping forward with his throws.  O-line is getting beat like drums in 2 games.

 

But more importantly it's scheme.  It's a terrible scheme.  You can't run 1 man routes in high school.  You can't run pass plays directly into the heart of a defense. The passing scheme mostly consists of random assembly of routes that doesn't make sense.  Lastly is the stubbornness to stay with the exact same formation throughout an entire series for the sole purpose of getting plays off fast.  Formations are absolutely critical in getting a defense off balance and to figure out what they are doing and how to "set them up."  But when you run the same Formations 5+ plays in a row during a drive, you eliminate SO much of how you can attack the defense, and you don't get a great read of how they react to different formations that you could use to your advantage. 

Sounds like you’re calling for change? 

52 minutes ago, Buck2 said:

Sounds like you’re calling for change? 

He's been our biggest fan for a few seasons now. I think we are finally starting to win him over. 

On 9/3/2025 at 9:33 AM, New Colonel said:

All of the above. Guys are always well covered.  Guys drop numerous balls each week.  QB is overthrowing most passes because he is flat footed, not stepping forward with his throws.  O-line is getting beat like drums in 2 games.

 

But more importantly it's scheme.  It's a terrible scheme.  You can't run 1 man routes in high school.  You can't run pass plays directly into the heart of a defense. The passing scheme mostly consists of random assembly of routes that doesn't make sense.  Lastly is the stubbornness to stay with the exact same formation throughout an entire series for the sole purpose of getting plays off fast.  Formations are absolutely critical in getting a defense off balance and to figure out what they are doing and how to "set them up."  But when you run the same Formations 5+ plays in a row during a drive, you eliminate SO much of how you can attack the defense, and you don't get a great read of how they react to different formations that you could use to your advantage. 

This analysis is wrong and biased. You're entitled to your opinion, but I've watched both games on film. Scheme is not the issue here. Sure, execution and playcalling could improve, but it's not as bad as you want it to be. Dixie is a middle of the road team, and if Bill Bellicheck was designing the defense and Chip Kelly calling the offense they would have lost to both teams. Coaching isn't the issue. Its not x's and o's, it's jimmies and joes. Dixie doesn't have them.

47 minutes ago, Pi said:

This analysis is wrong and biased. You're entitled to your opinion, but I've watched both games on film. Scheme is not the issue here. Sure, execution and playcalling could improve, but it's not as bad as you want it to be. Dixie is a middle of the road team, and if Bill Bellicheck was designing the defense and Chip Kelly calling the offense they would have lost to both teams. Coaching isn't the issue. Its not x's and o's, it's jimmies and joes. Dixie doesn't have them.

Well aware Dixie is a middle of the road team.  Middle of the road teams finish .500.  This team will not.  And yes, the scheme is indeed that bad, if it wasn't then they'd actually score meaningful points against teams equal to them or better.  

I've never said on here Dixie should be winning the district or anything close.  But to play respectable football most weeks and win 5 games or so with the occasional 7-8 win season every 4 years is what should happen.  I understand there are ebbs and flows with talent, especially in a place like Dixie where you have 2 absolute juggernaut programs just down Dixie Highway, where you inevitably lose players to.  

I disagree with your idea that no matter the coach, they would have lost both games.  Badin, absolutely they lose.  Coaching IMO cost them the SK game.  Lack of discipline and execution along with play calling cost them that one.

With respect to both of you above, it's a little bit of both really. It's fair to say we are middle of the road but that is still no excuse for the train wreck this past Friday. It's also fair to say no coach out there calls a perfect game, and there are other contributing factors. We are still running back by committee due to injuries and our run game is stagnate at best. Our O-line is still young yes and we lost our starting center to Winton Woods days before the season started. We know what Mason is capable of and he showed that time and again last season (with no protection). He's been great all summer and his bad first half against SK along with no running game hurt us in that contest. We wished we could get that one back. Friday receivers were in some really good spots wide open and just dropped passes. Then the turnovers were very uncharacteristic of Mason... also give some credit to Badin as they are a top 20 team in southwest Ohio. As far as talent we do have a few dudes in the locker room and in the pipeline for the first time in a long time. Bottom line... there is plenty of blame to put on our staff and I for one don't duck that. Any criticism comes with the job and right now is warranted. Would I like it to be based with at least some objectivity sure. Claims like "no halftime adjustments" just make you shake your head. Sure it's catchy when you watch CBS on Saturday but any coach out there will tell you adjustments are continuous throughout the game. If you are not doing that you are in dereliction of your duties as a coach. We make them, and just like other teams, they don't always work. Couple that with kids having some kid moments as well and you get 0-2. So we take a look at what we got, and where we can make changes, we do. Where we can improve, we try. Our team doesn't have any room for error. We want to win, I know the work these kids put in for us every single day and they deserve to feel that. I'll close with saying we have a solid staff doing the best we can with what we got. And we have a great group of kids that play hard, play for each other, and the Diva issues of the past have been weeded out. Nobody in Dixieland is happy right now, least of all our locker room.

How's Jordan Bradford doing? That's a big solid kid right there. Good athlete.

12 hours ago, CoachStew said:

With respect to both of you above, it's a little bit of both really. It's fair to say we are middle of the road but that is still no excuse for the train wreck this past Friday. It's also fair to say no coach out there calls a perfect game, and there are other contributing factors. We are still running back by committee due to injuries and our run game is stagnate at best. Our O-line is still young yes and we lost our starting center to Winton Woods days before the season started. We know what Mason is capable of and he showed that time and again last season (with no protection). He's been great all summer and his bad first half against SK along with no running game hurt us in that contest. We wished we could get that one back. Friday receivers were in some really good spots wide open and just dropped passes. Then the turnovers were very uncharacteristic of Mason... also give some credit to Badin as they are a top 20 team in southwest Ohio. As far as talent we do have a few dudes in the locker room and in the pipeline for the first time in a long time. Bottom line... there is plenty of blame to put on our staff and I for one don't duck that. Any criticism comes with the job and right now is warranted. Would I like it to be based with at least some objectivity sure. Claims like "no halftime adjustments" just make you shake your head. Sure it's catchy when you watch CBS on Saturday but any coach out there will tell you adjustments are continuous throughout the game. If you are not doing that you are in dereliction of your duties as a coach. We make them, and just like other teams, they don't always work. Couple that with kids having some kid moments as well and you get 0-2. So we take a look at what we got, and where we can make changes, we do. Where we can improve, we try. Our team doesn't have any room for error. We want to win, I know the work these kids put in for us every single day and they deserve to feel that. I'll close with saying we have a solid staff doing the best we can with what we got. And we have a great group of kids that play hard, play for each other, and the Diva issues of the past have been weeded out. Nobody in Dixieland is happy right now, least of all our locker room.

I appreciate the candidness and honesty of this post.  I know the job is often a thankless one.  I do think the defensive scheme is MUCH improved, and execution the past 2 weeks was the biggest issue. 

I still very much dislike the offense.

Best of luck tonight!