I agree with almost everything you have said HOP, but the coaching staff in place right now is no where near the quality of staff that was there last year, just my opinion.Good luck Raiders !

I agree with almost everything you have said HOP, but the coaching staff in place right now is no where near the quality of staff that was there last year, just my opinion.Good luck Raiders !

 

I truely appreciate your comment about last years staff being a quality one, thank you! I would have to say that I also think that the current staff is a quality staff and I have every confidence in their ability to coach and continue the growing process of our program. I personally know and respect each coach and think they will do a great job. Give them a chance kyrj they will get the job done!

Programs like Highlands and Bell County and others at that level never seem to rebuild. Teams like McCreary when they do have the best team that the school ever had do rebuild. Overstating what a single player or group of players can do hurts just as much as underestimating what they can do, in fact it may hurt even worse. Realism is not a bad thing. It is like a really respected coach once told me "if you are returning a bunch of starters from a bad team all you have is the core of another bad team" Now I am not saying McCreary was a bad team last year, what I am saying is that Watts and Roark made them much better. If you put those two guys back on this team you would have a much improved team. If you cannot see that then you are not being realistic. Sometimes a healthy dose of realism is what a team needs.

 

Goals are great for a team but I truely believe that you have to set realistic goals, because if you don't the continued failure of never reaching your goals carries over to other parts of the program, including off season workouts, numbers of kids playing etc. Sometimes you cannot define "getting the job done" in wins and losses, but small victories within a game or a series of games.

Blazer you are right Watts and Roark would make any team better. I think what HOP is trying to say is these kids playing for McCreary now have won at every level,I am not sure what the problem is,but i will say they have an entirely new coaching staff. Maybe they are out of snyc right now as a staff,but the administration in the school system chose to hire a new head high school football coach that had zero high school football coaching experience,and very little football coaching experience at all. My problem with the whole situtation is i think they have all been set up to fail do to politics in our little county.That being said i will always wish the boys of McCreary the very best of luck.GO RAIDERS!

Programs like Highlands and Bell County and others at that level never seem to rebuild. Teams like McCreary when they do have the best team that the school ever had do rebuild. Overstating what a single player or group of players can do hurts just as much as underestimating what they can do, in fact it may hurt even worse. Realism is not a bad thing. It is like a really respected coach once told me "if you are returning a bunch of starters from a bad team all you have is the core of another bad team" Now I am not saying McCreary was a bad team last year, what I am saying is that Watts and Roark made them much better. If you put those two guys back on this team you would have a much improved team. If you cannot see that then you are not being realistic. Sometimes a healthy dose of realism is what a team needs.

 

Goals are great for a team but I truely believe that you have to set realistic goals, because if you don't the continued failure of never reaching your goals carries over to other parts of the program, including off season workouts, numbers of kids playing etc. Sometimes you cannot define "getting the job done" in wins and losses, but small victories within a game or a series of games.

 

I 100% agree with everything you said Blazer. I can gaurantee you I am not overestimating the ability of the McCreary players. I am not even saying that they should be winning these games or any games for that fact, their schedule is not an easy one for our program (should is a word that indicates a win is gauranteed), but I am saying that these guys know how to play the game, they are athletic and they know how to win and they should be playing at a level where they are at least in a position to win I am also saying they have the ability to win games this season. Now, I am not saying it's anyones fault that they haven't won to this point, I am just saying that looking for excuses is not the answer and the answer is to find the problem and correct it and that is the only way to get the program on track. I am also saying that is I believe this coaching staff will do just that. As far as Watts and Roark, they were great players and I truely enjoyed coaching them and yes they would make this team or any team for that matter better but their time at McCreary has came and went and it is time to move on! Go Raiders. Go Get'em Guys!

I agree that Watts and Roark are a big Void to fill, Coaching Staff is also being missed. All that being said you do not say things like, we're young or we don"t have any talent, or we can't win, or waite until next year. These Kids have to fell someone believes in them and they must be held accountable, at this time for this season. McCreary had -7 yds off for the game, no one can make me believe that McCreary Co. kids are that bad. Line did not block, anyone, all night long. No back can gaine yds, if there is no where to Run. Wayne Co. Def Line is not that much better than McCreary Centrals off line. Let's stop making Excuses for getting beat and Go to Leslie Co. and win a Football Ballgame. By the way Leslie Co. has 4 Sr.'s on Roster, I doubt that they are telling there Kids that they are Young and can't win. Go Raiders!!!!

I agree that Watts and Roark are a big Void to fill, Coaching Staff is also being missed. All that being said you do not say things like, we're young or we don"t have any talent, or we can't win, or waite until next year. These Kids have to fell someone believes in them and they must be held accountable, at this time for this season. McCreary had -7 yds off for the game,

no one can make me believe that McCreary Co. kids are that bad

. Line did not block, anyone, all night long. No back can gaine yds, if there is no where to Run. Wayne Co. Def Line is not that much better than McCreary Centrals off line. Let's stop making Excuses for getting beat and Go to Leslie Co. and win a Football Ballgame. By the way Leslie Co. has 4 Sr.'s on Roster, I doubt that they are telling there Kids that they are Young and can't win. Go Raiders!!!!

 

You hit the nail on the head Cellking, they are no where near that bad.They need to be coached up,these kids have won at every level no reason they can not do that now.GO RAIDERS!!

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