PirateColonel

Been promised since the "contract" with with the neighboring residents expired...

Famous last words...

Bingo!!!!

...and, I might add, a horrific injury to their tough-as-nails RB on the 12 yard-line with 3 minutes left which took a whole lot of wind out of the CCH players' sails (Not to take anything from Ryle, who definitely won the game)! Thank you, TC51, for injecting a dose of sanity to this thread!

If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. If you are a true CCH fan and you "...know (you're) not helping..," then your silence would be one way you could actually help right now, wouldn't it??

Why is everyone concerned about whether this is a good scheduling move for NewCath? As long as I can remember, NewCath has scheduled with the same championship mindset as Belfry: "Anyone. Any time. Any place." "Respect all. Fear none." You have to admire that, plus a travel game or two gives your players a taste of what playoff football feels like. It just so happens there are so many quality teams in NKY (including bigger teams willing to play down), NCC doesn't have to take a true road trip unless they choose to.

Why is everyone concerned about whether this is a good scheduling move for NewCath? As long as I can remember, NewCath has scheduled with the same championship mindset as Belfry: "Anyone. Any time. Any place." "Respect all. Fear none." You have to admire that, plus a travel game or two gives your players a taste of what playoff football feels like. It just so happens there are so many quality teams in NKY (including bigger teams willing to play down), NCC doesn't have to take a true road trip unless they choose to.

I, too, believe you are correct for the most part, ColonelDon, but you forgot to add you have to do all that while remaining relatively mistake-free. It seems to me that, more so than Highlands "beating" you per se, they use well-calculated pace and pressure to force teams into mistakes and "beat themselves."

Congratulations, Carson!!

IMHO, it is even more than platooning (one-way players). It is rotating those platoon players in and out of the game, as well. Results in even fresher legs, develops the depth every team so desperately seeks, and exposes as many players as possible to game-speed action.

Oh, and I left out the biggest advantage of all this... When the fourth quarter rolls around, your entire team has fresher legs than your opponent, which is the main reason the great programs tend to "draw off down the stretch" (to use racing terminology)!

They're not just receivers. They also sub lineman, tight ends, backs... and every position on defense, too. Every man who can play rotates in and out for significant minutes, both series-of-downs and situationally. The advantages are phenomenal. Players can be coached during the game (right after a play, when his mistake is "fresh"); Starter vs. backup loses its meaning... If you can play, you will play, and you won't have to spend a quarter with that deer-in-the-headlights look while you knock the rust off. It also keeps every player in the game mentally, ready to go in. This may be the biggest element in the "magic formula" the great programs have (and the "good" programs haven't quite figured out).

What's the specific prognoses on Horton, Woolum and the other most recent injuries from this past Friday, Cat, and how long will they each take to rehab according to your info?

The Mighty Pirates!!

They won't be healthy by any means, but they won't lose this one.