PirateColonel
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...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!
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Congratulations, Carson!!
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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.
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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)!
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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).
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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?
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The Mighty Pirates!!
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They won't be healthy by any means, but they won't lose this one.
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Agreed. Criticism can be expected, yes. However, all this job-on-the-line, torches-and-pitchforks, calling for high school coaches' heads over a couple of losses is immature and uncalled for. I love scanning these posts, mostly for for the humor factor, but also for other reasons (to keep up with the rest of the state games, etc.). They should be taken with less than a grain of salt. However, there are people I can think of who might actually read these posts and take them to heart -- and those are the kids... persons who might not know at this age how serious it is to call for the firing of a husband and father, because YOU perceived he made a mistake at work. To that extent, you are fueling this perceived "dissent" there may or may not be in the locker room. Pathetic.
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And that is the coaches' responsibility. It was as if two different teams came over from Park Hills... Defense-ready; Offense-TOTALLY unprepared.
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This game was a totally pathetic showing on the part of the CCH offense. Game in a nutshell. If there is one play in any game there should be no confusion about, it is the very first offensive play of the game. Tonight, however, not only did the CCH receivers not know how to line up, but the center snapped the ball over Wagner's head (a la Peyton Manning in last year's Super Bowl. Conincidentally, same result). Nothing anyone can blame for that but lack of preparation.
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Same thing that happened to CCH tonight (at least the CCH offense)... They (Dixie) didn't BELIEVE they could win!
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You've GOT to be kidding me!!! You CANNOT have played the game and make that statement with a straight face!
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Congratulations, Bluebirds!! Another great win for Highlands. I've said it for years, and it's even more true after tonight... Highlands doesn't beat you, they make you beat yourself. Heroic effort on the part of the CovCath defense. Three goal-line stands in one half of football. That is usually unheard of in an entire game (rarely happens in two games put together). Trouble is, you can't leave your defense on the field an entire game's worth of time in one half and expect them to have any gas in the tank in the second half. This game was won and lost (as most games are) on the line, both offense and defense. 'Birds blew CCH offensive line 3 yards into the backfield from the first play. Offensive line put CCH defensive line back on linebackers' feet so that tackles were being made 5-6 yards off the ball.
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