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I think it was Moore’s SR year that was kind of a double head scratcher. Obviously Moore was snub but I believe Trinity’s QB that year set the national record for completion percentage with some kind of ridiculous number. 

3 hours ago, BBHCEAGLE said:

After seeing a few games the past few years. You would think Mr. Fisk would clean house this time. After seeing the coaching staff. Some are holdovers from as far back as Woolley being the Head Coach. Maybe the biggest problem is the culture carrying over year to year? Clearing house may get some new excitement in the locker room and program.

My comment really isn’t about Scott but in general. I don’t think people realize how hard it is to even put together a staff in today’s game. If you clean house good luck filling a staff. 

12 hours ago, Buck2 said:

What about Greg Hacker? I believe he’s been the offensive coordinator there for the past couple of seasons and teaches in the building. 

When did he get a teaching job at Scott? He’s been teaching at Grant for the past two years or so while coaching at Scott. 

If Bosssrt works like public schools then your coaching contract is on a year to year basis. Meaning while I guess you could say an individual is fired the school is choosing not to renew the contract. I’m not sure how much a legal difference that makes. With coaching contracts at a public they don’t have to have a reason for the contract to not be renewed. 

I know the focus is on the bottom WR but when looking at the top it gets a little messy too. The H back on the top is in no man’s land. In HS they are probably going to rule that player covered up or flag him for not clearly being on or off the LOS. 

The other rule in the NFL is that the EMLOS cannot have an ineligible number (unless he reports). There was some loop hole a few years back I think the patriots used or maybe the ravens which were strange eligibility niche cases. 

The NFL is a different animal due to their rules. They have pretty much given up who is on and who is off the LOS past a few cases. 
 

In HS (who play by Fed rules) I would vote correct in the poll. 
 

To be eligible in HS you must have both a legal number and either be off the LOS or the EMLOS. To be on the LOS part of your body has to break the hip of the center. 
 

Now there is a rule that you rarely see enforced that a player off the LOS can not be breaking the hip of those on the LOS. A player taking a direct snap from the center is exempt from the rule. What that boils down to is a player off the LOS should have enough depth to clearly define home into the backfield. 

I dug a little on Twitter and Facebook. There are some strange things out. Past a poorly filmed video everything is pretty much hearsay. 

I’m going to have to contact home to find out what happened. 

The hard part of 1A and 6A is it depends so much on other schools. If a school jumps or drops in enrollment it can mess everything else up. The other 4 classes are just divided. 

What were Q’s stats?

It’s not a 43. It might be semantics but it’s a 425 with 33 being their “Dog” or nickel. 

8 hours ago, Builder1214 said:

 

I am not privy to the whole game tape but here is the Highlands highlight reel from Hudl of the first game. Highlands vs. Cooper Highlights Game 1

The defensive structure used Friday night and the defensive structure used in the first game are very similar if not identical. The only real difference is rather than play a standup end, Alexander played a tighter technique with his hand down. From the highlights, Game 1 Cooper had a stand up 5/6 technique, a 1 technique, a 3 technique and a 5 technique. Game 2 Cooper had a hand down 5/6 technique, a 1 technique, a 3 technique and a 5 technique. The back end coverage looks and alignment looks identical. You can call one defense a 3-4 because the end is standing up and one defense a 4-2-5 because his hand is down, but in reality it is the same defense.  

Friday night, Cooper did a good job moving Alexander around up front and caused some problems for the bigger, slower Highlands lineman. 

Game 1

      

Game 2

 

Great post and from looking at similar film that’s what I see. Moving Alexander to an interior DL is something Cooper has done throughout the year. Having him standup I think is a new wrinkle they added this year to be able to drop him into coverage into the boundary. I would guess they came to conclusion that rushing him was more beneficial as the season went on. 
 

Cooper has been running the same defense for years past a few adjustments. The front in is typically divorced from the backend. I don’t know if they still are but they used to be very TCU/Patterson in what they do. The backend I’m sure didn’t change much between the two games if it changed at all. Typical split field coverage. In past years you saw them work more out of a nickel grouping. 
 

From watching the game they appeared to just do a much better job fighting the down blocks, squeezing and playing off the puller. 

Housing is cheap there. You can get much more house for the same money further north 

Football has changed in the state. If you want to be able to compete at all a school district has to be willing to do certain things. The truth is a lot of districts aren’t willing to do those things. 

6 hours ago, En Fuego Hombre said:

This loss is not on the players for failing to make plays.

In the first game, Cooper's Offense passed the ball 88% of their plays, 50 passes to only 7 running plays.  In the Friday game, Highlands defense adjusted to limit the pass game, so Cooper had a much more balanced approach on offense, passing 45% and running 55%, 20 pass plays and 24 running plays.  

In the first game, Highlands ran the ball 79% of the time, 66 runs to 18 passes.  In the game Friday, despite a defensive adjustment by Cooper that was designed to limit the run game, Highlands still had a 72% pass to run ratio, 44 running plays to only 17 passes.  Highlands passed fewer times, despite facing a defense that was softer against the pass because it was designed to stop the run.

Both teams made good defensive adjustments in game 2.  But only Cooper made the adjustments to their offense and that translated into putting more points on the board and a victory, Friday night.

So again, this loss is not on the players for failing to make plays. It is on the staff, for failing to adjust enough to  put those players in a position to make plays.

What defensive adjustments did they make to their 425? 

13 minutes ago, VF111 said:

This tells me you really do not know what teams have coming back in ‘24. 

Are you saying whoever finishes first in that district won’t be in the conversation to win a state title?

Lonaker is a dude. He is the epitome of a great HS player. He won’t go to the NFL. He won’t go power 5. He won’t go D1. He’ll play smaller college ball. On the HS level he is a dude. His accomplishments are more about attitude and effort and I don’t mean that as a knock in anyway. He is the reason I love HS football. You can have kids that don’t necessarily have the measurables but play with great effort and attitude and it makes a big difference. 

Highlands staple run this year was GH counter. Cooper did a very good job limiting it in this game. Highlands QB and RB are very good at letting that scheme develop and finding the crease. Highlands had a hat for a hat in the run game. They adjusted by running a little iso which worked well and by going TE with a H which is when they got the run game going again. I’m not sure how much Cooper actually adjusted as much as they fit counter much better this time. Highlands also found success later on by going to their quick screens. 
 

Highlands this season ran almost no quick game. It handled that with GH screen and fast screens. They were going to pound you and take some shots. 
 

Cooper plays a 425 a majority of the time with the nickle to the field. With Alexander at the DE spot they’ll play a little 3 man front at times dropping him into the boundary. Alexander played a much better game in defense this time. 66 is one heck of a HS LB. Just an old school snot knocking kid. 
 

Unless you’re a base 3 man front like a 33/35/34 there is no reason to ever play Highlands this year in a 3 man front unless maybe it’s a 3rd and a mile. 
 

13 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Here is a stat I found that shows how tough Louisville area football has been. Douglass was trying to be the first team since 1991 in any class to beat Male and then a Louisville private school in back to back games.

Who was the last team to do that?

1 hour ago, Tigerpride94 said:

St. X beat Boone County when they had Shaun Alexander in 1992. St. X won 3-0. Kicked a FG late in 4th quarter. I was on sideline so had great view, it was also very cold that day at Cardinal Stadium.

Sophomore year lost to ST X in the finals. 93 (JR year) lost to Male in the semifinals. 94 lost to Trinity in the finals. 

1 hour ago, Jimmy McGill said:

Which is interesting because last night, I believe parents had blow horns which are neither power or mechanical.  
 

My biggest takeaway is Highlands dominated the past two weeks.  The problem the last two weeks and Dixie in the regular season.  The head coaches for the visiting teams were more worried about looking in the stands and mocking parents than having their team ready and prepared to stop the Highlands offense.  The noise makers were not the reason you lost the game.

What’s the difference between a blow horn and an air horn? 
 

Just now, Arndog said:

Boyle threw 2 interceptions, not 1.

I didn’t do the stats. I just looked at the performance from the one player and total rushing. 

1 hour ago, Country said:

So what? You only have one football. Go with your best option!

The so what is seeing how impressive the performance was by the kid. It shows how he was able to take over a game. 

7 hours ago, Rebelstat said:

Boyle

Plays 41-278 yards

Rushing 39 243 yards 3 TDs

Passing 5-7 35 yards 1 Int

1st downs 10

3rd down conv. 2/5

4th down conv. 0/2

Penalties 4-40 yards 

Red Zones 2/2

Qyisenberry 17 Carrie’s 220 yards 2 TDS 

 

That is crazy when you look at those stats. The rest of Boyle had 22 rushing attempts (unless some were sacks) for 23 yards. That is some tough sledding for the rest of run game.