jarhead24219 440 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 Or both are Scott county school employees using the same network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 11 minutes ago, jarhead24219 said: Or both are Scott county school employees using the same network One of them is for sure not a Scott County School System employee. jarhead24219 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC JOKER 2 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 I didn't realize I would generate so much intrigue in the football world. Sorry but Im not a school employee, I am no body else on here, just me. As for as an IP address, what is an IP address and how to I change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 10 hours ago, GC JOKER said: The only thing I`m sure about is if he don't quit we wont have enough players next year to play a full game. With few exceptions, show me a team with less than 10 seniors and I'll show you a team with a losing record. Championship level teams field about 20 kids in each class. The 2017 Devils have, what, 6 freshmen? That means, by 2020, GC will field a team that has 6 players that have played all 3 years prior to their senior year, and that's IF they stick around. I think we can safely assume the 2018 team is more likely to be winless than .500. There is a little hope for 2019 on the strength of a strong class of kids that performed well in middle school (Gibson, Calhoun, Salee, etc.). Follow that with the aforementioned 2020 class and you're talking about GC going something like 5 - 35 between 2017 & 2020 - & that's being optimistic about the 2019 team that will have to overcome Akers' incompetence. If Akers manned up, admitted the job was too big for him, and quit today GC football is still looking at an uphill climb for multiple years. That's not even addressing our AD doing everything possible to kick sand in the face of our feeder programs. All because Brent Roberts \ Bill Quillen have a grudge against Bill Houseright and didn't want Jeremy to have the job. I think it's time GC folks start confronting these two goons about these issues through the remainder of football season and basketball season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup_rbeast 296 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Grapeape said: With few exceptions, show me a team with less than 10 seniors and I'll show you a team with a losing record. Championship level teams field about 20 kids in each class. The 2017 Devils have, what, 6 freshmen? That means, by 2020, GC will field a team that has 6 players that have played all 3 years prior to their senior year, and that's IF they stick around. I think we can safely assume the 2018 team is more likely to be winless than .500. There is a little hope for 2019 on the strength of a strong class of kids that performed well in middle school (Gibson, Calhoun, Salee, etc.). Follow that with the aforementioned 2020 class and you're talking about GC going something like 5 - 35 between 2017 & 2020 - & that's being optimistic about the 2019 team that will have to overcome Akers' incompetence. If Akers manned up, admitted the job was too big for him, and quit today GC football is still looking at an uphill climb for multiple years. That's not even addressing our AD doing everything possible to kick sand in the face of our feeder programs. All because Brent Roberts \ Bill Quillen have a grudge against Bill Houseright and didn't want Jeremy to have the job. I think it's time GC folks start confronting these two goons about these issues through the remainder of football season and basketball season. I’ve seen quite a few very good teams with less than 10 seniors. Problem I’ve noticed over the years are teams heavily laden with seniors. They tend to become complacent while younger teams usually stay hungry. Many coaches use years when they don’t have many seniors or senior contributors to play the youngest players they can to build a core to last a couple years...especially at key positions. Many times the kids they play at key positions aren’t necessarily the best they have, but the ones with the most upside who will be around longest...and they play the kids that lose out on these positions in less vital positions where they can still make an impact. IMO, that’s the best strategy to deal with a team with few seniors because it makes the initial rebuilding take a year, but last 2-3 years. In the 2-3 years you have it rolling, then you groom players to reload once the core players graduate. That means investing time observing the feeder programs, 8th graders, and JV in an effort to envision the best combination of future players...and requires some cooperation from the coaches of those teams to once in a while work with specific players in specific positions in an effort to have them as ready as possible to compete at the position the varsity coach intends to try them at once they hit the varsity level. During all of this, fans have to be patient and let the coach make the moves he feels he needs to make in an effort to rebuild into a strong contending team. A wise old coach once told me, “It’s not how many you lose at the end of the year, it’s who you lose.” I believe in that 110%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I anticipate GC having approximately 23 players dressed out to play Friday night. This would have to be the smallest GC team by numbers since the 60s (Another of the wrong kind of record for Akers!). I wish my old buddy Fred was still around to ask, though I'd also hate for him to see what has become of the program he loved. Jason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 You wont find a lot of teams today with 20+ kids in multiple classes. I would say there are less than 5 teams in our area with those kinds of number, most likely less than 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Mania 235 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Lee by a lot... Lee 49 GC 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fb-fan24263 12 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 May be a bettter game than most expect ... I heard we'll be playing several players tonight that has had limited time on the field this year. Lots of our next years team will be playing tonight.... Either way I hope for no injuries for either team tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgerunner 15 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Only thing worse than Gate City's record this year is Lee's record against Gate City the last 18 years. Somebody going to get some relief tonight....... Gobigred94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 I'm going to pick Lee 77, Gate City 7 just because Grapeape picked that ridiculous score over in the Ridgeview/Battle thread. fb-fan24263, Deleted Account and Grapeape 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fb-fan24263 12 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 43 minutes ago, swva_havok_fan said: I'm going to pick Lee 77, Gate City 7 just because Grapeape picked that ridiculous score over in the Ridgeview/Battle I hope you are right!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 1 hour ago, swva_havok_fan said: I'm going to pick Lee 77, Gate City 7 just because Grapeape picked that ridiculous score over in the Ridgeview/Battle thread. I have jumped ship on GC until basketball season. The bigger and more often the loss, the quicker the cancer named Akers will be removed. Both GC and Ridgeview will get blown out tonight and it doesn't bother me at all. GC JOKER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Ok, that's a lie; it bothers me. Truth will out. Moving on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 5 minutes ago, Grapeape said: I have jumped ship on GC until basketball season. The bigger and more often the loss, the quicker the cancer named Akers will be removed. Both GC and Ridgeview will get blown out tonight and it doesn't bother me at all. Akers not going anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fb-fan24263 12 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Is Akers that bad? Is Gate City like us have lots of athletes that play other sports? Lots of really good athletes at Lee that just plays one sport now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 In Akers's first year as head coach without Bill Houseright's staff he has set records for: *consecutive losses *largest all time halftime deficit *smallest team (# of players) in modern era (1970+) Responsible for the one of the two worst teams in school history, Failure to develop / execute a S&C program combined with his practice philosophy (Such as going full pads on Thursdays) has resulted in an unprecedented # of player injuries... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 An example of strategy: Akers has a three word cadence, let's say it's Down, Set, Go... If the play is a pass, the snap count is ALWAYS on Down. If the play is a run to the right the snap count is ALWAYS on Set. If the play is a run to the left, the snap count is ALWAYS on Go. How long do you think it takes defenders to figure that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 The backside tackle attempts to double the short side down lineman with the center EVERY PLAY with no attempt to cut off the backside LB or get downfield to set up the cutback... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 He took a QB that had scored approximately 100 touchdowns in the spread, put him under center, and attempted to make him a veer QB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 His offense features literally 3 route combinations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Enough from me about Akers. So much for "I'm not drinking tonight." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fb-fan24263 12 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 LEE 21 to 0 HALFTIME! GO BIG RED!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapeape 259 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 GC with 3 fumbles so far. Bad fundamentals reflects bad coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great City 210 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 We dressed 27 kids tonight, and had 11 in street clothes on the sideline. (Not counting Webb who had knee surgery today). Plus, we lost Calhoun to an injury early in this game. Amazing. Smallest, good weather GC crowd I have ever seen at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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