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Brody Jones just went down looks pretty bad

Brody Jones just went down looks pretty bad

In the old east west model the #1 seed got a lot more of a reward than what we are seeing now

I don’t know anything about Lee’s QB but Jones in my opinion is one of the best overall QB in SWVA. What he does comes naturally, he’s an athlete. He can throw deep with accuracy & he can squirm out several yards when he needs to on the ground. With that said, it could be a barn burner and come down to the last play of the game. 

The refs didnt screw us - 70% of parents in the stands
My kid was on the field - other 30%

The refs didnt screw us - 70% of parents in the stands
My kid was on the field - other 30%

The Grayson game has been the only game that Marion hasn’t been within 1 score in the 3rd quarter. That’s great coaching and game planning. 

Marion will give them a little more than they expect out of them but still Gmen will roll

Most teams around here run some sort of cover 4 or match quarters. Cover 3 and Cover 2 have almost become a thing of the past because every team has 4 verts in the playbook and that eats up those 2 coverages. 3-3 stack teams will play some cover 3 but you better have a dang good FS that can cover some ground

Took the words right out of my mouth. I have seen serval teams play a "5-2" or just a straight up bear front against spread teams in the past. (Tazewell and Lebanon come to mind) That is all fine and dandy IF you have the athletes in the back in to out cover in man coverage all game. Tazewell got away with it some because they could match up with most team but Lebanon not so much. 
Im sure there are a few DCs that think "we can man them up and put 7 in the box and win" while that is true if you are better but when you run up against a team that has the ability to throw the ball you just wasted 48 minutes that you kids could have got better at getting run pass reads and working on a zone drop. 
If you are playing run heavy teams like Union of Central than sure load that sucker up and play to win. But the selling out 7 guys to stop the run against weaker opponents usually leads to early playoff exits. 

A Odd front is a Odd front, doesn't matter if its a 5-3 or a 3-5, 5-2 or 3-4, its the same thing. The only difference is who the defense uses as adjusters the L/R or the Es. 
Edwards ran the exact same defensive look you're advocating for vs RV for a lot of the night, when RV was in their tighter sets(2 Wings and the WRs in close) the Union Defense looked almost exactly like the diagram you posted, when they were 4 wide it looked like a 3-3 because the Es (overhang stand-up LBs) flexed out with the slot WRs.
Alignments doesn't force the Offense to double team defenders, player ability does.
 
Yes, a 7 man box would have helped to stop O'Quinn from getting those key 3rd down runs on scrambles, but he was scrambling because Union dropped 5 into coverage and no one was open. Play RV 1 on 1 and see what happens, they've got the best WR corp in 2D imo, maybe in the 2D and 2C. I wouldn't single cover those guys.
 

I can see this one turning into a shoot out really quick. Both QB's as talented and both teams should be coming in with a lot of confidence. Lee has played the lesser schedule but that doesnt mean they have the lesser team. GC is battled tested and has played pretty good competition and is very much battle tested but they played some bad games at start of the season. I think which ever team can make the other team pass the ball because they have to not because they want to wins the game. Which team that is I have no idea. 

If Tazewell plays like a team and sells out to stop Brown then they should be able to win. However I have seen one kid take over a football game in this area and Brown is more than capable of doing that just go back and watch the Gate City game. Tazewell has a player or two that can put the team on their back and will Tazewell to victory as well. I am not buying into Richlands team chemistry at the moment with players transferring and what not but if Tazewell plays me ball instead of we ball then it could be a shoot out. On paper this should be an easy win for the Dawgs but thats why you play the game. 

Not a great look to get on a message board and bash your own coach if you are on that staff... doesnt seem like a smart move if you want to remain on that staff or if you want to continue coaching in genral

I mean I understand he is only in 8th grade but some of the videos he posted on twitter were of him getting pushed around by kids half his size. His size will get him offers because you cant teach that but he has a long way to go. I hope he develops and improves but I honestly hate school "offering" a kid in 8th grade that is way too soon. I feel like most of those kids never make it to Saturdays. That kid just needs to focus on high school ball have some fun, hit the weight room, and improve his craft. 

I mean I understand he is only in 8th grade but some of the videos he posted on twitter were of him getting pushed around by kids half his size. His size will get him offers because you cant teach that but he has a long way to go. I hope he develops and improves but I honestly hate school "offering" a kid in 8th grade that is way too soon. I feel like most of those kids never make it to Saturdays. That kid just needs to focus on high school ball have some fun, hit the weight room, and improve his craft. 

Can someone please get Marty Smith on the phone I am dying to know what his opinion on this is

Can someone please get Marty Smith on the phone I am dying to know what his opinion on this is

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

Common sense football says when the other team has an explosive offense and you have a run first offense use every second of that game clock and shorten the game. Thats not playing not to lose that a pretty decent game play that works for a lot of teams

Not his senior year.. he touched the ball just about every snap!