RV offensive coaches are AWFUL period! Big IF here but IF they make it to play the G-men obviously it’s going to be in Bluefield and I’ll guess it’s about the same result as last year if not worse.
Tunnel screens, quick slants, playmakers in space…..don’t see it. Bombs away!
Play calls and personnel usage is questionable at best.
The defense has played well all year. LBs are active and make tackles. There are a couple of solid lineman that can make plays. 5 is physical, will make tackles in run support, and is good in coverage. 7 and 11 are both solid in coverage. I think they have outshined the O all year
Turned on NFHS to see a coach in the huddle putting his hair up while trying to talk to the players. Yeah you read that right. May want to wait till you get back on the sidelines to fix that bun so you can focus on the play calling. Another terrible play calling night just from what I seen in the last quarter and a half.
Him, his daddy, and the banker will be the downfall of Ridgeview this year
They do seem to like throwing the deep ball a bit much
Ridgeview's offensive coaches are incompetent. As much as I thought I disliked last years play calling and use personnel, son and dad take it to a whole new level
And this what I meant when I said Union had the chance to control the game and blew it.
We were getting consistent, clock chewing yardage with 28 out of the T, but got penalties or just went away from it. Couple that with stopping Ridgeview on one of the many 3rd and longs we gave them, and we could have controlled the game.
Credit The Pack, but also credit our coaching decisions for their win.
Union never had a chance to control the game. There was never a point in the game that any Ridgeview player or fan was scared of Union. Despite Ridgeviews failures with the coaching staff, it was obvious that they had way more talent, will, and self control overall. Ridgeview was at least 3 td's better than Union
Son to dad "New idea for an offense", Dad "run it"
Fall 2022...
Son and WR coach to QB, run this and don't deviate...
Ridgeview... spread formation. 7 and 13 twins left, 5 and whoever twins right. QB cadence, snap ball, QB look left. Continue to look left, continue to look left. 5 and whoever stand wide open and continue to be wide open, wave arms. QB look left, throw fade or streak to 7, hook to 13 while being triple coveraged. Defense, intercept ball/knock ball down.
I initially agreed with your response but I went back and studied the film. Ridgeview does spread it around and they don’t pass it like everyone thinks they do. The debate is if they spread it around correctly.
Total touches to include pass targets:
Hill (14), Hartsock (11), Profit (11), O’Quin (8), Ratliff (6), Beavers (5), Honaker (3), Counts (3) and 1 attempt was undetermined who the target was. Ridgeview ran the ball 44 times and passed 18. What sticks out to me is Beavers, Counts and Honaker account for only 11 touches/ targets combined.
I should have went into detail a little more, but if any has watched Ridgeview the last two years they will (or should, with any football knowledge) understand what I meant. As good as 7 and 13 are, especially 7, the Qb will rarely, if ever look away from their side of the field. He will also throw into double and triple coverage to these two when there are two other receivers wide open. I know 7 is a really good receiver and can make the spectacular catch, and 13 can do the same, but there has to be a coach watching film that sees this. That is the forcing the ball that I am talking about. I love running the ball and I am very happy they are doing better in that facet this year, and I wasn't campaigning about some other player getting more touches. Get the f'n ball to someone who is open. Take the short throw and do something that isn't the sexy thing to do. The 4 receiver I was talking about is the one doing the things all players should do and being unselfish to help everyone else out, even though he is explosive with the ball. He knows he's not going to get a chance but he still plays hard anyway. The way it's supposed to be.
Staff doesn't fully understand spacing and how to best utilize their toys. They actually make it easy, by formation, to align coverage. You absolutely need to utilize motion and shifts to confuse the defense. Don’t utilize Beavers in the slot or inside which limits his route options. Hill is built for short and intermediate routes but can go get it deep. Counts should win every single coverage situation he is in. Against Lee, they lined up all three on the same side in a bunch and left #4 WR in single coverage. Why? Switch the #4 WR with Counts or Beavers and get that single coverage, or, better yet....motion someone out of the bunch and across the formation.
Ridgeview has a "#4" receiver that can be just as talented and good with the ball in his hands. As an added bonus he will move from his stance and actually block on running plays or run a route when he knows he's not getting the ball. I've said it previously and I'll say it again, until Ridgeview coaching staff and players start doing a better job of spreading the ball around and quit trying to force it to one or two players they will never beat the top tier teams.
RV won 40-14 but it really wasn’t that close. They had two TDs taken off the board by penalties, fumbled into the end zone for a touchback and fired a bad snap 14 yards behind the QB while on the Lee three yard line.
They’ve got a good mix of running, deep shots to Beavers and Counts and working Hill underneath in the LBs. O’Quinn creates such problems in the run game. They have to stop shooting their selves in the foot, though. They took 28 points off the board tonight.
I still don’t feel like the RV coaching staff has their horse in front of the cart. Why in the hell do they go four wide and then run the QB over to the sideline to get the play? Why don’t they try to isolate their big play WRs on single coverage. Time mgt and play calling seem like a big struggle. Man….a lot of coaches around the region would love to have that talent though.
Yeah man, I feel your pain. Until they start spreading the ball around and quit trying to FORCE it to only 2 of the 4 receivers they are going to struggle and only hold themselves back offensively. Their choice in play calling and player personnel is questionable at best. Thank God they have the talent to overcome weaker competition. They have a chance to be special but the coaching staff can't get out of their own way.
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But Little Stanley has cute hair and 5 years experience as a middle school coach. That has to account for something