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TOPIC: "The chickens came home to roost" |
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| Dutchman
November 6, 2010
10:22:14 AM
Entry #: 3609748
| Not a pretty site last night as our offense was non-existent. 45-6 was a "shellacking," and we had no answer for it. I have been telling you all this season that when we finally play a really good team, our weak schedule will finally show that our record is not indicative of how good the Rams are. Congrats to the players for entertaining us this season, and Coach B and the AD, beef up the schedule.
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| Shizz
November 6, 2010
12:40:03 PM
Entry #: 3609788
| The Brownstown game had nothin to do with a weak schedule it was the lack of having a passing game to offset the run and to try and at least comeback and win...I don't give a damn if you have 25 pass plays out of a that formation you're down 35-6 hell even 28-6 and you as an offensive coaching staff don't put out the effort offensively to tell you kids that you are goin to try and comeback bu using different formations or pass plays and you pass 12 times all night long for 60-65 yards and on the other team passes 9 times for 184 yards why can't The Rams offense do that? because we haven't passed all year and now you're gonna try and force a passing attack that noone has confidence in running...give me a break...I was embarrassed to be there watching a game when you won't give an effort playcalling offensive wise to get back into the game... you admit defeat when you are down 14-6...outcoached...outschemed...outplayed... The Rams are building a football tradition that got beat 45-6 by another football tradition school...The Rams need an Offensive Coordinator who will give every effort playcalling to win and not limit his team from winning games by running an offense that can't beat good competition and who has no passing game...it's a joke the offense we ran we were were either down or had gottne beaten this season...
Shiz
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| OldLB
November 6, 2010
1:31:31 PM
Entry #: 3609800
| Your website says your offensive coord. is RJ Hartsfield. We were in the same class and I played against him while he attended Salem. Salem was a running team back in those days, not a whole lotta passing. Maybe that has something to do with it????
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| Dutchman
November 6, 2010
3:30:01 PM
Entry #: 3609837
| Shizz
I beg to differ with you that our schedule has nothing to do with the Brownstown game. It's guaranteed that if you play a weak team, you're not going to be pressed into trying different offensive plays. If you can run the ball on these cupcake teams, why worry about passing the ball. I hope the coaching staff has learned something this year that it will be used to make next year better. When do we play Crawford County again?
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| RealisticFan
November 8, 2010
7:26:09 AM
Entry #: 3610983
| I agree with both Shizz and Dutch to an extent. What I noticed goes back to what I have been saying. Our offense is to simple. When we did try to pass we sent out no more than 2 guys on a route. That means at the least a double team. Brownstown plays with no deep safety. Why not a route or 2 over the middle? We just ran our tall freshman down the sideline (repeatidly) and let 2 defenders pin him against the sideline. No chance for a reception. Things MUST change to compete with good football teams. Agree with me or not.. Things MUST change. Were moving our best running QB to receiver to make room for QB that can throw better. We need to inhance our scheme or it will do no good whatsoever.
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| Shizz
November 8, 2010
6:51:16 PM
Entry #: 3611750
| What are you goin to tell a potential reciever after what happend this season offensive wise goin into next season "We want you to be our starting Reciever....so you better learn how to run block first instead of catch the ball which isn't really important anymore" wow so I would be a starting reciever which is good because you start but if you get no looks....no throws....no maybe Wide Reciever reverses don't know how you can encourage the reciever...let's take it a little further take for instance your starting QB you're sayin you have no trust in his arm or his ability to lead the team only if it revolves around running the ball...so you're limiting him there and taking away some of his leadership ability...so in a game where he has to pass he is made to look like a fool by lookin like he has never thrown a ball all year (which is almost true) it's true when the coaching staff says they want to play everybody on the roster but they never say they want to get everybody on the roster involved in the offense...
Shiz
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| Dutchman
November 8, 2010
9:49:03 PM
Entry #: 3611910
| Shiz-
Have you ever seen a more messed up offensive scheme we seemed to have in progress. There is absolutely no leadership with our offensive coaches and very demoralizing to our players.
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| Napoleon
November 9, 2010
12:37:45 AM
Entry #: 3612036
| Go easy on the Coaches boys. I remember not too long ago how we would have been happy to "just" have a winning record. It seems like now we aren't just satisfied with winning, but we want to be compared to the best teams in the state already and if we're not then we look at it as if we are failing. From what I've seen since Coach B. has been here we are headed in the right direction but these things take time. We'll get there. Yeah, I want it "now" too but lets all be realistic enough to give the Coaches enough credit by believing they know what's best. I'm not a RAH RAH guy but I'm sure glad we're where we're at now as compaired to a few seasons ago. I truly believe in this system and I haven't forgotten how bad it could be.
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| Dutchman
November 9, 2010
12:14:20 PM
Entry #: 3612393
| Napoleon:
Don't worry, as long as we play the teams we do now, we are guaranteed a winning schedule. Let's face it, the PLAC is one of the weakest, if not weakest, in the State of Indiana. Like I have said before, anyone can have a great record as long as our opponents are as weak as they are.
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| Napoleon
November 9, 2010
6:26:32 PM
Entry #: 3612795
| I agree strength of schedule is a valued asset when tournament time comes around but it isn't "the most" important thing. I think the most important thing is yearly preparation. Weight training in the off season, repetitive drills with playbooks in the younger grades. Get the little guys used to our system (by using a "very" simplified version of the varsity playbook.) I'm only talking about a few of the simpler plays. That way as they get older you add more and more of the system into them. Let the JV and Varsity get most of their "strength of schedule" from the 3A and 4A teams during the 7 on 7's in the summer. I look around and there isn't a good conference for Paoli to join (even if we could join another conference.) Brownstown is a good team every year and they don't have a tough schedule either. Their conference isn't much better than ours. Strenght of schedule does help but it doesn't stop them from being competitive. You give a good coach an average amount of talent and he can make something really good out of them. Coach Balsmeyer is doing just that. But like I said before, it takes time and we'll get there.
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| Dutchman
November 9, 2010
6:58:43 PM
Entry #: 3612818
| Napoleon:
Good comments. However, our non-conference opponents usually sign a two year contract. We don't have to keep playing these cupcake teams. Beef it up! Or I guess Coach B wants these sure wins to make sure his record looks good. I don't think you help your "strength of schedule" by participating with 3A and 4A schools. You don't get tough with our schedule, sorry. If Brownstown has the same talent and has the same schedule strength, then maybe their coaching staff is better. Basically, that's what you said.
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| Napoleon
November 9, 2010
9:15:42 PM
Entry #: 3612902
| Yeah, that's pretty much what I said. But it's not to fault the Rams staff. I don't know exactly how long Brownstown's staff has been together but I do know it's been several years now. And I also know (with anything in life) if you've done something for a very long time you either get really good at it or you start to slip and turn bad at it. You usually don't stay average. Reed May is a football genius. He really is. He keeps his staff together and his system runs like clockwork. Give Coach Balsmeyer time to get his staff in place and in time he too will have a program like theirs or any other good program. Heck, Paoli already "IS" a good program and when you've got all your ducks in a row because you have cultivated your feeder system then you won't have very many weak classes. Just reload every year. As much as we would like to think that our own kid can play with anybody we have to step back and ask ourselves...."Has our kid had the same advantages other kids in successful programs have had?"....It all comes down to cultivating the feeder system properly. It can take awhile to start from scratch and build a successful program. That's not easy to swallow when we want "our" kids to be the beneficiaries of success and not the kids behind us. This is war, and "somebody" has to be on the front line! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we aren't good now and I'm not saying we won't be good in the near future with the kids we have now. I'm just saying that in a few short years we won't be getting overlooked by the Brownstown's of the world anymore.
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