[charlie22]

Timmy May would be an excellent starting fullback, if he works his ass off he needs to get a little bigger. Timmy's biggest problem at Belfry thus far has been attitude. Unfortunately he has gotten in trouble time and time again and we can only hope that changes because his potential on both sides is VERY high. You know, I was thinking about this this morning, after Mingo Central posted a horrible season you can't help but wonder if some kids will transfer to Belfry for their junior/senior seasons. Alot of people don't have that same pride in Mingo Central as they did in Matewan/Williamson and may decide to come over. Our current offense is not designed to run anybody over, unless you're the fullback. The halfbacks are mainly used to get outside and run.

Trenity Carr, thus far, has showed a little bit of what I've called 'Jeffree Pruitt Syndrome' with the disclaimer that later in the year, Jeffree figured out what to do. Trenity needs to get focused on getting the wall and moving forward without cuts. Luckily, he's just a sophomore this year. If he can't develop the speed he needs going forward, he is a shorter thicker kid and could learn to play fullback. In my opinion, Belfry needs to look to whoever they can to play fullback. Johnson, Robinson, Carr, and anyone else may be able to play the halfback spot but none of them will be effective without SOMEONE playing that oh-so-important fullback spot.

When I watched Belfry this past Saturday, I thought the same as the bolded and wondered: is that the best O to beat Central? I know the flex bone helps get the RBs outside quicker, but I wonder if Belfry will ever have the speed to get outside Central even using the flex bone. They certainly didn't have it this year. Watching the game, I thought Belfry might have been better off running out of the I more often to pound the middle and then use play action passes to the TEs and SE when the LBers start cheating to stop the run. If you feel you need to run wide to keep Central honest, bring the wing in motion and run a jet sweep type play, or pitch the ball to the TB and use the RB as a lead blocker.

I have a ton of respect for Coach Haywood. His resume speaks for itself. I'm almost embarrassed to be second guessing him. But I've posted that Johnson Central's O may work fine against a lot of teams but it has to be adjusted to beat Highlands and I need to be consistent: should Belfry adjust it's O in anticipation of meeting Central in the state game? Or would such adjustments result in Belfry not even making it to the state game?

I wasn't going to bring up my thoughts until I saw you state what I bolded.