[mightydog]

Speed didn't hurt them in the Ironton or Belfry game. You can't teach speed. Yes a mid can get a little faster through training, but you're only going to get a limited amount. Everyone can get stronger. Russell needs to do this and try to make up for the lack of speed the best they can. This can be done by ball controll, keeping the other teams offence off the field. The defense was good enough in all three losses. But because they couldn't controll the line they were 3 and out a lot. This was especially true in the pikeville game. They are on the 4 and in the red zone three other times in the first half but couldn't take advantage. When a team get that close and in the red zone you have to be able to move bodies, but Russell couldn't.