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Here is exactly what I would do...

Whitley has a bye week next week.
The week after that they play W. Jessamine.

Starting Monday I would work on defense and defense only. I would find out what kids, even if its a frosh, wanted to play and get my two way players off the field. From Monday to Thursday 3:00 PM till dark I would do tackling drills and Oklahoma. That's it and that's all. On Friday and Saturday I would do nothing but work on special teams. Run your lanes on kickoffs 100,000 times if needed. Next Monday I would go right back into tackling drills.

Woods is a great player but he cant do what he did tonight every single week or hes going to get hurt. We made a stupid mistake and got a player ejected for I don't know what and hes probably the best tackler weve got. It will be 3 weeks before he takes the field again if you include the bye week. The Paul kid has something wrong with him and wont be back for at least 6 weeks. It took a kid ive never heard of running for his life tonight and showing up when nobody else did in that backfield except of course for Woods.

I know how much coaching experience is on that defense and how much they can do with very little. There is no reason they cant find 11 kids on that team that wants to play defense and wants to play it now. I think the defensive coaching is there but the fundamentals are not. You should know basic fundamentals by the time you hit high school and some of these kids don't. Mitchell and Adams both expect you too and then come in and learn the defense. There is no time for fundamental tackling drills 2 weeks into the season but that's whats going to happen. It might be the reason our middle school hasn't fared so well the last few years. These feeders have got to put somebody in each position that can step in and make an impact and actually teach the game of football. Hiring daddies who's only football experience is Madden just wont cut it. It would be a good place to start.
The offense is clicking and looking good, and even against Corbin looked pretty good when they actually had the ball. The problem is, if Woods goes down with an injury will this offense still work or is a great player making it look better than what it is? I don't know what they will do next year. There are no big bruiser backs like Whitley has always had to speak of, and the two backs that would be starting have left the state literally. To be honest I don't know these offensive and frosh/JV coaches at all except ive heard a couple of them played at South which tells me there is a 99% chance they are not use to winning. I find it hard to believe there wasn't better choices outside young kids at a place like Whitley. I hope it gets better and would love to see a great season but its going to take a lot more work.

That's my yearly soapbox and ive spoke my peace. The truth is the truth and I will enjoy watching the games and hope it gets better but I wont speak on the subject again. It is what it is. A lot of young kids on this team and these are the times where you make them better and it needs to be done. I have high hopes for the rest of the season and hopefully Whitley will be ready for teams like North and the rest of that district when that time roles around.

Lets see what happens.

I agree GUT! That right there IMO is the #1 thing that so many schools do wrong. Then they have a bunch of talent slip through their hands and then everyone is scratching their heads as to why the talent level and play on the field ain't matching up. Some coaches get so wrapped up in the varsity stuff that they don't take the time to worry about the JFL and middle school stuff. If you were a fly on the wall with a program like Belfry or Johnson Central you would see why they are strong year in and year out and why they have freshman who can step right in and never have a very big drop off after they graduate a bunch. You show me a program who is strong and I will show you a program who has their s@#$ together in the feeder schools. I can't name a school in the mountains who does well in JFL and Middle who sucks in Varsity.