[bball_fan]

I don't understand Betsy Lane football...We are down there, you have a kid that looks like the best lineman we ever had at Casey. OK this dude has thighs as big as oak trees, huge rear, not that big a belly at all, arms, chest, huge...He goes against my son who is playing at tackle, 152 pounds, soaking wet. The Betsy Lane kid doesn't even throw his hands into him, he doesn't really even engage. He doesn't gap control, doesn't bullrush, doesn't dip and rip, doesn't club and rip, doesn't spin, NOTHING. He kind of tries to skirt down the offensive line, and just avoid contact. This dude is 285 pounds if he's an ounce, and fit...I don't see unathletic when I look at that kid, I saw a MONSTER and feared for my own kids ability to even block for a second that game...Either that kid has never played football before, or his coaching is a complete joke. Betsy Lane had decent size across the board. They should be more competitive, right now, than what they are. Just my opinion.

I graduate from Betsy Layne in 2004, and this has always been the case. There is talent, whether it be athletes or linemen but you can never get a good coach to commit to the program. Betsy Layne had the chance to win a regional title a few years ago, barely losing to Somerset a year they went to the state semi-finals. Betsy Layne will never commit to football, plan and simple. They will never see themselves as a football school, and by no means am I meaning anything wrong toward Jr. Newsome when I say this because he taught me a TON about the game of basketball and I believe the man is a saint, but his success clouds the judgement of those around. They want to be a basketball school, plan and simple.