[GreyStoke]

Made the short drive from Hyden to go watch this game. Kind of wanted to know if Somerset had turned a corner or if it was a fluke.

Turns out, fluke.

I’m probably gonna make some Somerset fans a little salty. Oh well, going to have to take my birthday away I guess.

Somerset defense isn’t bad. Poor tackling by linebackers/corners/safeties but they were also on the field so much that with a short bench, the kids are exhausted. Maybe that’s a small school problem but they really drop off after their starters. Front line doesn’t look bad and outside a couple big runs they played ok.  Maybe they’re young. I’d have to look on the roster and figure it out.

Regardless, they don’t have an offense that is playing to the strengths of their players and putting up abysmal numbers. Didn’t they have a tall lanky kid that has great speed at the beginning of the year? He out for the season? I know he broke one early in the season but his number escapes me.

Here’s some of the problem : the line holds block for pass plays (mostly) but they don’t create holes to run in. (Or tonight they didn’t) The receivers don’t create space. They run decent routes but don’t create space on defenders. That could be youth. Maybe. QB stares down receivers and misses progression. But the one thing that perplexes me , how the play calling makes an ounce of sense. I watched them call more screen passes and outside runs for no real gain. Maybe that’s the safe calls, but if you’re losing, what are you losing not teaching a wide open play book? I feel bad for their kids as they can’t be thrilled.

Look, I hear that their head coach is a class act but he’s got some coaches that aren’t helping him win football games especially on the offensive side. Do they have the horses? Not like they’ve seen over the past 3 or 4 years, but they’re not so cupboard bare it’s as bad as I watched tonight.

If the offense doesn’t give the defense anything to fight for, the defense will wear out. That’s just simple and plain fact.

I don’t think the HC is the problem, but he needs to address it now before you see kids start to check out mentally or worse, quit/transfer. That’s a problem with many schools. While they may be a couple years off a state title, it doesn’t excuse the fact there’s so little production and that they’re not generating points/yards.

If they don’t get out in front of it, they’re going to possibly watch it self destruct. You could see it in body language in many of their boys tonight.

I better give the Hazard Bulldogs some love. They were the better team tonight.