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Also, I’ll say this!  When you pick on the opposing teams kids for performing a chop block (which is wrong) and talk about how trashy that is and yet your own team is doing performIng high-low blocks all night is garbage. Why does the home team get a 3 minute conversation with the referee crew yet the opposing staff can’t leave the sidelines? Why is there a referee doing the game that Lawrence had removed from doing any of their games? Any answers for any of this?

Well as a matter of fact I have just the answer for this. At the HS level you cannot block below the waist down field (the play in question the LC lineman was 5-7 yards downfield and went for a knee. With 5 minutes or less left in the game down by 29 points yes people have every right to question this and call it like it is. 

A lineman is allowed to block below the waist on the line of scrimmage as soon as the ball is snapped its commonly known as a “cut” and one thing I can promise you is that in our offense I’ve system nobody is taught to waste 2 blockers high low blocking someone it defeats the purpose of our offense. Most of the time this looks this way because a cut has occurred in a 1 on 1 situation so both linemen are on the ground and another player gets blocked 1 on 1 over that pile and it looks like a high low block. 

Class dismissed.

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Also, I’ll say this!  When you pick on the opposing teams kids for performing a chop block (which is wrong) and talk about how trashy that is and yet your own team is doing performIng high-low blocks all night is garbage. Why does the home team get a 3 minute conversation with the referee crew yet the opposing staff can’t leave the sidelines? Why is there a referee doing the game that Lawrence had removed from doing any of their games? Any answers for any of this?

Better yet I’ll go even further. You post the videos of these “high low” blocks and I’ll post the video of the block below the waist. We can let everybody on here decide what is what.

*Class back in session, Coach*

If you’ll post play #31 from Belfry’s opening possession and highlight the jersey numbers 62 and 50 and their technique, we will wait.

*IF* the gentleman does this, you’ll plainly see 62 engaging a DL high while 50 goes into his knees.
This blocking technique is taught, not incidental, and is illegal at every level of football as its outcome, if not purpose, is to injure players.

I can point out more instances, but the point is already proved.

All that said, I have decades of interactions with Philip Haywood. I know he wants his teams to be physical. I don’t believe he wants his team to play dirty or injure anyone.

I will go further and say, LC was unnecessarily chippy in this game. Too much talking and reaction to every little thing.

Finally, the end result is what I thought it would be. Belfry played smashmouth on a team that is light on the D line and quick. That lineup and scheme gave less physical and thick teams fits for six games. Won’t work with vertical, downhill football.

Dixon is a man among boys. If you arm tackle or try to just hit him, he’s gonna surge and spin out, just like he did. And he will do it again in a month if the same tackling or lack of is tried.

But in fairness, the Bulldogs we’re not as far off as 42-13 sounds. If you were there, you saw a 14-13 game late into the first half with some sound adjustments made by the Pirate D to get a critical 4th down stop and then a late score to set up the halftime margin.

Then, Pirates front 7 came up huge on the opening possession of the 2nd half after a well executed onside kick. They stoned another 4th down attempt and scored and it was on. From there the wind went out of the sails.

People were posting Belfry’s obituary too early. But they might be crowning them too soon as well. Dixon rolls an ankle or pulls a hammy, their skill spots go from “wow” to “what now?” real quick.

Let the team that comes out of this district carry it forward for all. I think it’s Belfry’s to lose, barring injury. Good luck to both teams and simmer down and play ball. This is fun. Hopefully kids won’t hurt each other because of adults’ foolishness.

And no, I am not a coach or referee. Just an ol has been whose watched these 2 teams for years, up close and from afar.