[Belichick]

It is obvious the ‘23 team played better. Offensive line played better. A few of those guys had better talent but definitely not all who replaced them. Some JP mentioned didn’t start. Leadership is hard to measure but it plays out on the field and it looks like that’s something that was missing from the guys they lost. The ‘24 team should have been faster outside of Boykins. Injuries played a big part. They showed flashes of that kind of offense but then they went back to almost exclusively running some games. I feel like they wasted the arm of their QB. 35 was awesome, one of the better high school players you’ll ever want to see, but the strategy of continuously feeding him the ball against a loaded box of 8-9 defenders was insanity. When the offense was more balanced, they put up big offensive numbers. 500 yards of offense against LCA without Anthony, Stanley, or Hall. LCA seems good right? Similar offensive results when they spread it out against Ironton, GRC, and Boyd Co. I’m aware of the play calling situation but why it was allowed to go on is really the question. At the end, yes, they had several kids sitting out hurt who make a huge difference but similar play calling wouldn’t have allowed them to help against Sayre (could insert Corbin, JC, Belfry here as well).