[Ref Devil]

Well was gone for the weekend, but I feel I need to respond to some posts, especially red devils rule, I wont sit down and shut my "pie hole" Im just speaking what I feel, and have felt for a long long time, I for sure know ive been around a much higher level of football than yourself, since your highest level is probably russell high football. I just feel that the game passed up coach mcglone along time ago, as far as play calling and scheming and and that attitude of Im gonna do one thing and stick with it no matter what, and just depend on the fact that my kids are more talented than the other kids. Which is why Russell wins alot of games, and mainly we play a weak weak weak weak weak schedule and have for quite a few yrs now. you gotta run more than 3 or 4 different plays. There is no weightlifting program, or atleast not a serious one, there's no preseason conditioning, thats why half the teams is always cramping till the end of the season. these are things that are a must these days, you gotta get out of the 5-2 play your corners 10yds off the ball, and have your safties covering the slants and the deep route's ( i for one have neevr bragged on these coaches, Ive felt that they just slip by on so much talent that Russell for some reason has a ton of for a small school.) and look like they dont even know what's going on. Then running pass plays at the end to Drew, who is a terrific ball player and runner, but recieving is not his strong suit, which is not a big deal alot of great backs aren't, but you need to be going to mitchel and bailey more, and not bender and abrams, although bailey did miss that deep ball that would have sealed the game, it still shouldnt have mattered, Russell was easily 4 td's better than SK, they scored 35pts in the first half, and only 2 FG's in the second half. WHY? becuz like in any big game in recent memory where Russell was up Mcglone went into shutdown, up the middle, and not turn the ball over, that may have worked in the 70's when passing games werent as proficient as they are today. Russell should have atleats put 2, more likely 3 td's up in the 2nd half, Mcglone and his staff know alot more about football than myself, but if ur not utilizing that knowledge to its fullest extent, whats it matter? Im sorry the wing T and the 5-2 need to go into the memory book, Russell should be running a 4-3, and when they play teams like SK and mason next week, whos kids are as talented as ours, you gotta make same changed and get outta the same ol crap, im telling ya russell plays a 4-2-5 against SK and its not even a contest. I know that much and Ive never been a head coach anywhere.

I will say this, I somewhat agree with you about the conservative play calling after gaining a big lead but that's the only thing I agree with you here. I'm not saying that the staff does everything perfect but how can you say that Gary Morris is not one of the best coaches in the entire state. The man knows HS football and defenses like no other around. How can you argue with his success? It's not everyday that a team goes to Belfry and shuts them out. Mercer County had not even been slowed down last year and Coach Morris not only slowed them with his gameplan but damn near shut them down completely. If not for a miscommunication from himself to Josh Wills, he would have shut them down completely. One thing that you're not realizing is this..... these coaches spend lots of time with these kids and they know what they are capable of and what they are not capable of. To sit in the stands and say " Hey, this would work. Why isn't he doing this" is just ignorant. Hindsight is always 20/20 but I would take Gary Morris running my defense over anyone around the state. Coach McGlone runs the Wing T better than anyone and it's not only him calling the plays. He has the final word but he also has help from uptop the Hank. I to have questioned a play or two, I'm sure everyone has who watches games but I trust McGlone knows more about the Wing T than I'll ever know. How can you argue with the success? A state title and a runner-up finish........that's pretty good to me. Russell doesn't win because it has more talent than everybody else, Russell wins because they are fundamentally sound and they have a complete program . Russell wins because they eat, sleep, drink football from a very young age and they have a Coach who knows football.



Just remember this............hindsight is always 20/20. McGlone didn't get 300 wins because he always has more talent. And how can you say the game has passed him by when he just won a title in 2005? I just don't get it?