[Red and Black]

This post is nearly impossible to reply to because any team can be as good as they want to any given year, no matter how much talent they have or not. Last year belfry had probably 3 good players, but they had 8 other players who werent very good but laid it all on the line every play. And Last year Prestonsburg had probably 8 great players but they didnt play as hard for as long as the Belfry players did, and Prestonsburg is 0-4 this year with nearly the exact same O-line. But if i COULD choose any players I wanted, here is how i would set up my team

Offense: I would choose a tall QB who could run under a 4.5 or 4.6, and I would get 5 decent sized linemen, not monster linemen (6'0 210 or somewhere around there) and I would make sure that all those linemen ran under a 5.3, or they wouldnt play. I would pick a big RB and a big FB, so I could pound the ball up the middle and I would use my quick linemen and run alot of trap plays, sweeps, and counters just so I could get my linemen moving so they could make some big hits. I would need 1 TE who could run and catch because a TE is a very very effective weapon in any offense if he is used right. I would get 1 fast receiver (4.3 or 4.4 to run quick slants or quick outs) and i would get one tall receiver (6'3 or 6'4 to run deep routes and use his size to outjump smaller DB's). I would also run alot of keeps with the QB after running the ball up the middle alot. A linemen would pull on every play unless it was a short yardage situation. I would run alot of I formation, 2-back shotgun (suprise suprise, i'm from Prestonsburg, hehe), 4-wide shotgun, double tight, empty backfield, and the power I for short yardage. My QB would practice alot of option in practice and he would practice alot of roll-out passes. My RB would be very strong and he would practice alot of running with his shoulders down and he would practice running behind his FB alot (to develop good chemistry in reading holes in the line). My linemen would practice hitting low alot and getting through the chute as fast as possible. Receivers would need to learn how to stock block well and use alot of fakes (head, feet and eyes) on their routes.


Defense: On defense i would run a 3-4 as my base defense. I would get the 4 craziest people on my team and make them lift weights as hard as they could and they would be my LB's, they would also be the leaders of my team. I would teach my d-linemen to penetrate and try to draw double teams all night, so that my LB's would be freed up enough to read the flow of the play and make bone-crushing hits to pump up the team. My DE's would be quick but also would lift weights hard. My DB's would be the fastest players on the team.

Conditioning: My conditioning program would be year-round, with one month off after my team exited the playoff's from the previous year. Conditioning for linemen, TE's, FB and LB's would consist of 10-20 40 yard sprints every other day and alot of stretching, and agility drills on days they didnt sprint. Conditioning for QB, WR, RB, and DB would be 5-15 60 or 80 yard sprints every other day, and they would do agilities and stretch with the rest of the team on days in between sprinting.

Weight-lifting: Every player must show up for every lifting session unless they told me the day before and they must have a good excuse. My weightlifting would be ran by a coach besides myself because I would be outside setting up cones, bags, etc... for practice.