True about WOS speed. Next week Summer Creek has alot of speed as well. They have a very good QB.hookem14 said:You are correct, execution and scheme can overcome faster players, but last night wasn’t about overcoming just a few faster players, which I agree, can be done. Last night was about overcoming a team with much more OVERALL team speed, and that is extremely difficult to do. We were not about to overcome that much of a discrepancy in overall team speed. That speed also had a hand in some of our penalties, for example, a few of our illegal procedure penalties were due to lineman flinching trying to get a slight jump on the snap to get a block on a D-lineman or blitzing linebacker that had a huge speed advantage. Should our lineman be more disciplined and not jump early, sure. But just knowing the tremendous speed advantage has him moving early because he doesn’t want to get either his QB or RB killed. Speed kills in many ways. But like I said before, we won’t see a team with that much overall team speed in our district, maybe some players here and there just as fast as WO-S’s fastest guys, but not overall.akifan94 said:You don't have to have the fastest players to succeed. That has been proven every year. The problem is execution and scheme.
On offense we are running some very basic pass routes. I would think we ran maybe 4 different route combinations last night. People can say we are keeping it simple and the play book expands every week but the bottom line is if you cannot execute the basics of the offense then you cannot put more in. AJ had some flashes but he made no reads last night. He picked someone and they were getting the ball thrown in their general direction whether it was an interception into triple coverage or a sideline go route overthrown by 10 yards. Walker did not fair much better but he did not get too many chances either. I think they both can succeed but need more reps. With a team like WOS you have to beat them with scheme, misdirection, and throwing people open. Outside a few successful misdirection runs we tried to beat them with one on ones and vanilla game planning.
On defense we played the run well and got to the QB when we did blitz. The biggest problem on defense is giving up big chunks playing a soft zone and missed tackles.
Penalties hurt also. We must have had at least 10 if not more. One delay of game came after a timeout while another came after the end of the quarter. That is inexcusable.
To me it all comes down to building confidence. That is what non-district is for. Finding what works and getting good at it. So far that is not happening.
Ozen and Central have speed, but not the entire team. This game could have been closer if the penalites had not killed us. Also there were way to many penalities that should have been called on WOS that didn't get called. Off sides several times, and lining up in the neutral zone. But nothing can be done about it now. Lots more work for this team, but the coaches know that. BF probably stayed with his Offensive play calling for this game to continue to work on things. He isn't going to show his hand before district. Like I said previously, this game was good for the team overall. I hope it brought their tempo up and helped to make them better overall.
Also, who knows, the D could change up some in scheme. Don't know I'm not the coach. But unfortunately I have to agree that the soft zone coverage killed us. They were throwing between the zone coverages. This is a very good learning experience for the players. This team will mesh more and get alot better. I have faith in the team and the coaches. The O line meshed well last night. They did give our QB better time to throw than in the Silsbee game. AJ was able to sit in the pocket alittle more. I have to give credit to WOS. They are a very good team with great talent and speed. I hope they go far this year. Their D is very talented. I don't think we will go up against another D as good as this one on a overall basis. Ned has a great D line, but WOS has a great D all over.
Take what we can and learn and get better from this game. I am proud that the team didn't give up in this game. A few changes in penalites and a few more caught passes and we would have been in this game.