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Jan 7, 2010 3:08:03 GMT -6
Post by gdrod2004 on Jan 7, 2010 3:08:03 GMT -6
My question to the guys is can an "one" opposing athlete outplay coaching and have you experienced a kid that was just to much for your guys and staff on that day ?
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Jan 7, 2010 5:00:10 GMT -6
Post by touchdownmaker on Jan 7, 2010 5:00:10 GMT -6
you mean the 4.4 kid who runs circles around your 5.1 kids? sure. It can happen.
We faced a team that had a kid like that, I put three players on him and won the game and it did allow another back to hurt us once but sheezus the kid still ran for 250 yards.
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Jan 7, 2010 6:05:47 GMT -6
Post by brophy on Jan 7, 2010 6:05:47 GMT -6
Yes. Remember, it is PLAYERS that play the game.
Have you never seen a bonafide DI kid play in a HS game? That is what it looks like no matter who they are playing
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Jan 7, 2010 10:58:43 GMT -6
Post by brophy on Jan 7, 2010 10:58:43 GMT -6
Let me rephrase my response....
Do you mean
"this kid is a STUD, there's nothing we can do" (game planning)
Or
"That STUD was just too much, we did everything right but he still beat us" (post game)
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Jan 7, 2010 11:21:46 GMT -6
Post by hchscoachtom on Jan 7, 2010 11:21:46 GMT -6
Sometimes all you can do is sit back and appreciate the beauty of seeing such an athlete in action.
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Jan 7, 2010 11:44:56 GMT -6
Post by tothehouse on Jan 7, 2010 11:44:56 GMT -6
I enjoy the challenge of stopping someone else's "stud".
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Jan 7, 2010 12:22:38 GMT -6
Post by coachguy83 on Jan 7, 2010 12:22:38 GMT -6
I find that teams that have one "stud" are usually one trick ponies and you can shut them down by knowing whats comming. This past season the league MVP was that type of kid, an 8th grader that looked like he was about 17 (tat'd up and all), but he was really all they had. He put some plays up on us, but we contained him enough that we won the game.
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Jan 7, 2010 12:45:55 GMT -6
Post by redbug on Jan 7, 2010 12:45:55 GMT -6
We had a kid a couple of years ago, who in my mind was a D1 athlete but ended up at a pretty good D2 school. He played quarterback and if a team rushed he would run in circles in the back field which as a junior it seemed that once a game he would lose 40 yards on a play, but the next play he would turn the corner and get the first down. As a senior he stopped running backwards waiting on recievers, and would just run. His next to last game he rushed for over 300 yards, 6 touchdowns rushing, and 2 touchdowns throwing. The opposing team manned up the recievers and blitzed 7 all night trying to contain him.
The sweet justice of it, is that the following year Jesse Grandy(kick returner for ole'miss) was the quarterback of a team we had beaten the previous year 35-0, and he had 2 pick 6's and another rushing touchdown to beat us.
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Jan 7, 2010 13:12:24 GMT -6
Post by phantom on Jan 7, 2010 13:12:24 GMT -6
My question to the guys is can an "one" opposing athlete outplay coaching and have you experienced a kid that was just to much for your guys and staff on that day ? Sure. That's why they're studs.
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Jan 7, 2010 13:24:39 GMT -6
Post by cqmiller on Jan 7, 2010 13:24:39 GMT -6
"It's not the X's and O's... It's the Jimmys and Joes"
I remember we were facing a team a few years back, where all they had on their team was a Big Halfback. We gameplaned for him, and put a bunch of guys in the box, and thought that he wasn't good enough to hurt us... But good old Stanley Havili ended up having 4 TD's and running away from everyone we had. Started the following season as FB @ USC and has been a 3 year starter. KILLED US!!!
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Jan 7, 2010 13:45:34 GMT -6
Post by blb on Jan 7, 2010 13:45:34 GMT -6
Gotta brag here a little:
Mark Ingram's (as in Alabama Heisman Trophy winner) last HS game was against our team. He was averaging around 200 yards rushing a game (had two 300+) and scored over 20 TDs.
His team was 7-1 on field but had to forfeit three. However they could still make playoffs by beating us (5-3). Week before they had beaten perennial league power (who had shut us out earlier 32-0) on the road.
They were favored by over two TDs, and I thought, "Oh, well - at least we had a winning season."
We played a 4-4 defense we hadn't used much earlier and went two-TEs on offense to try to control ball. We "held" Ingram to 120 yards and won, 35-7, qualifying for postseason.
We didn't have one kid off our team get a scholly but all of them will be able to say they beat a Heisman winner! One of most satisfying wins in 35 years.
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Jan 7, 2010 14:06:58 GMT -6
Post by coachcastleman on Jan 7, 2010 14:06:58 GMT -6
We had one of those studs this year. Everyone knew he was getting the ball, but he still got it done. We gave him the ball 25 times a game. He ended up setting a state record in single season rushing with 3325 yards and rushed for 46 TDs. We ended up losing our first game of the year in the state championship. Very special kid and was a pleasure to coach. He was not only very good, but a very hard worker.
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Jan 7, 2010 15:44:38 GMT -6
Post by airraider on Jan 7, 2010 15:44:38 GMT -6
We held LSU's Charles Scott to under 50 yards his senior year.. he did have a sprained ankle.. but we really were geeked up for him all week.. we knew we were a better team.. but he was an equalizer..
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Jan 7, 2010 16:03:42 GMT -6
Post by touchdownmaker on Jan 7, 2010 16:03:42 GMT -6
I had a fullback who ran for 302 yards and 5 touchdowns in a single half. The kid had 14 touchdowns in 3 games that he played in.
Same double wing plays, different kid.
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