west siders wrote:WestSide Pride wrote:West has alot of good players on the sideline that should be seeing alot more playing time. I would agree that there play calling is not very good this season it looks like they are just tring to get one persons stats up for the season.
I think we have all been waiting for someone to step up and be the leader of this team and be a team player and get everyone on the same page. Until they figure out that team has no "I" in it they will never be the team we all know and hope they can be.
I agree they have a lot of talented sophomores and freshman that know how to win because last year the JV and FRESHMAN went undeafeated. I personally think they are trying to bump up Murphy's stats for college ball which is a bad decision for the coaches instead of doing that they should be getting some of the JV players in and maybe even the FRESHMAN if they have a big enough lead. They will be loaded for the future, it's just bad playcalling that has cost them two games this year(they got outplayed by Minford).
There is a big difference between Jv and Freshman ball and varsity...I agree its a sign of good things to come, but a lot of those kids that played Jv and Freshman aren't ready to play varsity, in those games they were playing kids that were their age, and with no varsity experience either...just because a freshman did great in a freshman game, doesn't mean he will do good in a varsity game against 17,18, and sometimes 19 year old boys...If a freshman earns his job against a senior or upperclassman that starts, then he should play, but you can't start a team full of freshmen because they did good in freshman ball...
I don't think they are trying to get Murphy's stats up for college, Triplett doesn't play politics. Murphy has had tough time getting back to the form he was in his sophmore year and even last year as far as running the ball (he has been the best defensive end in the county the past two years, imo), and they have been trying to get him going, but his blocking has been down, and hes the kind of back that can find a seam and explode through it, if you give him one he'll make a 4 yard gain a 10 yarder, he has never really been known for making something out of nothing, and he hasn't had had much this year. If you give him just a little daylight he will find it and look as good any around, he does a very good job in the second level, he just hasn't had the chance to get there.
Pendleton on the other hand is the type of back that can create a play out of marginal blocking, thats why he has gotten the majority of the carries this year, because he has performed the best. Thompson hasn't done a bad job running the ball either. I do agree with though I think we should try to get the ball in Bricker and Auger's hands a little more, but Triplett is smart he rides his horses when he needs to, and in every game when we needed a big play we gave the play to 8 because he makes things happen more than what others have this year...This has been a learning year, I think next year they come in with some more balance, and way better as a whole, you watch, they have 10 seniors next year 9 or which have started or received significant playing time...and a junior class underneath them that has 8 players that have started or received significant playing time
