boilermaker wrote:To Oaks fans this is what a friend of mine from Oak Hill had to say today,and ask me to post it on here because he doesnt have a username .He also doesnt get online much at all.This fellow is a diehard Oaks fan and tells it like it is.When Oak Hill was down a few years ago he made no excuses,told it like it was.He supports the Oaks in every sport not just football.He is very dissapointed in this season . He like many others I work with feel like the Oaks should have been better , not just in wins and losses but fundamentals. Blocking ,Tackling just overall basics of the game. The lack of adjustments made during the games. The kids didnt seem to be motivated in some games to play.He and others feel the only team that was better than the Oaks this season was Minford ,and they wasnt 41 points better than Oak Hill. All this said I think what is being said here from alot of folks is there needs to be a change and from what I am hearing there will be so dont be surprised when it does.
I myself didnt see a game in person ,but this guy I talk to on a regular basis never has said anything like this before so im inclined to beleive him. When Oak hill was strugling a few years back he wasnt critical at all just said all schools go through these times. He feels there is just too much talent now to have lost 3 games . This is just some opinions by a few guys I work with take it as nothing more .I said I would post it.
Motivation: As a former football player I never really had to be motivated by a coach come Friday nights! The simple pre-game rituals 3 & 4 hours before the games. The smell and sight of a freshly mowed football field when we arrived at the field, (home or away)! The silent but, deafening sounds of other players preparing for battle; sometimes in slow motion! The few moments that you zone out everthing and tune in to complete silence of how you were going to control your end of the game and the player across from you all night! Going thru and putting all of armour on just like I did the game before; in the same order, the same manner! And, finally; when they said lets go and the deafening sound of
"Click-Clack" from all of the players cleats on the concrete below them! If nothing else fires you up... any ex-football player would get a certain charge out of "
Click-Clack"! Whew! I wish I wasn't 42 and out of shape! I would throw that uniform on right now and bust some skulls! I would show you fired-up! And, that my friends... when one. Just one player gets jacked-up like that; it becomes contagious!
Minford as the only team better than Oak Hill?:East also beat Oak Hill again this year! It may not have been in Minford fashion or comparable to the score East beat Oak Hill last year but, none-the-less another beat! And that makes 5 straight times! Last time OH beat East was in 2003; 32-14!
To much talent to lose 3 games!:You are right! Oak Hill does have alot of talent! But, that talent is still relatively young! Now... I ask this question! If you get rid of this coach and get a new coach; and still don't get a SOC I Trophy; Are you going to blame the new coach? Are you going to second guess yourselves then about the coaching change? Playoffs! Oak Hill is a D5;R19 school. Four of your conference games are with D6 schools! Smaller D6 schools as well! Unless they can win all of their conference games and beat 4 or maybe even 5 of their non-conference games; if they are D5 or larger! You will have a hard time making the playoffs on a regular basis! East plays in the same conference. Oak Hill gives us nice points for playoffs! Northwest D4, Southeastern (Ross) D5 and everybody else is considered D6! If we don't win at least 8 or 9 games we possibly won't make the playoffs either! I don't beleive coaches are the only ones who put you in the playoffs; your AD has a big say in that in scheduling! Now, a good coach can put your players in a position to win playoff games! But, only if you can get there!
During the East and Oak Hill game this year @ Allard Park. Before the game people where saying that if the Oak Hill coach didn't win this game; there might be a rumble on the field! I said; "With the players?" They said; "No against the Oak Hill coach!" I thought man, he really is in the hot seat! That was Oak Hill fans making those comments!
I don't know the coach except for last year I was on the East coaching staff and heard his comments after the game last year! I thought he was a pretty sore loser myself! And, I won't get into the comments that he made! That won't solve anything now! I just don't know why? He stopped throwing the ball to the Hale kid last year! Oak Hill clearly had us out-matched in that position! Scored 2 touchdowns off of it! Also, was the only time we had to come from behind to win a game; all last year!
