Marietta Tiger football.........

[gotribe]

How is the upcoming year shaping up ? Pride, spirit, optimism, discipline , hard work must return for competitiveness.

[Pol pot]

Didn't realize Marietta still had football. Is Napoleon still the coach?

[The Ultimate Lancer]

Napoleon? I though Jerry Springer was the coach...... :122248

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

I really hope that Marietta can turn things around along with getting their numbers up.

[gotribe]

Been a merry go round of coaches, offenses and defenses. Coach Hale waaaaaay back when had it going in the right direction.

[surfsider]

Marietta needs to really soften its non-conference schedule (that is, if it's still in the SEOAL) and get teams like Bellaire, River, and possibly Monroe Central on the slate. Every time I attend a game at Don Drumm Field all I hear is people like soccer better than football.

[noreply66]

Marietta needs to really soften its non-conference schedule (that is, if it's still in the SEOAL) and get teams like Bellaire, River, and possibly Monroe Central on the slate. Every time I attend a game at Don Drumm Field all I hear is people like soccer better than football.

No longer in the SEOAL

[redandgreen10]

yep! no longer a member of the SEOAL. it's worse, part of th ECOL.
cambridge
new philly
dover
etc.

[Auburntgrfan]

The Tigers are in the belly of the beast, so to speak. Left the SEOAL went to ECOL for money saving???? Less super long trips???? Not sure why exactly. BUt the sports teams look like they got thrown under the bus. Very physical league, much like the MVL. You may win the game, or be competative, but you pay a price and can get beat up. Then next week get to do it all over again. Wish them well, stay healthy.

[Paladin]

One of the dumbest sports moves in quite awhile. Consider they can't even beat D-VI Rosecrans and get hammered with Dover, New Philly, etc. Roads are better but they still travel. With Ironton cutting and running In the SEOAL , travel wouldn't have been so bad ( only Portsmouth for a real long trip) and the competition would have been closer to their ability. Don't see that any teams ( boys or girls) benefited from the move to the ECOL L. Oh well !

[marietta]

Move has been just fine for the boys soccer program, they picked up right where they left off. They have won the ECOL title in both seasons that MHS has been a member of the ECOL, after winning 15 SEOAL titles in 21 years from 1990-2010.

I believe cross country has won at least 1 ECOL title as well

[fighting_falcon]

One of the dumbest sports moves in quite awhile. Consider they can't even beat D-VI Rosecrans and get hammered with Dover, New Philly, etc. Roads are better but they still travel. With Ironton cutting and running In the SEOAL , travel wouldn't have been so bad ( only Portsmouth for a real long trip) and the competition would have been closer to their ability. Don't see that any teams ( boys or girls) benefited from the move to the ECOL L. Oh well !

If you are one of those guys who is looking for a league where you can just go to and win in you might consider it dumb. I know the move is a step up in competition, old SEOAL folks won't want to hear that, and will challenge the athletes to work harder. Marietta was not a football power in the SEOAL so moving has not hurt them one bit except there are now no easy wins. Other sports are still challenging for titles just like the days where they were winning the titles in the SEOAL. I for one like the new league way better than the SEOAL.
Ask those SEOAL teams how that non league game week six is working it for them in football.

[Auburntgrfan]

In 1986 Warren left the TVC to get into a more competitive league the SEOAL. One Tri-Championship in football... Year in and year out in the early years wrestling was the only sport that competed, softball followed, boys b-ball of late, other sports occasionally over the years. So the move for Warren has not always worked out well. Not consistently at the top in every sport. Have pushed for title(s) but really haven't become dominant. Can remember the COL that Marietta once belonged to, but teams left and it disbanded did it not have like Upper Arlington, Zanesville, maybe Cambridge, not sure who else. A long time ago. Remains to be seen if the Tigers have made the right move or not. Do wish them success, but......

[mister b]

Going to the ECOL has been tough on football and some other sports for the Tigers. They have had some success in other sports. In the long run, a school's overall athletic success, right or wrong, is determined by the success of the football and boys basketball programs. I don't see much overall success for Marietta in these 2 sports anytime soon.

I really would suggest that Marietta, the remaining members of the SEOAL and the TVC get their heads together and form a new conference with divisions based on school size and geography. It could have as many as 4 divisions and would better prepare all the schools, large and small, boys and girls sports as well, for success in the various post-season tourneys. There are several conferences in Ohio that have 3 more divisions and their schools have benefitted on the field, at the gate and academically from a large, multi-division conference.

Best of luck to the Tigers during the 2013-14 sports season.

[EasternDspy]

Marietta is in good shape ECOL is a great league.

[gotribe]

Does anyone know if there have been any assistant coaching staff additions. Or, hear what kind of numbers have been turning out for conditioning, lifting and so on ???

[Paladin]

Last time I checked , this is the FOOTBALL FORUM. Now some may consider soccer and cross country MACHO, but in the ECOL, not many do. And it shows. The ECOL is a weak league for minor sports. The major sports at most schools in Ohio remain FOOTBALL and boys & girls basketball. For Marietta, it remains as one of the dumbest moves in sports in quite some time. Fact is, they can't even beat D-VI Rosecrans In football. The rest of the league kicks major arse on Marietta. You ideally join any league for competitive reasons, meaning you expect to win some , lose some, but remain in a competitive situation. Marietta isn't competitive in the ECOL and never will be. Are the roads better ? Yep ! But driving distance still remains ( can't use the Ironton excuse here). The simple fact is Marietta jumped ship just as their MOST major travel games where being eliminated ( Ironton & Chilly) as those schools were leaving the league. Other than Portsmouth, who may not stay around. Marietta would have been competitive in the changed SEOAL ( Warren, Logan, Jackson, Gallia & Portsmouth). It isn't a stretch to conclude that Marietta made a DUMB decision to punish their athletic teams by leaving for the ECOL when in the long run , the SEOAL would have been far better from a competitive standpoint. No coach wants to be placed in a situation were his players don't stand a chance of being competitive with the league they are in. That is why many teams have left leagues over the past 100 years -- competitive level. It is the dominate reason among all reasons.

So I stand by my statement -- the move to the ECOL was one of the dumbest moves I've ever seen in the state.

P.S. == BTW , I might add, I was in attendance a few years back at Logan in a game with Marietta where the Chiefs murdered them with +70 points on the board. From a coaching standpoint it was one of the worst examples of a team being woefully unprepared. Marietta ran a Spread O with a tall skinny pass happy QB -- exactly not what to do in using up very little clock ( three incomplete passes & punt all game). Logan got ample opportunity to score at will. Marietta had huge linemen and no attempt was made to establish any run game. Marietta also had some athletes but was so poor on D the game quickly became a rout. My considered opinion was the coach selected a poor O and D to use that year and didn't try to maximize his talent, but rather spotlighted a kid who could pass but wasn't all that good. Translation -- for a star, a team was sacrificed. Its no wonder the season was a bust !

[fighting_falcon]

When Marietta jumped ship the only travel school that had left was Ironton. Chilly surprised the SEOAL and left them high and dry. Portsmouth is still there. Heck Marietta gets home sooner from Riverview and Coshocton than they did from Gallia and those are the longest drives.
Marietta was not that competitive in the SEOAL in football either. Don't expect Marietta to come back and try and save the SEOAL from going under. That league is doomed and I don't see anyone knocking on the door wanting in. The ECOL is a well established league with great traditions. The move is two years old and Marietta has went thru three coaches in the last three years. Give them time to get a staff in and get established, get some athletes back out and then we will see. No doubt the ECOL is stronger in football then the SEOAL ever was but I don't think Marietta should go look for a league where they come in an dominate right away. Play the best to become the best. Don't run from it just work harder, they are high school boys the same as Logan or Marietta has they just chose to do things the correct way and they do them well.

[Pol pot]

I didn't even know Marietta had football.

[surfsider]

Probably a wiser move financially would've been to join (or re-join) the OVAC. Parkersburg South is in it now, and Tigers could still play Cambridge, Magnolia, River, Bellaire, St. Clairsville and save their fans a lot of money driving to events.
I'm no A.D. but Marietta joining the ECOL was a bad a decision as River joining the PVC.