I hope you didn't mean to say Amanda has more speed than HP, because it's simply not true.Calbear wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:31 pmA-C has more and depth than HP. That’s just a fact. HP’s numbers aren’t good whereas A-C has a ton of seniors who have played football their entire lives. This isn’t bravado; this is confidence in the strength of one program versus a program that hasn’t proven anything at this higher divisionformerfcfan wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:23 amTo quote Judas Priest, AC has "got another thing coming" with HP. They simply do not match up well. Maybe if the Aces were in power football with dominant blocking could they pull the upset, but their offense is not going to get much going on Saturday running out of the spread. HP defense is way faster than BC's. BC might (operative word, "might") have some more fundamental strengths as a unit but HP is going to close in and swarm hard to the ball. They're very well-coached, like BC. Zone-running isn't going to get AC diddly on Prep.Calbear wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:22 pm
This is AC’s game to lose. All the expectations are on HP even though AC is playing with a phenomenal senior class. If the coach would actually let them play they would probably have only lost two games in a schedule where almost every school was way bigger than them. HP will be lucky to keep up with the AC team speed if they are allowed to use it!
I would love to be wrong, because I'm always happy to see the Aces do well. But there is absolutely no serious chance they are going to out-athlete HP. No one serious who has watched both teams play, and understands how the two programs play, would agree with your bravado.
HP's speed is real. You guys aren't playing Independence from a few years ago. HP does a lot of the little things right; they play cogently, fundamentally and with lots of preparation. They hit the weight room well, also. If you guys were playing one of Jack Johnson's HP teams from earlier in the decade I'd pick AC, but not against the current HP and their staff.
Depth advantage? OK. Perhaps. Let's say AC does have more depth. That would certainly play into Amanda's favor if, if, if HP was poorly-conditioned. I've yet to see that with any HP team under the current regime. I just see that purported advantage as neutralized.
Daulton's a good coach -- I don't entirely agree/disagree with the comments on him w/r/t preparation, planning and motivation. The loss to St. Charles is a head-scratcher. FU would be the same boat. Teays and BC? I don't see how either is on him, TBH. The reality is there will continue to be a low-ceiling for them in the Buckeye being the second-smallest school in the league (was smallest until LU came back.) Amanda is more capable of playing with teams in today's age of football under his direction than they were before he came to the twin-townships over from Berne. Absent massive lines with big backs and the numbers up to where you can single-platoon on Defense -- being able to have all three of those things, and do it -- there is a limitation on what Amanda can achieve in the Buckeye. Playoff wise they can compete in the region, but HP is just a bad draw for them.