Purdue Pete

If u got 2 backfields then u don’t have one?

They were very good at / very successful running that offense. It was fun to watch the few times I got to see it. But not many coaches today are fans of double TE / full house back field. Which why I assume a change is coming.

Big shake up. High expectations for new coach. Leo graduated a lot of talent last year. Can’t imagine they stick with that offense… couple months to put in a new offense. Kokomo, Angola, Norwell to start the season.

Was little surprised to see AC’s 1st 3 games. Could be tough sledding early for a team that lost a ton. I’m sure the younger kids are good but the difference between jrs and seniors is significant. Win with seniors. That being said the ACAC is down a little given SA is in rebuild mode for awhile… Bluffton lost bunch of seniors. … maybe Heritage or Jay Co can put something together. Regardless, plenty of time to “get right” before tournament. Am predicting “dark horse” 1A rep from the North at LOS this year… am going with Triton.

Old Miss not Maconaquah

Looks like NE8 gets it’s own post season tournament. I suspect there was a desire to delay or eliminate a Maconaquah sectional match up with Wayne / NH.

The decision in 3A north to bring Delta and Yorktown to Fort Wayne and to add Tipp Valley to 28 is very odd. Almost an extra hr drive for everyone? Makes no sense to me. Decision to move West Lafayette complicates Marian’s yearly waltz to semi state.

Hopefully it stays. Now that Busco is in 2A there isn’t anyone else in the North for the jets to play.

Norwell stays 3A and avoids a possible Kokomo sectional but still has to deal with sectional 28 coming North and now Delta? Am calling it a wash.

Happily surprised to see both Norwell and AC stay put in 3A and 1A. 👍

Yes please. Also looking for an answer here.

U probably also still consider Kelly Clarkson thin.

Agree talent key. Assuming there is talent in the building, the coach can either pull those talented kids into the program or drive them away. After a long stint of losing seasons the new coach will need to find a 7th or 8th grade team to invest in, endure 4 years of misery and then hopefully see the turn around. See Norwell High school past seasons on John Harrell as an example. Watched the fall and resurrection first hand.

Not sure they would “dominate” 4A but would probably be the favorite to win sectional 20 if that’s where they land. That would require a couple Fort Wayne schools to shift to a Northern sectional to make room for Kokomo and Norwell who will likely be moving up. Am interested to see how the 4A sectionals shake out in the North.

So the 2 keys are 1) be a 1A school and 2) have Jack Kiser got it

From a football perspective definitely some benefits to recruiting from that wrestling room. However I have seen some downside in watching some smaller linemen cut down to 195 or 220 while the OL coach would like to see them bulking up in the weight room all winter.

Follow up to this… 15 years down the road… what criteria is used to evaluate whether or not we were right about these guys? answer: Ws the criteria used to evaluate a potential coach should be directly related to their ability to produce Ws. imo: ability to communicate and build relationships with kids. parents and coaches is the most important characteristic. Much more about Jimmys and Joe’s than Xs and Os.

Interested in what criteria people used or would use to nominate an individual,

Correct… and regardless who was to blame for what went down… if ur an AD trying to decide who to pick up … definitely going to consider it

The way the season ended probably isn’t helping.

I’d be surprised if AC or SA give up Belmont first 2 weeks. AC would be a good game next couple years. SA would’ve been able to compete last few years but not now.

East Noble has a very impressive program. I believe they finished 3rd in the NE8 the last 2 years so not sure where the “weak conference” comment is coming from. Grant Moser has done a really nice job over the past few years at SA. They had a ton of talent roll through. He has his work cut out for him over the next few years. While the ACAC guarantees 4-5 conference wins per year it could be tough sledding at SA for a few years. Colby’s time at Mac was puzzling. They returned a ton that year including their do everything back. Guess one could blame it on covid like everything else but that was a very disappointing year for Mac.

Great game

Reverse pass on 3rd and 8?