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36 minutes ago, Plymouthfan91 said:

It would be funny to hear what the officials would say to coaches about their coaching moves.

Many baseball umpires have no problem doing this.  When the IUA (Indy) and FWUA (Ft. Wayne) lower themselves to take 13U-16U summer games, they have no problem evaluating coaches.  I'm sure that feedback doesn't occur during the spring high school/college games.

2 hours ago, EasyEJay said:

Lance was asked last min this morning to fill in for Jan Boser, he had almost no prep time 

He was a last-minute replacement for the 1A game last year and did a great job.

1 hour ago, Basementbias said:

79 is a freshman that doesn't usually start on defense but does come in frequently. 

I didn't notice that he was a freshman.  Isn't he the starting center?  That's now going to be my favorite sub-plot:  his LuHi counterpart (#79 Cam McHaney) is also a freshman on the interior D-line.  A 9th grade battle in the trenches!

Tuesday morning, and this topic is already off the rails.

Here's my viewer's guide for Saturday morning:  If you watch replays on the jumbotron and continually see AC's #78 & #79 in the frame, the Jets are winning.  If you don't see #78 & #79 in the replay, the Saints are winning.  I think it's going to be that simple.

2014 1A Regional - Lutheran @ Eastern Hancock

Maybe 5 degrees at game time with at least a 15 mph wind.  I recall hearing the wind chill was -12 degrees.  Eastern Hancock is right next to I-70 with no wind block.  Brutal!

22 minutes ago, foxbat said:

...there was one team that you would have thought was the Catholic school among public schools the way the other teams all gave them the "sideways glance" when they passed by. 😃

I don't know enough about the soccer tourneys, but if I had to guess, I'd say that school was from The Fort!

8 minutes ago, foxbat said:

LuHi's pretty much played TPC since for the past half decade and bounced around on the second open-game.  That second bouncing game might be worth a look.

I think we've seen the last LuHi/TPC matchup for awhile.  Saints probably looking for a new week 9 opponent.

10 minutes ago, BTF said:

I'd be surprised if the two teams didn't reach out to one another when the SAC opened up for business out of conference. My guess is that Indy Lutheran didn't have an opening in Weeks 1 & 2. 

I think this is likely what happened.  Lutheran has had conference games against Beech Grove and Ritter in weeks 1 & 2 for at least a decade.

2 hours ago, foxbat said:

That's a whole lot of *ss-kicking for some 1A schools.  That would potentially pit schools like Clinton Prairie against schools like Tri-West or Concordia.

I'd fully support this plan, so long as Lutheran is one of the 1A schools to get a shot at Concordia!

3 hours ago, DecCoFan said:

Im curious as why no one is talking about the Lutheran and North Decatur game? I believe North has a chance for an upset. Weather will be a factor for the game as its only going to be in the 20's at the start of the game.

What concerned me most was the wind forecast.  ND is an east-west field, and early forecasts had winds from the west at 10-20 mph.  Two teams that like to throw the ball would have been limited for two quarters.  Thankfully the hourly forecast now shows the wind dying down by game time.  Still in the 20s, however.

2 minutes ago, WWFan said:

Not questioning winning isn't fun but more question if thier kids would like to test themselves in 2A after these last couple years

There are some sophomores and freshmen making big contributions fot LuHi this year.  Hopefully they'll get a chance to play in the 2A tourney as upperclassmen.  Until then, they'll just have to play where they are.

2 hours ago, WWFan said:

Only thing I wonder about Lutheran is if they will be bored next year still being in 1A

Moving up won't change the ICC schedule.  The nice thing about being in the best small school conference in the state is that it is never boring.

Maybe the most impressive stat for Lutheran's senior class is that they never lost an ICC game!

4 hours ago, BTF said:

You really think Lutheran could beat Valpo?

Valpo University, absolutely.

Valpo high school, maybe not.

1A Lutheran/North Decatur:

Option 1 - I don't mind the Greenfield Central location, but I'd rather let North Decatur keep the concession revenue.

Option 2 - Franklin Central is .25 miles from LuHi.  Not really a neutral location.  And I DEFINITELY would not favor letting FC keep the concession revenue from a game between two 1A schools.

We're in year 1 of the current cycle.  One more year before teams move.

32 minutes ago, Yuccaguy said:

Are your ready to PAY for a "replay official" that's on-site (and rules intelligent enough to convey the correct administrations?).... 

If that is the case for the brevity of the IHSAA...I am retiring tomorrow and becoming a replay official.  

The scope of this discussion is the state finals.  That's two days.  Six games.  Adding a replay official is not going to break the IHSAA football committee's budget.

I just don't understand the hesitation.

Assume that the added capability of replay, properly utilized, is a net benefit to the championship game.  Is that a wild assumption?  The work of implementation is agreeing to what "properly utilized" means.  The cost of implementation would be just the tech to utilize the existing camera angles, and maybe another game official in the booth.

Even if the net benefit to the championship games turns out to be small, it would have no effect on the rest of the tournament.  It's only if the net benefit is determined to be large would there be a push to deploy it in the earlier rounds.

As for the "slippery slope", we're already over the edge.  Nearly every coach already has access to in-game replay on the sidelines.  That's proven to be such a valuable coaching tool that it's not going away.  The only change will be to make it cheaper, faster and more reliable.  That we don't allow officials to use it during the game is ridiculous.

50 minutes ago, FlyingHigh said:

North Decatur @ Sheridan (JH has ND 35-24) - Not sure about this one. It's been assumed most of the year that North Decatur would match up against Lutheran in semistate. Can the Sheridan tradition get it done? I doubt it.

I don't understand the JH prediction for this game.  I understand it aligns closely with the Sagarin rating (which would make it even closer than 11 pts).  But watching both teams, I don't see Sheridan keeping up with North Decatur.  The Sheridan running back is a load, but he's nowhere near as fast as Tri's big running back.  And Sheridan doesn't have nearly the passing game to keep up if North Decatur stops the run.

I've watched so many North Decatur games, that I admit to no longer being objective.  I've become a big fan of the Chargers.  Their defense is fast and fun to watch fly to the ball.  I like their passing game, and am a fan of the QB who also makes a two-way impact as a defensive end.  I love the fact that the QB is named Carson Parmer (for a kid born in '05/'06, I can only assume his parents are Bengals fans).  The only way Sheridan keeps this game within 11 points is if they have a defensive tackle named Kimo von Oerhoffen!

3 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

OK, poor comparison however convince me changing the officiating for one game is a good idea? Why is the ship more important than the SS? What about all those alleged state finals we see in the early rounds of the tournament?

In that case, why play the championship game at LOS?  How much expense could be avoided by extending the home/away criteria beyond the SS game and just providing the away team with a travel stipend?  Why hire a third party to broadcast the games? Just repackage the stream already in place (Indiana SRN, Berne Witness, Summit City Sports, etc.), or simply don't broadcast it if there isn't a stream in place.

The championship game is different.  The incremental step from no replay to replay requires little cost.  This isn't like the weeks after the 2014 1A championship when the GID debated the possibility of additional crew members on the field requiring a significant change in mechanics.  We're talking about using an existing broadcast stream, and allowing an official to overrule the crew on the field when warranted.

Progress over perfection.

11 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

I can legally carry a fully loaded ready to rock and roll AR-15/AK-47/ pick your favorite scary gun around downtown Indy on a shoulder sling. Just because I can doesn’t mean I should. 

Quite the comparison.

If I was a Pioneer coach in the 2014 1A finals, I'd be in favor of replay for the championship game.

4 minutes ago, foxbat said:

I agree for the finals.  Was just wondering if it was only for finals, as per the thread title, or possibly extended to a bigger part of the post-season as per the National Federation's new rule.

My opinion would be different for all rounds prior to the finals, for all the reasons you bring up.  Even though the IHSAA claims ownership of all tourney images, they're simply repackaging what previously existed at the sites.  There's too much variability in image/network quality for it to reliable before the finals.

5 minutes ago, foxbat said:

Just curious ... who would foot the bill for the tech and the extra body in the booth?  I'm assuming that the extra bodies would come from ref teams that did not have latter post-season duties?

Aren't there already observers from the zebra community in the booth for every game?  Would it be a stretch to add replay to their duties?  If you define what can be reviewed, surely this would be possible.

As for tech, the only additional cost would be the equipment required to deliver the images already being captured in broadcast quality by at least four cameras to the sideline.  Surely the cost of this spread over six games is would not be an obstacle.

Last year, each participant in all six class finals had some form of replay on the sideline.  As a 1A school with no money, we found a way to make even the cheapest replay system deliver two camera angles, despite the challenges of delivering video over WAN in an NFL stadium.

There are no significant obstacles to replay, other than deciding to deploy it.

10 minutes ago, Boilernation said:

Where did he transfer from?

Beech Grove.

1 hour ago, Donnie Baker said:

Didn’t someone say this might be close?

In my defense, I said it could go two ways.  Apparently the coaches chose plan B!