Punttheball

As a coaching staff, we have decided to stay away from 7 on 7.  We feel that it has very little carry over to real football.  I know many still do it.  I would like to hear from coaches about their reasoning for or against it.  

We really feel that we need to use our days for either skill development or 11 on 11.  What are other coaches feelings?

17 hours ago, GB4 said:

I hope the Colts target Dee Ford or Demarcus Lawrence to help generate that pass rush. I think the whole T.Y.  not being a real  #1 WR argument is silly, but the Colts do need to draft a WR early to help take some pressure off of T.Y. I personally like N'Keal Harry out of Arizona State.

GB 

I am not sure anyone said TY wasn't a real #1 WR.  IMO he isn't the guy that catches 8 to 9 balls a game no matter what is going on with coverage.  I feel that he gets lost in the shuffle at times.  Guys like  Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, A. B., Sshuster, Adams, and Hill seem to cause defenses fits all of the time.  Hilton seems to get eliminated in some games.  He was better this year than in the past, but he does have a history of this.  It is tough to argue against that.  I have seen it every year with him.  Not to mention he will always be a week to week guy with injuries.  That has followed him his entire career also.

Totally agree with you on Demarcus Lawrence.  I think he is a stud.  Would be a great add.  I do not know anything about Dee Ford.

11 minutes ago, NRRaider2001 said:

Not a total shock though if you've followed the Denzelle Good story after he left Indy.  He was also one of McDaniels hires and benefited from some serious new/young talents on the line this year.

https://coltswire.usatoday.com/2018/12/28/indianapolis-colts-denzelle-good-oakland-raiders-dave-deguglielmo-release/

The Denzel’s Good situation was bad. Kind of stayed hush hush.  I kind of forgot about that.

41 minutes ago, CoachDale said:

He's allegedly good at the footballing, people talk. Been a long time since anything like that level of offer was around these parts. Realistically I can't think of one. Lots of kids I thought could garner it, but rare air for sure.

His brother was offered by Alabama a year ago! Really has been a long time.

1 hour ago, CoachJackson said:

So this is what I have for classes based on the numbers. I almost guarantee there are multiple errors so call it out if you see it.

6A				5A				4A				3A				2A				1A
#	School	Enrollment		#	School	Enrollment		#	School	Enrollment		#	School	Enrollment		#	School	Enrollment		#	School	Enrollment
1	Carmel	5286		1	Jeffersonville	2035		1	Greenfield Central	1453		1	Ev Bosse	800		1	Monrovia	536		1	Eastern Greene	370
2	Ben Davis	4499		2	FW Northrop	2032		2	Martinsville	1435		2	Norwell	800		2	Wheeler	535		2	South Putnam	370
3	Warren Central	3821		3	Harrison WL	1979		3	Northridge	1397		3	Brebeuf Jesuit	791		3	Fairfield	532		3	Monroe Central	368
4	North Central	3727		4	Castle	1965		4	Pendleton Heights	1383		4	Hammond	780		4	Woodlan	525		4	Madison-Grant	367
5	Fishers	3509		5	Goshen	1923		5	Ev Reitz	1378		5	SB Washington	778		5	Speedway	522		5	Covenant Christian	365
6	Penn	3338		6	Whiteland	1916		6	Mooresville	1372		6	West Lafayette	775		6	Western Boone	520		6	Clinton Prairie	363
7	Lake Central	3316		7	SB Adams	1913		7	FW Wayne	1369		7	Twin Lakes	769		7	Manchester	513		7	Perry Central	363
8	Pike	3295		8	FW Snider	1860		8	Hammond Morton	1358		8	Scottsburg	768		8	Blackford	511		8	South Knox	361
9	HSE	3273		9	Decatur Central	1845		9	FW South	1358		9	Franklin County	764		9	Bremen	509		9	Cloverdale	359
10	Avon	3095		10	New Albany	1833		10	Muncie Central	1341		10	Hammond Clark	763		10	Frankton	507		10	South Adams	352
11	Noblesville	3001		11	LaPorte	1819		11	Mt Vernon	1322		11	Guerin Catholic	761		11	Southmont	507		11	Churubusco	350
12	Crown Point	2855		12	Floyd Central	1815		12	Hobart	1282		12	Edgewood	756		12	Tipton	505		12	Knightstown	349
13	Brownsburg	2810		13	Anderson	1810		13	Richmond	1278		13	Owen Valley	752		13	Eastbrook	500		13	Park Tudor	343
14	Franklin Central	2804		14	McCutcheon	1782		14	Ev Harrison	1250		14	Washington	746		14	Rensselaer Central	498		14	Gary Roosevelt	343
15	Arsenal Tech	2608		15	TH North	1769		15	Greenwood	1246		15	FW Concordia	740		15	Ev Mater Dei	497		15	Hagerstown	340
16	Lawrence North	2596		16	Bloomington South	1747		16	East Central	1225		16	Hamilton Heights	739		16	Rochester	497		16	North Decatur	340
17	Center Grove	2521		17	TH South	1733		17	Logansport	1212		17	Vincennes	735		17	Centerville	491		17	Parke Heritage	336
18	Perry Meridian	2445		18	Bloomington North	1709		18	Jennings County	1203		18	Greensburg	734		18	Bluffton	478		18	North Judson	331
19	Portage	2436		19	Plainfield	1696		19	Roncalli	1188		19	Indy Washington	721		19	Whiting	477		19	Fountain Central	328
20	Homestead	2424		20	Ev North	1684		20	East Noble	1180		20	Chatard	714		20	Lapel	473		20	South Decatur	328
21	FW Carroll	2412		21	Concord	1657		21	Ev Central	1165		21	Hanover Central	709		21	Triton Central	466		21	Carroll Flora	324
22	Westfield	2334		22	Kokomo	1630		22	Shelbyville	1164		22	Gibson Southern	703		22	Heritage Christian	462		22	South Central	322
23	Lawrence Central	2290		23	Elkhart Central	1618		23	SB Riley	1148		23	Batesville	700		23	Mitchell	462		23	Sheridan	310
24	Southport	2254		24	Michigan City	1611		24	East Chicago Central	1140		24	Manual	695		24	Alexandria	461		24	Riverton Parke	309
25	Merrillville	2187		25	Franklin	1590		25	Highland	1122		25	Rushville	695		25	Wabash	456		25	Tecumseh	302
26	Warsaw	2103		26	Elkhart Memorial	1567		26	DeKalb	1119		26	Crawfordsville	394		26	Paoli	455		26	Cambridge City Lincoln	299
27	Lafayette Jeff	2063		27	FW North	1550		27	Lowell	1118		27	Bellmont	692		27	Shenandoah	451		27	Fremont	298
28	Columbus North	2063		28	Seymour	1522		28	Jasper	1105		28	Corydon Central	691		28	North Posey	450		28	North Daviess	296
29	Chesterton	2063		29	Munster	1521		29	Columbia City	1102		29	Charlestown	691		29	Crawford County	450		29	Lafayette Central Catholic	287
30	Zionsville	2055		30	Mishawaka	1477		30	Cathedral	1099		30	North Harrison	685		30	Eastern Pekin	448		30	Covington	280
31	Valparaiso	2054		31	Bedford NL	1471		31	Plymouth	1097		31	Lawrenceburg	678		31	Whitko	438		31	North Miami	279
32	Columbus East	1475		32	Huntington North	1459		32	Marion	1082		32	West Noble	675		32	Cass	438		32	Southwood	278
				33	New Palestine	1175		33	Attucks	1058		33	Mishawaka Marian	645		33	Clarksville	436		33	Wes-Del	277
				34	FW Dwenger	1015		34	Gary West	1043		34	Peru	641		34	Cascade	431		34	Clinton Central	277
								35	New Haven	1043		35	Maconaquah	636		35	Delphi	431		35	Northfield	275
								36	Kankakee Valley	1041		36	Calumet	629		36	Tell City	430		36	West Washington	273
								37	Connersville	1028		37	Brown County	619		37	North Putnam	428		37	Triton	270
								38	Shortridge	1027		38	Princeton	617		38	Scecina	427		38	Lighthouse East	269
								39	Northview	1016		39	Indian Creek	613		39	Central Noble	426		39	Union City	269
								40	SB Clay	988		40	Mt Vernon	603		40	Union County	422		40	North Central	269
								41	Jay County	987		41	Heritage Hills	601		41	Winchester	422		41	West Central	262
								42	Lebanon	973		42	Northwestern	595		42	South Spencer	421		42	Springs Valley	257
								43	New Castle	970		43	Jimtown	595		43	Elwood	416		43	Southern Wells	256
								44	Leo	965		44	Glenn	594		44	Andrean	414		44	Anderson Prep Academy	248
								45	New Prairie	961		45	Heritage	593		45	Prairie Heights	412		45	North White	245
								46	Wawasee	939		46	Gerrett	591		46	Switzerland County	406		46	Tri	241
								47	Beech Grove	935		47	West Vigo	590		47	Eastside	405		47	North Vermillion	241
								48	Boonville	914		48	Tri-West	588		48	Eastern Hancock	394		48	Edinburgh	241
								49	Frankfort	904		49	Lakeland	572		49	North Knox	394		49	Culver Community	239
								50	NorthWood	901		50	Knox	571		50	North Newton	393		50	Tri-Central	237
								51	Angola	885		51	North Montgomery	570		51	Linton-Stockton	391		51	Tindley	232
								52	Hammond Gavit	878		52	Salem	567		52	Bowman Academy	391		52	Lutheran	225
								53	Silver Creek	875		53	Ritter	566		53	Forest Park	387		53	South Newton	225
								54	Madison	867		54	Pike Central	563		54	LaVille	386		54	Oldenburg	219
								55	SB St. Joseph's	857		55	Brownstown Central	562		55	Howe	385		55	Frontier	215
								56	Delta	850		56	Benton Central	559		56	Providence	385		56	Caston	211
								57	Western	849		57	River Forest	550		57	Northeastern	383		57	Tri-County	210
								58	Culver	845		58	Greencastle	549		58	Seeger	380		58	Attica	199
								59	South Dearborn	826		59	Oak Hill	548		59	Milan	380		59	Traders Point Christian	128
								60	Griffith	823		60	Sullivan	547		60	Taylor	379		60	Rock Creek Academy	128
								61	Mississinewa	812		61	Tippecanoe Valley	544		61	Winamac	376		61	Indiana Deaf	121
								62	Yorktown	803		62	South Vermillion	544		62	Lake Station	373		62
								63	Danville	801		63	FW Luers	542		63	Adams Central	371		63
								64	Ev Memorial	609		64	Southridge	520		64	Pioneer	288		64

Missing Eastern Howard and Boone Grove.  I think there is one more.

18 hours ago, NRRaider2001 said:

Gonna use most of their money to re-sign their own/extend contracts. 

Probably a few mid tier signings like Autry, Ebron, Inman, etc...but don't see him going crazy spending when he has said over and over you build championship teams through the draft.

They need an elite receiver and pass rusher...right now neither is on the roster.  Some may feel TY is that guy...he isn’t.  He is a great compliment...but he cannot carry a team.  

I do not feel that the Colts will resign as many of the rfa/urfa’s as people think.  I agree that some will be signed.  IMO they are to close to say they are just going to wait on draft talent to develop around Luck.  He needs an elite WR now.  My 2 cents.

2 minutes ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Colts letting the OL coach go.  He was the 1 coach that stayed after McDaniels essentially hired him,  Reich wants his "own" guy.     Very surprising considering how well OL played 

Wow! This is shocking.  

So the Colts way passed my expectations this fall.  Anyone that said they thought the Colts could accomplish making the playoffs this season and win a game in the playoffs, is a liar.  I don't think Chris Ballard would even say the Colts accomplished more than he thought possible this year.  

Very excited for this off season.  The Colts have 9 draft picks and over $100 million in cap space.  They will sign a few guys back and make some moves.  Who do they bring back?  Who do they target in Free Agency?  I'm not sure Ballard can play the waiting game.  This team needs a few nice veteran adds to go along with the young talent.  I would dangle Brissett for additional draft picks.  He will leave after next year anyway without any compensation.  I'm not sure we can afford to keep him if we can get a second rounder out of him.  We might be able to get more.  I believe there are like 10 teams that need Qb's and very few NFL ready college guys in the draft.  His stock falls right in behind Foles of Philly.  What do the rest of you think?

4 minutes ago, Fballfan15 said:

Tipton loses a ton but still have a lot of talent especially in the current sophomores(next years Juniors). Jayvin Lyons was a 2 way starter and Junior All state as a sophomore. He lead the team in tackles. Played OL last year but could move to RB or TE. Drew Pearce started at WR/S as a sophomore and should be a big time weapon running and receiving. Stephens was Junior All State on the OL. Tipton will need to replace QB(big shoes to fill), RB, 2 Wr’s and 3 OL. Lyons, Pearce, Stephens, and Ramsey are all returning starters on defense. Several others played quite a bit. I expect Tipton to be solid this year and then really good again in 2020. KJ Roudebush was offered a scholarship to UIndy. Visiting Marian and Kentucky Weselyn this week. His replacement will be Sam Edwards who is a lot like Kellen a Woods from a few years ago. 

Cass is my favorite on our side this year. Western will still be good but Gifford will be tough to replace. Heights should be better but who knows. I thought they would be good this past year. NW was young and will be improved. 

Good insight into Tipton.  By just sheer numbers, Western has to be the favorite on the East side every year.  Ault will be a tough one for them to replace, but I am sure they have someone waiting in the wings.  That single wing is very tough to stop for schools on the East side of the division.  Will they make any offensive changes?  They made an early exit from the tournament last year.  Can they run that offense against good 4a talent?

Any insight on HH's new OC?

Restarting the conversation.  Let the posting begin.