It’s funny when I said Otsego wasn’t going to be good people said I was wrong. Hmm wonder who knew something. Lindke will always try finding a “better” job and moving up. He is a fraud.
It's one thing to namelessly critique play on an online forum, but to go throwing out insults, man. Fraud is a pretty big claim. I'd love to hear how Lindke hurt you. It's going to be okay. Jokes aside, I'd love to hear your reasoning on why he's a fraud. He left a program where he would have walked away with a state championship last year to come to little ole Otsego. If you're a community member, it sounds as though you haven't provided much help as you're probably echoing these statements out in the community rather than trying to help support the football program. Maybe it's folks like yourself that are fraudulent.
That said, it is looking rough for Otsego this year. Coaching can always be better no matter where you are, but I feel the 0-2 start is more a product of their out of conference schedule. I was surprised this year when I noticed the change. The problem will potentially be compounded by the new additions to the league this year as well. I think this same team playing last years schedule is going into LC this week 2-0. However, BG and Tinora are a huge upgrade over Wynford and Van Buren. The league itself lost two perennial bottom dwellers. Sure, Elmwood had success the last few years with a very good class. This year, they aren't that. Woodmore was terrible. So looking at a schedule with Wynford, Van Buren, Elmwood, and Woodmore along with Fostoria instantly gets Otsego to 5 wins. That would leave battles with Rossford and potentially Genoa. You're pretty easily looking at a 6 or 7 win season with that schedule.
The league has changed and gotten a lot tougher. Maumee is instantly leaps and bounds better than Woodmore and probably better than Elmwood this year. Oak Harbor comes in an is instantly the class of the league along with Eastwood. Any of the DV teams that get in to the playoffs from the NBC are going to be a tough draw, no matter the record this year. If Otsego figures out how to stop people and gets hot, they could finish 6-4. If they can't hold it together and let things unravel, the could finish 2-8. Looking at Maumee, they seem to be getting better each week and have solid young players. They're not going to be at the very bottom of the league this year. Still thinking around 4-6 or 3-7. Maumee could battle Rossford and Otsego, which would be awesome for their future.
With Elmwood and Woodmore gone, someone has to take their place. It might be Otsego. Solid football programs are the product of the whole community and/or school district, not just the head football coach. If Otsego (or any other district) doesn't want to be the replacement at the bottom, they need to look within and evaluate how important it is that they win games and then what they're doing to support that (offseason, boosters, weight room, community involvement, lifting kids playing multiple sports, recruiting their hallways, etc...).
I kind of got off on a tangent there, but please, explain why you think so low of Lindke. I'm genuinely interested if there's something going on over at Otsego that isn't common knowledge. I'm interested to see the outcome of the Otsego/LC game but I think I'm probably going to head to Oak Harbor vs Port Clinton or Genoa vs Huron this week instead. Side note, Huron is a great place to watch a game if anyone is thinking about who they want to watch this week.
