D7 R25 2023

YTownPenguin06 said:
WR will prove a lot of people wrong in the tournament. They can beat and lose to anyone. So they are dangerous. I think they win out every game except the showdown with Springfield. At that point we will see.
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you can't say that when you were beat at home by a junior hi team you're going to get a lot of backlash
 
Hoist the Black said:
Ya
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Barnesville is a prime example of a team with paper tiger syndrome. They need to play Dalton, Kirtland, Moggy, Lucas, Hartley, — even St Clairsville. They need an actual challenge. I’ve watched Barnesville from time to time (streaming/film) and they legitimately are a team that can have more playoff success if they stopped treating the regular season like it’s the damn Super Bowl.
 
Jaws31 said:
Obviously Harrison Central isn't good either. Malvern looked like JR high team. Dalton, Danville, Springfield and possibly Lucas would rout them.
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We will see how it all plays out. I’m not saying Malvern is at the top of this region, I’m just saying they have a nice team this year for a very small D7 public school.
 
Mec0441 said:
We will see how it all plays out. I’m not saying Malvern is at the top of this region, I’m just saying they have a nice team this year for a very small D7 public school.
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I think they will win a game or two in the playoffs. They should have a decent seed.
 
The Dock said:
Barnesville is a prime example of a team with paper tiger syndrome. They need to play Dalton, Kirtland, Moggy, Lucas, Hartley, — even St Clairsville. They need an actual challenge. I’ve watched Barnesville from time to time (streaming/film) and they legitimately are a team that can have more playoff success if they stopped treating the regular season like it’s the damn Super Bowl.
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That is the biggest problem for most schools. They would rather have a 9-1 or 10-0 "conference champs!!" shirt than playoff success. My personal favorite is the "10-0 undefeated season" shirts, they conveniently leave out the "we got running clocked in the first round" part.
 
Jaws31 said:
That is the biggest problem for most schools. They would rather have a 9-1 or 10-0 "conference champs!!" shirt than playoff success. My personal favorite is the "10-0 undefeated season" shirts, they conveniently leave out the "we got running clocked in the first round" part.
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Yup. This⬇️ happens for a reason.

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Palucc was a sophmore, Matty was a freshman, urch was a sophomore. Anthony Davis was a senior and hit like a truck. At St. Mary's I played with a lot of the youngins that came up. Sorry if I'm wrong the actual HS years, but we all played together at one point. Dibby was a soph. when we played with the Barrackman, Tim Ryan team and didn't win. The next year was the changer. Our 91 team combined with the 92 team was probably the most talented team in Kennedy History. My number was one. Because we won the the state Championship. Campbell beat us early in the season, but thats when Campbell was the toughest team around. Bricks thrown at the bus were something else. But at the end of the day we beat Springfield CC. Yes I played with the Niles crew at Kennedy, Munno, Weeks, Mocash, Naples... and so on and so forth. We should have beat Wheelsburg. So I apologize to Jaws and all his fans, but I'm just very disappointed at the state of affairs at our High School. We will survive.
 
NEOne said:
Palucc was a sophmore, Matty was a freshman, urch was a sophomore. Anthony Davis was a senior and hit like a truck. At St. Mary's I played with a lot of the youngins that came up. Sorry if I'm wrong the actual HS years, but we all played together at one point. Dibby was a soph. when we played with the Barrackman, Tim Ryan team and didn't win. The next year was the changer. Our 91 team combined with the 92 team was probably the most talented team in Kennedy History. My number was one. Because we won the the state Championship. Campbell beat us early in the season, but thats when Campbell was the toughest team around. Bricks thrown at the bus were something else. But at the end of the day we beat Springfield CC. Yes I played with the Niles crew at Kennedy, Munno, Weeks, Mocash, Naples... and so on and so forth. We should have beat Wheelsburg. So I apologize to Jaws and all his fans, but I'm just very disappointed at the state of affairs at our High School. We will survive.
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Apology accepted. I too am incredibly disappointed in the way things went down. They have a very steep hill to climb but eventually they might get back. Changes need to happen though and I'm not sure they will.
 
The Dock said:
Barnesville is a prime example of a team with paper tiger syndrome. They need to play Dalton, Kirtland, Moggy, Lucas, Hartley, — even St Clairsville. They need an actual challenge. I’ve watched Barnesville from time to time (streaming/film) and they legitimately are a team that can have more playoff success if they stopped treating the regular season like it’s the damn Super Bowl.
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I’ve said this for years. Meadowbrook comes to mind as well. Also, River’s line play is best described as: disinterested.
 
Thank you sir, Hopefully we'll get back to our old ways. Though I agree its going to be tough. Just for laughs, do you remember the old days when Jimmy Coates and Rindfuss and all those guys were at Kennedy? that was some tough football.
 
Hoist the Black said:
I’ve said this for years. Meadowbrook comes to mind as well. Also, River’s line play is best described as: disinterested.
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River’s line does better against s— that isn’t Barnesville. Let me lift that mick’s analysis from hellhole forum, since I think that person is spot-on in what they identified as the issue.


Have get work done in the trenches to have any chance. Credit to Barnesville’s line; big, weight room pay-off and good with their feet. River has size on the other side of that, but they aren’t working technical — that’s where the plan dies. Can’t plug if your first level is getting escorted to the Belmont County line. Can’t fill if the o-line is disciplined in their blocking and beating non-green helmets at point of attack.

That front 7 is either there with the know-how and the tools to do what needs done, or it isn’t. They aren’t there tonight. All good. Still a good unit that can flush tonight and move on. May have been too tall of a task, beyond their capabilities. There won’t be anyone left on the Pilots’ schedule that has what Barnesville brings to the table.

It may be that in the matter of a week, for a weird game in the middle of the schedule, that you aren’t going to do much gameplanning or intense film work to meter out how that offense is different and therefore requires different s— that needs done.
 
The Dock said:
River’s line does better against s— that isn’t Barnesville. Let me lift that mick’s analysis from hellhole forum, since I think that person is spot-on in what they identified as the issue.


Have get work done in the trenches to have any chance. Credit to Barnesville’s line; big, weight room pay-off and good with their feet. River has size on the other side of that, but they aren’t working technical — that’s where the plan dies. Can’t plug if your first level is getting escorted to the Belmont County line. Can’t fill if the o-line is disciplined in their blocking and beating non-green helmets at point of attack.

That front 7 is either there with the know-how and the tools to do what needs done, or it isn’t. They aren’t there tonight. All good. Still a good unit that can flush tonight and move on. May have been too tall of a task, beyond their capabilities. There won’t be anyone left on the Pilots’ schedule that has what Barnesville brings to the table.

It may be that in the matter of a week, for a weird game in the middle of the schedule, that you aren’t going to do much gameplanning or intense film work to meter out how that offense is different and therefore requires different s— that needs done.
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Makes me wonder how we would've fared against them.
 
The Dock said:
River’s line does better against s— that isn’t Barnesville. Let me lift that mick’s analysis from hellhole forum, since I think that person is spot-on in what they identified as the issue.


Have get work done in the trenches to have any chance. Credit to Barnesville’s line; big, weight room pay-off and good with their feet. River has size on the other side of that, but they aren’t working technical — that’s where the plan dies. Can’t plug if your first level is getting escorted to the Belmont County line. Can’t fill if the o-line is disciplined in their blocking and beating non-green helmets at point of attack.

That front 7 is either there with the know-how and the tools to do what needs done, or it isn’t. They aren’t there tonight. All good. Still a good unit that can flush tonight and move on. May have been too tall of a task, beyond their capabilities. There won’t be anyone left on the Pilots’ schedule that has what Barnesville brings to the table.

It may be that in the matter of a week, for a weird game in the middle of the schedule, that you aren’t going to do much gameplanning or intense film work to meter out how that offense is different and therefore requires different s— that needs done.
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The coaching staff for River is clearly aware of their disadvantages as they’re “twinning” at MLB trying disguise the mic. But they’re playing catch-up immediately. No read. No blitz. No edge.

There are 5 teams exposing Rivers front 7-8 in region 25. (Not named Malvern)
 
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