Only a few schools around here pay their coaches good money. The schools that do usually have a better program. But most coaches coach because they love the game and enjoy working with the kids. From what I hear about Rider is he is a good man and the players love him. I would like to see him win more games though. That's all I'm saying. Running the ball to the weak side against north was open all night long and for some reason rider would not run the ball that way, instead he chose to run to Rowes and the rbs side( the strong side, the side where the tight end is lined up just in case you didn't know). Also, didn't see any option or draw plays in the running game. The passing went for too many long passes, slants or short passes to the tight end are very high percentage passes. These are things that make me queshion him. I dont get why it takes so long for the coaching staff to understand.
As for the defense, I thought the run defense looked okay when North didn't stretch the ball outside. Still seeing a lot of arm tackling going on instead of wrapping up. Volunteer still struggles with defending the screen pass, I would think they would teach the players how to stop it. It seems like it takes volunteer to week 4 to be where they should have been at week 1. The defense has to be able to hold teams under 28 points a game.
I'm well aware of volunteer only having 1 winning season in 30 years. That is truely sad. You talk like it's because volunteer's players dont have enough talent to compete and no blame should fall on the coaching staff. I totally disagree, volunteer has enough talent to have winning seasons. Its the coaching staffs job to develop the players they have and give the kids the best chance to win.
I don't care if they lose every game as long as the players were given the best opportunity to win. I don't think that is asking too much.