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Canefan.....we have done this ALL season on a consistent basis regardless of the weather or competition level, and for the most part been able to overcome it because of superior talent.....but you see what happens when you play teams with equal or better talent like Fulton and Greeneville you get blown out. Hatchers offense is one that is effective but is a high risk because of all the misdirection and pitches and takes a great deal of dicipline and concentration....something that this team is lacking in despite quite a bit of talent at most positions IMO.

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I will miss the Devils as a rival....however the way the Hispanic population is multipling in Hamblen County there may be new rivals in the future....Morristown North & Morristown South!!

Should be a good game ....but if East expects to win they better eliminate the turnovers and mistakes it will beat you every time. BTW who is the home team this year?

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It was Chavez Francisco, and he is NOT hispanic. Yes they are allowed to play, but very few do. Most are more suited to play soccer than football.

I realize the buck stops with the coaches in particular the head coach, but unless they ate some stupid pills over the summer this is the same group of coaches that you and most parents...fans were prasing one year ago. I have seen the same thing happen far too many times down through the years. Just recently coach Smith comes in inherits a ton of talent goes 8-3 and everybody is singing his praises. Most of that talent graduates they return to a sub .500 team and he has suddenly lost his ability to coach. Kinda like Randy Sanders took the brunt of the blame while at Tennessee, but look what he has done at Kentucky. Having a Woodson at QB with athletes around him can make you look pretty good as a coach. I don't pretend to know what the problem is, but assume it is a combination of things. If you don't support the coaches then you are not supporting the TEAM, which is what they need at this time or you could see things go from bad to worse.

EASTFAN, sometimes the line got too many people to block. When teams put 9-10 in the box it's tough regardless of how much push you get.

Sometimes the more you change personel, the worse it gets, and you have to realize at the high school level at least you got to play who you got. This years defense is probably the best in recent memory, but spend way too much time on the field. In years past the Canes have been blessed with outstanding offenses but struggled defensively. The trick to having that great year is putting both a good offense and defense out there at the same time, and sometimes no matter how many changes you make it simply is not there, whether it be coach Hatcher, or Bear Bryant. They should still have enough to beat the Fighting Cocks.

Injuries have definately hurt East on BOTH sides of the ball. Whether people want to admit it or not losing Dockery hurt, although it was his own doing and you can't blame Hatcher for his stance, but he had a lot of talent. I think on offense most teams would struggle, and tend to have turnovers when you lose both your starting QB, and Center, the only two players that handle the ball every play. I think they have lived up to expectations, considering the injuries. We had two pre-season all-staters, and the Canes have lost both of them. I think they have had a harder time replacing Brad Ramsey (last years starting QB) than they expected as well. Howell may be just as gifted an athlete as Ramsey, but he is not there yet as a QB. You can run 4.5 40's and throw the ball 65 yards in the air, but if you lack touch on your passes, and have not yet had the experience to avoid poor decisions your offense will struggle. Provided the Canes avoid further injuries, they will be good enough to win a game or maybe two come playoff time, but I really think they are one year off from being the team most Cane fans expected this year. Whomever avoids the turnovers, and controls the field position should win. I think it will be a close game, but knowing how these series go it could be a blow-out by either team as well. Canes by 7. /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />

Part of the struggle is the fact that when you only pass 5 to 8 times per game and sometimes less than that, it is very hard to get in rhythm, or to develop the timing necessary to be consistent in the pass game, and try as you may you cannot totally reproduce game atmosphere in practice.

Before the injury bug bit the Canes, I would have said East by two Td's. Right now it's a toss up. Coach Hatcher's offense does not rely on a great deal of passing, but if the Canes expect to beat a good team they HAVE to be able to at least pass a little. Right now they would have a hard time completing a pass vs a team of maniquins, and it is hard to run on 9 in the box regardless of how talented you are.

Crow don't taste that bad if it is fixed right Our DB's are young and will only get better!!!

He may not have, but you also got to give coach Seals a little credit as well. He had a pretty good game plan fron the defensive side as well. Some people on this board said South would exploit our pass defense. I guess they were wrong