I think Halls will win ONLY if these coaches don't wear the same 11 players out. They are tired by the third quarter and need relief. There is plenty of talent standing on the sidelines that can do the job. Yes these boys on the sidelines also have talent. I have watched them win all or almost all of their games for years. We need more depth.
I can see coaches from other teams: while offence is in they have the defense around them with their dry erase boards planning out their next move. (Our coaches are standing there screaming at the boys, no plan, no dry erase boards with X's and O's.) There lies your problem.
I have watched these same boys go to the championship (and even win) year after year after year after year, lets just say EVERY YEAR. They never had any size. They were always a small team. The coaches adjusted for that. We had a tiny quarterback and a small center too. That didn't matter at all. We also had plenty of plays too. They had more plays their Cutter year with Teddy Williams than they do now.
I sit in the stands and listen to the people around me. A grandmother calling the next play, college boys who played at Halls saying, and I quote "they've done that play 3 times already".
When I hear women telling what the next play is, I think the other team has it figured out too by the end of the first quarter.
These coaches need to be playing ALL of their seniors too. They have put in not only 4 years, but even 11 or 12 years. They are ALL good athletes. If the position they are in right now is not right for them, find them a position that they can get some playing time in. It's not brain surgery, just plain old commen sense.
As for Blakely, TK did him a favor. I've watched him play football, baseball, basketball (and all the other seniors on this team too) since he was a small child. He is a natural in all sports. I also watched Anderson County's coach put his arm around him EVERY time he came off the field and talked to him.
Halls can pull out their first win if the team gets up on a positive note. They have been drug through the mud physically and mentally and on here too.
I agree that these coaches need to step up and start coaching. The players are only doing what they are told to go out and do. I'm sure their self confidence is at an all time low.
This team HAS the ability to win and win big. Go Red Devils!!!