I am not much of an apologetic, unless its religious, so here's my summation ; nic suiting up was huge tonight and next week, if we play like we did tonight, we lose. The coaches have to make sure our players arent caught with their pants down, like they were tonight.
Everyone knows that our D is designed to stop the run, but tonight against Eville we were trying to do the old bend but dont break on the pass and continue to load up on the run. Eagleville had their chances tonight and i kept waiting on the D to adjust and it never seemed to til the 4th and after Nic was involved.
Its not going to get easier, we've got to be able to adjust to the oppositions game plan faster or its gonna cost us.
Obviously in the playoffs, teams arent just lining up with what got them there, theyre trying to adjust and gain an advantage by using unorthodox or element of surprise. (the eagles were successful tonight on a halfback pass, a reverse, a couple screens to keep us off balanced, and even blocked a punt; which im sure they saw on film) Where is Gordonsville showing anything but the same stuff they run all year? Please, when we're getting our regular offense stuffed, use a little creativity and it will pay dividends.And please, for the love of pete, stop with the two return men on punts, WE'RE GONNA GET BURNED by a well prepared team.
Eagleville my hats off to you. Good, hard fought game. And Tigers, learn valuable lessons from this game and never give up. Go Tigers!