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It's not just one tough stretch, anytime he's faced halfway decent DBs he shut down and had a horrible game passing like the 6 for 18 vs South Pitt. Look if your WRs are running wide open he'll hit them and he'll throw a beautiful pass doing it. If the DB is only providing a small window to complete a pass then it's probably not going to be a completion. And Like I said previously, when McKenzie had their back against the wall vs Fayetteville they didn't even give Taylor a touch. Cassidy completed the game-winning drive without Taylor touching the ball. So that argument is pretty null and void.

No, they wouldn't have lmao they would've lost to Fayetteville. Surber is the more prototypical QB, I get it. But Cassidy possessed a clutch gene Surber doesn't. Against Fayetteville McKenzie got the ball down 17-18 with about 2:30 left on their own 18 or 19. Cassidy marches them all the way down to their own for a lollipop fg to win. Cassidy was 3 of 4 for about 45-50 yards and had a 20+ yard run. If I'm not mistaking, Taylor didn't get a touch on that drive. On the other hand, leading 34-18 starting the 4th quarter with 2nd down and goal on MASE's 5 or so that drive ends in an Interception. Long story, short 2 more ints followed as well as a snap over the head of the punter and McKenzie loses. I want to say they mustered 3-4 first downs in the quarter. These things are not the same. You can argue 2022 was better than 2024 and I agree but the level of comp played wasn't anywhere close. 2022's road to a Championship was much tougher and 2024 McKenzie cruised until they didn't.

Nah. McKenzie has a mental block in 2A. Virtually all of their Football accomplishments have taken place post 2006 and in Class 1A.

Yeah you could definitely make that argument but Surber's road to Chattanooga was nowhere near as tough as Cassidy's. Cassidy beat 3 better teams in 1 3 game stretch than Surber ever played or beat. Surber also had a lot of trouble fitting the ball into tight windows against good DBs. See MASE 2024 or SP 2023.

That's a weird comment to make considering McKenzie's talent was head and shoulders above anyone else last year and Surber couldn't even get them to Chattanooga. But sure he would've navigated them to a championship against one of the toughest 3 game stretches I've ever seen in modern 1A. (Moore County, Fayetteville, and MASE)

Look I don't agree with Horse on much but he's not really wrong here. Imo Cassidy and Hayes were both better. Carr and Surber are probably a push and I think Arnold was behind them. Surber is a heck of a 3 sport athlete and great kid. McKenzie should be proud he was a homegrown Rebel no doubt. But that doesn't stop facts from being facts. Drew Hayes was drafted by the MLB and had a few big time football offers coming out of school. He ended up in the MLB for a little with the Reds. He also pitched a 3 hit shutout to give McKenzie I think their first State Championship ever. Jackson Cassidy, while not highly recruited was the heartbeat of the best football team McKenzie has ever had and State Championship MVP. Let's not allow recency bias to take control here.

Welcome to the T by the way. Don't think we've had a Chester County fan here in my years on Coach T.

I figured it was something like that. He's definitely a good athlete but like I said it doesn't always translate. It'll be interesting to watch play out. Each of the past 5 years McKenzie has had a top notch QB and as they went so did the offense. They've also had health problems with RBs. So idk if completely leaning on the run is an option.

Fine Program. But they have 1 ring. Let's calm down.

Didn't think it would be that hard to figure out.

Crazy the largest school in Class 1A feels that insecure about that homegrown football powerhouse McKenzie Rebel talent.

The same kid who caught for over 1000 last year? Seemed pretty athletic. Doesn't mean it translates to QB though.

Exactly. McKenzie doesn't have to be anywhere near as good as last year to make it to Chattanooga. Middle College should be good but they've never won a playoff game on the road vs a rural West Tenn team.

Crazy how South Fulton lost and hired a Coach before DC ever started interviews. But DC has a lot of potential as a program. Hopefully they make a hire, I'd like to see more consistency from the 4A teams in our area.

Wait, you think Baby Boomers are the ones raising children now? Add education to the list