Oak Ridge High School Football 2021

[blazer1set]

49 minutes ago, oridgecat said:

Yippee, woo hoo!  Yeah!  We get to go to Greeneville.  Wooooo wooooooo!  C'mon man.  really? 

This brings up the old debate, does playing better teams make you better in the end?

[oridgecat]

15 minutes ago, blazer1set said:

This brings up the old debate, does playing better teams make you better in the end?

This team struggled vs the worst team on the schedule.   We have a slim chance against the better teams and  we struggle vs the other bad teams.   We are just trying to win the last two conference games vs Karns and Campbell County, both of which have beat OR once in school's history.  This years coming up games vs Karns and CC are toss ups, I'm serious. 

Nut, Cats could go 2-8, 3-7, or 4-6.  Is that good enough at Oak Ridge?  I guess it will depend on how the 2nd year principal views the situation once the season plays out.  

Edited October 4, 2021 by oridgecat

[CardinalGrey]

1 hour ago, oridgecat said:

Yippee, woo hoo!  Yeah!  We get to go to Greeneville.  Wooooo wooooooo!  C'mon man.  really?

C & G,  you never answered the question, Do you go to the games?  

   Hmmm...I must have missed that question.  I have been going to Oak Ridge games for over 50 years.  I haven't been to them all this year due to other obligations.  I've got a lot to say, but most of my color commentary would be censored.   LOL  I have the utmost confidence that the Wildcats will have a game on Friday.

 

RWR!

[SweetScience]

39 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

SS, I got a chance to watch the film from Friday night's game. The radio broadcasters couldn't slap enough lipstick on the pig that is the OR offense. I don't even know where to start, but obviously this is nothing new to the OR faithful. I don't think I've ever seen an OR offense look so inept, between all of the pre-snap penalties, the lack of creativity in the play calling, and the fact that Powell was in the backfield on 90% of the snaps. I assume that some coaching changes have to be coming this off-season, right?

Understand my frustration a tad bit now?

[osunut2]

1 minute ago, SweetScience said:

Understand my frustration a tad bit now?

Ha, you could certainly say that!

[SweetScience]

1 minute ago, osunut2 said:

Ha, you could certainly say that!

It’s utterly ridiculous with the athletic talent at the skill positions we have.

[KnoxVil]

1 minute ago, SweetScience said:

It’s utterly ridiculous with the athletic talent at the skill positions we have.

If you guys don’t have the linemen like you fellas say you don’t, is that really on the coaches as far as scheme and play calling? Serious question…

[osunut2]

1 minute ago, KnoxVil said:

If you guys don’t have the linemen like you fellas say you don’t, is that really on the coaches as far as scheme and play calling? Serious question…

They certainly look the part. It's not like they have a bunch of undersized guys playing out of position. I'm not saying that should automatically make them competitive, but you can't teach those measurables. You can teach technique and work on lateral quickness, and I think some of that has to be on the coaching staff. Reminds me of some Powell teams from the late 90s. They had some big linemen who just couldn't block. Might as well put a bunch of orange cones out there.

I watched the film from Friday night's game, and OR's linemen were just getting beat to the point of attack on almost every single snap, which is something OR has struggled with all year. And even when they put a hat on a hat, they couldn't hold their blocks. Based on what I've seen, I think these kids just need to be developed appropriately.

[SweetScience]

7 minutes ago, KnoxVil said:

If you guys don’t have the linemen like you fellas say you don’t, is that really on the coaches as far as scheme and play calling? Serious question…

Vil, this has been a problem at OR for years, it’s just more defined this season. We’ve had lackluster play there for years. In 2014 we had 3 or 4 massive linemen, they were soft as he$& in the run game too. This is nothing new. 

[osunut2]

11 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

It’s utterly ridiculous with the athletic talent at the skill positions we have.

Sad for kids like Kendall Jackson or Jai Hundley. Behind a competent offensive line, they would have some great recruiting tape.

[KnoxVil]

1 minute ago, osunut2 said:

Sad for kids like Kendall Jackson or Jai Hundley. Behind a competent offensive line, they would have some great recruiting tape.

Yep

[oridgecat]

4 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

They certainly look the part. It's not like they have a bunch of undersized guys playing out of position. I'm not saying that should automatically make them competitive, but you can't teach those measurables. You can teach technique and work on lateral quickness, and I think some of that has to be on the coaching staff. Reminds me of some Powell teams from the late 90s. They had some big linemen who just couldn't block. Might as well put a bunch of orange cones out there.

I watched the film from Friday night's game, and OR's linemen were just getting beat to the point of attack on almost every single snap, which is something OR has struggled with all year. And even when they put a hat on a hat, they couldn't hold their blocks. Based on what I've seen, I think these kids just need to be developed appropriately.

This exactly.  Last sentence sums it up in Nut-shell.  See what I did there?