2A Region 5 vs Region 6 Playoffs

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33 minutes ago, TheCommissioner said:

The Region that Clarksville is in is probably the weakest Region in 6A

Definitely the weakest. 

[vandyfan1]

On 9/27/2023 at 4:31 PM, Beagle said:

Camden played Lewis late in the summer maybe  last week of July or  first week of August ...Milan will destroy them.

Nailed that one bud!!

[Waker]

Last night Huntingdon backs punished Waverly secondary for making a tackle.the Mustangs passing game also looked really good.

[Goldenpride]

9 minutes ago, Waker said:

Last night Huntingdon backs punished Waverly secondary for making a tackle.the Mustangs passing game also looked really good.

Talking to a guy at the game last night it kinda sounded like we surprised Loretto by how physical we played by running downhill, which we did throw a wrinkle by running the wing T. Huntingdon offense is hard to prep for if you’re not used to being in a slugfest physicality wise 

[howdoitknow]

2 hours ago, sportsnutz said:

Actually that's exactly what it means.. Granted "successful" is a term that is subjective. I guess it's relative to the amount of success you're used to having. Really good football teams don't lose in the first round. 

But if you ask this fan bases who are accustomed to winning seasons, they'll tell you regular season wins mean nothing as long as you get enough of them to get into the playoffs. An undefeated team losing in the first round is an upset and underwhelming no matter how you try to spin it. 

I'd bet good money that if you asked players and coaches on that undefeated Loretto team if they're satisfied or happy with that season, 99% of them will say no.

In the heat of the moment of course they would say that.  Any true competitor who takes losing personally would say that.  

When they look back on it at the end of the year though they are going to realize that they had a successful season and built a lifetime worth of great memories through their successes on Friday nights.  They are not going to look back on it and say "well we won but it's only because we played in a bad region and beat a bunch of terrible football teams".  If that were the case then they were doomed from the beginning of fall camp this past summer if they came up short of anything but winning a state championship.  

[Beagle]

2 hours ago, Waker said:

Yep. You have to schedule a tough out of conference schedule to see where you stack up against competition. You can’t help who is in your region, but you can out of region.

Not if you are in Region 6 2a...   lol

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1 minute ago, howdoitknow said:

In the heat of the moment of course they would say that.  Any true competitor who takes losing personally would say that.  

When they look back on it at the end of the year though they are going to realize that they had a successful season and built a lifetime worth of great memories through their successes on Friday nights.  They are not going to look back on it and say "well we won but it's only because we played in a bad region and beat a bunch of terrible football teams".  If that were the case then they were doomed from the beginning of fall camp this past summer if they came up short of anything but winning a state championship.  

I agree with all of this, but I also agree that it’s about perspective and expectations as well. If your expectation is a state championship, a first round exit is not a successful season. 

[sportsnutz]

8 minutes ago, howdoitknow said:

In the heat of the moment of course they would say that.  Any true competitor who takes losing personally would say that.  

When they look back on it at the end of the year though they are going to realize that they had a successful season and built a lifetime worth of great memories through their successes on Friday nights.  They are not going to look back on it and say "well we won but it's only because we played in a bad region and beat a bunch of terrible football teams".  If that were the case then they were doomed from the beginning of fall camp this past summer if they came up short of anything but winning a state championship.  

Regardless of what they tell themselves, they still lost to the 4th best team in the other Region as an undefeated 1-seed. If you don't admit to yourself at that point that you were only undefeated because you didn't play anyone, then you're just lying to yourself. A 1st round loss to a team that, by their own fans' admission, is the worst team they've had in 10+ years ain't gonna cut it. Good teams don't lose those games. And using "R6 is really strong" as an excuse don't fly because you can't acknowledge that one might be strong without saying that another could be weak. R5 was a weak sauce region this year without any actually "good" teams.

Edited November 4, 2023 by sportsnutz

[Riverside80]

5 minutes ago, Beagle said:

Not if you are in Region 6 2a...   lol

Hey we had collierville! 

[howdoitknow]

3 minutes ago, eers said:

I agree with all of this, but I also agree that it’s about perspective and expectations as well. If your expectation is a state championship, a first round exit is not a successful season. 

2022:  4-7

2021:  4-7

2020:  5-6

 

10-1 in 2023 is going to be considered a success for the seniors who had won a combined 13 games the previous 3 seasons.

[howdoitknow]

3 minutes ago, sportsnutz said:

Regardless of what they tell themselves, they still lost to the 4th best team in the other Region as an undefeated 1-seed. A 1st round loss to a team that, by their own fans' admission, is the worst team they've had in 10+ years. Good teams don't lose those games. And using "R6 is really strong" as an excuse don't fly because you can't acknowledge that one might be strong without saying that another could be weak. R5 was a weak sauce region this year without any actually "good" teams.

Good luck to Huntingdon the rest of the way.  

[eers]

9 minutes ago, howdoitknow said:

2022:  4-7

2021:  4-7

2020:  5-6

 

10-1 in 2023 is going to be considered a success for the seniors who had won a combined 13 games the previous 3 seasons.

I agree completely. That’s where expectations and perspective come in. A first round exit isn’t successful for Oakland, Maryville, Alcoa, and a lot of other teams. If you’ve won 13 games in 3 years, 10-1 is successful. Obviously not the outcome you want, but far from where you were.