MARION AT FORREST 2023

[RocketHouse]

24 minutes ago, GeneralForrest said:

i loved this 

i wasn't joking either

[Football27]

Will this game be televised anywhere?

[Sequatchie]

41 minutes ago, TheTruthPrevails said:

Sequatchie has been dominant for 4 or 5 years on the middle school level, not sure why it doesn't translate to the high school program.

Sequatchie starts 3 Freshmen & 4 Sophomores on both sides of the ball.  

[CoyDillard]

12 minutes ago, Sequatchie said:

Sequatchie starts 3 Freshmen & 4 Sophomores on both sides of the ball.  

That's what the Warriors went through a couple years. It's paying off now and next year. 

[CoyDillard]

35 minutes ago, Salem said:

i wasn't joking either

Me either

[RocketHouse]

26 minutes ago, GeneralForrest said:

Here's a problem with Forrest's identity under Coach Eli. We were NEVER finesse. We were "pound the rock" and physical. Teams figured they could beat us but they'd be in a dogfight with a tough team that played sound D. 

Forrest, to this day, seems to be priding itself on this characterization.   A hard-nosed physical team.

There is no identity and doesn't appear to be a plan. Run middle, run right, run left- random plays one after another. After the first drive it's left, left, left. Nothing being set up. Zero game awareness. We have formations where we only run one play out of it. Defenses know where the ball is going on 75% of the snaps. It takes a big back or a solid O Line to pound. We have two big backs. 

#25 carried 4 straight times against Gordonsville. He bullied his way down the field from our own 14 yard line to a first and goal from the 3 in the 2nd quarter. Gordonsville could have pressed charges for assault on a few runs.  He didn't touch the ball again until the end of the 3rd and were down 31-0. He doesn't have 25 touches in 7 games. 

#6 took over the Cornersville game.  He played every snap on defense and out played Ben Franklin on offense. In the same heat he had 18-19 touches for over 120 yards. You posted it was his team after that game. Same kid had 7 touches against H2O and 5 touches against Gordonsville. Both of these guys should have 100 touches a piece by now. They don't have 100 together. This isn't an either or theyre both excellent blockers put them on the field at the same time. Big RB's need carries to wear a defense down.

#1 and 22 are big play threats who block linebackers on 2 out of 3 plays and can't get the ball in space to save our lives. If they block inside so well I bet they can block a CB and would be an upgrade. Both have great hands but are misused so far. 

26 minutes ago, GeneralForrest said:

Physical teams shouldn't be out of games in the 2nd quarter. And that's our problem. We cant even come back from 10 down.  EVER. A team gets two scores up on us and it's meltdown collapse city. We haven't been TRULY that physical team since 2019 and maybe in reality, 2016 or earlier. 

Physical teams with smart play calling get first downs and control the clock. We couldn't get a first down  in week 1 or 7 and didn't have the ball to have an offense. This group has been able to mount comebacks this year after falling behind early due to abysmal game planning. A random thought: Why do we take good TEs and move them to RB their senior year when we have more RBs than we know what to do with? Wilson in 2020 and Grissom in 2022 were both all region caliber TE's as juniors who could stretch the field and block but both were moved to RB. They weren't as good as the RBs we had and the TE position got weaker. 

26 minutes ago, GeneralForrest said:

As for those calling for a close game tonight- just look at this year's results. We get boat raced by 1A Gordonsville but tonight's gonna be close? Watertown blanks us, but this is gonna be close?

It won't be close.   

You need to look at this like a Forrest administrator not a Marshall County or Cornersville principal.  There's more to Friday nights in Chapel Hill than winning. The boys played hard and had fun out there. We had a wonderful pep rally. Marion will bring a big crowd for a big gate $$$. It's all about the atmosphere. Our new slogan: Winning isn't everything. Go ROckets!

[RocketHouse]

8 minutes ago, CoyDillard said:

Me either

By halftime this will turn into who's middle school is better. Yall don't want any of that smoke.

 

 

19 hours ago, TheTruthPrevails said:

 How is forests oline?

Not our strength. A couple will get after you but AllState 6'5 300 pounder didnt play a snap this year due to injury. 

[RocketHouse]

33 minutes ago, Football27 said:

Will this game be televised anywhere?

TCSport1 does an excellent job in my opinion. 

[Football27]

7 minutes ago, Salem said:

TCSport1 does an excellent job in my opinion. 

Thanks 

 

[CoyDillard]

1 hour ago, Salem said:

By halftime this will turn into who's middle school is better. Yall don't want any of that smoke.

 

 

Not our strength. A couple will get after you but AllState 6'5 300 pounder didnt play a snap this year due to injury. 

Actually our middle school wasn't that great this year. Made it to the championship but lost a few games this season. We'll always take the smoke though. We like smoke signals and smoking peace pipes. Always a good time.

[GeneralForrest]

5 hours ago, Salem said:

i wasn't joking either

I KNOW!

[GeneralForrest]

4 hours ago, Salem said:

There is no identity and doesn't appear to be a plan. Run middle, run right, run left- random plays one after another. After the first drive it's left, left, left. Nothing being set up. Zero game awareness. We have formations where we only run one play out of it. Defenses know where the ball is going on 75% of the snaps. It takes a big back or a solid O Line to pound. We have two big backs. 

#25 carried 4 straight times against Gordonsville. He bullied his way down the field from our own 14 yard line to a first and goal from the 3 in the 2nd quarter. Gordonsville could have pressed charges for assault on a few runs.  He didn't touch the ball again until the end of the 3rd and were down 31-0. He doesn't have 25 touches in 7 games. 

#6 took over the Cornersville game.  He played every snap on defense and out played Ben Franklin on offense. In the same heat he had 18-19 touches for over 120 yards. You posted it was his team after that game. Same kid had 7 touches against H2O and 5 touches against Gordonsville. Both of these guys should have 100 touches a piece by now. They don't have 100 together. This isn't an either or theyre both excellent blockers put them on the field at the same time. Big RB's need carries to wear a defense down.

#1 and 22 are big play threats who block linebackers on 2 out of 3 plays and can't get the ball in space to save our lives. If they block inside so well I bet they can block a CB and would be an upgrade. Both have great hands but are misused so far. 

Physical teams with smart play calling get first downs and control the clock. We couldn't get a first down  in week 1 or 7 and didn't have the ball to have an offense. This group has been able to mount comebacks this year after falling behind early due to abysmal game planning. A random thought: Why do we take good TEs and move them to RB their senior year when we have more RBs than we know what to do with? Wilson in 2020 and Grissom in 2022 were both all region caliber TE's as juniors who could stretch the field and block but both were moved to RB. They weren't as good as the RBs we had and the TE position got weaker. 

You need to look at this like a Forrest administrator not a Marshall County or Cornersville principal.  There's more to Friday nights in Chapel Hill than winning. The boys played hard and had fun out there. We had a wonderful pep rally. Marion will bring a big crowd for a big gate $$$. It's all about the atmosphere. Our new slogan: Winning isn't everything. Go ROckets!

Great insight that expanded on my frustrations.  Thank you. 

I'll have to catch the replay on this game. I pre planned other stuff this weekend figuring this would be a Warrior beatdown