Steven Avery

Embarrassing. Did I see that right? More passing yds than rushing yards with 50 plus rushing attempts

Baytown Sterling freshman A 20 - South Houston 12 Baytown Sterling freshman B 22 - South Houston 0 Baytown Sterling JV A 8 - South Houston 6

Well that goes along with my point, there are not many looking for option style qbs  so if one was missed they missed on one of 3 schools looking for them vs hundrends running the more modern offenses.  Not only that, has it been successful anywhere?  CL with oswold got to the semi finals one year and then the next year I think went 0 fer.  Has any modern team running the option won a state title in the 4a or 5a ranks?

Are you saying at CL he didnt have a big line because he still ran the option. I would venture to say that CL probably has a massive line most years with the numbers they have, or had before the new schools popped up. To run the Mike Leach offense you dont need a big line, you just need playmakers in open space and a QB that is smart who gets them the ball quickly. None of the schools you listed LP only throw the ball 3-4 times a game so although there may be some option principles its not even in the same universe as the flexbone. Extreme apples to oranges. Panama what if Clint Stoerner was a freshman at RSS right now? Would he have gotten to where he was at running the option? He was also a good WR which in this offense would not have been showcased. Who knows maybe he hangs up the cleates and focuses only on baseball instead? Chad Irwin and Robert Ellis would have been wastes at TE.  I am telling you there were kids at Sterling when these guys were coming through had they been at Lee could have done some of the same things those guys did, the difference was the program at RSS did not utilize the talent that was there. I would have loved to have seen olin over at RSS during that time.  As for now, on the freshman level all of these guys have been running the spread for a while, there are guys who can throw the ball to get it into the hands of the playmakers. As for size, I would venture to say the freshman are as big as the varsity although they still have a lot of room to grow. LP I am not talking NFL, I am talking college scholarship as the next level. All of the guys you listed were studs in college playing on a full ride I am sure.  I would have to question if some of those guys were in the option offense if they would have been given the opportunity to play in college much less the nfl. I'm saying these guys now have limited opportunities to show big colleges their skill sets running this flexbone offense and any coaches job should be providing opportunity to the kids and this offense does not do that. The kid at BH is a stud running the flexbone but I bet he has zero big time colleges knocking on his door for football, he will end up playing college baseball I'm sure even though he has the arm and the smarts to run a pro style or spread offense. Like I said, I like the guy as a coach. I just hope he is not stubborn enough to keep trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. He has ran the spread before and just like the guy at GCM, they adjusted to what fits better. Sterlings D is going to give up points and with a option offense its virtually impossible to come back when down by more than 7 points. I agree that GCCISD knew what they were getting when they made the hire which is why I was not happy when I heard about it. It really makes no sense. You also have to wonder why a guy would leave CL when his son is still an active player there. He is either a JR or SR there now and as a Dad I just couldnt see leaving to be away from that experience, something doesnt add up. Either he was about to be ran out of dodge in CL anyway, or he got word from Minyard, Manley and the rest of the old coaches on the GCCISD payroll that if you just put in a few years on the gridiron you can be reassigned into the coaches dream job of doing nothing (scheduling bus routes is it?) making 75K a year while coasting into retirement. [quote name="UHCoog44" post="1042993" timestamp="1314497926"] The lack of size on the OL is what justifies  the move away from the spread. You cannot  ask these smaller guys to pass block. At least in the  option/wishbone a lineman justs needs to scrape  block for  the most part and  not be expected to maintain his block for too long. It was  Sterlings first "live" performance in a game environment.  Not the outcome  we wanted, but hopefully they will make the necessary adjustments. [/quote]

Well in regards to Katy, do you think Andy Dalton would have gotten a ride to TCU or be the starting QB for the Bengals right now if he had been in an option offense? I sure as heck dont. The option is a gimmick offense where like you said guys like oswold can have a starring role because he is smart but really has no shot at moving on as QB. His best shot most likely would have been as a slot receiver in a wide open offense so even though he had a good career in HS it hurt him in the long run. Actually I heard the passing QB that CL had moved to Friendswood and actually got a ride somewhere to play football. Had he stayed at CL that never would have happened. Katy also has some beef up front, something RSS has never had. More reason to spread them out and get into the hands of your playmakers. I think Aduddel got a wake up call last night and that maybe he can not win with these kids in that offense. McWhirter can throw, actually he looked pretty good last year before he got booted off the team throwing the ball. Rss would have been much better with him throwing to Chance and Gibson with Mixon coming out of the backfield.  Again Minyard was terrible, bout on par with the Lee coach. GCCISD has made horrible coaching hires outside of Olin, they havent gotten it right yet. As far as Mike Vick, Chance Nelson had some Vick like moves and he really wasnt that high of a recruit. He got pretty lucky the aggies lost someone at the last minute and he was able to catch on, before that he was looking at the much smaller schools.

The offense may be a "coaches" offense but thats not what gets kids opportunities at the next level unless you are a GT fan or Air Force fan. Even Oswold who was a stud at CL didnt get much of an opportunity because no one is going to recruit an option QB, its a waste. We have a stud aggies recruit at WR and we stick him at safety where I saw him make one tackle? Last years offense was terrible because Minyard was terrible. I am telling you, the JR high kids in the 9th grade have a lot of skill, they would fit perfect into a spread offense. With Sterlings defense apparently always going to suck, you have to have an offense that can put up points. This almost reminds me of when UH went from the run and shoot to Kim Heltons 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense. It killed UH because they didnt have the personnel to run down peoples throats and it killed the fans because it was boring as heck to watch. Again I really like the coach as a guy and as a motivator but he needs to wake  up and realize this isnt 1975. McWhirter is going to get killed before this season is over and the backup QB cant throw it 15 yards. Its going to get real ugly real quick.  There are atleast  3 kids on the freshman A team that should be moved up right now .

Lee has some players on offense and has a pretty big line. Richardson didnt do much because it seemed to me they had others that could pull the weight. Sterling, I just dont get the offense. Why run a offense that gives the kids zero chance to move to the next level and quite frankly, is boring as all heck to watch. I dont get it, and the coach will soon find out that with no defense you cant win with that offense. They will get behind and be unable to catch up. I like the head coach but man he needs to see the skill players he has coming up and make a change offensively. I suspect some of the freshman will be moved up fairly quickly, I mean why wait, might as well get them some experience.

The curse of the option ...Sterling down 28-14 5 min left...its over

Well the sub varsity teams scored zero points against RSS. Maybe Lee was saving all their points for tonight?

That has to be the smallest margin of victory for Daytons freshman bunch in a while. Is the little Mcbride still the QB?

Baytown Sterling  vs Baytown Lee Freshman B RSS 14 Lee 0 Freshman A RSS 41 Lee 0 JV A RSS 33 - Lee 0 Freshman A is loaded for Sterling. Also noticed that Dayton freshman A score, pretty close game. Are all the 8th grade A kids from last year on that team or did some get moved up?

did you see the scrimmage or just what you heard btw ? [quote name="UHCoog44" post="1039316" timestamp="1314026667"] [quote author=LP0175 link=topic=87005.msg1039225#msg1039225 date=1313987809] New staff at Sterling. I think they will have a better system and a vote of confidence from the players. I see sterling winning a close low scoring game. 13-9 [/quote] Lee will not hold anyone to 13 points.  RSS was not impressive against Rayburn. This one will be close and I would not be suprised if Lee won in a high scoring game.  My heart says Rangers win 35-34. [/quote]

RSS 28 rel 14

anyword on how rss is looking?

I found this...looks like they joined as a DII club ball team with this district...not sure what makes a d1 vs d2 in club ball lol [Hidden Content]

any updates?

sometimes they post the brackets here with updates [Hidden Content] Looks like league city won it but a TBA team will also advance...no scores though

what about chase at UH from RSS? He had a great freshman year but seems like its been downhill since?

I thought BCA was going back to TAPPS this year?

sportsfan are you from highlands? lol  ;D

lol u serious clark?  sweet semi final  ???

Was Denny the 3B coach or the 1B coach?

Congrats GCM. I got a kick out of the "kiss of death" on the HR haha...although Rupp didnt seem to approve as much but heck its a rivalry game, last home game etc...they poked the beast one too many times :)  I think GCM came out flat in this game for whatever reason, probably the 4:30 start time. Chance obviously didnt have his stuff as he was being taken out almost right after I got there. BH came out swinging and the first pitcher did a pretty decent job except for the high FB he left letter high to Price. Overall GCM showed a championship character in that they didnt get down and knew a 5-0 deficit was nothing they couldnt handle. Good Win and 1st District Title for GCM.

haha I get off at 4...if not for the traffic jam on I-10 I would have been there at start time...but of course I-10 was backed up right before the river the one time I go home that way.

4:30 today at GCM? I think I will swing by as well