Thomasville @ Albemarle
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Pro’s- second year in Coach Robertson’s system. A few athletic basketball type kids that didn’t play last year are out. Online is bigger and stronger and returns several starters. Solid punter and kicker. QB and WR’s are athletic and can make plays. Team is stronger after a good year of off season weight training. Defense is athletic, has talent and can run to the ball.
Con’s- Returning offensive player of year (RB) is supposedly at Lexington. Depth is an issue with several key guys playing both ways and lack of depth behind them is a potential issue. DL lost several good players and a stud LB graduated.
Con’s- Returning offensive player of year (RB) is supposedly at Lexington. Depth is an issue with several key guys playing both ways and lack of depth behind them is a potential issue. DL lost several good players and a stud LB graduated.
I’m curious about an issue and would like some opinions.
Obviously it’s a coaching decision. But, how many players does a 1-A or 2-A team need to have viable varsity and jv football teams?
I get the concerns that many younger players are not ready for varsity football. And that there are advantages to slow development that pays off later on. But I also see the risk in playing virtually everyone both ways in positions that they aren’t suited for physically or from a football mentality standpoint.
The issue of competitiveness is important, but safety more so.
So at what point does a coach decide that having only a viable varsity team is better than having two teams with barely enough to get by?
I have a number in mind, but am interested in other thoughts.
Obviously it’s a coaching decision. But, how many players does a 1-A or 2-A team need to have viable varsity and jv football teams?
I get the concerns that many younger players are not ready for varsity football. And that there are advantages to slow development that pays off later on. But I also see the risk in playing virtually everyone both ways in positions that they aren’t suited for physically or from a football mentality standpoint.
The issue of competitiveness is important, but safety more so.
So at what point does a coach decide that having only a viable varsity team is better than having two teams with barely enough to get by?
I have a number in mind, but am interested in other thoughts.
Man I do too! How old was he when he passed? And what happened?
Good question. I’m going to go with 30 kids. That might be lowballing it a little bit. With 30 kids, there will almost certainly be 6-8 kids who are just there because they enjoy the team aspect (i don’t fault them a bit, even if they aren’t contributors). That leaves you with 22-24 kids who really want to get after it. Drawing from them, you might be able to assemble a varsity with a less than prosperous JV.
If that’s correct, we’re once again in no man’s land. I really don’t see how you can field a varsity and a jv team with that. Hopefully, there will be more as the school year approaches, but you also have to expect some attrition during the season.
My number from the question I posed earlier is 55. Don’t see how you can have two teams with less than that. Compare that to the early seventies at Thomasville with 1,000 students and 130 out for football as opposed to 640 students and mid-forties for football. Same district lines, but almost double the population in the city limits. Sad.
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