I believe it is 68-11
1 state championship
1 runner up
4 regional championships
I won’t generalize because there are many great Salem fans but a couple of fans that are being an armchair QB or naming players or numbers are simply either cowards or simply riding emotion. Coach Holter, former Marine and great coach has done a great job.
Stephen Maghenbauer was 169-27 with 5 state titles over 15 years
Obviously before him was Willis White, one of the greatest.
I took a 10 year hiatus before going back to another Salem game after graduating. Was very disappointed with what I experienced when I came back as a fan. I have to sit by myself most of the time or do a good job of shutting the voices of the fans out. Makes me very upset.
I knew the offense and defense like the back of my hand as the coaches taught anyone willing to learn the logic of the pro-I offense paired with sound defense.
Last nights counter play success was evidence of the art of the pro- I. Everylinebacker cheated to the strong side, playside o linemen get dirty with sealing the linebackers from correcting their mistake of cheating strong side. Guard kicked out a helpless weak side d end and Persinger was off to the races, untouched. There is an art and a deception To the pro-I offense that modern football fans simply do not have an education on. Had the defense played it correctly and the play had only gone for a two yard gain (a possibility on any play no matter how exotic your playbook is) you would hear at least 4-5 fans grumble about the play calling on this statistically high success play for Salem.
Every play is just a “run up the middle” to many of the Salem loyal. That could be iso, trap, dive, outside iso, counter, off tackle. It’s all just a “run up the middle”. Despite the diversity of concepts there, all they see is a one to three yard gain that they despise. Then they get quiet really quick when we hit those plays big like we did last night. You can bet as soon as another two yard run happens, they begin groaning “another run up the middle” again and again.
Don’t mean to sound bitter but people talked about mag the same way between 2005 and 2015. Saw it all over Facebook back then, and thankfully I don’t have a Facebook today. Said it before, but I guess I just drank the koolaid: every Salem game that I played in that we lost was due to lack of player execution, never coaching. Facebook and Virginia preps at the time would disageee, and thankfully I couldn’t hear the fans in the stadium.
It’s hard because I love Salem fans’ diligence to the program and attendance to the games, but I really wish they trusted the process more and strived to learn the game they watch every Friday night.
It is probably a only a vocal minority of Salem fans, but the amount of 40-70 year old people at the games disrespecting the coaches is noticeable to this one.
I love watching coach Holter and his crew coach these kids up week after week, the stats that freeatlast13 brings up are just the icing on the cake.
