I am very concerned about what I have seen over the last 3 weeks. I deal with trends/charts all week and the trend on EV football right now is not good. You saw it for a minute against Brentsville, which I thought, ok they started slow off the bye week. You saw it for a half against Liberty, but I thought, Liberty is a good program that just got healthy. Then you saw it last night for all but maybe 8 minutes against a very average Fauquier team. Yes the defense played well, but Fauquier is pretty one dimensional. If the last 2 weeks were playoff games, they would have lost them both. They look uninspired or bored or cocky. I said it earlier in the year, this team is made up of good players playing great together. The closest thing they have to a stud is Diago (Ok he is a stud!). The good and bad about playing "together" is it goes both ways. The morale and excitement by the team can lift you or bring you down. Maybe they are satisfied with going 10-0, maybe that's all they are playing for. I will say they have played their best football this year when their backs were against the wall, so i will hold on to that as a ray of hope. Just not sure that will be enough to win games in the playoffs.
One other note:
It's hard to tell who the leaders of the team are, as you don't see any kids walking the sideline talking the team up. Generally, you can tell who the seniors are on teams by how they carry themselves and lead. I don't see that right now for EV.
One other note:
It's hard to tell who the leaders of the team are, as you don't see any kids walking the sideline talking the team up. Generally, you can tell who the seniors are on teams by how they carry themselves and lead. I don't see that right now for EV.