Excuses cannot be explained away with stats, video or facts. Reasons can be explained with stats, video or facts. WP coaches are full of excuses and blame their losses on the players instead of owning their poor game time coaching decisions.
Myth: I'm only complaining now because I'm no longer a coach.
Fact: I was extremely vocal for the past 4 seasons about the coaching and lack of discipline, which is the sole reason I was not asked back for 2017. 2016 was an 8-2 season and we went 4-6. 2017 was a 10-0 season and we are 7-2. Apparently, I'm not the only one surprised by our loss considering that everyone on this forum but KW fans predicted WP would beat KW.
A prime example: We lost last year to Middlesex 21-20. We had a back averaging 3.7 ypc that got 23 carries and we had a back averaging 26 yards per carry that got 5 carries. Then, with 54 seconds left in the game and down 20-21, the HC goes for a PAT kick to tie the game?! We had two backs averaging 11 yards and 26 yards respectively and you don't run either of them for 2.5 yards to win the game? At the end of the game the HC went on an on-field tirade blaming the players for the loss and said the loss was not a coaching problem. That was the beginning of the end for my desire to be associated with that coach. Other 2016 loses were similar. Stats are free, go look at them. Free video is out there too. And now he robs our seniors (and other players) of the opportunity to beat KW at home for Senior Night, blames the players and accepts no responsibility for the loss?
Myth: I was fired as a volunteer coach.
Fact: I had already decided before Christmas, December 2016 that I was not going to be a volunteer coach if I were asked to return for 2017. The HC did not speak to me about coming back until 3 months later in March. My decision was based on the HC losing games that we should have won and blaming the players for the loses. We had paid coaches not watching scout film or our own game film and coming to practice on a Monday with no offense or defense game plan because the HC didn't coordinate to exchange scout film. Discipline was a problem and I was not supported on enforcing discipline. Discipline is still a problem--look at our penalties and penalty yards per game. I was not welcomed back because I was the only one vocal (aka complaining) about trying to become a winning team. Having coached for championship teams, I know the fundamentals that the coaching staff needs to do and WP hasn't done them under the current HC. So the squeaky wheel gets the lube. If the WP coaching staff thinks they are doing everything they need to do as a coaching staff, then I'll just ask "how's those losses working for you?" IMO, they have lost for so long, they have become accepting of just having a winning season riding the coat tails of cyclical talent.
Myth: #23 and #44 are LINEBACKERs and not really running backs.
Fact: Both backs lead the team in ypc and tackles. Stats clearly prove they are both the team's best LBs and the team's best RBs. Yet, they are regulated to just a few carries a game while RBs with half the ypc get 2x to 4x the carries a game. And we lose games because of it. To further show his ignorance of a simple mathematical rule "average", the HC has stated numerous times that #23 and #44's ypc would go down if they were given more carries. Both of their ypc have remained consistent when they were given more than 5 carries and other RBs ypc have remained consistent with 20+ carries. That's why it is called an average.
Myth: #23 and #44 do not have the stamina to have more carries per game.
Fact: Both have 2-3x the yards per carry than the other backs (while playing both ways--#44 is also the kicker and punter) . Other backs getting 2-3x as many carries are averaging 2x to 3x less yards per carry. Stats would suggest that the opposite is true: the backs with higher ypc playing both ways and special teams can handle more carries and the backs with lower ypc may need a break? Against KW, #23 had 5 carries for almost 60 yards--that doesn't suggest to me that he was winded. #44 had over 150 yards on 11 carries--that doesn't suggest to me that he was winded. #44 and #23 lead the team in tackles, 13 and 12 respectively--that doesn't suggest to me that they were winded. And they both accomplished this while playing injured where the other two backs with lower ypc were healthy. That doesn't suggest to me that they are winded. These two players lead the team on both sides of the ball, but to listen to the coaches, they are too winded to get just 5 more carries each in a game in order to win. So we cling to this convenient myth and lose. If either #23 or #44 dropped to 6 yards a carry, then maybe give him a breather. Nobody who has ever watched #44 play a full game can say he is too winded to have 20 carries a game. He had a 62 yard TD run the previous week with under a minute left in the game after playing just about every down. That doesn't suggest to me that he's too winded. The truth is that the HC has no clue to what their carrying capacity is for #23 or #44 because he's never given them the opportunity to carry more in a game. Do the math. WP had 48 offensive plays. #23 had 5 carries, and #44 had 11 carries. Simple math shows that #44 stayed on the offense for an additional 37 plays to block for other runners. But he doesn't have the endurance to get just 5 more carries? The coaches have an excuse for everything. They are leaving 100+ rushing yards on the field every game by not running #23 and #44 more.
Myth: I only want my son to get more carries.
Fact: I don't care who carries the ball so long as we win. Anyone who knows me since my son played youth ball when he was 7 knows this to be true. Win the game first, then rest your best 11 and sub other lesser skilled players in. Play your best 11 and win the game first! The irony is that the way WP runs the spread is only setting up our lesser productive RB for failure and is the real reason his ypc are low. During the 2016 season, I advocated for this same RB to get more carries over a less productive RB that was the HC's "chosen one". As a result of me "complaining" the underclass RB got more carries and got his 1,000+ yard season that he would have otherwise not had the carries for if it were not for me "complaining". But I guess the WP coaches attacking me now have forgot about that. My "complaining" this year is advocating to play the best 11 on offense until someone does need a breather in order to go up early and win the game. That includes using #23 or #44 as a lead blocker for less productive backs. It is absolutely moronic to send the smallest back we have between the tackles without a lead blocker when scout tape has proven that the D is keying the guards and are attacking play side. So you end up with a 155# back against 2 or more bigger LBs. It's just a stupid game plan when you have two true FBs to block for him.
Myth: The RB with the lowest ypc two low ypc because the defense is keying on him.
Fact: Film clearly shows KW keyed the guards; same with other teams we've played. But here is another great irony: Clinging to this myth only exposes how bad our coaches are. Because if you "think" this is true, why do you keep giving the most carries to the RB that the defense is allegedly keying on? That's just plain dumb So, let's keep running the back that the defense is keying on and further suppress his ypc!! Absolutely indefensible excuse. WP HC is probably the only coach I know who's offensive strategy is to give the most carries to the least productive RBs and then blames the loss on his players. If you want to ignore video and insist a RB is being keyed by the defense, then why not run other backs to get the defense to stop keying on him. Just more excuses for bad coaching. Newsflash: He's not being keyed. He's being stopped because your OC sends him tackle to tackle without a lead block.
Lastly, #23 and #44 have played the last 7 games with separated shoulders and the coaches know this. Yet, the coaches placed the blame squarely on those two kids at halftime for the halftime score, saying they played like soft bi#$es. What coach says that to their players knowing full well that they are giving 100% while playing injured?
I'm sorry the truth hurts anyone's feelings. Now we have WP coaches being "thought control police" on social media and threatening me to "keep my mouth shut on social media or else". But I challenge anyone to present a stat or fact (not an excuse) that rebuts what I've posted. To the WP coaches, I just say please stop making excuses, stop blaming the players and adjust your spread with personal and formations that give us a better chance to win against better teams. And stop blaming the players for what is clearly a coaching loss.
Myth: I'm only complaining now because I'm no longer a coach.
Fact: I was extremely vocal for the past 4 seasons about the coaching and lack of discipline, which is the sole reason I was not asked back for 2017. 2016 was an 8-2 season and we went 4-6. 2017 was a 10-0 season and we are 7-2. Apparently, I'm not the only one surprised by our loss considering that everyone on this forum but KW fans predicted WP would beat KW.
A prime example: We lost last year to Middlesex 21-20. We had a back averaging 3.7 ypc that got 23 carries and we had a back averaging 26 yards per carry that got 5 carries. Then, with 54 seconds left in the game and down 20-21, the HC goes for a PAT kick to tie the game?! We had two backs averaging 11 yards and 26 yards respectively and you don't run either of them for 2.5 yards to win the game? At the end of the game the HC went on an on-field tirade blaming the players for the loss and said the loss was not a coaching problem. That was the beginning of the end for my desire to be associated with that coach. Other 2016 loses were similar. Stats are free, go look at them. Free video is out there too. And now he robs our seniors (and other players) of the opportunity to beat KW at home for Senior Night, blames the players and accepts no responsibility for the loss?
Myth: I was fired as a volunteer coach.
Fact: I had already decided before Christmas, December 2016 that I was not going to be a volunteer coach if I were asked to return for 2017. The HC did not speak to me about coming back until 3 months later in March. My decision was based on the HC losing games that we should have won and blaming the players for the loses. We had paid coaches not watching scout film or our own game film and coming to practice on a Monday with no offense or defense game plan because the HC didn't coordinate to exchange scout film. Discipline was a problem and I was not supported on enforcing discipline. Discipline is still a problem--look at our penalties and penalty yards per game. I was not welcomed back because I was the only one vocal (aka complaining) about trying to become a winning team. Having coached for championship teams, I know the fundamentals that the coaching staff needs to do and WP hasn't done them under the current HC. So the squeaky wheel gets the lube. If the WP coaching staff thinks they are doing everything they need to do as a coaching staff, then I'll just ask "how's those losses working for you?" IMO, they have lost for so long, they have become accepting of just having a winning season riding the coat tails of cyclical talent.
Myth: #23 and #44 are LINEBACKERs and not really running backs.
Fact: Both backs lead the team in ypc and tackles. Stats clearly prove they are both the team's best LBs and the team's best RBs. Yet, they are regulated to just a few carries a game while RBs with half the ypc get 2x to 4x the carries a game. And we lose games because of it. To further show his ignorance of a simple mathematical rule "average", the HC has stated numerous times that #23 and #44's ypc would go down if they were given more carries. Both of their ypc have remained consistent when they were given more than 5 carries and other RBs ypc have remained consistent with 20+ carries. That's why it is called an average.
Myth: #23 and #44 do not have the stamina to have more carries per game.
Fact: Both have 2-3x the yards per carry than the other backs (while playing both ways--#44 is also the kicker and punter) . Other backs getting 2-3x as many carries are averaging 2x to 3x less yards per carry. Stats would suggest that the opposite is true: the backs with higher ypc playing both ways and special teams can handle more carries and the backs with lower ypc may need a break? Against KW, #23 had 5 carries for almost 60 yards--that doesn't suggest to me that he was winded. #44 had over 150 yards on 11 carries--that doesn't suggest to me that he was winded. #44 and #23 lead the team in tackles, 13 and 12 respectively--that doesn't suggest to me that they were winded. And they both accomplished this while playing injured where the other two backs with lower ypc were healthy. That doesn't suggest to me that they are winded. These two players lead the team on both sides of the ball, but to listen to the coaches, they are too winded to get just 5 more carries each in a game in order to win. So we cling to this convenient myth and lose. If either #23 or #44 dropped to 6 yards a carry, then maybe give him a breather. Nobody who has ever watched #44 play a full game can say he is too winded to have 20 carries a game. He had a 62 yard TD run the previous week with under a minute left in the game after playing just about every down. That doesn't suggest to me that he's too winded. The truth is that the HC has no clue to what their carrying capacity is for #23 or #44 because he's never given them the opportunity to carry more in a game. Do the math. WP had 48 offensive plays. #23 had 5 carries, and #44 had 11 carries. Simple math shows that #44 stayed on the offense for an additional 37 plays to block for other runners. But he doesn't have the endurance to get just 5 more carries? The coaches have an excuse for everything. They are leaving 100+ rushing yards on the field every game by not running #23 and #44 more.
Myth: I only want my son to get more carries.
Fact: I don't care who carries the ball so long as we win. Anyone who knows me since my son played youth ball when he was 7 knows this to be true. Win the game first, then rest your best 11 and sub other lesser skilled players in. Play your best 11 and win the game first! The irony is that the way WP runs the spread is only setting up our lesser productive RB for failure and is the real reason his ypc are low. During the 2016 season, I advocated for this same RB to get more carries over a less productive RB that was the HC's "chosen one". As a result of me "complaining" the underclass RB got more carries and got his 1,000+ yard season that he would have otherwise not had the carries for if it were not for me "complaining". But I guess the WP coaches attacking me now have forgot about that. My "complaining" this year is advocating to play the best 11 on offense until someone does need a breather in order to go up early and win the game. That includes using #23 or #44 as a lead blocker for less productive backs. It is absolutely moronic to send the smallest back we have between the tackles without a lead blocker when scout tape has proven that the D is keying the guards and are attacking play side. So you end up with a 155# back against 2 or more bigger LBs. It's just a stupid game plan when you have two true FBs to block for him.
Myth: The RB with the lowest ypc two low ypc because the defense is keying on him.
Fact: Film clearly shows KW keyed the guards; same with other teams we've played. But here is another great irony: Clinging to this myth only exposes how bad our coaches are. Because if you "think" this is true, why do you keep giving the most carries to the RB that the defense is allegedly keying on? That's just plain dumb So, let's keep running the back that the defense is keying on and further suppress his ypc!! Absolutely indefensible excuse. WP HC is probably the only coach I know who's offensive strategy is to give the most carries to the least productive RBs and then blames the loss on his players. If you want to ignore video and insist a RB is being keyed by the defense, then why not run other backs to get the defense to stop keying on him. Just more excuses for bad coaching. Newsflash: He's not being keyed. He's being stopped because your OC sends him tackle to tackle without a lead block.
Lastly, #23 and #44 have played the last 7 games with separated shoulders and the coaches know this. Yet, the coaches placed the blame squarely on those two kids at halftime for the halftime score, saying they played like soft bi#$es. What coach says that to their players knowing full well that they are giving 100% while playing injured?
I'm sorry the truth hurts anyone's feelings. Now we have WP coaches being "thought control police" on social media and threatening me to "keep my mouth shut on social media or else". But I challenge anyone to present a stat or fact (not an excuse) that rebuts what I've posted. To the WP coaches, I just say please stop making excuses, stop blaming the players and adjust your spread with personal and formations that give us a better chance to win against better teams. And stop blaming the players for what is clearly a coaching loss.
