Giles at James River
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The Knights defense seems to have buckled down a bit, on opening night they gave up 79 points and over 500 yards rushing to Chatham, but since they have buckled down run an offense similar to gun wing t
42-7 Loss against Glenvar. They have some good athletes if they get in space and scored the first td in the first quarter.but seem to struggle on line play especially in the 2nd half. Glenvar ran very well against their defense once things settled down. I thought the game would be much closer like it has been over the past few years. .They will test the Giles pass defense/secondary for sure. That is the strength of the offense.
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This is a bad matchup for James River. If their line play and run defense are not their strong suit, Giles will have a field day. This could end up like 63-13.
I wonder how many Giles fans make the trip. It's the closest game Giles will play in the regular season to where I live, so I plan to be there.
I wonder how many Giles fans make the trip. It's the closest game Giles will play in the regular season to where I live, so I plan to be there.
I'm out of the area this weekend, so I'm giving my spot to you Friday night, so treat it with loyalty, honor, and respect. My guess is Giles will have about 500 or more there, but not a lot of visitor seating there. By the way, just out of curiosity, what does your screen name mean?
JR is not bad on defense. I doubt serioulsy the game will be that lopsided. If Giles doesn't have a strong secondary for play option, or a strong pass rush/blitz JR could score far more than 13 points. They were forced to triple team one Glenvar player which made their line look like swiss cheese at times.. Good Luck to Giles
To be honest I think Giles has taken a few steps back the last few weeks. There is a lack of leadership, some kids are ok with where they are instead of getting better and all around lack of concentration. As bad as it hurts me to say it Giles just is not very good right now. If they pass well I look for them to give Giles a tough game. That being said I think this team has the ability to be really good. Right now just not a lot of fight, leadership, willingness to learn, and a bit lazy. Hoping to see them take a step forward this week instead of back.
I hate hearing that but sure they will come around by Glenvar. I know Glenvar is far from playing it's best game but I like the leadership on the team and the coaching staff has been superb. No discipline issues this year to speak of.
There is no discipline issues with the kids. They are a great bunch of kids. They just have to learn to get a killer instinct and be ready to play from the first kickoff. If Giles would have played the last four games in the first half like the did the second half scores would have been crazy. I'm just not sure why they wait or figure they are in a dog fight before they get it in gear. It's not coaching. I have faith they will figure it out before it's to late.
Agree Winger especially in the Graham game. We didn't match up well with them but about midway in the 2nd qtr we decided to play and moved the ball. Could have beaten them if we'd played like that from the beginning.
I think you may be a little too tough in your assesment. The last 3 games were against some pretty good defenses, and although not dominating, Giles has been able to answer scores with scores. That's important. The defense has played pretty well in those 3 games. Now that being said, Narz, Floyd, nor Radford looked to have a very good passing attack. Bottom line is Giles has got to start getting some production from fullback and wing back, just about nothing from those 2 positions in the last 2 games. Biedleman is having a hell of a year, but he shouldn't have to carry 46 times a game like last week.
First off Biedleman is a beast. He is carrying this team on his back. I do fear that the coaching staff has hitched their wagon to only him. They are not mixing up plays very much and when you can wear down teams like they have the last few weeks that fine, but you are not going to wear down Glenvar or playoff teams.
The main problems with having a go to guy is that sometimes the others don't play with the same intensity and good teams can usually stop one guy from beating them. Lord knows that Giles has done that to Glenvar over the years.
Bumping this since I finally got a chance to see them for myself. I saw exactly what you described. Horsing around on the sideline, missed assignments on defense, lack of focus. This is not what I'm accustomed to seeing from the Spartans. I thought the "non-Beidelman" backs actually played well, but the team as a whole lacked intensity and motivation, especially on defense. Maybe it was because they were playing JR, but they better tighten up for Glenvar and the postseason.
Nope, been that way all season. Granted they are young but some of the kids need to grow up. I did like that they came out and played well early for once but like u said we gave up to many plays on defense and all because not getting lined up correct or bad tackling. Once again it's lack of focus because it's all gone over in practice each week. That being said I seen more emotion in pre game last night and first half was better. Keep getting better is all we can hope for.
