The biggest no brainer is taking the safety and punting the ball away when pinned deep. Not hand the ball off to your back up running back in a rain storm? Amirite, @BoosterBosko ??
REPMO 15,,,,,,WC. 13
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To me if you’re at a school the size of Webb and you can’t find a kicker capable of reliably kicking the ball 25 yards that’s a significant coaching coaching failure in itself.
You’re not at Purdy. There’s someone capable of doing it, you just haven’t convinced them that you’ve got something worth being a part of — or you lack the imagination required to envision how a 25 yard FG could impact a game, a season, etc.
You’re not at Purdy. There’s someone capable of doing it, you just haven’t convinced them that you’ve got something worth being a part of — or you lack the imagination required to envision how a 25 yard FG could impact a game, a season, etc.
Why would I interview for a position that requires experience that I do not possess??
On the other hand I have enough management skills that one of my 13 assistant coaches only game time job would be time management so he would have been in my face yelling to use our last time out.
Call your time out, settle your kids down and call your best play then line up and run it. Win or lose manage and execute like you have been there before.
The other major no brainer is not developing kickers as an important and integral part of your program. Having a kid that can drive the kickoff into the end zone in high school is good for about 100 yards of defense a game seems to me, and having a kid that can kick a short field goal apparently is important also
Bing bang boom. It’s that easy.
You will have to start as an assistant since Maniac is getting the HC position.
I never said it was easy, but knowing how much time is left and knowing you have a time out you can call sure as hell isn’t very damn difficult. That’s twice in six games that they walked off of the field with a loss when they were in a position to win with a time out left in the coaches pocket
Can you explain why ???
Webb has had it so good for so long they jump ship when things go a little bad. Kearney had this problem a few years ago and you never seen me saying the coach needed fired. I may of thought it but didn't post it. Maybe this year they don't have the athletes to do what you hoped for, or maybe the youth is better and will take a couple of years who knows but you still have the history that will never go away.
It’s been many many moons since I agreed with Daddy on anything. 😂 But he is right.
Couple thoughts here. First, everyone expected a down year here so why all the surprise that it's actually happened? I think everyone would agree Republic is a high quality opponent so based on previous weeks this showed a marked improvement and defensively it was a great performance no matter how you slice it. Having said that it's incredibly frustrating to see a very winnable game, especially against a team like Repmo, slip away in the way it did.
To be fair kicking has never been a big component of Webb City, they do one thing very well which is run the ball and they excel at it. They don't kick field goals they run the ball. Maybe moving forward that needs to change but it may take some time to adjust. Give the coaches some time and slack. They barely got beat by what I believe is a very good team. And it's not like Webb City is the only large school that isn't great at kicking anything other than XPs (cough) Carthage. Thing is they could have tried a FG and missed and people would be saying why TF are we kicking when we don't have a kicker? We have no less than 40 running backs capable of gaining 2 yards.
Really, based on how they played Republic their outlook for the remaining games looks much, much brighter than it did 2 weeks ago.
To be fair kicking has never been a big component of Webb City, they do one thing very well which is run the ball and they excel at it. They don't kick field goals they run the ball. Maybe moving forward that needs to change but it may take some time to adjust. Give the coaches some time and slack. They barely got beat by what I believe is a very good team. And it's not like Webb City is the only large school that isn't great at kicking anything other than XPs (cough) Carthage. Thing is they could have tried a FG and missed and people would be saying why TF are we kicking when we don't have a kicker? We have no less than 40 running backs capable of gaining 2 yards.
Really, based on how they played Republic their outlook for the remaining games looks much, much brighter than it did 2 weeks ago.
I couldn’t get the Webb job. Baxter Springs is more my style. No one cares, no athletes, no fan base, requires a 23 IQ, I’m in!
I’m glad we established you know nothing. Now we have a baseline.
Here is the problem with spoiled entitled fans, they don’t have an ounce of respect for the work anyone puts in, whether it’s your team or opponents.
Don’t ever assume a record reflects caring. My son played his sophomore year at Baxter already riding a 15 game losing streak. They had 18 kids 9-12 on a 3a team in the CNC. They knew what was ahead of them. No one missed summer weights. They got their teeth kicked in for 10 weeks. No one loafed at practice. No one took a play off. No finger pointing. Coaches worked tirelessly every week. I will promise you this; every one of those kids have more character than you have ever displayed in this board.
I loved being close to the WC program for so long and I can’t tell you how much respect I have for the coaches past and present. But my kid playing at Baxter has given me a world of perspective. There is nothing wrong with having high standards but HS football is simply not a bottom line wins and losses business. Step back, get some prospective and stop demanding someone looses their livelihood six weeks into a season following him leading his team to the state semifinals last season.
Oh wait, I forgot that wasn’t good enough either.
Yeah, we all like losers. Good point. Everyone wants that guy on a team that couldn’t win, in KANSAS no less. Sure set me straight. He was a bad decision in the first place, didn’t deserve the job. His awful play calling as O coordinator was atrocious and hasn’t got better. I didn’t say he should lose his job 6 weeks into the season. He shouldn’t have gotten it in the first place. Yeah they got to the Semis and his miserable coaching cost them the game. Imagine how’d you and I be if we didn’t take our medication
If it’s true he didn’t realize it was 4th down and thought it was only 3rd down… oh boy.
You better watch your back the next time you see my wife. She read the shot you took at Baxter and she doesn’t understand the difference between an internet fight and a real fight!
Maybe I have missed something here, but is this something that has been stated?
Haven’t heard that stated by anyone, but at the end of the game it didn’t seem like Webb understood it was over
Agreed. It would make sense that they were saving their time out for 4th down
I thought the same thing but I was just told that Republic starting QB #12 was out with an injury last night and Republic was playing the back-up Sophomore QB.
Yea, I'm watching now looks like #12 played most of the first half. They had #8 at QB in the 2nd.
He played the entire first half I think. Sophomore played almost all second half
#12 scored Republics last td with about 7 minutes left in the 3rd qt. On their next possession after a qb sneak for 1st down he looked banged up and backup came in with a few minutes left in 3rd and he was no slouch. He makes a 20 yd run to set up the winning field goal on the second play of the 4th qt. No doubt Republic better with #12 in, he's a stud.
Nobody’s jumping ship, more like Mutiny on the Bounty and the captains going in a lifeboat
Webb stadium still full on fridays. 99% dont jump ship. You are listening to 3 little cry babies on here. Give it a rest.
I think those that pay close enough attention are focused a little more on the process rather than the result or outcome. When you look at why they've played poorly or lost close games, it probably leaves some room for concern over the future no matter the talent level.
I have no doubt WC still shows up on gameday, no I am not listening to them I am just saying we have been there and it is frustrating.
Weird how all those things can be true, huh? Very, very well stated.
You've been around long enough to know there's no shortage of idiot Webb posters on this board. There's currently a shortage of Webb posters in general though. Not sure why.
Coach Nickerson learned a very tough lesson back on the fateful night in 1983. In more ways than one.
I agree with you on that. Historically Webb City wins close games 9/10 times and webb fans should be concerned about how those games are trending.
Most people I've talked to seem to fall into one of two camps. They are dejected over the current state of affairs because they have a senior or they just think its over. These are a minority. The rest recognize a problem, but right now their biggest complaint is that there are so many good kids playing that it's creating conflict among families because there are just way more skilled kids than there are spots on the team and everyone thinks their kid deserves one.
No one is saying make a coaching change but a lot of people are quietly concerned because of the way many of these losses occurred, as you said. Most seem patient to get it fixed other than those with seniors.
