This Harrisonville team was destroyed by Platte, lost the next week to Excelsior Springs, I mean Excelsior Springs, and then to Grain Valley for an ugly three game losing streak. Then have not lost since. Tell me how they did it please?
Someone from Harrisonville tell me how they did this please
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Because they....
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Plenty of factors at play, but whatever happened. Congrats to the Harrisonville players and coaches.
Combination of shifting players to new positions/roles, and players getting healthy.
Good coaching, kids that continued to work hard and were able to collectively deal with adversity together. All that combined made them come together when everybody was starting to write them off.
Definitely a combination of things:
- Injuries: starting wide receiver and fastest player on the team went out for the season right before the Platte game and #29 went out very early in the game. No replacing #29. Was also out for Excelsior.
- Positions: starting the season the goal is always to limit the number of players going both ways. It took some time to figure out that for this team to be at its best, they were simply going to have to have many more players going both ways than originally thought. We simply did not have the size and experience otherwise. The coaches have done a good job of finding this balance. So, the team you see on the field now is not the same team as was on the field earlier this year.
- Turnovers: quite frankly, I have never seen anything like what happened at Platte County. At least 9 turnovers in the first half, many in our own redzone. While some of it was the scheme and a new starting halfback, at some point I truly believe it got into our kids heads and literally took three games to recover. I may be wrong, but I think there were 23 turnovers in those 3 games.
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What is #29's name? Seems it's about time we start calling him by name instead of number since he's made it to the 'ship.
Morgan Selemaea. Overlooked for the Frank Fontana award. I have been watching Harrisonville football since 2003, with very few games missed, and I have not seen a more complete player.
Tuesday, January 15
From one dark horse to another
By Kenny Mayne
Special to ESPN.com
The Patriots coach, Bill Belichick, was in a team meeting in the week leading to the Cleveland game. As he's wont to do, he began to tell a story separate from football that would serve as inspiration for his players on the field. For this one he had some assistance from linebacker and horse owner, Bryan Cox. The players were about to see the running of the 2001 Breeders' Cup Classic. Cox supplied the tape for coach to roll.
The message was partly about how it doesn't matter when others doubt you. Tiznow wasn't all that highly regarded even though he'd won the Classic the year before. The Patriots still weren't all that highly regarded even though they were playing winning football.
But Belichick was really trying to hammer home another point. He stopped the tape at the top of the stretch and asked everyone but Cox to name the winner. (Who needs the gaming commission on your case during a football meeting?) The point being, it was anyone's race to win with that much ground still to cover. The Patriots had several games to play. A big run to the wire would give them a bye in the first week of the playoffs. To drive home the point he could have rolled a 6-furlong maiden race from Sam Houston, but Tiznow's win was readily available.
From one dark horse to another
By Kenny Mayne
Special to ESPN.com
The Patriots coach, Bill Belichick, was in a team meeting in the week leading to the Cleveland game. As he's wont to do, he began to tell a story separate from football that would serve as inspiration for his players on the field. For this one he had some assistance from linebacker and horse owner, Bryan Cox. The players were about to see the running of the 2001 Breeders' Cup Classic. Cox supplied the tape for coach to roll.
The message was partly about how it doesn't matter when others doubt you. Tiznow wasn't all that highly regarded even though he'd won the Classic the year before. The Patriots still weren't all that highly regarded even though they were playing winning football.
But Belichick was really trying to hammer home another point. He stopped the tape at the top of the stretch and asked everyone but Cox to name the winner. (Who needs the gaming commission on your case during a football meeting?) The point being, it was anyone's race to win with that much ground still to cover. The Patriots had several games to play. A big run to the wire would give them a bye in the first week of the playoffs. To drive home the point he could have rolled a 6-furlong maiden race from Sam Houston, but Tiznow's win was readily available.
Good question. I was actually thinking about Ransburg as I typed that statement. Definitely do not want to take anything away from him. Both very gifted athletes.
Hard to compare from a complete player standpoint though, as Bouchard seldom had anyone play both ways. So, apart from the occasional appearance as a DB, Ransburg mainly stuck to his QB position and punted. Morgan never leaves the field, except for PAT's, and that is just recently to give him a breather. He is just as impressive on defense as he is on offense. Some of the hits he puts on people are simply brutal. On Saturday he hit one of the large PNH backs so hard he literally turned him completely upside down.
He did the same thing in the Grain Valley game as their QB was trying to take a stretch play in from the 1 yard line. He thought he had it and Morgan came full boar from his SS position and leveled him. They use him on safety blitzes as well because he is so fast and has an eye for the ball.
They both are natural runners, have a knack for eluding tacklers, have a second gear when needed. Ransburg touched the ball every play and was a good passer, but given Morgan also kicks off (has had a few touchbacks), returns punts and kicks, and may end up an all state DB, I would give the edge to Morgan in terms of completeness.
Comparing Sean Ransburg and Morgan Selemaea is like comparing apples and oranges. Both great players, but different positions so hard to do a straight up comparison. Ransburg was a dual threat quarterback and punter. Morgan is a great running back, a beast on defense, kick returner, punter and kicker. To me what separates the two is Morgan's intensity that he plays with. He has a deep desire to will himself to make plays on every snap, and it is contagious to his teammate's.
