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Which new Head Coach will be the most successful next year

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We saw a lot of success with Lamar Ray Pec and St. Pius's hires anybody expecting a big first year from any of the new coaches and who is the most likely?
 
Probably Gschwender at Hannibal because they have 16 returning starters. As long as he doesn't go back to the old offense, they will be fine. Defensively, they will be very good if he doesn't mess with that.
 
Probably Gschwender at Hannibal because they have 16 returning starters. As long as he doesn't go back to the old offense, they will be fine. Defensively, they will be very good if he doesn't mess with that.
not to mention one of the top sophomores in the nation
 
Easy there pal! We Doc Guys give each other crap. If you can't handle the heat, get outta the kitchen!
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What Gschwender does on offense will be interesting. Yes, he was the OC, but from what I've heard the switch to a spread offense was pretty much forced on him because that's what Hamner wanted to run.
 
The spread fits Hannibal's athletes. Gives more opportunities to get them the ball in space. If Hannibal had run the spread sooner, they may have some state titles. Split back veer is great when you are clearly better than the other team. Once they played against a team that was close to equal, or especially maybe a little better, they could not win those big games.
 
The spread fits Hannibal's athletes. Gives more opportunities to get them the ball in space. If Hannibal had run the spread sooner, they may have some state titles. Split back veer is great when you are clearly better than the other team. Once they played against a team that was close to equal, or especially maybe a little better, they could not win those big games.
Nobody in state history has ever made a split back veer offense work.
 
The spread fits Hannibal's athletes. Gives more opportunities to get them the ball in space. If Hannibal had run the spread sooner, they may have some state titles. Split back veer is great when you are clearly better than the other team. Once they played against a team that was close to equal, or especially maybe a little better, they could not win those big games.

This always cracks me up. Offensive and defensive schemes don’t win games. Players and coaches do. It all comes down to what you can teach effectively, what your kids can understand, and how hard you play. Throw in a few other variables and you’ve got a recipe for success.
 
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As I said, when you are physically better, it's a tough offense to stop. Hannibal had alot of success with over St. Clair's run, but couldn't get over the hump. They've always had great athletes..just not always using them to get the most out of them.
 
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This always cracks me up. Offensive and defensive schemes don’t win games. Players and coaches do. It all comes down to what you can teach effectively, what your kids can understand, and how hard you play. Throw in a few other variables and you’ve got a recipe for success.
It's about giving your team, and players, the best opportunity to be successful. Yes you can get beat because of what you do , or don't do, offensively or defensively.
 
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Matt Davis at Adrian is going to have almost all his skill guys back from a pretty good team.
 
As I said, when you are physically better, it's a tough offense to stop. Hannibal had alot of success with over St. Clair's run, but couldn't get over the hump. They've always had great athletes..just not always using them to get the most out of them.

You absolutely do not have to be physically better than the other team to run an option offense effectively. It is widely accepted that you run an option offense (SBV, Flexbone, etc.) precisely because you do not have enough of the right athletes. It is possibly the biggest reason the service academies are able to hang in D-I football most years.

Having said this, though, there are certainly a lot of great things you can do in the spread and other offenses to mitigate your deficiencies, and you definitely do have to be adaptable based on your athletes.
 
You're right, you don't have to be better. But, when you play a superior team, who is assignment sound, with equal or better athletes, you most likely won't win. Hannibal ran that offense for years because it was what St. Clair knew the best. He was comfortable and didn't want to change, despite that it could've been more successful if he had.
 
You're right, you don't have to be better. But, when you play a superior team, who is assignment sound, with equal or better athletes, you most likely won't win. Hannibal ran that offense for years because it was what St. Clair knew the best. He was comfortable and didn't want to change, despite that it could've been more successful if he had.

Yeah, there's the rub there: is it better to go with what you know inside and out and are comfortable with calling plays for or go with something that might better fit your personnel, but you don't know jack about? Obviously there is a wealth of info out there, but the comfortability factor in calling plays that you know in an actual game does play a large role.
 
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Yeah, there's the rub there: is it better to go with what you know inside and out and are comfortable with calling plays for or go with something that might better fit your personnel, but you don't know jack about? Obviously there is a wealth of info out there, but the comfortability factor in calling plays that you know in an actual game does play a large role.
Like a social studies teacher teaching math.
 
Young team, potentially talented, and lost a big group of Seniors. Might be a rough first year record wise for STHS.
Yes. They lost a leader in that underrated QB. But if I were the AD I wouldn’t lower expectations for the new coach.
 
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