I am not sure if anyone has gone through their weight room or not, it is amazing. They have amazing Alumni. They have their pick of pretty much every kid in New Castle County and at least that 1-AA college weight room. Under those conditions, they should win it every year and be nationally ranked. How does anybody compete with them? It boggles my mind.
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I will say this... Sallies looked A LOT different then Smyrna.. A LOT different... Their players were Longer, Taller and bigger.. That does mean a lot in football. Not sure what the deal is but when you get enough of those type of kids on your team you will usually be successful. Plus being a private school players HAVE to walk the line or they are gone. It is a privilege to go their. You can weed out the "fat" so to speak.
I doubt in the state of DE they ever go into a game as an underdog.... What I mean is of they play 9 games in state i am assuming they are usually Heavy, Heavy favorites in those 9 games. I would imagine over 90% of the time in the state of VA Sallies has better players.. probably way better players then the opponent.
I mean here we are in a state title game and Sallies looks like a varsity team in size, length, etc... Smyrna was not close in size, length..
So yes you can not discount the fact that it does make a difference.. do not kid yourself..
I doubt in the state of DE they ever go into a game as an underdog.... What I mean is of they play 9 games in state i am assuming they are usually Heavy, Heavy favorites in those 9 games. I would imagine over 90% of the time in the state of VA Sallies has better players.. probably way better players then the opponent.
I mean here we are in a state title game and Sallies looks like a varsity team in size, length, etc... Smyrna was not close in size, length..
So yes you can not discount the fact that it does make a difference.. do not kid yourself..
Not sure if you've seen them play, but Smyrna has some big boys as well and have great speed to boot. Probably just trolling...or just not giving enough credit to Smyrn, Middletown, Penn, Newark, Rodney, StMarks (pre D2), Sussex...all great programs that can win any given year.
Sallies play in DE not VA btw..
Sallies play in DE not VA btw..
Agree. I am unsure where cash is going with this. May I add rr your huh? made me laugh.
Who? I see no mention of a team anywhere. Just tell me who you are talking about. Please.
Of course, they are the Slowskys. I wonder if it was a dig at them for the loss to Smyrna today, It was a strange post.......and people make fun of me?
Don't misrepresent my efforts. I picked them to go 0-12 counting the playoffs.
The weight room is only a few years old. Before that the "weight room" was in the old driver's ed room. Even with that a lot of players work out at places like Titus. They don't have their pick of every kid in NCC. Many kids don't want to go to an all boys Catholic School with high academic standards. Most of the kids come from Catholic grade schools - there are exceptions of course and I'm happy about that. Not everybody who applies can pass the admission test and get in. Some good players whose father's played at Sallies attended ended up having nice HS careers at other local schools -- St Marks in particular.
A lot of the teams they play have more team speed and smart coaches work with that. BTW .. your post is insulting to Smyrna. They had a lot of team speed, great athletes and coaches.
If you know about the the nationally ranked teams, at least the Catholic boys teams from Ohio and DC etc.....they recruit and offer scholarships. What is mind boggling is the fact you don't know that.
Would most of you agree...
During the course of the regular season if Sallies plays 10 games they will usually have the better roster head to toe hands down 9 times out of 10? I have seen many games and players from DE. That Sallies team looked like a small college team. So basically when they step on the field they ARE the superior team?
8 to 9 times out of 10...
Would that be realistic? And if not what teams did they face this year that had better rosters then Sallies... Bigger, longer, etc...
During the course of the regular season if Sallies plays 10 games they will usually have the better roster head to toe hands down 9 times out of 10? I have seen many games and players from DE. That Sallies team looked like a small college team. So basically when they step on the field they ARE the superior team?
8 to 9 times out of 10...
Would that be realistic? And if not what teams did they face this year that had better rosters then Sallies... Bigger, longer, etc...
To be fair coach, they do play the toughest schedule and always have. This year, they played all of the Top 5 teams and two of those twice. With every public in Delaware leagued up, scheduling will get more difficult if the BHC expands by another school. There is one presently being considered in the MOT area.
"bigger, longer, etc"...what are you talking about, a Viagra commercial?
For a coach sold on your knowledge of the game you seem obsessed with appearances. Sallies was bigger than the Delaware teams this year. I would say Middletown, Penn, Smyrna. Judge and possibly some others had significantly more team speed. Maybe speed is not important in VA but it is everywhere else on every level of football.
Speed does kill..
Believe me we had the fastest kid in the state play for us this year.. I get speed,,
believe me I know..
I am just saying Sallies roster is LOADED! And size/length are important. Speed is big. By no means do I think Sallies is SLOW team. I also did not think honestly Smyrna is a FAST team.
I am a big fan of Smyrna and Coach Judy.. But watching the game CLEARLY Sallies had the WAY better roster.. top to bottom. Not even close. Any coach watching that film could see it.
I am just answering the original post from the top. No doubt Sallies should either win it every year or be in the game. Absolutely.. The original poster was making the point.
I would not say nationally rank though.. I have played against nationally ranked teams. The team I saw yesterday was good - but not close to being a nationally ranked team.
Believe me we had the fastest kid in the state play for us this year.. I get speed,,
believe me I know..
I am just saying Sallies roster is LOADED! And size/length are important. Speed is big. By no means do I think Sallies is SLOW team. I also did not think honestly Smyrna is a FAST team.
I am a big fan of Smyrna and Coach Judy.. But watching the game CLEARLY Sallies had the WAY better roster.. top to bottom. Not even close. Any coach watching that film could see it.
I am just answering the original post from the top. No doubt Sallies should either win it every year or be in the game. Absolutely.. The original poster was making the point.
I would not say nationally rank though.. I have played against nationally ranked teams. The team I saw yesterday was good - but not close to being a nationally ranked team.
I think this is devolving into a meaningless conversation but I know guys who have coached at both Sallies and then other schools who found having lots of speed at the other schools to be a luxury. Sallies has some pretty fast guys, but I am talking about overall team speed and how it can be deployed against a bigger, stronger opponent.
I do not like the move to spread offenses. Football is becoming more about speed and trickery - I consider them rough touch offenses, but they can win games as was witnessed yesterday. Speed has also become more important on defense. Witness the move to smaller, faster, finese defensive linemen in college and the NFL.
Did you see Judy's quote in the paper.....he said something like he felt if they stopped Reeder Sallies did not have anyone else who could beat them. I think he is a little full of himself because a sophomore QB starting his first game in the state Championship in front of the largest HS crowd ever in DE almost beat him. However, he might not agree with your assessment of his team.
I do not like the move to spread offenses. Football is becoming more about speed and trickery - I consider them rough touch offenses, but they can win games as was witnessed yesterday. Speed has also become more important on defense. Witness the move to smaller, faster, finese defensive linemen in college and the NFL.
Did you see Judy's quote in the paper.....he said something like he felt if they stopped Reeder Sallies did not have anyone else who could beat them. I think he is a little full of himself because a sophomore QB starting his first game in the state Championship in front of the largest HS crowd ever in DE almost beat him. However, he might not agree with your assessment of his team.
I don't think he meant Sallies didn't have anyone else that could beat them, but if you can stop the dude that torched you last time and force other players to beat you (which Sallies almost did) then they stood a better chance.
Yes exactly.. If is football 101.. What are they trying to do and take it away.. Make them beat you left handed. That is exactly what Smyrna did. Yes if you have a Soph/JV QB starting - YES make him beat you. That is exactly what Smyrna did.
Excellent game plan and obviously Smyrna learned from their first game and adjusted accordingly. Well done.
Excellent game plan and obviously Smyrna learned from their first game and adjusted accordingly. Well done.
I'd be willing to bet UD hasn't seen that attendance at any of their home games this year. That place was packed.
Opening Day was pretty packed @ UD.. although I don't think the visitors side was as packed as Smyrna's crowd
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I know the stadium holds 22000 but thats with the endzone seating which was closed.. If anyone knows how many the two sides hold we could get real close. but I am guessing mayBe 14 to 15 k at the Sals/Smyrna game
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I live couple miles from the stadium, used to catch a fair amount of UD games. I was in the stadium twice this year and for HS games only...says a lot about the state of Blue Hen FB.
