Thank you John Wells

[Downstatecredit]

Congratulations to Sussex Central on their first ever state title.

Working with the program for a number of years I got to see the dedication and desire that John Wells put into this football program. It was more of a when rather than if John would win a state title. After a long wait he’s done it. I believe I speak on behalf of the entire community in saying Thank You Coach Wells for your dedication to these young men. You deserve it.

 

[MightyMik]

Congrats Downstatecredit, I know it’s been a long time coming.

 

[BackinBlack86]

You always remember your first..just saying.. Congrats Coach Wells..respect! You did it your way thats for sure...

 

[Chesdel]

credit, congratulations. It was a long day for the faithful but I look forward to next year...

Your bunch deserved the title based on their dominant performance today. It is a shame we can't see them play your 2006 team which was top notch...

 

[cavaliercharlie]

Congrats ALL SC Golden Knights..."A Job WELLS Done!" First State Title and the HN Conference Eleventh.

I truly believe we are very fortunate to have such a great Coaching Fraternity throughout Delaware.

My favorite Coach Wells moment:

While they were playing for MT/BDN to prep for the legendary three a days we would do the Blue Chip FB Camp and the camp I thought you got your best bang for your buck with one on one instructions on all the positions, the DELMARVA FB Camp. At the time it was the oldest FB Camp in DE if not the entire tri-state area.

I would drive four aspiring HS FB players to the DELMARVA FB Camp drop three off, my youngest was only 7 so we would shoot over to the beach and work on our tans, I worked nights so I would catnap, go get some boardwalk fries and head back to camp. We would walk thru the weight room and catch the last session of camp.

This one day the boys were finishing up with the bench doing the 225 lift, prior to last session. The weight room cleared out, Coach Wells nest in and rep 225, 10x, racked it waited a minute, rep 10x, racked it waited a minute, rep 10x, racked it and headed for the field on a mission.

My youngest wanted to know if he still played? I told him those that can do, those that can't teach. Every now and then you will see a Coach that can-do-teach. If you have one, support them and take care of them,
you will learn a lot.

All 4 aspiring HS FB players became 1st Team All-State, College student/athletes, College Coaches/High School Coaches, Community Leaders, Good Citizens, three have married and are good husbands/fathers.

If you ask any of the four to describe Coach Wells, they will tell you smart, strong, stern but fair.

I am glad they had the time and opportunity with Coach John Wells.

"A JOB WELLS DONE!"

 

[cavaliercharlie]

"A JOB WELLS DONE!"

 

[proudscfan]

Great story and example of Coach Wells.

 

[proudscfan]

Just a couple years ago I was one of the coaches for aSussex Central Pop Warner team. Before our season would start we would meet with Coach Wells and DC Marvel. He loved the idea of the kids learning the basics of the offense they run in high school. These meetings were supposed to run a half an hour or so and be basic. Lol. The meeting would turn into a 2 hour marathon of advanced information and just talking about football. The passion and devotion from both these guys was amazing. They just talked about never settling and always getting better and learning more and more. They would have sat and talked to us Pop Warner coaches all night if they could have. That's just who they are. Coach Wells talked about being "SC for Life" and it was very clear that he not only says it.......he lives it.

 

[Uncle Bumfuzzled]

Congratulations to Coach Wells and the Sussex Central team.
Enjoy this for a while. Next year is around the corner.

 

[BlueHen75]

Just a couple years ago I was one of the coaches for aSussex Central Pop Warner team. Before our season would start we would meet with Coach Wells and DC Marvel. He loved the idea of the kids learning the basics of the offense they run in high school. These meetings were supposed to run a half an hour or so and be basic. Lol. The meeting would turn into a 2 hour marathon of advanced information and just talking about football. The passion and devotion from both these guys was amazing. They just talked about never settling and always getting better and learning more and more. They would have sat and talked to us Pop Warner coaches all night if they could have. That's just who they are. Coach Wells talked about being "SC for Life" and it was very clear that he not only says it.......he lives it.

Does SC run the wing-T? Just curious

 

[Uncle Bumfuzzled]

Does SC run the wing-T? Just curious

Yes.

 

[BackinBlack86]

Does SC run the wing-T? Just curious

Religiously

 

[ceech1]

Religiously

teaches kids nothing for the next level.

 

[BlueHen75]

teaches kids nothing for the next level.

Really? The wing-t is not an easy offensive to learn/run. And not for everybody. I'm just partial to it and appreciate the fact that some teams are successful with it. It's a great O to watch. It takes athletic skilled players that have worked hard to run the wing-t correctly and have been taught by coaches that know how to teach it. Obviously SC did something right. Add the two together and you have a state championship. Congrats to Coach W.ells and his staff and the players.

 

[APboy]

Really? The wing-t is not an easy offensive to learn/run. And not for everybody. I'm just partial to it and appreciate the fact that some teams are successful with it. It's a great O to watch. It takes athletic skilled players that have worked hard to run the wing-t correctly and have been taught by coaches that know how to teach it. Obviously SC did something right. Add the two together and you have a state championship. Congrats to Coach W.ells and his staff and the players.

Love the old wing-t. Ran it in high school, went to UD and enjoyed watching it there, and later coach it for 10 years at the high school level. SC runs it very well. Lots of rush yards against a big Sals defense.

 

[Bully pulpit]

with the right athletes you can win running any offense.

 

[Rockem sockem]

Really? The wing-t is not an easy offensive to learn/run. And not for everybody. I'm just partial to it and appreciate the fact that some teams are successful with it. It's a great O to watch. It takes athletic skilled players that have worked hard to run the wing-t correctly and have been taught by coaches that know how to teach it. Obviously SC did something right. Add the two together and you have a state championship. Congrats to Coach W.ells and his staff and the players.

Yes you are correct this is a good building foundation offense, however just basic. Only builds a basic foundation for high school low level football. Hardly any offenses use wing-t on the collegiate level anymore so it’s only a building block. However it isn’t a great building block for college ANYMORE. That being said the wing-t didn’t win them the chip or their games. Thanks to the DC they brought that chip to Central!

 

[UD1989]

Yes you are correct this is a good building foundation offense, however just basic. Only builds a basic foundation for high school low level football. Hardly any offenses use wing-t on the collegiate level anymore so it’s only a building block. However it isn’t a great building block for college ANYMORE. That being said the wing-t didn’t win them the chip or their games. Thanks to the DC they brought that chip to Central!

SC averaged 30+ points per game this year. To say the Wing-T didn’t win them any games is ridiculous. Granted, their D was exceptional, but so was their O. The O (Wing-T) kept other teams offense off the field and its very difficult to defend for a high school team

 

[BackinBlack86]

Blocking systems and techniques for the old wing offenses are completely different than the zone blocking the colleges run today. So in that aspect Cheech is right.

Obviously wing offenses don’t prepare QBs for college ball at all well unless they want to go to Navy or GA Tech. As for RB’s or WR skill is skill doesn’t matter what O they are in but a passing team certainly benefits a WR as far as getting noticed.

Acually now I think on it while wing O showcases the RBs talent running the ball it does nothing in teaching them to pick up blitzes in pass protection or running hot routes when pressure comes which as we know is as important in the college game as running ability

But in the end colleges are recruiting measurables and eye test. They assume they can coach the rest. So what system a kid runs in HS really doesn’t matter to them as far as offering but it does help the kid in getting on the field sooner if they know the system the college is running Shorter learning curve

 

[ReturnOfTheGate]

The Wing T is a pain in the ass to defend, which is why Central was so good - skill and talent/football IQ with a confounding offense means trouble. Add to that a lights out defense and they were destined to win it this year.

 

[BackinBlack86]

Wing T is only a pain in the ass to defend if you don’t face it most of the season and have to prepare for it one week Just like the spread RPO has been a pain in the ass for DE to defend It’s still Jimmy’s and Joe’s but it’s also mastering whatever system you are running.

There is a reason Wing T is the preferred O to run in the younger youth leagues not only here but everywhere . It is easy to teach and basic. Try running a RPO spread and check downs to 8 year olds lol

 

[Rockem sockem]

The Wing T is a pain in the ass to defend, which is why Central was so good - skill and talent/football IQ with a confounding offense means trouble. Add to that a lights out defense and they were destined to win it this year.

Wing-T is very easy to defend if you see it consistantly and players know how to defend against it. In hs it works because most schools have moved away from ancient civilization techniques. The only reason why it works because there is only one school which still only runs wing-t religiously. Mixed in with a spread wing-t about 5 plays a game.

The lights out defense is what put them over the top. Defense wins championships! Clearly evident with this team.

 

[BlueHen75]

Blocking systems and techniques for the old wing offenses are completely different than the zone blocking the colleges run today. So in that aspect Cheech is right.

Obviously wing offenses don’t prepare QBs for college ball at all well unless they want to go to Navy or GA Tech. As for RB’s or WR skill is skill doesn’t matter what O they are in but a passing team certainly benefits a WR as far as getting noticed.

Acually now I think on it while wing O showcases the RBs talent running the ball it does nothing in teaching them to pick up blitzes in pass protection or running hot routes when pressure comes which as we know is as important in the college game as running ability

But in the end colleges are recruiting measurables and eye test. They assume they can coach the rest. So what system a kid runs in HS really doesn’t matter to them as far as offering but it does help the kid in getting on the field sooner if they know the system the college is running Shorter learning curve

Didn't mean for this to turn into a wing-t debate. But....Some Wing-T Quarterbacks.

Jeff Komlo-Detriot lions
Scott Brunner-NY giants
Rich Gannon-Oakland
Matt Nagy-Chicago
Andy Hall -Philadelphia Arena league

And I'm sure a few more. The negative thing about the wing-t is that THE TRUE WING-T is complex and most teams run a washed out version(s). Maybe that's why there is a negative opinion on this. Isn't the RPO similar to the pass option? Waggle? And again, I am biased on this for good reasons. And my opinion. I'm curious. Which teams in DE run the perfect college prep offense? My opinion is most scouts look for in no particular order:
1) player's size
2) 40 time
3) grades
4) exposure
5) footwork
6) stats
7) camp/tryouts

College coaches will work on the technique they prefer. Do college coaches rely on what players were taught in high school? Not everybody teaches the same exact thing. They just need the player to be able to develop into what they feel is good for their offense. Which supports B&B on that opinion.

 

[BackinBlack86]

Didn't mean for this to turn into a wing-t debate. But....Some Wing-T Quarterbacks.

Jeff Komlo-Detriot lions
Scott Brunner-NY giants
Rich Gannon-Oakland
Matt Nagy-Chicago
Andy Hall -Philadelphia Arena league

And I'm sure a few more. The negative thing about the wing-t is that THE TRUE WING-T is complex and most teams run a washed out version(s). Maybe that's why there is a negative opinion on this. Isn't the RPO similar to the pass option? Waggle? And again, I am biased on this for good reasons. And my opinion. I'm curious. Which teams in DE run the perfect college prep offense? My opinion is most scouts look for in no particular order:
1) player's size
2) 40 time
3) grades
4) exposure
5) footwork
6) stats
7) camp/tryouts

College coaches will work on the technique they prefer. Do college coaches rely on what players were taught in high school? Not everybody teaches the same exact thing. They just need the player to be able to develop into what they feel is good for their offense. Which supports B&B on that opinion.

No the RPO is nowhere near waggle or any other play action wing t play. Neither is the blocking scheme and the players you listed I only heard of Gannon the rest I have no clue who they are

 

[BackinBlack86]

your order is wrong in my opinion as well playing for a ranked team is foremost then

1.speed
2.size
3.exposure
4 camps( where they evaluate footwork and technique)
5 combines
6 recruiting sites tee shirt and shorts ranking
7 stats ( they assume they are juiced by the coaches)
8 grades are last everyone lies about them anyway to get offers and the Colleges has tutoring and programs to keep the players eligible anyway. If you can’t qualify in then they go on to the next.

 

[BackinBlack86]

That is why I laugh at the whole. “Get kids to go to college for free” stuff to explain the money spent and cheating going on today in HS football. Well you know sometimes paying for something makes it more worthwhile. Sometime free isn’t appreciated and taken advantage of. Sometimes the goal is NFL and and a degree isn’t the goal and if you don’t make NFL you got nothing. There is employable degrees and just degrees that say I went to college but got this BS degree that doesn’t pay anything

 

[fanoffootball123]

teaches kids nothing for the next level.

Who gives a F?

They just won the championship.

I’d rather see a team run the old school wing T than some of the garbage BS offenses I see teams trying to run these days.

What a dumb comment.

Prepare for the next level is so overplayed. I get the whole scholarship thing and money but most kids aren’t going anywhere. It’s a small percentage that even play at the next level. I want a coach to teach my kid how to block/tackle and play the game the right way while being a good student athlete. I’m pretty sure that’s being done at SC being that coach Wells has been there forever.

Congrats to them again on a great season.

 

[proudscfan]

Everyone can debate about the Wing T. Like it or not. I watch just about every Central game. I see teams that run an offense that they have no business running. Some are a pass heavy spread offense with coaches that can't coach it and players that are not suited for it. Or maybe a run heavy offense with clueless blocking mechanics. So when I watch Centrals offense I see a well run, disciplined offense that comes at an opponent from all angles. Yes Centrals defense was off the charts this year but their boring old bland simple offense still averaged over 30 points a game. So thank you John Wells for our first state title. SC FOR LIFE.

 

[BackinBlack86]

 

[Chesdel]

Everyone can debate about the Wing T. Like it or not. I watch just about every Central game. I see teams that run an offense that they have no business running. Some are a pass heavy spread offense with coaches that can't coach it and players that are not suited for it. Or maybe a run heavy offense with clueless blocking mechanics. So when I watch Centrals offense I see a well run, disciplined offense that comes at an opponent from all angles. Yes Centrals defense was off the charts this year but their boring old bland simple offense still averaged over 30 points a game. So thank you John Wells for our first state title. SC FOR LIFE.

I can remember back in 2011 when the Sals went down to SC and won a first round tournament game. (unreal cold night).
SC held the Sals in check the first half and then the Sals pulled away in the second half. (Troy Reeder was the QB for the Sals.)

Some SC fans were chirping about how bad Wells' offense was. Some Sals fans were chirping about how bad BDN's offense was. That was 7 years ago and things haven't changed. Fans will complain about winning coaches.

Yes, without giving it a tremendous amount of thought the SC defense is a once in a decade kind of defense. I think it was pointed out-- WHS in '71 and MDT in 2012. I think Butch's Newark 1985 defense with LB's Reeder, May, and Callahan was lights out. Penn had some monster defenses in the 1980's.

 

[84rider]

No the RPO is nowhere near waggle or any other play action wing t play. Neither is the blocking scheme and the players you listed I only heard of Gannon the rest I have no clue who they are

Nagy is the coach of the Chicago Bears