Staying the Course
It was decided on during our winter meetings as a staff that our team “motto” would be, “DIG IN”. This was derived from information regarding our upcoming schedule combined with trying to replace 21 starters and 27 seniors with a senior class of what now appears to be 5 “healthy” seniors. Given the experience of my staff, I am completely confident that the plan devised will not doubt have a profound and positive effect on the future of Kings Football. Make no mistake; we are trying to win games now! The most critical piece to the puzzle is that we as a staff have the right kids in right places to ensure that “meaningful” learning occurs. In other words, if we have to switch a player from one position to another after the season (which may happen), that his experience would not be as valuable had he not been switched. We also look at depth at positions. If we have 5 “mike backers”, we would move guys so that they too will get on the field quicker to help us as well as provide them with a chance to contribute.
Without question it has been fun over the past 11 years experiencing one of the highest winning percentages in Division 2 in all of Ohio. The one problem with that is that teams are not exactly beating down your door to play you. In fact, many times we have to choose between taking a “bye” and playing a larger team. I know of a school that chooses the later on a regular basis. In my opinion, the amount of time spent practicing compared to how much game time you get is severely disproportionate as it currently stands. I cannot bring myself or this program to that same point! Our guys deserve to play 10 games regardless.
The silver lining of all this is that we play one of the toughest pre-conference D2 schedules in Southwest Ohio. This has paid dividends in the past and we’ll make sure it does this same thing in the future. Convincing 27 seniors of this was much easier to do than it will be convincing 21 starters made up of 5 freshman and 6 sophomores.
So my advice to all, “DIG IN & STAY THE COURSE”!
See you on the field!
Coach Olds
GO KNIGHTS!!!