Bulldog fans...

[silly365]

ive waited a full week to say anything so i cant be told im running off at the mouth because im still pissed off. i can puke everytime i hear all this about injuries is the cause we didnt win. players going both ways is why we dont win. being in the spread is why we dont win.the offense leaves the defense on the field to long is why we dont win.how many dang excuses can we at nederland come up with?listen if the truth be told we have injuries at 3 and only 3 positions . one of which is at qb. what does every team do when they have injuries? they go to the next guy and line up and play!!listen we have very capable players to fill in these spots but if the coaches are gonna limit these kids and there abilities to play as we have been because of lack of confidense or for whatever reason then youll have no success.that to me is the only reason we have not moved the ball since kirby has gone down.ive watched the last 3 games countless times way more than any of you on here have and have seen bubble screens behind the line of scrimmage run after run after run it has nothing to do with the spread or any other excuse some 50 or so people on here can come up with .you have to call plays that put you in a position to have success i havent seen many teams that are being told to run plays that gain one yard atta time be very sucessful in managing the clock.also if a team lines up and runs only even with grogan at running back you wont be sucessful in this district trust me .the play weve had behind our linebackers has been horrible . you cant run down guys from behind to make tacles every play and be very sucessful. teach these kids that the right way is to nutt up and hit them in the mouth when they are in front of you. too many run to the side and flop or grab heck wrap up to the dogs is when we have 6 or 8 guys in on a tackle thats when we get agressive .now i know we have guys willing to fill in these spots and i know we are capable of winning games just hope the kids can over come lack of play  calling .this being said i trust that the kids will play as they have been and make this game close and win good luck dogs!!

[B.M.F.]

Hey I got an idea...If your defense wants off the field, make a stop.  Quit blaming it on the offense, the spread works.

[smitty]

  ttt

Bring it down a notch, Bru.  If you are talking about the "Maybe some do" comment, it was not directed at you.  I was referring to HC's that might would rather have a track meet on the football field with no defense.

If it's something else, let me know.  You ought to know me by now: I don't attack people's opinion unless attacked first.

But you are right, it's my opinion the DC should be replaced.  But, I never said fired.  There's no masking here.  I've been consistent with this thought through out.  And one thing I never do is blame the players. I think I've stated this also before.

As for the fourth quarter defense play, I would be more inclined to agree if it was the first quarter instead.  By the fourth, the other team is tired and this may have caused what you are talking about. Not saying that it did, but the possibilities were there.

Smitty, Nederland doesn't have the numbers, like I said quantity that they've had.  I'll ask you again, did you pay attention or watch the 4th quarter defense when Cardenas and Lovelady both played lb?  You won't answer, you make a smart butt comment about what I felt was an honest opinion from 89NDN, we all know you think Spell should be fired, you don't mask your comments very well.  

I'm thinking most teams will load the good players on defense first.  Because if you can't stop anybody, you are not going to win.  Unless a coach likes a track meet every game.  Maybe some do.  

When you think personnel to run the spread, think quantity and quality.  I feel we have the quality, maybe not the quantity.  We routinely pour the best athletes onto the offense to effectively run the spread.  Not saying the defensive personnel is chopped liver, but it at times misses pieces.  Like last Friday, when we were forced to play Cardenas and Lovelady at LB in the 4th quarter.  Smitty, please go back and look at the stats, watch the video... whatever you need to do... we played dominant defense in the 4th quarter with this change.  But, can we play Cardenas and Lovelady at LB the entire game and get the same level of play from them... I question the quantity versus the quality.

I agree about the quantity.  Nederland has 4 or 5 kids that go both ways most of the time, and a few others that see some action on both sides.  PN-G has 0.  

Therefore, we load the offense to execute the spread.  A lot has to do with injuries, but some has to do with raw numbers, which has been discussed at length on the Bigned.com board.

[79ram65]

I have not seen the Bulldogs play any games except the PNg game , but it was obvious that the unforced turnovers by Ned was the biggest factor in the outcome. 3 were directly attributed to their QB . As far as the spread being ineffective , I disagree, Ned appeared to be running conventional running plays with normal blocking schemes (power gt trap iso etc) but by running from the spread they are able to take one defender out of the box. Their passing game was limited by the ability of their 3rd string QB.

Just remember it isn't always Xs & Os somtimes it's Jimmies & Joes.