Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[wesleydad]

ajk, at the time of the game you have every right to question putting mcsweeney back in the game.  he was obviously injured, limping badly when he went back in.  it was 36 - 7 in the 4th quarter.  it is nothing about winning at that point, it is about making a decision to protect the player from himself, that is part of coaching, since you dont do it as far as i know, you wouldnt understand that part.  my point would be the same if i was mcsweeney's father.  if you werent at the game then you cant really have any opinion on what happened.  by the way it has been reported that mcsweeney has a broken tibia just below the knee.  hindsight is 20-20 huh.

it has nothing to do about being bitter about what happened which i dont believe i have been or come across as having been with my opinions on the subject.  i disagreed with the decision, i dont think the team was as good this year the way it played.  you take from it what you want.  it is easy to challenge my motives as i have not hidden who i am, but what i will challenge is for you to prove any point that i have made that has been wrong, not based on your opinion but on facts.

as far as questioning coaches, it happens everyday to the best of them and the worst, as a coach you understand it and deal with it.  since the purpose of this site is for us to put our opinions out there coaching decisions will be part of it.

funny how someone from so far away with no dog in the fight seems to see it a little different than most of us close to the team.  crufootball makes the same point i made a couple of weeks ago.

skunks, not quite as far.

[thewaterboy]

I don't know what happened either, but to me looking at the stats it seems to me that Wesley thought that McSweeney was the QB of the next few years and they wanted to start the process this year. From what I gathered, Schatz only started 1 game and he didn't even get to finish it.

Obviosuly things could have happened in the off season or in practice but 1 game seems to be a short time to take the job away from someone who took you to the quarterfinals the previous year.

I think you got it right, that Drass wanted to get McSweeny into the fold sooner than later.  IMHO, McSweeny has a far more accurate arm and an aggressive temprament, something I noted last year during the few snaps he got.  He doesn't tend to stay in the pocket and while it didn't help in the UMHB game, he thinks well on his feet and like Derrick Warrick a couple years ago, extended quite a few drives by creating something out of nothing.  (Thinking back, Derrick Warrick was something special) Luckily, he has two more years of play ahead of him.  I think he will be a great leader on the field.  Watch this space.

I don't know why Drass didn't employ Schatz at WR on a regular basis.  I was really impressed with his ability during the Warrick days where he hooked up on quite a few TD passes.  I think we definately lost something there.

On a side note, I think that Mike Pennewell's injured ankle impacted the Wesley offense in a big way.  While Aaron Jackson contributed speed and agility, Pennewell brought in the hard-hitting running style that Wesley sorely needed in the game.  When I saw Pennewell go down during the Gallaudet game, I knew the Wolverines were going to suffer in the running game.

It's hard to question the decision making of a coaching staff that has carried a program matched by so few in DIII.  Wesley is a small college with a big league football team.  You can't ask for much more.

-Ski

I think something happened in the preseason. Schatz was not very good, he struggled to get the ball to his recievers. He seemed to miss high and low. And in the game he didnt finish he was 5 of 13 for 54 yards. Thats not very good at all. McSweeny seemed like he was the real deal when he got in though. Throwing a TD to Lano bringin Wesley back into the game. I think that in the future he could be like Chris Warrick, maybe better. He was great in his first full year and just imagine what he can do in the next 2 years.

wesleydad, I heard that McSweeny has an MCL issue which there is a possibility that it could heal on its own. Not sure if the info is accurate though.

[thewaterboy]

wesleydad, is the tibia broken or cracked. Thats the shin bone and i dont think McSweeny would have returned if it were actually broken all the way.

[wesleydad]

my son had a conversation with mcsweeney today, and shane said it was the tibia not his knee.  i agree, if it was broken he would have not gone back in.  when i hear more i will pass it on to all the wesley fans.  hope it is nothing serious and he can return.

[Teamski]

ski

It's Chris Warrick

Once again.....

DOH!!!

Thanks for the correction.

-Ski

[thewaterboy]

Thanks.

[PA_wesleyfan]

Ski

That's okay. I am sure somewhere Derrick Warrick is basking in his knew found fame

Well if nothing else we finally have some new  people discussing Wesley football....

[Teamski]

Ski

That's okay. I am sure somewhere Derrick Warrick is basking in his knew found fame

Well if nothing else we finally have some new  people discussing Wesley football....

I was typing away and wasn't paying attention, hehehehe....

-Ski

[wesleydad]

everyone have a great holiday, we are heading to the stagg to join stone station and then off to see my other son return from his tour of duty in afghanistan, can be no better present in the world, serving the greatest country in the world for 12 months and returning safely.

[Teamski]

Have a safe trip!  I'm always around to talk Wesley football.  This summer, I will have a lot of spare time to scout out prospects for next year.....

-Ski

[wesleydad]

if there is any solace in watching the results of a game after you have been eliminated, umhb crushed w&j today.  the game was over in the first quarter.  it is a shame that wesley had to play so bad last week, not sure if they could have beat umhb but they certainly were and would have been more competitive than w&j was today.

[thewaterboy]

wesleydad, personally, i think that wesley would have beaten UMHB had they played better. that is a shame that we played so bad. we should have worked on hitting recievers like CJ Bacote more while Beavers and Lano were covered heavily. Turnovers didnt help either. BUT i believe that if we played like we did in the middle part of the year, we would have won the game by a little bit.

Anyway have a safe trip if you havent already made it yet. 

[Teamski]

I don't think we would of won, however, it would of been a whole lot closer of a game.

-Ski

[wesleydad]

waterboy, i was at the game, umhb was better on both lines and that determined how most of the game went.  wesley could not move the ball on the ground very well and could not get any push from the d line to force umhb to change what they do.  i think we are just a notch below them, especially they way they are playing now.  it would have taken wesley's best game to beat them and i dont think wesley had any game this year that would have been good enough.

[old ends]

PA_Wesleyfan,,
  good luck with your arm, but I am sure your hunt and peck skills will improve. I hope it is not the arm you use the most,  ie righty or lefty.