Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[PA_wesleyfan]

wesleydad

Good thing you had an early flight. Seems the whole east coast is backing up over 2 hrs now... 

[Teamski]

Ski

What position did you say you were going out for

Redshirt waterboy! 

I know when I asked Coach Drass the move question earlier this season on his show, he mentioned that there was going to be movement between NJAC and E8, and that might spur a move for Wesley.  Now, I know that was then, but you never know. 

-Ski

[wesleydad]

pawesley, i think we are saying the same thing.  where were the slants and hitches this year, i dont remember many of them called at all.  if beavers is doubled and tripled and lano is doubled, then shouldn't the other receiver have been open for those routes.  i agree that losing clarke as a deep threat hurts, but there are other receivers that can run that route.  they never showed that they would try to throw it to anyone else.  the question is, why were the pass routes changed from those that were successful last year to the ones that were most often called this year?  if it was due to a lack of confidence in the other receivers then why didn't they use the leading receiver from 2 years ago since he wasnt the qb anymore?  although schatz would not have been a take it to the house receiver, he certainly showed the ability to run the slant and hitch 2 years ago and would have certainly made the opponents pay attention to him opening up the field for beavers and lano just like 2 years ago.  beavers was not on the team and jason and mike had 70+ catches each.

knight being injured also hurt, but i am not sure as to how much since aj did a pretty good job when he was in except for the fumbles and knight had that problem too.  i am not sure if teams payed much attention to murray because he didnt make any catches and was soft to the ball.

[PA_wesleyfan]

wesleydad

You would have a better incite to what was called and what broke down on a play and to what was run and wasn't open or what a coverage dictated on a play call. But I didn't see a lot of differences in the offense, other than some bootlegs and QB sweeps last week. I did only see one competitive game (Del-Val) and there were a lot of things that happened on both sides of the ball that day. Unfortunately yesterdays game was not one of the better performances. 

[Ralph Turner]

I have a different take on the Wesley UMHB game.

These are very familiar rivals by now.  Every game has been high-stakes.

Sometimes things break one way for one team, and the dam bursts.

This game was somewhat like the OU-Texas Tech game.  I honestly think that UMHB wins 6-7 out of 10, but Wesley has been a solid performer.

[thewaterboy]

McSweeny came off hurt in the game against UMHB, anybody got any info on that or is he fine?

[Toby Taff]

He had his knee wrapped and on ice when he came to Schoepf's BBQ after the game

[crufootball]

From what I remember after he hurt the leg, he actually did come back in the game and played a series. Then Jason came in for the rest of the game.

[wesleydad]

mcsweeney's injury is being evaluated with some possible damage in the knee.  the fact that he was allowed to go back in the game with the score 36 - 7 and obviously limping begs to question, why?  there was nothing to be gained by it, just another question about some of the decisions made by the coaches this year.

[AJK]

 Question the coaches?  About what?
  your starter say's he Ok to go after coming out of the game and he goes back in.
    They went with what they thought gave them the best chance to win the game.  This game was more about the Jimmy and Joe's not the X's and O's.
   UMHB was the better team and If you turn it over the way Wesley did, you generally lose.

the bitter Dad routine is way over played

[dedragon]

Agreed. While different perspectives are appreciated, I think this has gone on a little far. From where I sit during the games, I loved watching a QB that positively led his team. There is no denying leadership.

[skunks_sidekick]

From what I read on this particular website, it seemed like the QB from last year had every chance to be the starter and just didn't rise to the occasion.  Evidently, he was told numerous times that either he improved, or changes were going to be made. 

Seems like the coach was fair, of course, I was not there and am only going on what I read.  It seems like Wesley got just as far this year as they did any other year (relatively speaking).

Seems like a non-story to me.

[crufootball]

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.

[Teamski]

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

[PA_wesleyfan]

ski

It's Chris Warrick