Ddub14 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:02 pm
DFOLDMAN wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:56 am
stretch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:30 am
Tiger Guru wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:30 am
Let’s face it Daniel is going to win 3 straight this year and probably 4 before being reclassified to 4A. Unfortunately besides a couple teams like Daniel, bhp and wren that whole classification is the old 2A. Heck if those 3 teams played in this new classification the last 20 years one of them would have won every year. Nothing against Daniel they are where they are. They will probably win the next 30 in a row which is great. But Fruster doesn’t want to play anyone tough. Sucks they won’t even get challenged. He knew Greer and Hart was down this year. Pretty funny he canceled against Greenville for the Easley jamboree. Didn’t want to get challenged.
Greenville definitely looks like a challenge with their 0-3 record. Pretty sure Greenville also hosted their own jamboree the same night as the Easley Jamboree, but clearly you know more than anyone else. Stay mad buddy, the old saying is still true. “They all hate us”
Come on, Stretch....even Dub lamented the DWD HC's scheduling. Gville signed on the dotted line with Dorman, Byrnes, Hanna..,.I'm sure you think you could beat those 3 teams, but you will never know, will you. Being a big fish in a small, stagnant pond doesn't prove much. But you guys admit the fans , admin, and community are happy with it...guess its OK. Sad, really when you guys could challenge yourself and find out if you could handle the heat of a Dorman, Buford, Chambers, etc...but we don't know.
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I have said on multiple occasions that our schedule is disappointing. That being said my next statement is really going to upset a lot of people. While I was sitting there Friday watching Greenville/ Byrnes my thought was Daniel beats both of these teams walking away. Sorry but everyone has this opinion of Daniel but they never come see us play. We beat Byrnes 2 tds or more and Greenville would get run out of the place. It’s an opinion that will never be quantified but so is the opposite opinion. Also we didn’t bail on the Easley jamboree. We weren’t invited nor were we invited to the Lake Hartwell jamboree that every other team in 6 counties in it. Even though Daniel is the school that is closest to you guessed it Lake Hartwell.
So ok what are we to do . Just keep winning. I find it funny we know when teams are down so that’s when we schedule them. How is anyone supposed to know that before the season starts? We also haven’t got to pick our playoff opponents the last two years. I hear all this love for Camden go ask them whose been the best team they’ve faced the last two years. Gray, Byrnes , Dillon , Hartsville , Myrtle Beach etc. If their honest I know what they would say because their fans in the parking lot after loses sure think it’s the D W Daniel Lions.So I’m tired of holding back none of you have to like but you better learn to love it .Because it’s not going anywhere!
Didn't upset, made me think. Dub....I watch DWD film...the one shortfall is overall team speed. Speed kills. Merck for example. Runs excellent routes, has great hands, a QBs' WR - knows where to find the open spot, with good speed. That being said teams like Fort D, South Pointe, Dorman etc...all have a bus full of players that run a 4.5 forty. Pickens County- it is what it is. The last time DWD played a team with decent coaching and excellent overall team speed, they got beat....Ridge View. Camden is a good team, but not a great team. Fort D., South Pointe, Northwestern etc. Until you play those teams...and beat them regularly- not a one off deal, no one is going to give DWD the respect at the level you believe they deserve. That's no one's fault but the HC. Schedule tough games- period. The worst team on DF's schedule might beat the best team on DWDs schedule. I would not bet a large sum of cash on Seneca to beat North Augusta for example. Might be a good game, but I wouldn't bet the house on it. Like this week...Hart Co or Stratford...not sure who wins but I would lean toward the team with more speed...Stratford. The game is different these days. Region play...DF's region is not the toughest in 5A but not horrible. Walhalla, West-Oak, Seneca, Pendleton, Crescent... save Seneca...awful competition- I know, I know you don't pick your region, but just pointing out the importance of non-region scheduling.
DF has our own problems to solve this season and not hitting on all cylinders. That being said we have played a tough non-region start to the season and found a way to win. TK has been in tough, tough games before as have the Foxes...they know what it takes to get it done.
We can agree to disagree on this but I will say your HC needs to give his balls a tug. If you he doesn't want to schedule an in-state team go to Charlotte or Atlanta...can't sling a dead cat without hitting some really good high school teams.
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