6-5 next year

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  • #33885

    Anonymous

    I have us either 5-6 or 6-5 next year. Have too do homework on a couple of teams. Out of the box at 0-3 will be tough too overcome. A demoralizing loss to Navy will determine 5-6 or 6-5. How the team bounces back???? Back up rb gone. Brags needs to stay healthy and develop future. Great O-line coach gone.. Will hurt strength of team. Despite what this forum says Bot will be missed but look forward to new HOLY Cross input. We can only go up from last year. 4-7 not unrealistic with no leadership in this class!!! Look for mid-season under-classman being injected in to give team a boost if all goes south. Looking forward too see what this new defensive coach can bring to the table. Do think this is Coens last year whether we go 11-0 or 0-11. Anybody seen Checcini around???

    #33887
    RichH
    RichH
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    Not quite as pessimistic. 7-4 seems possible.
    SFU not a cupcake but s/b a W
    Nova Likely L unless we can stop run
    Navy An L need to be competitive and come out healthy
    Penn A W . Our advantage if healthy will be game speed
    Princeton A tossup. Hope for a W
    PL sched Gate only tossup but dont tkink we’ll get it. Rest should bevWs.
    RB s/ b fine with Dom, Micco and Chadbourn plus Allen and Lucas.
    WR and OL lise a lot but also returns a lot of very good veterans.

    #33889

    Anonymous

    micco quit…along with quite a few of other players. spring is going to be very thin.

    #33890
    RichH
    RichH
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    Wow. That is a surprise. Not unusual for WOs to leave and we have a number of non schollies. Micco may keep his schollie, assuming a legit reason for quitting. Joe will give him a job somewhere in AD.Chadbourn and Allen next up. Still not great news.

    #33965

    objective observer
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    My last post as my son graduated

    if you were at the banquet- and listened to Duffy’s Speech

    Lehigh will be lucky to have more than 4 wins next year

    if you really think about it
    colgate and lafayette could have easily been loses-

    some people might think sour grapes- blah blah

    but listen to the reasoning
    I couldn’t say anything due to my son being on the team

    you have a cancer on the team and it is called ENTILEMENT
    also you lost one of the best coaches in Mariano-
    a lot of transition in coaching changes- will impact the game

    you lose 3 of the best lineman in the patriot league-
    and you lose 4 defensive lineman
    there is a new breed of athlete coming to Lehigh

    Lafayette is going to be better
    colgate will be the team to beat
    Lehigh will finish no higher than 3rd next year in the patriot league

    You can mark this down- and come and beat me up if I am wrong
    next year lehigh will be 4-7
    4-2 in the patriot league maybe 5-6- st francis is winnable

    GOOD LUCK NEXT SEASON- AND I REALLY HOPE MY PREDICTION IS INCORRECT

    #33991

    scottrix
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    Interesting perspective. As a casual observer I cannot say whether you are right or wrong. My only question would be, can you expand upon that ENTITLEMENT theory. What type of entitlement and for whom?

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    #33992
    RichH
    RichH
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    None of us know what oo is claiming. My guess is it is based primarily on his son being on the team.
    I do not claim to be an insider but I do not see where this “cancer” is on this squad. I have seen it on other teams where a coach’s favorite gets preference over a more qualified player. oo seems to be saying that the football team is rife with multiple examples of this type of preference. I look over our roster and the kids who are on the 2 deep. I just dont see that issue at any position. I even looked thru the senior class to try to find a player or players this might apply to. I am puzzled.

    #33994

    scottrix
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    I just want to know who the author is so I can “beat him up” if he is wrong! lol. Every parent has been there at one time or another…disappointment, frustration, anger. Are certain kids given preferential treatment at times or promoted more than others?? Sure they are, but that is called life. Good lesson to learn in college. As for entitlement to the extent that Lehigh fields a lesser team…I find that very hard to believe.

    #33995
    RichH
    RichH
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    Ah, its just oo. Over his time he has made a number of astute observations. Mostly pretty objective. This last post morevpersonal than objective.
    I am more interested in Spring practice. Mostly to see what develops on D.
    O just needs to do next man up. Ample talent and experience. I do hope new OL coach keeps our streak of excellent OL coaches intact.:)
    D a bit more of a project to say the least.

    #34030

    NJLehighFan
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    I also have concerns losing so much on the offensive line but not so pessimistic. I still think that getting some new blood in key defensive positions will decide our fate in 2018. Wont matter this year how many Brad can put up if we cant make stops. Even containing to less than 400 total yards a game would make a difference. Making plays that are game changers(sacks, INT, fumble recoveries) early in the season, (to gain confidence) before Patriot League play starts is critical.

    #34031
    RichH
    RichH
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    Spring may give us some clues as to where D is headed. Preview is up on site.

    Agree on OL. Fournier, Evans and Dixon all got multiple starts with no major diminution of effectiveness. Guardedly optimistic. Key for me is DL and LB-R levels. 2ndary should be OK. They all need to tackle better tho.

    #34032
    van
    van
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    losing 3 experienced OL a valid concern, seems we have some good bodies in the pipeline as Rich notes, might take a few games to get them all working together but OL should be OK, Marino a big loss as he was perhaps the best assistant on the staff, his replacement seems to have a good resume so only time will tell there,

    lot of untested DL, although some of the younger guys were highly thought of coming in, highly thought of does not always translate to high performance however, gotta get more out of the LBs and rover this year

    #34033
    RichH
    RichH
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    Well at least Andy seems to be focusing on D. Kaburcha may have a solid impact on “tweaking” the D. Hope so.

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