I cannot figure out high school coaches. On this same Landmark Christian team last year, the obvious best player on the team was Andrew Glaize. He signed with the Naval Academy. He was scoring about three touchdowns each game (big write-up about him in The Fayette Citizen) and was terrorizing offenses while playing linebacker (a position for which he was recruited at Navy). All of a sudden, for no apparent reason, he is put at tight end. (I am thinking that it was because there was a big spread on him in The Fayette Citizen newspaper.) After scoring three touchdowns against Fellowship Christian of Roswell, he plays tight end against Eagles Landing Christian the very next game and doesn’t touch the ball the entire game. He was kept at tight end the rest of the season, after having scored three touch downs running the ball in nearly every game of the first half of the season. Can someone explain this kind of thinking? Landmark Christian did not win the Region 5-A last year, after having won it for six straight years.

I can’t figure out coaches. Maybe former coaches will always second-guess the current coaches, but I learned many years ago that you put the football or basketball into the hands of your playmakers. I remember when Terrell Davis hardly got any touches of the football at UGA (and I do remember that for a while, he struggled with a hamstring injury). He went on to earn an MVP in the Super Bowl. He, along with Hines Ward and Jake Scott, form the UGA Triumvirate who earned MVPs in the different Super Bowls. UGA is the only collegiate team in the country which has had three MVPs in the Super Bowl. Terrell Davis had some “choice words” to say about Ray Goff who kept him on the bench at UGA. Sometimes coaches are egotistical and stubborn — and often at the expense of the student-athletes who are in their trusts. I remember seeing Andrew Glaize walking off the field at Eagles Landing with what appeared to me to be a stunned look on his face. He had just scored another three touchdowns the previous week, but did not even touch the football at Eagles Landing. Landmark Christian should have easily won that game, but lost. Coaches need to set aside their false pride and egos and do what is best for the student-athletes. Fortunately for Glaize, the Naval Academy had seen enough.

I have observed a player from a small school, Landmark Christian in Fairburn, who has speed, moves, and the soft hands that coaches talk about. But, he plays in the Class A division of GHSA. He only gets two or three touches per game, but makes something big happen at least once per game. Touchdown catches of 73, 63, and 55 yards, among other great receptions. Against Whitefield Academy on Friday night, Robert Trotter of Landmark Christian, only had two passes thrown to him all game, both of which he caught. He returned a kick-off to the ten yard line. He has speed to burn, great juking moves, and soft hands, but he plays for a small school — private at that! This is one of my pet peeves…great athletes overlooked because they play in small schools.

I remain your keen small school observer, Kenan.

UGA playing Tech is just like UGA playing Idaho State………….it’s a no win situation, i.e. if UGA wins (which they have 7 out of the last 8 years and 30 + over the last 45)it’s expected and if they lose, you’d think Tech just won the NC as exhibited by their fan base this past year. Like I said, it’s a very hard game for the UGA players to get up for compared to the SEC teams because it just doesn’t mean anything; and it’s a pain for the UGA fan base every other year having to pack into that “cracker box” they call a stadium. I’d much rather play every SEC team and drop ALL the cupcakes including Idaho State and the Trade school down on the flats. Techs got a nice little D1 program, but they really have no business playing against any of the big boys.

Go Dawgs

The RC/Moonpie is a classic!! Thanks!

GO JACKETS!!

(reference Arkansas and the 7 points they put up against Bama)

Here’s to Atkins and Owens having a big game against LSU!

As for the size of the guys Zenon, that’s the problem evaluating these Class A and GISA players. He plays against smaller, lighter competition. You can’t be sure how they’d do against bigger, badder players. But he’s certainly intriguing and I suspect a BCS school will take a chance on him.

Sounds like Christian hung out with the kids at UGA who could definately generate some interest for him (B. Smith, Rantavious, OC, Marlon and perhaps the QB of the future, Aaron Murray. Did you get any sense from him as to when he might make a commitment, i.e. this fall or next spring??

Thanks for the you tube link to the Zenon kid. He’s got incredible vision, set’s up his blocks as well as anyone I’ve ever seen, turns on a dime with acceleration and hits the hole with Rodney Hampton type quickness. Looks taller than 5-7 when comparing him to the other kids on the field Are you sure about that height. I can see this guy being unstoppable on punt returns. Do you think UGA might look at him as an “Athlete” or a DB? Seems a little small to endure the hits as a RB.

Thanks for calling out “Chris Hays.” The guys sounds a little “off”.

Thanks again for the insight you always seem to bring be it in the AJC or the local call in shows.

Thank you, too, Halberstram.