[Devil09]

Ivan is the one calling all the plays. He has been the one doing it for years. I know almost for certain that Jones has wanted it to be mixed up this year, and not be so one dimensional, then in the one game where they have the ability to go one dimensional, McGlone decides to try and pass 20 times lol. It is honestly pathetic, and I for one will let you all know, that I won't go watch a single Russell game until Ivan retires after this year. Iwouldn't be there now if it wasn't for my bro playing. I can't just blindly support such terrible lack of using your players and their abilities and giving the kids the best opportunity to win. You all act like these kids just let down, these kids know exactly what we all know, and there is nothing they can do about it. They know who should be at what positions, they know that they should have beem mixing it up more when the weather was good, they know that their dline should be able to fire off the ball and get penetration, they know that they should not be playing that terrible zone coverage that Russell has ran for over a decade, and why Russell has given up so many comeback wins to passing teams. They know all this, and it is very discouraging. Yes Ivan won state 3 years ago, but 2A was very very down that year, and that team just capitolized on being slightly more talented than every team they played. I'm glad they won it, but Russell should have droves of banners hanging around.

When was the last time a Russell team beat a team they shouldn't have? Russell never wins as an underdog, because Ivan's system solely depends on the fact that your kids must be head and shoulders better than the other team to win.

Well said.