I don't know what's more disappointing that our players can't read or write or that the teams seems already divided. If a team wants to be a good team they can't resent other lower or upper class man. They have to trust the guy next to you. No team can be a stand alone class. DragonsD acts like the senior class can get it done by themselves and selfish football teams don't win many games. There's not nearly 22 athletes in the senior class to do so. In any class in niles for that matter. So hopefully coach puts them in theirpp place. A divided team is a losing team look at the jets this year. Doesn't matter how much talent you could have. If we start 20 sophomores (which won't happen) regardless, the seniorvs and team need to support whoevers playing. P.s. I doubt this is the first team shaner coached that couldn't read very well. We should be alright.
The Town and DragonD
Please, for the sake of Niles' reputation, QUIT POSTING ALREADY!
Geez, the teachers are trying to get a contract passed, and you two are not helping the cause very much. If a good football team is a smart football team, Niles is in for a world of hurt. Shaner's first order of business should be to order a "no post" policy on message boards. Then again he has bigger issues. The skeletons are knocking down the closet door.
bareknuckles, I don't know what your reading, but I haven't said anything that isn't true. Shaner is going to be a very fine coach and him and his staff are going to change things drastically. All I'm saying is the locker room cannot be divided. I think you should stop posting. I haven't seen you post anything with any good insight on anything. I'm here to talk football I couldn't care less about the teachers contracts. You want to talk and defend teachers take it somewhere else with your 3 posts. I graduated from Niles I know there's great teachers at Niles. That has nothing to do with anything i said.
If your referring to a couple spelling mistakes and capitalization errors than you shouldn't be on this site. I often post from my phone so it's not the easiest hitting little buttons. I graduated a few years ago and have friends that have brothers on the team, and coaches that have been friends over the years so I've been watching these groups of kids coming up. If you must know, to make you sleep better at night, I won the army reserve award for ACADEMIC and athletic EXCELLENCE. If you would have read previous posts and COMPREHENDED the english I was writing than you would know why I know a lot of these kids. Once again, this isn't a site for spelling tests and teachers contracts, It's "An online community for Ohio High School sports." You probably get off on getting your red pen out and marking mistakes all day from posts on this site. Talk football or don't post at all. Only posts you have typed were about how bad Shaner is, discipline, and how I can't comprehend the english language? I felt the same way about Shaner when they picked him, but don't judge a book by its cover. If you haven't met him or talked to him you have no idea what kind of coach he will be. He is no yeager, and with the staff he put together , which all could probably be head coaches somewhere I think he's done a fantastic job so far. I guarantee your a teacher at Niles so I'll send you my paycheck in a few days, and we'll see who comprehends the english language. Maybe you can help me read the numbers.
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Stef is the qb period. i am friends with Kyle, but he cannot run and throws nowhere like Stefan. i bet if u asked the receivers from last year most wanted stef over zack. but yeager did not. we r wring hard to surprise those tat doubt. as fr wiery and ift, they werent really players before,sowho cares. to the person saying we have too many seniors, no way. the class beneath us just is below avg. they will need alot of help fromclass behind them. they really are not a stand alone class.
Now, back to football talk, If you check the Browns showcase results. You will see Padens 40 time and shuttle time was faster than Yuhas' so him not being able to run is a mistake. He throws the deep ball much better than yuhas. Short routes were about the same. They were actually paired in the same group during the camp and so they would go right after one another. You got to really see them go head to head for the first time. Whoever is the QB, work your arses off for both of them and good luck next year DragonsD.
the town gets so critical. i said nothing but what is commen sense in our locker room. the soph class does not have many players, period. read the roster, look at the lettermen. alo, the ony person that think kyle throws it bette is prolly kyles dad. kyle kn,ows it for cccrying out loud. we are tight, tighterf than ever before. the only peron causin any crap is a famil of a kid who knows he is not good enough. only, actually alays in niles.
ps who cares abut spelling, this is a mesage board and i amdriving
the town gets so critical. i said nothing but what is commen sense in our locker room. the soph class does not have many players, period. read the roster, look at the lettermen. alo, the ony person that think kyle throws it bette is prolly kyles dad. kyle kn,ows it for cccrying out loud. we are tight, tighterf than ever before. the only peron causin any crap is a famil of a kid who knows he is not good enough. only, actually alays in niles.
ps who cares abut spelling, this is a mesage board and i amdriving
that wounderful niles education shines through again! just stop embarrassing your school already son
who cares about spelling on messages and texts???????????? also look at the results again. they gotta be screwed up. kyle faster than stefan and tommy, get real. also stefan bigger than kyle, no way. something is messed up.
I think I understood what he was saying. Something about kids parents always stir up stuff when kids aren't good enough I believe. But yes I agree his family wont do that they want a winning competitive season as bad as anyone in this town. But I'll agree to disagree. We will see though. May the best man win. Regardless I wouldn't read these things if your on the team DragonD definitely wouldn't write posts. Its only going to distract you from the main goal. Everyone on here Im sure wants nothing but the best for all of the football team, but you could get in trouble with coach or who knows what could be stirred up. Again, good luck.
who cares about spelling on messages and texts???????????? also look at the results again. they gotta be screwed up. kyle faster than stefan and tommy, get real. also stefan bigger than kyle, no way. something is messed up.
People who post here care about spelling and "text" we want to actually be able to read and have an intelligent conversation
Not long ago I played football for Niles and graduated from Niles McKinley. During my playing days I was a member of JJhuddle. On JJhuddle I spoke to members of other teams such as Howland, friends of mine. The coaches didn't like students being on these sites for obvious reasons, I can understand their disapproval. The thing is, I was very careful about what I said and I was respectful. I never went too far or sparked any controversy, nobody made a big deal about my involvement with JJhuddle. Being on sites such as JJhuddle and Yappi as a high school athlete recquires a certain level of maturity. I only share my experience to give an example of how playing football and using message boards can coexist. Though for some people, this just is not possible. Being a current player and student, you really would be better off if you didn't debate who is going to start.
Not long ago I played football for Niles and graduated from Niles McKinley. During my playing days I was a member of JJhuddle. On JJhuddle I spoke to members of other teams such as Howland, friends of mine. The coaches didn't like students being on these sites for obvious reasons, I can understand their disapproval. The thing is, I was very careful about what I said and I was respectful. I never went too far or sparked any controversy, nobody made a big deal about my involvement with JJhuddle. Being on sites such as JJhuddle and Yappi as a high school athlete recquires a certain level of maturity. I only share my experience to give an example of how playing football and using message boards can coexist. Though for some people, this just is not possible. Being a current player and student, you really would be better off if you didn't debate who is going to start.
who cares about spelling on messages and texts???????????? also look at the results again. they gotta be screwed up. kyle faster than stefan and tommy, get real. also stefan bigger than kyle, no way. something is messed up.
As for this, I find it hard to believe they messed all the results up. Some kids did want to wear there shoes when they were getting measured and weighed so that could be a factor. They were about the same height when they stood next to each other all day. Since stefans stronger makes sense he'd weigh more, plus, he's been home all winter, and padens been playing basketball. So, he probably lost weight as Stefan gained a little. Like I said earlier, Duffy looked out of shape. Like he was pulling a wagon. And were talking about tenths of seconds here. It's not a huge difference were talking about.
They laser timed the 40 yard dash, the other measurables were probably done accurately. A lot can change over the course of a year. A lot can still change between now and August. Team unity is also important.
Hey nice to see life breathed in the Niles thread again. I have a quick question Town maybe you can answer, What do the kids think of the staff as a whole? How is the weight program progressing? What is Niles doing differant this year in the off season then the last few? I did read in an earlier post you thought the line were not physical run blockers. Its been established on here that Shaner brought his Oline coach from East/Rayen..And if you ask around the line play was extremely physical, even when East had smaller lines, I think the line coach will have them performing much better than they have in the past. I am an Irish fan through and through but have watched Rayen and East play over the years and I wish Shaner and company good luck.
Well mahoningpride94, obviously I cannot speak on behalf of the team, but from what I've seen and heard, he's really a hands on guy. He's a players coach like yeager but with that tough exterior and seems like a no nonsense guy. Probably from dealing with kids with broken homes and just a variety of different situations at East. I know he texts players often asking them about lifting and their other extra curriculums, so I think the players feel connected. As a former player I would definitely enjoy playing for this guy. As for the offseason being different, I'll ask a few people. I know the quarterbacks have been throwing in the gym a few times a week and working out. Even if their playing other sports. Which, in the past, kids always seemed to avoid if they were working out for baseball or basketball, they wouldn't come to workouts. As for the line, I have heard nothing but good things about the new Oline coach, so I'm glad to hear you agree. The line is so large and strong that with decent techniques and coaching they should be a force, and one of the better lines around. Howland always has a great line so maybe not, but somewhere up there. I will ask around and let you know more about any drastic changes taking place. Unfortunately, it's only Feb. So we still got forever until the season. I'm sure the coaches are still working on routines and different ideas to make things change here at Niles.
As for the staff as a whole, it feels like an all star staff. I really believe all these great coaches are truly here for the one reason to come together, coach the hell out of these kids and help change this depressing culture we have had the last 3-4 years. Maybe I'm an optimist, but I don't know why some of these coaches would want to come here when being a head coach for some are right around the corner; unless they wanted to all help be apart of something bigger, and really help a town that is dying for some good football.
..If a good football team is a smart football team, Niles is in for a world of hurt. Shaner's first order of business should be to order a "no post" policy on message boards. Then again he has bigger issues. The skeletons are knocking down the closet door.
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I would think you would like how shaner is doing business knuckles. Since you are all about the teachers contracts, he's really helping you teachers look good. Even though you basically said our kids are dumb.
Anyways, like I been saying, Shaner has been doing a phenomenal job being a players coach with a no nonsense attitude. I continue to be impressed by this guy. Hope he can keep up the good work all offseason. Thanks for the link coldshoulder.
As for the staff as a whole, it feels like an all star staff. I really believe all these great coaches are truly here for the one reason to come together, coach the hell out of these kids and help change this depressing culture we have had the last 3-4 years. Maybe I'm an optimist, but I don't know why some of these coaches would want to come here when being a head coach for some are right around the corner; unless they wanted to all help be apart of something bigger, and really help a town that is dying for some good football.
The quick answer is not everyone wants to be a head coach. I'd rather not deal with the parents.
30 is pretty darn good for niles in February. Plus, theirs about 10-12 players that are in baseball and basketball working out and getting in shape. As a former baseball player for niles, those offseason workouts are seriously the hardest of all 3 sports in my opinion. Hopefully that will change with shaner and staff.
People don't realize we may be D3 but never have a big team. Most students that niles get from transfers are kids from Harding that don't make the sports teams, don't play or get picked on. So, we never get any athletes worth the numbers that come here. Everyone on our teams are usually always niles-born kids. If shaner could help put niles back in the spotlight that could change and maybe kids will want to be a dragon again.
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I would think you would like how shaner is doing business knuckles. Since you are all about the teachers contracts, he's really helping you teachers look good. Even though you basically said our kids are dumb.
Anyways, like I been saying, Shaner has been doing a phenomenal job being a players coach with a no nonsense attitude. I continue to be impressed by this guy. Hope he can keep up the good work all offseason. Thanks for the link coldshoulder.
It's very difficult not to like Shaner and what he is all about. It's one thing to say all the right things, but I sense that he is very sincere in what he says.
Also have to love the coaching staff he has assembled. The lack of a quality staff was Yeager's biggest downfall. The ability to bring quality coaches in will be Shaner's biggest asset. The fact that these guys want to coach for Shaner speaks volumes about the guy.
If a certain group of people (we all know who they are) leave this guy alone and allow him to run the PROGRAM as he sees fit, good things are in store for the future of Niles football.
Seriously? This same group of clowns that have been posing as a committee to raise money for the stadium are still at it? I bought a REIN card from these clowns four years ago. How much money do they have at this point??? My friend's father tried to put together a golf outing to help with the stadium fund but these idiots didn't want any part of it because they didn't think of it first.
A lot can change over the course of a year. A lot can still change between now and August. Team unity is also important.
So true, but You wouldn't of happen to graduate around 2005,2006 would you? The posts you have written seem like you might have been on an Annarella coached team. You don't have to throw your name out there, I was just wondering.
just stop embarrassing your school already son
So we still got forever until the season. I'm sure the coaches are still working on routines and different ideas to make things change here at Niles.
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