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QuikSand 12-29-2007 01:01 PM

Take Two - and this time, let's try it wothout any draft picks
 
One And Done, Misfit Toy Style

Not enough torture, I guess. I’m going to give this thing a second go, but without any draft picks at all. I plan/hope to take my time in building the team, pay attention to things in small detail, but I thought I’d do that the first time through and failed to, really.

No detail here on the multitude of position switches and convoluted nonsense we go through to build our training camp roster of 85 players (yes, 85) – but here we go into training camp, hoping for some good news here and there.

QuikSand 12-29-2007 01:04 PM

Quick note of confession - I ran my draft through once and sifted through the players left over, with an eye on who would become my affinity group leaders. That made it tons easier to try to plan for eventual chemistry. More "time saver" than cheat, but I will post here that I made this effort.

I also invested some time into preparing for training camp, and running it -- only to find that one of my major target players (LB Zack Swift, a no brainer) was somehow left behind. Faced with the prospect of playing the whole career without him, I decided instead to start over. I didn't do a new set of interviews, carried essentially the same group into and through camp, but probably benefited at least here or there from some knowledge gleaned from the first trial.

QuikSand 12-29-2007 01:06 PM

Here’s our training camp…

Golden Hill Player Report (OND2 2008a - OND2 2008b)
Name
Pos
Team
OND2 2008a Current
OND2 2008a Future
OND2 2008b Current
OND2 2008b Future
Overall Current Change
Overall Future Change
Baker, Lamont
QB
Golden
9
29
12 (3)
30 (1)
3
1
Fulcher, Aaron
QB
Golden
5
21
7 (2)
21 (0)
2
0
Mahoney, Kurt
QB
Golden
5
26
8 (3)
28 (2)
3
2
Mirer, Herman
QB
Golden
12
27
16 (4)
28 (1)
4
1
Montgomery, Wesley
QB
Golden
3
18
5 (2)
24 (6)
2
6
Bernard, Dave
RB
Golden
15
40
15 (0)
37 (-3)
0
-3
Bush, Leland
RB
Golden
21
41
22 (1)
35 (-6)
1
-6
Fling, Jack
RB
Golden
27
46
29 (2)
43 (-3)
2
-3
Frysinger, Myron
RB
Golden
2
17
3 (1)
14 (-3)
1
-3
Gibson, Jon
RB
Golden
27
39
25 (-2)
35 (-4)
-2
-4
Greene, Jose
RB
Golden
24
28
26 (2)
30 (2)
2
2
Hoffman, Cedric
RB
Golden
29
48
30 (1)
44 (-4)
1
-4
Kight, Tyrone
RB
Golden
17
32
19 (2)
33 (1)
2
1
McDonald, Daniel
RB
Golden
17
37
18 (1)
33 (-4)
1
-4
Benfer, Emmitt
FB
Golden
18
35
20 (2)
35 (0)
2
0
Butler, Mack
FB
Golden
14
34
15 (1)
31 (-3)
1
-3
Flowers, Riddick
FB
Golden
14
34
18 (4)
33 (-1)
4
-1
Oliver, A.J.
FB
Golden
17
31
19 (2)
32 (1)
2
1
Rivera, Devin
FB
Golden
17
47
19 (2)
42 (-5)
2
-5
Waldorf, Lionel
FB
Golden
14
36
17 (3)
36 (0)
3
0
Clancy, Marty
TE
Golden
12
41
15 (3)
38 (-3)
3
-3
Reynolds, Leon
TE
Golden
17
47
20 (3)
46 (-1)
3
-1
Snee, Lorenzo
TE
Golden
23
46
25 (2)
42 (-4)
2
-4
Bauer, Butch
FL
Golden
7
30
8 (1)
26 (-4)
1
-4
Okobi, William
FL
Golden
20
54
24 (4)
48 (-6)
4
-6
Ramsey, Lawrence
FL
Golden
20
48
19 (-1)
42 (-6)
-1
-6
Rivera, Darryl
FL
Golden
13
24
14 (1)
24 (0)
1
0
Blair, Winfred
SE
Golden
16
39
19 (3)
38 (-1)
3
-1
Stevenson, Glenn
SE
Golden
15
29
18 (3)
30 (1)
3
1
Sutton, James
SE
Golden
12
40
13 (1)
33 (-7)
1
-7
Turnbull, Preston
SE
Golden
14
19
17 (3)
23 (4)
3
4
Arriaga, Allen
C
Golden
9
46
12 (3)
42 (-4)
3
-4
Crawford, Luke
C
Golden
21
35
22 (1)
36 (1)
1
1
Wolfe, Randy
C
Golden
21
41
24 (3)
42 (1)
3
1
Halama, Harvey
LG
Golden
10
29
13 (3)
32 (3)
3
3
Hanks, Lionel
LG
Golden
18
41
21 (3)
40 (-1)
3
-1
Crawford, Bucky
RG
Golden
22
37
23 (1)
36 (-1)
1
-1
Rhea, Aaron
RG
Golden
3
11
5 (2)
12 (1)
2
1
Sheldon, Jim
RG
Golden
17
40
20 (3)
40 (0)
3
0
Banks, Arnold
LT
Golden
13
37
18 (5)
38 (1)
5
1
McDaniel, Roy
LT
Golden
6
37
9 (3)
37 (0)
3
0
Perry, Mickey
LT
Golden
9
17
12 (3)
20 (3)
3
3
Melchior, Timothy
RT
Golden
19
31
20 (1)
32 (1)
1
1
Bass, Joel
K
Golden
41
64
41 (0)
58 (-6)
0
-6
Dworak, Riddick
K
Golden
16
45
15 (-1)
37 (-8)
-1
-8
Clayton, Robert
P
Golden
32
52
32 (0)
47 (-5)
0
-5
Degrange, Les
LDE
Golden
22
38
24 (2)
35 (-3)
2
-3
Dvorak, Arnie
LDE
Golden
11
29
14 (3)
29 (0)
3
0
Samuels, Winfred
LDE
Golden
8
19
9 (1)
20 (1)
1
1
Wilkins, Daniel
LDE
Golden
16
28
18 (2)
30 (2)
2
2
Brody, Darrell
NT
Golden
27
51
28 (1)
46 (-5)
1
-5
Fenno, Zach
NT
Golden
11
34
13 (2)
36 (2)
2
2
Morrison, Don
NT
Golden
21
34
22 (1)
34 (0)
1
0
Nomellini, Bucky
NT
Golden
14
26
16 (2)
28 (2)
2
2
Malcomson, Willie
RDE
Golden
26
50
28 (2)
45 (-5)
2
-5
Perry, Ike
RDE
Golden
13
28
16 (3)
30 (2)
3
2
Houston, Toby
SLB
Golden
11
38
14 (3)
37 (-1)
3
-1
Willis, Sammie
SLB
Golden
11
33
13 (2)
29 (-4)
2
-4
Coleman, Rico
SILB
Golden
17
32
20 (3)
30 (-2)
3
-2
Swift, Zack
SILB
Golden
15
28
18 (3)
32 (4)
3
4
Malchow, Gilbert
WILB
Golden
10
36
14 (4)
36 (0)
4
0
Porterfield, Howie
WILB
Golden
11
31
12 (1)
28 (-3)
1
-3
Barton, Leo
WLB
Golden
17
37
19 (2)
35 (-2)
2
-2
Campbell, Lorenzo
WLB
Golden
20
47
27 (7)
45 (-2)
7
-2
Irwin, Wade
WLB
Golden
13
24
15 (2)
24 (0)
2
0
Kimble, Kerry
WLB
Golden
9
33
11 (2)
30 (-3)
2
-3
Sudano, Vinny
WLB
Golden
12
37
14 (2)
31 (-6)
2
-6
Andersen, Kerry
LCB
Golden
25
47
27 (2)
41 (-6)
2
-6
Buchanan, Jonathan
LCB
Golden
21
47
22 (1)
40 (-7)
1
-7
Gottschalk, Korey
LCB
Golden
16
22
18 (2)
24 (2)
2
2
Martins, Johnnie
LCB
Golden
10
35
13 (3)
35 (0)
3
0
Sanderson, Mack
LCB
Golden
11
27
14 (3)
27 (0)
3
0
Bullock, R.J.
RCB
Golden
22
35
24 (2)
35 (0)
2
0
Douglas, Frank
RCB
Golden
11
39
14 (3)
34 (-5)
3
-5
Hartwell, Max
RCB
Golden
17
32
19 (2)
30 (-2)
2
-2
Newhart, Leonard
RCB
Golden
22
35
25 (3)
35 (0)
3
0
Petkovich, Donnie
RCB
Golden
17
48
18 (1)
41 (-7)
1
-7
Gomez, Trevor
SS
Golden
12
39
15 (3)
41 (2)
3
2
Inzinna, Seth
SS
Golden
24
48
26 (2)
44 (-4)
2
-4
Bernhardt, Artie
FS
Golden
11
48
12 (1)
41 (-7)
1
-7
Nichols, Terrance
FS
Golden
17
32
20 (3)
32 (0)
3
0
Weaver, Dwight
FS
Golden
18
32
19 (1)
29 (-3)
1
-3

QuikSand 12-29-2007 01:07 PM

Okay, we have a crop of quarterbacks who look to have a little promise, and we have a mishmash of players who will either contribute via their modest skills (here and there) or through their chemistry (profile on that coming soon). A +6 training camp is pretty good for Wesley Montgomery, and we will slot him as our #1 option and hope to see him eventually get that overall rating up north of 40 or so. His best skills (not saying much) right now are in third down passing and timing, so he might do well in a run-first offense, which I definitely expect we will be committing to.

And yes – I invested a lot into chemistry for this team – we’re going to have to have something on our side, it surely won’t be talent. So here’s the snapshot of my team’s affinity structure, as we are down to 54 players and ready for the preseason games:

Code:

 
  Front Office Football 2007
  Golden Hill Hoplites Roster, Attitude Advisory
   
    Player                #  Pos  Start Noted Playing Time    Chemistry 
  Baker, Lamont          2  QB                Content        3 Affinities with lead 
  Montgomery, Wesley      9  QB                Content        3 Affinities with lead 
  Mirer, Herman          5  QB                Content        3 Affinities with lead 
  Mahoney, Kurt          1  QB                Content         
  Greene, Jose            20  RB                Content        Affinity               
  Bush, Leland            22  RB                Content        Affinity               
  McDonald, Daniel        43  RB                Content        Affinity               
  Fling, Jack            44  RB                Content         
  Rivera, Devin          42  FB                Content        Backfield Leader       
  Oliver, A.J.            40  FB                Content        Mild Affinity         
  Snee, Lorenzo          88  TE                Content        Exceptional Affinity   
  Clancy, Marty          82  TE                Content        Mild Affinity         
  Reynolds, Leon          81  TE                Content         
  Rivera, Darryl          86  FL                Content        Receivers Leader       
  Ramsey, Lawrence        80  FL                Content         
  Okobi, William          89  FL                Content         
  Stevenson, Glenn        83  SE                Content        Affinity               
  Turnbull, Preston      15  SE                Content         
  Crawford, Luke          59  C                Content        Exceptional Affinity   
  Wolfe, Randy            50  C                Content         
  Halama, Harvey          53  LG                Content         
  Hanks, Lionel          62  LG                Content         
  Crawford, Bucky        66  RG                Content        Mild Affinity         
  Sheldon, Jim            73  RG                Content         
  McDaniel, Roy          79  LT                Content        Offensive Line Leader 
  Banks, Arnold          68  LT                Content        Strong Affinity       
  Perry, Mickey          64  LT                Content         
  Melchior, Timothy      65  RT                Content         
  Clayton, Robert        14  P                Content         
  Bass, Joel              4  K                Content         
  Samuels, Winfred        97  LDE              Content        Defensive Front Leader 
  Wilkins, Daniel        74  LDE              Content        Exceptional Affinity   
  Malcomson, Willie      95  RDE              Content         
  Perry, Ike              96  RDE              Content         
  Brody, Darrell          78  NT                Content        Affinity               
  Nomellini, Bucky        90  NT                Content         
  Fenno, Zach            92  NT                Content         
  Swift, Zack            93  SILB              Content        Mild Affinity         
  Coleman, Rico          54  SILB              Content         
  O'Neal, Emmitt          98  WILB              Content         
  Malchow, Gilbert        67  WILB              Content         
  Houston, Toby          51  SLB              Content        Mild Affinity         
  Sudano, Vinny          94  WLB              Content        Exceptional Affinity   
  Barton, Leo            25  WLB              Content        Strong Affinity       
  Campbell, Lorenzo      91  WLB              Content         
  Buchanan, Jonathan      24  LCB              Content        Secondary Leader       
  Gottschalk, Korey      34  LCB              Content        Exceptional Affinity   
  Martins, Johnnie        23  LCB              Content        Mild Affinity         
  Hartwell, Max          21  RCB              Content        Exceptional Affinity   
  Newhart, Leonard        29  RCB              Content        Mild Affinity         
  Inzinna, Seth          27  SS                Content         
  Gomez, Trevor          30  SS                Content         
  Nichols, Terrance      47  FS                Content        Affinity               
  Weaver, Dwight          41  FS                Content         
 


My guiding principle was basically that a player had to show me enough in training camp that he would be a major contributor, or else he would get cut without having an affinity. I selected my position leaders pretty carefully, finding two guys on offense named Devin and Darryl Rivera, both of whom are strong leadership types, and who have been “split up” to play WR and FB for this team, being leaders at both position groups. I love that – plus, they are themselves in the same affinity group, making it fairly easy for them to mesh with my three QBs who link up with them via chemistry.

My thinking is probably to use a couple of our running backs (namely Leland Bush and converted CB Daniel McDonald as “slot back” types – and to try to use their versatility in both RB and WR positions. We are not deep at true WR, I realize, so we will need everyone we can get in the mix. I am thinking that Jose Greene, with his +2 camp and creeper ratings profile, will start out with the #1 RB job, but I have Jack Fling in the mix as a solid fallback as well.

On defense, I am going with a 3-4 front – which has really never served me very well. I just don’t have a ton of talent along the DL on this team, and think if there ever was a team that suited a 3-4, it might be this one. We will pin LB Lorenzo Campbell into a full-time pass rushing job, and will try to use a nickel package frequently to get a slightly more talented lineup out there fairly often. My gameplan will be to send out 5 DBs fairly often, but not to play the aggressive pass formations (3-deep and 4-deep zones very much). Hopefully, we have just enough skill on defense to make this…umm…passable.

QuikSand 12-29-2007 01:07 PM

Okay – I don’t expect much from this whole career in terms of wins, much less season one. We’ll try to get through without killing anyone.

Code:

Front Office Football 2007
2008 Summary for Golden Hill Hoplites
 
Year                2008                                     
Record              1-15                                     
Winning Pct.        .062                                     
All-Time            1-31                                     
Winning Pct.        .031                                     
Playoffs            0-0                                     
Playoff Visits      0                                       
Bowl Wins          0                                       
Head Coach          Donnell Cooper                           
Record              1-31                                     
Winning Pct.        .031                                     
Off. Coord.        J. Everson                               
Def. Coord.        K. Korr                                 
 
Golden Hill Hoplites    Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        22.9      31         
Rushing Yards          90.2      30         
Yards Per Carry        3.93      13         
Pass Attempts          32.5      16         
Completions            20.5      7 (T)     
Completion Pct.        63.1      9         
Passing Yards          165.9    32         
Yards Per Attempt      5.11      32         
Yards Per Catch        8.09      32         
Total Yardage Gained    232.2    32         
3rd Down Conversions    34.5      25 (T)     
Points Per Game        7.9      32         
Pass Rush Pct.          13.2      32         
Pass Defense Pct.      30.2      32         
Turnovers              31        20 (T)     
Turnover Margin        -16      31 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        37.5      32         
Rushing Yards          160.1    32         
Yards Per Carry        4.27      26         
Pass Attempts          23.3      1         
Completions            15.9      1         
Completion Pct.        68.3      32         
Passing Yards          180.0    2         
Yards Per Attempt      7.74      31         
Yards Per Catch        11.34    21         
Total Yardage Gained    334.3    27         
3rd Down Conversions    48.1      31         
Points Per Game        29.7      32         
Pass Rush Pct.          22.6      27         
Pass Defense Pct.      50.0      10         
Turnovers              15        32         
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    7    LYN          38     
2    0    YNG          31     
3    9    WRC          17     
5    10    OLC          38     
6    10    at YTS        33     
7    0    WIL          28     
8    0    at RAN        31     
9    7    at ROO        37     
10    13    SHA          21     
11    10    at LYN        34     
12    3    at BLR        31     
13    0    at HAR        48     
14    13    POR          14     
15    32    YTS          31     
16    9    at FTN        23     
17    3    at SHA        20     
 
Passing                Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Rate 
9 W. Montgomery        QB    472  306  2486  5.27  9    14    72.0   
5 H. Mirer              QB    48    22    169  3.52  0    2    37.6   
**Team                  ---  520  328  2655  5.11  9    16    68.9   
$$Opp                  ---  372  254  2880  7.74  27    4    110.9 
 
Rushing                Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Fum 
20 J. Greene            RB    140  616  4.40  0    3     
44 J. Fling            RB    128  481  3.76  0    4     
9 W. Montgomery        QB    52    179  3.44  0    10     
22 L. Bush              RB    35    129  3.69  1    2     
**Team                  ---  367  1443  3.93  1    24     
$$Opp                  ---  600  2562  4.27  26    23     
 
Receiving              Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD 
89 W. Okobi            WR    107  71    659  9.28  6.16  5    3     
83 G. Stevenson        WR    97    60    533  8.88  5.49  8    2     
15 P. Turnbull          WR    86    45    509  11.31 5.92  6    3     
80 L. Ramsey            WR    70    40    323  8.08  4.61  6    1     
81 L. Reynolds          TE    39    26    174  6.69  4.46  1    0     
88 L. Snee              TE    36    25    123  4.92  3.42  0    0     
44 J. Fling            RB    31    22    146  6.64  4.71  1    0     
 
Defense                Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct 
93 Z. Swift            ILB  118  41    0.0  0    0    2    76.3   
30 T. Gomez            S    81    36    0.0  0    1    4    78.6   
98 E. O'Neal            OLB  76    19    0.5  2    0    4    70.5   
91 L. Campbell          OLB  62    23    9.0  13    0    1    80.2   
27 S. Inzinna          S    56    32    0.0  0    0    3    72.4   
47 T. Nichols          S    46    14    1.0  0    3    7    82.1   
74 D. Wilkins          DE    45    23    0.0  9    0    0    80.4   
29 L. Newhart          CB    45    10    0.0  0    0    5    70.8   
95 W. Malcomson        DE    44    21    3.0  4    0    0    81.3   
54 R. Coleman          ILB  41    14    1.0  0    0    0    73.2   
92 Z. Fenno            DT    38    19    0.5  2    0    0    82.5   
34 K. Gottschalk        CB    38    10    0.0  0    0    5    72.7   
78 D. Brody            DT    22    11    0.0  0    0    0    81.4   


Stat lines for really bad teams are always a little screwy – since they are always trailing, the plays getting called on both sides get skewed. Regardless, we scratch together one mighty win on a wacky 25-0 fourth quarter (4 TDs from Montgomery!) and get out of here without suffering the indignity of the imperfect season.

Yes – I am seeing quite a number of guys who were stalwarts for us in my first time through the one and done. No shock there – we used something like 40 URFAs in that career as well. Zack Swift is a solid inside LB – in our system with a high nickel usage, he will be our only inside LB, so I expect him to put up tackles nearly as good as what I saw from him in the first career – he definitely will be our annual tackle leader, health permitting.

We’ll see some good seasons from LB Lorenzo Campbell – he played DE for me in my first OND career, but as the pass-rushing LB in our 3-4 he ought to be seeing plenty of pass rush stats.

S Travis Gomez looks like a decent creeper player, and actually played fairly well in coverage, too. We’re hoping to see him develop those modest ratings, and turn into a solid starter for us at SS. His counterpart FS Terrance Nichols looks like a potential ballhawk for us – 3 picks this year is solid, and 7 passes defensed gives us some room for optimism that he can help shut down the top receivers we face with double teams.

As for QB Montgomery – I knew this would be a building year. The 9/14 ratio isn’t awful, but our overall pass attack really was. I didn’t get the ball to RB Leland Bush as often as I had hoped/planned – only 17 targets. We will endeavor to get him out there a little more frequently, both in the RB and WR positions.

Subby 12-29-2007 01:36 PM

Gomez was one of the few defensive guys that made all league for us - he had a very high pass d % over his ten year career...

QuikSand 12-29-2007 04:07 PM

2009

Again, expectations are very low here – development of QB Montgomery is probably our biggest focus right now.

LB Lorenzo Campbell, clearly a product of our 3-4 system, earned DROY and First Team All Pro honors for his rookie campaign. Over time, I don’t expect us to really feature too many award winners – Campbell and LB Swift might be the two guys who have the best shot to get a few honors, especially while the team is really, really bad and there are plenty of tackles to go around. (That condition may indeed last though the entire career, I fully understand)

I decide to change staff, and bring aboard all new coach and coordinators – HC Desmond Shanabrough is great at gameplanning, but only “average” with avoiding injuries. We’ll hope for the best.

One downside of having multiple slight-creeper QBs is that I already have an “angry” guy in Lamont Baker. I will probably need to rotate guys at QB to keep them happy, which won’t be good for continuity, nor development of my #1 guy Montgomery.


Not sure how long I will post these camp report, but here’s year two:

Golden Hill Player Report (OND2 2009a - OND2 2009b)
Name
Pos
Team
OND2 2009a Current
OND2 2009a Future
OND2 2009b Current
OND2 2009b Future
Overall Current Change
Overall Future Change
Baker, Lamont
QB
Golden
12
31
15 (3)
31 (0)
3
0
Mahoney, Kurt
QB
Golden
9
28
10 (1)
29 (1)
1
1
Mirer, Herman
QB
Golden
16
28
19 (3)
29 (1)
3
1
Montgomery, Wesley
QB
Golden
7
26
9 (2)
26 (0)
2
0
Bush, Leland
RB
Golden
22
32
23 (1)
31 (-1)
1
-1
Fling, Jack
RB
Golden
30
41
33 (3)
42 (1)
3
1
Greene, Jose
RB
Golden
29
31
30 (1)
32 (1)
1
1
McDonald, Daniel
RB
Golden
17
30
19 (2)
31 (1)
2
1
Oliver, A.J.
FB
Golden
22
33
23 (1)
34 (1)
1
1
Rivera, Devin
FB
Golden
19
38
21 (2)
38 (0)
2
0
Clancy, Marty
TE
Golden
14
36
17 (3)
35 (-1)
3
-1
Reynolds, Leon
TE
Golden
27
45
31 (4)
45 (0)
4
0
Snee, Lorenzo
TE
Golden
27
39
29 (2)
39 (0)
2
0
Okobi, William
FL
Golden
30
44
34 (4)
44 (0)
4
0
Ramsey, Lawrence
FL
Golden
18
39
18 (0)
39 (0)
0
0
Rivera, Darryl
FL
Golden
15
24
16 (1)
23 (-1)
1
-1
Stevenson, Glenn
SE
Golden
23
32
25 (2)
31 (-1)
2
-1
Turnbull, Preston
SE
Golden
21
25
22 (1)
25 (0)
1
0
Crawford, Luke
C
Golden
22
36
22 (0)
36 (0)
0
0
Wolfe, Randy
C
Golden
27
43
30 (3)
42 (-1)
3
-1
Halama, Harvey
LG
Golden
17
35
20 (3)
34 (-1)
3
-1
Crawford, Bucky
RG
Golden
26
37
28 (2)
37 (0)
2
0
Sheldon, Jim
RG
Golden
22
40
25 (3)
39 (-1)
3
-1
Banks, Arnold
LT
Golden
25
38
29 (4)
38 (0)
4
0
McDaniel, Roy
LT
Golden
11
37
14 (3)
37 (0)
3
0
Perry, Mickey
LT
Golden
13
22
15 (2)
23 (1)
2
1
Melchior, Timothy
RT
Golden
20
32
22 (2)
31 (-1)
2
-1
Bass, Joel
K
Golden
48
54
50 (2)
50 (-4)
2
-4
Clayton, Robert
P
Golden
36
44
36 (0)
43 (-1)
0
-1
Samuels, Winfred
LDE
Golden
10
22
12 (2)
21 (-1)
2
-1
Wilkins, Daniel
LDE
Golden
19
32
21 (2)
32 (0)
2
0
Brody, Darrell
NT
Golden
28
43
30 (2)
43 (0)
2
0
Fenno, Zach
NT
Golden
19
38
21 (2)
38 (0)
2
0
Nomellini, Bucky
NT
Golden
16
28
18 (2)
29 (1)
2
1
Malcomson, Willie
RDE
Golden
28
42
29 (1)
41 (-1)
1
-1
Perry, Ike
RDE
Golden
17
32
20 (3)
32 (0)
3
0
Houston, Toby
SLB
Golden
15
37
17 (2)
37 (0)
2
0
Swift, Zack
SILB
Golden
23
34
26 (3)
34 (0)
3
0
Coleman, Rico
WILB
Golden
21
30
24 (3)
30 (0)
3
0
Malchow, Gilbert
WILB
Golden
14
36
17 (3)
36 (0)
3
0
Barton, Leo
WLB
Golden
19
33
22 (3)
33 (0)
3
0
Campbell, Lorenzo
WLB
Golden
31
43
34 (3)
43 (0)
3
0
Sudano, Vinny
WLB
Golden
13
28
14 (1)
28 (0)
1
0
Buchanan, Jonathan
LCB
Golden
22
35
24 (2)
35 (0)
2
0
Gottschalk, Korey
LCB
Golden
22
26
24 (2)
24 (-2)
2
-2
Martins, Johnnie
LCB
Golden
15
36
18 (3)
36 (0)
3
0
Hartwell, Max
RCB
Golden
19
30
22 (3)
30 (0)
3
0
Newhart, Leonard
RCB
Golden
29
36
31 (2)
35 (-1)
2
-1
Gomez, Trevor
SS
Golden
22
43
24 (2)
43 (0)
2
0
Inzinna, Seth
SS
Golden
26
40
28 (2)
40 (0)
2
0
Nichols, Terrance
FS
Golden
23
32
26 (3)
32 (0)
3
0
Weaver, Dwight
FS
Golden
19
27
21 (2)
27 (0)
2
0

Disappointing drop from CB Gottschalk, a guy I had really hoped would develop into a serious starter for us. Now I don’t know what to think of him.

No continued move from Montgomery, either. Hmmmm. Maybe the QB rotation won’t be so bad after all.

So, we are ready for season two. Baby steps. Two wins, maybe?

QuikSand 12-29-2007 04:07 PM

Well, we get our first win in week 7, kicked off by a Zack Swift fumble recovery for TD, and managed by a 17-of-19 day for QB Montgomery.

After a 1-7 start, I knuckle under to Baker’s demands, and give him a start – he responds by leading us to a 34-31 win and a game-winning drive. But now Herman Mirer is “livid” about playing time, and I think I have painted myself into a real mess here.

I go to Mirer next, to try and salvage his attitude. He actually gives us a 300-yard day passing, though in a loss. But the bigger news is LB Zack Swift out for the year – but it doesn’t look like a career threatening deal, at least.

The QB carousel looks like it’s just going to be how it goes with this team. We get another decent-enough win with Mirer at the helm, but I’m not exactly convinced he is the future of the franchise. I fear that our future is getting 3 or 4 starts for each guy to keep them happy enough to re-sign.

Anyway – we get win #4 down the stretch, and so far are looking like a team that has at least a sliver of promise. Offensively we really spread things around at every single position – so the stat sheet is something of a blur.

Code:

Front Office Football 2007
2009 Summary for Golden Hill Hoplites
 
Year                2009                                     
Record              4-12                                     
Winning Pct.        .250                                     
All-Time            5-43                                     
Winning Pct.        .104                                     
Playoffs            0-0                                     
Playoff Visits      0                                       
Bowl Wins          0                                       
Head Coach          Desmond Shanabrough                     
Record              4-12                                     
Winning Pct.        .250                                     
Off. Coord.        E. Diano                                 
Def. Coord.        J. Howe                                 
 
Golden Hill Hoplites    Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        24.7      29         
Rushing Yards          93.8      29         
Yards Per Carry        3.80      23         
Pass Attempts          32.3      18         
Completions            20.5      9         
Completion Pct.        63.4      6         
Passing Yards          185.4    27         
Yards Per Attempt      5.74      28         
Yards Per Catch        9.05      32         
Total Yardage Gained    263.8    30         
3rd Down Conversions    32.7      28         
Points Per Game        14.3      31         
Pass Rush Pct.          17.0      28         
Pass Defense Pct.      35.7      32         
Turnovers              35        26 (T)     
Turnover Margin        -14      31         
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        34.5      31         
Rushing Yards          149.6    31         
Yards Per Carry        4.34      30         
Pass Attempts          25.4      1         
Completions            16.6      4         
Completion Pct.        65.3      30         
Passing Yards          206.5    13         
Yards Per Attempt      8.14      32         
Yards Per Catch        12.47    31         
Total Yardage Gained    349.9    31         
3rd Down Conversions    43.4      30         
Points Per Game        27.4      32         
Pass Rush Pct.          19.2      9         
Pass Defense Pct.      54.2      14         
Turnovers              21        29         
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    6    at YTS        24     
2    6    at SWO        35     
3    14    at WRC        38     
4    13    at GAS        27     
5    14    BAR          27     
6    6    at SHA        23     
7    34    YTS          28     
8    14    at RYB        23     
9    7    HAR          31     
10    34    LYN          31     
12    9    at TON        21     
13    16    RAN          36     
14    6    PEN          48     
15    24    SHA          17     
16    19    AMH          16     
17    7    at LYN        14     
 
Passing                Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Rate 
9 W. Montgomery        QB    248  155  1380  5.56  5    11    65.6   
5 H. Mirer              QB    167  118  1062  6.36  1    8    69.4   
2 L. Baker              QB    102  55    525  5.15  2    3    62.7   
**Team                  ---  517  328  2967  5.74  8    22    66.2   
$$Opp                  ---  406  265  3304  8.14  32    6    110.5 
 
Rushing                Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Fum 
44 J. Fling            RB    140  513  3.66  2    6     
20 J. Greene            RB    119  509  4.28  5    5     
22 L. Bush              RB    75    273  3.64  3    5     
9 W. Montgomery        QB    33    94    2.85  1    4     
**Team                  ---  395  1501  3.80  12    33     
$$Opp                  ---  552  2394  4.34  19    20     
 
Receiving              Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD 
15 P. Turnbull          WR    112  71    887  12.49 7.92  3    0     
89 W. Okobi            WR    95    52    473  9.10  4.98  1    1     
83 G. Stevenson        WR    68    36    337  9.36  4.96  3    2     
86 D. Rivera            WR    63    36    390  10.83 6.19  5    4     
81 L. Reynolds          TE    48    34    285  8.38  5.94  1    0     
88 L. Snee              TE    34    24    141  5.88  4.15  1    1     
44 J. Fling            RB    28    23    136  5.91  4.86  0    0     
 
Defense                Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct 
30 T. Gomez            S    99    40    0.0  0    2    6    78.6   
93 Z. Swift            ILB  97    33    0.0  2    0    1    71.9   
98 E. O'Neal            OLB  72    15    3.0  1    0    2    70.1   
91 L. Campbell          OLB  66    25    3.0  10    0    0    78.4   
24 J. Buchanan          CB    55    16    0.0  0    0    3    71.3   
92 Z. Fenno            DT    54    30    3.0  8    0    0    82.2   
47 T. Nichols          S    53    13    0.0  0    2    4    74.4   
29 L. Newhart          CB    41    17    0.0  0    0    12    80.0   
51 T. Houston          OLB  38    9    1.0  0    1    2    77.4   
23 J. Martins          CB    36    8    0.0  1    0    3    74.1   
74 D. Wilkins          DE    27    16    5.0  8    0    1    82.1   
54 R. Coleman          ILB  25    13    0.0  0    0    1    79.1   
25 L. Barton            OLB  22    6    1.0  7    1    1    83.4   
95 W. Malcomson        DE    19    9    1.0  2    0    0    81.9   
27 S. Inzinna          S    18    6    0.0  0    0    0    71.6   


One guy who surprised me here is WR Turnbull – he was slotted as the #2 split end all season, but ended up with slightly more pass plays and way more targets than my nominal starter, Stevenson. Turnbull certainly did a lot with his opportunities, I have to confess, so I’m not complaining -- 8 yards a target on this offense is off the charts good.

We also got good production out of WR Darryl Rivera – a guy who basically has two worthwhile ratings, getting downfield and big play receiving. He stepped into the active roster after Lawrence Ramsey got hurt, and earned himself a longer term look in the rotation.

LB Lorenzo Campbell didn’t have the huge year he did last year, but overall our pass rush moved from… hmmm… abysmal to only limp-wristed? As guys get more positional experience, this might move up a little more, we hope.

Hopefully Zack Swift is back at full capacity for us next season, and we are ready to try and build off this nice step forward. I can’t help but note that so far, my all-undrafted team is outperforming the team that actually had an overstocked class of rookie players, including four picks in the top half of round one. **shurg**

QuikSand 12-29-2007 10:02 PM

2010

Okay, now I have a feel for the team. The three-headed QB monster. The no-name offense. And the swiss cheese defense, hoping to step up and earn a better nickname than that.

LB Zack Swift looks fine – so good news there. We have a ton of new contracts to sign (oh, woe is me!) but ought to float smoothly into season three. My best guess is that the 4 wins last year overstated our actual ability, and that we will only be roughly the same team this year – I do not see us leaping up to the near-.500 range right away. I guess we could get there, but I think 4 wins again is probably optimistic.


As we head to camp – not a single player with a rating over 50! Woo hoo! Heck, two of my three guys rated over 38 are my P and K, and they both stink!

Code:

Top Ten Most Likely Busts:

Name                          Team            Pos        Change
Gomez, Trevor                Golden          SS        -8
Crawford, Bucky              Golden          RG        -6
Clancy, Marty                Golden          TE        -5
Nichols, Terrance            Golden          FS        -2
Snee, Lorenzo                Golden          TE        -2
Nomellini, Bucky              Golden          NT        -1
Wolfe, Randy                  Golden          C        -1
Sudano, Vinny                Golden          WLB        -1
Ramsey, Lawrence              Golden          FL        -1
Crawford, Luke                Golden          C        -1


Top Ten Most Likely Breakouts:

Name                          Team            Pos        Change
Fling, Jack                  Golden          RB        2
Reynolds, Leon                Golden          TE        1
Mahoney, Kurt                Golden          QB        1
Fenno, Zach                  Golden          NT        1
McDonald, Daniel              Golden          RB        1
Perry, Ike                    Golden          RDE        1
Gottschalk, Korey            Golden          LCB        1
Bass, Joel                    Golden          K        1
Malcomson, Willie            Golden          RDE        1
Okobi, William                Golden          FL        1


Okay, well – Jack Fling wasn’t the guy I thought I’d see atop the creepers list here. And candidly, Trevor Gomez isn’t who I expected to see take a bit hit. That sucks.

Anyhow – we are sitting on our roster rating of 1, of course, with 14 as the second-lowest in the league.


I am planning one defensive personnel change for this year – basically swapping my two outside linebackers. SLB Emmit O’Neal has a tremendous pass rusher rating, and even though I think he is also superior in coverage, I want to give him a look at the WLB slot, so we will use him there at least part of the time. We will still play Lorenzo Campbell, but probably more in a rotation along with another guy or two at both WLB and SLB.

On offense – I don’t know quite what we’ll do. Who might be the first Hoplite in this career to post a 1,000 yard season? WR Turnbull came close last year with 887… and I reckon he will get the starting SE job this season, so maybe him. If RB Greene can stay healthy and keep up his YPC over 4… then he’d have a shot, too. My guess is – this year, we won’t find out. Just not part of our plan to totally focus on any one guy, so we’ll end up with three or four guys at 600 or more, but zero topping a thousand in anything. This is not going to be a risk-taking offense, so we will look for controlled passing and a variety of running styles.

QuikSand 12-29-2007 10:03 PM

So, for this year – we will hope for a slightly better pass rush, some incremental improvement in pass defense, and maybe a calmer front at QB.

So… our opening day QB is… Herman Mirer. I think he probably has the best skills for right now, and he is upset about playing time (still), so we’ll give him the first look. I have Montgomery set to #2 and playing time set low, so he may see the field as well. This is not picking among superior-level options, understand – but Mirer has no complete voids in his skill set other than the two-minute offense, while Montgomery has the dreaded zero in sense rush, which I think might be a killer beyond the passing stats.

Through three losses, the offense doesn’t look that bad – but the D is just getting torched. When it get to 0-6, it’s just more of the same – we have a team-wide passer rating of 86, but our opponents have one of 109. That’s just terrible. At the halfway point, we are a hapless 0-8. I tried to temper expectations from the dizzying heights of a massive 4-win campaign last year, but I didn’t really expect this.

Herman Mirer remains disgruntled, and now Lamont Baker is unhappy – so I decide to throw him in there, how bad can it be? Baker manages 17 points in his two starts (losses) – and is about as unexciting at QB as can be imagined.

It takes until week 12, but we get out first win – 26 first downs, solid offense, and…well…sure, pretty solid defense too. Herman Mirer has a good day at the helm, and pushes his season passer rating to a pretty respectable 82. We get another win a couple weeks later, with C Randy Wolfe (and 5/13 KRBs) earning game MVP honors. But that’s all, folks. Two wins in year three… and hopes are dashed that this ragtag team might have some sort of improbable rise to sudden respectability.

Code:

Front Office Football 2007
2010 Summary for Golden Hill Hoplites
 
Year                2010                                     
Record              2-14                                     
Winning Pct.        .125                                     
All-Time            7-57                                     
Winning Pct.        .109                                     
Playoffs            0-0                                     
Playoff Visits      0                                       
Bowl Wins          0                                       
Head Coach          Desmond Shanabrough                     
Record              6-26                                     
Winning Pct.        .187                                     
Off. Coord.        E. Diano                                 
Def. Coord.        J. Howe                                 
 
Golden Hill Hoplites    Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        24.4      26         
Rushing Yards          99.8      25         
Yards Per Carry        4.09      14         
Pass Attempts          36.3      4         
Completions            22.5      3         
Completion Pct.        62.1      10         
Passing Yards          196.4    28         
Yards Per Attempt      5.42      30         
Yards Per Catch        8.73      31         
Total Yardage Gained    279.3    28         
3rd Down Conversions    38.6      14         
Points Per Game        16.0      28         
Pass Rush Pct.          16.4      29 (T)     
Pass Defense Pct.      41.4      31         
Turnovers              30        23 (T)     
Turnover Margin        -8        26 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        30.8      23         
Rushing Yards          139.4    31         
Yards Per Carry        4.52      31         
Pass Attempts          25.9      1         
Completions            17.4      3         
Completion Pct.        67.4      32         
Passing Yards          220.2    15         
Yards Per Attempt      8.51      31         
Yards Per Catch        12.63    31         
Total Yardage Gained    349.6    29         
3rd Down Conversions    42.9      30         
Points Per Game        26.8      30         
Pass Rush Pct.          18.2      12 (T)     
Pass Defense Pct.      52.3      13         
Turnovers              22        22 (T)     
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    21    at SHA        42     
2    23    at SAN        30     
3    20    RAN          23     
4    14    WRC          25     
5    10    at YTS        41     
6    21    at LOK        31     
7    7    NEW          26     
9    24    SHA          34     
10    0    at WAR        20     
11    17    LYN          24     
12    21    at DIX        9     
13    7    at HAR        24     
14    20    WHE          41     
15    16    at LYN        14     
16    14    LEW          21     
17    21    YTS          23     
 
Passing                Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Rate 
5 H. Mirer              QB    458  300  2692  5.88  18    18    77.8   
9 W. Montgomery        QB    62    28    204  3.29  2    3    44.0   
2 L. Baker              QB    60    32    247  4.12  0    0    63.6   
**Team                  ---  580  360  3143  5.42  20    21    72.7   
$$Opp                  ---  414  279  3523  8.51  25    12    101.7 
 
Rushing                Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Fum 
20 J. Greene            RB    181  798  4.41  8    5     
44 J. Fling            RB    125  520  4.16  0    1     
22 L. Bush              RB    37    121  3.27  1    0     
**Team                  ---  390  1597  4.09  9    19     
$$Opp                  ---  493  2230  4.52  21    25     
 
Receiving              Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD 
15 P. Turnbull          WR    106  70    738  10.54 6.96  6    5     
89 W. Okobi            WR    127  68    580  8.53  4.57  13    4     
83 G. Stevenson        WR    77    43    411  9.56  5.34  3    3     
81 L. Reynolds          TE    52    32    246  7.69  4.73  1    2     
88 L. Snee              TE    36    29    167  5.76  4.64  2    2     
86 D. Rivera            WR    54    29    357  12.31 6.61  3    2     
44 J. Fling            RB    31    21    174  8.29  5.61  2    0     
80 L. Ramsey            WR    28    20    158  7.90  5.64  0    2     
 
Defense                Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct 
93 Z. Swift            ILB  122  34    1.0  2    0    6    74.0   
30 T. Gomez            S    104  32    1.0  1    4    2    74.2   
92 Z. Fenno            DT    63    27    3.0  6    0    1    81.8   
98 E. O'Neal            OLB  59    14    5.5  11    0    1    77.1   
23 J. Martins          CB    54    19    0.0  0    0    2    74.3   
29 L. Newhart          CB    41    7    1.0  0    6    9    84.7   
34 K. Gottschalk        CB    38    10    0.5  0    1    7    76.1   
51 T. Houston          OLB  36    19    0.0  0    0    5    79.3   
91 L. Campbell          OLB  36    15    3.0  3    0    3    78.3   
74 D. Wilkins          DE    34    12    5.5  6    0    0    81.8   
96 I. Perry            DE    34    17    1.0  4    0    0    81.8   
47 T. Nichols          S    25    13    1.5  0    0    0    75.8   
27 S. Inzinna          S    21    8    0.0  2    0    1    69.8   
54 R. Coleman          ILB  19    7    0.0  0    0    0    65.9   


Well – what can I say about this? By the numbers, we are an average rushing team, but that may well be partially because we run fairly infrequently, and since we trail a lot, we face a lot of pass defenses. Statistically, in everything else, we are awful. Simple.

Good seasons? Well, I guess Herman Mirer did what he could with this offense. AN even 18/18 is a pretty decent step forward… we’re closing in “the pack” in terms of yards per attempt (n longer 32nd at least). And Jose Greene posts another nominally solid 4.4 yards per carry season, and is our team’s yardage leader for the year.

CB Lorenzo Newhart, by the way, put together a pretty solid year for us – 6 picks, 9 defenses, and an 84.7 PD% on a team this bad is pretty serious stuff. 41 tackles probably is too few to get him into the fold for league honors, but he earned team MVP honors in my eyes. Zack Swift was his usual, steady self, as well.

On defense – I have no idea what I’m doing here. I suspect that this silly defense is hurting my team, but I don’t really know what else to do. Rex? Perhaps that would be better, maybe I will do a 3-4 Rex D next season, as I suspect this nickel package nonsense is hurting us.

QuikSand 12-29-2007 10:07 PM

Just a note -- OJ Winters earned "the triple" this season -- MVP, OPOY, and first team RB. 1,722 yards rushing on 4.77 ypc, and another 534 receiving yards, plus 14 total TDs. Solid season for a draft pick at 2(8).

QuikSand 12-30-2007 10:39 AM

I'm not sure when I will be able to start season four... but here's an interesting snapshot as we start to build the roster for the year.



Mirer put together a pretty decent season for us last year... but I actually kinda of like what I see in Montgomery here, and am tempted to play him this season, at least for the bulk of the year. (I'm going to have to manage happiness, but I think I can still have a main guy)

I'd welcome thoughts here. All are creeping, but Montgomery was the guy who showed the most in rookie camp and I presume has the highest implicit ceiling, to the extent that is meaningful here.

QuikSand 12-30-2007 11:58 AM

Oh, and just out of curiosity, I asked my staff to set the initial roster. Their judgment on the QBs?

Baker #1
Montgomery #2
Mirer #3

Go figure. Pretty much the opposite of what I would have expected.

QuikSand 12-30-2007 03:03 PM

2011

Okay…now pretty much everyone has finished his development, more or less. We’ll take some hits among players who have not been on the field much, but by and large we are who we are.


Here’s the camp snapshot:

Golden Hill Player Report (OND2 2011a - OND2 2011b)
Name
Pos
Team
OND2 2011a Current
OND2 2011a Future
OND2 2011b Current
OND2 2011b Future
Overall Current Change
Overall Future Change
Baker, Lamont
QB
Golden
20
34
25 (5)
34 (0)
5
0
Mahoney, Kurt
QB
Golden
13
30
16 (3)
30 (0)
3
0
Mirer, Herman
QB
Golden
26
30
29 (3)
30 (0)
3
0
Montgomery, Wesley
QB
Golden
16
29
18 (2)
30 (1)
2
1
Bush, Leland
RB
Golden
22
22
22 (0)
22 (0)
0
0
Fling, Jack
RB
Golden
39
39
39 (0)
39 (0)
0
0
Greene, Jose
RB
Golden
34
34
34 (0)
34 (0)
0
0
McDonald, Daniel
RB
Golden
19
28
21 (2)
28 (0)
2
0
Oliver, A.J.
FB
Golden
33
35
35 (2)
35 (0)
2
0
Rivera, Devin
FB
Golden
22
32
19 (-3)
27 (-5)
-3
-5
Clancy, Marty
TE
Golden
15
27
13 (-2)
22 (-5)
-2
-5
Reynolds, Leon
TE
Golden
42
45
45 (3)
45 (0)
3
0
Snee, Lorenzo
TE
Golden
33
33
33 (0)
33 (0)
0
0
Okobi, William
FL
Golden
33
33
33 (0)
33 (0)
0
0
Ramsey, Lawrence
FL
Golden
16
33
15 (-1)
33 (0)
-1
0
Rivera, Darryl
FL
Golden
20
20
20 (0)
20 (0)
0
0
Stevenson, Glenn
SE
Golden
32
32
32 (0)
32 (0)
0
0
Turnbull, Preston
SE
Golden
30
30
30 (0)
30 (0)
0
0
Crawford, Luke
C
Golden
22
35
22 (0)
36 (1)
0
1
Wolfe, Randy
C
Golden
37
42
41 (4)
43 (1)
4
1
Halama, Harvey
LG
Golden
35
35
36 (1)
36 (1)
1
1
Crawford, Bucky
RG
Golden
34
34
30 (-4)
30 (-4)
-4
-4
Sheldon, Jim
RG
Golden
30
39
33 (3)
38 (-1)
3
-1
Banks, Arnold
LT
Golden
40
40
40 (0)
40 (0)
0
0
McDaniel, Roy
LT
Golden
26
37
29 (3)
37 (0)
3
0
Perry, Mickey
LT
Golden
20
27
23 (3)
27 (0)
3
0
Melchior, Timothy
RT
Golden
25
32
26 (1)
31 (-1)
1
-1
Bass, Joel
K
Golden
46
46
46 (0)
46 (0)
0
0
Clayton, Robert
P
Golden
38
38
37 (-1)
37 (-1)
-1
-1
Samuels, Winfred
LDE
Golden
16
24
19 (3)
24 (0)
3
0
Wilkins, Daniel
LDE
Golden
27
35
29 (2)
35 (0)
2
0
Brody, Darrell
NT
Golden
30
38
31 (1)
38 (0)
1
0
Fenno, Zach
NT
Golden
39
39
40 (1)
40 (1)
1
1
Nomellini, Bucky
NT
Golden
20
29
22 (2)
30 (1)
2
1
Malcomson, Willie
RDE
Golden
31
36
32 (1)
36 (0)
1
0
Perry, Ike
RDE
Golden
29
34
33 (4)
34 (0)
4
0
Houston, Toby
SLB
Golden
33
37
35 (2)
35 (-2)
2
-2
Swift, Zack
SILB
Golden
35
35
36 (1)
36 (1)
1
1
Coleman, Rico
WILB
Golden
28
30
30 (2)
30 (0)
2
0
Malchow, Gilbert
WILB
Golden
21
36
24 (3)
36 (0)
3
0
Barton, Leo
WLB
Golden
25
29
27 (2)
29 (0)
2
0
Campbell, Lorenzo
WLB
Golden
40
40
40 (0)
40 (0)
0
0
Sudano, Vinny
WLB
Golden
14
20
11 (-3)
15 (-5)
-3
-5
Buchanan, Jonathan
LCB
Golden
25
25
25 (0)
25 (0)
0
0
Gottschalk, Korey
LCB
Golden
28
28
28 (0)
28 (0)
0
0
Martins, Johnnie
LCB
Golden
36
36
36 (0)
36 (0)
0
0
Hartwell, Max
RCB
Golden
22
29
25 (3)
30 (1)
3
1
Newhart, Leonard
RCB
Golden
37
37
37 (0)
37 (0)
0
0
Gomez, Trevor
SS
Golden
39
39
39 (0)
39 (0)
0
0
Inzinna, Seth
SS
Golden
30
30
29 (-1)
29 (-1)
-1
-1
Nichols, Terrance
FS
Golden
30
30
31 (1)
31 (1)
1
1
Weaver, Dwight
FS
Golden
22
25
22 (0)
22 (-3)
0
-3

No huge news here. Pretty much what we planned for.

QuikSand 12-30-2007 03:03 PM

So, ready for the season. My hope here is that we can inch back toward 4 or 5 wins, and just become a more competitive team overall. We have everyone pretty much developed, we are getting better in cohesion (top third in every area), and the next several years are our best chance to get some wins, before injuries start to ravage us too seriously.

So, with my QBs past the “developing” stage, I want to open things up a bit more. I just don’t think the west-coast style we have been playing, more or less, offers the best real chance to win games. I think with this team we need to run the ball a good deal, but I want to open up the passing game a bit more – we really don’t have any “playmakers” who can turn lots of 4 yard dinks into big plays, so to get yardage in “chunks” we need to be tossing it down the field more than we have been. We’ll see how this works.

I also have calmed down my tendency to drop into the nickel package. Not wiped it out, but we are probably going to be in it around 50-60% of the time, rather than around 70-80% previously. Just an attempt to get a little less predictable, I suppose.


So – the preseason sheds zero light on who should take the reins at QB, of course. Lamont Baker is tagged as “unhappy” but is signed for two seasons, so his situation is not urgent, I don’t think. I have it down to Montgomery and Mirer, and decide that Mirer has earned this shot, with the more opened-up offense, after a passable season last year. He gets the call.

The offense is pretty respectable in our first two losses – I’m not that upset, and Mirer is playing pretty well. But a 3-interception showing and 35-0 shutout changes my mind, and I decide to give Montgomery a try again. Montgomery opens his game with a 2-for-15 day, and gets benched for Baker, who looks okay on 6-of-12 passing for 61 yards and a TD in a loss.

Week six is a chance for a win, at 1-4 Yates. And we get it, with a strong 28-13 showing, behind a 16-of-19 day from Lamont Baker, in for the injured Montgomery. Does he earn the starting job here? He’s pissed off, and playing well, so why the hell not?

Baker is golden again with another strong game and win at home, and we are suddenly on a “winning streak.” Another win over 0-7 Ransomville and we are actually HOT. Maybe the AI was seeing something in Baker that I wasn’t? He looks awfully good out there for us right now – posting a very respectable passer rating of 100.7 – that’s good for a real player, not to mention an unwanted scrub playing with a team of the same.

The streak ends as we lose to 5-2 Roosevelt Beach (and only by 4 points, on the road), but that was nice to go through. Maybe it’s Baker, or maybe the team is really coming together – or maybe it’s just a trick of the dice, and we’ll finish 3-13. **shurg**

I confess that though 10 games, and a 4-6 record, I have focused almost exclusively on the offense, watching as the QB derby has yielded some strange results. It bears mention that LB Emmit O’Neal seems to be making peace with his role as the blitzbacker – to the tune of 10 sacks in 10 games, and a 7.7 PR%. Very solid season for him, and our team pass rush is substantially improved up to 24.0 – 3rd best, according to the in-game summary. Wow. We still cannot stop the run, it seems, but by the numbers our pass defense is middle of the pack – that’s a huge step forward.

Two straight losses shed us of any wandering thoughts about capitalizing on that near-.500 record and making something of this season. From 4-8, we’re clearly an up-the-track finisher. Need to get some playing time for my upset players, and get this season in the books – but it was nice to put together that little “hot streak.”

Code:

Front Office Football 2007
2011 Summary for Golden Hill Hoplites
 
Year                2011                                     
Record              4-12                                     
Winning Pct.        .250                                     
All-Time            11-69                                   
Winning Pct.        .137                                     
Playoffs            0-0                                     
Playoff Visits      0                                       
Bowl Wins          0                                       
Head Coach          Desmond Shanabrough                     
Record              10-38                                   
Winning Pct.        .208                                     
Off. Coord.        E. Diano                                 
Def. Coord.        J. Howe                                 
 
Golden Hill Hoplites    Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        27.5      16         
Rushing Yards          104.5    21         
Yards Per Carry        3.80      27         
Pass Attempts          29.6      25         
Completions            16.6      28         
Completion Pct.        56.1      23         
Passing Yards          187.4    25 (T)     
Yards Per Attempt      6.32      19         
Yards Per Catch        11.27    20         
Total Yardage Gained    270.0    29         
3rd Down Conversions    42.3      9 (T)     
Points Per Game        16.4      22 (T)     
Pass Rush Pct.          20.2      17 (T)     
Pass Defense Pct.      58.6      16         
Turnovers              25        16 (T)     
Turnover Margin        +3        12 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        31.1      26         
Rushing Yards          140.1    31         
Yards Per Carry        4.51      29         
Pass Attempts          29.9      3         
Completions            17.9      6         
Completion Pct.        59.8      19         
Passing Yards          207.1    14         
Yards Per Attempt      6.93      20         
Yards Per Catch        11.59    24         
Total Yardage Gained    332.7    24         
3rd Down Conversions    39.9      21         
Points Per Game        23.9      27         
Pass Rush Pct.          26.5      32         
Pass Defense Pct.      62.6      22         
Turnovers              28        11 (T)     
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    24    at LYN        31     
2    17    BUC          28     
3    0    at WRC        35     
5    10    OLC          23     
6    28    at YTS        13     
7    24    WIL          14     
8    20    at RAN        14     
9    16    at ROO        20     
10    21    SHA          48     
11    23    LYN          6     
12    7    GRI          13     
13    7    GAS          21     
14    10    at GTI        14     
15    17    YTS          23     
16    21    at CAY        51     
17    17    at SHA        28     
 
Passing                Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Rate 
2 L. Baker              QB    324  191  2135  6.59  13    10    79.2   
5 H. Mirer              QB    103  59    730  7.09  2    4    69.6   
9 W. Montgomery        QB    36    12    88    2.44  0    0    42.4   
**Team                  ---  474  266  2998  6.32  16    14    74.1   
$$Opp                  ---  478  286  3314  6.93  30    21    83.4   
 
Rushing                Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Fum 
20 J. Greene            RB    224  877  3.92  5    2     
44 J. Fling            RB    119  437  3.67  2    0     
43 D. McDonald          RB    44    231  5.25  1    1     
**Team                  ---  440  1672  3.80  10    30     
$$Opp                  ---  497  2242  4.51  16    24     
 
Receiving              Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD 
83 G. Stevenson        WR    106  57    589  10.33 5.56  8    2     
89 W. Okobi            WR    112  56    691  12.34 6.17  7    4     
86 D. Rivera            WR    74    37    537  14.51 7.26  3    2     
81 L. Reynolds          TE    43    28    269  9.61  6.26  1    3     
15 P. Turnbull          WR    54    28    354  12.64 6.56  2    4     
 
Defense                Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct 
93 Z. Swift            ILB  94    30    0.0  0    2    5    80.1   
29 L. Newhart          CB    62    9    1.0  0    5    7    80.1   
51 T. Houston          OLB  61    27    4.0  1    1    5    76.8   
23 J. Martins          CB    60    23    0.0  0    0    5    74.5   
27 S. Inzinna          S    54    20    0.0  0    1    8    80.6   
47 T. Nichols          S    54    25    0.0  0    8    6    82.0   
57 G. Malchow          ILB  50    18    0.0  0    0    2    71.6   
98 E. O'Neal            OLB  49    13    10.0  7    0    1    76.9   
34 K. Gottschalk        CB    33    10    0.0  0    0    6    79.3   
91 L. Campbell          OLB  31    8    3.5  5    0    1    80.0   
30 T. Gomez            S    30    13    0.0  0    3    1    84.7   
74 D. Wilkins          DE    27    10    6.0  14    0    0    81.5   
95 W. Malcomson        DE    26    5    7.0  6    0    0    81.9   
92 Z. Fenno            DT    22    17    2.5  4    0    0    82.0   
97 W. Samuels          DE    18    8    0.5  2    0    0    82.5   
54 R. Coleman          ILB  18    10    0.0  0    0    1    77.5   


Okay, we’ll settle for 4-12. It’s not exciting to finish there, but things certainly could be worse.

Offensively – I think opening up the passing game worked fairly well, and we still managed to be a decent rushing team. It would be nice to feel we could rush even when the D knew it was coming – but baby steps.

As usual, none of our skill players even got very close to 1,000 yards – part of this is undoubtedly the FOF oddity that endurance is just distributed more or less like any other skill (which makes no sense to me). Thus – with all these marginally talented guys as it is as my main handicap, we also have to suffer through the fact that they are also wheezing little pantywaists as well, and can’t stay on the field for very long. So, another decent year from Jose Greene with a solid 800+ yards (though YPC were down, I basically blame the gameplan and our competitiveness) but I don’t think he has a 1,200 yard season in him, no matter what we do. He probably can’t handle the workload.

Defensively, the pass rush came together well, led by LB O’Neal (who missed our last four games, regrettably) and DEs Malcolmson and Wilkins. Being “middle of the pack” in a number of stats is a great step forward for us.

Injury-wise, I think TE Lorenzo Snee is our only worry – he is tagged as returning in “late 2012” so that might be bad. He has been a sort of 1A guy for us there, but we can back in with FBs if need be, for now.

RB O.J. Winters takes the superfecta of awards, adding Superbowl MVP to his honors for this season to his trio of defenses from last season. What a player, and unfortunately he plays in our division and has Shadigee as a major league power.

QuikSand 01-01-2008 09:25 PM

2012

Okay – no retirements (didn’t expect any, but you never know). We’re locked in with 53 and basically ready to go. TE Lorenzo Snee is still listed as out for 5 weeks, but past that we are in okay shape.

I missed my pre-camp snapshot this year – not like I can do anything about it anyhow. I’ll live.

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Front Office Football 2007
Golden Hill Hoplites Roster, Scout Overview
 
  Player                #  Pos  Start Exp  Current Estimate  Future Estimate Cntrct
Baker, Lamont          2  QB          5    31                35                1 yr.
Mirer, Herman          5  QB          5    30                30                1 yr.
Montgomery, Wesley      9  QB          5    23                32                2 yrs
Mahoney, Kurt          1  QB          5    20                31                2 yrs
Greene, Jose            20  RB          5    35                35                2 yrs
Fling, Jack            44  RB          5    31                31                1 yr.
Bush, Leland            22  RB          5    22                22                1 yr.
McDonald, Daniel        43  RB          5    22                28                1 yr.
Oliver, A.J.            40  FB          5    35                35                1 yr.
Rivera, Devin          42  FB          5    21                27                1 yr.
Reynolds, Leon          81  TE          5    43                43                1 yr.
Snee, Lorenzo          88  TE          5    33                33                1 yr.
Clancy, Marty          82  TE          5    16                22                1 yr.
Okobi, William          89  FL          5    33                33                1 yr.
Rivera, Darryl          86  FL          5    20                20                1 yr.
Ramsey, Lawrence        80  FL          5    17                31                1 yr.
Stevenson, Glenn        83  SE          5    33                33                1 yr.
Turnbull, Preston      15  SE          5    31                31                1 yr.
Wolfe, Randy            50  C          5    47                47                1 yr.
Crawford, Luke          59  C          5    23                23                1 yr.
Halama, Harvey          53  LG          5    36                36                1 yr.
Sheldon, Jim            73  RG          5    35                35                1 yr.
Crawford, Bucky        66  RG          5    31                31                1 yr.
Banks, Arnold          68  LT          5    39                39                1 yr.
McDaniel, Roy          79  LT          5    32                32                1 yr.
Perry, Mickey          64  LT          5    27                27                1 yr.
Melchior, Timothy      65  RT          5    27                31                1 yr.
Clayton, Robert        14  P          5    36                36                1 yr.
Bass, Joel              4  K          5    44                44                1 yr.
Wilkins, Daniel        74  LDE        5    32                32                1 yr.
Samuels, Winfred        97  LDE        5    22                22                1 yr.
Perry, Ike              96  RDE        5    34                34                1 yr.
Malcomson, Willie      95  RDE        5    33                33                1 yr.
Fenno, Zach            92  NT          5    41                41                1 yr.
Brody, Darrell          78  NT          5    34                38                1 yr.
Nomellini, Bucky        90  NT          5    26                32                1 yr.
Swift, Zack            93  SILB        5    38                38                1 yr.
Malchow, Gilbert        57  WILB        5    31                36                1 yr.
Coleman, Rico          54  WILB        5    29                29                1 yr.
O'Neal, Emmitt          98  SLB        5    36                36                1 yr.
Houston, Toby          51  SLB        5    35                35                1 yr.
Campbell, Lorenzo      91  WLB        5    40                40                1 yr.
Barton, Leo            25  WLB        5    29                29                1 yr.
Sudano, Vinny          94  WLB        5    12                14                1 yr.
Martins, Johnnie        23  LCB        5    36                36                1 yr.
Gottschalk, Korey      34  LCB        5    28                28                1 yr.
Buchanan, Jonathan      24  LCB        5    24                24                1 yr.
Newhart, Leonard        29  RCB        5    37                37                1 yr.
Hartwell, Max          21  RCB        5    26                26                1 yr.
Gomez, Trevor          30  SS          5    40                40                1 yr.
Inzinna, Seth          27  SS          5    29                29                2 yrs
Nichols, Terrance      47  FS          5    31                31                1 yr.
Weaver, Dwight          41  FS          5    22                22                1 yr.


So, no major surprises here.

I look at QB Lamont Baker, and I now have a guess as to what I think is going on. For him to have a 31 overall rating (better than the other two guys) must mean he is sitting on a decent “avoid interceptions” rating, better than that of the other two guys. And if that’s true – that’s pretty important for a shaky team.

No other major announcements for this team – I don’t have any real changes in approach planned. We will try to run this increasingly vanilla offense and defense, and just see if we are getting anywhere. Last year we got tantalized by winning a few games in a bit of a run --- but we shouldn’t lose sight that we were only 4-12 at the end of the season, and that isn’t exactly anything to shout about.

Okay – I am thinking about one change. WR William Okobi has been our starter at flanker for a while, and he tends to get a fair number of passes thrown his way (74 route running). But I wonder if he isn’t actually holding us back a bit – he doesn’t do a lot with the ball when he gets it (0 getting downfield, 3 big play receiving). His career yards per target is 5.45, while that of Darryl Rivera (RR of 0, but 45 GetDown, and 53 BPR) has a 6.72 there – that’s a material difference. My guess is that if we swap those two guys, we won’t see Rivera get a ton of targets, but maybe we will see more going to Preston Turnbull (6.56 y/t career).

QuikSand 01-01-2008 09:25 PM

So, we start the season with three decent games, all losses, and then get crushed. We’re 0-4, our supposed “don’t lose the game” QB has a ratio of 0/4, and we are –9 in turnovers. This might not exactly be our breakthrough season after all.

But then we pull the big upset – our lowly 0-5 Hoplites beat the mighty 5-0 Shadigee Specters, 34-28 on a big comeback led by Herman Mirer. Nice big game, it might have to serve as the main highlight for the year, I fear. But then another win, and then a one-point loss… so things aren’t quite that bad after all, I guess. We’re a lousy 2-6 at the halfway point, but with Mirer back in, it feels like we are at least above water. Go figure.

After two dreadful losses with a totally impotent offense, I decide to pull the trigger again and go back to Montgomery. Season is down the tubes, we might as well keep him happy and see if he gives us a spark of some sort. In two losses (admittedly against two good teams) he is in turn dreadful and passable. **shurg** At this point, the most interesting thing to watch is whether anyone might touch 1,000 yards – RB Jose Greene has a shot with 4 games to go and 735 yards on the ground. LB Emmitt O’Neal is sitting on 13.5 sacks, and that’s pretty cool, too, I reckon.

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Front Office Football 2007
2012 Summary for Golden Hill Hoplites
 
Year                2012                                     
Record              2-14                                     
Winning Pct.        .125                                     
All-Time            13-83                                   
Winning Pct.        .135                                     
Playoffs            0-0                                     
Playoff Visits      0                                       
Bowl Wins          0                                       
Head Coach          Desmond Shanabrough                     
Record              12-52                                   
Winning Pct.        .187                                     
Off. Coord.        E. Diano                                 
Def. Coord.        J. Howe                                 
 
Golden Hill Hoplites    Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        23.4      29         
Rushing Yards          98.9      28         
Yards Per Carry        4.22      10         
Pass Attempts          32.6      17 (T)     
Completions            16.9      29 (T)     
Completion Pct.        51.8      31         
Passing Yards          205.1    24         
Yards Per Attempt      6.30      23         
Yards Per Catch        12.15    4         
Total Yardage Gained    281.7    28         
3rd Down Conversions    35.4      26         
Points Per Game        12.4      31         
Pass Rush Pct.          20.0      20         
Pass Defense Pct.      32.0      31         
Turnovers              34        23 (T)     
Turnover Margin        -13      30         
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes per Game        30.8      26         
Rushing Yards          122.9    22         
Yards Per Carry        4.00      14         
Pass Attempts          30.9      9         
Completions            21.3      28         
Completion Pct.        68.8      32         
Passing Yards          209.1    10         
Yards Per Attempt      6.77      19         
Yards Per Catch        9.84      1         
Total Yardage Gained    315.4    14         
3rd Down Conversions    42.9      28         
Points Per Game        23.7      31         
Pass Rush Pct.          24.3      30 (T)     
Pass Defense Pct.      70.7      28         
Turnovers              21        28         
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    10    YTS          20     
2    13    at YNG        17     
3    9    NEW          30     
4    10    at GAS        41     
5    10    at BAR        16     
6    34    SHA          28     
7    14    at YTS        6     
8    13    RYB          14     
9    10    HAR          27     
10    3    at LYN        15     
12    10    BLR          34     
13    20    at RAN        24     
14    10    at POR        34     
15    6    at SHA        30     
16    17    FTN          20     
17    10    LYN          23     
 
Passing                Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Rate 
9 W. Montgomery        QB    213  113  1278  6.00  2    11    52.9   
5 H. Mirer              QB    204  107  1345  6.59  4    5    69.6   
2 L. Baker              QB    104  50    658  6.33  0    4    52.5   
**Team                  ---  521  270  3281  6.30  6    20    59.3   
$$Opp                  ---  494  340  3346  6.77  21    9    94.2   
 
Rushing                Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Fum 
20 J. Greene            RB    219  954  4.36  7    6     
44 J. Fling            RB    101  445  4.41  7    2     
**Team                  ---  375  1583  4.22  14    25     
$$Opp                  ---  492  1966  4.00  16    23     
 
Receiving              Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop  TD 
86 D. Rivera            WR    101  55    851  15.47 8.43  15    3     
89 W. Okobi            WR    95    46    482  10.48 5.07  7    1     
15 P. Turnbull          WR    83    39    643  16.49 7.75  7    0     
83 G. Stevenson        WR    94    39    547  14.03 5.82  17    0     
81 L. Reynolds          TE    55    37    351  9.49  6.38  3    0     
 
Defense                Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  Hurr  Ints  Defn  PDPct 
93 Z. Swift            ILB  107  38    1.0  0    1    1    73.0   
30 T. Gomez            S    77    37    1.5  1    2    9    80.5   
98 E. O'Neal            OLB  68    21    14.5  16    0    1    79.8   
92 Z. Fenno            DT    61    16    0.5  3    0    0    81.9   
57 G. Malchow          ILB  55    12    0.0  0    0    3    69.3   
47 T. Nichols          S    53    17    0.0  0    1    6    76.7   
29 L. Newhart          CB    51    13    0.0  0    4    6    78.0   
23 J. Martins          CB    51    27    0.0  0    0    6    76.6   
25 L. Barton            OLB  45    13    7.0  3    0    2    71.5   
51 T. Houston          OLB  37    12    1.5  1    0    2    71.5   
34 K. Gottschalk        CB    36    6    0.0  0    0    2    71.3   
95 W. Malcomson        DE    32    12    2.5  4    0    0    81.5   
74 D. Wilkins          DE    25    15    4.0  10    0    0    81.1   
91 L. Campbell          OLB  24    9    3.5  1    0    1    78.5   
96 I. Perry            DE    23    7    4.0  4    0    0    81.8   
97 W. Samuels          DE    17    5    2.5  0    0    0    80.8   
24 J. Buchanan          CB    17    4    0.0  0    1    0    69.1   
54 R. Coleman          ILB  16    2    0.0  0    0    0    61.8   


Well, a pretty disappointing season, and I suspect this is just where we are. I had been hoping that this team might pull together and start making stuff happen a little bit – maybe eke out 6-7 wins in some seasons, just due to cohesion and chemistry. But now, I don’t really expect that, I guess. We’ll get some lucky dice rolls from time to time, but this isn’t a team that belongs in this league – as you’d expect given the setup.

Well, Jose Greene made a decent run at 1,000 yards, but no dice – and that might well turn out to be his best shot. WR Daryl Rivera – no joke a guy who is on my team for the sole reason of being the team chemistry leader – looks like he may actually be the most productive WR on our roster (that may be a tribute to the value of the GD and BPR ratings) and has the next WR season stats of anyone to date, as well. I really should go look at all those drops, and see if they are real drops, or perhaps partially being conjured up by bad gameplanning. (Oh, and WR Turnbull got a late season injury, and it might be a career-killer…nice)

Emmitt O’Neal is just very effective as a pass rusher. Our defense, on the whole, just seems incapable of doing much of anything well. CB Newhart seems pretty stable, and Zack Swift and Travis Gomes make a lot of tackles, but we can’t actually stop anyone of even cause any turnovers. Alas.

Oh, and I think the Montgomery plan at QB is over. I guess we’ll go back to Mirer next season, but it doesn’t seem to matter a whole lot.

QuikSand 01-01-2008 09:36 PM

LB Emmitt O'Neal, with 14.5 sacks and an impressive 8.0 PR%, makes first team all-pro. That's it, that's the list.


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