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.