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.
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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.