The Doug Haas era @ Wooster

• thePITman

  

  Congratulations to Wooster and Coach Haas on the BIG win!
• OQB

  

  Congrats to Wooster on the win.
• jaco

  That was the sort of game that could be a "game changer". That was the most exciting finish to a game I've ever seen at Follis Field. Wooster never wins games when an underdog, and rarely sees the crowd into it like Friday night. The defense played their butts off, plain and simple. Offense still needs some work, but there's plenty of talent - it's just a matter of getting that talent the football. Haas and the boys needed that one.
• RedRider1

  

  Real nice win...jaco is right...those kinds of wins can change a whole season. Build off it and give Chagrin a fight this week.
• iced earth

  So I hear the kid who is suppose to be kicking couldn't play because he got a red card in a soccer game.
  
  If this kid doesn't come back they need to seriously consider onside kicks every time. They're only kicking it to the 35 anyways.
  
  Hope to see some fans in Chagrin Falls friday night.
• CCRolly

  

  Would be great for the kids to compete and give Chagrin Falls a great game on Friday night. Chagrin is tough, and has a lot of horses back from their State runs the past few years. No doubt this game will prepare us for the OCC struggles ahead though.
• gowoo

  iced earth;1261714 wrote:So I hear the kid who is suppose to be kicking couldn't play because he got a red card in a soccer game.
  
  If this kid doesn't come back they need to seriously consider onside kicks every time. They're only kicking it to the 35 anyways.
  
  Hope to see some fans in Chagrin Falls friday night.

  I think the kicker is back this week.
• gowoo

  Proud of the Wooster boys last night for the effort they gave. They have come a long way from week one. We were actually leading 42-28 in the third but had some breakdowns on pass defense. Keep working hard, conference play starts.
• scarface1

  Too Many costly turnovers at the end, and a lot of broken plays turned into scores a long with with some sloppy defensive back play. I think the boys showed they can play with anyone though. No one in the occ is better than Chagrin Falls. Go get Ashland
• gowoo

  RedRider1;1258218 wrote:Only because I know a guy with a kid on the team...not trying to rub anything in......
  
  Wooster frosh lost to Wadsworth 46-12.

  Anybody know how the Wooster freshman fared at Orrville this week?
• scarface1

  Wooster freshman won as did the jv against orrville
• CCRolly

  

  Hoping the Wooster kids are relaxed, focused, and can play 4 quarters of mistake free football. Hopefully no more helmet throwing either....yikes! Go Woo!
• Old Rider

  

  scarface1;1264932 wrote:Wooster freshman won as did the jv against orrville

  This is no knock to the Woo frosh team, but Orrville's frosh team is aweful!
• jaco

  Old Rider;1276506 wrote:This is no knock to the Woo frosh team, but Orrville's frosh team is aweful!

  
  I can only imagine. I saw some of Wooster's freshman game against Madison and my eyes are still burning. Poor kids. Due to not having enough kids, the team is a blend of good players and random kids grabbed out of the hallway. Remember that movie "Lucas" from the '80s? I think that kid was on the team. And Orrville has less??
• Old Rider

  

  jaco;1276712 wrote:I can only imagine. I saw some of Wooster's freshman game against Madison and my eyes are still burning. Poor kids. Due to not having enough kids, the team is a blend of good players and random kids grabbed out of the hallway. Remember that movie "Lucas" from the '80s? I think that kid was on the team. And Orrville has less??

  Well lets just say if you have Lucas...we have his little brother and sister. Does that help?
• scarface1

  CCRolly;1276487 wrote:Hoping the Wooster kids are relaxed, focused, and can play 4 quarters of mistake free football. Hopefully no more helmet throwing either....yikes! Go Woo!

  
  Not only throwing helmet but doing so before play was even whistled dead. He didnt even try to go after his own fumble pretty sad, one of those so called athletes with bad attitude again. Hope coach had some words with him.
• CCRolly

  

  Wooster 42 Madison 42....game will be completed tomorrow starting at Noon due to lightning.
• Series62

  Old Rider;1276506 wrote:This is no knock to the Woo frosh team, but Orrville's frosh team is aweful!

  Old Rider, HAVE WE NOT BEEN CHASTIZED ENOUGH FOR "BASHING" THE KIDS?!!!
• jaco

  Good gravy.. Over 500 yards given up to Madison on the ground with not a single pass..
• scarface1

  jaco;1277213 wrote:Good gravy.. Over 500 yards given up to Madison on the ground with not a single pass..

  
  Hard to watch and we still had chance to win. If we man up and play D we may win a few if not going to be rough.
• scarface1

  Would like to say something, even though Wooster has lost a couple tough league games at least we are not getting blown out,even by Ashland, and we are playing hard till the end of the game, this is a definite reflection on the staff. This being said the defense is no better than last year all around. Hopefully these guys can right the ship vs. Clear Fork and come away with a much needed win. I do know the staff and kids are working thier tails off like never before it is just going to take time to change the culture here in Woo town and this is too bad for some of these seniors because most of them are a good group of kids. Haas seems to be handling some of the attitudes on this team better than previous coach. We just need to find some more "FOOTBALL PLAYERS" not just athletes who play football.
• jaco

  scarface1;1277614 wrote:Would like to say something, even though Wooster has lost a couple tough league games at least we are not getting blown out,even by Ashland, and we are playing hard till the end of the game, this is a definite reflection on the staff. This being said the defense is no better than last year all around. Hopefully these guys can right the ship vs. Clear Fork and come away with a much needed win. I do know the staff and kids are working thier tails off like never before it is just going to take time to change the culture here in Woo town and this is too bad for some of these seniors because most of them are a good group of kids. Haas seems to be handling some of the attitudes on this team better than previous coach. We just need to find some more "FOOTBALL PLAYERS" not just athletes who play football.

  
  I've been extremely impressed with this staff. And to have the offense functioning where it's at.. I didn't expect much, to be honest. They're far ahead of schedule.
  The defense, on the other hand.. oh, boy. And it's not scheme. It's personnel. You have a secondary loaded with athletes that just do dumb things over and over again. They play soft. And the front seven.. I know they're good kids, but that might be part of the problem. I see a decided lack of nastyness and toughness. Stopping the run is oftentimes a matter of desire. Poor arm tackling is endemic to Wooster's football program, unfortunately. I think, though, Haas is smart enough to recognize these things and start putting more emphasis on playing physical football.
• scarface1

  You are right jaco because the defense is pretty much the same kids as last year. there is one defensive lineman who is worth his weight and a couple of linebackers who get after it. Madison doubled up the backers and ran away from that lineman and no one else could stop anything. You are right about defensive backs also. Haas has been putting emphasis on a more physical footbal but like you said lack of physicallity is program wide. This may take a little to change but i think he is on the right track.
• CCRolly

  

  At some point the kids on defense have to decide to step-up and get physical....or settle for 1-9 and ANOTHER loss to a pretty bad Orrville team this year.
• jaco

  CCRolly;1278978 wrote:At some point the kids on defense have to decide to step-up and get physical....or settle for 1-9 and ANOTHER loss to a pretty bad Orrville team this year.

  
  I'm skeptical that's going to happen with this group, so I think coach has two choices: start playing some of the younger guys on defense and see what they do, or start doing ALOT more tackling in practice (that is, every night for the rest of the season). That's humiliating to give up 550 yards on the ground. Madison is a good football team, but they're not that good.