Miami Northwestern vs. Southlake Carrol

Jerry, your humor rivals Jerry Seinfeld and Denis Leary. Of course you grew up with Bob Hope and Benny Youngman so that would be a more accurate metaphor. Nevertheless, I got a big laugh out of your last post.

This summer I was at a party in my hometown (same day as Coach Mountjoy's clinic, which was the reason why I could not speak at his clinic) with the starting defensive end from Southlake Carroll's 2006 championship team. His cousin lives in my hometown. He explained to me what Carroll's program is all about. Basically, he said that 12 months a year, the coaches are intense and they never, ever, ever expect anything but dominance. If one play is not dominant, they are all over their players with the utmost urgency to 1. correct the error, which led to the lack of dominance; 2. get dominant on the next play. He said his defensive coordinator was so obsessed with winning that he literally went nuts everytime there was an error in alignment, assignment, or technique. He never let anything go and that's why they win.

I'm rooting for Carroll, even though I come from the antithesis of Carroll-- a tough Italian town in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania where people work hard for their money.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHT:

I really like the Carrol staff mindset!!! DON'T EVER COACH ANY WAY EXCEPT TOWARD PERFECTION!!!
If the kids don't carry out an assignment correctly, GET IT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY AND DON'T WAIT!!!
If you tolerate less than what meets your expectations on EVERY PLAY, YOUR MAKING A BIG MISTAKE BY NOT CORRECTING IT IMMEDIATELY!!! To DOMINATE on EVERY play takes SUPERIOR ATHLETES and that is a real CHALLENGE year in and year out on the high school level when you have to play only kids that live in your district!

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

I think Northwestern will win in a very close game. SLC should have success in the air against NW's inexperienced secondary and Newton, SLC's RB is good for at least a TD, but I don't think SLC has seen the speed and agility of the NW receivers and QB. NW's front seven are incredibly fast and get to the ball, so SLC QB Dodge will find himself under unusual pressure. I think NW will surprise a lot of people with their sound coaching and discipline. In today's game, speed kills and I think that will make all the difference.

NW 34
SLC 32

IMHO the best HS football is generally concentrated in five states: CA, TX, FL, OH and PA (in no particular order). Of course, there are other areas of very successful football (tidewater area of VA for example).