Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (coachfortin) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:13:48 PST

Even though not a single player that attentds Franklin has won against stevenson,

Things sometimes change.
Good luck Spartan and Bigrich77

Dante

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (Spartan2008StateChamps) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:35:34 PST

bigrich77 wrote:

Spartan2008StateChamps wrote:
i want that cross town rivalry game between Stevenson and Franklin in week 8.

i play d line for stevenson and we've played them 2x a year the last 3 years. every year they are my two favorite games. tough linemen and a fullback that will run me over (i weigh about 270) if i get sloppy. its tough to play d against, and it always a hard nosed battle in the trenches. i will be surprised if the spread surpasses 7 points, and it'll definitely be a shootout.

Even though not a single player that attentds Franklin has won against stevenson, i always feel like they are very close games. week two last year was 38-26, a very good score for Franklin because their very good running back was injured. During the Regional game, 10-7, Franklin...

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (bigrich77) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:56:57 PST

Spartan2008StateChamps wrote:
i want that cross town rivalry game between Stevenson and Franklin in week 8.

i play d line for stevenson and we've played them 2x a year the last 3 years. every year they are my two favorite games. tough linemen and a fullback that will run me over (i weigh about 270) if i get sloppy. its tough to play d against, and it always a hard nosed battle in the trenches. i will be surprised if the spread surpasses 7 points, and it'll definitely be a shootout.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (Spartan2008StateChamps) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:23:04 PST

I believe that both Franklin's and Stevenson's coaching staffs are the best in the area. When Franklin doesnt have the best talent in the world, the coaching staff still is able to get them into the playoffs. When they have a good team, they are very good, like last year. maybee didnt have the best talent, but certaintly had a big playmaker with Fortin. Last years seniors always seemed to be better than this years graduating class, but if Fortin stays healthy the entire year, expect them to be playing well into November. But if he does get injured like last year, expect the coaching staff to still get the job done, because of this i choose Franklin. Plus, i want that cross town rivalry game between Stevenson and Franklin in week 8.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (BiasedGuy) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:19:36 PST

Thanks for the thanks, and I am glad you took it in the spirit that it was written....even if I did belabor the point. What can I say? Worked hard yesterday, worked out, had a coupla beers, and voila! Repeated points.

It seems as if there is now a system in place that should lead to continued success. In the past it was either a roller coaster or just lackluster seasons. Good luck to the Pats.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (coachfortin) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:40:06 PST

explanation of your original post.

I will give you a brief reason why Franklin is turning around the past 4 to 5 seasons, Kelbert is staying as a head coach and he keeps the Freshmen and JV coaches close to the program meaning, he has no outsiders from other areas. (They are all running the same plays and keeping an agenda)
The other big reason, (especially in the next 4 seasons or longer) the Junior football league is doing exactly what the high school is doing. (same blocking schemes, same plays, same philosophy)
This will work but it takes some time.
There are many high schools that will not give a time or day for the Middle schools or vise verse. That is just plain dumb!
We were at fault for that for many, many years and finally you will see a big difference.

I am very proud of the high school staff and the same goes to the Junior league.
By the way, all programs have many studs, it only matters if they are in the right positions and...

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (BiasedGuy) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:50:54 PST

Well Coach, My original thoughts were simply to give props to the Coaching staff at FHS. It seems after many seasons of tepid, at best FB, they have turned the corner of late, giving games to BBR among others.

From numerous seasons of mediocre (being kind here) performance, it seems that Franklin is playing some hard nosed FB of late. If I know anything about that district it seems that Franklin is one of the more mature/developed neighborhoods. Based upon probability of student influx (static) the common variable within the last few years is coaching. That is not to mean that talent is poor, but given their 20 or so history/records, something has changed. Given the maturity of the neighborhoods, I assume that the recent improvement prob correlates to changes in coaching. Unless there are some studs that have suddenly appeared on the scene, then coaching appears the answer. If that is case I assume more lackluster seasons to follow once the studs are gone.

Given...

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (coachfortin) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:52:41 PST

does your post mean??

That there is no talent at Franklin?

Please explain.

Dante Fortin

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (BiasedGuy) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:14:45 PST

Canton - who will pass more than in previous years...

Aside: I think Searn asked the question on the NCAA boards, "Does any college coach produce more, results with less, than Bielema - HC of WI?" I wonder if the same applies to the Franklin coaching staff.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (footballlife99) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:02:45 PST

Dont count out the Rockets

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (footballlife99) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:02:44 PST

Dont count out the Rockets

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (Searn) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:15:22 PST

Wow,

Looking at this collection of teams ... When I started doing this I would have never though John Glenn would where they are compared to the rest of this division.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (LloydCarr) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:33:17 PST

The fact is that the KLAA South is wide open. It is the new MEGA Red for at least this season. I will start a forum about this on Mlive and see what others think.

I really can't predict a strong winner. Here are my thoughts.

Canton is always good, but I really think everyone has figured out how to stop the "trick'em & dick'em" style of football that they play.

Churchill had a good year last year but based on how many seniors left and their JV record I do not think they will make the playoffs.

Franklin is extremely well coached. They lost some talent but their JV team was awesome last season. They should make the playoffs.

Plymouth is completely unpredictable. Based on the raw numbers they should have rough year.

Wayne is in a rebuilding year. A completely new coaching staff from top to bottom. Not that a new coach is a bad thing, the bad thing is that Inkster has stolen their entire team,...

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (stunt43) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:41:02 PST

Not only will this be the most hotly contested division in the league, top down it should also be the best. There is no one in this division anyone can look past and almost certainly the division champ will not be able to run the table in league play.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (coachfortin) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:27 PST

I'll take Franklin.

Good depth at the back positions and Defense should be great.

Coach Fortin

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (tommiegun80) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:39:42 PST

Probably the most competitive division look for this to be a true mudsling I have to elimnated wayne and john glenn though because of coaching uncertainity.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (Cville Trojans) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:32:05 PST

For now this has to be the most wide open divison ... Canton is down, Churchill has to prove they're going to be a consistent success, Franklin went deep in last year's playoffs and Plymouth I believe has a new coach .... Will Glenn ever rebound to being the power we're used to?

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (pats99) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:59:40 PST

Tommy,
I agree with you 100%. It should be a competetive division, all teams being pretty equal, especially with Glenn, Wayne, and Churchill all having decent seasons last year.

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (TOMMYZ) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:18:20 PST

1. Canton
2. Franklin
3. Plymouth

Re: Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (baligian) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:45:27 PST

two team race franklin or canton with plymouth and churchill not far behind

Who will emerge as the power in the KLAA Kensington South?

feeds@kickapps.com (TheOutlander) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:18:35 PST