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I went by the school last night and made several observations... first we are bigger then we were; we are still lightening fast; there are alot more kids out then we had before; and they worked thier butts off and left the field giving high fives and really upbeat... all the way to the cars in the parking lot. The kids really love this guy. They have bought in. They looked crisp, in great shape, and ready to dig into two-a-days next week. It has been four years since I have seen such positive attitudes on this team. They may not win more then 3 games again this year, but we are turning the corner and the rebuilding has begun. Time will tell.

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Even though we lost to a good Caldonia team, I think we have turned the corner as a program. The participation is up, the kids are playing hard and didn't quit and fought to the final gun, and they are working hard this week in practise... especially on tackling! They say that teams improve the most between the first and second games. This team will surprise some people.

The measuring stick I am using is that the coachs seem to have the kids attention. From time to time, they executed the new offense to perfection. Ditto the 4 - 4 defense. Major kudo's to the Scots who also played very hard, didn't give up and finally got the lead in the fourth and hung on for a narrow win.

Our kids took the loss very hard, they wanted to give thier new coach his first win at home in the first game. These kids are fired up. We are off to Grand Blanc this week (of whom I know very little, but will be in attendance with my wife). Hopefully we will see an improved football team before starting the OK schedule next week at Grand Haven.

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Mr. AOWWT were you at the game? It was interesting how they went into their defensive sets...

EK wins on the road at Grand Blanc. It was a good win for the Falcons. They are much improved on D, and the offense looked better as well. Still had some issues with wrapping up, and the O line needs to sustain the blocks a little better, but much improved and a good first win for Coach Hudkins! Next week, Grand Haven on the road.

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Muskyfan - your intuition was correct, EK moved the ball well agiainst the Bucs. THe problem was in the red zone. Got there 5 times, turned over the ball 5 times. One was a fumble on the one as the rb was about to run into the end zone, three were turnovers on downs, and one was an int. The EK defense played an excellent game, giving the offense a chance. Just couldn't hang on to the ball! Next week, West Ottawa.

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The frustrating part is that we have the speed to get to the ball(carrier), we just don't wrap up and drive through like we should. It is so very frustrating to watch! But alas, it is not life and death, it is just a game :-)

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Muskyfan - great question. I run the chain gang for the frosh and jv games, so I get an up close and personal look at it. It took Eddie three years to destroy this program, and it will not be rebuilt in one year. However, Coach Greg has a unique and effective way of rebuilding. Starting with the Seventy-Eighters... he is not scheduling games. You might have read about this over on M-live as a particular players Mom isn't happy with this approach. He has six or eight 22 man teams, and they play scrimmages in the Stadium. This way, each kid gets to play 250% more then if they played other schools. They start on the 40 etc etc etc. They have officials, down markers etc. They are working hard on fundimentals. And, I can tell you that it seems to be working! The crispness of the execution has returned to this level, as the kids seem to know what to do each snap of the ball. Sop as they master one thing, they build and go onto the next.

The Freshmen as a terrific bunch. They are 1 - 3 but are playing hard, learning and improving each week. This is a very talented class with a lot of great athletes. The JV are 0 - 4 and had a horrible start. They are small in number, and they just seemed to be a class that was not excited about playing the game. The last two weeks however, they have had a huge turnaround in attitude. They lost Thursday to a good WO team 7 - 0 and held a true up and coming all state QB to 7 points.

So my take is that we are on the mend at EK. I think we are improving at all levels, and kids are falling love with the game again. It will take some time for the pieces to come back together, but they will. Coach Greg and his coaches at all levels are doing a terrific job as they rebuld our program.

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