Quote from: VULB#62 on October 20, 2012, 03:28:50 PM
Stacy Adams, now at East Chicago Central, is now 9-1. He took over a HS program that was in shambles three years ago. He has a junior loaded team and has progressed each season I believe. Adams' record at VU was pretty poor, but they won some games and they were competitive in many right until he left. Maybe he did the best with the talent he had on game day. I remember seeing Bobby Wisocki make a difference at a game at Marist in 2009 in a losing effort (but not an embarrassing blowout). He gradually disappeared as a junior and was hardly ever on the field as a senior. But, who knows? Yet, one wonders in hindsight if Adams could have straightened out the program if, in 2009, he was provided the resources that were provided Coach Carlson in terms of added funding, recruiting budget, uniforms, etc. that we've seen over the past 2 1/2 years? It all comes down to game day preparation and execution. Very little differentiates this team from the previous two in that all-important area.
There was a great article about Coach Adams and his HS team in the Post-Tribune on Friday. Copy and paste this into your browser adding an "http://" at the beginning after you paste. Since I can't post external links yet because I'm new to the forum, you have to do it this way.
posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/highschools/15834174-419/timeout-football-east-chicago-coach-stacy-adams-enjoying-a-season-to-savor.html
The football discussion gets pretty heated at times which I can see when I'm reading. Coach Carlson has definitely seen how Division I non-scholarship football can be a challenge. After 3 seasons, I agree with those who have said some improvements should be seen by now. The extremely bad showing at Dayton is a disgrace. All the other football programs in the PFL have the same challenges so at this point there should be no excuses.