Band Wagon

Rocky Mount has had six years of outstanding football and the Rocky Mount community jumped on the band wagon. Now the glory years are over. Those who have been there for the winning are jumping off the band wagon.

I heard Tom O'Brien say on his radio show this week that the State defense could have ten players doing their job correctly and one would not and that has caused State's defense to give up 79 points the last two weeks.

Boy, that sound a lot like Rocky Mount. If last years team played this years team the score would be 48-7 last year. We lost a lot of talent off last years team. Those players taking those spots this year as a group are not any where close to the caliber of last years players.

When I was in the 7th and 8th grade I played safety on the football team. The first time I ever ran a forty yard dash in high school I burned up the grass with a 5.2. My entire playing career I never broke 5.0. My blazing speed and I sat the bench while others who could run 4.8 or better played.

This year's Rocky Mount team doesn't have pan cake blockers. They don't have defensive ends killing quarterbacks every time they go to pass. This team athletically is just not what we have had in the past six years or so. With that in mind I would invite all band wagoners to jump now unless you already have.

Dickie Schock is calling plays base on what he thinks will work best. I think I would put the ball in Marquavis Alston's hands also. Why did we try so many sweeps last night. Dickie was looking for a 75 yard run like we got last week at Nash Central. It only takes one run in a close game.

Anthony in the comment section on this blog has declared he will no longer spend his gas money to support the Gryphons and watch them play as long as Schock is coach. Thanks for jumping off the band wagon Anthony. We won't miss you the few of us that show up and pull for the team when they need our help the most.

Do you think Holt would be 7-0 with this team. If you do you hit you head when you fell off the wagon.

What I see from the JV's right now there is no help on the way. That must be Schock's coaching why the ninth graders on the JV's aren't great. What we must all do is encourage the guys to do the best they can.

No program deserves to be great all the time. Everyone learns more from life when they fail than when life is a bed of roses.

These players need your support. You show support by being there to cheer for them whether they win or lose.

I have only during my broadcast career when I was was doing games been associated with three losing teams. Pat Smith's first baseball team was 8-13. The 1981 and 1982 Ahoskie teams had back to back losing seasons. It is no where near as much fun broadcasting games that you lose over winning.

I'm not going to not show up next week to support them because I think they might lose. You band wagoners can stay home, I'll be there to support them, the coaches and players.