Picayune

[Hightide]

I am glad we don't play next Friday and have 2 weeks to prepare for division play. I pray they are seeing the same thing that me and lot of other people who follow Picayune are seeing. First off we don't have a offensive line that can block 9 or 10 in the box and we don't have a big back like Dowdell that can break tackles. Tonight Poplarville was in the backfield before we could hand off the ball. I don't know why we can't spread the offense and defense out and give these fast running backs a little space to be able and make a play instead of trying to run thru a gauntlet every play. I love Picayune football and our coaches but man they need to open their eyes up and figure this out. I know for a fact if you give Dennis and his boys some space he will show out. Rant over...

[Vott]

41 minutes ago, Hightide said:

I am glad we don't play next Friday and have 2 weeks to prepare for division play. I pray they are seeing the same thing that me and lot of other people who follow Picayune are seeing. First off we don't have a offensive line that can block 9 or 10 in the box and we don't have a big back like Dowdell that can break tackles. Tonight Poplarville was in the backfield before we could hand off the ball. I don't know why we can't spread the offense and defense out and give these fast running backs a little space to be able and make a play instead of trying to run thru a gauntlet every play. I love Picayune football and our coaches but man they need to open their eyes up and figure this out. I know for a fact if you give Dennis and his boys some space he will show out. Rant over...

I never thought I would read something like this. Lol. Picayune is known for their huge O-Line and it didn't matter the size of the running backs. Ive seen powerful and fast and small and fast. That’s always been the Picayune way.

[s1nglewing]

1 hour ago, Hightide said:

I am glad we don't play next Friday and have 2 weeks to prepare for division play. I pray they are seeing the same thing that me and lot of other people who follow Picayune are seeing. First off we don't have a offensive line that can block 9 or 10 in the box and we don't have a big back like Dowdell that can break tackles. Tonight Poplarville was in the backfield before we could hand off the ball. I don't know why we can't spread the offense and defense out and give these fast running backs a little space to be able and make a play instead of trying to run thru a gauntlet every play. I love Picayune football and our coaches but man they need to open their eyes up and figure this out. I know for a fact if you give Dennis and his boys some space he will show out. Rant over...

Sometimes you just don't have the talent.

[Merlin]

Everyone, at some point, will have a few down years.   Picayune has been obscurely consistent since early 2000’s, as far as I can tell.  Yall due for a couple lean years.  It may not have all that much to do with the offense. 

[maroontide06]

Even if you don’t have the personnel to run the normal Picayune offense, the coaching staff needs to adapt and make changes to be versatile on offense.  It feels like this team is stuck in a rut they can’t get out of.  The coaching staff is just at fault with this as well.

[maroontide06]

@Hightidewhy were we so timid last night?  We played like we were genuinely afraid of #5.  Picayune normally isn’t afraid of an opponent, but you could see it in the body language.

[Vott]

4 minutes ago, maroontide06 said:

Even if you don’t have the personnel to run the normal Picayune offense, the coaching staff needs to adapt and make changes to be versatile on offense.  It feels like this team is stuck in a rut they can’t get out of.  The coaching staff is just at fault with this as well.

Thats the thing. Do they even know how? Its been done so right for so long they probably just thought they would never have to revamp the offense. And for teams who are always one dimensional its probably harder. Thats all one dimensional teams. Not just Picayune.

[maroontide06]

8 minutes ago, Vott said:

Thats the thing. Do they even know how? Its been done so right for so long they probably just thought they would never have to revamp the offense. And for teams who are always one dimensional its probably harder. Thats all one dimensional teams. Not just Picayune.

I really don’t know Vott, but common sense tells you if something isn’t working to try something else.  We just can’t do that for some reason and I think that’s why it’s frustrating.

[Merlin]

South panola built their dynasty on running it down teams throats and daring them to stop it. No one really could for years.  They ran that same offense from elementary, jr high, then high school if memory serves.  West Point the same thing for the last 20 years.  Picayune the same.  Typically that style offense benefits big strong lines but honestly just needs execution with blocking.  The only spread offense team to build a dynasty arguably is oak grove. And they have not been as consistent as the power running dynasties have been. So I would freak out over a down year like it’s bout to be the norm.  Most likely it won’t be.  Even if you have 2-3 years of being “down”.   
 

Heck I hate the air raid type offense that throws to open the run.  That’s for teams with weak o line in my opinion. I would love to have seen west jones running a picayune or West Point type offense from 2021 through 2025.