1. Keep in mind that Punahou is very strong--#1--while St Louis has a weak D.newguy wrote:congratulations st louis, you get what you wanted. cal lee is back. you stink worse than ever. your school is still in debt. your academics are still a joke. and your enrollment is still in decline. within in 10 years, with more choices like this one, this school might not even exist.
2. Lee isn't a magician; he's stuck with the players he has. Obviously, the players ARE really that bad, BUT: Who's the DC? He's not making adequate adjustments. Heard he played single coverage against Mililani, too. It's not just how good the RECEIVERS are; it's how good the QB is. Mililani's receivers aren't as good as Noa, but MILTON made them look good.
3. I don't see how you can say St Louis' academics are a "joke." They can be no worse than the best public schools. That's not intended as a knock against the public schools; the public schools are dragged-down by having to accept bad kids, and kids who don't know English.
4, I don't see St Louis closing. Think the alumni will stand for that?[/quote]
Well how bad are his players? He has a bunch of athletes on offense they are 4-6 deep at the Slot and Wide positions alone why wouldn't he move the kids that wont start to DB or Safety. The Nunuha boys comes to mind so does the Johnson kid. Both come off the bench Johnson has the size to play LB and Nunuma can easily play DB better than Augafa and Timbreza.
As a coach wouldnt you play the best players you have to at the very least have your best 22 football players playing in every game. That is a coaching decision.
Also since Kaumeyer left Cal is calling the Defense. He might not be a magician but his legendary football mojo and football decision making has "disappeared" that's for sure.
70+ year old man plus 16-18 yr old football players equals the worst defense in the state all divisions included. Here are the averages.60 pts per game allowed, 650 yds per game allowed 366 pass 284 run (Scoringlive stats.)
and the whole time staying in man coverage with the "bad' athletes he has that is poor coaching..period..[/quote]
You know, I was WONDERING whether Lee was acting as DC; I know he's a defense guy. I'll tell you what, you've made some very disturbing observations. COULD IT BE that Lee really IS losing it? Now I'm not so sure he isn't. Again, you've made some very good points. If this goes on, Lee might have a very short coaching tenure at St Louis. It's hard to believe that such a legendary coach could have devolved so dramatically.[/quote]
I want to be clear I hope I am eating crow at the end of this season I really do, I am a St Louis fan but I see this team and I think why are they so bad? Why are they getting worse instead of better week to week? Is it the kids? The parents? The school AD or Admin? Every excuse has been already been used and no one wants to say it but this time it just might be the coach.. I hope I am wrong..[/quote]
I think we need to cut St Louis a little more slack. Yes, they're 0-3, but LOOK at the schools they played: Mililani, ranked #2 in the state. St John Boscoe, ranked #3 in the NATION? Punahou, ranked #1 in the state. OF COURSE St Louis' stats will look bad, against THOSE kind of teams.