jgking83 just last week you were calling Lang a 3* back, now Bristow calls him the best he's ever seen last night during the broadcast and he apparently in one game you've elevated him beyond the 3* ranking you saddled him with last week to a worth repeating "best ever"? As I indicated last week Lang means to Manatee in terms of Manatee potentially making it to the title game, similar to what Duke Johnson meant to Miami Norland the year they made their championship run. Lang forces teams to game plan for him in a major way, and Booth subsequently is getting better and better at responding to that by bringing other talented pieces of the Manatee offense into the game plan. Last night the passing game didn't work as well for Manatee as it did a week earlier, but its something Dr Phillips despite what their scouting coaches saw last night better be prepared for.
Dr Phillips will want to run 1st, which to me plays right into what the Manatee is probably best at, that being playing the run. Teams that can feature the pass, yet force Manatee to respect the run are the type of teams I see giving Manatee fits......from what I've seen so far Dr Phillips uses the pass to keep teams honest. Its a home game for Dr Phiilips which means allot but being a playoff game and I expect Manatee to travel well in as far as fans making the trip to the game, so I don't think that factors in as much as one would believe.
Should be a great game!
jking I bet if you were to ask Bristow about Ricky Gissendanner, Mickey "Sweet Cake" Bellemy, James Crawford, Alvin Smalls, among others he couldn't off the cuff tell you the 1st thing about them..........Lang is good ....real good, but lets let the guy finish out his career before crowning him best ever. Manatee winning a state title would be a huge for him, because he at that point would have been the 1st player I've witnessed at Manatee almost single handily being responsible for Manatee doing that............Tommie Frazier couldn't even do that.
Go Canes Go!
This post was edited on 11/22 9:39 AM by gatorman001