Jack Siedlecki
Jack Siedlecki
Jack "Sid" Siedleckiis an American football coach. He was a head coach in college football for 21 years for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Amherst Collegeand Yale University. He led his teams to championships in the Ivy League, the Freedom Football Conference, and the New England Small College Athletic Conference. He was selected as the American Football Coaches Association District I Coach of the Year after the 2006 season...
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Getting Ryan (Fodor) and Mike (McLeod), two of the most publicized kids in the state last year, the two MVPs, really helps us.
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Mike's one of those guys. He's going to make you miss. You're not going to get Mike every time even with that safety coming down.
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Mike has picked things up very quickly -- he is an excellent pass blocker, which allows us to keep him in the game in all our one back formations. He is still a work in progress.
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The running part is easy. The challenge comes with picking up the system, learning formations, reading defenses and knowing blocking assignments. All indications are he has very good natural football instincts. But we have to be realistic. He is just a freshman, a very talented freshman. We need to put him in situations where he can succeed, not situations where he?s not ready. That falls on the coaching staff.
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Our sideline erupted with that one. It was like the weight of the world went off our shoulders.
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Our defense stood up each time we turned it over.
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Being up just 6-0 that long was scary. When we scored on that fourth-down play, our sideline erupted. That was a big weight off our shoulders. We finally made that big play. We were a pretty excited team in that huddle after the game.
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Sometimes a player stands out when he is under adverse conditions. Chandler knew he couldn't play, but he took on a role of helping the younger players instead of feeling sorry for himself. He's gone above and beyond the call of duty, and that's something our players admire.
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We handled adversity well last week. Now we find out how we handle success. Some teams don?t handle it too well.
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We can?t get frustrated. We made a lot of big plays last week. There might not be as many big-play opportunities in this game. They?re going to back up and not let you run by them. They?re going to make you earn it.
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Junior running back Jordan Spence played in a utility role last year and must become a prominent part of our offense.
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We get more inquiries from California kids than anywhere else. California and Texas, I?d say, make up for almost 50 percent of the inquiries.
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Obviously, the quarterback being elected the captain of the team shows that our players have confidence in him, they think he's going to be the right guy and a leader. He has lined up as the number one guy for 12 practices in the spring. I think our players have confidence in him.
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We will miss Rory Hennessey, Rob Carr and Alvin Cowan, but other players are ready for their turn to play. Our success will depend on many juniors and seniors that are getting their first opportunity to start.