Also, BC Defensive End Commit Harold Landy received offers from Auburn and Ohio state yesterday to go along with FSU earlier this week and South Carolina, Ole Miss and Miami last month.
He still remains a firm commit to BC despite blowing up on the recruiting scene since he has been told he can start right away at BC
Its too bad this class is still a year and a half away. The Eagles could use some help this year. God they are going to be awful.
I think they will be a bowl team, probably 6-8 regular season wins. The offense was pretty good last year except for turnovers and in the red zone. I expect Daz's emphasis on the run game to help them solve some of their red zone woes. Hopefully we can see smash mouth football brought back to BC. Maybe they will even run some power toss sweeps like Everett is famous for with their "student body right/left" plays. (I distinctly remember that play because when I played end I would get hit by the tight end, a pulling guard, a full back and then their qb). Did they run that when you were there Nick?
On defense they were awful but started a ton of underclassmen (which is why we have the most returning starters of any team in the ACC). Watch for Kaleb Ramsey, a big time DT who hasn't been able to stay healthy at BC but could be an elite DT that BC used to build its line around. I'm very excited to see Brown's defense, gone are the days of our corners giving teams a 15 yard cushion
I graduated in '83 when Coach Sarno was there. He was still in the smashmouth, 1960's mode of offense and yes, we ran that play a lot. Coach Agneta(yes, there is a relation there) continued that but started to introduce more passing into the offense instead of the 3 downs of dust and punt that Sarno was doing at the end. Coach Dib came in after that and ran his double wing rushing offense that was much different but still was all about power, smashmouth ball. When he had a lull in lineman size for a few years it coincided with his son's prominence as a QB and he went to a pro style offense. Now he uses a hybrid of both the double wing and the pro sets. Makes it very difficult to coach against him.
I played for Arlington, and we got handled by Everett every single year (to be fair it made absolutely no sense that we were in the GBL with them and Cambridge which has since been rectified) What do you think the secret to their dominance was? Is it in the water? Do they start them early with a good pop warner program? I heard in the off season they have pretty strict work out programs, is that it? Or maybe a combination of all of those?
BTW I knew Jim was from Everett and I knew Nerlens was from there but I never put two and two together.
Coach Dib coached Pop Warner before taking over at Everett High. His philosophy was for the entire Pop Warner program to run the same offenses and defenses all the way through the program. That playbook became the base of his high school playbook. By the time kids hit high school, they were so familiar with the system it translated to instant success.
He does keep the kids on a year round conditioning program and has since being there. Most football coaches in New England weren't doing that for years. Southern high school football, as well as places like California, Ohio and Pennsylvania, it was common to have whole year conditioning for football but not up north and not especially in New England. Those kids also played hockey and baseball and basketball.
As for the allegations of steroid use which a lot of people have accused the program of, I don't know. I know most of those kids visit a supplement store in Glendale Square which supposedly only sells legal supplements, but who knows. There's definitely been some roid use amongst the players, but I know it was not provided or approved of by the coaching staff. I also don't think it was happening any more or less in Everett than any other city or town.
Also know, that a some of Dib's current staff is made up of former players that went on to the NFL. They have been given professional strength and conditioning techniques and coaching from the very best of the best. That gets passed down to the kids in the program. Not a lot of high schools in New England have that.
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