September 10th Power Rankings

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• To 9:02 If they are D1 players than I think they are pretty GREAT. Maybee your the one not really paying attenton.( I didn't appreciate that comment either).

• The same could have been said about CB at Airport the same exact stuff went on giving another year or two he would have same record and maybe gone for the extra point? 3-0 teams aren't as good and AP talent a year older

• Last 2 years alone Matt Harmon (transferred) and Zach Kohn all state receiver and div 1 athlete at cmu. Had a lineman Keiler (spelling) that went to MSU in 2012 and Franklin. So a few real nice d1 athletes/players have played there. Guessing more than any school in region. And if you read my post I never said, much like your sarcasm GREAT d1 players. Guys that are d1 usually do not just become d1 in their senior year the guys I mentioned had been on the varsity for a while. Just like the Stewart kid he is a d1 player as a soph. And playing like it!

• Who are these great D1 players and where are they playing now?

• Well said Coach Kipf does a great job. And did a great job as an assistant to Jack. Part of the smcc success in the past is having a people underneath you coaching kids up and this is what Adam did as a Jv coach. Now someone don't come on and say he doesn't have good coaches around him because he does.

• I would like to briefly address the SMCC situation, if there really is one. It is always tough being the guy after the guy. Coach Kipf had the unenviable task of taking over after coach Giarmo. He must win or he will be scapegoated a bit. Let's look at a few different things. Has there been a drop off in coaching from the Giarmo days? I would say yes, but this would be the case for 99.9% of the coaches in the state that currently coach football if they had to replace Giarmo. Giarmo was a great coach, so virtually anyone who takes over would likely be a downgrade. This really has nothing to do with Coach Kipf, it has everything to do with how good a coach Giarmo is.

  Secondly, the talent has fallen off a bit from when Giarmo was there. Is this anyone's fault on the current staff? No, it most certainly isn't. The classes that were there prior to Giarmo's departure are some of the best the school has had in a long time. Is this an indictment of the athletes that are there right now? No, it's a praise of those athletes from some of Giarmo's best teams.

  Now why has SMCC played 6 very good quarters and then played 6 sub par quarters? Who knows? Maybe the competition has been very good. Quite honestly, coming into the season, if you had told me that SMCC would be 1-2 at this point, I would have agreed with you.

  The one thing I have to wonder is; are the parents and grand parents supporting the kids and coaching staff. Are they staying positive with the kids or being critical? How about the coaches, are the parents staying positive or are they being critical in front of their athletes. We have to remember, these are impressionable young teenagers who can do great things or not so great things depending on the environment they are surrounded with. If I remember correctly, SMCC finished 4-5 last season, but had a huge win over the Huron League Co-Champs Milan. Was that win because of talent or coaching? Probably both, don't you think? I'm telling you right now, SMCC can win out in the league based on the fact that they beat Pewamo-Westphalia in week 1. They could also drop 4 or 5 more in a row, based on the last 6 quarters they have played.

  I know this for sure, if SMCC can get to 5-4 and make the playoffs, nobody will want to play them.

  Anyway, just my two cents. For what it is worth.

• Who brought up smcc in the convo. I'm sure their coach does a good job. Won the league his first year. Was just talking about the job he has done changing the mindset of the kids here at Carlson. Much like you can like the job the Huron, Airport and Milan coaches have done. And if you say that they beat Woodhaven because he is D1 and made a great play then so be it. But to say it helps having him is like saying if I won the lotto it would help financially. Yeah no kidding. Franklin could possibly be one the best athletes in the state. The point was and you did not address it was they have had d1 athletes before with not the same results.

• Oh by the way 8:04 the reason why SMCC is down the last couple of years is mostly lack of talent period.

• 8:04 -Oh go back and read my first sentence. Did you see the Woodhaven game? If Franklin was not at QB they would not have gotten that first down to keep chains moving to win that game. I have been paying attention for 11 years

• I think we may want to take a break on the Giarmo for President campaign - and this is no knock on him, the kids, the school, or their performance this year. The reality is that they beat a terrible Kennedy program, a reeling Trenton team (haven't scored in 2 weeks and just got beat by a bad Southgate team) and barely beat a Woodhaven team that subsequently got crushed by the perennial league front runner (Wyandotte) who is supposed to be down this year. The Downriver League is notoriously unbalanced with Carlson usually dead in the middle. The real tests are to come! Good luck Marauders!