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Date Posted: 11:14:16 08/01/08 Fri
Author: Neighbor
Subject: Re: Camp soon!!
In reply to: LU Maven 's message, "Re: Camp soon!!" on 05:46:46 08/01/08 Fri

Maven, you have touched upon a topic that also concerns me. For many years, it seemed to me, Lehigh used the mental ability of its player personnel to "outsmart" its opponents. They threw nothing at us that we couldn't understand and we were diverse enough, flexible week-to-week to keep our foes guessing and confused.

The best example of this was the playoff game at Western Illinois. Frankly, Lehigh made them look foolish trying to deal with what Lehigh presented, both offensively and defensively.

What happened?

Does Lehigh now recruit with an emphasis more toward athlete and less toward student?

Lehigh DID seem to once have an edge, but not now. Has it become too rare to find a true student-athlete combination to fit the traditional Lehigh mold?

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Camp soon!! -- RichH, 12:14:34 08/01/08 Fri

A very astute point but one w/o an answer. I hope 1 of these qbs steps up so that Coen can run some kind of O.Last year we spent so much time, mostly due to injuries, with a patchwork O scheme hard to tell what Coen can do. We no longer have such a distinct edge as we had for a while with speed and athletes, Air Lehigh supplies the crucial difference.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Camp soon!! -- LU in NJ, 14:48:56 08/01/08 Fri

>>>>>>>>I posted, at the beginning of the Coen years, that changing the offense away from Air Lehigh would take away a unique advantage that helped Lehigh become an elite I-AA program.

In essense, Air Lehigh helped attract recruits that fit the model------- hs QB or receivers were attracted to an Air Lehigh.

Scatbacks like Jean, Pugh, etc who may not have been big enough for I-A or a I-AA program that liked to play power football were perfect for Air Lehigh.

O-lineman didn't need to overpower opponents-----Air Lehigh used pass blocking and often created running lanes by spreading th field and sealing off d-lineman as opposed to overpowering people.

Air Lehigh had the flexibility to exploit defense's weaknesses and utilize special players skills---the TE position was emphasized when Bergen was on the field.

I understand a new coach wanting to put their mark on the program.

What hasn't made sense to me is Coen moving Lehigh toward a 3 yards and a clump of mud offense when the entire college game is moving toward spread offenses.


Lastly, the Yale comment was interesting-----the same QB who came in for an injured Borda and brought Lehigh from behind to beat Yale in OT. He posted a 5-1 record as a soph QB in an Air Lehigh offense somehow regressed over the next two years.

Coen was hailed as an offensive guru when he was hired-----I hope this is the year we turn things around.

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