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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In terms of front-line players, it's the worst since I've been here. Last year, we probably had 10 more guys injured at this stage of practice.
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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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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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Our sideline erupted with that one. It was like the weight of the world went off our shoulders.
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I think there?s a lot of viable candidates and a lot of times they look at somebody that?s done more, shown more ... It?s a real commitment for a kid, in the short term, to come back for a fifth year. And I think that makes an impression on (the players).
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I think we?re one of those teams that questions are going to be answered as we go along.
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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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The coaches have voted unanimously for the 11th game and for postseason play every time it has been brought forward at our meetings. It then has to go to the athletic directors, the policy committee and then the presidents. Neither proposal has ever gotten approval from all groups.
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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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The bottom line is, their best player beat us. He made the biggest play of the game, and he beat us.
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It will be another great year of Ivy football with a lot of close games. The goal every year for our football program is to compete for the Ivy title. We play in a league that is very balanced. Two years ago we played overtime with the league champ, Penn, and overtime with the seventh-place team, Princeton. Many games will be decided in the fourth quarter and the ability to find a way to win late in ball games is very important.
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The nature of college football is that players graduate.
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It?s a neurological problem being evaluated as we go along under doctors? care.
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They both did some good things. Ryan had the longest drive and ran the ball better than he had. Matt has the quick feet. Ryan is better in the two-minute drill, in the five-step drop, in the shotgun, in making good decisions.