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[monter]

Now that the 2011 season has come to an end for the Ennis Lions, I want to go into some more numbers. Mainly to show that it wasn't as bad as it may have seemed.

Overall in District, the Lions scored a total of 188 points, averaging 23.5 points per game offensively. Defensively, the Lions allowed 252 points, or 31.5 points per game.

A little math shows an average of -8 (minus 8) points per game difference.

So if we add 8 points per game (remember, this is ONE touchdown and a two-point conversion), we actually gain two wins. So our district record could have been 4-4.

Additionally, since there were 8 district games, I broke the district into halves for the next section.

In the first 4 games, we scored 64 points, and allowed 124. This is scoring 16 points per game, but averaging 31. Of the four first half teams we played, two made the playoffs.

In the second half of district, the Lions nearly doubled their offensive point output, scoring 124, while the defense allowed 128. This means that the Lions scored at an average of 31 points per game in the "second half" of district. And while they gave up an average of 32, you can clearly see how close it was.

Additionally, the additional two wins would have come against West Mesquite (who ended up at 5-3), and Waxahachie (who ended up at 7-1).

The district as a whole averaged almost just a shade of 29 points per game (29.167). The range (difference between max and min points scored) was 257 for points scored. For points allowed it was 169.

Taking this into account, This would have put us at a 4-4 record, with the head-to-head over West Mesquite, and a 5th place district finish.

All that said, even though the Lions did not make the playoffs, small things here and there could have made for a much different season.

I am hopeful and optimistic about next year.

Edited by monter, 15 November 2011 - 12:28 PM.

[El Rod]

No doubt that there has been some encouraging aspects to the 2011 season. All in all, this is a program having to build from ground up. Hopefully the kids are buying into the program and realizing that the "Ennis" of past days is the past. Reestablishing a new mentality is somethings that took the Harrell's regime several years to create. Defense will be better with all the youth being a year older, and offensively it's a work in progress to get clicking with winning efficiency and eliminating costly turnovers. Passing has to be better and more creative next year. If you live and attempt to conquer with the run, you have to be able to play action pass at times with near flawless efficiency. If you truly run the ball effectively, defenses will have to honor it, thus giving up big plays that have to be executed. Example of power house run teams of Trinity, Katy, 2011 Mansfield Tigers all gash opponents with the 5-10 passes per game. As long as the kids work hard and believe in the system, and believe in themselves good things will happen in the future.

Edited by El Rod, 21 November 2011 - 05:35 PM.