THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON SH.
There is no question in my mind that Seantrell Henderson is a superbly talented football player as far as the physical tools are concerned. Size, speed, strength, agility, all the tools needed to make the running game go and to protect his quarterback from being sacked. Also, I am not here to talk about the negatives and the down sides, so ably chronicled by previous writers on this thread. The proof is on the playing field, and his team did upset mighty Eden Prairie in the state championship football game. I would guess that young Mr. Henderson had a great deal to do with the outcome of that game. However, during the season, the 6-0 Stillwater Ponies played the 6-0 Cretin Derham Hall Raiders. Stillwater won that game 12-7, but SH barely showed up, according to accounts of the game, the statistics, and written comments from those who were there. The story:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/63907302.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUeyD8_o8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
The statistics:
http://preps.startribune.com/gamerecap.php?yid=0910&gameid=8841
One of the most powerful offenses in the state, Cretin, was held to 112 rushing yards in 40 attempts, a 2.8 average per carry. Their quarterback was sacked three times by the Ponies defense. SH's main responsibilities are to spearhead the running attack and to protect his quarterback. Apparently, he did neither. Check out the following comments from people who were at the game:
anyone's game
Not sure if you were all there, who but Miller did not miss much - except the interception. He threw some great balls - one being dropped. Heller had a man open deep down the middle, which was a sure TD, and it was dropped - or it would have been a wider margin. Not to mention beign on the goal line late in the game. The ponies outclassed Cretin last night - plain and simple. Big H for Cretin looked tired, sloppy and uninterested for most of the game - the ponies ran right at him AND had 5 sacks.
posted by ponycoach on Oct 10, 09 at 6:45 pm |
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Why the Ponies Won
The Ponies won the game because of their defense. Henderson may be the #1 recruit in the nation but Jeremy Gillard was the most dominating player on the field. CDH had no answer for the Pony linebackers.
posted by b_bersie on Oct 12, 09 at 8:48 am |
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Good luck #1 recruit
Great review of the game listed by the previous post: "The Ponies won the game because of their defense. Henderson may be the #1 recruit in the nation but Jeremy Gillard was the most dominating player on the field. CDH had no answer for the Pony linebackers." I was at the game, in my opinion, you could predict CDH on offense, #1 recruit would go in a pass stance (no other CDH lineman would do that) they would pass. CDH would run when #1 recruit was in a run stance with the rest of lineman. I wasn't going to comment about #1 recruit, but I was thinking the same as a couple of other posters, either he does not care at this point about finishing his high school career or he thinks he is to good for high school. He is a big guy but the little pony defense stood toe to toe with #1. Also I thought the back up QB did a good job. He was ruffled by the pony defense and I don't think it would have mattered if Mr. Hockey was the QB. The pony defense had it figured out for the game.
posted by bigandya7979 on Oct 12, 09 at 11:07 am |
