So proud of this kid. Not only puts in the work, but goes above and beyond in all phases. Never been afraid to be coached, never one to shy away from whatever responsibility I give him. Illinois got a great player and a great young man.
Love ya 88, let's have a year ✊
All credit and rights are to
@BillBurkhardt
.
He (like students, parents, and alumni) call for the board to LISTEN to the evidence and repeated failures of
@DLSPresKnight
and board of
@delasallehs
.
This only scratches the surface as it doesn't even encompass the present issue!
As this D2 game is about to begin, I once again think of our seniors sitting at home. There is no doubt in my mind that we would have impacted the road to Ford Field, and knowing my guys I wouldn't have put it past them to be playing for their 3rd straight title. Love you all!
Now that our season has culminated, I can start letting the cat out of the bag on some team/individual records.
@BeesleyWill
will walk away from DLS not only a State Champion, but also the schools all time tackles leader with 259 total tackles.
It's been a pleasure 33 👊
A great man that I unfortunately was not able to have more conversations with. It is hard to find another individual that exemplifies the mission of De La Salle than John Monigold.
This is what coaching is. The "creators" are such a small fraction of the community. The rest of us observe, learn, and then replicate. No shame in that game, we still have to be knowledgeable within that system to fix things when they break.
7 days until we pick up from where these young men unjustly left off. No team has endured as much as we have in the last 9 months. Time to show up and play.
In essence all awards and honorees are merely a surface level accolade, and don’t do justice to all those around you that make your success possible. To our coaches and players, thank you for empowering me to do what I do. This doesn't happen without each and every one of you!
Congrats to DLS Defensive Coordinator Brandon Bush who was awarded the Division 2 State Assistant Coach of the Year Award! This award is selected by the MHSFCA board of directors.
Coach Bush will be presented with a plaque at in Lansing.
#PilotPride
@DLSFootball_MI
@coachrohn
There have been some pretty decorated defensive lineman that have worn the purple of
@DLSFootball_MI
, but none can say they've had the season
@MMuragin
did this year as a Junior.
68 Tackles
12.5 Sacks
31 Tackles for Loss (Single Season Record)
Senior year prep starts now ✊
Didn't matter how many stars a player on the other team had or if we were over matched on paper, this grp epitomized the "oh yea, watch this" mentality. You were pushed to limits, never once flinching.
2021 Defense
9ppg Allowed by starters
37 Sacks and 122 TFLS ( DLS Records)
Today, assistant coaches for the first time are being contacted by Warren PD, almost 2 months after the alleged incidents. Not once were we interviewed by admins at
@delasallehs
to ask what, if anything, occured and detectives did not even attempt to make us part of investigation
After allowing roughly 10ppg over the last four years it is quite comical when our kids question changes in scheme. The "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality is what gets coaches/teams killed. You must adapt to your kids, your league, and the shifts within the game.
We've had this goal since the clock struck 0.00 last Janurary. Returning, and winning, has been the only goal.
CHSL Central title? Meh
CHSL Prep Bowl? Meh
Undefeated regular season? Meh
1 purpose, 1 game at a time. Leave no doubt 👊
In the past
@DLSFootball_MI
has had a pretty cool Thanksgiving tradition with our players and their families. With covid, we are hoping to make it a Christmas championship this year! See everyone soon ✊
I've learned exponentially more from Twitter than I have from clinics 😅
My entire gallery is screenshots of stunts/coverages that we've adapted and adopted.
2 years ago Team 90 showed up to the first day of camp with a purpose, an attitude. This group hit the rewind button and reestablished the culture, the work ethic, which would then be matched and followed by Team 91.
Team 92....
What will you do with this opportunity?
While we await to hear our fate on the continuance of the 2020 season, all we can do is be ready when given the go ahead.
So what is your program doing to do to get better every day, because we just hired
@JamesALight
.
Amanda and I cannot thank the coaches and our
@DLSFootball_MI
families enough for their love and support as we prepare for baby LJ.
We are both so appreciative to have you all as our extended family, it means the world to us 💜💜💜
I expect perfection from my guys knowing full well that it is unobtainable, and they loveee to prove me wrong when I doubt them. Through 9 weeks this starting group has allowed 59pts for a 6.5ppg average, and if you remove Week 1 they have allowed 23pts or 2.9ppg.
#DEFENSE
Beating an 0-9 still gives more points than losing to a 9-0 team. It changes nothing, and changes zero headaches for schools like us trying to find games. Only alteration is playing bigger schools = more pts, but there is zero incentive for the bigger school to accept that game
DB Tip 17
A WR can only release 3 ways, right, left or straight. All the footwork/dancing/moves at LOS, means nothing. Only way it works is if u allow it to mess w/ your 👁. Otherwise just stay square/calm & let them dance bc all it does is move the LOS & wait for WR to declare
Was informed yesterday that my services at De La Salle do not fit within their budget for the upcoming Fall. If anyone has some leads on a Social Studies job in the area, I'd appreciate it if you sent them my way.
This one could get long...
Shout out to the
@DLSFootball_MI
offense for breaking the following school records!!!
Points Scored - 517pts (39.7ppg)
TDs Scored - 73
Total Yards - 5,158 (397.7ypg)
Total Yards (Game) - 522 vs. OLSM
If
@BDrogosh
asked me what our defense needed from him on a week to week basis, I always told him I needed him to break some kind of record because we were going to give up 50pts. Whelp, he broke a few...
Pts Scored (Season) - 144 (24 TD)
Pts Scored (Game) - 30 vs Harper Woods
We will undoubtedly be remembered for what we do last. To this point we have done some great things. Wake up, rise up, and swarm one more time to make people remember you... via
@detroitnews
If you are a football person please join the challenge of posting a football photo. Just one picture, no description. Please copy the text in your status, post a picture and look at some great memories/pictures.
Interesting Fact:
With De La Salle victory today,
at least one team from the CHSL Central Division has been to a state championship every season since 1995. (OLSM made it to the class CC final in 1994 but they were in the AA division.)
We are proud to say that senior Brett Stanley, an all-state football player & wrestler & all-
@CHSL1926
baseball player, is up for the
@DAC_Detroit
HS Athlete of the Year!
Find out more about the award at or by watching this video:
It is a massive advantage when you can be a split team and have guys fresh playing both O and D. Love our guys, and the prep they are willing to put in to master their craft. Do YOUR job, trust your teammates to do theirs 👊
#1of2
Every team needs a
@HallmanBubbz
. I threw this kid to the wolves every week, asking him to cover D1 recruit after D1 recruit. He won some. He lost some. He never stopped lining back up daring them to do it again. I respect the hell out of ya Bubbz ✊
Way to finish
#9
🏆
The amount of pressure I put on this young man to align and set our defense is unparalleled at the high school level. A true football player with a knack of finding the ball and making plays at the most opportune moment. Holy Cross has itself a program changer in
@jacob_dobbs5
Sky is the limit for
@MMuragin
. What I ask this young man to do boggles his position coaches mind 😅
-Primary Key
-Secondary Key
-Stop Play X Key
I put him in shitty situations and ask him to fight his way out of them for the betterment of the team.
#88
, until next year 🤝
Congrats to
@BeesleyWill
on his
@freep
All State Dream Team election.
One of those young men whose presence will be missed immediately. 3 year leader of our defense, schools all time tackle leader, and culminated his career with a championship.
Princeton is getting a steal!
Sadly no Lawrence, but watching
@j_deberry21
play against Clemson and the dudes they have is surreal. Having success as a Sophmore and making plays all over the field, fun to watch.
@Jaydenconklin28
@GerlingTyler
@jcford2
@BrettStanley30
It was a pleasure to have your leadership this year on the defensive size. Above all else, you stuck together and played for one another. That will always be what I remember about the class of 21'.
Love you all ✊
@delasallehs
supposedly holding a board meeting tonight (yes, the same board that just had a lawsuit slapped on them). Maybe actually make yourself available to here the hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of students, parents, and alumni that are against your reprehensible actions.
The fact that the
@delasallehs
admins even have the power to make decisions after what came down today is an indictment on the
@MidwestDistrict
. Best interest of the students??? They have been protecting their own asses since day 1, and more info will be surfacing on that 🤔
A threat that was conveniently found to be "unsubstantiated" after. When they planned on peaceful protests last week they were threatened with 20 day suspensions.
Congratulations to
@DLSFootball_MI
for their 3rd straight Academic All-State accomplishment, and captain
@justin_desmet
on being announced to the Academic Dream Team!!!
Label me as biased, but ask any team he's lined up against how
@MMuragin
has impacted the game. I challenge him daily, giving him tasks/assignments I'm not even sure are achievable at this point 😅
Special, special player that is an even better young man. Crown him already😤
The coolest thing about being a coach is watching your players continue to have success on bigger and bigger stages 🙌
@j_deberry21
w/ 9 tackles, sack, and an INT in his first game for A&M
@JLDobbs5
w/ 20 tackles in his 1st game back for Holy Cross
.
@DLSFootball_MI
(3-4) got back to basics Friday night, with solid defensive play and a steady dose of the ground and pound, and soared past
@RVille_Football
, 58-14, in the first round of the 2020 MHSAA state playoffs.
READ MORE:
Congratulations to
@DjDandridge6
and
@DevinSchmelter
on their commitment to
@LTU_FB
.
Huge parts of our defensive success on the state championship run this year. Put these two on field together and watch what they do 👀
Proud of you both, enjoy the journey!
“When you start reading about yourself and believing your own press clippings is when you start to fall . . . When you’re not hungry, you become average!” (Kirby Smart)
🚨
@DLSFootball_MI
Records 🚨
@BDrogosh
Most Points Scored
Game - 30
Season - 143
Career - 296
Rush Yards
Career - 3,152
Rush TDs
Game - 5
Season - 24
Career - 49
Completions and %
Season - 140 (69.3%)
Career - 336 (62.2%)
Pass Yards
Season - 2,264
Career - 4,881
1/2
@mgiannone
said it best. "You don't know me until you know my story."
This senior class will always be special to the
@DLSFootball_MI
community. Overcoming what they did in the last 14 months is a testament to their belief in one another and strong support from their families
Nothing worse than being surrounded by "yes men." If you aren't constantly challenged by the those around you then you are doing a disservice to yourself and your athletes.
I'm ALL about this 👇🏻
As a Head Coach, I WANTED my assistants to argue with me. Tried to bring it out of them many times. Made me better, made them better.
As an assistant, if I don't believe in my opinions enough with passion and fire, then I shouldn't speak. THIS is coaching.
🚨Sophmore🚨
One of the most coachable players I have had at DLS.
@MMuragin
stepped into the starting role very early due to injuries and never looked back. To do well against our schedule he had to grow up quick, and he met every challenge. Gonna be scary next year...
All this investment for one more chance, one more opportunity to practice tomorrow. The vast majority of these guys will never strap on a pair of pads and practice again. Don't cheat yourself now when you have sacrificed so much to get here. All in tmrw
#meraki
Keep your head down
@DLSFootball_MI
, to many times we've been left off these lists only to be where we need to be at the end. Means diddly squat, stay hungry or get devoured.
The D Zone Top 10 Pre-Season Rankings for 2022‼️
#1
- De La Salle
#2
- Detroit King
#3
- Belleville
#4
- Rochester Adams
#5
- West Bloomfield
#6
- River Rouge
#7
- Clarkston
#8
- Saline
#9
- Cass Tech
#10
- DeWitt
Every week I take what he knows and turn it upside down. We destroy and create key sets and calls on a weekly basis, always looking to get an edge. It is on
@BeesleyWill
to master the madness and put his teammates in best position to be successful. Princeton is getting a beast