Not even close, Tecumseh varsity football falls to Adrian

FYI:  Tecumseh has a very strong 5th and 6th youth football program with amazing coaches...both of my boys excelled from their experience on the field.  They currently are in 7th and 9th grade and still loving the sport.  So the foundation is there!

I'm just stating the obvious here when I say that you guys obviously have no lives and are living vicariously through these teenage boys. Anyone over the age of, say, 18 who cares about HIGH SCHOOL football this much must have no life. I MEAN, seriously?? It is high school. You've been there, done that. There is no "we played badly", as there is no "we" on that team. THEY played badly and THEIR program needs to be fixed. THERE IS NO "WE". Maybe if the public stopped caring and boycotted the football games, changes would be made. Get off the computer and put some sort of plan into action. And GROW UP. 

A strong youth football program could be a great thing to help build the high school teams strength.  Where im from in Ohio the kids are in full pads in first grade.  5 home games and 5 away.  The system is set up by the high school and midddle school coaches.  The parents are involved with teaching the fundamentals of the game before the kids ever reach the middle school fields.  Many of the high school and middle school coaches earn there stripes in these youth games before they are put in place to coach at the higher levels.  Without strong community support and the suppport of the coaches in our schools we will continue to be where we are in football.

 I have lived in Tecumseh for around 25 years now.  I have seen a flag football program, but i couldnt tell you where or when these games take place, or what involvement the coaches of the middle and high school have with this program.  In my opinion we need a grass roots movement to get the ball rolling for a bigger and better youth program to help our high school teams or more parents will be sending their kids to Adrian and Saline.

What is it? O forget it! You just do not understand, under your thinking another 7 years will go by and we will still be talking about these same problems.

Most games are won or lost before you ever step on the playing surface,as a result of your program structure.

Thank you, Mr. Alvarado, for looking into this.  :)

Boom...did you really just throw Mr. Schmidt to the wolves?  Why?  Geez.  Support Mr. Mensing and trash Mr. Schmidt.   

I heard yesterday that Mensing is leaving after this year and taking a position with the newly created Siena Heights Football Team.  Anyone else heard I spoke to about 10 different people around town last night that all heard the same news.  If it is true I guess I will now let my 3 sons play football.

To be a policy, out of respect they should do it...Cramping is not an excuse, seeing that if it would be a prolonged wait time no one would expect them to have to be on a knee for that entire time. But to do so when the player first gets hurt, for a short amount of time is the respectful thing to do.

Again, do they have to be told by a policy that it is the right thing? It just blows my mind to even ponder it.

I spoke with Tecumseh's athletic director, Casey Randolph, about the knee issue and he said it is not, at this time, the Tecumseh football program's policy to take a knee when a player is injured. The boys wait quietly and clap when the injured player is helped off the field as the JV team did in Adrian. The reason is because cramping may occur, especially if waiting an extended time on an injured player that needs to be taken out on a stretcher. Some teams take a knee while others do not. Randolph added that the Southeastern Conference does not have a policy requiring teams to take a knee or stand. He said he is going to bring up the issue during the conference's athletic director meeting on Wednesday. I’m writing a column about it for this week’s Herald.

So your saying we need to continue to do it the same way we are now ? Your way has 6 or 8 Seniors on the varsity team out of a graduating class of 250 ! Your way has led to lowest number of players Ive seen anywhere for a school our size ! Your way has led to another season of loss ! Your way has led to us being the laughing stock of the SEC ! Your way thinks honor and community pride is manure ! All I can say to that is you must be a coach or 6 yearold kid ? Use your real name and show us your a real man or woman !

Who are the JV coaches ? Are they teachers within our district?

So what I hear is that Face Book is a news source? Well I guess it is better than  the Herald. We can all take pieces of a story and come up with our on conclusions. Opinions are like...well we all can finish that sentence. And Mike B, with people like you who needs your support anyway. You just spread manure everywhere you go. These young men go out and play as  hard as they can for their school and I hope they don't read this blog. After awhile you can only be beat down so many times by your own community.

I confirmed with a student that was there, supposedly he was hurt close to the sidelines - so the coaches told the Tecumseh players they didn't need to kneel.  More of Mike McAran's personality pouring right out though the coaches. 

Dave Govro

Remember we are talking about "qualified" coaches! Great examples for the kids... First the N word and now this. Someone PLEASE explain to me why these people are "more qualified".

O yea, let me remind you that these people were hired because they were deemed "good for the kids" and "ethical, moral"..... What happens now, fire Mensing and admit they were wrong?

I don't want to believe it.  :(  Thanks for the info, Mike.

Im all but 100% sure that it did happen because a friend on Facebook had it posted on her wall and 2 Varsity players said they dont take a knee when there own players get hurt ! The Adrian person asked me what the hell it was about at Wal-Mart while I was shopping and the other person has a player on that team and we have talked before about the direction of Tecumseh football and he is considering pulling his son out and sending him to another district ! A simple phone call to the A.D.s office should get you the story and if not I could get a letter to the editor from someone who did see it go on .

Well Mickey, you may not have been there but this sounds like it needs looked into. Maybe you could pass this along to another reporter that could look this up? I'm very interested in knowing. To not take a knee during an injury? That is very bad. Rivary aside, this a terrible act . It is very disgusting, is this what the football program has turned into?

Does the Herald attend JV games?  That is an incredible story, Mike...I'd like to know, too, if it is true.  Wow. 

Well if we went on recent history between Tecumseh and  Clinton we would probably come out on the short end. They've beaten us in Softball , Baseball , Basketball , Youth football and this summer LIttle League Softball. Interesting , considering they have 1/2 the students we do!!

Did you happen to hear about the fiasco at the J.V. football game last week ? I was told by 3 different people who attended that game ( 1 from Adrian) that a Adrian player broke his leg during the game and the Adrian players took a knee after the whistle and when the Tecumseh players took a knee OUR COACHES told them to stand up ! The total lack of respect OUR COACHES showed Adrian , its players , its fans , and the young man who was hurt is unexceptable ! Afew weeks ago it was one of our coaches useing the N word and now this ! I was wondering what you knew about this ? Also , my money is on Clinton if Mensing is gonna coach our boys in that game !

I'd love to revive an annual varsity football game against Tecumseh and Clinton! I can't resist traditional rivalry games and this one goes back to at least the late 1929s and early 1930s. I found a 1929 Tecumseh Herald article that says Tecumseh would be entertaining its OLD rival, Clinton, for the annual Thanksgiving Day game on Nov. 28, for the final contest of the season. The article goes on to say the teams finished in scoreless ties the two previous years. Tecumseh was able to defeat Clinton 26-7 in the 1929 Turkey Day game. Who do I think would win if we played this year? I'd like to think we get to see another scoreless draw!

I said early on Tecumseh had better win early in the season while the teams where soft because Adrian , Chelsea . and Bedford would be tough (they are every year !) I dont think any of us thought with our record we would take down Adrian ? I now refuse to attend the games and simply stay home and hear it on the radio . My support for the team is over until Mr. Mensing is removed as head coach ! I figure if the A.D. and the school Superintendant wont support the team by giving them a proven winning coach who understands the game then I wont either ! I would say within 2 years if left unchecked Tecumseh wont even beable to put a team together due to the total lack of players who simply refuse to play for Mensing .

Really, you want to debate why you think it's better to be called the Shooting Stars than the Indians? We are honoring Chief Tecumseh by calling ourselves the Indians. The names of our teams generally is to strike  fear in our opponents. Somehow Shooting Stars doesn't do much for me.  The move to change our name was done to appease the current living Indian culture, not to honor Chief Tecumseh. What's next, change the city name also. ? 

I want to know what you think Mickey,  Tecumseh against Clinton I know it would be a tight game, but do you think Clinton would have what it takes to beat them too?  I mean they act like Adrian is some rivalry, I think they should change conferences if they want to be  competitive.

Dave Govro

Why is it sad? The Shawnee Indian leader Tecumseh's name meant "Shooting Star."

Doesn't Shooting Stars seem wrong to say. Kinda wimpy ? Just saying, can't we stand up, fight, and just be the Indians already? So sad. 

At least the band is great. Way to go Shooting Stars!

You do not sound very excited! I feel bad for all of the athletes, they are all very good kids and deserve much better!

My question is, when will people learn? When will the proper decisions be made for the students?  Over the last 10 years the football team and basketball teams have struggled. They have had different coaches, different players, but the same result!

Problem is every coach that was hired did little to change the structure, the system of what was done and produced the same result. Each coach has not changed the system for the entire program(s). Expectations, player development, fundamentals,and structure needs to change......... I said 7 years ago this was the problem and it still is because it has not been changed.It is not a player problem but a system (structure) problem.

Nice job Adrian Southeastern - White Champs!!!!!