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DEL.ICIO.USMastermind behind the Peachtree Ridge defense
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Peachtree Ridge Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Carl Cole is in his 2nd year at the school. The Gloster, Miss., native moved to Georgia five years ago, after head coaching stints at Crystal Springs and Bogue Chitta high schools in Mississippi. On Wednesday, he visited with David P. about his team’s stifling defense.
Q: Tell me about your defensive scheme.
A: We’re a 4-3 and play cover-2 behind it.
Q: When is your defense at its best?
A: When we play well, our front four have a bunch of tackles. Our guys behind them are athletic. And, obviously, Cameron is a big playmaker on the front end for us. We’re able to get a lot of pressure on quarterbacks at times and get them to make a lot of mistakes.
Q: What gives your defense problems? A: Sometimes teams that run the ball straight at us have given us some problems. We’ve got a lot of team speed, and it’s a concern always of ours if someone’s going to run straight at us. You kind of play into our game if you start going sideways and try to spread things out. We tend to handle that pretty well because of our team speed.
Q: What concerns you about Warner Robins?
A: Warner Robins isn’t going to throw it a lot. They haven’t all year. They do a great job of getting off the football and running a good, old fashion wing-T offense. It’ll be a challenge for our guys this week to get ready. We haven’t really seen that this year. Last year, we probably saw it from a couple of times. But some of those teams have drifted away from that a little. South Forsyth still runs a version of it, but not really in its pure form like Warner Robins does. That will make us do some things a little different than we normally do.
Q: Did you get nervous toward the end of last week’s quarterfinal game when Stephenson was at your 10 yard line, poised to take the lead with less than a minute to play?
A: We were getting mighty nervous there at the end, but our kids were just as calm as could be about it. Even after the game, they were like, ‘Coach, we knew we had it. Somebody’s going to make a play.’ They have that belief in each other and I think that’s what makes it work.
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By Katie Cole
December 5, 2006 10:50 PM | Link to this
good job dad..good luck on Saturday….. do great…. encourage the guys to do there best just like you always do… we love you… go lions!!!!!!
By boldyeller
December 6, 2006 07:31 PM | Link to this
The North Gwinnett Bulldogs want to wish Peachtree Ridge the best this Saturday, and to Cameron H- do your dad proud on his football field, we know you will.
By azcat225
December 7, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this
Said it before and will say it again….Cameron Heyward has his own fan club at Wheeler, based both on his performance last year on the basketball court and this year on the football field. The kid is a warrior. Best of luck to PR at the Dome!!
By Mark
December 7, 2006 11:34 AM | Link to this
Good Luck to PR. You will definitely need all you can get. You haven’t seen the type of offensive attack you will encounter Saturday evening.
Warner Robins 28 - Peachtree Ridge 14.