Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Less than 60 days until kickoff

The 2010 Statesmen roster is up and has some nice new features (i.e., sortable by POS, CL, etc.

http://www.hwsathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=football

There are 39 incoming FY in what amounts to mostly skill players vs. interior guys....

FY of note (thx to Sean McGlynn for the inside info) seems to be these 5 guys:

Juan Breton LB from NYC (did a PG year @KUA in NH - was on Sacred Heart's preseason roster but apparently jumped to the 'Bart)
Leo Cohen TE (6-4, 245 lbs) from Rutland, VT (also an All-State lax defenseman based on this and his size guessing he'll be a two-sport athlete for Hobart)
Max Janoff OL (305 lbs - effectively making him one of the biggest kids on this fall's team) from Morristown-Beard
Steven Webb RB from Dundee (had 300 yards vs. DeSales)
Devin Worthington OLB/SS from Aquinas/Rochester like Breton did a PGY at Worchester Academy (I wonder if WPI and/or UofR had this kid on their radar?)

Other things to note is Marlier graduated/is gone as is Chris Rose (was 3rd string QB). My best guess is that Strang and Olney will vie for back-up QB duties. Initial prognosis is that Hobart's season really hinges on Vella's health (and consistency which is equally important).

Otherwise team is pretty deep - especially at LB, DB, WR, FB, TE and OL. RB will probably still be by committee barring Tritten taking off (he certainly has the potential). Julian had the starting job to open 2009 but he literally fumbled it away in the Dickinson game and was never really a factor after that.

There are a number of DT and DEs (16) on the roster, but not many guys who saw significant action from last season save for Luber (DE) and Auriemma (DT).

That's all I've got at this point. 59 days and counting til kick-off.....