New Football Coach Tony Beaty, Assistant Coach Ben Johnson with Chester High School Football Team and new recruits (dsbpix) |
Chester
Clippers Football will have some new additions for the 2014 season. The team
will have a new football coach and new assistant coaches. Tony Beaty will head
the new football program. As Coach Beaty will tell you, “It’s no longer a team,
it’s a program.” In the locker room, Coach Beaty spoke to 72 current football
players and new recruits, who had not given up on Chester football, ready to give the new program a try. Beaty said last year 47 boys showed up for the team. He likes the
higher numbers because it gives more boys a chance to play. He devoted most of
his talk to players about the importance of attendance, being a good student,
and playing football the right way. Players only get 3 absences from now to
August. Beaty expects players to show up for practice and to be committed to
the program. He expects good behavior from his players in school. And he definitely
expects to improve on the 2 and 8 stats from last season as you will hear him
say in the video. Beaty also introduced assistant Coach Ben Johnson to the
group. Coach Johnson will be the only assistant coach to have worked with the
previous coaching staff 2 years ago. All other assistant coaches will be new to
the program.
Team Parent
Ed Nelson, Sr., whose son Ed Nelson, Jr. plays for the team, said he, “Expect a
new attitude for Chester Football team. Put the Chester Pride back in the city.”
One important change they want to make is to put lights at the A field. “The Superintendent
promise lights this year to play on Friday nights and bring revenue back to the
football program.”
Players are
looking forward to the new football program. One player said they want to play
Friday night lights games. They believe they haven’t been winning games because
they run the same plays all the time which all the teams know. They became
predictable. The plays were obvious said another player. And others went on to
say, “There was no communications on defense.” “Players were focused on
individual stats, not playing as a unit.” “All I heard was, ‘What I did in the
game.’” “Players didn’t respect some coaches.” But I did not hear any negative
word from anyone about their previous coach, Chuck Crews. Team Parent Ed Nelson,
Sr. said, “Crews is a great person. He
put kids in college.” Players said they are ready to work hard and play as a
team. A player said with assurance, “We are going to win this year!” After the
meeting, on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at about 3:30pm, players hit the weights
and began practice. Chester High School new football program started.
Watch the video below.
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