Gloucester's Jordan Shairs, regularly referred to as "The Beast," has done plenty to earn that nickname. Besides earning First Team All ADFC Honors, he has helped his team to 25 straight wins and a third straight playoff birth. Jordan gave us access into how the Fisherman are preparing for their first round game against Lincoln-Sudbury, which will be played tomorrow night at L-S.
"The tempo this week has been full speed. We've been strapping on the pads the past couple of days and going full speed on each other. The feel of practice has been high intensity; everyone knows the importance of this game. Everyone in the locker room is confident. Being in this situation the last three seasons has really helped us.
We’ve been here before so we all know how to prepare. We don’t want to just show up for the playoffs, we want to come out at the end as the Division 1A Champions and we’ll settle for nothing less.
Defensively, we can’t allow their run game to get going because once it gets rolling its hard to stop. We need to put them in deep passing situations like 2nd & 15 and 3rd & 12, then get after the quarterback and make plays.
Offensively we need to do what we have been coached to do and run our bread and butter plays, drain out the clock with every drive.
Coach has been stressing blocking and hips. He always preaches that football is blocking and tackling. Our linemen aren’t the biggest or the strongest, but you can block anyone if you block them in the hips. That's one thing Coach Ingram has stressed since I have been here. Without the offensive line blocking, we’re nothing. The only thing me and the other running backs have to do is get the ball and read their blocks."
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