Many of you have patiently been waiting for our all-Northwest football team. Well, the wait is finally over. Our team was announced in today's newspaper, and can be seen here.
In case you were wondering how we selected the team, the process actually began before the season started. Like many of you, we had our eye on several players we thought would emerge as potential all-Northwest candidates. Obviously, we would widen our search as the year progressed. Any time we covered a game, we'd try to pay special attention to certain indviduals, looking for something that may distinguish them from others at their position.
Midway through the playoffs, we sent out questionnaires to all area coaches. We started asking others opinions and narrowed our focus.
Then, last week, Ron Buckli and I sat down and went through all the nominations and debated which individuals deserved the recognition. We'd use a combination of individual statistics, team success and other intangibles in selecting the team.
There were some tough choices that had to be made, as is the case with any all-area team. Because we believe in selecting a true team, we only took 11 guys on offense, 11 on defense and a kicker and punter. We are open to adjusting the rosters somewhat. For example, this year we had a plethora of talented defensive linemen. Instead of slighting one of those guys and only taking four linemen, we decided to go with five linemen, three linebackers and three defensive backs.
We feel that we've picked a pretty good team. But what about you? What do you think? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
- John Casper Jr.
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