Beating Curie and finishing 2nd in conference was a big boost for Lane's football program. It shows they can beat conference foes.
Football is not as bad as people on this board seems to indicate it is at Lane. I look at last season as a mild success towards the right direction. Losing to DeLaSalle, GBN,Simeon, and Maine South do not make this a bad team.
What's more important to me is Lane beat CVS, Dunbar, Whitney Young, and especially Curie. The last few years, Lane was losing to those teams and this year they beat all of them for the most part rather decisively. Those schools had a bad season. Whitney Young was in last place in conference and looks like will be sent down to the Chicago conference.
Next year, Proesel will still be the coach. But he has to beat Dunbar, CVS, and Curie again. As for their non-conference games and Simeon, I hope they take out GBN and DeLaSalle from their non-conference schedules. They gotta replace them with someone more manageable. I know this won't likely happen but Lane needs a non-conference schedule with teams like Gordon Tech, Maine West, Maine East, Fenton, Leydon, St. Ignatius, or similar type team.
Lane football needs to get some confidence first. In the non-conference, they have to play teams they have a chance of beating. It can't be one sided either way. Lane has to stop playing GBN because everyone is sick of watching GBN beat Lane 45-10. At the same time, Lane should not schedule a weak Chicago conference school like Prosser or Kenwood, because Lane will have a running clock on them. Lane has to prove it can beat the mid-level Gordon Tech/St. Ignatius type teams. After LAne beats them regularly, Lane will hopefully have more confidence and ability to beat better programs.
Conference wise, I don't still don't see Lane or anyone in the Red-Bird being close to Simeon. A good goal for Lane next year will be to rise their program sufficiently enough so the Simeon game is not a blow out. Then take care of business versus Curie, Dunbar, and their other conference foes. I feel if Lane can do that, it will be a step in getting back to football prominence.
lane is playing mather and st pats next year as there non conference games
Posted by: insider | January 03, 2013 at 08:27 PM
with Jack and most of the line gone lane is going to be terrible next season
Posted by: scout | January 03, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Neil you should talk about football year round as often as you can you draw more people during football season might as well do it all year.
Posted by: ruben godinez | January 04, 2013 at 04:24 PM
u forget Neil Lane also got blew out by Harper
Posted by: k | January 05, 2013 at 08:25 AM
Even if you lose to a better team it helps the program see where they need to be. That said De and GBN are mid level programs it not like playing Mt Camel or the Lincoln ways.
AnyCPS schools get new coaches?
Posted by: fb34 | January 05, 2013 at 06:59 PM
Lane will get crushed by Saint Pats.
Posted by: CPS Coach | January 05, 2013 at 10:06 PM
Harpers Offensive coordinator and Mp's Defensive coordinator along with other young coaches are going to CVS.
You all know the points Harper has put up in the past, Coach Pat has decided to move to the big V where the numbers are projected to reach at least 2500 by the beginning of next school year. His offense is the leading reason Harpers has gotten deep into the city playoffs.
CVS also gets an alumni in Coach Chuckie Chambers son of Chuck Chambers, it is very known that he has changed three programs defenses as has had a big contribution in all three of those school winning their conference and making it deep into the city playoffs, most recently the finals with Mp who had an terrible head coach that killed them by trying to call the game and also new reports that Yates stole money from the school and coaches .
This combination could lead to big things in the future from for CVS. I know that CVS has been low on talent but with school closings and proper recruiting and player development look out give them two years and the Big V can return......
Posted by: Cvs gets two of the best Coaches in the city | January 06, 2013 at 09:31 AM
If this is true then this could be trouble for Simeon and others in the red. Congrates to Cvs
Posted by: cps looking for good coaching | January 06, 2013 at 11:00 AM
If this is true then this could be trouble for Simeon and others in the red. Congrates to Cvs
Posted by: cps looking for good coaching | January 06, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Good luck to them and go big V
Posted by: Coach Cooper | January 06, 2013 at 12:31 PM
scout,lane football has been a joke since proesel was hired!nothing will change until lane hires a legit modern era coach that does'nt BUY his way in!lane has a chance to win 3 games this upcoming season.mather,cvs and newcomer foreman.dont be surprised if 1 or more of those teams beats lane!
Posted by: chuck jesse | January 06, 2013 at 01:41 PM
cvs has small talent pool to pick from.that pool is not as athlete rich as it once was.who will cvs beat this coming season?keep it real.
Posted by: lexie spurlock | January 06, 2013 at 04:41 PM
lane football tradition fading fast!they're chicago conf. quality at best and some day will be playing pritzker for inter city conf. championship!hire a real head coach and staff!
Posted by: guido marchetti | January 06, 2013 at 06:03 PM
I don't think those guy think they can take it all this year- there isnt a talented group than mp but Yates is a team killer and a theif.
Posted by: @lexi spurlock | January 06, 2013 at 07:12 PM
but the birds be up on the booty wang. cheech chong on da bong. bottoms up double bang. ya'll feel me?
Posted by: former baller | January 06, 2013 at 07:28 PM
Lane, must turn the corner next season. Meaning: 4-5. 3-6 record will not cut it for Freddy and Company. They must begin to show they can compete in the Illini Conference. A good showing will not save him next year. 6-3, or 7-2 is it! Loosing to Simeon is accepted, but with a weaker Dunbar and no more Young, this has to be a season that Lane returns to prominence in order for Fred to save his job. He is getting out recruited, out coached and out hustled in the CPS. While Lane has all the things needed for excellence in athletics, field, practice equipment, etc, many other schools are dominating with little of the said perks of coaching. Fred must turn the corner this season.
Posted by: Simply Put | January 06, 2013 at 08:04 PM
OUTCOACHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you said it. he has all the practice equiptment etc.he has size and talent.he is just not a real coach!1970's offense.never adjusting defense.weak special teams.the next real coach to come in will prosper!until then,things will remain the same!
Posted by: corey benz | January 06, 2013 at 08:40 PM
Principal Dingy is fed up with coach Proz also. Dingy is going to have a talk with useless ad Jarka for his opinion. Watch Oregon and Texas A & M football and then watch Lane. Pathetic. The kids however buy into his b.s because they do not know better. Coach P's razzle dazzle offense works at Mt. Carmel but has not and will not work at Lane Tech. Coach P's assistants are jokes also. I will be talking with the dingster next week to see where we are at. If the Bears can get rid of Lovie, Lane can get rid of Coach P.
Posted by: Lane | January 07, 2013 at 10:01 AM
So Lane ,what offense would you run and what kind of athlete would you need for it to be successful ?
Posted by: X | January 07, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Ha, "razzle dazzle" offense...
I dont know anything about Proesel but you guys calling a option offense razzle dazzle have no credability simply for calling it razzle dazzle.
I have no idea how you can say it works at Mt C. but cant at Lane. I'm sure lane doesn't have the best players but a option offense at the high school level helps teams overcome some of that lack of talent as it causes defenses to make mistakes. what it takes is a coach that teaches it properly and kids who are comitted enough to not miss pratice so its run right.
Posted by: Public League Supporter | January 07, 2013 at 11:52 AM
The option works for MC because the know it and they do it well.
As for Lane, I don't think it was a a bad idea trying it. However, it failed to produce the results they intended. In some game, Lane would fumble 3 or 4 times trying the option. At some point of the season, Lane coaches should have ditched the option due to the turnovers it created. But they did not and were left licking their woulds.
The Redskins should have put RG3 on the bench, when they found out he was hurt and a detriment to the team.
Posted by: option | January 07, 2013 at 12:17 PM
@option
Agreed on RG3 but (without seeing lane play) if it was the 1st year running the option offense they did the right thing sticking with it. ITs the kind of offense that has to be learned and worked on relentlessly so giving up on it after 4 or 5 games after spending a summer working on it is silly imo.
But, you said it best, it has to be run right. I'm just saying the way to run it right is to teach it properly, drill it like crazy even after you think the kids have it and stick with it long enough for the kids to grasp the ins and outs of how it will work in game action, which is more times than not a little different than practice.
Posted by: Public League Supporter | January 07, 2013 at 12:28 PM
present lane football staff from top to bottom cant do anything else because they dont know how!they are flushing lane football right down the toilet!not hard to figure out that the whole staff is inept!sad.
Posted by: ed tankersley | January 07, 2013 at 12:34 PM
I played for the class of 2012 at Lane and I can tell you not enough time is spent working on offense or defense. The coaches try and coach from a college perspective, going over film for about an hour. Film is important but not to the point where it consumes too much time. A lot of time was spent conditioning as well. Again, conditioning is important but not to the point where the kids are conditioning after a game. I feel Lane can be very successful this year if the coaches focus more on play schemes rather drills and such.
Posted by: Lane '12 | January 07, 2013 at 01:37 PM
Lane 12 good luck in your future endeavors. I hope this does not sound like we are beating down Lane but we are alums stating our view. We love the Chicago Bears also but when you get one playoff appearance in 5 years, Lovie had to go. We feel the same way about Lane. Option offense can work but it has not in 4 years under coach P. The execuses I here from AD Jarka is that we dont get the big polish kids anymore, college ap program scaring away kids and cannot compete with black schools. B.S to all the above. When we had Corie Benz we threw the ball 90% of the time and Lane was fun to watch. Watching 3 turnovers a game and when Lane does pass (3 times a game) looks like Tony Abreau and qb McGlaughlin never practiced as their timing was so far off.
Posted by: Lane | January 07, 2013 at 01:54 PM
Quite understandable I want whats best for the team I once played for. I was simply stating that the reason for their failure is the lack of coaching in the areas that need it the most. People always bash coach Rio but the truth is, the offense we were running before Proesel was one that worked for us. I can honestly say the 2012 team can agree with this statement. We weren't the best team in the city but we had enough talent to make some noise in the city. Completely running a new offense and defense definitely put us at a major disadvantage. We had a threat in the TE position with Mueller who looked like Trinca at times. Abreu would've been a good asset at WR rather than trying to make him a RB.
Posted by: Lane '12 | January 07, 2013 at 02:14 PM
Instead of talking about lane football lets talk about the real football programs like Simeon,Morgan park,and especially Hubbard
Posted by: public league football | January 07, 2013 at 02:19 PM
They were pathetic last year.
Posted by: Hubbard is over | January 07, 2013 at 02:25 PM
Tight end?? We had one? Agree 2012, Mueller never used. I know most of the 2012 team and great kids/athletes.Lanes offense was 3 and out most of the time against goo schools putting enormous pressure on the defense. I bleed Lane Myrtle and Gold and still have hope for this years baseball/track and girls softball/water polo programs. Still wish Dingy would let Stravakous back into the building. There are 11 othere PE coaches that should have gone before Strav. Just saying. Did you know coach P interviewed last May for Fenwick position. Shows that he really wants to be a catholic league coach. Coach P does not feel like public leaguers have any fortitude/discipline like their Catholic breathen.
Posted by: Lane | January 07, 2013 at 02:50 PM
If Proesel conditoned Lane's playera after a game, he should be let go ASAP. What kind of asshole/idiot does that?
Posted by: Is Proesel an asshole? | January 07, 2013 at 03:49 PM
@Lane
Corie Benz was a maine south transfer not a Lane/CPS product. He threw the ball to a transfer and kids who did not take the exam.
Posted by: Hawk football | January 07, 2013 at 08:00 PM
He Isnt going anywhere so stop dreaming!
Posted by: Chuckie Chambers to be named head coach of MP | January 07, 2013 at 09:30 PM
I thought I was going to make it through the year without hearing Howard 'The Coward' Newman tell another Lane student how he likes to pee sitting down. This is now 10 years in a row I had to hear 'The Coward' tell this story of his preversion to a Lane student, both male and female students.
If Lol can get nabbed for his Naked Twister story, how can 'The Coward' continue to get away with this psycho-babble?
Posted by: Newman's peeing sitting down story at Lane | January 08, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Howard the coward is amusing anyway. Lane has a host of PE characters that make you chuckle. Let's see how the dingster makes out in getting rid of some if the useless 11.
Bring back Stravakous!!
Posted by: Lane | January 08, 2013 at 10:37 AM
conditioning a team post game is the product of an insecure wana be trying to show his control and power. the things that really matter for lane football are'nt being done to be successfull.proesel and 3 dollar bill are 1 in the same.sad for a once great football power!
Posted by: frank preo | January 08, 2013 at 01:14 PM
proesel is poison as far as any catholic league team is concerned. thats why he ended up at lane.friars did'nt go for the offer of $/equiptment he made in exchange for his hiring.his interview was merely for show.
Posted by: fenwick | January 08, 2013 at 01:37 PM
The only time Lane was a football powerhouse was when the city playoffs mattered and the state playoffs didn't..Lane has advanced past the 2nd state game only 2-3 times in the last 35 years and were state semi-finalist once in the 80's and Lane made it that far by beating city teams in the state playoffs. Big whoop!
Beating up on inferior public league teams doesn't make you a powerhouse. Beating decent catholic and suburban teams does.
In the last four prep bowls, Lane has lost by the following scores:
2009 - Loyola Academy 17 Lane Tech 0
2004 - Brother Rice 35 Lane Tech 14
1985 - Mount Carmel 19 Lane Tech 14
1977 - St. Rita 20 Lane Tech 8
Posted by: Lane hasn't been a powerhouse in 35 years | January 08, 2013 at 02:02 PM
That's all Morgan Park needs is another thieving Coach...sad
Posted by: sad | January 08, 2013 at 02:33 PM
Prosel stop commenting this is the same shit that you tell us in practice
Posted by: @lane hadn't been power house | January 08, 2013 at 06:47 PM
BRAVO!WELL SAID!SAY NO MORE!
Posted by: busted | January 09, 2013 at 07:52 AM
See, that's why Proesel has to go as he dismisses ANY accomplishments made by Lane football throughout the years. Proesel thinks he's God's gift to coaching and the fact is without the late John Hoerster to call the shots, he's been a part of losing football his entire coaching and playing career. Proesel went to Dayton for college and was a bench warmer and that team sucked. Proesel coached at Lake Forest and Niles West and those teams sucked. And now Proesel sucks as Lane's head football coach. I'm not sure how Loyola's teams were when Proesel went there, but, I'm sure he sucked on those teams too.
Proesel is the king. The king of sucking.
Posted by: Proesel is the king, the king of sucking | January 09, 2013 at 08:17 AM
another true dat statement! we all know a coat tail rider is not a leader!
Posted by: it's no secret | January 09, 2013 at 08:28 AM
@lane has'nt been a powerhouse. please feel free to post proesels record since he arrived to wreck the program!
Posted by: tell it! | January 09, 2013 at 09:12 AM
2010 4-5 Fred Proesel
2011 3-6 Fred Proesel
2012 5-5 Fred Proesel (8A Q)
Coach Total
12-16 3 yr .429
Posted by: Suck-King's record at Lane | January 09, 2013 at 09:45 AM
I know the dingster is reading the blogs and hopefully will take action soon and remove coach P. Let the sophomore class which will be varsity have a fighting chance. I will be meeting with the Dingster next week and see what progess has been made. Coach P has only one ally that I see and that is AD Jarka, but Dingy trumps Jarka.
12-16 record for Lane. Never in our 100 year history were we this bad.
Posted by: Lane | January 09, 2013 at 11:37 AM
proesel has no right to bash anyone with a disgracefull record like that!it seems he's forgotten it's his team,his school that's being put down!
Posted by: joe tadelman | January 09, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Jarka is a bigger loser than Proesel. Jarka rode the bench when he was Benet Academy on their shitty teams in the 80's. he couln't get along with St. Pat's Coach Bailey as an asst coach and wasn't rehired. Then, he was head coach at St. Ben's and they sucked with his asst. coaches going on a mutiny against him. Next, he took the head job at Weber and they closed before he could coach one game. Next, he applied for the Lane job, didn't get it, and was an asst. on .500 and below teams at Lane. After Lollino was banned from coaching, Jarka took over and ran Lane's team into the ground.
Posted by: Jarka-off sucks too | January 09, 2013 at 11:56 AM
we know all about him during his time at bens that ended not a minute to soon!
Posted by: ron ashlaw | January 09, 2013 at 12:24 PM
Dignam needs to do his homework instead of blindly promoting underachievers like Jarka and Nobiling to positions of authority, both ran Lane sports teams into the ground.
Posted by: Dignam needs to do his Homework | January 09, 2013 at 12:41 PM
where are the parents and alumni?why are they putting up with less than excellent programs?does anyone care?it sure seems like everyone wants to beef about it but do NOTHING about it!a used to be proud sports program in dire need of help!SOS!MAYDAY MAYDAY!
Posted by: steve livas | January 09, 2013 at 12:55 PM
we dont know why yall so worried.lane might have a chance to win 1 conf. game next season vs. foreman!might!everyone else cant wait to bone lane!
Posted by: vincennes avenue | January 09, 2013 at 01:13 PM
Nobody wants to cause waves, especially parents as they don't want their kids to feel the brunt of their complaints on a daily basis. The biggest problem is Lane has weak alumni assn. which would rather keep things quiet than cause a stir and run things the right way.
Another problem is way too many teachers and staffers at Lane just go through the motions, show up, do little to improve Lane, and want their entitled salaries.
Hugo Pretzel would tell incoming freshman to be doers and get involved. Unfortunately, too many Lane staffers have found ways to increase their salaries while doing little or nothing at all, which is then reflected upon the students. "GIMME, GIMME, GIMME" has replaced "Wherever you go, whatever you do, remember the honor of Lane" as lane's new motto.
Look no further than the Lazy 11 PE teachers and you'll see this is true. 80% of the Lazy 11 have a Masters degree, yet, what innovations have they brought to Lane PE or the school for that matter? The only thing the Lazy 11 get is an average salary of $76K/year to do little or nothing, but, bitch and moan.
Posted by: keeping things kosher | January 09, 2013 at 01:19 PM
I will post next week after talking to Dingy. Rio made 2 big mistakes, hiring Coach P (which he now admits was major mistake)and promoting Jarka to AD. Hoffman does all the work and Jarka sits on his a.. Recently Lane was supposed to go to Lincoln wrestling tournament and there was a screw up with forms. Coach Miedona had to fight with CPS to get approved while Jarka could not make one phone call to help out even though he was asked to help.As a result Lane did not go and parents had to cancel hotel rooms and they were pissed. Say what you want about Rio things like that rarely happened.
The alumni do care ad we will do something about it hopefully soon. Jarka may be a nice guy but he does not have the energy/drive to be athletic director of state's second largest population.
Posted by: Lane | January 09, 2013 at 01:20 PM
Jarka has and will always be lazy. It's his nature and he knows he's being lazy.
Posted by: Jarka is lazy and no Lane guy | January 09, 2013 at 01:23 PM
Keeping things Kosher. Lane Tech Alumni Association is close to getting booted out of school. Already they have been removed from schools website and they have publicly challenged Dingy to his face. Dingy will not put up with that. LTAA has a few good eggs in Eng but most are useless and they as a whole have given very little back to the school. There are exceptions but not many.
Hugo Pretzel was old school and that is what Lane needs. With 100,000 alumni we should be a force.
Posted by: Lane | January 09, 2013 at 01:25 PM
kosher if nobody steps up,then what?lane fb into the abyss?we're seeing the begining of the end!
Posted by: mike demopoulos | January 09, 2013 at 01:58 PM
Every thing is wrong with the way they pay in the CPS. They should be putting more money back into the basketball program like coaching salaries. Instead the CPS waste money on things like the guys selling hot dogs in football games and the scoreboard operators in basketball games. In many suburban schools, those positions are volunteer positions by parents or students. In the CPS the scoreboard operator is a paid union guy. His pay in pensionable. So not only do you pay the guy once for working in the game, you gotta pay him for his retirement benefits. What a waste.
Posted by: overpaid teachers | January 09, 2013 at 08:52 PM
Those jobs are not volunteers in suburban districts. In fact many places pay workers 80-100 for working two games.
Posted by: you are an idiot | January 09, 2013 at 11:49 PM
In the suburbs you also get paid to work the scoreboard. The suburbs also pay to have someone in the weight room after school hours. I know one suburb pays $25 an hour for the scoreboard...I know others pay more.
Posted by: NOS | January 10, 2013 at 05:14 AM
Lane paid someone to work their weightroom when Rio was AD. That someone was his son Nick that never showed up and still got paid.
Posted by: where's the money | January 10, 2013 at 06:33 AM
Suburbs and CPS are all doofusses to pay $20-$30/hour to operate a scoreboard when you can easily get a volunteer. That is why you see strikes all over the suburbs and city. A bunch of greedy mostly teacher type who want their hands in the increasingly small cookie jar.
Posted by: Zepplin | January 10, 2013 at 07:48 AM
Yeah CPS volunteers would be an EXCELLENT idea to run scoreboards, LMFAO
Posted by: haaaaa | January 10, 2013 at 03:52 PM
Per security, Stav and Dingam got into shouting fight in his office, security had to be called yesterday 2 guys with egoes that LT can't hold. I like George but his mouth gets him in trouble....wonder what happens next
Posted by: juicy info (LTteach) | January 11, 2013 at 06:59 AM
SAY BYE BYE TO GEORGER...Uncle Tony can't get him out of this..
Posted by: BY BYE GEORGER | January 11, 2013 at 06:14 PM
lane was good twenty years ago
Posted by: who cares about lane football | January 16, 2013 at 02:59 PM
Twenty years ago they played a really weak schedule.Check it out.Lane has never been a really good team.
Posted by: X | January 17, 2013 at 02:50 PM
the whole ass north lawndale staff is at mp. all city finals coaches out. Yates has smoked to much crack.
Posted by: kenny roger joins Wesley yates to steal money at MP | February 22, 2013 at 06:58 PM
Not the whole Staff Coach Johnson Will stay at NLCP as the new Head Coach of Football. Morgan Park football is now died
Posted by: my2cents | February 22, 2013 at 08:32 PM
my son is a senior at Mp and he cried when he found out Lil coach Chambers had left. How can he just replace coaches that got you that far. People were telling me that this Rogers guy is no coach. Its a shame. Coach Jason and Coach Chambers are the two best coaches mp has had.They really care about the kids. O I forgot Mp got Sherman from Hubard and I was told he is good but the parents think the rest of the staff is bad. Thanx for killing us Yates. Good Luck Coach Chambers jr.
Posted by: still tryin to figure out what drugs Yates is on | February 22, 2013 at 09:42 PM
news is yates out as head coach
Posted by: W. Yates out as head coach of MP | March 06, 2013 at 11:39 AM