{"id":111433,"date":"2019-01-07T05:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=111433"},"modified":"2019-01-07T05:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T10:42:55","slug":"monday-mailbag-january-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/01\/07\/monday-mailbag-january-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: January 7, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest installment of the Monday Mailbag includes questions about high school basketball, Student Athlete of the Week, the Browns, and Alabama-Clemson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: If you had to pick an MVP from area high school basketball teams who would it be? Name withheld upon request.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: If I absolutely had to pick, I\u2019d wait at least until the end of the regular season before I did it. It\u2019s a little tough to pick one now, when not every team has even made it to the halfway point of the season. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What happened to your Student Athlete of the Week feature? I haven\u2019t seen it lately. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: It was on holiday break, but it returns this Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: I think the Browns should take Dwayne Haskins in this year\u2019s draft. Do you agree? Name withheld upon request.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A: No, I don\u2019t agree. While the Browns certainly have the ammunition to move up high enough to take him, team officials believe they finally have a quarterback \u2013 Baker Mayfield. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was named Rookie of the Week seven times and set an NFL rookie mark for touchdown passes thrown in a season.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For once, the team doesn\u2019t have to enter the draft looking for a starting quarterback. They can address other needs.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Scott \u2013 Like you, I\u2019m a Cleveland Browns fan. Who will be named the next head coach of the team? Name withheld upon request.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: At this point, your guess is as good as mine, although I don\u2019t think it will be Gregg Williiams. GM John Dorsey is good at keeping things close to the vest, which doesn\u2019t particularly bother me.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name Dan Campbell seems to be a popular one, but I\u2019m guessing it won\u2019t be someone we expect and it won\u2019t shock me if it happens sooner rather than later. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Who do you like on Monday, Alabama or Clemson? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Alabama is the favorite, but I can\u2019t shake the feeling that Clemson is going to win. Of course I could be very wrong, but I\u2019m sticking with the Tigers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question for next week\u2019s Monday Mailbag, email it to sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor The latest installment of the Monday Mailbag includes questions about high school basketball, Student Athlete of the Week, the Browns, and Alabama-Clemson. Q: If you had to pick an MVP from area high school basketball teams who would it be? Name withheld upon request. A: If I absolutely had to pick, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 19:02:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}