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Congrats OF !!!!

Everyone competes to win championships and the best team at the end of the season is declared the "champion". That means that if you want to declare someone to be the best coach you would start with championships and then go to "wins". SS can be declared the greatest high school coach of all-time without qualification. However, that does not mean that he has not been in "the right place at the right time" and also been the beneficiary of outside factors such as the fact that there are many more championships available on a yearly basis than what was available before all of the division splits. There are many GREAT coaches in schools that never have the talent level that SS walked into in Carthage and deal with community dynamics that hinder maximum optimization of the talent available. Those coaches may appear mediocre to those not "in the know". It was mentioned previously that a good coach "gets the most out of what he has available" and this is a likely good way to view caliber of coaching. However, the only folks who know what the "most out of what is available" is typically the coaches on the staff. Those who do not spend the hours with the kids when they are out of their comfort zones can only speculate as to what they believe to be "real".

Really excited about the tournament this year. Have legitimate interest in just about every game for one reason or another (beyond it being a state championship). 3 local teams, plus San Augustine who we’ve covered at times, some small school juggernauts and some 4A squads capable of beating the typical Dallas teams.

Oh, I understand the cleaning up part. I am never part of any personal attacks. Like I said, I go by the rules. I just had a little problem with the @ situation. Don’t think it was hurting anybody. But that’s my thought.

Nothing personal on my end. Doing what is expected of me for the betterment of the site. That's my job here. This particular forum needs cleaning up and it will require some strong arm policing to do it. I imagine some folks won't like it and get their feelings hurt. Nothing personal.

You see, we can have a civil conversation!

Let’s not let it come into play by keeping personal feelings out of it!

Might be surprised. Not sure where the harassment comes into play. Admins/mods are doing what is expected of them.

Trust me, harassment by a moderator is NOT something he wants to deal with.

That's your right. The owner is well aware of what's going on in the forum. He is on board with cleaning it up. BTW, the owner posted those rules and the part I posted. Someone that has been banned before should know this, smitty.

Ok, this sounds like taking care of anyone who breaks any rules. What you have here if a moderator don’t like something personally but no rules are broken then they can arbitrarily tell someone they can’t do something. Again no rules were broken. The problem is what else may come up in the future when one moderator gets his feelings hurt and says “you can’t do that!” Again no rules are broken just a moderator getting their feelings hurt. You know it could happen. Nothing that went on was inappropriate. I will argue the point because I don’t break the rules. But I will say this — if anyone feels they are being harassed or singled out by any moderator then take it straight to the owner of the site!

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Thursday, March 12 1A DI Fayettville vs. Valley at Alamodome, San Antonio 11am 1A DII Jayton vs. Kennard at Alamodome, San Antonio 1pm 2A DI San Augustine vs. Panhandle at Alamodome, San Antonio 5pm 2A DII Lipan vs. Martin's Mill at Alamodome, San Antonio 7pm Friday, March 13 3A DI Orangefield vs. Dallas Madison at Alamodome, San Antonio 11am 3A DII Paradise vs. Palestine Westwood at Alamodome, San Antonio 1pm 4A DI Fort Bend Crawford vs. Dallas Kimball at Alamodome, San Antonio 5pm 4A DII LaMarque vs. Dallas Carter at Alamodome, San Antonio 7pm Saturday, March 14 5A DI Beaumont West Brook vs. Frisco Heritage at Alamodome, San Antonio 11am 5A DII Beaumont United vs. Mansfield Summit at Alamodome, San Antonio 1pm 6A DI San Antonio Brennan vs. North Crowley at Alamodome, San Antonio 5pm 6A DII Little Elm vs. Austin Westlake at Alamodome, San Antonio 7pm

Well, I did miss a few tonight. I went 18-6 straight up. 12-12 with the spreads.

I know you are, but what am I?

You wanna know cultish behavior check out the followers of the Democratic party. They were ga ga over Biden. Then the powers that be held a coup against Biden then the same followers turned 90 degrees toward Kamalina. They did what the party told them they were gonna do. Like I said, cultish behavior!

Definition of cult, Merriam Webster: a group (as an organization or religious sect) with tenets and practices regarded as coercive, insular, or dangerous. Trump, as President, threatens most anyone who crosses him (coercive), advocates nationalistic economic, social, and foreign relations policies (insular) and has us in a war with no clear objective (dangerous). Still, his acolytes (MAGA) follow him devoutly. So yeah, I’d say that’s pretty close to a cult.

If one has that kind of record for that long and you haven’t won a State title then is something wrong. If State titles were easy every coach would have 30 of them. But it’s NOT easy. That’s what distinguishes elite coaches from everyone else. You got to ask yourself: why does Surratt have so many State titles and Danaher has none? Luck? I think not. You might actually think that there might a difference in coaching ability concerning Surratt and Danaher? My opinion is there is a difference! Don’t get me wrong, Danaher was a great coach. I’m sure he ran a respectable program. Honest question: Out of the two coaches mentioned, if you had to hire a coach, which one would you hire and why?

Pretty sure a while back it was pointed out that you were an ex coach..I may be wrong is that you?

Ahh, my favorite time of year, when we get to watch Houston and Dallas schools with 6A (and beyond) player pools try and win state championships in 3A and 4A against towns of 10,000 people or less. What’s Orangefield at these days, maybe 1,000 or so?

Congrats OF! Go win state!

Remember Austin extremely well. He would have been in my top 2 guesses of who previously held the record. He would also definitely be on my Mt Rushmore of the best OF players I have seen over the past 3 decades. Also a really good guy, especially considering being saddled with Roy as a big brother 😉

Congrats United! Go win state!

Congrats WB!!! Go win state!

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