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I’m just another dumb Crosby graduate, but another way of saying 60 of the 80 varsity players were from feeder schools is:  25% of Northshore’s varsity players came from other districts. 

😂 This says it all. 

😂 This says it all. 

I’m just another dumb Crosby graduate, but another way of saying 60 of the 80 varsity players were from feeder schools is:  25% of Northshore’s varsity players came from other districts. 

The UIL: "Former North Shore offensive coordinator Andrew Cameron recruited players from area schools, and is suspended for 3 years." 
Andrew Cameron: "I did in fact recruit players from area schools."
Coach Izzy: "Listen guys, that didn't actually happen.  Trust me."

Agreed, and so has Prieto.  Congrats to him and Dayton. 

Agreed, and so has Prieto.  Congrats to him and Dayton. 

Agreed, and so has Prieto.  Congrats to him and Dayton. 

Agreed, and so has Prieto.  Congrats to him and Dayton. 

my bad the cowboys was playing #oneanddone....too soon???? LOL

OTOH, there are coaches who know every single one of those but are still piss poor coaches. I have worked with PhD’s that are outright stupid.  Facts.  

Yeah but SOC held PN-G inside the red zone 5 times. It just ain't fair.

It was a joke since they expect to be in title game and win every year, but go off Tom Landry.🙄

I was kind of offended they had that on their jerseys. SETX posters have that title to Crosby years ago. For other reasons, of course. LOL. 

No one is changing their position on this discussion ( that you have been having across multiple threads) so let’s move on and stay on topic.

PNG QB needs to keep it on some of those read/options. Literally no one on the defense is covering him as a runner. 

That’s not the only adjustment. It’s a little shocking that you’re a coach and you only noticed one adjustment. Seriously. They also moved a guy over in the interior to take away the run, thus forcing us to throw. And, PNG could have responded to their passing game sooner by putting Shea Adams in the secondary to take away their height advantage (we eventually did, but it was too late by then). And, png could have modified its offensive play calling to drag out drives longer, move the chains and keep themselves out of trouble. By no means did SOC’s talent (which was far superior to PNGs) put that game out of reach. PNG was outcoached and outplayed in the second half. 
 
I’m not disagreeing that talent matters. I’m disagreeing with drawing a hard line. Coaches develop talent, bring in talent, use talent, and train talent. It’s no mystery that the best coaches seem to also have a lot of talent. A good coach gets more talent out of average players, and helps players discover abilities they didn’t even know they have. I’d rather face a super talented team with a terrible coach than a more “normal” team with a top tier coach. Napoleon is credited with saying something along the lines of “I’d fear a thousand sheep lead by a lion more than a thousand lions led by a sheep.” 
 
 

Let’s look at PAM. In my opinion they should be the NorthShore of 5A. They have talent all over the field. That talent can’t seem to equate to a deep playoff run. If PAM had the right coach, they would dominate.  This is an example of where Coaching matters more than talent. You can have all the talent in the world, but with no guidance, you aren’t going to make those deep runs. 

Let’s look at PAM. In my opinion they should be the NorthShore of 5A. They have talent all over the field. That talent can’t seem to equate to a deep playoff run. If PAM had the right coach, they would dominate.  This is an example of where Coaching matters more than talent. You can have all the talent in the world, but with no guidance, you aren’t going to make those deep runs. 

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Just a thought here and I understand there might be some controversy around this. 
I think Crosby's implosion and PNG's ascension should teach us a couple very important lessons. 
1) We overvalue the effect of athletes (bo's and joes) on the success of a program and undervalue the effect of coaching. 
2) Great coaches will get the enrollment involved and working. At the end of the day the single most important thing for late playoff success is depth and coaching. Yes losing a great QB/RB/WR/LB can end a season early but if you don't have depth at all the "not superstar" positions and if the backups aren't just as willing, able and wanting to play as the starters you cannot have success at the highest levels. 
I think this is true because of a couple of reasons, Winner win. If you are successful and win others want to be a part of that, from that 6'8 300 lbs kid that's never touched a football to that 5'6 kid who will run through a wall to get his chance. They all are important and they all need to feel like part of the team. If you win then no one cares about being the backup. If you win people will be happy to just be on the team. If you win you can have 65 athletes on Varsity every single year. 
Even a team without elite athletics' talent can execute plays at a high level if they are well coached. Practice times, culture of work, and accountability set the standards for developing 14 year old's into athletic 17 years old's. That being said great coaches can overcome program deficiencies that previously existed. 
 
Crosby and PNG prove this. PNG has no more talent now than it has for the last decade. Crosby has no less talent than it has for the last decade. It's about how that talent is coached, brought through the system, and executes daily. 
 
My ramblings. 
 

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You have to give credit to the Richland players and staff. They were down 34-7 in the 2nd quarter and did not give up. 

You have to give credit to the Richland players and staff. They were down 34-7 in the 2nd quarter and did not give up.