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scat_trap

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  1. Heard the community wants Fedora back. Don't know if that'll happen though because he retired last year.
  2. Former DC. He’s somewhere else now. You don’t even know which Washington you’re talking about. Kevin? Right. I know why you’re claiming him. I don’t know what’s more frustrating. Watching you or your wife post on here. Congrats to Shepherd. The kids, staff, and community deserve something like this. I wish you could just congratulate them without the good ole boy Coldspring routine. It’s kinda pathetic.
  3. Where do you keep coming up with “most of them”. 2. You went to HS with 2 of the coaches. Last time I checked they had way more than that. I wish you could congratulate them without bringing up the whole Coldspring dynamic.
  4. What you two rocket surgeons don't realize is that coaches read these message boards and avoid places like Coldspring now because of the headaches people cause from there. Also...how many kids have gone on to play collegiate sports over the past 10 years from Coldspring vs Shepherd? No, you don't get to count the Dean kid since he left y'all.
  5. All of Shepherd’s coaches are Coldspring alum? Hogwash! There are 2 and only 2. And when you say “led the JV in…” all I hear is “he’s too scared to play on varsity”. Of all the Coldspring faithful, why can’t you admit that Shepherd is just better? All of the years I’ve been on this message board you say kids aren’t being utilized correctly… Y’all will go through ADs like socks but there’s one thing that consistently remains and that’s the fact that Coldspring is nowhere as close as they used to be athletically. Bring Nick Saban or even Deion in and they’ll be lucky to win 4-5 games consistently.
  6. Refs and injuries. Maybe Shepherd has better athletes than Coldspring does? Coldspring, athletically, is nowhere near what the faithful think they are. Also, maybe, Coldspring is just ready to hit the gym.
  7. Unfortunately you’d think so but sometimes these guys are set in their ways and can’t think any other way than what the Marine Corps told them to do.
  8. But when junior high helmets have mud left on them after the season when they’re put up, that’s below the line.
  9. How hard is it to find a coach who takes pride in taking care of the equipment room? I’ve heard of one with a very large presence on his staff who can’t quite seem to get it figured out.
  10. This is the first time I've been on here since football season. I think it's ironic that my question got answered 2 years later and they have one post...
  11. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Coldspring ready to run out the guy currently at Whitney because he’s “the wrong coach”? And how’s he doing? The Coldspring faithful are out of touch with reality. Coldspring, in the grand scheme of 3A high school football is average. The community thinks just because they have a higher average income they’re better than the communities around them. I’m also going to point out that whoever Coldspring keeps or brings in will already be at a disadvantage because the kids will never fully buy into the program because parents won’t fully support a coach. And those parents that consistently won’t support whoever the coach is are the cancer from keeping Coldspring from getting over mediocrity. You can sit here and say “but the right guy can…” all you want but until there’s a genuine shift in the community’s mindset Coldspring will always be crying out for the next one.
  12. And he did all that basically raw compared to what kids are using today with some of the bench shirts and squat suits.
  13. Because Beaumont is a cesspool? The entire city is apathetic? It's more Western Louisiana instead of East Texas? That entire school district is a septic wound that continually gets covered with a wart bandaid. They keep making "upgrades" that "are best for the kids" but don't want to admit the adult decision makers are screwing it up for the kids. I also noticed the question never mentioned if the infinite change in administration that can't allow for consistency.
  14. So this Tarkington thing is still going? There were 2 things I always heard from coaches. Never take coach by a town by water because it's typically infested with river feeders or the retirement crew. The 2nd thing I've heard from coaches is don't take a job when the school has a lot of online chatter.
  15. The casual fan doesn't see that though. Their focus is on how coaching can fix things because that's the easiest thing to be replaced.
  16. *sighs...* When Liberty Hill started winning, do you realize how many kids had moved in that were college football players? I think 4 of the 5 starters went on to play some form of college football when they won the 1st state championship. Liberty Hill is an affluent area...go look at the homes there and tell me how they compare to Tarkington. Also, I didn't know a coach could start turning athletes that run a 5.2-5.5 downhill with the wind at their backs to kids that magically start running 4.6-4.8 on an average. I'll give you a little hint there aren't many people on this planet that can drop 40 times that much. I know what you're saying about "it can happen" but the reality is unless you actually work at places and understand the culture there you'll never see what teams are actually competing with. Did you know if you looked up the demographics of Kingwood and South Lake they are nearly identical? Why can't Kingwood win more? Willis and Crosby have demographics that are eerily similar as well. Shouldn't Willis be playing for state championships as well? I always kinda root for Tarkington because they do have kids that work hard. I have a stigma against Tarkington at times because of the air a lot of their community has and I'm still not sure why that air is there. They get their breaks beat off by Shepherd (in football, powerlifting, track) and they think they're superior to Shepherd in those areas. Not all people in Tarkington are delusional but there are enough of them that feel entitled because of their last name of the fact that they make more than $40,000 as a household and it rubs people the wrong way.
  17. Did you really compare LH and Tarkington? I've seen both in person and they're 2 totally different animals. T-Town had a "Rah-Rah" guy recently and he's not there anymore. Typically those guys last for a couple of years. I'll leave it at this, but unless the admin and community chooses to ride and stick with a guy they're always going to be an endless, revolving door.
  18. You must be from Tarkington. Tarkington does not have the athletes in house that they did "a few years ago". In fact, I don't think they've ever had that in their existence except for that stretch in the year they beat Mexia in the 1st round of the playoffs. What you're talking about creating there isn't going to happen until the community quits making excuses and helps to push their kids to be better. I've been around Tarkington off and on since the mid 90s and there hasn't been a swinging Richard in charge there that has gotten the kids off the deer lease consistent enough to win. Look at what John Snelson has done since he left Tarkington. I VIVDLY remember people from t-town calling him a really bad coach, say that he was way in over his head, and couldn't relate to the kids there. The best thing I can see them doing is to bring in an older guy that's on the fringe of retirement and let him stick it out to allow the kids there to see some stability and once he retires move on from there. I know it won't happen though because that would mean the people making decisions would have to look at what's best for ALL the kids; not just their little Johnnys and Sallys.
  19. That's a good question. I'm hoping someone that makes decisions there actually reads this board and gives it some thought.
  20. What about Chip Keel getting a chance? He's tied to the area and could actually bring some stability to the position.
  21. Better watch yourself around here mentioning anything good Howard did...the trolls will come out and start to cry foul! I'd reach back out to Stan because the guy is still invested there. He'd be willing to ride the time out and do what's right by kids...but I don't know anything.
  22. That's a rarity in T Town. I'd tap the brakes a little for anyone to assume that's a year in and year out thing there.
  23. Some of my favorite quotes have come from Ben Goffney in Shepherd. "Good jiggity night!" Any time something is good "That's good bull there" "That boy there is an It-lee feller!" "Numb head!" "Well, we rolled the dice and hit snake eyes" on a loss. End of conversations "Carry on, sir"
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