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+1...the talent swings back and forth. It's been that way since 1950? 1925? The great seasons happen when you get a good group of kids and combine them with a great coach, e.g., Ethridge, Neumann, and Joseph. Just enjoy the ride. If it's not your turn, tip your cap to your neighbor and eventually the pendulum will swing back to your side.

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That's even better geographically and financially for the districts involved. You need to contact the UIL and volunteer to serve on the realignment committee. The current committee is like you said, dumb or blind, or both.

DISTRICT 9 Barbers Hill, Baytown Sterling, Beaumont United, Beaumont Westbrook, Crosby, Galveston Ball, La Porte, Port Arthur Memorial. DISTRICT 10 Galena Park, Houston Spring Woods, Houston Austin, Houston Madison, Houston Milby, Houston Sharpstown, Houston Sterling, Houston Waltrip, and Houston Westbury. DISTRICT 11 Angleton, Fort Bend Kempner, Friendswood, Kingwood Park, Lufkin, New Caney Porter, and Pasadena. What's wrong with these district set-ups? Two nine-team districts and one seven team district. I agree with Austin85...why have Lufkin pass up KP and NCP on Highway 59 to play in District 9? The drive to/from Angleton and Lufkin would not be fun, but it's doable.

Would you swap Angleton for Crosby and Galveston Ball for Galena Park? Any others?

Ever seen? PA Lincoln's James Gamble says hello. Coach Gamble had two All-Americans...Earl Evans (1973) and Anthony Allen (1986). I think both won the Mr. Texas basketball award or whatever it was called in the seventies and eighties. Evans went to UNLV and Allen to Georgetown. Neither one had the NBA career that Boutte's Kendrick Perkins had, though. Toss up between Coach Gamble and Coach Boutte, but I'm a slight lean for Coach Gamble...I'm old.

Is Coach Rich the candidate that Todd Dodge, Don Clayton, and Kevin Barbay recommended? Do any of the Ned fans have the applicant list that you can post? Good luck to Ned. It's good times and good vibes when a program gets to hit the reset button and get the kids excited to compete. Go Indians. Peace. P.S. Did anyone over at NISD tell Coach Rich about Reagan's seven year expectation? (joking)

+1. I watched the YouTube video (not live) where Dave Campbell's Greg Tepper interviewed UIL Deputy Director Jamey Harrison, and Harrison stated that the UIL contacted ISDs and ADs to accommodate as many school needs and wish lists as possible. I had the exact same thought. No one called PN-G or Lufkin. And, did anyone at the UIL stop and think, something about Region 2 doesn't look right? Which one of these is not like the others? Crazy. But, it is what it is. Line up and go play. Go Indians.

PN-G often gets made fun of because of its core values of Honor, Pride, and Tradition, but those things matter. As I get older and farther away from my time in the PN-GISD, I am more and more thankful for the generations of PN-G administrators, teachers, staff, and alumni that created all the great traditions and Indian Spirit culture that still mean the same thing in 2024 like they did in 1925. What outanup said was 100% correct. If you are a student at PN-G and you cannot find a group or activity to join, then you don't want one. That makes this alum feel proud and I would feel that way if our football team was 16-0 or 0-10. PN-GISD, alums, and the leaders in the cities of Port Neches and Groves want the kids to be involved from K-12...Honor, Pride, and Tradition meant something in 1925, it still means something today, and it will carry you a long way in life. Here's to Nederland finding the right coach, re-energizing the ISD, and the kids enjoying success. I still gotta finish with Go Indians.

If that happens, Steve DeRouen, Larry Neumann, Monte Barrow, and 3/4 of the town of Nederland will have heart attacks. That would answer the question about Todd Dodge having no role in the recommendation of candidates. Nederland could save money on moving expenses for the new coach...just hire Vidor's old coach, Jeff Matthews. I would be shocked if Nederland went Slot-T.

Did NISD hire Todd Dodge to recommend a candidate, is TD recommending someone as a freebie, or will NISD conduct the search and make the hire with its own hiring committee and no input from TD? Amazing that the image below inside of AT&T, two years in a row, will force a resignation in NISD.

Outsider's point of view, I think Coach Morgan and his staff do a good job at PAM, but I do think that jab was funny. I like your sense of humor. PAM fans and Cowboys fans share some frustrations. Lots of talent, high, very high, expectations, and disappointing playoff losses. Tip of the cap to pakronos...funny post.

Reagan - you have to know this question is coming, if what you heard from a player's mother is true, is Nederland getting an elite coach?

My eyeball test, yes. Larry Neumann and Delbert Spell were excellent high school football coaches at Nederland High School. Elite in my eyes...I saw them take average high school players, coach and motivate them to play above their abilities, and create some salty teams. Just my 0.02 cents.

Not to hijack the thread, but on the subject of RBs...we will miss #33. Not the biggest and not the fastest, but he had patience, good vision, he was fearless, and his ball security was top notch. He was fast enough when it counted and he had the heart of a champion. For next year, #15 will be the bruiser, and some people at the LH semifinal game say there is a SOPH and a FR that will open some eyes this spring and next year. Supposedly, the SOPH runs north/south and is not afraid to put his head down and the FR is the speedster. I'm not a local, but was told our JV finished second to FBM and the FR team was either first or second? Any truth to the chatter at the LH game? Thanks...back to your thread about Chief Jeff Joseph leaving the Tribe. I think he wants to stay a few more years at PN-G. JJ, McDaniel, McCrary, Feller, et al. have two or three more years of big runs at PN-G if they want it. 4/5 of the OL returns, 2/3 of the DL returns, the QB is back, and a few other playmakers on both sides will be back. It's a good time to be a PN-G fan (says Captain Obvious). Go Indians. Peace.