Kelly Hires Mike Long as new Head Coach

[Bobcatfan4life 141]

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/sports/high-school/hs-football/coach-jason-smith-leaving-kelly-to-join-staff-at-west-brook/502-2c120c22-0d3d-4321-b80a-726d94c3a29c

[2wedge 305]

Is this the same Jason Smith that once was the owner of a Beaumont based semi pro football team? Circa 2003 or 2004?

[TommyShep 12]

Stud QB staying or leaving??? Can’t waste that talent if the new hire is not up to par. 

[navydawg31 1,184]

17 minutes ago, TommyShep said:

Stud QB staying or leaving??? Can’t waste that talent if the new hire is not up to par. 

There was rumbles he was going to Silsbee…

[Raider24 304]

Just now, navydawg31 said:

There was rumbles he was going to Silsbee…

WB or Silsbee is word on the street

[HarryDoyle 18]

 

9 minutes ago, KF89 said:

Didn't another so called "Kelly stud QB" Transfer to WB a few years ago & ended up being the 3rd QB at WB? Dudes might be considered stud QB's at KELLY  but when you move to 6A\5A from the division Kelly plays there is a high percentage you are not stud QB status anymore.

I think this situation may be a little different because this kid already holds multiple FBS offers, I do not think the other had any kind of college interest.

[HarryDoyle 18]

Just now, KF89 said:

We will see, If the Kelly QB can play well at WB or Silsbee to beat their returners out & start then the offers are more then on his "potential" from playing at Kelly & camps.

I agree, I do think his ceiling is very high though based off the buzz he is generating as a freshman. Time will tell if he can do it on a bigger stage.

[AggiesAreWe 9,395]

26 minutes ago, KF89 said:

We will see, If the Kelly QB can play well at WB or Silsbee to beat their returners out & start then the offers are more then on his "potential" from playing at Kelly & camps.

His offers are from the high level camps he has attended.

[TheOutsider 52]

30 minutes ago, KF89 said:

We will see, If the Kelly QB can play well at WB or Silsbee to beat their returners out & start then the offers are more then on his "potential" from playing at Kelly & camps.

I would say it's almost a lock he goes to WB.  The kid said in the past publicly that's where he was going to go, not to mention he lives in Beaumont and already his head coach is now on the WB staff.

[TommyShep 12]

2 hours ago, Raider24 said:

WB or Silsbee is word on the street

Where does he actually live??

[Reagan 1,459]

Seems to me the Kelly coach leaving now is bad timing.  Puts the new coach coming in in a bind.  

[bullets13 2,863]

4 minutes ago, Reagan said:

Seems to me the Kelly coach leaving now is bad timing.  Puts the new coach coming in in a bind.  

He got out while the getting was good. Only had 2 years left to win a state championship before he was labeled a failure forever.  Quick question:  if he took a team that was 0-10 the year before he arrived and went 1-8 his first year, and then 21-13 the next four years, was he a success without a state championship?  He also took a program with only 11 kids coming out his first year and had 50 come out to play last season.  

[Mr. Buddy Garrity 10,574]

45 minutes ago, bullets13 said:

He got out while the getting was good. Only had 2 years left to win a state championship before he was labeled a failure forever.  Quick question:  if he took a team that was 0-10 the year before he arrived and went 1-8 his first year, and then 21-13 the next four years, was he a success without a state championship?  He also took a program with only 11 kids coming out his first year and had 50 come out to play last season.  

He's probably too busy trying to get Briles to Kelly Catholic. 🙄

[KF89 419]

4 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

His offers are from the high level camps he has attended.

He better be a potentially high level stud QB if he transfers to West Brook playing this schedule each year. This is not Independent TAPPS League competition. 

BEAUMONT WEST BROOK BRUINS  2021- 2022 SCHEDULE

Aug. 26 - Houston Lamar, 7:00pm

Sept. 1 - Manvel, 7:00pm

Sept. 9 - at Deer Park, 7:00pm

Sept. 16 - OPEN

Sept. 23 - at Humble Summer Creek*, 7:00pm

Sept. 30 - Humble Atascocita*, 7:00pm 

Oct. 6 - Humble*, 7:00pm

Oct. 14 - at Galena Park North Shore*, 7:00pm

Oct. 21 - Humble Kingwood*, 7:00pm

Oct. 28 - at Beaumont United*, 7:00pm

Nov. 4 - Sheldon C.E. King*, 7:00pm

[HarryDoyle 18]

15 minutes ago, KF89 said:

He better be a potentially high level stud QB if he transfers to West Brook playing this schedule each year. This is not Independent TAPPS League competition. 

BEAUMONT WEST BROOK BRUINS  2021- 2022 SCHEDULE

Aug. 26 - Houston Lamar, 7:00pm

Sept. 1 - Manvel, 7:00pm

Sept. 9 - at Deer Park, 7:00pm

Sept. 16 - OPEN

Sept. 23 - at Humble Summer Creek*, 7:00pm

Sept. 30 - Humble Atascocita*, 7:00pm 

Oct. 6 - Humble*, 7:00pm

Oct. 14 - at Galena Park North Shore*, 7:00pm

Oct. 21 - Humble Kingwood*, 7:00pm

Oct. 28 - at Beaumont United*, 7:00pm

Nov. 4 - Sheldon C.E. King*, 7:00pm

Brutal schedule there, I think if he can become the starter and play alright against that competition as a sophomore he will be on pace to be a really good player as a junior and senior.

[sooner 13]

18 minutes ago, KF89 said:

He better be a potentially high level stud QB if he transfers to West Brook playing this schedule each year. This is not Independent TAPPS League competition. 

BEAUMONT WEST BROOK BRUINS  2021- 2022 SCHEDULE

Aug. 26 - Houston Lamar, 7:00pm

Sept. 1 - Manvel, 7:00pm

Sept. 9 - at Deer Park, 7:00pm

Sept. 16 - OPEN

Sept. 23 - at Humble Summer Creek*, 7:00pm

Sept. 30 - Humble Atascocita*, 7:00pm 

Oct. 6 - Humble*, 7:00pm

Oct. 14 - at Galena Park North Shore*, 7:00pm

Oct. 21 - Humble Kingwood*, 7:00pm

Oct. 28 - at Beaumont United*, 7:00pm

Nov. 4 - Sheldon C.E. King*, 7:00pm

Forgive me for the way this sounds, but shouldnt he be ready to play this schedule, if several D1 football programs have offered him a full-ride?

[KF89 419]

6 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Brutal schedule there, I think if he can become the starter and play alright against that competition as a sophomore he will be on pace to be a really good player as a junior and senior.

I agree 

[KF89 419]

28 minutes ago, sooner said:

Forgive me for the way this sounds, but shouldnt he be ready to play this schedule, if several D1 football programs have offered him a full-ride?

If you believe he is ready to play this schedule because of offers then cool, but offers don't make you a legit player in real games versus legit 6A competition IMO.

KELLY SCHEDULE LAST YEAR

EVADALE 

SAN AUGUSTINE

HARDIN

KOUNTZE

CYPRESS CHRISTIAN

GRACE COMMUNITY

TRINITY

THE VILLAGE

LUTHERAN NORTH

ST. PIUS

[Reagan 1,459]

Did Kelly make the playoffs this past year?

[HarryDoyle 18]

5 minutes ago, sooner said:

Forgive me for the way this sounds, but shouldnt he be ready to play this schedule, if several D1 football programs have offered him a full-ride?

I think with him being so young these offers are based on how good he is as a freshman and how they expect him to progress by the time he is a junior or senior.

[KF89 419]

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

I think with him being so young these offers are based on how good he is as a freshman and how they expect him to progress by the time he is a junior or senior.

Exactly right. Early college offers are all about "potential" & potential is 50/50 nothing is legit until you sign the scholarship. If Kelly Stud QB starts at West Brook & does well vs. that schedule then he will earn that D1 "full ride" scholarship.  

[navydawg31 1,184]

3 hours ago, KF89 said:

Exactly right. Early college offers are all about "potential" & potential is 50/50 nothing is legit until you sign the scholarship. If Kelly Stud QB starts at West Brook & does well vs. that schedule then he will earn that D1 "full ride" scholarship.  

This. Well said. 

[sooner 13]

16 hours ago, KF89 said:

If you believe he is ready to play this schedule because of offers then cool, but offers don't make you a legit player in real games versus legit 6A competition IMO.

KELLY SCHEDULE LAST YEAR

EVADALE 

SAN AUGUSTINE

HARDIN

KOUNTZE

CYPRESS CHRISTIAN

GRACE COMMUNITY

TRINITY

THE VILLAGE

LUTHERAN NORTH

ST. PIUS

 

16 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

I think with him being so young these offers are based on how good he is as a freshman and how they expect him to progress by the time he is a junior or senior.

Yes, I understand your point.  But, we are talking about major D1 universities that are ready to award him a scholarship to play for their program and we keyboard masters are saying he cant do the same for a highschool in the area?  No matter the classification, the kid was AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP to play college football.  Let's try to make sense guys.  

[KF89 419]

Texas A&M # of Verbal Offers to QB's by class to date:

2022- 13 

2023- 8

2024- 8

2025-8 

2026- 3 

[TheOutsider 52]

18 hours ago, bullets13 said:

He got out while the getting was good. Only had 2 years left to win a state championship before he was labeled a failure forever.  Quick question:  if he took a team that was 0-10 the year before he arrived and went 1-8 his first year, and then 21-13 the next four years, was he a success without a state championship?  He also took a program with only 11 kids coming out his first year and had 50 come out to play last season.  

Yes, he was a success. Coach Smith is a great guy and coach.