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I've asked you this before and you have never given an explanation.. Why are there so many coaches that have won multiple state championships and then never got close again? How many players did SS have that went on to play major D1 football? How many did Phil D. have? Is coaching responsible for that? How many super bowls did Bill Belichick win without Tom Brady? How many state championships did Tom Westerberg win without Kyler Murray? How many NBA championships did Phil Jackson win without MJ or Kobe in the lineup? You're pro "coaching matters".. and I agree, it does. But you will never convince me that coaching matters more than the players on the team. Never. And I know that it could never be proven, but I'd bet that several coaches could reach your definition of elite if they'd had the right players.

I spoke with family member (mom) of a candidate for Texas House Rep in ‘24. This was during early voting, and they were really, really hoping for a Trump endorsement. They’d reached out and been given the price, but just didn’t have the campaign funds to make it happen. Their opponent got the Trump endorsement during early voting and won the race, unseating an incumbent. Did the challenger pay the $400k? I don’t know. But I BELIEVE that Trump’s people asked the incumbent for that sum, based on my conversation with the incumbent’s family member. They also confirmed the story about the Rep receiving a handwritten letter from Gregg Abbott advising that if he, (incumbent, whose wife is a school teacher) voted against giving handouts to rich people who send their kids to private schools, aka “school choice,” they’d make sure that he wasn’t re-elected. Hence the well-funded challenger who could afford Trump’s endorsement. Fun fact… the challenger (now state Rep) that supported stripping money from public schools to subsidize wealthy kids going to private schools? She’s was the president of her local school board at the time, voting against the interest of the school of which she was the board trustee. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do if you want to make it to the top, I guess.

Didn't the great Cornel Thompson say something along the lines of "You can't win the kentucky derby with mules" ?

He said primaries, not midterms. Party heads historically don’t get in between their own members in primary contests. Don’t project disunity among the brethren. I think The Band took that round.

You are still wrong…. Research Bush’s endorsement of Arlen Specter. Trump did not invent this, he just does it better. If you are endorsed by Trump history has it you have a 94 - 96% of winning……

Wait till it hits the price of already ridiculously high groceries!

I really had a hard time with her doing that. Caused me to vote against her and she is my neighbor and goes to our church. Friends with my wife. I thought that was very telling like you have stated.

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Well, I had to do it real time and it took a trip to Harris County. That online crap is how an alien could work the system.

10 straight years in playoffs in a tough district. Good pay and pipeline. Should be a lot of applicants. And yes, the Beaumont schools are being left behind

Shout out to Huntington’s Josh Jones for winning District Coach of the Year. Went undefeated in district. Won by district and area. Lost at the buzzer regional semi’s. Building a solid program.

Awesome

Some of y'all really need to brush up on the Constitution.

No problem. I was editing still anyway.

Sorry, I didn’t see your post.

Yes… and this will be harder than what you dealt with at the dmv. Why are you okay with the federal government taking away the right to vote as afforded in the constitution?

Brandon Shumake at Brookeland and past girls coach in Jasper. Over 100 wins at Jasper and now boys at Brookeland where he has taken them to regional finals each of the three years he has been there, and once to the State semifinals. Wins at every level including a state championship TAPPS while at Cleveland Heritage.

Better if the Beaumont schools stay down.

Personally I don't think you need to speak for women. I work at a bank where names on DL's have to match account name. In my 23 years of banking, I have never had a woman complain they needed their divorce decree to change their name.....either to their married name or back to their maiden name. Why do you think poor people are dumb?

There’s a big difference between voter ID and proof of citizenship. I think that a person should be required to provide a photo ID when they show up to vote. I do not believe that it is a barrier to voting. But that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship before a person can register to vote-and a state issued ID won’t cut it. You’ll need a birth certificate that matches your name or a passport, etc… The argument is that a married person’s birth certificate won’t match their name, so they’ll also need proof of their marriage(s) and divorces to prove that the person named on the ID is the same one that’s listed on the birth certificate. Not a problem for me, but a problem for women. Women who typically vote Democrat. Just a name change? You’ll need copies of that documentation to accompany your birth certificate if they don’t match. A passport will suffice if you have one. Who doesn’t have passports? Poor people. And how do impoverished people typically vote? Democrat. Are you sensing a pattern? My opinion is that Trump is trying his best to suppress the votes of likely D voters. In the absence of his new SAFE Act, he’ll use the supposed lack of safeguards as the reason that the feds will have to cancel (unlikely) or invalidate areas where he suspects “fraud.” Think no further than his proclamation that “democrats can’t win unless they cheat.” He believes it, too. On the heels of an election that was safe and fair (because he won), and suddenly it’s going to be “cheating” if he loses the next one. It’s a toddler ish way of thinking.

He’s a traitor now, too.

Now you’re just talking nonsense and jibberish. I am not too pleased with this administration at the moment but I am convinced Democrats are incapable of winning fair elections.

Looks like I'm late to the party. As some of you know, I used to be a regular contributor. And I've always been pretty quick to let my feelings be known when I agree/disagree with a comment. Years ago, I would often give little personal attacks - especially on the football forum (ironic, huh); however, I quit doing that quite a while back. Should've never done it in the first place. It was all in fun for me, but not everyone takes it that way. I quit posting as much because it doesn't feel like discussion or even a spirited argument anymore. It's continual bashing from both sides, and I don't think either side is changing any of the other side's minds. Kinda the way this entire country is going these days, really. I still like to get on and look and read from time to time. I may even comment. But it's lost some of the glow for me. And if I'm being honest AAW, for a while you really made me question whether or not I would ever login again. That was quite a few year's ago, but it's always stuck with me. I realize and understand that this is a privately held site that can do as they please and run it however they want, but I didn't feel right about commenting on this topic without saying this. No hard feelings and it's all good, but it was definitely a bothersome issue for me. All that being said, I'll end this post with this: "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" -Proverbs 15:1 "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry..." -James 1:19

Why isn't Belichick winning in college? He was an elite HC in the NFL... right? Why didn't Urban Meyer win in the NFL? He was an elite HC in college... right? Could go on & on about who's elite and who's not, or what makes that HC elite and this one not elite, but the hill that I will die on is the coach that gets the most out of his players, the HC that can motivate the unmotivated, the coach that can turn an "I" player into a team player. The coach who has all his players buy into his program, buy into his way of doing things, his standards. There will be a few (coaches, parents, community members) who know who those HC are cause most of us are not behind the scenes, in the locker rooms, on bus rides to and from games, or in those private one-on-one talks. And NO not all coaches can get that out of players!

Between 1944 and 1983 Calallen had ONE 10-win season. Danaher won 10 games his second season there, then went on to win 10+ games in 30 out 36 seasons, with one of those six being an 8-2 covid season. He made the state semis 12 times and the finals twice. So the question is did he make it that far and then choke? Did he make it that far and then run into a superior coach every time? Or as common sense would dictate, perhaps he coached in a region without an abundance of talent, got far more out of that lesser talent year in and year out than any coach in that region ever has, and consistently took his teams as far (or even further) than the team should've been expected to go every year. Danaher could 1000% have won several championships with the talent that SS has had at Carthage. SS wouldn't have won more than 1 or 2 (and quite possibly zero) had he coached Calallen the last 20 years instead of at Carthage. Interesting side note: Danaher's Calallen teams lost to La Marque in the state semis 6 years in a row in the 90s. Between 1995 and 2006 La Marque won 5 state titles and played for 3 more, with 2 different coaches leading them there. Those two coaches made it to the regional finals ONCE in 22 combined seasons at the other schools they coached at. In between those two coaches was a third coach who led La Marque to the 4th round three times in four seasons, despite never having a season better than 3-7 anywhere else. So, were they elite coaches who forgot how to coach when they left La Marque, or did La Marque have elite talent that a couple of good coaches took advantage of while they were there? I'm pretty comfortable stating that Danaher would've won a few state titles if he'd coached La Marque's incredible talent instead of in the football graveyard of southTexas. I'm also pretty comfortable saying that Danaher could've gotten hired into any number of jobs where he'd be better equipped to win a state championship if he'd chosen to.

That's typical of how I figured you respond. But.. I didn't give you my thoughts. I asked you why so many coaches have won a title or more and then never got close again. That doesn't sound like the actions of an elite coach to me. I would think an elite coach would just keep being elite every year after reaching elite status.

If this applies to me as well, let me be the first to say that I totally think Reagan should keep all of his money and definitely not send me a check for $10,000.

$3.55 regular unleaded on the East Coast. Please stop winning!! Lol

I asked her. She wouldn't answer me. Kept dodging. As soon as she was elected she gave up her school board position. My question is, had she not won the election would she had stayed on the school board even though she was for vouchers?

[email protected] Tom Halliburton’s Track Volume 38, Number 5 An abbreviated schedule with the overlapping spring break weeks delayed several of our region’s stronger track athletes from improving on their season-best performances but a few top numbers resulted from last week’s meets at Orangefield and Sour Lake. Most interesting item could be Little Cypress-Mauriceville senior Dinah Tippins (handing the baton to Jordyn Chargois in this adjacent photo). Tippins was timed at 24.70, improving her area lead in that event. She placed sixth in the state meet at the same event last year in a time of 24.60. Dinah’s Orangefield time outlasted teammate Brianca Barclay by nearly a full second. Why do we list this comparison? Two reasons. First, our LC-M sprinter has two months to work on the possibility of lowering that time if she’s able to return again to state. Second, and more importantly, track and field – when practiced properly – is HARD work. This sport lacks the team glamour of football, basketball and baseball. It generally attracts very little spectator or media interest. If people jump up and down about it, those people usually jump up and down after the athlete’s accomplishment. LC-M’s girls have captured the team title in each meet they have entered this spring. That speaks to the work of coach Becca Peveto and the work habits that already have been in place. But hard work must continue. The margins in track success usually are extremely tiny. Tom Halliburton is a senior sports correspondent with the Beaumont Enterprise Here’s where they’re going this week THURSDAY Wildcat Relays at Kirbyville Jasper, Kirbyville, Newton Barbara Rainey Relays at Evadale Bridge City girls, Hamshire-Fannett girls, Hardin, Evadale, Deweyville, West Hardin, Beaumont Legacy 40th Gid Campbell Relays at Anahuac Anahuac, Beaumont Kelly, Buna, Hamshire-Fannett, Hardin-Jefferson FRIDAY C.E. King Panther Relays at Houston Beaumont United and West Brook, Port Arthur Memorial Dayton Bronco Relays Barbers Hill, Dayton, East Chambers, Huffman, Liberty, Nederland, Port Neches-Groves The following schools are not scheduled to compete in a meet this weekend Bridge City boys, LC-M, Lumberton, Orangefield, Silsbee, Tarkington, West Orange-Stark GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS DISCUS – Girls: Tatiyana Crain, PAMem, 129-4; Boys: Joe Bowser, WB, 153-10 SHOT PUT – Girls: Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, 40-0; Boys: Ace Reeves, PN-G, 45-10 HIGH JUMP – Girls: Addelyn Hooper, PN-G, 5-6; Boys: Kobe Prejean, H-F, 6-7 LONG JUMP – Girls: Delia Washington, PAMem, 17-8; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 22-8 TRIPLE JUMP – Girls: Jaislyn Heater, Vidor, 35-8.75; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 44-0 POLE VAULT – Girls: Janet Le, LC-M, 10-0; Boys: Gavin Rubio, Hardin-Jefferson, 14-0 100 M – Girls: Jalexis Neal, PAMem & Dinah Tippins, LC-M,12.19; Boys: Emmanuel Shaffers-Jones, Beaumont United, and Sage Gilder, Hamshire-Fannett, 10.88 200 M – Girls: Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 24.70; Boys: Brandon Richards, PAMem, 21.88 400 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PAMem, 57.85; Boys: Terence Mouton, WB, 48.93 100 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 15.34 110 M Hurdles – Boys: Hayward Monceaux, Nederland, 14.99 300 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 47.92; Boys: Shay Stacy, Vidor, 38.16 800 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 2:24.21; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 1:55.05 1600 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 5:14.99; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 4:21.49 3200 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland,11:27.04; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 9:32.92 400 M Relay – Girls: PAMem (Ariana Leday, Jada Guilbeau, Alicia Francis, Jalexis Neal) 48.16; Boys: WB (Lucas Johnston, Jay’vier Fair, Jacob Johnston, Willie Clark) 41.73 800 M Relay – Girls: LC-M (Amaya Meadows, Dinah Tippins, Janet Le, Brianca Barclay) 1:43.57; Boys: WB (D’Andre Carter, Willie Clark, Lucas Johnston, Dareion Nixon) 1:28.42 1600 M Relay – Girls: PAMem (Jalexis Neal, Delia Washington, Torrie Washington, Jada Guilbeau) 4:08.56; Boys: PAMem (Matthew Christian, Malcolm McCrea, Cam’Ron Roberts, Jaylen Gibson) 3:20.59 Due to the large number of meets which area schools are attending, please e-mail as many official results as possible to [email protected]

He sure did…. but ya know…..

Sorry….can’t help it. Lol

The SAVE act does not require a passport specifically, but it would require documentary proof of citizenship.

All jokes aside, I heard from a pretty reputable source (but not first hand) that the price for Trump’s endorsement in ‘24 was a $400k donation to Trump’s re-election campaign. It’s not that hard to sell with those kind of success rates. And Trump has the support of a lot of drones.

No, sir. You are mistaken again. I don’t remember Ted Kennedy ever being president, for example. [Hidden Content] Typically speaking, Presidents don’t weigh in on primary elections. Meaning, they don’t select this Republican over that Republican… but once the voters select their candidate, the President will often weigh in. My guess is that your 81 Obama endorsements were for the Democratic candidate over the Republican, not to the democratic candidate that Obama preferred over the other democratic candidates. [Hidden Content] No need to apologize. Let’s just call it a teachable moment for you.

As usual - wrong Party leaders have been doing it for decades….George H W Bush was publicly endorsed….Ted Kennedy endorsed….Obama. and Obama endorsed Newsom, Abrams…in one midterm cycle he endorsed 81 candidates…. Why do you make these untrue comments?

There's actually some pretty big legal and humanitarian differences between calling something a conflict or operation vs calling it a war. Seems trivial. But, it's not. Also, the POTUS can't declare anything a war. Only Congress can do that. That's why I've been calling it a conflict.

I expect my bracket to be properly burnt by Thursday afternoon. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Please explain how it’s voter suppression? Lol

I don’t hate Trump , I’ve just grown weary of his bad hires, not enough firings and zero accountability from our corrupt government and his narcissistic attitude. One thing I do know is Trump Loves Trump!

Proud of how hard the Bobcats have continued to compete. Lot of heart on the floor and on the bench.

(ICE) Trump has a total of 22,000 officers and agents and a large budget. You can trust them to cover your six. I would trust them securing the refineries. They dress like well trained soldiers.🥷

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".

Maybe @BMTSoulja1 needs to comment on this.