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Halftime Memorial 26...Ozen 22
 

End of 1st Qt Memorial 15...Ozen 11

Early 1st Qt Memorial 12...Ozen 4

Will someone in the know explain/share with us who makes/made the decision for OZEN High School to opt out and stay in class 5A. Curiuos was it The Board of managers,The AD or the school itself ?
In my opinion only Ozen struggles with the numbers putting together a competitve group every year. The U.I.L. put together a system by numbers to give a level playing field to all. Travel cost
shouldnt that big of a difference if thats one of the reasons.Jmo..... 

Will someone in the know explain/share with us who makes/made the decision for OZEN High School to opt out and stay in class 5A. Curiuos was it The Board of managers,The AD or the school itself ?
In my opinion only Ozen struggles with the numbers putting together a competitve group every year. The U.I.L. put together a system by numbers to give a level playing field to all. Travel cost
shouldnt that big of a difference if thats one of the reasons.Jmo..... 

I think they're trying to stop that from happening.  Imo they need to remove the magnet programs from both Ozen and Central and do some major rezoning....  This problem didn't exist when it was 2 schools.  It. Was cut and dry.  South park, Pear Orchard, and west end went to West Brook.  Old Town, South end, and North End went to Central.   

I don't know...  Something is different, I feel it...  Ozen will not be a pushover this year...

Where's the updates on this one ???

Congrats Ozen Players on a well deserved Win to make the playoffs :) 

Congrats Ozen Players on a well deserved Win to make the playoffs :) 

Very interesting observation JRidge. Hopefully help is on the way. Its been rumored the shortages in staff and the going ons  there is no accident. Stability at the head coach position is a must. keeping Suggs will help. 

Very interesting observation JRidge. Hopefully help is on the way. Its been rumored the shortages in staff and the going ons  there is no accident. Stability at the head coach position is a must. keeping Suggs will help. 

Out west where they thought it was best. The Pear Orchard would welcome all back with open arms . On the 5A level they would be deep playoff contenders EVERY YEAR,  if if was fifth we'd all be drunk. JMO... :rolleyes:  :rolleyes: 

If "If" was a fifth we'd all be drunk. Down but not out,took a hard punch tonight. Regroup, Rethink make adjustments. Go Panthers.

If "If" was a fifth we'd all be drunk. Down but not out,took a hard punch tonight. Regroup, Rethink make adjustments. Go Panthers.

Advantage or Disadvantage is the question. Year in and year out Ozen plays a 5A now 6A preseason schedule resulting going 0-3 more times than not. What type of morale booster is there in being 0-3 going into district. There's no getting around Westbrook with the overrated Beaumont
Bowl game every year. Westbrook hang their hat on defeating under maned 4A/5ACentral and Ozen every year then struggle in their district to make the playoffs. When was the last time Westbrook was out right district champions just curious ? Take a look at teams in Ozen's district and their preseason schedule.None schedules Memorial on a regular basis or will ever schedule Westbrook. The myth about playing top teams makes you better aint always true. Wins gives you confidence that you can play with anybody ask Jeff Matthews and the Vidor Pirates. With the low numbers at Ozen the preseason schedule should be 4A schools. Just one opinion.........

Advantage or Disadvantage is the question. Year in and year out Ozen plays a 5A now 6A preseason schedule resulting going 0-3 more times than not. What type of morale booster is there in being 0-3 going into district. There's no getting around Westbrook with the overrated Beaumont
Bowl game every year. Westbrook hang their hat on defeating under maned 4A/5ACentral and Ozen every year then struggle in their district to make the playoffs. When was the last time Westbrook was out right district champions just curious ? Take a look at teams in Ozen's district and their preseason schedule.None schedules Memorial on a regular basis or will ever schedule Westbrook. The myth about playing top teams makes you better aint always true. Wins gives you confidence that you can play with anybody ask Jeff Matthews and the Vidor Pirates. With the low numbers at Ozen the preseason schedule should be 4A schools. Just one opinion.........

Ok BLUEDOVE3 heres giving it to you ''STRAIGHT'' that sucking up to the new hire exists. They really poured it on Coach Durley his first year at Westbrook. He was under tremendous pressure from parents and AD to play little Johnnie. He gave in for a few games giving all a fair share of playing time. Then he started playing the best proven players and yes some played both ways offense and defense. The rest of the story was a state 5A championship. There's several old Hebert fans that attend practices with opinions and advice. Some of those fellows never played any sport and think they know the game better that Hire. Those sideline coaches attended Coach Ozen and Durley's practices but never interfered or offered their opinion who should be playing. Hope Suggs has a pair of Gonads to play the best players and not get caught in the favoritism that all but ruined the football program when "Toe" was the head coach. That drove several good players to Central and Westbrook. :ph34r: 

Ok BLUEDOVE3 heres giving it to you ''STRAIGHT'' that sucking up to the new hire exists. They really poured it on Coach Durley his first year at Westbrook. He was under tremendous pressure from parents and AD to play little Johnnie. He gave in for a few games giving all a fair share of playing time. Then he started playing the best proven players and yes some played both ways offense and defense. The rest of the story was a state 5A championship. There's several old Hebert fans that attend practices with opinions and advice. Some of those fellows never played any sport and think they know the game better that Hire. Those sideline coaches attended Coach Ozen and Durley's practices but never interfered or offered their opinion who should be playing. Hope Suggs has a pair of Gonads to play the best players and not get caught in the favoritism that all but ruined the football program when "Toe" was the head coach. That drove several good players to Central and Westbrook. :ph34r: 

Today a representative and a few Westbrook football players assembled at Amelia elementary school's library to discuss STAAR TESTING WITH SECOND GRADERS. This was a positive gesture. The players wore their football jerseys and the end of the presentation did a Westbrook cheer again a positive move. I remember as an elementary student Cheerleaders coming to my school Southerland when Hebert were deep in the playoffs. That Panther Pride started growing stronger in me at that time. A little RECRUITING and STAAR TESTING INFO. two birds with one stone. Wake up Ozen coaches and take notes. Its time to keep the Pear Orchard at Ozen. jmo..... :rolleyes:  :rolleyes: 

I'm having flashbacks reading post about Hebert. Those were the days. A different time and BigCam you nailed it,it's not as deep rooted for the kids of today. When Hebert and ForestPark then later SouthPark combined that was the end of that true Panther Pride. When Ozen opened the players were use to the winning ways of Westbrook and everybody wants to be part of a winner. The top athletes continued to go to Westbrook even though they were walking distance to Ozen. Some of the Pear Orchard die hard Hebert parents bought into 5A Wesbrook being the best place for there kid's success. That formula split the talent and it is what it is today. LoL if those players were back at Ozen BISD wouldnt have the task of keeping a Head football coach every year or two.

The question remains will the kids of today buy into the old school methods and teachings of Suggs. Thin skinned players want cut the mustard in an old school smash mouth three yards and a cloud of dust style of play. O- Line will have to mature, develope and be at least 2 deep at each position. There lies a problem,will Ozen have the numbers run run run? Its obvious they have the offensive backs but tight ends and offensive linemen remain to be seen. Looking forward to spring training next week.

In all probability there will be spring football at Beaumont Ozen in early May. Baytown Lee was holding Suggs to his contract that expires in June. Rumor has it that he was forced to take vacation and sick leave to get over to Ozen.Two of PS3 left behind coaches will be leaving by choice. The defensive coordinator will be joining Toby and the Central Jaguars per folks in the know. :rolleyes:

I'm agreeing with Cougar 14 in part,the O line minus depth and a true O line coach will be a factor. The losing record at Ball  and he(Suggs) coming from a losing program in Baytown. Hands down he was the ''SAFE HIRE''  VS The Admin. finding the best hire out there. Would it be violating any rules to seek more qualified coaches that werent on the applicant list ? I realize it may be difficult to attract an upper echelon coach with the turmoil thats currently going on in BISD. Chargois made the Safe Hire not Ozen community and the Board approved his recommendation with a 7-0 vote. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar meaning ,PNG/Nederland money will get you that Upper echelon
build the program coach. Anything less will gets you a Patch- job/-quick fix-/2 and through coach and the saga continues at Ozen. It was mentioned on this site that Ozen will never be Hebert that statement was spoken picture perfect clarity. However Ozen has underachieved for the amount of talent there now. Good luck to coach Suggs and his players... Go Panthers...