jake94

Just a thought here and I understand there might be some controversy around this. 
I think Crosby's implosion and PNG's ascension should teach us a couple very important lessons. 
1) We overvalue the effect of athletes (bo's and joes) on the success of a program and undervalue the effect of coaching. 
2) Great coaches will get the enrollment involved and working. At the end of the day the single most important thing for late playoff success is depth and coaching. Yes losing a great QB/RB/WR/LB can end a season early but if you don't have depth at all the "not superstar" positions and if the backups aren't just as willing, able and wanting to play as the starters you cannot have success at the highest levels. 
I think this is true because of a couple of reasons, Winner win. If you are successful and win others want to be a part of that, from that 6'8 300 lbs kid that's never touched a football to that 5'6 kid who will run through a wall to get his chance. They all are important and they all need to feel like part of the team. If you win then no one cares about being the backup. If you win people will be happy to just be on the team. If you win you can have 65 athletes on Varsity every single year. 
Even a team without elite athletics' talent can execute plays at a high level if they are well coached. Practice times, culture of work, and accountability set the standards for developing 14 year old's into athletic 17 years old's. That being said great coaches can overcome program deficiencies that previously existed. 
 
Crosby and PNG prove this. PNG has no more talent now than it has for the last decade. Crosby has no less talent than it has for the last decade. It's about how that talent is coached, brought through the system, and executes daily. 
 
My ramblings. 
 

+1...it's high school football in Mid-County...the talent comes and goes.  Things will even out and circle back to where Nederland has a few years of talented kids with size and speed walking the halls.  Then, all of a sudden, Monte Barrow will be a great coach again.  Right now, the Indians are riding the wave of talented kids, good size on the OL/DL, and excellent coaching.  Anyone who has watched PN-G and Nederland football since the 1950s knows that the good times and bad times swing back and forth.

Great job by the FBW staff. They seemed to improve all season long and finished higher than most anticipated. I’m glad the Dogs played them early in the season because I’m not sure we would beat them now.

Well, can't say I didn't call it. I just wish I would've been wrong. Everything I said about us making the Joe Willis hire this offseason is exactly what played out. If you watched all the Tyler Legacy games I did this past offseason you would've most likely come to the same conclusion as me that him going 2-8 last year and backing it up with another 2-8 this year isn't a coincidence. 
Before the season started I said "This isn't Cedar Park", meaning all of the built in advantages that he had there or even Colleyville Heritage, do not exist at Crosby. People on here that know absolutely nothing about our program had strong opinions on my remarks regarding why I don't think the hire "fit" Crosby. I said he was an older, lower energy CEO type coach that didn't fit our culture. I said he ran a system that didn't fit our personnel and actually exacerbated issues Riordan and Prieto covered up so well, like good coaches do.
We've kind of always been on the lower end of the the participation scale. I said before the season that if kids and parents didn't like what they saw that they would just transfer out to one of the other nearby schools, and they have. Depending on how convicted some of the other parents are to their remarks I heard them make this year, we could be looking at a major exodus of talent from the lower classes over the Spring semester and Summer. 
I didn't comment all year because there was nothing positive to mention and there was no point in running the coach down every week for things that everybody could turn on a game and see themselves. It was the worst play-calling we've witnessed since Flannigan, the worst scheme we've seen since Flannigan and the worst personnel moves we've seen since Flannigan. This is magnified by the fact that no assistants wanted to come work for Willis so we have a bunch of local guys with very little actual coaching experience to help mitigate the issues. 
I think Willis is a good coach and I can see the end intentions on a lot of the things that didn't play out the way he thought they would, but he's an old coach set in his way and convinced they'll work. Not sure how long he's going to be here as I've heard he was only given a two year contract but what I will say is that outside of him finding the easiest non-district games he can for next year, I wouldn't expect Crosby's record to look much different than it did this year for the foreseeable future. 
*Today Crosby votes on a new $85M bond for another elementary school, a second middle school, an expansion of the 5 year old high school and general facility maintenance. Bond says they expect Crosby ISD to get 5,000 new students by 2033 meaning a projected high school enrollment ~ 3,800. Basically the new alignment will be the last two years Crosby has to try to be competitive before going in to the 6A abyss. Sad state of affairs what an administration can do to a program but here we are, had some fun times though. 

Galena Park by 10.*
 
*Oops, I meant to say Galena Park will be on their way home by 10.

Galena Park by 10.*
 
*Oops, I meant to say Galena Park will be on their way home by 10.

Galena Park by 10.*
 
*Oops, I meant to say Galena Park will be on their way home by 10.

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We were just saying what he would be like behind PNGs line. I couldn't've imagine. He is an absolute stud.

My man...you need to find some positive energy and go rally the Ned kids.  They are playing hard, giving what they got, and remember, they are 15-18 year old kids.  PN-G has had its share of down years.  It happens.  But, I don't think the Indian faithful would tear down their own kids or take pride in predicting a bad season.  That goes against our core values of Honor, Pride, and Tradition.  Hit the pause button and go support your kids, encourage them, love them, and thank them for busting their ass for all of our Friday night enjoyment.  Go Indians.  Peace.

You had us at 2 wins sit down

Ned beats Png 🤫😁

Dogs need to go for 2 after every touchdown for the remainder of the year… 

JAX in Liberty across from court house best hamburgers in the county-

✍️ ✍️ ✍️ 
 
I watched PNG this week. Would it be fair for me to say they aren’t good because I watched 4 quarters of a game they didn’t play well in? I didn’t think so. High school teams have good weeks and bad weeks. See y’all later this month.

This is a big game for the Dogs. It certainly will not be a cake walk. Hopefully, the Dogs can stay focused and build some momentum off the last few weeks.

Just good coaching. Good good coaching. 

As always respectful. Dayton truly understands how to win and how to take a loss. 

Great win Big Ned - out played and out coached my Broncos !  Good back & forth  game  to watch .

That no quit business will go a long way

This very well could be a season defining win for the bulldogs… 

Two pretty evenly matched teams...Good job Dogs, came to play tonight with no quit.
 

I bet this W ruined spiderman’s week

Spidersal told me Nederland May go 3-7 now… 

Do spiders hibernate?
great win dogs when no one thought you would! Another building block…just put pieces together guys…now on to next week..just keep getting better each week