Raiders94

I think Lumberton has 31 or 32 returning lettermen. I also think 5 of them started as sophomores and 4 more played as sophomores and 2 of them played in the playoff game in 2015 as freshmen. 

I wanted to let everyone know that High Island has hired former FW Pascal head football coach Matt Miracle as its new head football coach. 
I have been offered and accepted the Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach position at Bastrop High School. 
I'm excited about this opportunity but I will definitely miss Southeast Texas and all the great coaches, media folks and people I have met down here the last 3 years.
Coach Bronkhorst

You are a class act sir! It's refreshing to see you move on but still prove you care about High Island by keeping up with their search. Best of luck at Bastrop!

We should be ok. 32 returning lettermen and I heard a monster in the backfield.

And history is about to change. So get your popcorn ready!

No, a coach can’t “create” a D1 athlete, but coaching essential to becoming a D1 athlete. All of the talent in the world won’t succeed without direction and training, but the best coaching in the world can’t develop everybody into a D1 prospect. 
There are thousands of great athletes who never move on because they were, unfortunately, enrolled in bad programs with crappy coaching and never came close to achieving their full potential. Surely you won’t disagree with that, too.
 
 

I think QB skills are developed early. Just like young kids work on baseball mechanics or free throws for basketball, the skills necessary to play QB are developed from 7th grade up. The HS staff should be doing all in their power to equip Junior High/Middle Schools with whatever they need to make the kids successful in the future. Just one man’s opinion. 

I hope you are fine but I needed to shout out and see how you are doing. The good Lord has you and Todd in my prayers for some reason. Lord ,you are all of our Caretakers, with you all things are possible and as you healed the blind man,the lame man to walk again, and healed the deaf.,I am asking and praying for these men to be healthy, wealthy and wise. Lord I ask you to open the windows of heaven and pour out your blessings on Rykerx 144. I might be off my rocker but he is on my mind and heart. JMHO

What would make you think that the board of managers, who have worked tirelessly to rid BISD of all the backhanded dealings and under the table agreements, would be looking for the "buddy buddy" thing? I think WOSgrad hit it on the head, they attempted to hire someone who could unite the community. Like I said before, the community needed uniting because there are too many people not willing to turn the page, even though it was entirely evident that the page needed turning.

+1 
like i stated If your from Beaumont you know Arthur Louis and how he reacts with the community. Hell I’m sure if he ran for mayor he’ll get a good chunk of the votes and maybe even win. He’s probably had a hand in coaching Or teaching all the kids Born in the late 70’s, 80’s, and early 90’s.  He may not have the resume but like I said he will get the kids to come out and as of right now that’s what the school needs. For kids to start back coming out and getting off the streets . To many good athletes on the north and south side of Beaumont not being productive. Good luck to the Timberwolves I’ll be in Attendance against A good Prius Team
 

I might be the naive one in the room, but I am impressed with the hire of Arthur Louis as the new coach.  Remember folks, the new coach at United will be charged with much more than building a new football team....he will be in many ways responsible for building a new community  As impressive as the resumes of Todd Peterman, Lydell Wilson and Kirk Botkin might be in other respects, they do not have the experience that Coach Louis has in either of those regards.  And as folks from old school Ozen remember, he was kind of successful in that regard.
As many have noted since news of the merger came about, mending of the community will be necessary.  What better man to do that than a respected member of the community?  What better man to do that than a man who BISD fans had expressed hopes would fill a BISD head coaching job, whether Central, Ozen or West Brook, every time one of those positions came open?  You need someone within the community that can command the respect of all who come to it.  Folks, whether you care to admit it or not, Arthur Louis is that man.  No he may not have been the "splashworthy" candidate that some were hoping for.  But the building that will be required here will require more than just a splash.  In Arthur Louis, you have a man who is invested in the community, and having come from a school that looked to such candidates to lead them and have had success in doing so, there is something to be said for that.
I know that there is this undercurrent, that Coach Louis is merely a placeholder and that in a couple of years one of the current Ozen or Central coaches will resume the helm.  And that may very well be the case.  However, with the outside hires that so many coveted, do you think that the coaching situation would be any more settled?  Do folks really believe that folks like Peterman or Wilson, who have state championships on their resume and coaching stops (as well as AD stints) at much bigger school districts, would have actually put down permanent stakes at a smallish 6A school made up of a couple of schools who really have no major playoff success to speak of?  If you believe so, perhaps I am not the only naive person in the room.
But the folks at United are faced with the choice.  They can, as a community, rally around Coach Louis and work as hard as they can to help build the program that many of you think it can be OR you can spend your time lamenting about the "big fish" that got away.  As Alpha Wolf, who I know to be an avid fisherman, can tell you, that second choice never gets you that far.

The kids of Beaumont of are getting screwed. The new school, with a ton of potential, gets a guy who hasn't coached in a decade. On top of that he can't hire the staff he wants. Why? Out of fairness? Fairness would be naming a legitimate coach, having him interview with all coaches that were apart of Central and Ozen, and let him decide if he wanted to keep any of those guys or not. I hope for the kids that they have enough talent to overcome the ineptitude of whoever is calling the shots on this whole situation. Sad.

Maybe you should learn how to read there buddy...
I stated he was building toward the future.. Not built something... learn your past, present, and future tense.. 
You also failed to realize that he left for for his son and was not jumping ship, but agan you can't read... I'm sure if it wasn't for his son's condition, he would be staying and this board would be non existent. 
He did have one of the best running backs in the area, he ran for close to 2,000 yards in 9 games. But if you know football, it takes more than just one to win at the 4A and higher levels.. in fact I bet if you talked to the coaches he played they would all say his teams were prepared and his kids played hard. 
If you did talk to players at HF, they are upset but understand because he was teaching them to be men and have good priorities in life not just winning. The ones that are not upset are probably the ones that didn't like to work and be pushed to get better, or their parents complained about playing time.
I agree Paine would be a good a choice if they stay in house. I'm sure Jehling would say the same since he brought him with him.
Know your facts about the whole situation before throwing stones. 
Funny, how hardly nothing was posted about HF football during the season or up to now. But all of a sudden everyone is an expert on the coach and his team. 

It always amazes me how people will post stuff that is false and not have accurate Information.
1. Jehling had full board support, administration support and community support. In fact his contract was going to be extended another year. Which would have given him another 2 years.
2. Naturally there were probably a few community members that didn't like him, but what head coach makes everybody happy. 
3. Paine has been there 2 years and came with Jehling from Lumberton. In fact wasn't Paine the DC under Haynes when they went 1-19...
If you we went to the source, you would know that Jehling's 5 year old special needs son has a lot of medical issues. In fact his wife and son have been in the Dallas area for past 2 months for treatment. He had just learned in the past couple weeks that his sons treatment was going to last a year to a year in a half. He made the decision not to be apart from his family for that long. 
If you actually talked to the guy he would tell you it was a very tough decision. He just rebuilt a home in Hamshire that flooded during the hurricane.
Get your facts straight before calling a guy a bad hire. Coach Jehling was building something in Hamshire for the future..

Man awesome post! Forget what anyone has to say... Maybe you should look into starting or joining a program that inspires deaf children to play sports and not worry about what others think! Everything happens for a reason and the big man upstairs does not make mistakes! Everyone is unique and should have the opportunity to play sports and compete! Congrats on your accomplishments sir!!

This is awesome! Gave me goosebumps! Congrats on your career and all of your accomplishments! You are definitely an inspiration.

I think a bunch of grown men hating on this kid is pretty funny. No one knows how he will do in college. A lot of that depends on his work habits and how he matures over the next few years. I have watched a lot of high school football and this kid is special. I would be willing to bet that any negativity will fuel his fire. I hope he stays positive and keeps working. I hope nothing but the best for him except when he plays nederland

I don’t think we will have much size on the oline like in the past. Maybe some Central- Ozen transfers will come in lol

Please don't tell anyone you heard this here first........... BUT......
 
With the inability to beat Nederland, the Hill on the rise, and of course the MECCA speaks for itself.....
 
You might want to start practicing tackling drills......... TODAY....................
 
Any question on how to........ Call Cornell............................

That kid from HF did one year he was juking everyone out. He was the team

I agree... anything less than domination by Lumberton will be seen as a letdown.  Splendora always seems to underperform for their size, Livingston is either going to be champs or miss the playoffs... lots of inconsistency up there... but you know that.  I'm anxious to see if Dubois can get BC back on track after a disastrous 2017 season. 
All jokes aside, I predict fantastic band performances and lackluster football to be the main characteristics of this district. 

Huffman is competitive they were young last year. I’d expect them to to do  better. They run a no huddle spread offense.  Splendora when they were in our district a while back they were not good. I don’t think they won a district game when they were in district with us. What I do remember about them when you get up on them they started playing dirty

LC-M has quite a few black kids, if that's an important piece of information...

Well I almost thought this was a inappropriate comment at first but after looking at the district, its not.  Carry on...
Lumberton wins that district at least for the 1st year.  The L-Train is back...

Huffman and LC-M will be very competitive.  Well, LC-M loses Winters, the star RB and I believe Huffman has a new coach (i may be wrong) .  Y'all should be good to win the district though.