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This is what happens when the locals allow a new superintendent to come and in and get rid of the only coach in the last two decades who could get his team to line up and play good football...You'd think the good folks of Coldspring would've known what they had after watching all of the bad years from the late 90's to mid to late 2000's....It reminds me of the old saying that those who ignore history are destined to repeat it...
Don't know how many times I've heard people talk about all of the great talent that Coldspring has had in the past but had no one to take advantage of it...When they finally get a guy who knows how to take advantage of it they get full of themselves and think that the current success is due to talent and not the result of great coaching and that they can just get anyone to come along and continue the success...
The last superintendent (Gibson who is now at Marshall) and every member who was on the school board when the decision was made to let him demote and ultimately run off Barbay are directly responsible for the current state of the football program.
It was surreal to hear tonights broadcast team bring up Barbays name in the 3rd qtr of tonights game while openly questioning the future fate of the current head coach...It was also priceless hearing said play by play guy refer to himself as a friend of Barbay when he was one of the people on the school board at the time who thought Coldspring wouldn't have any problem finding another coach as good or better than Barbay...Good stuff...Unfortunately as is so often the case adults find a way to screw things up for the kids...
 

Was also surprised but have watched enough playoff football over the years that I shouldn't have been.
What I didn't expect was for Arp to control the game from start to finsh in the manner they did.
Newton didn't seem to ever get much of any momemtum going on either side of the ball. 
Arp also seemed to be the faster team. They have a couple of RB's that can flat run. 
 

TD Newton 2pt conversation no good. Newton 20 EF 14 8:25 3rd qtr

TD Newton 2pt conversation no good. Newton 20 EF 14 8:25 3rd qtr

Underclassmen aren't the issue or problem...CS has plenty of kids playing this year who were starters or significant contributors on last years playoff team...
When CS played for a state championship several years ago they had a soph playing QB as well as other soph's and other underclassmen starting and playing key roles...Most small schools will have plenty of underclassmen playing key roles because they don't have the luxury of having 85-100+ kids to choose from like the larger classification schools have...
CS isn't as talented across the board as they have been in the recent past, however, they are still more than enough talented at several positions such as QB, RB and WR to be a tough out in the playoffs if they could put it all together...

For the record Coldspring refused to punt not once but twice on their side of the field with the lead and less than 2 mins remaining in the game....It was unbelievable the first time they went for it (and fortunately got a 1st down via offside penalty on the defense) and unexcusable the second time....
 

I hate to say it but I think most of it is called coaching.
Shepherd just got it's first win over Coldspring in over a decade. Who knows Liberty might be next. 

I hate to say it but I think most of it is called coaching.
Shepherd just got it's first win over Coldspring in over a decade. Who knows Liberty might be next. 

Final - Atlanta 41 Coldspring 0

TD Atlanta. 34-0 10:03 4th qtr

TD Atlanta as half expires. 27-0 Atlanta at halftime.

TD Coldspring. Xtra point no good. 18-7 Coldspring 7:18 left in 3rd.

Rosenberg Terry 21 Coldspring 14 Halftime

That's what you get when the superintendent and admin runs off arguably the best football coach the school has had.

That's what you get when the superintendent and admin runs off arguably the best football coach the school has had.

That's what you get when the superintendent and admin runs off arguably the best football coach the school has had.

Where were all the halfway decent coaches before Barbay's arrival?...Sounds very simplistic to just go out and hire a "halfway decent coach" but last I checked no one really wants to play for a halfway decent coach when you already have better...
 
Folks don't need to look any further than about 25 miles to the south (Cleveland ISD) to see what happens when a superintendent and school board decide to run a good coach out of town....Check out George Ranch High Schools record the last few years to see what the coach they couldn't wait to get rid of has done..

What's going on in San Jacinto Co? Hearing strong rumblings that superintendent and school board are trying to force Barbay out.

Hearing that they're trying to take away the AD title and reassign. I guess theoretically he could still be the head coach but who'd stay around for a demotion in tile, authority & possibly paycut?

Somethings going on and unfortunately I think the kids and community are going to end up suffering in the end.

Given the problems COCISD has currently with meeting classroom standard why are they messing with one of the bright spots.

Outside of the football program (which Barbay resurrected) what other sport has been better than average?

Wow! Making playoffs for first time in over 60 years & winning a first round playoff game. What a great week for the folks from Tarkington.

Given Shepherd's close game with last years state finalist Fairfield Dist 4a 8 has represented itself well in the first round.

Way to go Longhorns!

28-21 Trojans 4:11 3rd qtr

Punt return for td. Extra point no good. Coldspring 19-0 8:42 left in 2nd

If memory serves The Woodlands beat them by about 40 pts and Katy ended up winning a state championship that same year