Who By Fire

Persia played at Princeton, and also played overseas.  He is definitely the best.

I know people don't like me on this board and I don't care, but I gotta side with neil on this. now is it a big deal??? well I have been taught since I was a child and I teach it and instill it in my own kids...PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING!! especially when the media is present. I don't agree with jacquet tone and words towards an adult. i'm old school. right or wrong, as a CHILD you shut your mouth and say nothing at all or reply with no sir/maam yes sir/maam. perception comes into play again with the not shaking hands when a D-1 school trying to recruit your dumb behind and you not showing sportsmanship. these people at the college and pro level are coming down on attitude or ANYTHING hinting to trouble. instead of intimidating(obviously it didn't work) shake hands show you are a good kid. now had something happened, like a brawl on the field, who you think the UIL would have came down on?? oh and if you going to be all hard, how about look the brook players eye to eye instead of looking at the ground...I know these are kids, but that was a gash move...soulja u my boy, but that's foul and toby needs to be slapped with a big wet open hand!!!

Bob Wills is king in Texas.

The biggest tragedy of all this is the kids at Ozen  are the ones that suffer because of the underachievemnt of the adults in charge. No reason why Admin cant find a Quality coach to run that program there at Ozen.  Shame on the admin and i feel sorry for the poor boys there left in limbo waiting for leadership.

Coaches can't fool kids. When kids trust and believe in you, they will run through walls for you. The kids will know if he truly cares about them. You can't fake it. If he was successful in NF, maybe he can come over here and pull it off. Talent will take you only so far. But kids believing in their coach will take you further.

The coach was a son of a gun.  Has been on "leave" for several weeks, the kids have not been working with the weights, and they were not planning any spring training.  He moved his son two weeks ago, and could have let the district know at that time.  Magoo wanted to play 2 and 3A teams so his record would look better.

Finest, i Teach my son to try to leave the program in a better place than he found it. There will be no feuding, you feud when two are of equal Talent. Well, I can tell you first hand no other back @ Ozen is worthy to hold his Jock, but with all the politics & bull that go on, Rodney will just play his Role & continue to be a Team player.   Lil C & Rodney are good friends and Rodney will continue to Mentor him & also learn from him. Make no mistake Lil C is very Talented & his time will come, I just think some Nosey A_ _ Alums & hating Coaches tried to hinder Rodney's progress because he isn't one of their "chosen" ones. What God has in store for Rodney, no man can stop.  Adversity builds character & he got the Shaft this Season, so he is stronger, wiser & Hungrier. I Pray that any Parent that reads this thread & has a kid in the same situation can be encouraged. Haters only put up stumbling blocks or forks in the road. Stay the course & press on.  Leave it in God's hands & continue to Pray. In Rodney's case, he let go & let God & you can see what has unfolded as of now. ;) 
Go Panthers!!!!!

Hopefully he will get more opportunities, but if not he has be trained & taught to stay ready, hungry, & humble; most of all be Coachable under all circumstances. It was frustrating, but he learned some valuable lessons. I couldn't help him then & if he's Blessed to play in College I can't help him there either. That's why we Train & Pray.
Favoritism & Stupidity is Real, but if you are prepared like he is, you can perform in limited duty. He touched the ball maybe an avg of 4 times a game last yr. Go figure