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I contacted five state championship coaches one year when volleyball season and asked if I could meet with. I told them I would come to them and pay them for their time, but I just wanted to talk about the game and see what they were doing different than our area. One coach had just won her third in a row. The first thing she said to me was, “Coach…you are only as good as your athletes.” During our conversation the name Ryan Mitchell came up and how good of a job he was doing. She told me he was her assistant and would talk about how terrible some coaches her. She would tell him, “Ryan…that coach could be really good but you are only as good as your players.” He took a job a school and left after two or three years because he was getting his butt kicked. Humbled, he went back to being her assistant for a year or two. He then left and started the volleyball program at Lucas Lovejoy…he won five straight state championships, including moving from 4A to 5A during that five year span. Just an example how most coaches think…we are only as good as our athletes, but it is our job to maximize their talents to the best of their abilities. I also think this debate is probably as pointless as trying to change a Democratic to Republican or Republican to Democrat. You aren’t going to change anyone’s mind on how they feel.

Perhaps they didn't want to pass up on a proven coach at the high school level. Just because you have been in the college ranks doesn't mean anything. In college you get to recruit your players...you have what you have in high school. I'm not saying the individual you are speaking of (I have no idea who the person is) would or would not be successful at the high school level. But, they had the opportunity to hire someone that is a proven coach at the high school level and that's what they plan on doing. It will be interesting to see who lands at Buna.

I don't know what HJ is looking for when it comes to their next AD, but they have someone on staff that is pretty dang good at coaching the Slot T.

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This. Hope they finish with a #1 next their name this time around.

[Hidden Content] We said this last night watching the game...the PI call on the 3rd down play was a make up for the missed call on 2nd down.

Kountze has several state championships in volleyball.

Did anyone watch the tiktok and listen to what she said? All you need to know about the current people running the country.

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Are you saying that if a coach doesn't win a state title in 7 years then that coach and the school district should part ways?

No one post scores anymore. It's the same way in volleyball. When I first started coaching parents posted scores a lot on this website. I guess with social media everyone has moved on to posting on those platforms?

Send me your email and I can send you a list of track meets if you still need some.

It's hard for me to comprehend that FSU, Miami, and Florida are all bad programs right now.

I heard an interesting thought. If Manny Diaz or Dan Mullen are fired then either place could be a landing spot for Lane Kiffin.

They are going to be a very good group! Hopefully they can make it to the state tournament in the next year or two. Blum looks prepared to possibly run three straight. They list 11 players on varsity and 10 are either freshmen or sophomores.

I would love to see Dustin Long playing in offensive schemes of today. I don’t think he ever even took a snap other than under center. Looks like all the WB’s on this had great careers.

It has the potential to be a great match. Match within the match is Huffman is young and should have continued to improve all year (including since the last time they faced BC) vs Bridge City returns a lot from last year and is experienced. Winning is a habit and one team is used to winning at this level...the other is taking another shot at knocking this door down (I don’t believe they have went past the third round since 2007 or so). It should be very fun and entertaining for all! I have friends on both staffs and hate that someone is going to go home. Hopefully, both teams play excellent. Good luck to all!!!

Very unfortunate they have to meet in the 3rd round. I wish they would rank each Region 1-64 (the best they can) and play it that way.

Woodville does play Hardin.

3A/4A cutoff is going to be very interesting. Right now there are seven schools between 530 and 536. Only two in the 520's. My guess is the cutoff will be 525, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a little higher or a little lower. Possible it could stay at 515. I don't know how often the number has stayed the same between alignments. It's going to be a very interesting.

2018-2019 was their first year as a 9-12 campus I believe.

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Hardin, Huffman, and BC were in the Blue Pools. YMBL normally splits 1A-3A and 4A-6A unless a smaller school wants to play up. They did not do that this year. However, most of the 4A-6A schools were in the Blue Pools. I'm not sure how they split it up this year.

They should be just fine. They return just about everyone from last year, including one of the best freshman players in our area.

Liberty is looking.