SmashMouth

Just for conversation’s sake, you should have left off WOS. Lol. (For those who don’t understand, read the Bi-District Pick- Ems thread...)

"The evidence of those who relate, not what they know themselves, but what they have heard from others." That is literally the definition of hearsay... Lol. If you didn't hear it & you (or any one else) report it, that is called hearsay.

Hope they win this one - I would love to see all of our area teams move to the next level.

So far all that’s been posted is conjecture and heresay. On to the next topic for me.

I know 2 or 3 coaches over there. I know some are really good coaches. Not saying that a change isn’t good sometimes. But guys, high school football is like poker in a lot of ways. You may win with a crappy hand. But at some point the bluff runs out. You can also lose with a winning hand too. Happens all the time. But, by and large, if you’re a good poker player, after all the hands are dealt, you should come out a winner over a period of time. The one variable is the cards. Crappy cards, usually means a crappy hand. If an amateur gets 4 aces, and a seasoned pro gets a pair of 3’s, the pro is gonna lose. LC-M is in the middle - more like a straight. Decent players (cards), but playing against a full house. You’re not gonna talk that other player into folding a full house. So you lose. Here’s the key. Get better cards. How do you do that? Stack the deck! Make better players. You can only play the cards you’re dealt. But you gotta start building that deck even before those kids get into Jr. High. Winning is an attitude. WOS, Newton, Carthage and many many more schools around the state Win year in and year out. Even with different coaches. It’s the attitude that winning is the only acceptable answer. If you hear someone say, “maybe next year”, “hopefully we move down “, “we need new coaches” every 2 or 3 years, and the like, that program is destined to fail. Winning is an attitude, a tradition, a way of life. Maybe a coaching change would be good. But if you don’t have an entire community - especially the student athletes - devoted to winning, then quit simply you won’t. Start stacking that deck right now and believe.

Exactly. That’s what they get paid to do. They get paid to win. And that’s what it takes to win.Exactly. That’s what they get paid to do. They get paid to win. And that’s what it takes to win.

Exactly. Gotta get some more experience. A good off-season, weights, weights, weights. By looking at your JV scores, need to keep your fingers crossed that some of those boys develop too. You have a pretty good coaching staff imo. So the rest goes on the boys back. They gotta want it. They have to work out during Christmas break, Spring Break, summers, weekends, etc. when the coaches aren’t there to push them and when all the other kids are pulling their puds or playing video games. Finally, it has to hurt - really hurt - to lose. Winning has to become the standard. That’s with any program. Lumberton folks could use some of this advice too.

Y’all have a young team, right?

Looked on max preps. On paper almost identical to Lumberton (Wins/losses/points, etc). Carthage beatem 31-0. Don’t know much else.

Dang. Wouldn’t have guessed.

You needed some mud. Tough loss.

If you're talkin bout last week and luck, you might pray for rain & a mud pit too! Lol. (Couldn't resist...)

Hell, I even liked his voice. Had a song called "Yesterday, When I Was Young" in the late 60's. Kind of a slow ballad type of song. RIP to a legend.

Good luck to LC-M tonight. Time to represent!

Well, Guess we'll have to call it something other than a "press box" Lol.

So, I guess you could build three Separate 40 x 12 boxes and connect with a covered awning. Voila! No elevator!

Gotta root for our SE Texas teams!

Lol. Sorry. Just trying to shed some light!

Plain fact is the Battlin Bears beat Lumberton.

Whoever put the “word on the street” got they head up their butt.

I can tell you first hand those kids played to win. I talked to a couple LC-M coaches on the field after the game and there were quite a number of boys with their heads down either crying or upset. Nobody likes to lose.

I agree.

My bad. I understood the data. I just guess I didn't understand the intent for the post. I know you said it meant nothing. I was just wondering about the inspiration for the post or if there was a point to it.

Please explain.

Ummm. I'd like one of those obesity pills please... Oh, and a big bowl of that good gumbo too!