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I'll be honest, I'll take stagnant enrollment numbers out here at HF until the end of time versus having a bunch of subdivisions and neighborhoods built, no matter what effect the move-ins would have on the football program. I pray that our property owners out here hold onto their land.

You've made more than a couple of these comments on here. It's pretty easy to discuss a team's shortcomings without being a jerk about it. enough already.

I think he brings in a few players maybe, but the talent pool is still immensely greater year in and year out in EC, Sutherland or no. EC was winning 9-11 games most years under Valastro before the Sutherlands showed up.

Speaking of the difference athletes can make: Dwayne Dubois is a pretty good example. Took the program over at HJ and went 8-5 the first year, 11-2 the next, then went to bridge city. The next year HJ went 2-9, and had a record of 14-36 the next 5 seasons without Dubois. It would be easy to think that it was all Dubois. But he had a special group of players for those two years at HJ, and he left the year several graduated, and also took his son, the starting QB with him to Bridge City who coincidentally, or not, had a pretty special group of athletes coming through at the time. The year before he took over they were 2-8, but in his first two years at BC they went 7-5 and 9-3. So again, Dubois resurrected a program with his ability, right? Obviously he's a solid coach, but his third year at BC, after most of his good athletes graduated, he went 1-9. He then went to HJ were he went 5-5 and then 1-9. If he was solely responsible for those programs winning, or even a bigger factor than the athletes, there's no way either of those programs would've ever gone 1-9, yet they did when he lost his athletes.

surprised three or four accounts haven't come out of retirement to keep this thread going. I guess the original attempt to turn it in a certain direction didn't get enough of a response this time.

It's a lack of diversity combined with a lack of community interest/support. A good coach could improve the interest and support, but not the diversity.

Yes. Their soccer team is 23-0-1, and at the regional tournament right now, despite having to compete against a higher classification. That team is so talented they can basically coach themselves.

Nope, it's the athletes (or lack there of). Yes, EC has a better coach, but I assure you if they swap coaches tomorrow, Tarkington still won't beat EC over the next 7 years (unless Tarkington finds a new source of players). For that matter, if Briles took over Tarkington tomorrow, HE isn't good enough to bridge that gap without finding some extra players. Now, to be fair, he might get some transfers based on his name. There's zero doubt that if you had a 6'6'', 325 lb 15yo son who ran a 4.8 forty, you'd uproot and move to tarkington next week for your son to play there if Briles took the job. I'm sure there are others that are just as fanatic about him, which is a weird dynamic of his being ostracized (fairly, in most folks' opinion). I could definitely see some of the better players from the immediate surrounding area moving in, which would certainly help, but nowhere near enough to make them a serious contender for anything much further than a bi-district win.

Indonesian principal who raped at least 13 students sentenced to death (msn.com)

About one of the suspects: Martin was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 1 1/2 years for violating probation in separate cases involving a felony conviction for aggravated assault in 2016 and a conviction on a marijuana charge in 2018. Court records show he pleaded guilty to punching, kicking and choking a woman in a hotel room when she refused to work for him as a prostitute.

It happened in a state with some of the strictest gun laws in the country. This is obviously the result of a fight between two idiots with guns, not a targeted mass shooting. I'd bet the mortgage that both of the shooters have multiple previous arrests, but were let off lightly due to Cali's soft approach on criminals. There's also a high likelihood that they're convicted felons who were already breaking gun laws by possessing guns of any kind, and yet for some reason the laws didn't stop them.

They were great coaches who took existing talent and won with it. you're ignoring the fact that there were already athletes and talent in place. you continually try to compare that situation to places that lack both.

what everyone (but you) has been saying, is that coaching, athletes, and community support all play a role. That said, the athletes are the most important piece of the puzzle, and there are breaking points in both directions. there's a point where a team can be so stacked with athletes that even a mediocre coach can win with them, and also a team can be so devoid of athletes that even an elite coach can't make them a consistent winner. Can great coaching improve a team? absolutely. Can great coaching turn a team that wins 1-2 games a year and has a tiny athlete pool into a state championship contender in 7 years? absolutely not, although they could probably turn them into a .500 team that flirts with a playoff win every few years, based on the coaching ability alone. Now, if that great coach starts to build things up, and a population explosion (or dubious transfer policies) bring in a lot of quality athletes, then yes, they can become a contender, but once again, that's all dependent on having the athletes.

agree with most of this, but both parties are "the side of government corruption." one just happens to align with my personal/political views more than the other.

even the schools with the worst facilities have practice fields. I graduated from HJ in 2001 and we had three places we could practice soccer to avoid the game field. In fact, we never practiced on the game field, and neither did the football team. During football season i would go practice place kicking on the game field most days, and nobody else used it until friday night.

He has a very strict "if you didn't win the state championship then your season was a failure" rule, so by his standards Stephenville and Tarkington were exactly the same until Briles took over. But your point is completely correct.

the only arbitrary thing here is your intentionally (at least I hope so, for your sake) obtuse interpretation of both the site rules and my response. you: coaches aren't supposed to be bashed, but this disgraced college coach gets bashed all the time on here. me: the rule applies to local high school coaches and players. you: well, this college coach coached two years of high school 5 hours away, and sometimes people who don't know anything talk about him coaching locally. You guys don't follow your own rules.

West Brook 1 Clear Falls 0

Predictions: Lumberton 6, Columbia 0. Bay City 6, HJ 1. West Brook 1, Clear Falls 1 (WB wins in a shootout) East Chambers 3, Columbia 1

Did I miss anyone?

Girls: Lumberton (18-3-1) vs. Columbia (13-11-1). Lumberton has advanced by defeating Splendora 8-0 and Needville 7-0. Columbia defeated Houston Washington 7-0 and Vidor 2-1. Hardin Jefferson (21-3) vs. Bay City (25-1-1). HJ has advanced by defeating Hamshire Fannett 6-1 and Brazosport 4-1. Bay City defeated Houston North Forest 16-0 and LCM 8-1. West Brook (17-4-3) vs. Clear Falls (18-3-1) West Brook has advanced by defeating Sam Rayburn 9-0 and Clear Creek 1-0. Clear Falls defeated Pearland Dawson 3-0 and Deer Park 1-0. Boys: East Chambers (22-0-1) vs. Columbia (20-3-2). East Chambers has advanced by defeating Silsbee 7-2 and El Campo 5-0. Columbia defeated Houston North Forest 6-3 and LCM 6-0.

realistically, I think for many it's not about who's most deserving, but who's name will most upset a certain group of people, no matter how crooked he was.

Court document paints disturbing picture of events surrounding teenage girl's murder | KFDM This article has the cliffsnotes version of the case.

The story says "updated", and I don't see it anymore. wild story

The difference is almost like playing two different sports.