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On 3/10/2026 at 10:47 PM, Reagan said:

If one has that kind of record for that long and you haven’t won a State title then is something wrong.  If State titles were easy every coach would have 30 of them.  But it’s NOT easy.  That’s what distinguishes elite coaches from everyone else.  You got to ask yourself:  why does Surratt have so many State titles and Danaher has none?  Luck?  I think not.  You might actually think that there might a difference in coaching ability concerning Surratt and Danaher?  My opinion is there is a difference!  Don’t get me wrong, Danaher was a great coach.  I’m sure he ran a respectable program.  Honest question:  Out of the two coaches mentioned, if you had to hire a coach, which one would you hire and why?

Between 1944 and 1983 Calallen had ONE 10-win season. Danaher won 10 games his second season there, then went on to win 10+ games in 30 out 36 seasons, with one of those six being an 8-2 covid season. He made the state semis 12 times and the finals twice. So the question is did he make it that far and then choke? Did he make it that far and then run into a superior coach every time? Or as common sense would dictate, perhaps he coached in a region without an abundance of talent, got far more out of that lesser talent year in and year out than any coach in that region ever has, and consistently took his teams as far (or even further) than the team should've been expected to go every year. Danaher could 1000% have won several championships with the talent that SS has had at Carthage. SS wouldn't have won more than 1 or 2 (and quite possibly zero) had he coached Calallen the last 20 years instead of at Carthage. 

Interesting side note: Danaher's Calallen teams lost to La Marque in the state semis 6 years in a row in the 90s. Between 1995 and 2006 La Marque won 5 state titles and played for 3 more, with 2 different coaches leading them there. Those two coaches made it to the regional finals ONCE in 22 combined seasons at the other schools they coached at. In between those two coaches was a third coach who led La Marque to the 4th round three times in four seasons, despite never having a season better than 3-7 anywhere else. So, were they elite coaches who forgot how to coach when they left La Marque, or did La Marque have elite talent that a couple of good coaches took advantage of while they were there? I'm pretty comfortable stating that Danaher would've won a few state titles if he'd coached La Marque's incredible talent instead of in the football graveyard of southTexas.  I'm also pretty comfortable saying that Danaher could've gotten hired into any number of jobs where he'd be better equipped to win a state championship if he'd chosen to. 

1 minute ago, Reagan said:

Again, whatever your thoughts are -- mine are 100% opposite.  There's your answer!

If this applies to me as well, let me be the first to say that I totally think Reagan should keep all of his money and definitely not send me a check for $10,000. 

Ugly game, but it’s still within reach 

I’m going on record before the game starts as saying I’m with you on the Crawford upset. Might be the kiss of death for them, though 😀. I’ve watched a couple of their games and have been super impressed. The speed that they play at has been unmatched by probably any team I’ve seen this year 

Sometimes we see these Dallas and Houston schools play small schools in the final and it’s a bad mismatch. This didnt feel like that. Orangefield just picked a bad day to have a bad game. This game was winnable. 

Gotta make layups when they get them 

Orangefield is gonna get a T soon if they don’t chill out. Could’ve had a couple already 

Orangefield can get easy baskets when they don’t panic against the press. They’re very fortunate that Madison has horrible shot selection or they’d be too far down to come back 

Terrible, terrible turnovers 

1 minute ago, No-look1 said:

Bad charge call against OF. 

Killed their momentum. They would’ve gone up 4, now down 8 

1 minute ago, TxHoops said:

Orangefield cleans up the turnovers and get Madison off the glass they can win this game. 

Refs gotta quit calling it when Madison flops, too 

Really excited about the tournament this year. Have legitimate interest in just about every game for one reason or another (beyond it being a state championship). 3 local teams, plus San Augustine who we’ve covered at times, some small school juggernauts and some 4A squads capable of beating the typical Dallas teams. 

Ahh, my favorite time of year, when we get to watch Houston and Dallas schools with 6A (and beyond) player pools try and win state championships in 3A and 4A against towns of 10,000 people or less. What’s Orangefield at these days, maybe 1,000 or so? 

Heck yeah!

Let’s go! 

2 minutes ago, 409SportsWatch said:

6:00 2nd

Heritage 20

Birdville 19

Two very good teams, but I kinda expect heritage to pull away in this one 

38 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

End 3rd

FB Crawford         70

Brazosport           28

Watched the first 3 quarters of this game. Crawford reminded me a whole lot of those special Silsbee teams we got to see a few years back 

Orangefield finished the half well. Fortunate that London was ice cold from behind the arc. Missed several wide open looks while I was watching 

London’s press giving the Cats some fits 

3 hours ago, Setx fan said:

Foster probably threw less than 30 passes with 85% being 10 yards or less. Stop playing 🤣 

While he threw a lot less passes than Babin, he completed 73/117 passes for 1683 yds with 17 TDs and 1 int. He also averaged 6 more yards per completion. Some of that probably had to do with them having a 2000 yd rusher while Woodville’s leading rusher didn’t break 600. 

One thing worth noting: when y’all use terms like “libtards”, “pedo-supporters”, etc., just because you’re directing it to a whole group of people on the site versus one specific person doesn’t mean you’re not violating a rule. 

Y‘all are getting ridiculous. I could warn about 4 people in this thread in the last 8 pages. Wording personal attacks in a cute way isn’t going to be good enough from this point forward. Same goes for derogatory blanket statements about groups clearly represented in the comments. Carry on, but not in this thread. 

Man, that’s rough 

Survive and advance!