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I’ve been reading too much about how your bff at HJ might not make the playoffs with the studs he has. 

Had to have been written in braille…

You think you are better than you actually are, SP. 
You often unfairly run down a lot of these local coaches, as a former coach yourself, you would think you would have more respect for the profession than that. 

Not a dig at him. Josh is a good coach.
Just a little jab at his cronies on here.

Joseph Hoyt just wins games.

Every single article pushed by the leftist media right now is all about how republicans demanded a border bill, the senate negotiated a bipartisan bill, and then the house shot down the bill they demanded.  This take is so blatantly disingenuous that it gets my blood pressure up, and you all know I'm far from the most conservative guy around, and also not nearly as conservative as many of you when it comes to immigration. very few senate republicans supported that crap, so quit calling it a "bipartisan bill just because one republican was involved in negotiating it.  But more importantly, quit acting like any of the following parts of the bill truly benefit border security:
1.  out of a $118.3B bill, only $20B would be used on border security.
2. the new bill would negate border states' ability to challenge issues with border laws in their home states, instead having to do so in ultraliberal Washington DC in front of ultraliberal judges.  A better way of putting this is the bill would mean that border states could never challenge any aspects of the bill, because they would be guaranteed to lose.
3. based on the number of illegal crossings required to trigger actual border security through the bill, up to 1.6M illegals would be allowed in unchallenged yearly.
 
I mean, yeah, can't believe those crazy conservatives turned all this down, right?

Every single article pushed by the leftist media right now is all about how republicans demanded a border bill, the senate negotiated a bipartisan bill, and then the house shot down the bill they demanded.  This take is so blatantly disingenuous that it gets my blood pressure up, and you all know I'm far from the most conservative guy around, and also not nearly as conservative as many of you when it comes to immigration. very few senate republicans supported that crap, so quit calling it a "bipartisan bill just because one republican was involved in negotiating it.  But more importantly, quit acting like any of the following parts of the bill truly benefit border security:
1.  out of a $118.3B bill, only $20B would be used on border security.
2. the new bill would negate border states' ability to challenge issues with border laws in their home states, instead having to do so in ultraliberal Washington DC in front of ultraliberal judges.  A better way of putting this is the bill would mean that border states could never challenge any aspects of the bill, because they would be guaranteed to lose.
3. based on the number of illegal crossings required to trigger actual border security through the bill, up to 1.6M illegals would be allowed in unchallenged yearly.
 
I mean, yeah, can't believe those crazy conservatives turned all this down, right?

Sorry, I worded that really poorly.  I meant if you combined the two districts and took four teams.  If you just brought BC or WOS over, I would definitely expect either to compete for and likely take the 4th spot.  With the two districts combined it’s Silsbee, then HF-HH-HJ, then everyone else a ways back.  

Yeah I think they’ll get them too 

Sorry, I worded that really poorly.  I meant if you combined the two districts and took four teams.  If you just brought BC or WOS over, I would definitely expect either to compete for and likely take the 4th spot.  With the two districts combined it’s Silsbee, then HF-HH-HJ, then everyone else a ways back.  

They SHOULD beat them.  HJ is an improved team from earlier in the year when they beat BC by 19.  The cards have looked good in district, but that district is really bad this season apart from Silsbee.  If you combined the districts, apart from Silsbee, who would win it, nobody from that district would even sniff the playoffs in 20-4A.  All that having been said, the cards do have a shot.  They’re not a bad team, have a little momentum, and the hawks are definitely down this year.  

It is about players as well, however, and if people are not choosing NISD or leaving NISD because of the quality of facilities, then that impacts all programs…unfortunately, the numbers and some of the statements made here indicate that to possibly be the case…on a positive note, the last bond passed, upgrades are being made and hopefully they have an impact…time will tell

The bonds are the big issue.  Yes PNG has more money, but they also spend it wisely and the community is behind them.  
 
Nederland is spending $32 mil more than PNG on the last bond.  PNG got rid of 2 schools (which cut overhead) and built 4 brand new state of the art schools.  
 
Nederland wouldn’t get rid of 100 yr old “historic” buildings because someone’s great grandma went to school there.  Instead they piece milled 4 old schools together and it looks awful.  They did get a new HS and 3 connex boxes for a press box though for $32 mil over what PNG paid.  

I understand everyone likes to talk of the difference of the approach of the school districts between NISD and PNGISD. Yes, there are definitely differences between them, but I think the elephant in the room is that there is a significant difference in the revenue brought into each school district. Despite the feeling that NISD is equal on everything with their neighbors across the tracks, the reality is NISD is not a “wealthy” school district. Everyone likes to complain that NISD does a horrible job of doing this and doing that, but in a sense they do amazingly well with what resources they have. Could they do better? Yes. Could they be more creative? Yes. But, it’s not as easy as being about mismanagement of the district or poor decisions. And, apparently the people constantly criticizing NISD have caviar dreams on a McD’s budget. NISD does not have the industries that PNGISD has. Its major revenue is on the home properties, and last I checked they are pretty landlocked. Look at a majority of the large successful programs in the state with state of the art facilities who are “wealthy”, and yes, they usually have good programs. However, the game is still played on a field whether the stadium is $100 million or $100,000. What is lacking in NISD currently is the mentality and attitude of a champion. Nederland was down for many years prior to Coach Neuman. What he brought was an attitude and a belief that they were at a championship level and winners. There were many years that Nederland was lacking in talent and still won, beating much more talented teams from PNG. Currently, the mental game is being lost every game because the attitude isn’t there. Yes there needs to be a focus on getting back to the basics of football. Discipline. Skill development. And attitude. But, good grief Charlie Brown, how about people just embrace where NISD is as a district with limited resources and be supportive of the children in the district. I’m sure all the “experts” on this board will pile on and go off on how they have held tickets for x number of years and they have 10 million bulldog shirts. At the end of the day, it’s 15,16,17, year old young men playing football. The Negative Nellys are quite ridiculous. Let’s just see what happens and be supportive and have a little faith instead of just constantly complaining how NISD can’t be trusted and they will screw this up and yada yada. PNGISD made a great hire based on recommendations by TD. And good for them. It turned out well for them. Why don’t we just see what Monday brings and quit complaining? Apologies for the rant. But, there needs to be some reality on here.

When I went to academic competitions in Nederland their schools were piss poor work. I went on a tirade here and got shot down. Ned deserves better. 

Exactly….kudos to all the bond naysayers back in 2008-9 in Nederland that slowed progress for your city…the bill is now coming due...ironically, it is likely most of the same people who seem to be do most of the complaining about the state of things today...interesting

We have 33 of our coverage area teams that have clinched a playoff spot with one game remaining in district play. We also have 6 teams that has wrapped up the #1 seed in their district.
Here is a rundown of each district that has teams that have clinched playoff spots. Also a look at who can clinch in the final district game Tuesday, Feb. 13:
 
21-6A
Atascocita has clinched playoff spot and #1 seed
Beaumont United has clinched the #2 seed.
Beaumont West Brook has clinched a playoff spot.
CE King can clinch final playoff spot with a win or a Summer Creek loss. West Brook can clinch #3 seed with a win or CE King loss.
 
16-5A
Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Kingwood Park and Porter have clinched playoff spots. Lufkin has clinched the #1 seed. Nacogdoches is the #2 seed.
Kingwood Park has clinched #3 seed. Porter will be #4 seed.
 
17-5A
Barbers Hill, Port Arthur Memorial and Crosby have clinched playoff spots.
Barbers Hill can clinch #1 seed with a win and a PA Memorial loss. PA Memorial can clinch #1 seed with a win and a Barbers Hill loss. 
Crosby can clinch no worse than #3 seed with a win or Nederland loss.
Nederland can clinch final playoff spot with a win or Goose Creek Memorial loss. 
 
19-4A
Silsbee, Bridge City and West Orange-Stark have clinched playoff spots. Silsbee has clinched the #1 seed. Bridge City is #2 seed. WO-S is #3 seed.
Vidor can clinch final spot with a win vs. Jasper Tuesday night. Lumberton gets final spot with a Vidor loss.
 
20-4A
Hamshire-Fannett and Huffman have clinched playoff spots.
Hamshire-Fannett can clinch #1 seed with a win or a Huffman loss on Tuesday. Both teams have clinched no worse than the #2 seed.
Livingston can clinch playoff spot with a win vs. West Fork Tuesday. They can clinch #3 seed with a win and a Splendora loss.
Splendora can clinch playoff spot with a win vs. Huffman Tuesday.
 
21-3A
Pollok Central, Central Heights, Diboll and Woodville have clinched playoff spots.
Pollok Central can clinch #1 seed with a win vs. Central Heights Monday. Central Heights needs a win vs. PC to force a tie for #1 seed. Both teams have clinched no worse than the #2 seed.
Diboll and Woodville need wins and the other to lose Tuesday to clinch #3 seed.
 
22-3A
Kountze and Orangefield have clinched playoff spots.
Kountze can clinch #1 seed with a win and an Orangefield loss Tuesday. Orangefield can clinch #1 seed with a win and a Kountze loss Tuesday. Both can finish no worse than the #2 seed.
Anahuac, Buna and East Chambers are all tied at 7-6. Each needs a win and one of the other two to lose to clinch playoff spot on Tuesday. If one team loses and the other two win, the losing team will be out. Anahuac plays Hardin, Buna plays Kountze and East Chambers plays Warren.
 
23-3A
Crockett and Shepherd have clinched playoff spots. Both need a win and the other to lose Tuesday to get #1 seed.
Coldspring can clinch with a win or a Tarkington loss. A Coldspring win clinches no worse than the #3 seed.
Tarkington can clinch with a win and an Onalaska loss.
Onalaska can clinch with a win and a Tarkington loss.
 
24-2A
San Augustine, Corrigan-Camden and Woden have clinched playoff spots. San Augustine has clinched #1 seed, Corrigan has clinched #2 seed.
Woden can clinch #3 seed with a win Tuesday night.
Chireno can clinch final playoff spot with a win or a West Sabine loss.
 
25-2A
Evadale, Sabine Pass, West Hardin and Big Sandy have clinched playoff spots. Evadale has clinched the #1 seed.
Sabine Pass and West Hardin play each other Tuesday night. Winner will be #2 seed.
Big Sandy needs a win and a Sabine Pass loss to force a tie for #3 seed with Sabine Pass.
 
28-1A
Brookeland, Leggett and Spurger have clinched playoff spots. Brookeland is #1 seed, Leggett is #2 seed. Spurger is #3 seed.
Chester and Zavalla are tied at 6-7. Both need a win and the other to lose to clinch on Tuesday night. Otherwise they will have to play a play in game for 4th seed. Chester plays at Leggett and Zavalla plays at Spurger.

May end up being Clay’s best coaching job.  And he’s had many.  

HJ about to pull off the upset 

We call that shut down defense

COY 2024

End of 1 Huffman 18 -17. Was 18-11 and ref called  T for taunting on top of a foul. HJ hits 3 of 4 FTs and a hail Mary 3 at the buzzer.....6 point swing

Have nothing against Josh. Think he is a very good coach. He and I are good.
Now some of his PR peeps, well that's another story. lol

Have you forgot. Josh Mitchell just wins games.

I wonder if the schools in the district will appeal. They do have a window to appeal to UIL.
I agree, this seems egregious.