Boneyard Boys

News flash, not everything is racist. Bad officials and bad calls, yes. Last I checked Lindale has a very diverse team and some of the refs were black... I’m not buying for a second that racism had anything to do with it and they should be ashamed of themselves for even bringing it up.

Silsbee 

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If you would have mentioned that it made you mad enough to want to shoot a jukebox, it would have been perfect.

That’s disappointing, we needed that one... BC at home should have been a competitive game. I’m sure no one thinks Vidor can sniff the playoffs this year but I don’t think they will be such an easy out. I know the record is bad but look at the schedule, much tougher than everyone else except Silsbee. The 2 games they should have won they split but when you play HF, HJ then HH followed by Ned, EC, BH I don’t think anyone in this districts record would be good against that level of competition. I’ve watched all their games, sometimes they look dead and can’t shoot but when they show up ready to play I think they might surprise a team or two. They have managed to beat all of the Orange County teams the past few seasons. OF, BC, WOS and LCM have all lost to Vidor but those were predistrict games and now they count. I know these teams have a lot of the same players back but so do the Pirates and they are very familiar with them. A forfeit and a game without a full squad to start district might just be a crushing blow right off the bat. I sure hope a district favorite or top team doesn’t have to shut it down because I would expect them to have to forfeit district games as well in the interest of fairness. The district has set precedent here with this decision so early on, bad look in my opinion. Should have canceled the game with the option to reschedule if it mattered in the final standings. 

Oh boy... I hope we have a full Varsity team, if we have to pull kids up it’s going to get ugly in a hurry but it’s better than a forfeit I guess. I’m hearing we had to forfeit the BC game which I think is BS if that’s true. Plenty of time in the season to make up the 1st district game for both teams.

CLASSIC!!!!
Great response!

I am a bit euphoric being this is my birthday. Posting more than normal, sending thank you on Facebook there.  Today was a good day, didn't have to use my AK.  That's a line from a famous rap song, by the way.  Lemme go to bed.  Peace.

Maybe I should have said, if he balls out lol. 😂 

Yep, that last sentence by Boneyard wasn't structured just right.

I’m pretty sure that’s frowned upon...

That’s disappointing, we needed that one... BC at home should have been a competitive game. I’m sure no one thinks Vidor can sniff the playoffs this year but I don’t think they will be such an easy out. I know the record is bad but look at the schedule, much tougher than everyone else except Silsbee. The 2 games they should have won they split but when you play HF, HJ then HH followed by Ned, EC, BH I don’t think anyone in this districts record would be good against that level of competition. I’ve watched all their games, sometimes they look dead and can’t shoot but when they show up ready to play I think they might surprise a team or two. They have managed to beat all of the Orange County teams the past few seasons. OF, BC, WOS and LCM have all lost to Vidor but those were predistrict games and now they count. I know these teams have a lot of the same players back but so do the Pirates and they are very familiar with them. A forfeit and a game without a full squad to start district might just be a crushing blow right off the bat. I sure hope a district favorite or top team doesn’t have to shut it down because I would expect them to have to forfeit district games as well in the interest of fairness. The district has set precedent here with this decision so early on, bad look in my opinion. Should have canceled the game with the option to reschedule if it mattered in the final standings. 

Yea, Silsbee is in trouble...

Yea, Silsbee is in trouble...

Yea, Silsbee is in trouble...

I don’t know about that but I stand by my earlier prediction that LCM has a better chance of missing the playoffs than winning the district.   I do think Lumberton can challenge Silsbee based on McClure and coaching.  Silsbee is still the favorite. 

Honest mistake.. but like AAW said, he’s got a gig that money can’t buy now.

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Can’t say I disagree with that, Vidor had some guys that could go on the Dline, Linebacker and Secondary. They could have really helped the offense get going but didn’t mix them in until it was too late in the season, even then didn’t use them enough both ways.

The early seventies were hard times for Vidor, but during the mid- and late-seventies and continuing into the mid-eighties, Vidor had strong teams.  The problem was only one team went to the playoffs and Vidor was in a district with PN-G, Port Arthur Thomas Jefferson, Beaumont French, and Beaumont West Brook.  All of those teams won a state championship or made the state finals during 1975-1985.  SE TX had its fair share of champions back then.  Vidor made a run in 1978 under HC Philip Brown.  They won the DC and played a good Aldine team in the Astrodome that was probably twice their size in enrollment.  People in Vidor must have forgotten the strong Pirate teams coached by Ronnie Thompson (1975 and 1977) and Philip Brown (1978-1983).  Under Ronnie Thompson, the Pirates threw the ball all over the yard when most teams were running 3-yards and a cloud of dust.  And, he had a bag of trick plays for every game.  Add to that some strong defenses, and the Pirates won some games.  Under Philip Brown, the Pirates loaded up on the line of scrimmage and hit people in the mouth.  They had big OL kids and usually a big RB to pound people into submission.  That's what they did in 1978.  All of that to say, Coach Matthews would be third in my pecking order.  He's had some good teams.  He uses his personnel and finds a way to max out wins.  He runs a clean program and high school coaches from Orange to El Paso love the guy.  If he ever left Vidor, he could have another job within hours.  Several HC would hire the guy just to have him on their staff.  He is a known commodity and a well-liked man.
Go Indians.  Peace.

I’ll take this one, you see my opinion on this is... nah, on second thought I ain’t touching that one with a 10 ft pole lol.

Can’t say I disagree with that, Vidor had some guys that could go on the Dline, Linebacker and Secondary. They could have really helped the offense get going but didn’t mix them in until it was too late in the season, even then didn’t use them enough both ways.

So true, but to think you can put all your best football players on defense and think you are going to win is asinine.
Yes, you have to get stops on defense to win, but you put great effort kids on defense, you put kids that are always going to be in the right spot, you put kids on defense that are always going to do what they are told and do it with intensity and aggressiveness.
You put your best athletes on offense. Regardless of the scheme or system that you run.
 

I’ll take this one, you see my opinion on this is... nah, on second thought I ain’t touching that one with a 10 ft pole lol.

Found this some pretty cool stats for Pirate fans on texashighschoolfootballhistory.com
The past 20+ seasons under Coach Mathews shows that the last two years shows the Pirate defense gave up the least points the last two seasons with (144) in 2019 and (133) in 2020 given they only played 9 games respectively both years. These impressive numbers given that they are Vidor's, goes back to 1984 when that defense only gave up (118) points on a 6-4 ball club. But factor in different types of offense "may" have effected those low totals also.
Anyways, the nephew told me today he was named Defensive MVP for district this season.🏴‍☠️