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There's always the chance that 1 or 2 have some ability. However... having enough ability to maybe fill a roster spot at PAM and being mentioned in the same sentence as "a chance to be looked at for scholarships" are so far removed from a comparison that it's laughable. Sorry. I have to believe that not only SP, but just about any school that size that had a "scholarship player" would not only either figure out how to fill a schedule, but would be extremely competitive. Especially if we're talking skill kids. But.. I'd bet that any high school football player that truly has a chance at playing football at the next level isn't going to Sabine Pass.

You put enough stipulations on who you'll accept then it doesn't matter how many kids are drawn. If they're required to meet certain academic/behavior standards and live out of district, you can say no to every one of them.

I've always said.. SP truly could have an athletics powerhouse if they took advantage of their proximity to PA to "offer a more quality education" to perhaps some PA kids that weren't quite up to speed for PAM athletics, but almost. I'm not saying it wouldn't be a more quality education anyway, just that perhaps SP's academic transfer standards are more conducive to a student that would rather have an Academic UIL or One Act Play state championship... as opposed to a football, basketball, or track state champion. And that's fine. Great, even. But if that's the route the district wants to go, stop pretending to be able to field a football team, create a schedule, and then fold. I honestly don't see why anyone still agrees to play SP in football. It seems that every year is a coinflip as to whether the game will happen. How's that productive? Just fold football. Let it be for P.E. classes and/or soccer and move on.

According to my source: Transferred in last year as a freshman. Speedster on the track (low 50s 1/4 miler). Don't know much about him. Don't even know if he played any offense prior to this year. Here's what I believe.. their offense will be tough to stop. Almost all of it is back from the group that Westwood couldn't stop last year in the playoffs. Can they stop someone? I'm not the one to ask.. but I'd bet that the only team that will stop Hardin's offense is Hardin.

DC game will be Hardin/OF. I wouldn't be surprised if Hardin won it this year.. but I'm told it's straight back to the mediocrity train after this season. EC always finds a way to EC... we'll see.

Region 4 hasn't been worth a crap in basketball since Shaq was in high school. Also... Cole hasn't seen anything like what they saw with Kountze all year. Probably ever.

The small/big split should've been done so as districts. Honestly, if they're dead set on doing it that way, they should have created the football districts the way they currently do... and then just said that those were the districts for every sport. Doing it this way, there are examples where the "small" schools that made the playoffs in one district are bigger than the "big" schools that made it in others. What a joke. Small school champions and big school school champions? Ok.. fine.. just make the football districts the districts for every sport.

Recruit.. ? ..

No argument here.

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Probably because, "Zero and I mean Zero political savvy. Very blunt and speaks his mind. He has expectations and refuses to bend on any. I have no inside knowledge to the situation at West Hardin but I would venture a guess that he rubbed the wrong person the wrong way." I have no idea if this is the case.. but this is a 100% SeTx (and most of rural schools) virus. I have zero sympathy for schools that run off good people for not being able to handle some possible hurt feelings.

Geographic proximity.. relative competitiveness between the teams (not usually historically lopsided).. historical conflict(s).. a lot of community hype.. I'm sure there's a lot of definitions and characteristics.

New coach should be fine. Just leave a copy of the lineup on the supt's desk before the game. Just to make sure.

It was never proven to me.. nor will it ever be I'm sure.. what the actual reason was that BH and Abseck parted ways. If it was due to Sup. overreach for whatever reason, then I would love to see Lufkin beat the brakes off of BH. Simply because I'm petty.. and love when people come out positively from wrongful situations. Especially coaches. Few things are as satisfying than seeing a coach that's been fired go on to success. If not the case.. meh. I don't have a dog in the fight. Either way, congrats on the Lufkin job.

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Photograph of the BH superintendent applauding his own crafty, managerial moves regarding the football team.

In the grand scheme of things, what's really the difference in 50 G's? In a school district like BH where school budgets are in the multiple millions, 50K is a fraction of a fraction. And if it's going to be the difference in enticing a proven successful name, then why not? Especially knowing that BH could end up jumping in class and potentially having a bigger obstacle to overcome because of it. Or.. the school could admit that BH might struggle in football and pinch pennies on 1 of many admin salaries. But then when BH goes somewhere between 3-7 and 5-5 (possibly), the mob will just say that they should've spent money and gotten a "better coach". Double edged sword. It's already not going to help that there's a rumor circulating about the previous coach leaving partly because of issues with the superintendent's kid and playing time. I have no idea if there's any truth to any of that.. even partially. But perception is reality. And the reality is seeming a lot like typical parent issues, exacerbated because of a school employee in a position of power that happens to be a parent. Who in the world would want to jump into that situation? Unless it was financially worth it to them.

Is it safe to assume that you didn't read anything past the part of my response that you quoted? And no worries.. even if I were in the profession, I'm not the type of personality that would end up with a job at the type of school that's partial to kids of administrators getting to play... simply for being an administrator's kid. In fact, it would likely come up during an interview that I'd play kids based on their ability to help the team win games. Assuming that they all adhered to the team standards. Like being present.. on time.. studious.. you know. The things that some might ignore. Anyway.. that would probably take me out of the ring.

BH wouldn't be a good job right now. I know they'll be able to throw some money at whoever, and have nice facilities. But.. the helicopter parents situation will be a fraction of the problem that going 6A is going to be. Coaches that are used to winning a lot of games and making deep runs aren't going to be happy with going 3-7 and missing the playoffs. Which is about what I predict when BH starts playing with Northshore and friends.

Who is responsible for running off a person after either directly or indirectly hiring said person.. for believing to know more than the person being run off about a job that the person was hired to do.. and does for a living? A. Superintendent B. School Board Member(s) C. Parent(s) D. All of the above E. That never happens. I'm going with D.

I have no affiliation to PNG or any other school in the SeTx coverage area.

Fine.. just make every single transfer sit a year for varsity competition. Regardless of the reason. That should show who's actually changing schools for academic reasons.

Several schools did about how one would expect. Silsbee's run was surprising after finding out how many was lost from the year before. I was probably the most surprised by Hardin. I would've lost money on just about everything related to their season. One win away from T2. Playoffs in general. Performance vs. Westwood. All completely unexpected. Similar sentiment.. I was surprised that Anahuac didn't even make the playoffs. In a district that weak.. one would figure that Anahuac would've had the guns to at least get in.

Hard to bet against this level of deep game experience. I'm pulling for you WV... but I say Gunter by 3+ scores.