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At what point do we say our offensive system is due for a change? We are averaging 6 points a game vs teams that are giving up tons of points. Colmesneil defense was giving up over 50 points a game. Would love to see HD go back to the slot-t with this personnel. Our kids know the slot-t already from the Finney days and last season. It would run the clock and keep the games closer... Upcoming schedule is twice as tough...  And enough with running bootleg and wildcat, gotta set them up for success. Several times a game, HD has WR's open, if they only allowed QB to do a 3 step drop from pocket, he has the arm and smarts. Bootleg is not developing fast enough, you see faster crisper bootlegs ran on Freshmen teams... I have seen the line give the QB plenty of time for a 3 step drop. Can't hold ball for 5 seconds. Brandon Maughan would be a bull from the FB position in the slot-t. Dalton Robinett on a counter! Shawn Taylor and Dylan Varnon could prosper in the slot-t, two good athletes. Right now HD has no identity on offense and no chemistry. Season only getting tougher... Keep fighting young Bobcats, yall Freshman and Sophomores will reep the benefits later.

I'm one of the HD folks who realize that our time has passed on producing quality athletes and competitive playoff teams. Other than a small handful of people in their 30-40's, most people that reside in Hull, Daisetta, and Raywood are older folks who've owned their property for decades and have grandchildren playing somewhere.......somewhere other than HD. This year's Bobcat team is unfortunately devoid of talent and numbers. Not only do they have a bunch of average kids athletically, they have ZERO depth. Freshmen and sophomores playing every snap that should be on a 2A JV team. Playing SP, Colmesneil and Burkeville gives them the opportunity to play hard and have a chance to come out with a win. That all ends after this week and I just hope that these 14 and 15 year olds don't get seriously hurt playing against the West Sabine's, Centerville's, and Lovelady's on the schedule (not to mention Groveton and Anderson-Shiro who will also thoroughly outmatch the Bobcats). One thing I will say about these kids is that they play hard. It's easy to quit and not make an effort. Many of the kids in the school have chosen not to play, whether that's from disliking a pretty hard-nosed head coach, lack of support from family members, or just no sense of school and community pride and tradition. Maybe some of the kids are smart enough to see the writing on the wall that they don't want to be part of a losing team (cop-outs). There are a couple kids on the team with excellent talent. I believe Rayon and Robinett would find their way on the field for any 3A or 4A school in the area. There's a few others that are solid 2A starters who can make a difference. There's just not enough of them.  Most people with kids have moved to Beaumont, Baytown, Dayton, HJ or you name it. The only move-ins that HD gets are kids from broken homes who move in with their grandparents and usually those kids don't have the best sense of discipline, work-ethic, or respect that it takes to be a productive football player. It's not a knock on them, as life is tough on a kid who bounces around from one home to the next. The only other move-ins are people trying to find a dirt cheap place to stay. Rent a two bedroom apartment in Channelview for $950 a month, or rent a 3 bedroom wood-frame house in Daisetta for $575? Once again, from an economic standpoint, kids from low income homes are many times in the same boat as the kids from broken homes who've bounced around. Not knowing what school pride is is near the bottom of the list on why they don't contribute. Parents who may not push their kids to achieve academic excellence usually don't push their kids to compete in athletics, to not quit or give up on things, or to have respect and discipline. That's not counting the misfortunes of some of those kids who have to work in the evenings after school just help pay the bills and put food on the table at their homes.

As far as the game tonight, I fully expect HD to compete and be in the game, if not pull out the win. I said it during the summer that this is the worst Hull-Dasietta team that's ever taken the field. With that being said, HD's worst is better than about 50% of Colmesneil's teams of all-time. So if they are down, and not looking like an above average Bulldog squad, then HD can and will win. You won't hear me ever barking about HD's dominance and future prospects and chance to go deep in the playoffs. I just don't ever see it happening again due to the state of the community as afore mentioned. I will always support the Hull-Daisetta Bobcats and I'll always be proud of where I'm from. All this is just my opinion, so I'd love nothing more than these kids to go out and prove me wrong this season and for many more to come. Go Bobcats!!

51 - 6  Groveton at the half........