Cougar14.2

Even though some Crosby coaches think this stuff, why in the heck would you post that in a public forum? Coach P's post has almost 5k views so you know a bunch of other coaches around the state have seen it. Imagine being a 5A coach from some random area in the state and reading one of the reasons another 5A program is struggling is because "there were 11 players being recruited" on the team you've just been hired to coach? I'd imagine there's bunch of coaches around the state who read that and moved Crosby up their job list. Then you complain about resources when you're the 6th highest paid high school football coach in the 4th largest metro area in the country? This is what happens when you try to hire a name instead of hiring a coach who fits your personnel/community. Willis thinking Crosby High School was anything like Cedar Park or even Colleyville Heritage is all the more reason he should've never been hired in the first place. He's asking us to basically change our community to fit his style of coaching instead of adapting to what he has to work with like the previous guys.

They've lost a lot of people, and they're not "good" with is which is why a coach responded to a post a parent(me) made which had nothing to do with them.

Coach P calling bovine fertilizer:

According to the staff, this is why Crosby has won 7 games in two years and can’t beat Dayton: 1. The previous coaches won too many games 2. Too many kids being recruited before they got here 3. Not enough kids/talent to beat the team we were beating before they got here 4. Too many parents call them out for losing 5. We need more money to score an offensive TD against Angleton This is why the program is currently a joke. New AD shows up and tells Crosby we need to be something we’ve never been for him to win. If someone that works for me told the that I would fire them and get someone else in there that didn’t think the job was “over valued”. Smh

Look at the last 5 years of Willis-coached QB play. All the numbers look similar no matter the player or school. Last year against our freshman team when he was being coached by BH he threw for about 325 yards and 4tds. Yeah, it's freshman but what I'm pointing out out is that is mechanics look completely different. He went from a timing and scheme system to a single-read passing game with 0 audibles no matter the coverage.

Missouri State and Northern Iowa are not FBS schools. Prieto only coached one kid who ended up at an FBS school and that was Ray, who's currently in the portal again. Ayden Jones is in the portal and may end up at an FBS school after a great R-F season at PV A&M this past year though.

Will be interesting to see SV against region III personnel this week. Last year they played in region III and rounds 2-4 were one score wins before blowing out CC Vets in the semis. Watching the games it looks like Angleton is the bigger and more athletic team but I think the question is if the defense is sound enough assignment-wise to stop SV from scheming guys wide open like they have been all year? Angleton had the same advantages against College Station and CS was still able to scheme up 34 points. SV is a little lighter in personnel than CS but I think they're scheme/play-calling might be a little better.

Crosby signees yesterday. I’ll update this after signing day in February but I think every senior that started this year besides one will sign NCAA scholarships. Crosby community still producing talent at as high a clip as ever, would still be in the golden age with a competent administration. ‘27 class may be the best ever if we can keep them together.

Not in the slightest. The teams we’re losing to are teams we used to beat the last 10+ years before the coaching change. I feel confident after watching all the teams in the region saying Prieto or Riordan would’ve had this Crosby team in the regional final this week. Prime example is y’all just beating A&M Consol. in the regional semis to make it to the 4th round. Three years ago Crosby dropped 53 on them in the 3rd round to advance in the D2 playoffs. Same schools, we just all moved up a class. Angleton scored 13 points on Crosby this year and only got the second TD because of the long kick return to open the 3rd quarter. Crosby scored 0 offensive points that game. The last time prior to Crosby playing Angleton this season we shut them out 34-0, it was 38-15 Crosby the year prior. We’re just incompetent on offense under Willis which is why Coach Prieto could go to Dayton and beat us with less than half the talent. We hadn’t lost to Dayton is 12 years. It’s ALL coaching.

Congrats to La Porte and Angleton on cleaning out the region. Both team drew good stylistic matchups in the regional semis and took advantage of them. Angleton looked like they improved their passing game against College Station but I would probably still lean La Porte by a score. I think I would favor either of these teams over Smithson Valley but I think La Porte would have the best chance against Aledo in the title game.

Along with other long time firsts during the two years of the Willis era, today will see some more. For the first time that I can remember in Crosby's history they will sign four FBS players in one class. Josiah Jones and Copelin Windfont will sign with UTEP, Nate O'Fleherty will sign with Air Force and Wesley Yarbrough will sign with Arizona. AJ Johnson is committed to TAMU-Kingsville while Keenan Bradley and Malik Windfont will also sign solid scholarships in February. Mix in the junior class which probably has five NCAA signees and the '27 class that may have as many as ten and it's hard to see how Willis can finish 5-6. This is the first time in 20 years that Crosby has had back to back sub .500 seasons. Keep in mind that Jerry Prieto only had ONE D1 signee during his entire tenure in Crosby and it's head-scratching to say the least. Hopefully we get something figured out before Willis wastes the next couple of years of this '27 class which has more individual talent that even the '14 class with the Walter twins and Singleton.

I mean, you watch the game and it’s hard not to say Crosby had the bigger, more athletic team? What was drastically different is the way the two teams were coached. College Station had a dynamic offense that got the ball to eight different receivers and six different ball carriers while Crosby’s approach is the exact same as it’s been the first ten games of the year. Giving it to Yarbrough as many times possible and hoping he would break one. I will say Crosby should’ve probably had at least one and probably two more scores due to drops by our X-receiver but 5-6 is 5-6. Crosby probably had ten sophomores start at some point this season so in normal times you would say the outlook is promising but I don’t think the fact that Crosby can’t win a game from the sideline will change no matter the talent/experience/etc., we put on the field during the Willis era. He’s 21-34 his last five years with zero winning seasons, it kind of is what it is at this point. There were some bright spots this year like the overall defensive play of the team but there’s no way you can take this system/culture into 6A and expect to compete.

13-8 final

Crosby scored 6 offensive points against the top two teams in the district this year. Some would call it process because we finished in 3rd place. I would say it’s the reason Willis couldn’t get a reputable OC to work for him. That’s a game Crosby would’ve won in a blowout just like the previous times we played Angleton but here we are. Maybe a miracle happens in College Station next week.

Crosby hasn’t beaten a team that finished the season over .500 during the Willis era. We’ll finish the year 5-6 for a total of 7-14 under his leadership. Crosby is the beneficiary of the weak district. Crosby had a chance to shake the current stigma and win an important district game against a squad with equal talent and lost by 46. We’ll finish in 3rd just like a lot of people thought before the season and it will look like improvement, but imagine if the UIL swapped us with Baytown Sterling? We would again be struggling to get to 2-8. Im happy for the kids and staff that get to go to the playoffs but I’m also realistic. We’re not out coaching anybody with equal talent.