restless natives

(Note: I'm not responding exclusively to Cougar 14.2, but this quote sums up a lot of what I'm responding to on this thread. Appreciate ya'll, and I'm enjoying the back and forth from everyone.)
Judging PNG on a single game is silly -- I admit there are causes for concern, but looking at "How PNG was without RJ" in the minutes after he got hurt is not a good look at how PNG will be without him. Losing a player like RJ mid-game is demoralizing. Let's see how PNG plays with a week to prepare for it. 
What is strange to me out of all of this is how quick/eager everyone is to rush to use a single game as an indictment on the entire PNG program (a program with more history and better results than most teams represented on this forum). PNG has had really good moments in recent history, really good moments that didn't involve Roschon Johnson. 
Further, let's stop acting like Roschon Johnson doesn't benefit from being at PNG. It's true that: 1) he would be good anywhere, and 2) he has a seemingly never-ending list of God-given talents and innate ability that anyone would term "once-in-a-generation" (to quote Coach Riordan of Crosby). But it is also true that we cannot fully separate Roschon's rapid development from the good quarterback coaching he gets from Coach Faircloth. Coach Faircloth has a long history of making so-so QBs decent, good QBs great, and great QBs legendary. There is no measurable way to concretely say that being at PNG hasn't made Roschon better. It is strange to me the tendency people on this site have to separate RJ from PNG, as if he isn't on the team. He is certainly a huge part of what makes PNG good at this point in time, but if this team had developed without him (as all but two other PNG teams in history have had to do), the team would find ways to be good, as the vast majority of PNG teams have done. 
None of this is intended to minimize the impact RJ has, and his value to the team. In my opinion, he is by the far the best, most dynamic player in PNG history. 
Finally, this idea that PNG is "just not that good" deserves some consideration. Good, relative to what? The reality is that there are several hundred teams in Texas. Half of them are at or below average. On a normal statistical distribution, about 60% of the teams will cluster on either side of the median, being slightly better or slightly worse than average. Does anyone honestly think that PNG is below average in the state of Texas? And, if we are above average, doesn't that make us "good." I don't mean "great," I don't mean "legendary." I mean "good." And even if I were to take at face value the argument that PNG is "simply not good," then I have to ask why PNG has so consistently beaten so many teams represented on this forum? If PNG is so bad, what's wrong with the rest of you? If PNG is so bad, we certainly over-perform enough for us to be confident that things are going to be ok. 
It also strikes me as telling that some of the most eager voices to rush to put dirt on the PNG grave site support programs with less pedigree.
Crosby? They are good right now, but they have certainly had their ups and downs in recent history.
Port Arthur? Given the talent, depth, and potential with which that team is swarming, juxtaposed with its mostly so-so performance across its 15-ish years in existence, Port Arthur might be one of the most under-performing teams in the area.
Nederland? Certainly a solid program, but the Bulldogs are no strangers to starting out slow and finishing strong.
So before we all rush to write PNG's obituary, a little perspective can help see that we'll be fine. Even if we lose on Saturday, even if this whole season goes down the drain (I say it won't, but time will tell), we still have a proven history of coming back the next year and punching "better" teams right in the teeth. 

Hey, guys.  Things have been going great here so far. 
I was preparing for bed on Thursday when I got a call of a potential match.  I woke up Saturday with tube which confirmed it was a match.  By Saturday afternoon, it was out!  The doctors are pleased with my progress!
Thanks for the good words and prayer, guys.  They have meant a lot.  Now that I am better, I should be able to be able to update a little more.

Crazy to watch, but man, I've never seen a PNG defense as bad as this one. Not knocking y'all PNG, but this isn't a PNG defense. Sorry, I've watched too many years of PNG. It's unacceptable. 

One of the best games I have seen personally. The emotions were high and all over. I never hugged so many people and given so many high 5's in my life. It started like one big arse whooping....I thought that I had made the drive down from New Orleans to Port Neches just to see my brothers team get demolished. It was set up to be a blow out. As one man said who sat next to me "It's like they poured a bucket of grease on #25! We can't tackle him any time he touches the ball. It was the truth. Hines danced around, zoomed past, ran over (isn't he 160-170lbs!), and carried Indian defenders making everything look effortless. Our DBs were struggling. On many occasions they didn't even look for the ball. Simply just ran into the recievers drawing PI penalties. It was almost comical. By halftime it was 30-14. This is what I was afraid of. 
Then the 3rd quarter rolled around.....and something happened. The Indians defense, who still struggled to contain became much more aggressive. They went to their "Screw it" formation. I call it"Screw it" because nothing else was working and it looked liked the coach said "screw it" lol. You know, the one where they man up with all the WRs and blitz everyone else? Its essentially called a 0 coverage in the NFL and college because their is no safety help. Very easy to complete passes if you have time. But it started to work. Hines and Jones still did their things even with the blitz. Just too slippery. We got a couple stops though. They made tackles they were supposed to make finally at the most crucial point in the game. The credit goes to them for allowing only 6 points the rest of the way.
This game was familiar in a way to last year. I had said before in some post that if Memorial wants to win they will have to play 4 quarters. SEE ITS ONLY GARBAGE POINTS WHEN YOU LOSE. ITS CALLED A COMEBACK WHEN YOU WIN! You could have stopped them from scoring 44 points, thats usually how a team loses.
Preston Riggs is a monster. He has been running wide open and burning defenses for 2 years straight. Best reciever in the district and I'm saying SETX. Lil Jordy Nelson out there making people look foolish. What a game and to step up when the team needs him most. His dad was so hype and had to be proud of the way he stepped up. He threw two TD passes and caught two as well. What a player!
 
Roschon Johnson 12-24 164 yds 2 TD
21 carries, 124 yds 2 TD
1 rec. 43 yds 1 TD
What can I not say about Shug. Memorial bust him up pretty good. Sacks, hits, pressures, he got it all. There were plays were I wasn't sure he would even get back up. But he did every time. This PAM defense is one the best high school defenses I have witnessed personally. Speed all over the field. However he came to play. I can say personally that Shug is the type of kid that doesn't care about the score or time. He always feels like he can win. He has the mentality and the ability. Plain and simple.
To Kronos- Thank you for all your saltiness about this game. It does my heart well. Now its your turn to wait a year and think about all the things that could've happened. I'll be sure to remind you of it all. I BET IT HURT SEEING SHUG SCORE PASSING, RUSHING, AND RECIEVING! 2nd or 3rd best QB my arse! DID HE LOOK SLOW ON THE WAY TO THE END ZONE? I bet he did. From where I was sitting, he looked like a purple Gazelle.
To the few Nederland fans- Whose logic was we couldn't score on them (PAM) so yall probably wont either. Or I cant see yall putting over 30 on them. FOOLISHNESS! Yall don't have the Preston Riggs, Preston Hughes, or Shug. The end. See ya at MCM!
To everyone else-That was a great showing from both teams. I was proud of my hometown team and my adopted Indians for how they showed heart and resolve.
A wise man sitting next to me told me "We just need to weather the storm and things will be ok,." Turned out he was right.
 

PN defense is real bad! Can’t go anywhere with that D!

Basics....basics....wrap up, is it that difficult? Same old same old....Play a team that has a defense, you can't just outscore them....Titans came to play...

After seeing PNG live finally.....this may be the worst defense I have personally watched. Wow

The lack of coaching real tackling in practice translates hand tackling in Games!!  That was the worst Defensive Coaching jobs ive seen in years and I’ve watched this coach try to coach defense for years!! PNG does not tackle in practice.  They pretend to!!

I guess time will tell.
But let's take this 1 by 1:
1.  "Scurry Ross doesn't even list him as a HC"
First of all, the school is Scurry-Rosser, not "Scurry Ross."  Perhaps that would help you in your research (if you actually ever looked at anything aside from Max Pres) and you probably would have found this:

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Which talks about Scurry-Rosser making the playoffs for the first time in a looooooong time.
2.  "In WOS 2 play offs in 4 years where almost everybody goes, then winning only one round in 4 years doesn't set anyone on their heals."
Compared to whom, Ronnie Anderson?  Perhaps aside from his legendary tenure and that of the recently departed Shea Landry, 2 playoffs in 4 years was a vast improvement over anything WO-S had been doing in baseball.  In both of those years, WO-S was the runner up, not the 4th place team as you implied, for if they would have been the 4th place team, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THE PLAYOFFS.  With your limited research skills, you may not have noticed that 4A (then 3A) did not take 4 teams to the playoffs until 2014, 9 years after Coach Westbrook's first stint at WO-S.  So you fail on this one not only for lack of research skills but lack of basic high school sports history which brings me to:
3.  "First, I would never lower the standards of winning in Jasper baseball set by Mike Rodgers and Shawn Mixon to those of WOS."
Now, I won't even try to slander Coach Rodgers or Coach Mixon and saying anything remotely about them would be just that.  In fact, if Cornel Thompson were to be able to throw a Hail Mary and pry Mixon out of that softball dugout in Woodville to fill the vacant baseball dugout in West Orange, I for one would not be disappointed.  But here is a newsflash, Coach Mixon is actually happy in Woodville and the chances of that happening are about the same as the chance of the homecoming that you are so craving for that will never happen. 
However, please don't try to make the Bulldogs appear to be a Lakes area version of Bellaire....the facts belie that:
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up And if you remember correctly, the last team from SETX to be in the dugout for a Class 3A/4A state championship game wore "Mustangs" across their chest, not "Bulldogs."  And by coincidence one of those that wore that uniform was Stephen Westbrook.  A fact that you should recognize as Darrell Barbay, a guy who comes from a family who knows a bit about winning and has done a fair share of his own at Jasper High, did.  So please spare me the "Jasper standards are higher than everyone else" crap.  That is pretty much an insult to all of the other programs in the area, including about 20 guys on Merriman St. in Port Neches who currently have gold medals around their neck and a nice big trophy with gold plating to add to the trophy case. Now, sweetheart.  I know I am not going to sway you from your opinion as your hatred (and yes, that is the correct characterization) seems to run much deeper than his record.  I don't know if you are the parent of a little Johnny who didn't get to play the position he wanted or didn't get as many at bats as he thought he should have.  Or if you are related to someone at Jasper ISD that you think got a raw deal.
But you want to try and dismiss my laying out of the facts as BS?  You better bring a lunch 'cause ask around, I pretty good at this research stuff.

Levi Moore has been hired as an assistant. 

Port Neches-Groves is a long and storied athletic program and it is indeed an honor to get behind them in the push for the title!

PNG not going to Lufkin Saturday...Lufkin apparently had a miscommunication

I thought this was an interesting read.  Props to the Golden Triangle.

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Congratulations to the PNG team on a great game. Last night, I witnessed something special, but it happened after the game on the Vidor track side of the field. PNG's #22 Logan LeJeune, bringing his mother with him, came over to compliment Maverick Quirante as a fellow athlete and person. He introduced his mother and was gracious and respectful to Maverick and his family, and by extension, to the Vidor team. Hats off to this young man and his family for being a gracious winner after being a fierce competitor on the field. I think we need to keep in mind that the quality of a person is found in the quality of the person, and not measured by what town we are from, our win-loss column, out stats, nor our talent level. Although those may factor in developing into successful and contributing adult citizens, all that is just for fun... spice for life. Being an elite athlete, LeJeune, could easily have gone back to his locker room, teammates, friends and home to bask in his great victory, which it was. But in his winning, he stopped to acknowledge his fellow competitor's efforts... what an impressive young man. I wish the best to LeJeune and his team from here on out!

Leckich 
5 ip / 2 h / 0 r / 2 bb / 10 k

Thanks

Houston area has PNG #1 in their pre-season poll.
 
2016 TEXAS PREP BASEBALL H5AB PRE-SEASON TOP 25 5A
 
1.   PNG
2.   KINGWOOD PARK
3.   COLLEGE STATION
4.   BRENHAM
5.   BARBERS HILL
6.   CROSBY
7.   SANTA FE
8.   BRYAN
9.   TOMBALL
10. RUDDER
11. LUMBERTON
12. GC MEMORIAL
13. RIDGE POINT
14. GEORGE RANCH
15. ELKINS
16. TOBALL MEMORIAL
17. MAGNOLIA
18. LIVINGSTON
19. FOSTER
20.PORTER
21. ANGLETON
22. GALVESTON BALL
23. MAGNOLIA WEST
24. STRATFORD
25. TEXAS CITY
 

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28-25 Maud final. Good season Rebels. 

Evadale is up 12-7 at the half. 

Pretty sure #2 is incoming freshman Roschon Johnson, little brother of Jeremiah Rose.  This kid is legit.  Saw him QB'ing the 8th grade team last year.  He also QB'd the 7 on 7 game against West Brook this summer.  He's already fun to watch.

D1 Championship 
Austin Westlake 42 Manvel 34  2OT
D1 Consolation 
Lufkin 39 Cy Falls 32
 
D2 Championship 
Navasota 40 China Spring 39
D2 Consolation 
Giddings 38 East Bernard 21

Congrats on a good run PNG. 7 on 7 is a lot of fun to watch and most successful programs these days do well at it. I think if PNG can put together a descent defense they are going to be a tough out for whoever catches then from our district. 

​So there is hope for UT!!!!!!!!

​my mojo wore off, time to put the pads on now. Good run PNG.