CardinalBacker

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think CT had been to Palestine as a HC and Tobey didn't have any HC experience... but I could be totally mistaken on that point... does anybody remember?

Anybody that thinks that a coach's skin color should be prioritized at hiring time is not thinking correctly... whether they think a coach should be white, black, purple, etc.... Not trying to stir the pot, but the evidence clearly indicates that WOS needs another white QB if they ever want to win state again. See how ignorant that sounds? I've been hearing that same racist mess out of WOS faithful for years now. It gets old. And everybody is too timid to call it what it is.... sickening. I was blown away when PAM picked their guy a couple of years ago.... seeing as to how they're the only team still standing, it makes me think that being colorblind come hiring time can actually work in a school's benefit. But not everybody sees things that way. I certainly hope that other openings in our area that are predominantly white have their options open at hiring time, too.

Actually, Jasper is like a remarkably average looking girl that you take out for dinner at the Cedar Tree and you realize that she can't hold a fork or a conversation. Then she mentions that her fee-yawn-say has been in jail since the Spring and that she's five weeks pregnant... but she's not worried about it... she can take care of herself. And all you want to do is skip dessert and drop her off at her bruncle's house and hope nobody noticed the two of you out on the town. I've given credit to Officer Barbrady and the Dawgs for renewing their matchup with Silsbee.... I also suspect that Jasper will (as always) have some good athletes rise to the occasion. I don't see Barbay making any substantial changes... Jasper is kinda like us in the fact that they aren't a qb factory.... I don't know how you can cultivate state championship talent under center, so that leaves you completely reliant on a rb.... that will still work down in 3A D2 where Newton lives, but it doesn't fly against squads like y'all run into in 4A. It eventually catches up, if for no other reason than not being able to defend a passing attack because you just don't see one often enough. But the dawgs will finish near the top of District and hopefully make a round or two further than they did this year.

Ladybug's way of thinking will be the end of Mustang football.... It's all about putting the best team/coaching on the field. When you start skipping over qualifications to select based on skin color, sexual orientation, gender, etc,.... you lose something. According to Ladybug, the Lakers would be better if they started two white guys, Lebron, an Asian, a Gay Mexican, and had a female coach.... because our diversity is our strength. Dumbest thing I've ever heard. If somebody was to say "they need to hire a white dude at Beaumont United... they've only had black up until now... it's OUR time" they'd be branded as a racist... and that would be a correct assessment.

I’m still surprised that your numbers aren’t up with all of the recent success. Also disappointed that the SIL o-line isn’t a consistent powerhouse. I thought that was Coach Smith’s bread and butter. Hooefully it was just a rebuilding issue this year.

What makes you think that the new unit is DOA? I haven’t heard that.

I think it goes like this. Valero decides not to build that new unit (thanks, Biden) and enrollment continues to drop. Or, the unit does get built and there is an influx of new students... but they aren’t Mustangs and aren’t about to buy into the work ethic over there. All good things come to an end, and the Mustangs championship days are, too.

That’s a long way off, I guess.... but some of us remember when WOS couldn’t even make the playoffs in the old 4A. It’s not a big deal... it’s just my opinion that unless something drastic happens, WOS has no realistic championship expectations. You’ll notice that nobody from WOS even bothers to make those “do you think WOS will go to state this year” or “I’ve already got my room in Dallas reserved” posts anymore? The same softies that were hurt by the “chain gang” moniker are running the show now. In the old days the Mustangs would have treated those positive Covid tests like failing report cards and just went out and dominated. Not anymore. The championship spirit is long gone... just like it no longer lives in BC. The kids that used to move into WOS to play for the Mustangs have stopped coming. It won’t be long and the kids want to play for rings and looks will start leaving.

I wonder where the cutoff is? Im too lazy to look it up.

How far from 3A D1 are the Stangs? I’ve got a feeling that they’re going to struggle until they can drop down a classification. And by struggle I mean not make it beyond a round or two in the playoffs.

I can’t listen to them at all... I’m just not in that headspace anymore. I guess I’m just getting old.

For sure.... the lead singer of the Gourds (Shinyribs) just played a music fest outside of Kountze about a month ago. He’s entertaining, no doubt. I think my problem with “country rap” is that most of it just isn’t any good. I say the same thing about the new hip-hop that the kids try to make me listen to these days. Freaking mumble rap. I really appreciated the staring outta Compton movie a couple of years ago because it introduced a lot of kids to genuine artists (even if you didn’t care for the format) from a few years back. “The game has evolved,” the kids say.... “no, you’re just listening to a bunch of pill heads with laptops and face tattoos who can’t come up with anything original.” But back to the country rap... most of it is just fat white dudes rapping about moonshine, backroads, and mud. Oh, and hard work, which I’m pretty sure none of them have ever done. No offense, but country rap is kinda like most contemporary Christian music. It’s just a bad music.

Ummmm... I can’t stand country rap. It’s just not my thing.

Oooooo.... Prince doing “while my guitar gently weeps” with Tom Petty and about 50 other people is a religious experience.

Man, that’s a toughie because my tastes have changed as I’ve aged. I grew up in the era of the hair bands and then grunge/thrash. I saw Pantera several times back in the day and they WOULD have been my favorite, but I just can’t handle it anymore. I guess it’s my low T or something. Early Skynyrd is under appreciated. Motown soul (Marvin, Sam Cooke, Otis). I’ve seen John Mayer a few times and he is also under appreciated. George Strait will forever be the king of country. Lately I’ve been into a lot of alternative country I had a Blackberry Smoke phase, Cody Jinks phase, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, and Tyler Childers are just the kind of catalogs I’ve been through in the last few years. The Drive-by Truckers have a top notch catalog. If you check them out, you’ll be going through it for months. The last couple of albums are too political for my taste, but otherwise they are a fantastic representation of the way a lot of white educated southerners from my generation feel on social issues. They were a favorite of mine for years. This week I’m all over the new Koe Wetzel. The Turnpike Troubadours are another current favorite of mine. It doesn’t get any sweeter than the Blackwood Brothers backing up Elvis. I love music, lol.

My man spittin'.

Agreed... but nobody thought that Carthage would skunk ‘em, either.

Good job to the Mustang for showing up with that many starters out, playing hard, and making adjustments. It sucks, but that’s but that’s how it goes in football and in life. And Dj just have a really sorry lineman that lives at his house. So sorry that he couldn’t even get in the game with the whole line out. At least that’s what it sounds like.

Y'all forget that the media and parties have us all painted into corners... you have to recite every party platform or you're a traitor, Trumper, RINO, etc..... It's okay to be pro-life and pro-immigration reform. It's okay to speak out against racial inequality and also against "democratic socialism. It's not just okay, but normal to be pro law enforcement and pro gun control. It's okay to be a conservative who thinks Donald Trump is a clown. Just because Kountzer doesn't check every box for either party just means he's thinking for himself.... and we could all use a lot more people like that.

The good news is now that BLM has turned out the blacks to voted straight "d" again, the democrats can ignore them completely for three more years. So long, lowest unemployment rate for blacks, ever.... welcome back to waiting on handouts. "Just keep shooting each other and aborting your babies.... we'll be back when we need you, black people." Sincerely, Every White Democrat

I think if Silsbee plays up to their potential, they could find themselves in striking distance late in the game. Carthage will have to lay an egg, too. But that’s why they still have to play the games.

It’s not just mental toughness they lack... them boys are soft.

Possibly... Coldspring was LOADED with talent in some of that stretch. I also have no idea who their coordinators and assistants were then, but I don’t think his staff transitioned to Jasper. I think most of us are just talking about the way that the Dawgs seem to show up unprepared a few times each season and how adjustments don’t seem to get made in-game. The idea of Jasper getting smoked down in the first round as a 2 seed is just kinda... weak.

I think you have to find a small town HC on the way up to 4A, or a young coordinator from a larger, super successful bigger program. It just seems like the older coaches can’t do as well on the rebound to me.