CardinalBacker

Disagree.  By and large we are all simply a product of our choices whether they be good or bad.  I don't think simply sharing a link that sheds light on what transpired takes away from the young man..We all make mistakes. Many of us are fortunate to not pay the ultimate price while many others are not. If anything it should serve as a cautionary tale as well as a great opportunity for others to educate themselves and loved ones on the dangers of opioids.  
 

Yeah.... that’s a police dog. 

I agree completely.  

I agree completely.  

It’s sad. Everybody loved Buckethead. 

You are very right my fine Sir, Life is Politics. It has never been and never will be about WHAT you know or WHAT you can do. It is and always will be about WHO you know and WHO you chew bubble gum with.
My time in Livingston has passed with a number of fond memories and some life long friendships. One day in my more golden years, I might run for the school board and see if I can be a voice of change.
There are a number of factors that went into the School Boards decision and they are well within their rights to hire whomever they choose. I know for a fact that a certain faction of the board holds a personal vendetta against Randy Rowe and anybody ever associated with him, which is truly sad.

Actually the only one we had on the all tourney team that year was Michael McCain.  That was the year we lost to Lincoln.

“We had a much better team... they won the toss and chose a one game series. We just had one bad inning. Everybody knows the better team didn’t win....”

What was it 2 years ago. I am sure they had a reason that year also?
Loaded bats. Lmao take your L and move on 

Another DC and early exit. 
Oh, and this year it’s loaded bats (not bad calls) that sent us home early. 
 

Another DC and early exit. 
Oh, and this year it’s loaded bats (not bad calls) that sent us home early. 
 

If it makes you happy to bring band in. Agree or disagree, annoit him or not the fact is he has the hardware to prove it. For example, wouldn’t one say the WOS has the best football program in SETX, they prove it with the best winning percentage. What about BC Baseball, they prove it by the number of DC. Or Silsbee basketball. No matter how you go about it Kalon has the hardware to prove he has done something the others haven’t. 

He’s good, but he’s not Mackey. 

I’ve got nothing. I’ve heard mention that Deshazo might stay on and carry on the Slot T, but I don’t know. 
They might try, but we don’t have the personnel. Stump ran a spread with a lot of 4 receiver sets and we were horrific. There just aren’t any kids with the skill set to move the ball down the field in the spread.  I’d like to see them cultivate a passing game out of the Slot T. Kinda like the team that beat WOS in December. 
I doubt it. Most of the baseball kids are the sons of guys who should have played in the bigs if they hadn’t gotten screwed by their high school coach. We have a long tradition of baseball-only athletes. 

Barnes will play football and run track at Baylor

He’s good, but he’s not Mackey. 

No way he leaves Jasper and the familial proximity he has to enter into that dumpster fire at BC.

No, a coach can’t “create” a D1 athlete, but coaching essential to becoming a D1 athlete. All of the talent in the world won’t succeed without direction and training, but the best coaching in the world can’t develop everybody into a D1 prospect. 
There are thousands of great athletes who never move on because they were, unfortunately, enrolled in bad programs with crappy coaching and never came close to achieving their full potential. Surely you won’t disagree with that, too.
 
 

Is it wrong of me to hope, just a little, in a teeny-tiny way, that HJ wins this after BC baseball pushed Dubois out?

Feels like I’m looking for the guy on the grassy knoll...

We know how you feel HJ

BC isn’t a football town. The kids, PARENTS, and community aren’t willing to do what it takes to have a winning program. I mean, they wouldn’t mind winning... unless it meant getting sweaty. 
Coach Dubois is, in my opinion, easily one of the top ten “x &o”coaches in the area, and the absolute best leader of young men. BC will not likely see another coach of his caliber in our future. 
Band parents didn’t like that he had the band  removed from the sidelines during the actual games... so they complained. There were too many “why don’t they throw the ball more... we’ve already ran that play five times” from Day One. Ummm... because BC isn’t a qb factory. Year before last we beat teams with multiple D1 recruits with a bunch of kids that had one kid move one to play at a D2 school. One. That’s coaching. 
A lot of heat came up last year when one of the star players was injured in practice. The parents were very vocal in blaming Coach Dubois for that injury... plenty of others were quick to join in. 
I’d have gone back to HJ, too  
 

Will they ever!

What I hate to see is a School with those kind of Athletes, but they refuse to see the COACH is what is keeping them from winning championships.
Some COACHES have no business coaching the caliber of athletes they are blessed with.

I like their chances. I annually pick against WOS because it always seems like they’re replacing so many pieces. Newton seems like they’re bringing back a lot of kids after last season’s success. I think they’ll romp through the 3A playoffs and probably should be considered as favorites to repeat.