Stattrax

Congrats Silsbee!!!!! Back 2 Back.... Way to REP!!!!

Congrats Titans........ Way to REP....

Congrats Silsbee... Way to REP the 409....

Congrats PAM... Way to REP the 409......

You have the right idea. R.J. will get his numbers, but the wins will be a different story as you said. Defenses have done nothing but get worse since the arrival of B.F.

Crosby is Definately the favorite. Best coaching and best athletes. I think Nederland gives them a run for the D.C. ... BH will be interesting with the spread offense which will make teams struggle. PNG will contend for a playoff spot. Vidor is in trouble, one tends to forget, once your in the district, you prepare for that offense. Nederland and PNG has not had much trouble with it over the years, so look for the rest of the district to adapt. We all know Vidor struggles when playing from behind.. Darkhorse is Dayton, who has PNGs number. No trash talking from me, I think it's going to be a struggle for everyone.

I get so lost on these RJ threads... Half the experts say he stinks and is overrated. The other half says he's the whole team and everyone else stinks... .. One half says the best talent is on the other teams, one half says PNG has no talent other than RJ. How in the world is PNG actually winning games and advancing further than most of these players..... Please help me understand. 14.2 please grace us with your thoughts....... No other kid gets thrown to the wolves as much as RJ.... I repeat no one. Responses welcome. Because all the negativity is turning into positives at PNG... Keep doubting the kid.... Popcorn in hand......

Say it ain't so...... open mouth, insert foot...... In the words of the great Billy Bob..... That DC is a. 10..............

I surely can't say I have the knowledge or the pedigree to be a coach. After all, that's why I comment so much on this board. Hiding behind a name, eating cherrios, watching MASH reruns..... I did visit your link, and after debate, decided a large paycut is not what is in store for the future. As I stated, get with Cornell... He knows a thing or two about it. Thanks for trolling on my thread, sure hate I struck a nerve, as I do greatly apologize. When old school reads up on new school, well, things usually tend to come to a boiling point. Once again, my apologies... I love attempts at sarcasm. But back to the subject. That bachelors degree, that so may of us Americans have.. ( with today's online system it's rather easy)... you know, the inner web.... Does not teach you how to tackle.... At least i know I didn't take a tackling course 101, or even a tackling for dummies class. I'm almost pretty sure, the Dr's of education, you know Superintendents and so on, where not even required to take a tackling 101 class.. But my knowledge sure doesn't go that far, you know, back to the pay scale thing. I appreciate your concerns, and even the snide remarks.... Now I'll get back to my Mr. Rodgers and MASH reruns...

I think Chumperton will get a boost from moving down in classification. Should be a district title contender every year. Might even go a round or so....

Please don't tell anyone you heard this here first........... BUT...... With the inability to beat Nederland, the Hill on the rise, and of course the MECCA speaks for itself..... You might want to start practicing tackling drills......... TODAY.................... Any question on how to........ Call Cornell............................

The problem with the Texas QB situation is as usual. They are high on Rising, however, he has not shown the ability to stay healthy in high school. This usually translates to be the same in college. Ehlinger IMO, is more of a RAH RAH, type QB. Unless he learns to read a defense and become an accurate passer, he is in no terms, a franchise guy. SB cannot seem to stay on the field as well, so that is why you have the QB mess between the 2 of them. Heard was a pure athlete, that played at a talent rich school. I think Tisdale will be about the same type of QB Heard was at the next level. One thing, that i think helps R.J. is that he can make plays with his legs. But for him to be able to perform at the next level, he will need to put on some size, and work on his accuracy. IMO, he can compete for the job. I think Ehlinger will be the guy this year, but i also feel like he will have nothing more than a mediocre career at Texas. Although Rattler was a top prospect, I do not feel that a Pro Style guy can succeed at UT unless they shore up some serious offensive line issues. Also the wide receiver position has been brutal at best. Texas needs more than a QB to become a legit team IMO. Herman is on the right path. I hope it all works out, because in the end, I am a UT fan as well as a R.J. fan. I think this senior season will be a good tell all on R.J. People tend to forget he has a season of high school ball left. The P.N.G. receiving core will be very fast, yet undersized this year. I think his accuracy will improve because the deep ball will not be his go to....

I will give a little insight for the board. It might help, or it might blur your vision. But its just the basic facts. I will start with a key word. CULTURE... So my thoughts are this. Without using anyones names or screenames..... After watching the SC games on TV. One thing popped in my head. Defense. Everyone was playing it, even the 5A game where the Jones kid took over. Its a different style of football. We see it at W.O.S., and Newton, but its not around at most of the other schools. I had a convo with an individual talking about what it took to become a team like that, and the question was, without great athletes, how are some of these teams doing it. That key word came out... Back when P.N.G. had that key word, not only would you see kids practicing year round on the offensive side, but you would see kids in the parking lots pushing cars, trucks, running stands, form tackling, weight lifting, running, eating healthy. As Danny Malone would say, it was, that key word.... Alot of things get overhyped sometimes. Head coaches, D Coordinators, etc.. But players win games under coaching direction. So it takes both. Notice I said players. It does not have to be the best talent around.. Its a mixture of both. So anyone on here can make the assumption if your team is doing the above things now, or if they are on break until next football season. I think we all know the work ethic of some, now is that passed down to the rest? Final statement. It does not matter if your married to a local famous last name, or if you ran a football league, if your a local dentist, a former football coach, a former administrator, or a long time member.... If you get a bad rap for an ordeal like this, well guess what.... Its back to the grind.... And for the record, give me RoJo over anyone I seen in those SC games. As I stated to a individual, you can have Tisdale.... I wish RoJo the best of luck wherever he plays the game of football throughout his entire career. And since I know his family well, I know they will make the right decision on his future.

Could not have said it better.... Funny story about Malone.. He would come watch our practice for the last 10 minutes when I was a Freshman. Just in time for gassers. He would tell us we where gonna run gassers until someone puked. These are real gassers i am talking of, there back, there back, touch the line every time. Well he was not bullshiting, someone would have to puke. So every day before we started practice, we would load a friend of ours who was a backup lineman with cokes. After about 3 he would puke every practice.... But that is the only way we could end it. Reguardless, we would lay wood in the 4th quarter like no other team.... We thought he was crazy, but at home games he would be on the sidelines, I think we played on Tuesdays or something as freshman. We are getting beat pretty good by Lincoln at the half, he walks over to us and says, yall are about to go out there and beat some ...... in the second half because you have been prepared... Well, it happened, and that is when the buy in began... I am often amazed how for some reason, a guy like D.M. is given no credit, but the guy he took over from, which is by far the worst coach ever to walk the halls of PNG, is in the ring of honor on the other site... As I said, he turned us from losers, to winners.. 80's P.N.G. football was a joke until 89... So in conclusion, those mid 80s guy can try to run the school boards, booster clubs, and city stuff.... But until 89, well, Ill just leave it at, numbers don't lie.........

I love RoJo... But it would be tough. If BF ran him 40 times, oh man, real tough.... No knock On RJ.. He wins a Sc with any of those teams with him at helm other than 99. Different brand. That's why we get so upset at our defense. We have never been bigger faster stronger.. We just where taught to be better and physical... it's all fun and games though, can't play the game....

RoJo is a beast... I love the kid. But all the mentioned teams above best you down. Danny Malone is PNG football... He turned us from losers to winners... We loved him, parents hated him, but we would die for the guy.... PBF to answer my top game 1. 89 vs WOS 2. 92 vs WOS 3. 96 vs Nederland 4. 96 vs BC 5. 99 vs Lamarque 6. 99 vs WOS 7. 14 vs WOS 8. 09 Central 9. 10 Manvel 10. 17 Crosby, although I watched on Tv from work....i Ironically, we where 6-4 in those games...

Cliff Groce was a beast at RB. Played for the Colts for years. Carpenter banged him up and he didnt play in the semis... If he did, they go the distance....

My top 5 in my time. Never seen the 70's teams.. 1. 1999 You know that story 2. 1989 If we were not banged up so bad we go the distance 3. 1996 Best defense I've seen 4. 1998 Dakari Pearson by far the quickest dude i have ever seen 5. 1992 Well, you know, because we beat WOS, had a DC and destroyed Nederland. We just could not get past Silsbee... What you think P.B.F.???? That is about as legit as you could get right there. And to think some folks thought I played a tuba.... Or was it free safety? Who cares at this point!!!! And for the ones who will hate... The difference is all of those teams would have popped them wide receivers till they gave up. PAM times 4. I will say RoJo would make it tough on the 98 team. Not sure he has the blocking Dayton had for DP, but he has the quicks.

Well. This is the truth and I would put money on this. 89 team wins easily. 17 team might not score. Droddy, Hart, Bost in the secondary. Robertson could throw, Ron would run for days. Whitehead would kill folks, and The Carpenter brother would give concussions. Gizzi would get twice the yardage as usual... Not even close. Ohh, and the coaching, would shut BF down... All you folk are guessing, I was there..... As well as PBF. Not a contest. BF still scratching hear a week later after DM slapped him.... MB on the defensive side, Crommet on the offensive side. DC was Fisher... Now lets hear some paddy cake. Any of you that played with me know what I am talking about..........

My opinion is simple.Try to score 28 a game and put some athletes on the defensive side of the ball and give up 17. I hate to be THAT guy, but the last time we had the BEST QB around, we did that and went 16 weeks.... Its time to put up or shut up......

I think as a whole, the district gets much better. Other than PAM leaving, we lose cupcakes, for teams that can win. It makes for an interesting district. If it goes like we think, Crosby will be your favorite IMO, due to the fact I think they have Nederlands number. Nederland has showed they will be a playoff team reguardless. Barbers Hill is on the rise, and Dayton has a history of winning. I think PNG will need to make some changes in the off season because it's not a cakewalk anymore. Crosby is obviously a toss up, BF has shown he can lose to Nederland even with RoJo.... We struggled with Barbers Hill the last few times we have played them, and have beaten Dayton all of once in the last umpteen years. Throw in A pesky Vidor and a talented Central. IMO, you have as good of a district as the old 20-4A... This also gives you the opportunity to pre season with a WOS or a PAM. Which I'm sure Monte will do. So if BF ever wanted to get folks off his back, this is the year to do it. Pre-district games will be the tell all.. I think this will be the most exciting district in a while. Because, honestly, it will come down to coaching, athletes, and scheme. Vidor better learn how to pass the ball, and PNG better learn how to play Defense. From a arm chair coaches standpoint, I'm just gonna sit back and eat my popcorn and polish my Tuba..... Gonna be some drama for sure.... Who shall I pick on now since the Chumpees or 4A? Could BF be the first PNG coach to lose to Nederland twice in 1 year?

You have to build a culture. That includes you. Expect to win, and accept nothing else. It makes everyone better and accountable. Its not arrogance. As long as Lumberton accepts moral victories and rebuilding, the culture will not change. Lumberton has the same opportunities as the rest, they just accept the culture and go with it. It starts with your S.T.J..F.L. squads and works is way up. I know you dont understand it but its the truth. Example, Nederland, Example Crosby now... Look up Nederland before LN, look up Crosby before the last 10 years.

Putting Kenny and Babin in the same thread is not really a good thing. Kenny has loads of talent. Speed, skill, the works. Lumberton is short of all of that. But what Kenny has is a fan base that wants to win which is good and bad. Same thing with the Mid County teams. Settling for right direction is one of 2 things. lack of talent, or lack of coaching. You be the judge. That is why the Vidor folk are good with Mathews. My thinking is this. When Vidor wins and makes the Playoffs, any coach could have taken them there because they had some talent that year. Kenny on the other hand can make the playoffs with Me running the offense and Pak running the defense. That is how much talent they have. As a coach, I would much rather the fan base that wants to win and is threatening my job every year vs the upside fans. Because once you have a taste of winning, losing is no longer an option. Lumberton will never compete unless they change up the offensive scheme and play aggressive defense. So not to bust your balls, L Train, its either coaching or talent, take your choice. I promise the coulda, should, woulda stuff will happen every year, because almost every team you play will have more talent and better coaching IMO. PAM has far superior talent due too numbers, but you gotta change the Culture. I am not telling you to start putting for sale signs out, but at the end of the day, the culture you came up in just is not a good one. .500 is not acceptable. For PAM. Fairclothe, or Barrow, wreck shop with those kids in big or small 5A.... Just my opinion...

Hard to win giving up 66. Honesty both sides of the ball looked out of sync all night. Defensively we are just not good at tackling. We needed to play mistake free and we just didn’t play a good game period.

38-14 College Station at the half. CS moving the ball at will. I’m sure they have at least 300 yards the first half. They are man up single high safety on defense. Giving up the middle of the field. We need a miracle!!! Get the ball to start the half so we need to score. Then score some more. 2 point conversion if we do score. CS looks better on both sides than I have seen from any team other than PAM. Their QB is quick.