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I will agree with that, but "IF" Tony Romo wasn't hurt, the Cowboys would be going to playoffs. "IF" Pete Rose didn't bet on baseball, he would be in the Hall of fame. "IF" Nelson Cruz would've caught that fly ball, the Rangers would've won the World Series that year. Get my drift?

I will agree with that, but "IF" Tony Romo wasn't hurt, the Cowboys would be going to playoffs. "IF" Pete Rose didn't bet on baseball, he would be in the Hall of fame. "IF" Nelson Cruz would've caught that fly ball, the Rangers would've won the World Series that year. Get my drift?

North Shore is just so fast. Their D absolutely flies to the ball

no sir but practicing in an indoor beats not practicing at all

no sir but practicing in an indoor beats not practicing at all

As as a matter of fact, find out who the 1985 5A state champ was. I don't know like Plano or someone like that. Hell it doesn't matter...2015 West Orange Stark would beat them by 4 scores. That's how far the training and conditioning of football players has come in the past 25-30 years. 

Who cares???? Look at the players on the roster of a 1980 team, any team. Lots of undersized, slow, weak guys all over the field. Fast forward to 2015...Big, fast, strong players everywhere. So you're going to sit there and tell me that a bunch of 150 pound weak as 3 day old piss players are going to beat a bunch of 200 pound well fed, well conditioned, strong as hell/fast as hell players that have had the best in strength training over the duration of their career??? You obviously don't have a clue

The teams of today are just so much bigger, faster, and stronger than any team from the 70's-80's, from high school all the way to the pros. There's no way possible that 1980 PNG is beating today's PNG. As a matter of fact, 2015 PNG would beat 1980 PNG by several scores.

The same way that all those dfw schools with indoors and apparel deals with nike and underarmour are all winning state titles. I can think of many examples of schools building super nice stadiums that struggle. its what you do about your facilities on campus...what kind of weight room do you have, do you have an indoor, how much $ do you pay your head coach, what kind of home life do the kids parents have, etc. 

Absolutely! The speed of the game is on completely different level than it was 20-30 years ago.

One thing nobody else has mentioned, take a look at teacher pay around the state. Typically school districts around the major cities are going to pay more than those out in the boondocks. If you are really good at your job, don't you want to go work in places that will pay you 10-15k more for doing the same thing? 
I do not put it on the coaches at all for why setx is lagging behind other areas. It takes a village to build a football program. That means kids from stable homes that can handle adversity and overcome it. Kid's whose parents don't make doctors appointments during practice, who don't take family vacations during football season, who don't tell their son at the dinner table that his coach is an idiot and he doesn't have to listen to him. Families who make sure their kids do their homework and keep their grades up, kids who eat decent meals every night, kids who don't have to take care of their younger siblings all night and all summer because their mother has to work two jobs because their dad is long gone...the list goes on forever. There are a ton of great athletes in HISD as well, but those teams are seldom competitive, those kids just can't overcome a negative home life enough to provide the level of commitment it takes to have a great football team.
Look at the teams that are left playing in 5A/6A and I bet you'll find that those towns/cities are the type of places where
1) there are several college level athletes
2) they are communities where most of the student body will be high middle to upper class economically

okay guys, i hear alot of excuses. i'll use my team for the PERFECT example. since it's opening, PAM has produced many D1 prospects and even a couple of NFL players. BRAND NEW FACILITIES!!! probably the best field house in the area. PAM have the luxury of getting ALL middle school talent and a chance to implement it's program on the lower levels, since all the coaches work together. IMO, there was NO REASON FOR PAM TO FINISH 1ST OR 2ND IN DISTRICT!!! there is no reason for the great defensive players of PAM history, to have a defense EVERY YEAR THAT GET TRUCKED FOR 200 YARDS ON THE GROUND!!! i know we are not coaches. but J.C., if it's obvious to us i know it's obvious to other teams that you will just hand it off to the RB because your son can't run or he looks at one WR. i'm not saying PAM should be at state every year. i'm saying as a fan, 5th or better and 4th rd on a rebuilding year! right now, do fundraisers to send our offensive lineman to a camp!! if you know they are lacking in experience DO SOMETHING!! yeah, it does fall on the kids to WANT IT, but as a coach, you got to motivate them!! coaches should go to some colleges like a&m or go see what tom at u of h is doing and maybe implement that in your program. as an area, i know everyone says there is no industry, nobody wants to live here. i get that. when i look at ALL teams in the area and see all this size, speed and strength OMG!!! it's not like we have 5'7 fat slow lineman in the area. all the talk about coaches can only do what they have to work with is something they have brain washed you with over the years. sorry bulldogs, but neumann have yall drinking the JJ kool aid too. yes, ya'll make the playoffs very consistent...2-3 rds. you guys cheer and are pretty content with that and he's thinking, welp got the boys in the playoffs, that's all that matters, the community is happy, i'm getting paid, life is good. DEMAND MORE!! i know i will demand more out of xbox this year and i'm sure alot of people will STARTING WITH THE QB SITUATION!!! i personally know a team that the fans told the coach he was not wanted and will do whatever to get him gone and he left!! they did more than once too!! i will leave WO-S out of this and to be honest with you, it's more of their district and seeding why they make it as far. VERY GOOD TEAM WITH GOOD COACHING, but be real, that district is a cupcake factory!! at the end of the day though, I STILL SAY EDUCATION IS FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT!! but as a fan of a team in the area and just looking at all teams in the area, we about 10 years behind!! hell look at the stadiums!!! you have 4 stadiums in the area with artificial playing surfaces. PAM, BMT, PN-G,and silsbee!! is lumberton turf yet? i could be missing one, but the point is look how long it took!!! for PAM it took a mud bowl to get it and i'm still teed off about the restroom at PAM(non pun intended). SAME RESTROOMS WITH ONE TROUGH AND 2 TOILETS SINCE I WAS 6 YEARS OLD!!! I'M 40 AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!

Facilities, training, money all contribute to area teams struggling, especially at the 6a/5a level. This area is 20 years behind the times on all the above. Just take a trip about 5 hours northwest of here; or you can take a trip bout 4-5 hours due north of here. Do that and you'll see what I'm talking about. Majority of the schools up that way have college type facilities(indoor, weight room, etc.)

That trip is not much compared to Region 1 mix. Denton Ryan making the hop, skip and jump to Amarillo for a game this weekend 

That trip is not much compared to Region 1 mix. Denton Ryan making the hop, skip and jump to Amarillo for a game this weekend 

wouldnt you want to play for the best too?

+10,000. Offensive and defensive coordinators in the DFW area never set foot in a classroom. Those are known as "coach friendly" school districts. Think those guys up there have a little advantage over some guy that's teaching 5 periods of U.S History?

Facilities, training, money all contribute to area teams struggling, especially at the 6a/5a level. This area is 20 years behind the times on all the above. Just take a trip about 5 hours northwest of here; or you can take a trip bout 4-5 hours due north of here. Do that and you'll see what I'm talking about. Majority of the schools up that way have college type facilities(indoor, weight room, etc.)

Facilities, training, money all contribute to area teams struggling, especially at the 6a/5a level. This area is 20 years behind the times on all the above. Just take a trip about 5 hours northwest of here; or you can take a trip bout 4-5 hours due north of here. Do that and you'll see what I'm talking about. Majority of the schools up that way have college type facilities(indoor, weight room, etc.)

Facilities, training, money all contribute to area teams struggling, especially at the 6a/5a level. This area is 20 years behind the times on all the above. Just take a trip about 5 hours northwest of here; or you can take a trip bout 4-5 hours due north of here. Do that and you'll see what I'm talking about. Majority of the schools up that way have college type facilities(indoor, weight room, etc.)

Coach Snelson is one of the best coaches in the state 

absofreakinlutely!!! We are terribly behind the times in this part of the state. It's really sad.

absofreakinlutely!!! We are terribly behind the times in this part of the state. It's really sad.

I'm dying to drink a beer with Mr Garrity. Hands down the greatest dude on this site

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