VP93....

That game was embarrassing for Lumberton. 

No! 

Yes, bad play calling. Not just last minutes of the game.. but you see it your way and I saw it a different way! Both teams played good. Coaches made great halftime  adjustments and man we were so close. 

Thought it was funny even though it says go bulldogs....

Hey Tupay, Jeff is aware of the criticism. He’s a big boy , he can take it unlike you. I think you may need to go to decaf. Constructive criticism is what makes teams, businesses and individuals better. Get over it SNOWFLAKE. 

Lumberton’s game plan needs to be better from the get go. Adjustments in 2nd half have been real good, but 1st half against Huffman and Splendora has them having to come back from 24-7 in both games. They need to come out of the gates at full tilt and not playing catch up. 

Lol.. better “players”! You mean player? But again I assure you Nederlands TEAM don’t think anyone on PNG is better then them, anyone! 
Nederland wins

Lol.. better “players”! You mean player? But again I assure you Nederlands TEAM don’t think anyone on PNG is better then them, anyone! 
Nederland wins

Congratulations Splendora on the win
This is so true. If you were at the game you’d know. 
Missed FG, bad snaps, block PAT, costly  penalties, QB sacks at end of game while inside the 15.  Bad, bad play calling. But again this is part of football. 
Man we were so close.. on to LCM
 

We move the ball inside the 30 on our first drive of the game, have a bad snap and lose 10 yards. Miss a 40+ yard field that was a beautiful kick just a little to the left... not Babin’s fault.
Score on second drive, third drive we’re moving again, have another bad snap that killed the drive... not Babin’s fault.
if I’m correct our fourth drive of the game our qb runs backwards and takes a huge 10 yard sack. Kills the drive.... not Babin’s fault.
The same thing happened in the 3rd quarter, another costly sack.
We make a big comeback, and get an extra point blocked. So now we’re down 4 point instead of 3 (with a competent field goal kicker who almost nailed one from 40.)... once again, not Babin’s fault.
we stop Splendora 3 and out, have a sack at the 10 yard line making it 4th and 30, BUT we have a face mask called which gives them a automatic 1st down. I don’t fault the player on that one, he was kinda out of control and was lucky to even get his hands on the qb in open field like that. Just got unlucky on where his hand ended up. Anyway, we stop them again but now instead of them punting from their goal line they are closer to midfield.... that resulted in a big swing in field position. Babin calls the right plays to get us to the red zone with ease. We run two plays in a row for a loss of about 5-10 yards. Can’t kick a field goal and couldn’t overcome the 3rd/4th and long for a td.... not Babin’s fault.
Then our defense forces a fumble and gives us new life inside a minute left. I’m not gonna say anything about the last drive because our young sophomore qb made a mistake, but he will learn from it. That kid ran his butt off all game and made a few good throws and shouldn’t be hanging his head.... but you get the idea, what happened on the final drive was not Babin or poor play calling.
Thats my summary of the game for people who weren’t there or who wanna bash Coach Babin (cue Coach 23). The truth is, our team once again had a bad first half. We beat them in the second half 13-7, just wasn’t enough to overcome our poor first half performance. Splendora scored zero points after their first drive of the third quarter. That’s the kind of defense that myself and many others were bragging about all week, just didn’t see it till it was too late... actually, that last statement was wrong. It wasn’t too late because we had two chances to win at the end.
So, on to LCM, we’ll have to “settle” for second place. But if you wanna come on here and call out Babin then maybe we were at different games. Because from what I saw he stuck to his gameplan, trusted his system, and had us in a position to win. Between the first drive and last two drives and blocked extra point, we left at the very least 13 points off the board considering we get a field goal on those three drives and not tds. In a four point loss that is huge. Now, tell me how they was Coach Babin’s fault?
Rant over. Onto LCM....

Thanks for the encouragement Alpha. No doubt  your boys and the other 5A teams have made us better. 
Glad to have you Smash.  We have not played a game with this much on the line in ten years so I will guarantee one thing.....you are gonna see a war and 110% effort from the L-Trrain. 

Yep, sorta like my Cowboys! Time for the Cowboys Head Clapper to move on too! In Matthews defense he doesn’t get to pick his players. He gets what he gets but if he can’t be a little more diverse & creative  on offense and hire a real defensive coordinator then it’s time for him to go. He’s overpaid for what he produces. Just being real.

He really cares about the kids.

He's gotta be a dad upset about son being done wrong, in his mind. I don't know any other reason for someone to be that bitter and ugly during a winning season. Can't please em all

Your right! Move on now, we get it! 
BTW, Im no homer! Just hate grown a$$ men/women getting on here talking trash about 15,16,17,18 year old kids like it’s their fault who they play and what district they are in and how they play!! Guess you were some stud football player back in your days... Lol doubt it.  Let me remind you yes you have bashed Lumberton kids 
“260 lb running back?  C'mon man.  Oh..you mean the DE that comes in a runs the ball. Think he's a RB. Run over people?  Seen him get stuffed plenty of times and take several plays off on defense. Keep tooting your boy's horn...”

Lol Yep. I've gone on there to look at stats from games and 1 team will have NO stats and the other teams are complete. Coaches aint got time for that..lol

Ohh no!!. Not being a jerk, but those had to be some rough season. I'm sure he was a good dude. 

Jay Law

I think he is which makes his posts even more ridiculous. I’ve never seen anybody trash their own football team so much whenever they are in place to win an outright district championship for the first time ever. Do i need to remind people that we are talking about Lumberton here. The same Lumberton that has won a tri district championship, and bi district championship, and been to the playoffs as a fourth seed. Other than that we’ve been irrelevant throughout our 50 years of football. And here we are in this position and people still find stuff to gripe about.
We held Jasper to less points than wos did (yeah let that hit you. Our defense did better than wos did). We lost to a pretty good Concordia team who also beat Huffman as well. So they aren’t no slouch. And we were about 3 blown coverages away from making it a very close and interesting game with a Silsbee team that only allowed 21 points to Nederland two weeks before. The same Nederland team who is still undefeated to this point.
I’d say, all things considered (and remember it’s Lumberton we’re talking about), we’re having a pretty dang good year. And I’m looking forward to the next several years.

I know you’re referring to me so I’ll say this: just like you get tired of seeing our optimism, your hatred towards the team and coaching staff is getting old as well. I don’t accept average either, but guess what- you gotta be realistic too!! Takes time to build a winning culture and that’s exactly what Babin is trying to do (or is doing rather), and it’s negative people like you who will stunt that growth.
Are we more competitive now than in years past? Well heck yeah, that’s called improvement. Accept it and expect better next year. For now, be happy we’re moving in the right direction.

I will say this. It's week 10, therefore using the fact that you have been without your starting QB and RB since week 2 is really no longer applicable.

VP93 I’m on your side. But coach23 makes some honest points. Is Lumberton in a weak district? Yes. But so what! Look at University of Alabama’s schedule. They won’t get their first real test until this weekend’s LSU game. They’re still ranked no. 1 all year. And they deserve it. Lumberton has had some good years, and a lot of not so good years. Let the moms, dads, student players, coaches, etc. toot there own horns. It’s fun. It’s exciting! It’s the reason some of these athletes (kids) even go to school! And they deserve it! Coach23, I’m a realist. Sometimes it gets under my skin to hear all the hoopla, hand clapping and high 5’s over something you might consider average at best. But who cares! Nobody said Lumberton was going to state, did they? Let em have their moment to shine. A lot of those kids will never play football again after this season. I’m proud and happy for every student athlete that ever walks into the arena...that puts in the effort and enjoys every win or hopefully learns from every defeat. They are KIDS. Let them shine. 
(Man, I may run for office after that speech.)

True. 

Yes, I do think they can win.  And good pass defense is more than picks.  You have to get to the QB in the pocket, batted down passes, and defended passes.  If Lumberton can do that, they'll be in good shape.  

That was really unnecessary.  There are some of those kind of those people that you describe there.  Just some, not most.  I'm pretty sure that NON of those kids are like that.  Ran across several of those kids over the years.  They are respectful kids.  So for the most part, his comments are way outta line.