LUPatriot

I thought he was finished. Hasn't he publically stated (atleast a couple times) that he was through with this website ? I do not understand ?

Even Worse. lol. I'm sorry folks from HD. He said he was from HD on the first page and I naturally thought that is where is from. Again, this isn't worth wasting time over. Go Rebels !!!

He said he was on the first page. I really don't care about this guy. He's a wannabe. Good luck with Mart !!!! I hope you guys take care of business and make the district proud.

I'm not talking trash. I was taught not to talk trash. I always let my winning take care of that. I was on both of those teams. I won two state championships. You are the one that started talking about how people should save their money and not go to Jacksonville. Not me ! Sounds Jealous to me. I think you have problems admitting others are better than you. Oh well, don't worry about it. You have a good coach and coaching staff. HD will bounce back.

When is the last time HD won state in Anything ? Evadale has won a basketball & baseball championship since 2000.

TT What do you do for a living ? You are always on some website talking about sports. I don't understand why you would constantly want to run down one school. I am a graduate of both SHSU & Lamar. I wouldn't run one down over the other. I know Lamar hasn't had much success lately in Basketball, but they have faired very well in everything else. It seems like everytime I read something you write on here, it is in an insulting way towards Lamar. It's sad. It really is.

Terror, you amaze me more and more each time you post. I'm sorry if you accept Division I B Team Football (SUBDIVISION) and you "can compete for a national championship". Maybe some people accept 2nd best and by all accounts go win your championship. Other people want the very best athletes and the very best sports.

Why do some people think Lamar would get "a major name coach" ? My reasons why I can't understand some peoples thought process: 1. We are talking about a small school. Sure Lamar has the highest enrollment in a while, however a lot of the enrollment is online. We are so small people get lost looking for us in Beaumont. I've actually been to a high school where the population was larger than at Lamar. 2. Small budget. I know some people think that it shouldn't be about the money, however a person has to provide for his family and pay bills. My dad was a coach and I remember hearing people gripe about money. What they failed to realize was how much work goes into this "entertainment". These were normally the same people that would bash him (secretly) and then give him a hug when he did something great. 3. Resurrecting a dead sport. Why would a proven coach come to SE Texas and work his tail off just to hopefully have a successful season 2-3 years down the line (and that's hoping he can get great recruits). And at the end of the day, he will be ran off because "he's too old or his system no longer works."Lamar's "claim to fame" is when they defeated BAYLOR in the early 1980's. Think of the advances that has happened in the world since then. Communism fail, The Red Sox fianlllllly won the World Series, heck even Michael Jackson was still cool. 4. Division 2 Football. Again, enough said. There's probably a reason why none of the "good coaches" aren't wanting this job. I am a Lamar Alum and I pay my dues. I am very proud of Lamar, but I am just more realistic. If the new coach is good enough for Tubbs, then he is good enough for me. Give the guy a chance. If the community really wants this to be successful, it doesn't matter who Lamar Hires. What has to happen is there has to be good recruiting classes (not just in setx either). A coach can only be as good as his players. He can encourage kids by camps, meeting the community, etc... However I feel it will be the same story as always in Beaumont. The good kids go to UT, A&M or LSU. The rest go somewhere else. Lamar will get what is left over. Until Beaumont gets more "college centered" it will alwaysss be the same story.

Stapert was great for Spurger. He did an outstanding job. The Little Dribblers program was resurrected because of him. He is the one that got that started again. Spurger will be good, however I think the move to Kirbyville will be a good one. He will have more athleticism (year in & year out) and with his coaching style, he may be able to turn that program around as well.

This topic is funny. When Lamar does recruit local players, what do they do ? They weigh their options and go somewhere else. They know if all fails, they can always go back to Lamar. Beaumont doesn't really have much to offer college students. Beaumont is farrrrr from a "college town" and besides it's not the prettiest town either. Any entertainment that Beaumont offers eventually gets yanked because people complain about money (Wildcatters for example). Lamar does the best they can by getting players from the JUCO that want to play Basketball. If I were recruiting I would be doing the same thing. I would talk to the best local players but I would be looking outside of Beaumont to get players.

I can remember not in the distant past people were saying we needed a new basketball coach. Now that the Cards are winning, where are the complainers ? I think it is time Coach Roc was praised a little more on here...

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that any official reading these threads would most likely think twice before calling another game next year. Like I said in an earlier post, if the calling is so bad why aren't all these "coaches" that are on this website go and become officials. People are going to continue to gripe and the calling will not get any better. Go and become an official. It's not near as easy as you think it is.

Actually I was at one of the other schools in the district. I have never coached at Spurger. When I was down there Spurger didn't have the best reputation as a place someone would want to be and Spurger wasn't very good then. His approach is the same approach I use. There are a lot of things a coach can't control. If you don't like the job he's doing, why don't you try and get a coaching job ? Until then, how about supporting your team. They are winning now and you want to talk about the past. wow.

He has had good teams, but so has everyone else. 2001 Evadale State Champions. Back then having to compete with Evadale and Big Sandy was not a good situation. 2004, 2005 Burkeville and Broaddus were ranked in the top 10 all year (Broaddus was #1 & Burkeville almost beat Bogoata. Bogota went on to win the state championship). Last year, West Hardin and Big Sandy were great. I wouldn't say quality, heck they didn't even practice after school when he first got there. I would do my research on teams before I would bad mouth a coach.

WHS Alum, I am talking about when the Seniors this year were Sophomores. Spurger defeated Warren each time. The Seniors at Spurger were playing Varsity then.