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8 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

August needs to hurry up and I aint talking about Bobby. 😁

So help me, we can pull him out of retirement and really give people something to gripe about.

I don’t normally follow baseball, so forgive me if I’m missing this and it’s been posted somewhere else. Anyone have the start time and location for PNG vs BH on Friday, April 26, 2024? I think it’s in BH but I don’t know anything else. 

3 hours ago, outanup said:

Is the injun Qb injured? Was he participating in football and baseball at the same time? 

Wait, is the PNG quarterback hurt too? I haven’t gotten any news on that. 

On 4/17/2024 at 2:40 PM, SmashMouth said:

I agree. 

Exactly. Of course changing realignment to make matchups more fair helps, but fairness always helps, and that shouldn’t be a knock against PNG. But, they created the fixed divisions in what, 2018? How did PnG do in that setup before Joseph showed up? Elite coaching mixed with good players and good luck, and a level playing field, yeah that helps a lot. But for anyone trying to say PNG had it easy, why don’t the other 120-ish teams in 5aD2 do just as well?

17 hours ago, hitman009 said:

I have a question... I keep seeing the word "elite coach" and it looks like certain teams have it figured out.  Is it really the coach that made the difference or the change by UIL districting with the change from separation from 5A-DI and DII?? 

Looking at PNG's losses the last two years... besides Oak Cliff.. the teams they lost to were beat by WEAK 5-D1 teams and out the first round.. (22-23 Marshall beat by a very weak Crosby team that finished 4th and out first round) (23-24 PA Memorial finished 3rd and out first round).    

FBM made it to the 4th round in 22-23. If that’s “weak,” I don’t know what “strong” is. 

4 hours ago, purpleeagle said:

Nederland’s district will see PNG, Lake creek finishing One and two. Huntsville probably 3rd. Nederland over west fork for forth. Nederland could possibly beat huntsville for third go bulldogs 

I can’t see Nederland beating Huntsville. 

8 hours ago, Bigdog said:

And Nederland has beat teams from bigger schools plenty in the past, including PNG.   .  What was the excuse all those years Neumann sent them home packing?  They had a bigger enrollment then.   I wouldn't count on school size dictating the size of the fight in the Dog.  😈

Nederland has had more or as many as PNG for several years at a time prior to the current swing. I don’t know about every year. We were practically equal in the 2017 count, but I could be remembering it wrong. It’s only recently PNG has trended up enrollment-wise. 

12 hours ago, CardinalBacker said:

There must be some mistake.... I don't see Silsbee anywhere on this list. 

 

If I’m not mistaken, Silsbee has never been to state. 

I wanted Nederland to take him. 

With the addition of Prieto, this district has a new wrinkle. If we assume both Nederland and Dayton are improved with their HC additions, and if we assume they both show that improvement enough this season to at least challenge PNG/LC/Huntsville, the district race is fascinating. I don’t mean to overstate how good they could be - It’s more likely than not that a first year under a new coach is more “gradual progress” than “throwing a grenade on the whole schedule.” But, I also don’t want to overstate how good the favorites are. Last year was last year, this year is brand new. The season was already going to be interesting because you’re throwing PNG, LC, and Huntsville into the same test tube. If Dayton and Nederland improve even enough to make some noise, it becomes a murderer’s row. I personally hope that’s the case. I’d love our district to stomp into Region 2 and scatter everyone else’s marbles.

5 hours ago, Midcountyman89 said:

1. PNG

2. Lake Creek

3. Huntsville

4. probably Dayton now as of yesterday 

5. Nederland, unfortunately, then all of their seniors (who apparently we have been waiting for) graduate and it’s time for another hot seat. 

I look at it as a toss up between Dayton and Nederland for the fourth spot. Dayton has a more proven coach, but I (perhaps naively) refuse to not think Nederland is a good coach away from putting things together. But, I’d still give an edge to Dayton. They were a more complete team than Nederland last year and are returning some key pieces. Nederland won an “anybody’s game” matchup with them. Add Prieto and the coin weighs more toward Dayton (and not just against Nederland). 

And, just my two cents: I have trouble choosing between LC or PNG for first place. PNG was better last year, overall, but only slightly. LC brings back a stud QB and who knows who else. And, there’s hardly any margin for error. We could reasonably drop the first two of district and be fighting for third. 

19 hours ago, Matthew328 said:

I'll be shocked if anything more than a reprimand and probation is given to North Shore as a program...the Coach in question resigned before being let go...my guess is he'll get a suspension from coaching in the UIL

I’d love to see someone do an article explaining the rules on recruiting violations and how it all works. I’d be confident guessing that most fans, even dedicated year-round observers of the entire high school football process, don’t have a good grasp of it (i.e., Me and probably most of the state). As news like this breaks, it can very often be a mystery as to what exactly constitutes wrongdoing, what rules govern, and when player transfers DON’T amount to “recruiting.” It’s one of those things where in some contexts it seems like it’s open season and in others they lay down the hammer. The impression, even if not intended, is one of chaos and unpredictability. 

This is huge. The difference in Crosby when he was there was immediate and obvious. Dayton is going to take a massive step forward and make that district a lot more interesting. 

One question: Lake Worth was 10-3 the season before he showed up, with a 6-5 (first round playoff exit) in his one season there. Obviously, a season is just one season, but that’s a significant step back from the year earlier. Any thought or inside info on that year? Graduated a lot of talent? Totally new system? 

40 minutes ago, Reagan said:

I would have attended, if I knew about it.  Wonder how the meet and greet meeting was advertised? 

It was on Facebook. I didn’t see it until after the fact, but I’m not on any direct Nederland pages.

2 hours ago, pine curtain said:

just think the year after this you will get to go to Montgomery twice......

That’s going to be tough

August 30 - @Klein Oak

September 6- @BU

September 13 - La Porte

BYE

September 27 - Montgomery Lake Creek

October 4 - @Huntsville

October 11 - Splendora

October 18 - @West Fork

October 25 - Nederland

November 1 - Montgomery

November 8 - @Dayton 

This is about as good a district travel schedule I could have hoped for. I would have preferred Nederland be one of the away games, to get either Huntsville, Dayton, or West Fork at home.  As it is, we get both Montgomery schools at home. 

Regardless of travel, this is a tough schedule.

Preseason, I could see us going 1-2. La Porte, MLC, and Huntsville all in a row is going to be like a playoff run. And, Klein Oak looks like they’ll have some serious size and strength. First five weeks will be a murderers’ row, not counting BU - Who knows what they‘ll be next year, but if I had to guess I’d say “not good” until they have a new coach. 
 

West Fork, Nederland, and Montgomery are wild cards. I think Dayton and Splendora won’t make much noise.
 

West Fork: New schools are always intriguing. Sometimes they go straight to being good. 

Nederland: New coach, determined to get back into the mix. 
 

Montgomery: I don’t know much about them, other than we played them in the playoffs in ‘21 and ‘22. They strike me as always being at least pretty good. 
 

Hunstville and MLC are both returning talent from last year, and we saw how good they were. If Lake Creek had beaten us, I think they could have come away with a state championship. We’ll be good too, I think. But, this is going to be an exciting district. 

50 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said:

Is this your way of quietly admitting that the Mighty Jack Dallas deserved the WRS over Reed from Silsbee?

He probably did 

Offense should be Nguyen. 

8 hours ago, pine curtain said:

Is that why PN-g fired Faircloth?

Sounds like it 

19 hours ago, Brubaker said:

I’m also wondering what happens if you don’t win another within the next 7 years… if not is it because they get content and lazy, were they just lucky?  Do you get stripped of stature if you don’t validate in 7 years?  

I don’t see it as about stature so much as a way to judge where things are likely going. If, seven years from winning a state championship, a team hasn’t been back to state, it’s roughly safe to say they aren’t likely to be back to state any time soon. But, I take a more broad approach - Getting to state is nearly as useful an indicator as winning state, and getting at least to the semifinals means you had a team that was capable of getting to state. So if I had a coach getting to semifinals or to state seven years in a row, never winning state, I’d think long and hard before firing him on the hope that a new guy can replicate that success. A coach that can get you that far is one of the best coaches in the state. 

But, I like the seven year rule because in seven years you have an idea of what is a coach’s “normal” (statistically) outcome. 

13 minutes ago, outanup said:

ST is a must this year....He has a whole new system to implement as well as evaluate personnel. As the AD  its on him to make sure ALL that play football participate, as much as possible. Football puts A$$3s in the seats and fills the coffers. 

Agreed 100%. He needs to plant his flag as soon as possible to send out the message that things are full-circle different now. Best way to do that is actually play football. There needs to be a Nederland spring game. 

Any thoughts on how soon he’ll select DC and OC? 

Seven year clock starts right now !

Seems to me Nederland and PNG might be running very similar offenses now. MCM is about to be a bullfight - power runs and disciplined defense. Going to be mirrors of each other. 

15 minutes ago, baddog said:

Can we get back to talking about Nederland’s new football coach? I know very little about him. I don’t feel like reading every post. Thanks. 

Congrats on the new coach!