Rez Ipsa

I was around and I was coached by Long. He and Burnett were/are solid, good men and coaches, and that drive in 1999 to win in the semifinals was the product of excellent coaching and a whole lot of talent. Both Burnett and Long had a good influence in my life, in their small way. I think you are right that the offense was hampered after 1999, which kept us from replicating what we did with Dustin Long. Despite the what-ifs and whys, BF has been able to replicate offensive success from season to season, which I think certainly goes in his favor. The offensive records for PNG, across the board, are beginning to be entirely dominated by BF-era players. Dustin Long is still the leading passer, but he is not the most efficient (Adam Morse definitely has that.) And, without double-checking, I'm pretty sure the top ten receivers in PNG history are all post-2009. Running backs still haven't caught up to the old days yet. 
Of course, a lot of the increase in offensive productivity has to do with the style of play. I bet PNG runs more plays per game than we used to. 

Faircloth has brought a mediocre program out of the dark ages. 

But it's frustrating watching him applying for other jobs every off season 

You must not have been around in the late 90's. I think Long was a damn good offensive minded guy who knew how to take control of an offense. How many other coaches can teach a teenager, albeit it was his son, to call his own plays and be successful. That takes someone special. He left because he wanted to adjust the offense according to what talent he had each year and Burnett would not let him after Dustin left. If Long would have stayed and allowed to do his thing PNG would have been very successful as long as he was there IMO.

I'm sure Doug Ethridge would have something to say about this!

An example of what I think Gabe is talking about I saw Friday night.  The Indians had just scored to take a 21-14 lead which they would not relinquish.  Robanadana turned to me and said, "And to believe! Last year they wanted him fired!" My reply, "Fired!? They wanted him dead!"
At which time, a PN-G fan turns around and says, "Yeah, and if he would have lost to Nederland a couple of weeks ago, he would have been fired!"  This as PN-G is poised to advance to a round it has seen only one other time this century (the other one was the Faircloth coached 2010 team). 
I remember the hubbub here during the the last part of last school year when Faircloth was rumored to be taking the job up at Lucas.  Perhaps these two things are related.

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up I thought this was a particularly insightful PA News column about Coach Faircloth. I've been grateful to have him at the Reservation since he arrived. And, this may make me a heretic, but as happy as I am when PNG beats Nederland, I think the criticism over his 2-6 record against Nederland is idiotic. Stupid. Immature. Short-sighted. Foolish. It's one game. Sometime you win, sometimes you lose. His overall influence on the program has been very positive, and his absence will be felt when/if he leaves. PNG has never had such a good offensive coach, we have never had such a good mind for teaching fundamentals, and we have never even come close to having such a good QB coach as he is. I hope he stays forever, and if he never beats Nederland again, it won't diminish him even a little bit in my mind. PNG fans are amazing, but we whine too much. 

What do you mean "bias"? Do you mean that media is supposed to be biased, or that media is supposed to be unbiased? I do agree that if reporting responded too heavily to online forum discussions, the quality of the journalism would go down. But the moving signs in BF's yard did not happen online. Granted, that event happened a year ago, but I think it was serious enough to merit continual reminders of how stupid and boneheaded it was. I also think that Coach Harrison has not faced as much criticism (except from you, ironically) as BF, outside of this forum. People call Harrison "Xbox", etc, but people have been talking about BF being in the hot seat for YEARS, based only on his record against Nederland. If there is any emphasis in reporting about PNG/Nederland, I think it has more to do with the fact that Mid-County Madness is considered to be an interesting rivalry, with a compelling story and large community significance. For better or for worse, PAM doesn't have such a rivalry -- That is a shame. It is a young school with an old history. Maybe PNG/PAM, Nederland/PAM will develop into a rivalry over the years. In any case, I don't think anyone but you is mistaken as to the communities that the PANews serves. Newspapers look at coverage area, not the name on the top of the page. PANews covers Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, maybe more. Port Arthur is not the "home" team. Port Arthur is "a" team in a pretty large coverage area. I would also be curious to know which communities have the most subscriptions to the PANews. If enough readers are in Groves, Nederland, and Port Neches, it shouldn't be a surprise that the stories posted are proportional to readership demographics. I personally enjoy reading every story about all the teams, including PA. I live away now, and it is one of the only ways I can keep up, aside from this site. I'm cheering for Port Arthur next week, as is everyone else, as far as I can tell.  

College Station (12-0)
Opponent (Opponent Record)
CE King (1-9), W 56-7
Killeen Shoemaker (0-10), W 61-14
St. Thomas (5-6), W 49-14
Pflugerville (3-7), W 65-7
Bryan (6-6), W 65-7
University (0-10), W 70-6
A&M Consolidated (8-3), W 23-14
Rudder (2-7), W 48-0
Waco (5-5), W 48-0
Temple (9-3), W 17-16
Whitehouse (6-5), W 51-14
Magnolia (10-2), W 63-25
 

Gonna say no doubt this will be PAM's toughest game of the year thus far. Just going by hearsay, we should win by 2 td's or less. What I like is neither team is familiar with each other. I expect a low scoring game, under 35 points. Gotta heal up one of go to guys asap...AND STAY AWAY FROM TOO MUCH TURKEY AND DRESSING!!

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up I thought this was a particularly insightful PA News column about Coach Faircloth. I've been grateful to have him at the Reservation since he arrived. And, this may make me a heretic, but as happy as I am when PNG beats Nederland, I think the criticism over his 2-6 record against Nederland is idiotic. Stupid. Immature. Short-sighted. Foolish. It's one game. Sometime you win, sometimes you lose. His overall influence on the program has been very positive, and his absence will be felt when/if he leaves. PNG has never had such a good offensive coach, we have never had such a good mind for teaching fundamentals, and we have never even come close to having such a good QB coach as he is. I hope he stays forever, and if he never beats Nederland again, it won't diminish him even a little bit in my mind. PNG fans are amazing, but we whine too much. 

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up I thought this was a particularly insightful PA News column about Coach Faircloth. I've been grateful to have him at the Reservation since he arrived. And, this may make me a heretic, but as happy as I am when PNG beats Nederland, I think the criticism over his 2-6 record against Nederland is idiotic. Stupid. Immature. Short-sighted. Foolish. It's one game. Sometime you win, sometimes you lose. His overall influence on the program has been very positive, and his absence will be felt when/if he leaves. PNG has never had such a good offensive coach, we have never had such a good mind for teaching fundamentals, and we have never even come close to having such a good QB coach as he is. I hope he stays forever, and if he never beats Nederland again, it won't diminish him even a little bit in my mind. PNG fans are amazing, but we whine too much. 

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up I thought this was a particularly insightful PA News column about Coach Faircloth. I've been grateful to have him at the Reservation since he arrived. And, this may make me a heretic, but as happy as I am when PNG beats Nederland, I think the criticism over his 2-6 record against Nederland is idiotic. Stupid. Immature. Short-sighted. Foolish. It's one game. Sometime you win, sometimes you lose. His overall influence on the program has been very positive, and his absence will be felt when/if he leaves. PNG has never had such a good offensive coach, we have never had such a good mind for teaching fundamentals, and we have never even come close to having such a good QB coach as he is. I hope he stays forever, and if he never beats Nederland again, it won't diminish him even a little bit in my mind. PNG fans are amazing, but we whine too much. 

Proud of the Indians in Round 2.  Despite some iffy snaps and penalties, the Indians got a good win.  Willowridge had size...more so than PAM...I'm talking about kids that looked like grown men.  Can't say enough about the leadership from PN-G's QB.  He had to grind tonight and still found a way to make big runs and throws.
To the fans complaining about the DBs - I understand what you are saying, but the Indians are not blessed with shutdown DBs like PAM.  We do not have 6'2" and 6'3" kids, with 4.5 speed, and ball hawking skills walking the hallways at PN-G High School.  The Indians have to roll with what they have on the roster.  And, the kids playing DB are doing some good things.  Are they perfect?  No.  But, they don't quit after a bad play. The same DB that gets heat from fans for playing too soft, or from those fans that like to gripe that he is too small, well, that same DB made another big play tonight in the 4Q when Willowridge had a throw down the field toward the end zone.  He was in position and he made the play.  All 5'6" or 5'7" and 125 lbs. of him made the play.  Those teams on the other sideline (Barbers Hill and Willowridge) will make some plays.  They are good teams.  Give them some credit, too.  Nonetheless, our kids fight, scrap, and they don't quit.  We had another great effort on defense...11 kids getting to the football.  The big guy at NG, #68, had a solid game.  Not tall, but he is wide.  When he gets going up the field, he ties up the OL and then the Indians LBs can make some plays.
On to round 3...and how about the new RB? Not the biggest guy, but he hits the hole fast and will lower his pads for a few extra yards.  I'm not an official stats guy, but I would not be surprised if the QB and RB each had 100 - 125 yards.  QB made some big throws...I'm guessing 200+ yards through the air.  Need to clean up the snaps and penalties.  Glad the PAT kicking game was back.  Much better this week.  Better blocking, timing, and good kicks.  Nice job special teams coaches and players.  I'm still not a fan of the pooch kick.  I understand the reasoning behind it, but it is a head scratcher to give the other team the ball at the 40 yard line.  That is the end of my small complaint.  Happy to roll into the 3rd round.
Go Indians.  Peace.

No. The defensive staff has been plenty good, especially in terms of making adjustments and putting personal in position to succeed. 

No. The defensive staff has been plenty good, especially in terms of making adjustments and putting personal in position to succeed. 

Defense gave up 14 points. How can you bash that?

I will be absent as well work is sending me to Fort Worth for fri-mon  In the words of the old gospel hymnal I'll Be Somewere Listening !!!!

Watched some of Vidor's films.  Not only can those four in the backfield run, they are excellent blockers.  Real impressive.  

Don't get used to it.

We Loved on it to much.

Silsbee 37 Carthage 35 Tigers win

Coach of the Year... Mathews.....
Vidor....
He put together a team in Vidor that beat all the odds, shut the naysayers up, and put a V on the D.C. trophy.
PAM.......
Full of athletes, tons of speed... Put a 9 game streak together before being upended by Vidor... The future is bright with Hines and the Jr. QB next year.. Put a big M on the D.C. trophy.
PNG......
Who would have thunk it? A stud sophomore QB? I think its easy to say the offensive MVP of the district. P.N.G. is young and overachieved with the help of a senior led defense... The initials P.N.G. on the D.C. trophy..
Nederland......
Larry ballgame kept the dogs in it through all the turmoil.. IMO, the Dogs where the 4th best team in the district. In the thick of it until the very last minute, as always....
Central.....
Hard to knock Toby when he gets these guys in the playoff every year.. Not the best Central team I have seen, but not a pushover at any level.
Lumberton.....
Coach knows how to get these kids to play hard. Not full of athletes, but full of heart... These kids go out week after week and compete, and the Lumberton faithful follow these kids all year.
Ozen..........
Low attendance numbers show Ozen to be a 4A school. Hopefully the district gets these kids to that level. If so, Ozen will be a contender. 
Livingston....
New announcer at the field helps.... Livingston is down, but not out.. They have a few good athletes and utilize them well...
Baytown....
Hoping for these guys to get on track.. It takes time... But something will give.. These guys play hard...
 
In the nutshell, we all joke on this board during the season.. Its all fun and games... I am proud of all these kids and all these teams. Each team is full of its own traditions, and these kids go on to be successful in life at every level. We should all be proud of each and every one of them.. No matter what the final standings are. These kids are all winners and I wish them tons of success in life.
P.A.M. P.N.G. Vidor, Central........ I know you will represent the district well in the playoffs...... Be proud, have fun, and remember its a game...............................

We would like to thank you for helping us secure a piece of the 22-5A District Championship. You did something that we could not !

Can't wait to sit next to some Bulldogs at Lamar next Friday night