Rez Ipsa

Awesome effort by Silsbee in the 2nd half. No quit in these tigers. Congrats on being the best legitimate 4A team in the state for the second straight year! 

Who was the genius that came up with the idea of creating an uneven playing field by allowing one team to recruit over a broad area of talent while restricting all the other teams to stringent recruiting rules. Then call it fair sportsman ‘ship?

1993: Offense: Dexter Hebert, Kelly; Defense: Frank Middleton, West Brook
1994: Offense: Jay McGuire, Silsbee; Shaun Horn, Jasper
1995: Offense: Jeffery Spikes, Burkeville; Tyseski Adoin, West Brook
1996: Offense: Elijah Burkins, Thomas Jefferson; T.J. Light, Lumberton
1997: Offense: Bryan Bock, Bridge City; Fred Wright, Kountze
1998: Offense: Chip Ambres, West Brook; Defense: Charles Sias, WO-S
1999: Offense: Beaux Daville, Orangefield; Defense: Rod Gulley, Newton
2000: Offense: Dustin Long, PN-G; Defense: Gayron Allen, WO-S
2001: Offense: Sean Yoder, Nederland; Defense: Jermaine Hope, WO-S
2002: Offense: Tony Eckert, Lumberton; Defense: Ricky Wilson, Lincoln
2003: Offense: Matt Peebles, Bridge City; Defense: William Bryant, Jasper
2004: Offense: Jamaal Charles, P.A. Memorial; Defense: William Morrissey, Silsbee
2005: Offense: Jamaal Charles, P.A. Memorial; Defense: Brain West, Ozen
2006: Offense: Kenneth Beasley, WO-S; Defense: Sean Weatherspoon, Jasper
2007: Offense: Micah Mosley, Nederland; Defense: Earl Thomas, WO-S
2008: Offense: Cody Hussey, Lumberton; Defense: Tramain Thomas, East Chambers
2009: Offense: Christine Michael, West Brook Defense: Kevin Robinson, WO-S
2010: Offense: Jeremy Johnson, Silsbee; Jacoby Hale, Central
2011: Offense: Fred Ford, Kirbyville; Defense: Colin Garrett, West Brook  
2012: Offense: Terrence Singleton, P.A. Memorial; Defense: Corbin Carr, Nederland
 2013: Offense: Montana Quirante, Vidor; Defense: Montana Quirante, Vidor
 2014: Offense: Patrick Reed, Silsbee; DeShawn Washington, Nederland
 2015: Offense: Michael Jacquet, Central; Defense: Deionte Thompson, WO-S
 2016: Offense: Jack Dallas, WO-S; Defense: Steven Tims, WO-S
 2017: Offense: Calvin Tyler, Silsbee; Defense: Kary Vincent, PA Memorial
 2018: Offense: Roschon Johnson, PN-G; Defense: Corbin Foster, Newton
 2019: Offense: Darwin Barlow, Newton; Defense: Darrell Hawkins, Jr., West Brook
2020: Offense: Troy Yowman, West Brook; Defense: Tyrone Brown, WO-S
2021: Offense: Earnest Ceasar, East Chambers; Defense: Ayden Bell, Silsbee
2022: Offense: Kheagian Heckaman, HF, Defense: Leighton Foster, Newton
2023: Offense: Dre'lon Miller, Silsbee; Defense: Jayron Williams, Silsbee
2024: Offense: Hieko Malon, Newton; Defense: Bron Melvin, Kirbyville

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. 

What's worse is I heard Splendora scheduled their own homecoming during their bye week. 😂

I’m sure an improvement from last year, looking more forward to the 2-3 years on a plan full offseason workout and culture change. 
 
positive note I’m hearing all the kids are really buying into the program and perfect attendance to everyone showing up for the before and after school workouts. 

A few things from Lake Worth
1) their top returning player who was the district MVP transferred out during the summer (was ruled ineligible and didnt play his senior year)
2) Prieto was hired the Friday before Memorial Day, tough to really implement things getting hired that late

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.

I think that was a talent issue/learning a new system. Look at the 5 seasons prior to them going back to back 10 win seasons. 

There will be for the opener. Crosby fans will still show up 5 mins before kickoff looking for one of the same 27 parking spots we never found the last 20 years just so we can walk in and stand on the fence. 

Barrow already did!  😏😁

Miller, should have not been on the field at all against Bellville, as people realized by his slow return to the Basketball court ,but he wanted to start, and hope for a miracle. But injuries and team dynamics affect the decisions of these Individual awards, and in my opinion the Nguyen kid should win it , hands down. 

First, I don't think he was the best player on the field the week that Jasper came to Silsbee... Smith from Jasper should have worn a cape that night.
Secondly, the "on the field" part does mean something... Miller was MIA in the second half against Bellville.  He wasn't too injured to start, just too injured to stay in the game once it started getting out of hand.  I know that he's got a future to think about, and I understand his decision to chill on the sidelines while the rest of the Tigers were getting a demonstration on how the Slot T is supposed to work.  Being the most athletically gifted kid on the team and being the best player on the field aren't the same thing. 
But I wouldn't argue too much if Miller won.... he's still pretty deserving.

Montgomery is terrible. Lake Creek is good.
4 out of first 5 will test the Indians. The last 5 will get to play a lot of non starters in those games.

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

I really respect Coach Joseph’s predistrict selections, even if I would like to see Memorial on the schedule. We will be prepared for whatever we face the rest of the season.
I’ve already circled December 13 on my calendar. Scalp ‘em, Indians.

Montgomery stadium twice in 1 season is brutal… 

WF will have their work cut out for them this year but they should be ready to fight in year 2.

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. 
 
 

Theriot told the team today that he will be accepting the DC position at Bridge City.

Nguyen is likely the favorite.
Over 2000 yards rushing on the season and state champion.

Offense should be Nguyen. 

Offense should be Nguyen. 

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. 

True!  Good head coaches have good assistants.  Bad head coaches have not so good assistants.  That's the state Ned is in now.  Time to bring in fresh blood!