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20 hours ago, TradenupBH said:
From personal experience with one of my boys. He played football and baseball until his Junior year. I remember as a Sophomore he was the JV QB and was getting smoked on a regular basis because varsity had all of the big linemen. Lol Needless to say after that season, he went one sport, baseball, and it payed off. He got to play college baseball.
each to their own on multi sports kids, but injuries happen all of the time. If a kid don’t like how coaches are running a program or worried about injuries, then a decision has to be made.
You said a lot there. Truthfully, that is the root of the issue. Who cares what a kid thinks about how coaches are running a program? Kids play, coaches coach. For some reason, parents have this backward in a lot of places and its wreaking havoc.
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1 hour ago, 89Falcon said:
Good thing is that football is doing better than it has a while. As long as the football team is winning, the rest can sort itself out whenever. Similar approach to what Newton and Carthage use (football 1st, everything else after).
This is true in typical communities. Unfortunately, Jasper has a recent history of trying to run off pretty good football coaches in the name of scratch and sniff ball.
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20 hours ago, PlayActionPass said:
Never understood why you can't be good at all 4 major sports.
If you are talented enough, and athletic enough to be a Regional Finalist football team, then you would think you would be athletic enough to at least be competitive in basketball. If you wanted to be......
And as big a baseball town as Jasper is, where did that tradition go? Where are those kids now?
This is an easy one. We have let grifter unqualified coaches infiltrate our children and convince them that they will be D1 athletes if they only focus on a single sport. We've got kids, with single digit ages, playing their sport year-round to "maximize exposure" despite the fact that most college coaches on the recruiting trail will value a multisport athlete. This translates to the school year and ends up with kids being football, basketball, baseball only kids. Track is pretty much the only one left that keeps kids playing other sports and that's primarily because football coaches demand their football kids be track athletes. I literally talked to a man last night, who just moved to Texas from Oklahoma who was telling me his kid played on two different football teams during the season last year. One for his school, one for his select league. During the week the kid was a RB for his school, and on the weekends, he was a QB for his select team. This would equal 7 days a week of full contact football for a 6th grader......6th grader. Once that ends, rolls straight into 7 on 7 for the spring and back to football in the summer. All this for a kid, who seems to be a good athlete, but probably has a ceiling of D2 at best, if he doesn't burn out before that. Parents are silly and think they can develop their kids into being the next Quinn Ewers, but they completely miss the biggest factor in creating that type of athlete.....genetics. Genetics are undefeated. Always have been, always will be. Play sports because you love to compete then compete in everything you do. Quit giving bullsheet rings to "state champions" every single weekend all over the US and get back to valuing team championships won at the community level to build the continuity when they are young. This is the only way to reestablish the pride once felt by every kid in every town across Texas when they got to put on a uniform with their school colors. Otherwise, we can kiss the magic of high school sports goodbye.
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It's only a matter of time before the baseball mafia starts greasing the tracks to run Crumedy out of town. It'll be a dang shame too, but mark my words.
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13 hours ago, LCMAlumtiger32 said:
Dang i cant believe they past up on Cornel Thompson
Not Cornel, but same general orbit.
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5 hours ago, idk said:
How do you know that Harrison is not a big opportunity? I don't really know him, but maybe just maybe he is what Liberty needs. I was just wondering what you know about Harrison that doesn't make him a big opportunity.
I don't know anything about Harrison other than the fact that his coaching history is limited, at best. Social media seems to indicate he has been given the Athletic Director and Head Coach title, which is even more baffling for a guy who has not one iota of experience in either role. Especially when Karen Slack is right there in house. All I know is this: there was absolutely a candidate on their list, who they interviewed, who has 20+ years' experience as a SUCCESSFUL AD/HC in the SETX area. He would've been a slam dunk hire and gotten folks in Liberty excited about playing football again, especially with the group of young kids they have coming up through the ranks. Unfortunately, they decided to take a different route. Like I said, I am not throwing shade at Harrison, everybody has to get their first job somewhere. I just hope Liberty didn't pass a great opportunity for some reason other than thinking Harrison was the superior candidate.
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51 minutes ago, PlayActionPass said:
Do we have a run-down of Coach Harrison's accomplishments?
I wish him all the luck in the world, but Liberty missed a big opportunity with this hire. There was another candidate who could've really worked to take that program in the right direction. I guess the decision makers weren't interested in taking that route. Either way, Congrats Coach Harrision.
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18 hours ago, Little Jerry said:
Sneed didn't apply. Big raise @ Lamar. I thought Travis Williams would have a shot, but wasn't interviewed.
How do you not even interview Travis Williams?
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They are going to screw this up, aren't they?
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14 hours ago, Little Enos said:
I'm hearing it's Tobys' if he wants it
Hey, that wouldn't be a bad move for the folks in Pantherville.
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Welp. Wonder who is going to end up with this one?
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2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Was just told that the DC does not have his masters and some want that to be a requirement for the position.
This makes sense. I'm hoping "interim" means he is currently working through a masters program and will no longer be interim once that is complete. Otherwise, they're just appeasing the masses until they have a chance to get the next guy. Here's hoping for the best!
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2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Was just told that the DC does not have his masters and some want that to be a requirement for the position.
This makes sense. I'm hoping "interim" means he is currently working through a masters program and will no longer be interim once that is complete. Otherwise, they're just appeasing the masses until they have a chance to get the next guy. Here's hoping for the best!
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Interim? That’s kind of strange.
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18 hours ago, setxathlete14 said:
Dannnnnnnnng. So OF qbs couldn't throw for 12 years lol got it.
Where's the lie?
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On 3/2/2024 at 11:27 PM, jayhawk said:
Just the HC for some reason - maybe the school board has something else in mind down the line ?
Assistant AD title included. Ware wasn't the AD either during his time there. Jeff Nations had that title and it was given to Geoff McCracken when Nations retired back in December.
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11 hours ago, jayhawk said:
Hope little Jerry's dad knows how to smooth current QB because he's a pure athlete -reminds me of Jalen Hurts.( very powerful kid just getting stronger every year can play both ways.) heard he was going to transfer until he found out Ware quit.
Foster will still be the focal point of the offense, just from a more dynamic position. He will benefit greatly from the addition of Jr and Dayton could be very very good very quickly. Especially with Prieto getting a jump start on installing his system by starting on March 4. Fun times in bronco land!!
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22 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:
What's the big deal? Crosby has moved on.
Now you know better than that! Lol
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21 minutes ago, Separation Scientist said:
Elite coach. or elite recruiter?
Coach.
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19 minutes ago, Texasminuteman said:
My sources are telling me that is Jerry Prieto. He resigned in early '23 and didnt coach Crosby in that horrible 2-8 season. Good hire by Dayton. Under Prieto, the Cougars were 36-17, having won two UIL Region II crowns and appeared in two state semifinal games, equaling the number of previous semifinal appearances in 99 years of Crosby football history.
Same thing I am hearing, but I won't believe it until I see it. If it is Prieto, not only are they getting an elite coach, they're also getting a couple of big time ball players in his boys. They also may be getting a pretty steady injection of Code Red between now and August.
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1 hour ago, highsky said:
Larry Haynes or Prieto?
Surely you joke....right?
Will Anahuac lose a district game ?
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He actually had a pretty solid year for a sophomore starting in that district. I can assure you, it hasn't hurt his recruiting at all and that will only improve with the move back to the Wack.