raideroldtimer

The problem I see here, as a long time resident of Lumberton, is there is too much parent involvement in the school board decision process. Joe Bob thinks his son is the greatest player since Peyton Manning and gets peeved that the coach recognizes that his son is lazy and doesn't want to play at his potential so he benches him. Joe Bob then starts raising cane with one his buddies on the school board and boom all the other members cave and the coach is gone, no matter what his past accomplishments. No one see what is clearly in front of their faces, other Lumberton teams being coached by assistants who tend to stay from one HC change to another are extremely successful i.e. both soccer teams, girls basketball, the band, the Raiderettes and the cheerleaders. All of these groups have had one thing in common, stability. Coach Creduer lost his job having to put up with one of the worst Junior classes football wise and Haynes inherited those guys, they had a lot of heart but little talent. Now his 2nd season was a big improvement from the first and if someone with a similar philosophy comes in maybe this year will look even better since the pieces of the puzzle are there. Doesn't really matter though because this new coach is going to piss some parent off and out the door he will go also. Oh, and dropping to 4-A won't help, it'll just bring a different group around to whip the Raiders. As far as Haynes goes, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes ahead and hang up his whistle.

The problem I see here, as a long time resident of Lumberton, is there is too much parent involvement in the school board decision process. Joe Bob thinks his son is the greatest player since Peyton Manning and gets peeved that the coach recognizes that his son is lazy and doesn't want to play at his potential so he benches him. Joe Bob then starts raising cane with one his buddies on the school board and boom all the other members cave and the coach is gone, no matter what his past accomplishments. No one see what is clearly in front of their faces, other Lumberton teams being coached by assistants who tend to stay from one HC change to another are extremely successful i.e. both soccer teams, girls basketball, the band, the Raiderettes and the cheerleaders. All of these groups have had one thing in common, stability. Coach Creduer lost his job having to put up with one of the worst Junior classes football wise and Haynes inherited those guys, they had a lot of heart but little talent. Now his 2nd season was a big improvement from the first and if someone with a similar philosophy comes in maybe this year will look even better since the pieces of the puzzle are there. Doesn't really matter though because this new coach is going to piss some parent off and out the door he will go also. Oh, and dropping to 4-A won't help, it'll just bring a different group around to whip the Raiders. As far as Haynes goes, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes ahead and hang up his whistle.

I'm taking West Orange by 24 points and two after game fight knock outs. Be ready WOS, LaMarque has had the worst sportsmanship I've ever seen as evidenced by the fight against Ozen and all the helmet throwing and coaches walking off when Lumberton beat them.

1.   Baytown Sterling at PA Memorial
2.   Channelview at North Shore
3.   Barbers Hill at CE King
4.   Kingwood Park at Dayton 1
5.   Vidor at Beaumont Ozen 2
6.   Lumberton at Port Neches-Groves 3
7.   Nederland at Beaumont Central
8.   Huffman at Splendora
9.   Jasper at Bridge City
10. Little Cypress-Mauriceville at Cleveland 4
11. Shepherd at Coldspring 5
12. Tarkington at Huntington 6
13. Orangefield at Hardin-Jefferson
14. Liberty at West Orange-Stark 7
15. Buna at Anahuac  8
16. Hardin at Kountze
17. Warren at East Chambers 9
18. Woodville at Kirbyville
19. Crockett at Corrigan-Camden
20. West Sabine at San Augustine 10
21. Newton at Deweyville 11
22. West Hardin at Anderson-Shiro
23. Iola at Evadale
24. Sabine Pass at Burkeville 12
25. Centerville at Lovelady
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Don't know if anyone does, but that band should be nominated for band of the week on one of the scoreboard shows.

Wow, wonderful performance Bridge City Cardinal band. I don'tknow if it is due to the current world situation, but your Patriotic performance had me fighting back tears .

Wow, wonderful performance Bridge City Cardinal band. I don'tknow if it is due to the current world situation, but your Patriotic performance had me fighting back tears .

Hopefully the Raiders are about to shake the monkey off their back.

Hopefully the Raiders are about to shake the monkey off their back.

Well now, this one is more of a Friday headline............
 
THE DROUGHT IS OVER AND THE TRAIN IS ROLLING AGAIN!

I wish time would speed up so instead of talking about it we could see how our teams will fair this year. I've got high hopes for the L-Train getting back on track.

I agree with the sheriff, lots of players who don't get to play much get their chance when their team is winning big. Funny thing about the new report is the fact that those reporters have no earthly idea what's going on this coming year in high school football. They pointed out a couple of times that Aledo was moving up to 5-A, they didn't realize that all of 4-A was becoming 5-A, hmm.

Why is there no longer a soccer forum anyway? 

According to 12 news she just needs 12 to tie the national record.