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Altuve has quickly become one of my favorite players.  I think this new team is starting to become a team!

Who will be the best team in setx? The team that wins the most games. Duh.

High School football (or any other high school sport or activity) is not like a professional sport in that they can hire the players according to their strengths and make them fit their particular plan of attack.  In high school sports, one must work with the players who show up wanting to be a part of the team.  Types of offense, defense and every other part of the game are based on those players.  A coach can't decide to run X type of offense, just for grins and giggles.  He has zero chance of success that way.  Just because Lumberton has been struggling doesn't mean Credeur is a poor coach making poor decisions. Lumberton has mostly struggled, history being what it is.  I think a huge part of the answer is the lack of tradition building in Lumberton.  At PNG, indoctrination into the tribe begins early.  Kindergartners don't change their color when they've talked in class.  They move their feather!  We have no traditions in Lumberton.  Honestly, having kids in high school now, I can tell you that part of the problem is that the school has become too rigid in what is allowed and what isn't.  School in Lumberton has no fun, no joy.  There's no pride because it's not allowed to be celebrated.  The student body doesn't have the heart, because it was never given to them and is not encouraged in any way, shape or form.  I couldn't wait to get my kids out of BISD when they were little and into Lumberton, but I have been highly disappointed.  Apathy in our schools runs rampant, both in the student body and in the faculty.  It's sad.

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="866250" timestamp="1286273742"] [quote author=D3zii link=topic=73839.msg866166#msg866166 date=1286248109] I,Think I speak on behalf of all Central fans when I say, Central Has improved every week since week one.. week 0- (Memorial) Worst game ive seen from Central in a long time. week 1- (Brook) Really bad game, but Offense got on the board.[color=maroon] Took our lumps, I knew we would, was just scared to admit we may lose.[/color] week 2-(G.Ball) Got a little better, Offense got on the board a little more, with Defense comeing to play. week 4-(Ozen) Got even better. Scored more with Defense really flexin. QB showed alot of growing week 5-(Livingston) Showed heart, and the ability to adjust and keep playing, after being down 14-0. The Team has improved From week to week literaly..Cant wait to see how they will look when it all comes together..Cause trust me we still have some ways to go. The offense is still young, and the coach is still trying to find his Best 11 on Defense..Like I said, we have some ways to go, but I have enjoyed watching this team grow and gel from week to week..The 08 team had the same problems, but they got better and better as the season went on, and they end up going 4 rounds deep. So im ready to see what this season brings. [/quote]Preach on, Brother Jag! You hit the nail right on the head!  Karma for you! [/quote] I don't suppose any other teams are continuing to grow and improve at all.

[quote name="NorthoftheBorder" post="865561" timestamp="1286206170"] It funny that all the Ned fans are picking PNG.  That's because they don't want their win over the Indians to be downgraded in significance by a subsequent PNG loss to the Raiders.  All the PNG fans are picking LUM because they see a loss to the Bulldogs as a sign that they are not very good and are vulnerable.  As far as the game just have to wait and see which team for either school shows up.  This one is really to hard to call at this point. [/quote] This, my friend, is THE POST of this entire thread! 

I don't know of any Lumberton fans who are bitter about our loss to LCM.  Sure, it was painful, but that's the game, right?  That said, I have to give the edge to LCM.  They've got that something extra this year.  Of course, this district is so screwed up this year, I have been wrong in just about every prediction I've made so far. 

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="864476" timestamp="1286067737"] [quote author=Raider81 link=topic=73840.msg864462#msg864462 date=1286067321] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=73840.msg864221#msg864221 date=1286056191] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864217#msg864217 date=1286056065] [quote author=bcjag10 link=topic=73840.msg864213#msg864213 date=1286055961]quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864200#msg864200 date=1286055290] [quote author=bmtqj33 link=topic=73840.msg864111#msg864111 date=1286050786] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864107#msg864107 date=1286050620] [quote author=bmtqj33 link=topic=73840.msg864106#msg864106 date=1286050572] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864099#msg864099 date=1286050312] [quote author=bmtqj33 link=topic=73840.msg864096#msg864096 date=1286050259] [quote author=A Bear's Bear link=topic=73840.msg863993#msg863993 date=1286041967] [quote author=slsblab link=topic=73840.msg863991#msg863991 date=1286041664] Ozen gave up 131 yards to a backup soph running back, and LCM took the foot off the gas in the fourth quarter. What if LCM didn't drop a TD pass on the first series, what if the refs didn't give Ozen the ball on the LCM fumble the Panthers recovered 2 yards out of bounds when LCM was driving for a score, what if the LCM starters that were out played,what if LCM wasn't a little flat after the emotion of last week, what if the refs called Ozen for holding at least once. See we can do this all day long. What happened is what happened an LCM win. [/quote] Good post.  Don' forget about the easy wide open td to Harmon that Gonzales missed... [/quote]Lets be real lcm is over raided man yall won off a runing back pass its real early in the season to pull out  the cats in the hat we will see when them jaggs put that hat on them [/quote] How is lcm overrated...please enlighten me. [/quote]you didnt get it not overrated but over raided u hater ! [/quote] What does that mean? ??? [/quote]just trust me you will see ;D [/quote] [b]did you graudate from high schoo[/b]l? [/quote] ??? [/quote] Sorry dog i guess im not down with the slang fool. ebonics wasnt an elective were i went to school at. [/quote] ::) ::)  ::) ::) [/quote] I'm not sure that even qualifies as ebonics.  [/quote]Instead of trying to insult him, why don't yall just call uppon my interpretation skills?  IMO, I think yall know what he's saying.  [/quote] Some folks aren't capable of being insulted.  Some don't know how to be anything but insulted. I'm not sure that offering oneself as an interpreter in this case is worthy of any karma.  Might actually cost ya some.  No, we don't know what he's trying to say.  I've scratched my head over several of them.

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="864221" timestamp="1286056191"] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864217#msg864217 date=1286056065] [quote author=bcjag10 link=topic=73840.msg864213#msg864213 date=1286055961] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864200#msg864200 date=1286055290] [quote author=bmtqj33 link=topic=73840.msg864111#msg864111 date=1286050786] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864107#msg864107 date=1286050620] [quote author=bmtqj33 link=topic=73840.msg864106#msg864106 date=1286050572] [quote author=utguy09 link=topic=73840.msg864099#msg864099 date=1286050312] [quote author=bmtqj33 link=topic=73840.msg864096#msg864096 date=1286050259] [quote author=A Bear's Bear link=topic=73840.msg863993#msg863993 date=1286041967] [quote author=slsblab link=topic=73840.msg863991#msg863991 date=1286041664] Ozen gave up 131 yards to a backup soph running back, and LCM took the foot off the gas in the fourth quarter. What if LCM didn't drop a TD pass on the first series, what if the refs didn't give Ozen the ball on the LCM fumble the Panthers recovered 2 yards out of bounds when LCM was driving for a score, what if the LCM starters that were out played,what if LCM wasn't a little flat after the emotion of last week, what if the refs called Ozen for holding at least once. See we can do this all day long. What happened is what happened an LCM win. [/quote] Good post.  Don' forget about the easy wide open td to Harmon that Gonzales missed... [/quote]Lets be real lcm is over raided man yall won off a runing back pass its real early in the season to pull out  the cats in the hat we will see when them jaggs put that hat on them [/quote] How is lcm overrated...please enlighten me. [/quote]you didnt get it not overrated but over raided u hater ! [/quote] What does that mean? ??? [/quote]just trust me you will see ;D [/quote] [b]did you graudate from high schoo[/b]l? [/quote] ??? [/quote] Sorry dog i guess im not down with the slang fool. ebonics wasnt an elective were i went to school at. [/quote] ::) ::)  ::) ::) [/quote] I'm not sure that even qualifies as ebonics. 

[quote name="akifan94" post="861735" timestamp="1285875641"] It is mostly Nederland fans dogging him on here which probaly has to do with them staring 0-2 in district in the face even though "the chosen one" is back. So much bitterness over a non-issue. The kid left a situation he did not like and was not required to be in and moved on. Seems some adults around here can't do the same. [/quote] Thank you! And it's not my kid. 

[quote name="smiley93" post="861688" timestamp="1285872774"] Not sure if Raider is the boys parent but sure seems to take a serious offense for the kid. I'm not saying who is right or who is wrong BUT... in my opinion, the kid didn't even take any time for things to calm down. Unless he was physically threatened it was IMO a hasty move on the family's part. The parents should have told him this is what life is like, not everyone is going to like you and vice versa. DEAL WITH IT!!! Usually a geographical change isn't going to help the problem when the problem might be in the person! The problem will just remanifest itself eventually. It might not be in high school but it might show itself in college or the work place. The lesson taught the boy was an unfortunate one! [/quote] Never said his choices were right or wrong, but they are his.  He is the one who has to live with them, so let him. The LEAST any of us speculators and gossipers can do is at least get the facts straight when we're spewing about it and that's the whole point of any post I've made on this topic.

He didn't leave Ned to play for PNG.  Sheesh, a little reading comprehension, please!  He quit the team and tried to be a regular student at big Ned.  Was harrassed so much, he moved to PNG.  He knew he wouldn't be allowed to play and Faircloth told him as much when he did the paperwork, but he figured it wouldn't hurt to try.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? Now let's all get out of the kid's business.  This should have died with the original thread!

[quote name="bulldogbacker" post="860851" timestamp="1285786565"] [color=purple]Ugly Indians A bus carrying 20 ugly Indians on their way to the casino crashes into an oncoming truck and everyone inside dies. They get to meet their maker and because of the grief they have experienced, he decides to grant them one wish each before they enter Paradise . They're all lined up and God asks the first Indian what is their wish. "I want to be gorgeous" and so God snaps His fingers and it is done. The second Indian in line hears this and says "I want to be gorgeous too". Another snap of His fingers and the wish is granted. One after another, each Indian asks to be made gorgeous. When God is halfway down the line; the last Indian guy in line starts laughing. As God gets closer to the last guy in line, this guy is rolling on the floor holding his stomach & laughing uncontrollably. Finally, God reaches this guy and asks him what his wish will be. The last Indian calms down and says........."Make 'em all ugly again!"[[/color] ;D [/quote] "Okay", said God.  *Snap*  and they all looked like bulldogs. ;)

[quote name="Tyrone_Biggums" post="861402" timestamp="1285852163"] Paragraphs are both fun and useful. [/quote] As is punctuation. Seriously, if you truly wish to be a journalist, you not only need to pay attention to grammar and spelling, you need to develop your own style. This piece, while full of information, was poorly constructed and pretty boring.  I'm not trying to be harsh, just providing constructive criticism.

[quote name="rykerx144" post="859928" timestamp="1285687983"] [quote author=octfeb link=topic=73632.msg859913#msg859913 date=1285687562] URBAN DICTIONARY HATER:A person that simply cannot be happy for another person's success. So rather than be happy they make a point of exposing a flaw in that person (or team). Hating, the result of being a hater, is not exactly jealousy. The hater doesnt really want to be the person he or she hates, rather the hater wants to knock someone else down a notch. [/quote] after reading this I regret to inform yall that I am definetly a hater!!  I dont want to be you I just want to laugh at you!!   [/quote] Wow, Ryker.  You must have some serious issues to wanna laugh at all of us!

[quote name="raideroldtimer" post="859920" timestamp="1285687801"] [quote author=octfeb link=topic=73632.msg859913#msg859913 date=1285687562] URBAN DICTIONARY HATER:A person that simply cannot be happy for another person's success. So rather than be happy they make a point of exposing a flaw in that person (or team). Hating, the result of being a hater, is not exactly jealousy. The hater doesnt really want to be the person he or she hates, rather the hater wants to knock someone else down a notch. [/quote]Thank you Octfeb, may I call on you as a translator when the hater from Ozen starts his text rants that no one understands, or at least I don't understand it.  ;D :D [/quote] That guy has his own language, ROT.  There is no translator for him.

[quote name="MoFo" post="859910" timestamp="1285687539"] So I guess that kills my Mad Hater comment ....LOL...... [/quote] A for effort, D for spelling  ;)

[quote name="MoFo" post="859884" timestamp="1285686314"] A hater is a person that makes hats....... [/quote] That would be a Hatter.  ;D A hater is a person whom either finds himself funny to cast aspersions on another team or person, just for the sheer (imagined) fun of observing how many others he can stir to action or he is a person who, if one disagrees with his opinions, can find no suitable form of debate other than to resort to cheap shots and name calling.  Of course, this makes him the hater, but he is not capable of understanding the distinction.

I wish my sister would have talked to Credeur about my nephew playing football.  Big, strong boy.  He has some mental issues though and she was afraid he couldn't handle it.

Is it just my imagination, or is Lumberton just not dressing out as many players as other teams in the area?

[quote name="raideroldtimer" post="855040" timestamp="1285344529"] [quote author=Raider81 link=topic=73365.msg855030#msg855030 date=1285344140] [quote author=LTrain link=topic=73365.msg855024#msg855024 date=1285343893] Keep all of these thoughts in mind when you GO VOTE and get these people out simple as that, as for the scoreboard it is pretty chinchy and if you go and and get bids as i have done for another 20 G's they could have gotten one with a screen already in it. But hey we got a new one so woo hoo for us [/quote] The problem is the only ones that vote are the ones that have been in Lumberton forever and are cronies of a certain person.  We'll never get them out with just those folks showing up to the polls.  I always vote against every single one of them. [/quote] Instead of just voting against the status quo, RUN against it. I'm not sure where the money goes either, before she knew that money was donated specifically for the score board, my sister-in-law was unhappy that they put a new one up. Why? Because as a teacher in Lumberton, she has to cover her computer every night because the roof leaks in her class room. [/quote] Well, you know it doesn't go to her salary either!

[quote name="raideroldtimer" post="855033" timestamp="1285344271"] [quote author=head13 link=topic=73365.msg854816#msg854816 date=1285299888] I was shocked of how small the scoreboard was. Lumberton is 4a school with a youth football size scoreboard. I was excited that lumberton was getting a new digital scoreboard, got to the game and could not believe what i was looking at. [/quote] My understanding is that the scoreboard is expandable, a video board and more can be added later. [/quote] Yeah, it's expandable.  But as long as it took to get this one, and what it took to get this one, I don't see that it will be expanded till I'm dead!

[quote name="LTrain" post="855024" timestamp="1285343893"] Keep all of these thoughts in mind when you GO VOTE and get these people out simple as that, as for the scoreboard it is pretty chinchy and if you go and and get bids as i have done for another 20 G's they could have gotten one with a screen already in it. But hey we got a new one so woo hoo for us [/quote] The problem is the only ones that vote are the ones that have been in Lumberton forever and are cronies of a certain person.  We'll never get them out with just those folks showing up to the polls.  I always vote against every single one of them.

[quote name="neddog69" post="854560" timestamp="1285283823"] I played and started under Neumann for two years and most of these players because i was a senior and they were sophomores and to hear about stuff like this makes me mad and everyone else i played with agrees. Larry Neumann is by far the best coach i ever had and the stuff he says and does as a coach puts everyone to shame due to the fact he loves his players more than you can imagine, but at the same time he's not gonna baby you and he is gonna get in your butt and he plays to win (he IS a coach, that's his job right?). The way this whole thing is laid out makes him look terrible which makes me more mad than anything. I could go on for days about people i hated on my team and we would fight outside of football. But when it came time for friday we all played together. [b]We didnt quit because "so-and-so" was starting.[/b] I dont care if Dionte isnt the best leader on the team. Why dont YOU be that leader and dont go quit on your team. [/quote] Lack didn't quite because Dionte was starting.  He quit because of the way Neuman spoke to him.  Neuman denies, but football coaches are not known for being gentle lambs;  "they get in your butt."  If Neuman had handled the situation differently from the very beginning when Dionte came crybabying to him, we would not be having this discussion now and Lack would still be a Bulldog. We all teach our children to stand up for themselves when they feel they've been wronged.  Lack feels Neuman wronged him, probably because he loved Neuman as a coach, not because Neuman was starting Dionte.  The kid is entitled to his opinion and he didn't go whining to the coach about it.  Dionte went to Neuman on hearsay.  It happens.  He did what he and every other kid is taught to do.  He stood up.  You may not agree with how he went about it, but that is immaterial.  He, like everyone else, must learn from his own actions.  Whether this one will eventually bite him in the butt, I don't know, but it's not for any of us to judge. In the end, Neuman is the one culpable because he is the adult in this situation. I think this thread is done.

[quote name="80raider" post="854973" timestamp="1285339211"] What happened to all the money from playoff run in 08??????? [/quote] No clue.  My son said that although they didn't get a new fieldhouse, they got new stuff, whatever "stuff" is.  I'm sure George Talbert made the decision on what it should be spent on, but I'm to the point, I want to see where the money goes.  It ain't the kids, it ain't maintenance.  It ain't for food (Daughter saw a box outside the cafeteria marked "Grade D But Edible"), so where the HELL is the money going?