Matthew328

The enrollment disparity between the largest schools and smallest schools in the classification...new schools aren't built at 4A/3A they open as 5A/6A so as more new schools get added in it trickles down to 4A and widens that gap.....UIL wants to get as close to a 2:1 ratio as possible and right now the cut line in 4A is 1229 and the smallest is 515...thats a large gap.....we are adding ten new 5A/6A schools in 2022.....that gap in 4A is going to get even larger because more small 5A's are going to drop because there's only so many spots in 5A/6A and they already have a lot of nine and ten team districts

Yes....we are usually wrong

Lovejoy lost a lot but they also gained a lot in the way of newcomers who have moved in from just down the road....keep that in mind...and also Chris Ross gets the benefit of the doubt....
5A-Division II outside of 3-4 teams is a real crap shoot.....I think the difference between 5 and 20 is minimal at best....I think we are a little too bullish on Liberty Hill as well..but R4 gives them a shot to get it rolling...thats also why Rouse is rated so highly
 

Yes....we are usually wrong

The schools absolutely should find a way to monetize it...they should 100% charge for the streams

If you are a subscriber you should have your magazine in the mail around June 20...if you are someone who wants to buy it in the store my guess is around July 4

Turf makes waayyy too much sense at the larger school levels, especially when you factor in the beating the field takes in the spring semester w/soccer etc...its a tougher sell at the small school level, but I think if you can buy quality turf and have it last eight years or so it often pays itself back w/the reduced maintence costs and practice time thats not missed

and FREE thanks to the Texas Army National Guard!!

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If you are a subscriber you should have your magazine in the mail around June 20...if you are someone who wants to buy it in the store my guess is around July 4

If the name I'm hearing is the guy getting it...heads will definitely be turned hearing we may hear something tomorrow

In this case we are talking about an AD who had been there six years and had not won more than three games in a single season, so in those cases where you have a AD who has been at a place 5+ years and had not won its going to be much more common for the supt to want to make a change.....the only thing that really makes this difficult IMO is the timing...

It's quite common for administration to bring in their own people at any school.....when you consider the previous HC was there six seasons and hadn't had success it can't be that big a surprise to anyone that the new regime wants to give it a go with people they hire....its just the nature of the business

In this case we are talking about an AD who had been there six years and had not won more than three games in a single season, so in those cases where you have a AD who has been at a place 5+ years and had not won its going to be much more common for the supt to want to make a change.....the only thing that really makes this difficult IMO is the timing...

In a small ISD the AD/HFC reports directly to the supt....why wouldn't a new supt want to bring in their own people..athletics is a big deal in small towns...they are going to want to ride w/someone they hired in most cases....

It's quite common for administration to bring in their own people at any school.....when you consider the previous HC was there six seasons and hadn't had success it can't be that big a surprise to anyone that the new regime wants to give it a go with people they hire....its just the nature of the business

Here's a fun fact the eight quarterfinalists in the 2019 Division I 7on7 State Tournament went a combined 91-13 in real football that fall

Your original comment was 7on7 was overrated as a gauge to Friday night success, I disagree, I think for teams that run their Friday night system on both sides of the ball there's a strong correlation to success in the fall (as evidenced by the results) stated earlier. Is 7on7 the sole reason they are having success? No, but I dont think success is overrated either...I think if you go out and get eyes on who is doing what, quite a bit can be gleamed from 7on7 as an indicator in the fall. 
 

It's quite common for administration to bring in their own people at any school.....when you consider the previous HC was there six seasons and hadn't had success it can't be that big a surprise to anyone that the new regime wants to give it a go with people they hire....its just the nature of the business

Your original comment was 7on7 was overrated as a gauge to Friday night success, I disagree, I think for teams that run their Friday night system on both sides of the ball there's a strong correlation to success in the fall (as evidenced by the results) stated earlier. Is 7on7 the sole reason they are having success? No, but I dont think success is overrated either...I think if you go out and get eyes on who is doing what, quite a bit can be gleamed from 7on7 as an indicator in the fall. 
 

605 miles one way...Fort Worth to El Paso

Here's the list of 7on7 State Champs since 2015....seems like pretty all of them are also good at real football the following season...there are a few years when a team wins it that isn't great at real football but most of the time the teams that win the state tournament are also good at the real stuff
 
2015
Austin Westlake 14-2
Navasota 12-1
 
2016
The Woodlands 15-1
Kaufman 8-4
 
2017 
Lake Travis 13-3
Graham 14-1
 
2018
College Station 9-3
Midlothian Heritage 11-2
Gunter 15-1
 
2019
A&M Consolidated 11-1
Sunnyvale 12-1
Poth 11-2
 
 

Dawson supt was Thompson's OC at multiple stops...there's the connection

yes they hired Alton Dixon....was the DC at Wylie East most recently...Lufkin native, coached there and played at A&M

yes they hired Alton Dixon....was the DC at Wylie East most recently...Lufkin native, coached there and played at A&M

Kinne is 69-26 in eight seasons as a head coach in Texas...he's most well known for his son GJ Kinne who played a bit in the NFL and is now an assistant coach at Central Florida...and for the time a crazed parent shot him in the field house
2003  Canton                          8-4-0 T
2004  Canton                          8-2-0
2005  Canton                        12-2-0*
2009  Sherman                        8-3-0 R
2010  Sherman                      10-2-0*
2011  Sherman                      10-4-0 C
2012  Sherman                        9-3-0 R
2013  Sherman                        4-6-0
 

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