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I still don't hear Crosby people crying over losing anyone. Also, there should be an age limit for posters, unfortunately there is no way to block the over 30 crowd.

Out of curiosity, I would like for one of you three or four offensive geniuses to please tell me what "same" run plays Barbers Hill has been running for years. As you are obviously experts on the subject, please be specific and don't just refer to the plays as run up the middle or outside. Also, since you are so in-tune with offensive football, can any of you tell me what defense Cleveland was playing. Just trying to get a handle on your vast knowledge of football before getting more specific. tnt mom, feel free to comment. Don't be concerned about your lack of knowledge, no one else seems to be bothered by it.

The fact they have not said anything speaks volumes about the player.

dude he mus have done something wrong......... because you don't come on channel 13 and have the media beating on your front door if you are a saint. something went down otherwise why is he not coaching? trap you ate cheating over at hardin are you? ??? Are you serious?

Well, maybe Coach Stewart won't have him run track then but I bet he has been up at the school this summer working his but off in the summer weight program. Coach Stewart won't allow a kid to get by without busting his tail in the summer. How many days has the Frank kid been up to the summer weight program at Dayton?

I couldn't find AJ Dugats results from track this season. What exactly did Coach Stewart have him running? You can bet Coach Stewart will have Franks running the same thing next year. He won't put up with the kid not running track.

I am sure a student of the game, such as yourself, would not criticize a coach's ability based simply on the fact that he sat a player with four minutes to go in the half two years ago without even remembering the foul situation or the score. You have analyzed the coach's ability level based on something. Was the offense he ran? Defense? Here is a coach who had a very positive impact on young men's lives and you have stated Crosby is not losing much when he leaves. I am sure you also know he taught math at the high school and was chosen as "Teacher of the Year" by his peers. Please name another basketball coach in the area who was recently chosen as their high school's teacher of the year. Certainly this statement is based on more than him resting a kid with 4 minutes left in the half two years ago.

ETBU, what offense and defense did Coach Reese use at Crosby?

What was the foul situation at the time?

Specifically, what did you not like about his coaching?

I am sure this kid will be a good player but don't jump the gun because of a camp trophy. The drills competed in at this camp were 1) Long ball -how far can you throw with a crow hop 2) accuracy - throwing to 5 stationary nets 3) quick release - throwing as many balls as you can into a target 15 yards away in 25 seconds 4) moving target - hitting a dummy on a moving gator 5) don't remember the 5th. I would venture to say none of these tests measure athletic ability. I am not saying the kid will not be good but just remember the one qb at the camp with professional experience did not do well on any of the tests. Be happy for the kid but keep it all in perspective and don't berate the coaches if the kid is not starting as a freshman only because he is big and won a camp trophy. He also only competed against the other freshmen in the camp.

BigNumbNut, I have read your posts (only because I can't block you) and determined you have no clue about what you post. You constantly state opinion as fact. You are an idiot. If anyone knows how I can continue to read posts while blocking NumbNuts, please let me know so I am not subjected to his rediculous uneducated statements.

7-on-7 (touch football) is a great indicator of success in the fall. Ask Baytown Lee if anyone remembered their 7-on-7 state championship as they marched to a 1-9 record in the fall.

I probably should have hit the back button as you suggested but curiosity caused me to continue. You are correct that education should be the primary focus of an academic institution. Where I think you and other "academians" miss the boat is you don't understand what makes up a true education. Go through this simple exercise to clarify my point. First, think of the most successful person you know. Second, make a list of all the qualities this person possesses which make this person great in your opinion. Third, ask yourself if each of these qualities are innate or learned qualities. If you are like most, you will determine most of the qualities you listed are things which can be taught and therefore developed in individuals. Now ask where these things are taught. I believe athletics, whether it be junior high, high school, or college, are the greatest classroom for learning these qualities. Most of us probably realize we did not learn competitiveness, determination, self-discipline, or leadership skills from our English class regardless if it was by reading Beowolf in high school or early American Literature in college. Where then, do we learn these qualities which most believe are the most important indicators of success? I would argue these are the things taught by the teammates, coaches, and other relationships you seem to degrade in your dissertation. Check the history of current President George W. Bush, GOP candidate John McCain, and President elect Barrack Obama. You will see they all felt athletics were important enough to compete and sacrifice time which could have been devoted to academics. According to the NCAA, 2001-2002 graduation rates for non-athletes were 62% versus 64% for student athletes. You are probably correct in assuming a student who continually falls victim to "No Pass No Play" will probably not make it in college. However, very few of the thousands of students who qualify for athletic scholarships ever fall victim to "No Pass No Play". That is the reality not an assumption made by someone who really does not know. Based on your argument, you should be able to substitute students who receive pell grants and other financial aid for recipients of athletic scholarships. These students also may not be able to make it in college. I think they deserve the opportunity just as a student athlete deserves the opportunity which is afforded him or her due to his athletic prowess. I believe your assessment of college athletes is based on perception and ignorance which could be overcome with a little research and an open mind on your part.

Where is the job listed? It is not on the Texas High School Coaches Association website or the Texas Association of School Administrators website. I looked on the PNGISD.ORG website and could not find the job listing. By the way Summer Creek High School in Humble has already completed interviews and will name someone next week so they can begin the first week of January. Why would PNG wait so long? I remember as a kid going to PNG games and thinking what a great football town it was. It has been allowed to fall from that standard and it is not the coaching staff which has allowed this to happen. It is all of you on this board who whine and complain anonymously behind some screen name. If you want to see PNG football return, get off your rears, get your friends who care about football and show up at the next school board meeting and every subsequent meeting and let them know how you feel. By the way, you must sign up in advance to speak at the meetings.

I agree wholeheartedly. Don Price and his staff have done as good a job as any staff in the Houston area. Ask any coach in the area. You are the smallest school in the district and still compete each week. Some parents continue to be a part of the problem by creating doubt in the coaching rather than emphasizing the importance of work ethic, committment, and loyalty. Dayton is a good example for you. Jerry Stewart rips his kids in the paper and Dayton supporters immediately say it is great coaching and motivation. Let Don Price rip his kids in the paper once (which he would never do) and see the response from the Barbers Hill parents. I doubt there is another athletic director in the area of a single school system who could boast as many district championships in the last 10 years as Don Price leading the Barbers Hill Eagles. Meanwhile there were idiots in the community a few years ago trying to get him replaced as the Athletic Director. Are you kidding me? Take off the blinders and come to the realization this is a group of well coached kids who happen to be very non-athletic at the current time. They are great kids and you should be proud of their accomplishments and keep encouraging them to strive harder to win. The reality is that the problem lies not with coaching but rather with the "Y" chromosome.

Who was the head coach at Barbers Hill before Don Price?

The encouragement of high school athletes to "concentrate" on one sport especially for the purpose of gaining an athletic scholarship has become one of the greatest disservices to kids in athletics today. As parents, think about the high school memories you discuss with your old buddies when you get a chance or what sports memories you discuss with your kids. I would be willing to bet you don't talk about the fall ball team you played on while all your buddies were on the gridiron. I have coached 17 years and have yet to have a kid sign a Div. I, I-AA, or II basketball scholarship. I have had a lot of players quit all other sports to "concentrate" on basketball because that was where someone, (insert AAU or select coach's name here), told them they would receive an athletic scholarship. I have been around a few kids that received baseball scholarships. Very few big schools and almost none of them were full rides. I have seen more kids receive football scholarships mainly due to the fact that Div. I schools have 85 to offer. Irregardless, almost all of the athletes who received scholarships played more than one sport. Why? Because recruiters recruit kids who are athletic rather than skilled. In other words, take a young man who can field ground balls really well but can not move. A college coach can only take that young man so far until he has peaked out athletically. He will never be able to field a ball hit in the gap the way a quicker kid could because he simply can not get there to make a play. Conversely, take a kid who is not as skilled at the sport but can move and the coach can teach him the skills necessary to get him to field the ball because he can at least reach it. The same can be said for all sports. Basketball players may be great shooters but they must get open and then play defense on the other end of the court. Receivers may have great hands but they must be able to get open to receive the pass. Pitchers are the exception because they are obviously recruited for pitching rather than fielding. All of this to say playing multiple sports helps to create the athlete and thus makes them more recruitable while also allowing them to obtain the lessons sports were intended for in the first place (teamwork, integrity, sportsmanship, discipline, hard work, etc.). Read the attached article about Rice baseball players who played football. You could substitute any sport for baseball and I think it would hold true. Just my take. Paper: Houston Chronicle Date: Mon 06/19/2006 Section: Sports Page: 1 Edition: 3 STAR Rice proves football can mix with baseball / Athletes go from end zones to the basepaths to toughen Owls By MOISEKAPENDA BOWER Staff OMAHA, NEB. - There is little statistical evidence of the agonizing pain Rice outfielder Jordan Dodson has endured this season. Scar tissue in a shoulder muscle that Dodson tore during his senior season at The Woodlands hindered his swing and affected his throwing from right field. A foul ball off his left foot broke a bone midway through the season, but Dodson missed only four games. If there is a profile of a product of Texas high school football, Dodson fits it. "Being a football player, you've got to play through pain. If you don't, you're not going to get to play much," said Dodson, a sophomore. "That mentality (helps) as far as how (Aaron) Luna had to get stitches (against Houston on May 28) and didn't come out. (Tyler) Henley is always getting hit by pitches and never comes out or complains. "The football mentality keeps everybody tough, and that's probably a bit of an advantage against other teams." Depending on athletes who played high school football - something Owls coach Wayne Graham calls a rite of passage in Texas - has paid off for Rice (56-11) this season. It's difficult to gauge how two-a-days in mid-August can deepen one's tenacity. The Owls, who will meet Miami tonight in a winner's-bracket game at the College World Series, have displayed resolve that borders on astounding. "If you're not mentally tough in football, you're not going to do very well," Dodson said. "You have to be more mentally tough in football, and it helps a lot in baseball." Said Henley: "It's played a big part in a lot of our come-from-behind victories. Our mental and physical toughness has a lot to do with that." There are at least eight players on the Owls' 25-man roster with roots in Texas high school football. The group includes first baseman Joe Savery who, like Dodson, was a decorated quarterback. Three Rice pitchers - Bobby Bramhall, Craig Crow and Kyle Gunderson - earned multiple letters in football. Henley and Luna were all-state tailbacks, with Luna sharing the load on two state title teams at Southlake Carroll. Junior catcher Travis Reagan, a two-sport standout at Lubbock Monterey, was lost for the season after breaking his right ankle May 14. The Owls didn't need Reagan in a comeback against Georgia in their CWS opener. Rice rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh after Georgia had taken a lead. "It's just another advantage - mentally - to have played football," said Graham, who recalled how his experiences playing football at Reagan High School helped him as a baseball player. "We always have a desire to (recruit two-sport athletes)." It should come as little surprise that Luna and Henley pace the club in being hit by pitches with 22 and 20, respectively. Fittingly, Henley hasn't missed a start this season. "When you see somebody take a ball in the ribs and not even flinch, even the players that hadn't played football derive strength from that," Dodson said. "It plays a huge role." . . .