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It was fun watching the BC student section.  They were a hoot.  The score was a matter of complete indifference to them.  Being behind 20 something to 80 something apparently was not a factor in their thinking.  They went nuts at every tiny little thing that went the Cardinals way.  The ref calling a jump ball was like VJ Day for them.  And there were a couple of times they cheered riotously for nothing at all, nothing at least that I could detect.

The adult 3/4 of the stands was a good deal more cognizant of what was actually happening on the court and a little less exultant about the whole thing.  With them it was more like, "Ouch" and "Yikes" and finally "Oh well'.  Silsbee knows the feeling all too well  and perhaps better remembering the Bellville game.  

If you've been though it there isn't much in this world that's more gratifying than winning a game on the road against a hostile crowd.  Usually though there's some little note of disappointment and maybe even a hint of embarrassment in the enemy camp when the score is so lopsided.  Not so here.  Watching the kid section you'd have thought that BC was 50 points ahead rather than 50 points behind.  No sir, they weren't going to let the fact that their guys were being run out of the gym spoil their fun.  If you could have gotten their attention and said, 'Guys, look at the scoreboard."  I'm sure their reply would have been something like, "Scoreboard?  I don't see any scoreboard.  What's a scoreboard?"  Or perhaps it was just a case of managing expectations.  If so it's one of the most impressive demonstrations of that science I've ever witnessed.

Today I'm sure that it's ancient history for them.  In the words of Ralphie, "In the jungles of kiddom, the mind switches gears rapidly."

Maybe personality traits and/or goals with ALL the sports come to play in the interviews

Vidor has too many Monday morning QBs or bleacher coaches that know way more than the coaches on the sidelines.  Instead of getting their kids to buy in, they spend their time badmouthing the coaches... and yes, I hear this weekly at Vidor games or sitting on patios having a few cold ones with the guys.
P.S. Yes, Vidor under Mathews spent a lot of time at LH. 

Semi retired. Asked to stay on for a while longer to take care of basketball forum.
 
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Some of those could have similar "home grown" talent from time to time. Carthage is now aided by a never-ending supply of "other town's best players" that move in on a yearly basis and continually elevate them above the others.

Man... you are sad.  Only about wins and losses.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Such a simple mind.  Maybe one day you'll be able to see that coaches are much more than wins and losses. 

Stop using the baseball team as a scapegoat for BCs lack of success. They made good strides rebounding from that dumpster fire that McGuire ran. Smalley will continue building up this program. God forbid anyone try to get better around the 409.

You got it figured out. You missed your calling in school administration..
 
Hire the best fit candidate... "Homer" or not.

Do they wait until after halftime before they start serving Silsbee fans their CROW?????

Silsbee looking overmatched athletically.

Yea, but no… it won’t get better without a change, but just changing for the sake of changing won’t do the trick. 
 
There might be a half dozen men (of any color) in the state that have a proven record of doing what has been done in WOS over the last few decades. There might be a half dozen currently coaching who will one day prove themselves capable of what’s been done in WOS. 
Jerry Jones once claimed that there were 500 coaches capable of leading the Cowboys to a Championship…. They haven’t won one since. Hickman isn’t the problem. He’s a decent coach… Y’all are just used to elite coaching and the odds of y’all attracting (much less hiring) an elite coach are practically non-existent.  

I mean, who else are they hurting? A team with that level of talent that is currently undefeated shouldn’t be racking up unsportsmanlike penalties. It’s a sign of a team that lacks discipline and character… both of which will be needed for the six playoff games. My guess is they’ll hit some adversity in week three or four and implode. 
 
Serious white guy take… Most teams wish that they had the potential that Silsbee squanders on an annual basis. 
 
On talent alone Silsbee should lead their series with West Orange over the last thirty years. But don’t take my word for it… the Silsbee faithful will argue all day long that Patrick Reed was a far better qb than the mighty Jack Dallas. But Jack played in three state championship games and Reed was more of a ringmaster than a quarterback. 

This is just my opinion… it’s not something that a coach can fix. It’s a culture issue at this point. They enjoy the reputation of being classless because the level of talent usually gets them a win despite the played out routine. Nobody else glossed them  “Smoketown.” They did that for themselves. 
 
Athleticism kept them in the game against Cuero last year, despite the unsportsmanlike behavior and lack of coaching adjustments. Instead of being nine games into the season and refining the behavior that racks up hundred and hundreds of penalty yards, it seems like they’re feeling themselves abs ramping it up, if anything. But it’s nothing new… it’s been going on for years. 
 
So that’s the question for Silsbee- fans, players, future players, coaches… “when are y’all going to see that you’ll never win it all with that crappy culture?”
Fifteen yards and an automatic first down hurts a lot more than sending somebody to the line for two free throws in a game that’s already out of hand. 

Trash post!   Go cry and play victim on another site.
Blaming Silsbee’s lack of discipline on racism is a joke.   The WOS game is a prime example.   And they will play dirty, and run their mouth again this week, against another predominantly black team.
Silsbee has had a long track record of chippiness, and mouthing, regardless of the demographics of their opponent.

IMO the refs share some blame when the games are allowed to get out of control. Clearly, some refs have their favorite teams or coaches, they overlook plays that are so blatant right in front of their eyes. WOS does do things that make no sense, let’s face it they are not going to take smack from any team and not verbally retaliate (This causes them to get flagged). I don’t re-call them ever being involved in a play where someone from the opposite team had to be life flighted out. We all know what happened to our beloved QB #12. UIL should review plays where a team has a history of aggression against their opponent’s week after week and the start to forfeit their games. Maybe then this type of behavior will stop!!

Jasper needs to watch their QB.
Silsbee is known for hitting  players after the play.

Came here to say this. He's a great kid. Wish I could have seen him play more this year. 

I'm at the game and it is dead silence. Silsbee players hit a kid about 5 yards out of bounds  and he hit the track hard. I'm hearing that they are waiting on life flight or ambulance. 
The Silsbee players clapping and taunting while the kid was being treated was classless. They refused to take a knee until about 10 minutes after the injury. The whole game was like that too. Fights, taunting, late hits, classless gestures from Silsbee the whole game. 
 

I lost track of how many unsportsmanlike calls Silsbee had tonight. 
I wish the camera would have been going when the last unsportsmanlike call was made on Silsbee when the BC player was hurt. The Silsbee players started clapping and taunting the home crowd, all while the injured player was lying on the ground and the BC crowd was praying. It was disgusting. 

I didnt see any of that as I just saw the film. Prayers for that young man as I know God will take care of him. 

Typical Silsbee team always wanting to fight either in basketball or football. 

I’m not at all.   But hard to blame it on BC when Silsbee has a large sample size of undisciplined play and a lot of mouthing.
Did it the WOS game and next week will be worse. 

Lol they won’t see Carthage 

If they keep playing like this it'll never happen. 

Silsbee is very undisciplined. It really takes away from a very good game to the start of the 4th. I seen at least four 15 yard penalties myself. False starts. Holding smh.