Goslin

GCCISD can’t afford to rebuild RSS and it’ll be declared unsafe in 4 years if it isn’t rebuilt, it’s got a LOT of structural problems that were discovered a couple years ago. Voters have rejected the last 2 Bonds put up to a vote, and are in no mood for a 3rd Bond election. GCCISD had to draw millions out of their “rainy day fund” and make a lot of cuts and close/consolidate a couple elementary schools to stay solvent this year and they said at the last Board meeting they’ll have to do all that again next year and the year after will be even worse because they’ll have to start repaying their “rainy day fund” as well. What I’m saying is that there isn’t going to be any 4th High School although they may finally force a consolidation as a way to save money. We’ll have to wait the next couple of years to see if things improve financially for GCCISD or if they have to continue to cut/consolidate in order to stay afloat.

GCCISD has approved at their last Board Meeting the rezoning maps to take effect this Summer. With that said, GCCISD refused to answer when asked at that Board meeting whether this rezoning would be enough to get GCM down to 5A in ‘26. They deferred the question to the AD who spoke later at the meeting, and no one asked him. They DID say, however, that there are some things they can do beyond rezoning like moving programs around that can get those numbers down as well. They also said that even if GCM drops down in ‘26, it’ll be right back up in ‘28 or ‘30 at the latest and unable to drop again because the rezoning is going to fill REL/RSS up so there won’t be any more room to take the excess students out of GCM and they’re going to keep growing with all the new construction out there. Long story short, it looks like they’re probably going to get GCM back down into 9-5A-1 in ‘26 but it’ll only be a 2 year break before they go back up to 6A to stay in ‘28. RSS in 9-5A-1 and REL in 9-5A-2 SHOULD be staying where they are. Barber’s Hill is set to exceed 6A enrollment numbers by next year so most folks figure BH and GCM will switch places, BH moving up to 23-6A and GCM taking their place back down in 9-5A-1 with RSS. None of this spares GCM Football the whooping they’re going to get again this season in 23-6A plus it wouldn’t matter if Nick Saban is their HFC they can’t beat REL in the shape they’re in and probably not RSS either.

Yeah, he’s really gonna need it. He’s a lot like the guy they just fired, no HFC experience, but has worked as an assistant for some successful programs. He was at Summer Creek for a little bit, was OC at REL for a few years, he’s spent the last couple years as an assistant at Aldine Nimitz. His advantage over Ragsdale is that he’s from here, and comes from a family of athletes who all did great things here, so he knows a lot of folks here in town. I heard he was involved in youth coaching around here for a while so he knows a lot of the kids and parents which is something Ragsdale never had. I don’t think it’ll be enough, Ragsdale had assistants that had been studs at REL back in the glory days who knew folks in town and knew the kids and all that and none of that helped at all but it didn’t hurt and now at least it’s the HFC with the local connections. I’ve said this before and will say it again, what the new GCM HFC needs to do is go to the GCCISD Board and demand that they let GCM out of having to play REL/RSS each year. There’s no real rivalry there between the schools, GCM isn’t in the same classification as REL/RSS, and as bad off as GCM is those are 2 guaranteed losses every season. Just say “We’re 6A and play 6A teams, not little 5A teams” schedule 3 horrible HISD teams, beat all 3, and then go into District play at 3-7. Find a way to beat Channelview and end the season 4-6. That’s better than RSS’s 3-7 last season and only 2 wins back from REL’s 6-4. Most folks wont know or care how it was done, it’ll look like a big turnaround. Who am I kidding? They’re not gonna change anything. 1-9 or 0-10 season incoming. I do wish them luck though!

GCCISD just announced their new hire for GCM HFC/AD. “The Goose Creek CISD school board has voted to approve the contract of Jay’Mond Cleveland to be the next Head Football Coach/Athletic Coordinator at Goose Creek Memorial High School. The coach is no stranger to the district. He is a 2003 Lee High School graduate and a former Ganders offensive coordinator under head coach Tim Finn. Cleveland left the school district after the 2021-2022 school year and took a position at Summer Creek High School. He has spent the last two seasons at Nimitz High School. More than 60 candidates applied for the Goose Creek Memorial opening. The applicant pool was whittled down to a top 10 list, then to four, second round candidates and finally to two, in the third and final round. Cleveland will be the fifth head coach since the school opened in the 2008, taking over for Daniel Ragsdale. Ragsdale was 2-28 in his three years at the helm of Patriots football, winless this last season. Cleveland will be tasked with guiding the school district’s only Class 6A athletics program as well as its football team.”

Agreed on all of that. He wants to be a HFC one day and that can't happen without moving up to a higher position so it is what it is. Westfield benefits from his talent and his name. Ganders will be alright, BTW. I'm pretty sure this has been in the works for a while and Coach Finn has had some time to get a new man in there, plus with REL in 5A for eternity it's not like they'll ever have to see Coach Hurts from across the field so its all good..

Well, I guess I spoke a little soon. Averion Hurts Jr just tweeted out that he’s taken an OC job at Westfield HS.

You’ve got to remember we’re talking about GCCISD here. When’s the last time GCCISD made a good decision? I can’t think of a single one since they hired Coach Finn on for REL and that’s been going on 8 years now. You really think they’d be that smart?

His brother Averion Hurts Jr is QB Coach at Baytown Lee. OC is Jaymond Cleveland.

Nah, I don’t want my name attached to that. Coach Simper probably ought to leave a copy of the playbook with Coach Poole along with that lineup, though, just to play it safe!

I swear, if I have to explain the joke it takes all the humor out of it. You might not get it, but there’s folks in here who do. If you’re from Beaumont, maybe you can tell me why yall let the Pig Stand close? I loved that place.

Well, you’ll have to forgive me, I AM from Baytown.

With every reply to me, you continue to prove me right.

I didn’t say the DEC, I said the SEC. They’re not going to have to travel there physically but they’re going to have to be there on a videoconference call. There’s definitely going to be SEC hearings over this with each of the HCs and their District reps.

Well, now, if I’d SEEN the video, I guess I’d know that. Might be something that WBs Coach might reconsider allowing his players do at the ends of quarters, seeing as how because of that they had 8 suspended rather than just the 3. I wonder if RSS has any football players also playing basketball. There was almost a bench-clearing brawl at the REL/RSS game last season late in the 3rd and it was started by a RSS player shoving a REL player after the whistle and then taking a swing. It was all the coaches could do to keep their kids on their benches.

Well forgive me if I don’t just take your word for it. What the Hell are you claiming I “speculated” about? I never picked a side in this. What little I’ve heard about it says there was wrong on both sides and I don’t think it’s even been mentioned which side the player that shoved initially or which side the player who threw a punch was on. Both teams had multiple players suspended, both Coaches will have to visit the SEC over it. Where’s the “speculation” from me?

I could post a video of Poole admitting the whole thing and there’s STILL Hill Homers who’d claim the video was doctored or cut or AI or whatever. They just can’t allow themselves to believe that they aren’t as perfect in every respect as they’ve claimed for decades now. I’ll tell you what, they’re growing into that New Baytown nickname more and more each day!

Well, it’s a bit of a commute from BH Just read she’s a senior, she’s staying on The Hill to graduate for sure.

Well hello, Mr. Fancypants! “Highly doubt” doesn’t mean “won’t”. I hope they don’t but there IS precedent for it. Hopefully it ends with the player penalties handed down by the DEC and the coaches getting a reprimand and chewed out by the SEC and that’s the end of it.

There’s a couple of examples of similar situations here. Looks like HCs are definitely looking at Reprimands and 2 year probations. Programs might also be looking at 2 year probations and one or both HCs may be looking at 1 game suspensions, going by UIL SEC precedent. [Hidden Content]

My only source is this thread and the Beaumont Enterprise article on the subject. I hadn’t even heard about this until today, no news about it at all in Baytown. Excuse me for wanting to see for myself what happened rather than take the word of anonymous folks online.

I don’t know about creating one but it damn sure could contribute to it!

DEC doesn’t have the power to do that, I don’t believe. It has to go to the SEC for punishments for Coaches/Programs. I’d expect, and this is just my guess after listening to prior hearings, that each HC might get a 1 game suspension/letter of reprimand over it for not being able to keep their bench from clearing out plus there’s also the possibility of a probation period for one or both of these programs and also for additional player suspension time added on by SEC. We’ll have to wait and see but there’s definitely gonna be SEC meetings with each HC/District bigwigs over this. I guess the bright side of all this is that with 5 RSS players out, maybe REL stands a chance of beating RSS tonight? Glass half-full here!

Beaumont Enterprise article on the fight listings consequences thus far. I imagine the HCs are gonna have to answer to the UIL SEC over it and there may be consequences for one or both of them for not being able to control their benches. [Hidden Content]

I don’t think it’s about wanting to “see kids fight” but more to see for themselves what started it and how bad things ended up. I don’t think anyone wants to see it out of any kind of enjoyment, at least I hope not.

Because they’re us. Half their population are Baytown transplants. That’s why they’re “New Baytown”. That’s where their inferiority complex comes from. They love to say they’re so much better, but then they look next door and can’t help but remember that’s where they came from, and if we’re really so bad over here then they’re really no better. It’s a fundamental difference in philosophy, really. In Barber’s Hill, they all say “We’re better than everyone else.” In Baytown we say “You’re no better than anyone else.” Sure, kick us while we’re down. Stomp us into the ground when we’re too weak to fight. That doesn’t make you any better than us. That makes you worse.