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Better job opportunities. It happens. People want to move up the chain of command. They left for head coaching jobs. Please tell me you received your education from somewhere other than PN-GISD? Your grammar, logic, and spelling leave much to be desired and do not scream Honor, Pride, and Tradition.

Sign your name to your post Mr. Insider. Let's see if you are behind the scenes. Weak. Not anyone or everyone will win at PN-G. Again, weak.

He gets paid to win games. Not to hold your hand.

Stop with the multiple screen names and trashing a coach who won more games than anyone else to walk the sidelines at PN-G. You are weak. Plenty of players -- who actually played -- tell a different story from you and your son. Sign your name to your attacks. Coward.

Weak. Was your son not good enough to crack the starting line up? Do tell, what are these stories? Your post reads like sour grapes.

It wasn’t close…38-7 at the half and 59-21 final. Allen played well and ET could not find its groove due to penalties and INTs. No shame in losing to Allen in the third round. Coach Morris has Allen playing well.

You're good Strattrax...I thought of Wilson Weber, Ted Brack, Mark Moss, Matt Burnett, Shawn Lang, Trayce Boudoin, and a few others. Shawn Lang was not the biggest guy, but he had a nose for the football and he would light you up with a mean streak. Excellent choice. No argument here. Wilson Weber...his jersey should be retired. Nothing more needs to be said. No one with any sense of PN-G history would argue the point. Another excellent choice.

I saw #20 standing on the sidelines, saw him get the piggyback ride, but he did walk, too. No idea what his injury was/is/might be. Ankle? Knee? Hip? Tough kid and very good RB. I like the direct snap to him in the red zone. He does not fiddle around. He runs north/south and plows in for the TD. Also, he has some breakaway wheels. All-around good RB. Hope he is back next week. #26 is not too shabby as the back-up. Have not seen him break one, but he gets going and will put his head down for the extra yard. People in the stands say there is another kid who has not played this year because of injuries and he is a good one too. Reed? Reeder? I'm not sure. Great win by PN-G. Proud of our kids. Keep playing hard. Go Indians.

I think D Long in Coach Faircloth's system would own a lot of PN-G passing records and they might be so far out of reach that you would need to start a 7th grader to break them. DL could read defenses in a split second and make any throw necessary...lasers, lobs, the short game, and the long game. He was a complete passing QB. Another PN-G QB that threw great long balls was RJ. I don't think there was ever a PN-G QB who could throw the long ball like RJ...beautiful arc and touch. Adam was gritty, tough as nails, and he could sling it around. He was good at reading defenses, standing tough in the pocket, and making good throws. I would take him in a heartbeat year in and year out. It's like your kids...you love them all and you would not dare say one was better than the others (cough, cough...at least you would not say it out loud for anyone to hear). Ha-ha. Who is or was the greatest PN-G pass rusher? DL/DE or OLB? I've thought of a few names, but would be interested in the opinions of others. Strattrax? Rockets? Others? Go Indians!

Good discussion/debate between Strattrax and Rockets. Good stuff. I love them all and I am thrilled they wore purple and white. Glad they are PN-G Indians. But...Richy Ethridge called and said, here, hold my beer, I want in this discussion. I'm the best of them all. Never lost to Nederland or Port Arthur Thomas Jefferson or Port Arthur Lincoln, and I have more playoff wins than several of the QBs combined. Before Richy grabbed his beer, he said, I played college ball and I need to get back to polishing my state championship trophy and ring. Go Indians. Peace.

Who calls the plays at PAM? HC or OC? I get it. The buck stops with the HC, so there's that. But, who actually does the game planning week-to-week and who calls the plays on Friday nights (or Saturdays)? If you get rid of Morgan, who would replace him with and are you sure you could reel in the desired candidate? SETX is not what it used to be. I'm not sure any program in SETX could lure a top coach. PAM, PN-G, Nederland, WB, United, Vidor, etc. Not sure they are considered destination spots for top notch HS coaches. They once were...many years ago...now, I'm not sure. What sayeth you? First, who calls the plays at PAM?

True. We got a lucky break there. We still had +14 going into the 4Q and lose the 4Q/OT 28-7. That is giving away the game when you can't cover a wing-T team throwing the ball, when you know they need to steal a possession and you look unprepared, or when you have 1st and goal and never give the ball to your RB running behind an OL that had some push. Credit to TC for making the plays to win the game, but, my opinion, PN-G helped them.

My point of reference is PN-G v. Crosby and PN-G v. TC. Watching those two games, the second unit for Crosby will still beat TC. The Stingarees have a physical and quick DL/LB group, but not a lot of size and they were not as disruptive as what I saw from Crosby. At times, the PN-G OL pushed around TC. The secondary for TC was supposed to be good, but the Indians had open WRs. In contrast, the Crosby DL was disruptive from start to finish, and there were smaller windows to make throws. That's just me. I'm not a coach. That was my eye test. Against TC, PN-G was back in the business of giving away a win...we gave one to Nederland and then felt generous when playing TC. If the Indians play clean games against Nederland and TC, throw the ball to people wearing purple/white, and wake up the secondary and special teams coaches from their Friday night naps, PN-G would be sitting in second place. Instead, we give away wins. On top of that, last night during OT, we have 1st and goal, the OL had some momentum holding its own at the line of scrimmage, and Trahan is a good HS RB. The Indians do not give their run game a shot to score? Frustrating play calls in OT. Great play calls in the 2Q and 3Q. Gave our offense momentum. Frustrating 1Q and 4Q. We allow a wing-T team to throw the ball around like Joe Montana to Jerry Rice? Everyone in the stadium knows TC needs to steal a possession and will likely try an onside kick, but we do not coach up our kids to be prepared? In OT, we abandon the run game with 1st and goal? Giving away wins...frustrating. Kids gave good effort. I'll still be there next Friday watching the purple/white Indians vs. the green Indians. Go Big Purple! Good luck to the other district teams...Crosby...BH...TC. Get ready for a good playoff push.

I would not go so far as to say PN-G choked. The scoop-and-score and pick-six interception hurt the Indians. Credit goes to Nederland for making those happen. PN-G can look back and learn from its mistakes. Two other things that stood out to me in that game were PN-G abandoning it run game in the second half and the PN-G defense running out gas in the 4Q. Give credit to Nederland. They played well enough to create some breaks and they won the game because of it. Good game that went the way of Nederland...this year. Next year, hit the reset button and see what happens. Go Indians. Peace P.S. Back on track for this thread. Good season Nederland. Sometimes a season does not go your way. Compete and have fun...it's high school football...enjoy it.

No. It could have been, but Crosby had 2s and 3s in the game starting in the second quarter. 1944: Port Arthur 89, Port Neches 0 1987: Aldine MacArthur 75, PN-G 0 2017: PN-G 72, Crosby 69 2021: Crosby 69, PN-G 28

Tip of the cap to Crosby. You have an outstanding team. Solid coaching. Very active, quick, and disruptive DL. Much better than my Indians. Good luck on the remainder of your season and playoff run.

BH #2 and #81 are ball players. BH and PN-G are similar. Establish the run...and then...poof...let's not run the ball. BH should give the ball to #2 off tackle all night long. When you throw it, throw that ball to #81...good size, good hands, and some decent speed in the open field. PN-G #20...ball player. He gets north/south and he has some wheels. PN-G DL and LBs will fight, scrap, and compete. Not sure what the BH QB did to warrant an ejection. Online...I did not see the penalty. Good game, Indians. Found some mojo. Keep it going.

Upset that Coach Faircloth sits atop the PN-G coaching W/L list? All the Coach Faircloth haters want to get rid of him. Who would you bring in? Be careful what you ask for, a return to 1984-1988 or the MB era minus D. Long is just around the corner.

I've been watching his highlights and reading as much as I can find about him. Great all-around game. TX Hoops nailed it...TA keeps his teammates in the flow...and he plays defense (not much defense by some of the kids on the AAU circuit, but TA plays defense). Not to mention his ability to score...to jump up and shoot over people or create space for an open jumper. Love his game. As a UH alum, I am excited that Coach Sampson was able to make a connection with TA. Kellen Sampson is amped up on Twitter and social media. TA could be a game changer right away. Solja - I hope you are right...I hope TA grows to 6'8". Can you imagine a 6'8" guy with those skills? He may be a one and done to at most two and done recruit. I'm not a hardcore NBA guy, but everything I read about TA says he has NBA talent. Beaumont United has a new fan...me!

I love this signing...TA takes and MAKES big shots. Plays fearless. No idea if this is true, but people on the UH message boards say he is still growing...6'6" and could be 6'7" or taller when he gets to campus. Coach Sampson loves TA's confidence and willingness to play bigtime basketball in pressure packed games. It takes a special talent to play well when the stage is big and the lights are bright. People on the UH message boards are beyond excited about his signing.

Condolences.

Ironic that the Drysdales (UT) are joining the Clampetts (SEC). OU fits-in fine with the Clampetts. UT? The jury is still out. As my longtime friend, and the proudest UT alum that I know, told me, "We will hold our nose all the way to the bank and cash those SEC checks." Four super-conferences, sixteen teams per conference, and the top four teams in each conference make the playoffs. Win four games in the playoffs and grab the undisputed national championship. March Madness finally comes to college football. Adios, NCAA...welcome the College Football Alliance (four super-conferences). TV rights divied up to pay the players in the super-conference.

I get what Smash is saying...Inika McPherson did not have a qualifying jump of 6'5" for the 2021 Olympics. She had all season to clear 6'5" or higher to knock out the qualifying threshold. That said, I agree with Baddog and Grad...why have the trials? Only one jumper at the trials cleared the Olympic standard. Inika McPherson placed second at the trials, but she was stuck on 6'4" and she did not have a qualifying jump from earlier in the season. The third place jumper at the trials was also below the mark and did not have a qualifying jump. Thus, Team USA had to go to the 4th place jumper at the trials who had a qualifying jump earlier in the season. I get the criteria. However, I my preference would be for Team USA to take the ladies performing their best late in the season, at the trials, and not someone who had a qualifying jump earlier in the season several months ago. Reasonable people can disagree. I would vote for Inika McPherson...SETX bias...and I like her style.

Anyone else read the article in the PA News about Inika McPherson being left off the USA women's track and field team? [Hidden Content] She has a legitimate reason to be upset. She did everything she was supposed to do. She trained for months in advance of the Olympic trials, she peaked at the Olympic trials, and she has the requisite experience...2016 Olympics, Pan-Am Games, and several world championship track meets. She has won on the big stage. Why leave her off the team? The excuse given about world rankings was weak. Inika McPherson deserved to go to Tokyo. Feel bad for her.

I have been a small part, a very small part, of a group that provides hot meals to homeless men, women, and children near downtown Houston. Mental illness and addiction are the obstacles that I have seen firsthand. I do not know the answers. I do know that they appreciate a hot meal, a word of encouragement, and a simple handshake or friendly hug. Yes, there are some grifters/swindlers, but the majority that I have encountered are not hustlers. They are stuck in a cycle and need some help. What I have encountered has taught me about the seriousness of mental illness. I had such a misunderstanding.