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This season, more so than any other that I can remember in my 15 or so years on SETXsports, we're having a major problem with multiple posters from multiple teams continually bashing, criticizing, and insulting various area coaches. Moderators have had to post the no coach-bashing rule in multiple threads that have gone off the rails due to complaints about coaching. There are ways to express yourself without violating this rule. If you can't find a way to do so, I'd suggest avoiding the topic completely. I don't care if WOS goes 2-8, if Vidor runs the ball up the middle 200 times in a row, or if Hull-Daisetta doesn't listen to the experts and mismanages the clock while calling the wrong plays. Anyone who violates this rule during the remainder of the season is receiving an immediate one-week ban. Violations are decided by moderator discretion. If you continue to violate the rule once you return you will be banned permanently. If you're about to make a post about coaching, but you're not sure if it's okay, don't make it. Save your opinion for facebook, or better yet, go to the game and scream it in the stands with the other coaching experts. It's important to remember that while our site encourages healthy discussion, we demand an atmosphere of respect towards our local players, coaches, and communities, no matter your opinion of their performance.. Please remember that this post is your free warning. Any questions about this rule, or about a post you'd like to make, may be sent to myself or other moderators in private message for clarification without repercussions. Below, for the fiftieth time, is the rule that so many of you continue to violate. Thank you, and happy posting. 18 ) The bashing of any particular coach, player, referee, etc will not be tolerated. This includes issues involving their personal lives, coaching/playing style or performance, past experiences, etc.

I agree completely about student athletes NOT being called out. They’re kids. I’ll abide by the rule about coaches, but it’s dumb. If a man wants to take on the role of coaching with all of its financial rewards, prestige, power, etc… and expects to bask in the glory and praise after wins, he/she should have to face the criticism when it comes. There’s a big difference between criticizing a kid who threw a pick versus criticizing a highly paid professional who made a questionable play call, or is even having problems after deciding to install a new philosophy despite the old one being pretty doggone effective. Should people stick “for sale” signs in his yard? Absolutely not. But should that man be spared from any form of criticism, too? I don’t think so.

We rarely say anything about the boys in the stripes, except maybe they are blind😉. I would like to bring up something though, in 1958 my uncle Beau Hicks joined the Southwest Officials Association, the precursor to todays Texas Association of Sports Officials, he served as Secretary, I believe President for a while, refereed in both High School and College games as well as ending his career as a recruiter for officials for the NFL. A few years after Uncle Beau started my dad, Wayne Hicks, joined as well, both of them served in virtually every position on the field as well as officiating basketball for awhile which I remember was not my dads' favorite. About 20 years after my Uncle joined my middle brother BJ Hicks joined TASO and has officiated just about every position on the field along with becoming one of the few caucasian officlas in SWAC for a few years. One of my cousins also tried it for awhile but didn't like it. Both my dad and my uncle have passed on leaving the legacy to my brother and this year will be my brothers' last year after close to 45 years running up and down the fields with all the young men. It seems odd to me knowing there will no longer be a Hicks out on that field but I would like to let you guys know that they all served with honesty and integrity. It takes a special man to give his time and his money (they pay yearly dues) and I have been lucky enough to have been related to several of them.

Some criticism is fine, just not the constant bashing and making it personal. When every post a particular member makes is about bashing a coach, it's gone too far for that member. The posting of the video is a prime example of coach bashing. Folks have to understand the website side of this. We have to have good relationships with our local coaches. Those relationships are important to the success of this website.

This games over. 🔐

Exactly right. Cornel had the talent to find weaknesses in the other side, and he capitalized on them, big time. You can take a team 4 deep in the playoffs, with minimum talent, if you have a great coach.

I personally don't think a fair assessment of how a head coach did or is doing can be made unless they've had a group of 7th graders make it to graduation. Also, expectations can at times be unrealistic and improvements, expectations, and culture changes need to be taken into account. Unfortunately that's not the case. Coaches are judged on wins/losses. Despite graduations.. despite classification changes.. despite district changes.. despite transfers (both in and out).. despite every single detail that can affect the failure/success of a team that's out of the coach's control. They're still judged on wins/losses solely. Coincidentally.. sometimes a fresh perspective can change the attitude of the entire program by bringing new excitement. I get that.. I just which it was approached in a more, "we'd like to change directions" type attitude instead of unwarranted negativity towards whoever the last person was. Again.. I get it, though. The average person isn't very intelligent and there are far more people with below average intelligence than above. That's just the way of the world.. so I won't pretend that how things probably should be are the way that they will be. So..

a team with their backs against a wall vs a team looking for payback. Makes for a very good ballgame.

Welcome SS fan

Big game here... Winner is still in the DC hunt... Loser not so much.

We love the guy. He wasn't gonna fix the offense overnight. My concern is that the defense hasn't been as good as we need it to be to beat good teams. I think we'll get better as the season progresses.

Coach Faircloth has lead SS to a 4-1 record beating Liberty-Eylau 24-6. Liberty-Eulau was ranked 15th in 4a d2. Coach Faircloth took over a SS team that was 0-10 last season. Before tonight's game SS was ranked #21 in 4a d1. His only loss this season coming at the hands of Hallsville a 5a d2 ranked #20 school. That loss was 34-21. SS hadn't won back to back games since 2018. I believe they had only won 4 games since 2018. This is a great example of the difference a great coach can make.

This is one to keep an eye on. Rooting for the Dawgs but I'm not making a prediction.

Didn't you know Crosby was a mecca for academics? LOL

UIL isn't dumb lol. They know 99.8 % of these athletes are transferring for academic purposes.

This is so true. I always felt that CT and his staff did their best coaching job in 2018. Remember that was right after 4 straight trips to Dallas. The talent level seemed to have dropped that year and at one point the Mustangs were 2-3 just like this year. But even though they were struggling early you could tell there was improvement each week. They ended up winning district and going 4 rounds deep. I still think without the monsoon they played Silsbee in, they would have won that game and advanced to the semifinal. But that’s an argument that’s already been hashed over many times so no need to go over that again. Point is even with talent level not as high as normal the coaching staff that year did an outstanding job of getting the kids ready, coaching them up and putting them in situations where they could be the most successful.

It’s all about the coaching!

Correct. Not knocking the young man, but when I watched him play vs. Newton, I was impressed with him as being a freshman, but not once did I think he could be a top 10 National QB. Like you said, he's not even top 10 QB in the state for class of 2026.

Absolutely smoking! 😂

QB was certainly a good change and he played very well. He actually ran better than he passed. I certainly hope the Dogs continue to improve especially receivers and secondary Just don’t know how much they improved because Willowridge is now officially playing like and HISD school and I don’t see them winning a game this season If the Dogs can beat Dayton, I will say they have improved a bunch

Well it’s on twitter so it must be……

That's all the extra negative energy WOS fans are helping outsiders feed into the situation along with losing a hall of fame head coach. That's how you go from maybe not being good as normal to just totally falling apart. I hope that doesn't happen with the stangs.

It was actually from PJ media......problem is, the mainstream media will not cover this especially before mid-terms......Remember when Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation...only to find out after mid-terms it was not? Remember the disgraced 52 CIA agents that signed a letter that had all the signs of Russian disinformation.......they were wrong too So, I would not be too picky on where you prefer your news from

I think the kid has potential, but not national top 10. Top 10 in Texas? I can see that.

I hope U of H so he can team again with Arceneaux…

"baselessly making claims of recruiting" Really, wasn't at you Eye is was the sub post you responded to that made the accusation not you. And yes the UIL is silly and due process doesn't exist in their system.

Should not criticize the kids. Coaches need to wear big girl panties and expect to be criticized.

It is what it is for Kountze this year unfortunately. I believe they start several freshman and sophomores . Should pay off in a couple years if they stick with.

They had two others quit. But only one has transferred that i know of. I guess he is trying to make a statement if you leave your not going to play this year

I'm like this: if the kid and his/her family don't want to be there then no hard feelings they can leave, I'd sign off quickly. 🤷🏾‍♂️

That ole Girlfriend still looking good! 😂

Just not sure how many players LCM picking up from WOS! 🤨

I'm sorry but no. Lumberton LCM/Huffman Vidor/Livingston/Splendora

Is this a thing or no? Crosby > FBM > PNG

Shocking!!

Anahuac head coach went and hired a coach who just happen to have a son who was a freshman QB. Smart move coach.

Special teams killed us from jumpstreet this past week. Defense made the stop and we give it right back to them on a turnover. That fumble ruined our momentum right off the bat. It was a bad decision should have let the ball go!. You can't give great teams second chances to capitalize off of easy turnovers and awesome field position. Hopefully we bounce back and get our ducks in a row!!! Weather should be alot better than what we had Saturday I look like a sunburned albino 😆

Agreed. Silsbee's a juggernaut right now, so it's gonna be hard to take them down.

Jasper takes this one.

THIS. It must be maddening for Bird to see his old friends dragging him like this in public forum because a down program is losing games. If I were him, I'd find the first train out of town when the season ends.

Those who played their senior year know homecoming is circled regardless of who you are playing. You want to win. These are the following things going in the Bears direction. 1. Bye week coming off a bad performance against a good team. Plenty of time to refocus and adjust attitudes. 2. New turf and biggest score board in SETX to be debuted. 3. Aforementioned homecoming 4. Stands will be packed with rabid fans 5. The weather will be the epitome of Friday Night Lights. If you can't get hyped and play lights out under those circumstances turn your jersey in. Peevey rights the ship and the Bears head off into district with a three score victory.

If Jasper plays like they did against Liberty then HF has a good shot in this one. It’s hard to pick them when they’ve never beaten them, though. Should be a good game

Agree with Aggie Water and Gatorade heavy the day before the game. Maybe add a Banana or 2 as well.

Jasper 35 HF 28

Oh Brother I’ve been following this site at least 10 years. His Soup Blowers has put a target on your Cougars. I honestly could care less how much he can bench press.

I agree, Ive been saying all season they miss kirkwood. That dude made all the big plays, against BH last year he caught the hail mary and had a ton of clutch plays during crunch time. And you are right, that kicker was a big weapon too. You cant replace guys like that. With that said, it couldnt happen to a better group. For all preseason talk, then it was just CE King is a 6A, FBM didnt blow that game, beat lee by 20 after being close all night and then the injuries excuse - the bottom line is they arent as good as the big mouths on this board thought. That is why you speak softly and carry a big stick but when you think you are invincible and will just out "athlete" everyone the arrogance doesnt allow you to see these are 15,16,17 and 18 year old kids in which you never know how they will play.

Hear me out. Or.. it’s possible.. that HD just isn’t very good. Which most knew but the “wE uPsEt A biGGER sChOoL” crowd kept insisting that they were better than they were. Despite the fact that the teams they “upset” gave up 75 last week and will go 0-10, gave up 60 last night and likely won’t win again, and the team that couldn’t be “upset” gave up 65 last night and likely won’t win another game. Sigh.. those pesky details. Anyway. Now the same coach that was praised before is ridiculed now. John.. HD55.. did either of you guys get the exact details? Perhaps there’s a reason that Bird shifted from your vast football knowledge. Was the kid hurt? Did he smart off to a teammate? Did he call a coach’s momma fat? Maybe WH made adjustments that you didn’t see. Maybe literally any reason Coach Bird thought of happened. I’m sure he knows both of you personally. Reach out instead of acting ridiculous on a public forum. Job applications? What a joke you are..

BC is way closer to WOS than LCM is time-wise lol.

PAM will run away and hide with this district. Crosby is simply terrible at the line of scrimmage. We will be outplayed there every game. Young backs don’t pick up the blitz and it’s going to be a year of watching a solid QB getting absolutely annihilated by the blitz. too many problems to fix. PAM wins by 28+ in this one.

Thanks for the MBG stamp of approval. Don't know how much success he could've had in the past. But I'm looking forward to it here. Could also resurrect our soccer program, and perhaps help on the diamond. Looks like a great hire for now.