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There is better reception in a war shelter in Bucharest than the Buna gym.

I saw video of that last play. That was no "touch" foul. The Buna player completely displaced the Orangefield player on the inbounds play. I don't know how the game was called (tight or loose) but that was definitely a foul and was correctly called. Even the Buna player knew he had screwed up and was over aggressive going for the ball.

As far as PNG goes, they knew that had a lot of senior talent coming back this season even before Faircloth got run off. There were high expectations even then. We will see what happens this year.

@TxHoops I need some criticism here for EC only beating Kirbyville by 2 lol

Back to the subject at hand - I'm protesting Buna's one point loss against Orangefiled because Buna had a really good practice the ngiht before and I think they should be declared the winner.

With the Indians being in Crosby tonight I got to take this one in as I have family in Buna. There were 3 tough calls down the stretch with 2 of them going the cougars way. I'm not sure the Cougars led very much in this one, Connell hit a huge shot to tie the game but the play that happened afterward was absolutely a foul. The cougars are solid, and have nothing to hang their heads about.

We have very capable kids… however we are CLEARLY undersized versus nearly every team we play… anyone who has watched much Vidor football can see that easily… why is it so hard to see that Mathews and his system has helped Vidor see VASTLY more success than at any other time in their history… just the last 12 years alone were far more successful than any other 12 year period in Vidor history… 68-56… 7 playoff appearances and two district titles (one in 5A)… We’d love to see deep playoff runs every year… but Vidor just like nearly all other high schools for a number of reasons hasn’t had that kind of success for a number of reasons the way some of you are acting you’d think Vidor was the only team in Region 5 that doesn’t go 3 rounds every year… heck I don’t even remember when some of these schools were relevant… Lumberton put together a nice run this season and looks strong for one more season… but overall they’ve been her cellar dweller for the last couple decades… BC has struggled to find any solid footing and apparently they brought in a wizard to bring them back to the promised land but alas even the highly touted gurus can’t turn them around… so I’d love to see that magical combination of talent, speed, size, coaching, and attitude hit Vidor… but it’s just not as simple as some of you paint it

Titans roll to 11th straight win, taking control of this district

I agree with you that coaching is the deciding factor when talent is relatively similar. Coaching will even overcome a slightly higher degree of talent.. but there's a limit to that. Surely even you don't think the greatest 2A coach in all of existence with the best 2A team to have ever played can beat Northshore as they are right now.

If anything, it's more like a genetic exchange program.

Fair enough 😂 Bums!

Jeez. Read slowly... SOC..........HAS..........7..........TOP..........100..........RECRUITS. Do you understand what it's saying when it says TOP 100 recruits? You aren't heavily recruited by "out dawging" somebody. It's speed, strength, skill, size, or all of them.

Nederland was in that boat before Neumann showed up, he showed them a different path. Look at Neds record for the 20 years before 1994. And I am not backing Reagan's off the wall theories, they also had some talent come up through the ranks during those years. But you have to know how to use that talent as well.

Titans still have to go to Baytown to play GCM. Things can get weird there. I wouldn't look pass that one.

I’m a part of nefarious conspiracy to get Vidor to have a good football team.

OF 52 Buna 51 F

Yea, that’s the final score. BU was in trouble in this second half. Porchia got his 4th foul early in the 3rd period and Dotson had cramp issues almost the whole second half. He kept coming in with big plays though. Payia played big with some key rebounds and putbacks late. And of course, Yates just being Yates. Stepped up and lead this late charge to put this game away. Still things to work on, but I’m quite satisfied with this win.

Hell, I’m the one that said they’d run the table for second half of district. This is just the Beginning. Watch.

PA 43- 34 BH Final

This is true. While OF and Anahuac have an Ace at the top of their staff, Buna does as well in Kale Knox. (Supergold MVP and District POTY last season.) Buna will also have Jr. Carson Burks returning from an elbow injury. He was a huge part of the playoff run in 2021 as a freshman, and did not pitch or play last season. Same goes for Denton Peveto who played but was unable to pitch last season. Sophomore Daniel Midkiff was the number 2 starter last season. He notched shutouts of Central Heights and Anderson-Shiro in the playoffs. I'd argue that collectively, Buna has more pitching than anyone in this district. Knox is more than capable of going toe to toe with Bodin or Edmonds.

players > coaching. Way more often than not. players + coaching + level of competition = wins. Missing any of the 3 is likely detrimental. Let's stay on Lumberton. A couple years ago they won the district championship in basketball. Their coach was unanimous COY for the district. Not so much as a sniff the next year... or since. What happened? Same exact coach. Still Lumberton kids. Oooohh.. that's right. They had a 6'6 D1 signee on the team. Funny how kids make coaches successful. Disclaimer: I know Coach Mitchell personally and think he does a fantastic job. But... it takes players to have success. I'm positive you'll ignore the example I just gave and the endless others.. but it doesn't change anything.

It’s unbelievable how miserable people are and unwilling to congratulate a man on job well done. Coach Mathews did a phenomenal job as AD/HC for Vidor but a few select individuals always want to talk about wins and loses… and before those people say it’s a sports and someone has to win and lose, you are right but sports is so much more than being about winning and losing. Sports are about teaching someone to be accountable, a team player, leadership, and so on. So before you chime in and focus solely on wins and loses…. Let’s see your win, loss record (and little league doesn’t count) or if y’all know so much about being a AD/HC let’s see those applications and credentials.

He was the best thing that has ever happen to Vidor football in my memory. Always positive. Stands were always full. Personally, I didn't know the guy, but I know he was well respected all around SE Texas. You don't have to go deep in the playoffs to have an affect on these young men. God speed Coach Matthews.

You can measure a coaches successes in many ways, by wins, championships, or in lives changed. Wins are good, Championships are great, but there is no substitute to changing a young athletes life. I’ll take a good coach who can mold a young athletes life, over a great coach that gets wins but doesn’t connect with his players.

There's 81 million folks out there that should be ashamed.

It depends on which one of the pee wee coaches you ask. 😎

EC had to use a different chapter so they didn’t get the calls they were use to. They’re a good team but in their chapter they become a great team.

Hey, now !! Lets keep it PG around here! 😁

The JV is one of the best I seen in a long time.

Any update on Rice?

Plus that's the last regular season game, quite possibly for the district championship.

player + coaching + level of competition Which part of the formula do you not understand? By the way... the last part is the reason the WOS predecessor didn't win a state title every year. Graduation contributed to that as well (player). Where does "level of competition" come in to play? Well... if you'll remember. WOS couldn't even get out of the region when Carthage was in their classification (level of competition). Thank goodness UIL came in and split the divisions. That's when a great coach (C. Thompson) became next level great in your eyes. Not to be a buzzkill... but it happened for Newton, Too. Before the D1/D2 classification split they couldn't get past Cameron Yoe.

I gotta stock up on popcorn and tylenol if the off-season threads gonna be like this. 😂

The scenario I gave represents a percentage. What is it with people not understanding odds and liklihoods?.. That doesn't make it certain. Did you even read the article? Well here's another article... and the reason SOC won more so than anything else: [Hidden Content]

I’ve asked you this before.. but will ask again for the folks in this conversation. And before I do.. not I or anyone else am taking anything away from the obvious knowledge and capabilities of the coaches you mentioned. If it’s all about coaching, why don’t the same coaches win state championships every year? Literally.. every single year.

Bout to be 12…. Pa bout to run through 2nd half of district undefeated.

He'll be sore in the morning. So long as he didn't bend a leg the wrong way or come down on his wrist/arm awkwardly, he should be ok.

Silsbee bench has to calm down on the turnovers

PA 31-28 Starting 4th

If Surratt came to Vidor, Vidor would immediately do things it has never done in its history. Nearly all of Vidor’s problems can be solved with coaching. Instead, everyone blames the kids. As if there’s some big genetic difference between Vidor and PNG and Nederland (and when Vidor was in our district, except for the last few years they had the same size school as PNG). Before Hurricane Harvey, Vidor was sitting right at around 1400 kids. All respect to Coach Matthews, but I think Vidor runs their gimmick offense because Coach Matthews doesn’t know how to teach the skills necessary to run anything else. Vidor kids can run whatever their coach can or will teach them to run. Vidor players could blow everyone’s minds if their leadership believed they could.

I don’t care if someone owns a bazooka or a tank, as long as they are used “in season” and with proper tags.

I sent messages warning several to cool it. Name calling is for the jr. high playground - If that's how you want to act you cannot play here.

Did you guys already forgot about “Lock her up” and “drain the swamp”? Selective memory strikes again Trump was supposed to be the chosen one he had 4 years and did NOTHING about the “deep state”, but take every opportunity to siphon money off into his and his families pockets. it’s ok though it’ll be different in 2024, just give him another chance 🤡

Still didn't answer either question. Does the new coach get credit for someone else's seniors? Will he replicate this year's success without the 35 senior's he's losing?

So what would voting look like if we removed names and parties from people? They spoke on their beliefs and their agenda's but we couldn't see their faces. Their history of what they have and haven't supported was shown next to their candidacy (we know a great majority of people aren't going to try and research this). I bet we would find different people in offices all over the country. Too many people vote on parties, or for a name, or against a name, etc. A lot of people vote for a certain party because that's what their parents voted for. I would be willing to be it people really took a neutral approach from the beginning...we would see different results in a lot of elections.

Well… if you want to look at all 24 years let’s look at the 24 years before he took over… 69-157-3 … they were 15-86 the ten years prior to him becoming HC/ AD…I’d say he’s made a difference it takes time to implement an offense and change a mindset in a program… especially one with a history of very little success… I think he implement the slot-t around 2006… after a couple years it caught on and more success followed than the program has ever seen.

Same type of athlete??? Did you see them line up against each other??? Not even close

I sure hope we get someone in here that will implement a fast paced spread attack. I heard we had multiple guys run 4.4 - 4.65 in the 40 this year. I mean, look at our linemen, they are built for 2 pt stances and pass setting. In the spread, we will beat LCM by at least 4 tds. some of you all are hilarious. we don't have to be slot-t, but we defenitly need to be run based and ball control on offense. that is the best defense we have.

I love reading how so many people have expert opinions about what VISD needs to do & what they don’t need to do. How everyone who doesn’t know anything about the athletes in the program. People’s opinions about this Coach & that coach in or outside of the program. How coaches need to be fired if they don’t win state in 7 seasons. Yet you work at a plant & get over paid and gripe about the price of the gas you make at the same time. Or you are in business & haven’t had your names in Forbes Magazine yet. You must be a failure. Rant over!

You are correct… matched up against two very powerful Lindale teams and lost a one score game to chapel hill when Coach was sent to the ER two hours before kickoff… but you won’t find a 12 year stretch in Vidor history that even closely compares