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24-1A game from Big Sandy at 7:00 p.m.

24-1A game from Evadale at 7:00 p.m.

TAPPS 3-5A game from Houston at 7:00 p.m.

Non-District Game from Baytown

[quote name="leonard sly" post="999696" timestamp="1303253464"] For the record, my post was legit. I only posted because I wanted to support Cornel. [/quote] That is true.  I know you and my family does as well, sir.  And I can vouch for your character and veracity.

And it worsens, the third post who had his account delete, a JBilbo had the following IP #:66.25.237.177. This matches an IP used by you, Kerry. <shaking head>

I can't believe that at this time, when I should be preparing the softball and baseball sections, I have to deal with this. I just had to issue online an apology to Randy Crouch, Mike Long and their respective school administrators, one of which is WAS FORMERLY PASTOR OF MY CHILDHOOD CHURCH.  To top that it had to be a thread in which I was heavily involved and on an issue as folks can tell from my posts there I feel pretty strongly about. Why because a staff member decided to make an attempt to pass himself over as Coach Crouch and Coach Long for purposes of furthering his point of view. Here are the posts in question: [img][Hidden Content]] [img][Hidden Content]] As you can see, the IP addresses match each other......and.....they match the IP of one of our own. So to questions 1) Kerry, why?  Why did you pull such a stunt which will serve only to undermine the opinion of those of us who support Coach Thompson in this matter as well as being a blatant violation of board rules?  Not only that but to threaten the very credibility of this board. 2) How going forward should we handle this?

I'll find out what happened BBDad as the last thing I want is for this thread to be marred by some sort of funny business by the staff if that is the case. Also, in the last day or so, there have been a couple of folks who posted and then deleted their accounts. One being "LC-M Coach" and the other being "Kelly Football."  Both of these were the same person on the site falsely passing himself off as Coach Randy Crouch of LC-M and Coach Mike Long of Kelly.  For the moment they will remain up as I need to preserve some evidence from those posts, but they will be coming down shortly. SETXsports.com extends its deepest of apologies to Coach Crouch, and the staff and the administration of the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, as well as Coach Long, the staff and administration at Kelly High School and the Catholic Diocese for Beaumont for this incident.  I'd like to also apologize to all of the SETX members who were subject of this hoax as well.

[quote name="BBDad" post="999666" timestamp="1303249913"] [quote author=WOSgrad link=topic=82860.msg999665#msg999665 date=1303249100] [quote author=BBDad link=topic=82860.msg999662#msg999662 date=1303248677] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=82860.msg999455#msg999455 date=1303227688] [quote author=BBDad link=topic=82860.msg999448#msg999448 date=1303227276] [quote author=KFDM KERRY COOPER link=topic=82860.msg999422#msg999422 date=1303224462] We'll see how far they go if Coach T isnt hired. Wont be far! [/quote] I bet most WO-S supporters cring when you post. [/quote] LOL!!! Love it!! [/quote] Who erased my post...and why? [/quote] I'll check, but are you sure it has just not been a page farther or less than you thought?  I have had that problem as well. [/quote] Nope...it's gone [/quote] I've checked it.  It is gone!  Only the administrators and the author of the post have the permissions to delete.

[quote name="BBDad" post="999662" timestamp="1303248677"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=82860.msg999455#msg999455 date=1303227688] [quote author=BBDad link=topic=82860.msg999448#msg999448 date=1303227276] [quote author=KFDM KERRY COOPER link=topic=82860.msg999422#msg999422 date=1303224462] We'll see how far they go if Coach T isnt hired. Wont be far! [/quote] I bet most WO-S supporters cring when you post. [/quote] LOL!!! Love it!! [/quote] Who erased my post...and why? [/quote] I'll check, but are you sure it has just not been a page farther or less than you thought?  I have had that problem as well.

[quote name="the sports guy" post="999582" timestamp="1303240249"] I really didnt mean that. I just wonder how many they contacted and talked to seriously but never got an application from.  With a situation like this there had better be some big names on that list.  If not.....man.  It would make it look worse. A big name could make some of the WOS faithful calm down.  Not the majority but some. [/quote] Yes, I was responding to that question.  I am surely curious to know the people who were contacted outside of the application process as I would hope some folks with pretty high credentials would be on that list.  But if they didn't submit an application the full body of those that were contacted who did not apply will never be known unless all such candidates make themselves known.

[quote name="the sports guy" post="999567" timestamp="1303239245"] When the list is given out.....will it have the names of coaches the committe contacted? [/quote] Probably only if they submitted an application.

And to make one thing clear, I had mentioned a few days ago of a rumored 4th coach contacted by that committee that would bring snickers and giggles if his name was revealed, the 4th coach's name that I heard WAS NOT Coach Young. That 4th coach was a name that was kiddingly mentioned prior.

For me to judge, you are gonna have to give a little more info, 4 all.

[quote name="One4All" post="999527" timestamp="1303235267"] [quote author=WOSgrad link=topic=82860.msg999517#msg999517 date=1303234522] Opps have to make a supplement: 12.  The absence of Coach Cornel Thompson from the coaching staff at West Orange-Stark in the early 2000's coincided with the longest playoff drought for the West Orange-Stark football team since the early 1980's. Supplement respectfully submitted, Todd J. Broussard West Orange-Stark Class of 1986 Katy, Texas [/quote] Tell him to apply where your kids go to school at!!!!! Not others [/quote] I guess this guy has never heard of the Katy Tigers. Cornel Thompson is a grown man who can apply where ever he wants.  IF Cornel Thompson could convince his wife to move to Katy, Superintendent Alton Frailey and Athletic Director Rusty Dowling would drool over the chance to have Coach Thompson as head coach at one of the high schools in the Katy ISD.   If you are trying to say that as I am not a resident of the WOC CISD, I forfeit any opinion, I will just have to plain disagree with that. As it is obvious you are not a Thompson supporter.  Just WHO do you endorse for the job?

[quote name="biggen" post="999522" timestamp="1303234752"] But Livingston, Cleveland, Huffman, and Splendora do.........those schools are just north or barely east of New Caney.....Just a question [/quote] And a fair question, as well.  As I recall those schools in District 22-3A were "charter members" of the SETXsports family.  And for good reason...the coaches in 22-3A have been great to us.  Regardless the school, regardless the sport...22-3A coaches have bent over backwards to help out. Of course there are other schools who like, Crosby and the Baytown schools, have fit in under umbrella due to a number of their fans finding the board and becoming contributing members.  We have seen an increase of activity in some schools in 18-4A so if there is ever an expansion of the coverage, 18-4A schools like New Caney would be the next logical choice.  I'd definitely need some help as I getting to the limit of schools that I can handle throughout the year. Hope this gives you some insight!

Opps have to make a supplement: 12.  The absence of Coach Cornel Thompson from the coaching staff at West Orange-Stark in the early 2000's coincided with the longest playoff drought for the West Orange-Stark football team since the early 1980's. Supplement respectfully submitted, Todd J. Broussard West Orange-Stark Class of 1986 Katy, Texas

[quote name="Gabe" post="999505" timestamp="1303233278"] [quote author=Stangs92 link=topic=82860.msg999500#msg999500 date=1303232397] [quote author=bobbymcgee link=topic=82860.msg999493#msg999493 date=1303231426] why isn't Hooks making a public endorsement? Seems kind of odd to me [/quote] Does seem rather odd. I want those for and against T on here to state their cases for why he should or shouldn't be the next head coach. Id love to see names along with the responses,but we know that will never happen. lets go. Why arent more past players coming forth expressing their support? [/quote] Who says they aren't? How do we know they have not called who they need to call? And who says Hooks has not endorsed someone? [/quote] Absolutely, Gabe.  In fact, anyone that has internet access who cannot say that former players have not weighed in have not tried to find them.  Tell ya what. I'll help those that harbor that illusion: [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content]

Let's see: 1.  Over 30 years of service to the West Orange-Cove ISD.  He is one of few members of the school district whose service to the district PRE-DATES the merger of West Orange and Stark High Schools; 2.  Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for a team that has 2 state championships, 4 state championship game appearances and 5 regional titles; 3.  Countless players on the West Orange-Stark defense have gone on to play college football, many of them in FBS Division of the NCAA and some in the National Football League; 4.  A creator of defenses so effective that he has been asked to lecture about them; 5.  A friend to all in the community , not just athletes; 6.  A person who doesn't look at this head coaching job as a stepping stone for other opportunities as this is his dream job; 7.  A person who has been endorsed by current players as the best choice for the next head coach at WO-S; 8.  A person who has been endorsed by past players as the best choice for the next head coach at WO-S; 9.  A person who has been nearly unanimously endorsed by members of the the coaching fraternity as the best choice for the next head coach at WO-S; 10. He has been endorsed as head coach by those candidates who have been contacted by members of this very search committee to compete against Cornel Thompson for the head coaching position; And finally this is a statement that I have heard across all of these cross section of those groups that have weighed in: CORNEL THOMPSON [size=14pt]IS[/size] WEST ORANGE-STARK. Respectfully submitted, Todd J. Broussard West Orange-Stark Class of 1986 Katy, Texas

[quote name="One4All" post="999476" timestamp="1303228849"] it have been more he has coached right off the field also.........  is a small community!!!! [/quote] First, of all.  After seeing your grammar use, I hope you didn't graduate from West Orange-Stark. Second, we are talking football. This ain't youth soccer or little league baseball.  In the West Orange-Stark program, all they ever asked for is desire and discipline. If you had those two attributes, you had a place on the team and in Cornel Thompson's defense.  If you lacked even one of those, you might find quickly that the West Orange-Stark football team was not the best place for you.

Bertrand is a junior.

[quote name="One4All" post="999463" timestamp="1303228112"] [quote author=KFDM KERRY COOPER link=topic=82860.msg999459#msg999459 date=1303227929] You must be a hater! Thats because the Discipline left when he did and some of the players came back. Thats why! [/quote] two of Those players are in the nfl now.......... it's all about how you mentor [/quote] A couple of players off of Thompson defenses managed to make their way into the NFL as well(both first round picks), one of them even won a couple of Super Bowl rings. So I guess he mentors pretty well.

[quote name="One4All" post="999456" timestamp="1303227885"] [quote author=WOSgrad link=topic=82860.msg999451#msg999451 date=1303227527] [quote author=One4All link=topic=82860.msg999447#msg999447 date=1303227257] [quote author=KFDM KERRY COOPER link=topic=82860.msg999422#msg999422 date=1303224462] We'll see how far they go if Coach T isnt hired. Wont be far! [/quote] How far did he get palestine [/quote] As far as WO-S got when he was in Palestine. [/quote] Palestine went a long ways after he left [/quote] Adrian Peterson will do that for a lot of high school teams. And WO-S did not go far while he was gone.  I guess this point would be appropriate to point out that his absence from the WO-S staff from 2001-2003 coincided with the longest Mustang playoff drought since the early 1980's.

[quote name="One4All" post="999447" timestamp="1303227257"] [quote author=KFDM KERRY COOPER link=topic=82860.msg999422#msg999422 date=1303224462] We'll see how far they go if Coach T isnt hired. Wont be far! [/quote] How far did he get palestine [/quote] As far as WO-S got when he was in Palestine.

[quote name="Year of the Pat!" post="999366" timestamp="1303219133"] GCM will have 9 on the field. [/quote] ^ | | Thumbs up! I always take a nervous view of threads that ask this around this time.  I know that keeping it concealed is an impossibility as when someone is not on the field the reason will be apparent. But remember that those that are revealed in this thread are but  young men who, for whatever reason, are having problems and that they are the children of concerned parents.