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I agree. Dropping will help... compared to having opted up.

That's true. They dominated the district this year.. for the first and only time in school history. And their district MVP is graduating. And their .. I don't know.. thousand plus yard rusher is also graduating. I'm sure those aren't the only seniors, but even if they have a ton back.. replacing genuinely GOOD players is very difficult to do. Hardin has never been the type of school to just reload when they lose some talent.

No football coach in the state would choose saving money on travel over potential wins. A coaching friend of mine once said to me, "I'll drive across the state for a win, but I won't talk across the street for an a$$ whipping". Do you think Coach Taylor feels any different.

I know why Bridge City opted up. I personally think that schools shouldn't be given the choice.. but I definitely know why they did.

Even if it wasn't too late, why on earth would they opt up? lol

Oh I'm not letting it go. I remember the posts on this very site.. and social media.. etc. following not only his hire but after the first handful of games. It will not be forgotten. I may be old, but my memory's still pretty sharp. And I won't forget.

There's no question that anything is possible.. and there's a reason the game is played. The team with lesser talent wins from time to time. I wouldn't say all the time.. but enough that people know that it's never a good idea to count someone out. But... if I were a betting man, I'd say that I believe Carthage takes it convincingly. Don't get me wrong, I'm pulling for WOS (if for no other reason than to ask the WOS faithful if they still want to fire the coach).. but I think the Bulldogs will just be too much. I hope I'm wrong.

I just kind of have a feeling that the cutoffs are going to go down enough to keep Tarkington 4A. Call it a hunch. I think Orangefield comes up as well.

Do we still want to fire the coach? Or.. not yet? Or.. never mind? Just making sure I’m keeping up.

Are you kidding me? This is absolute embarrassment... for HF. Why would this even be entertained as a thought? Precursor into the new regime?

Extremely tall task.. that gets continually taller should they get past Hitchcock.

4 seeds beat 1 seeds every year. Hence the justification for allowing 4 teams in.. because some districts are just exponentially better/worse than others.

I knew I wasn't crazy.. I was told that number surfaced somewhere.

I could have sworn that I was told that Padilla is predicting the 3AD1/2 cutoff at 375. Not sure where that information was given or read.. but I'm almost positive I was told that a few days ago. I know getting old is hell... but memory hasn't been an issue yet. At least.. I don't remember it being an issue.

10-4. I just figured he would have predicted others since his 3A projection came out.

Without question.. I fully expect them to. LRA beat a really good Whitney team not long ago, and Whitney has an absolute stud taking snaps. My predictions have been wrong plenty of times.

I believe Hardin should win the first one. The next one will be Hitchcock.. which is also winnable, but not guaranteed. I think HC is down but the potential to cause problems is there. Down or not, they have a win over Silsbee this year, a 2 point game with HF, and a 3 point game with BV. That's potentially troublesome. After that.. the road just get worse. Fairfield, Franklin/Columbus... Region 3's tough.. which we all knew. I still hope they keep shocking the world, though.

What are the Carl Padilla projected cutoff enrollment numbers for each classification?

I’m not looking for anything. Community/parent support trickles down into player mentality. Perhaps what was needed from the start was to just be supportive.. and realize that changes that happen overnight take a little time. I'm just calling out the ridiculousness of what is often seen in the coaching world. Win - Hero.. Lose - Idiot.. Never taking into account the vast number of things that influence the outcome of a season. CT made it to the state championship in 2017. Then didn’t get back (or close) in 18.. 19.. 20.. 21.. what happened? Was he a worse coach at the end of his career? Or were there other factors? Bottom line.. the WOS community as a whole was absolutely ridiculous towards this coach at first .. and obviously still (“He overall hasn’t been good enough…is that what you’re looking for?”).. so I’m going to bring this up with every success. And I might be old, but my memory is still strong.

That’s always the case.. the people that make decisions are always the reason someone stays/goes. But those people are rarely here. My original post was for the community members on here that were calling for his head in the beginning. Do they still want that? They’re back to their DC ways..

So I just dreamt all of those posts and comments from the first year he was there? Got it.

Are we still gonna fire the WOS HC? Somebody catch me up..

That's where the experts are.

This thread is depressing this time. Why haven't there been more enrollments posted? What's everyone waiting on? And I'm also very intrigued by the number of people claiming that the cutoff numbers may go down from last time. Has that ever happened before?

Buna won’t beat Orangefield.