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Kountze should’ve played a tougher preseason schedule.

Good for Coach Joubert. He had no business doing football and basketball.

Well.. for the sake of what I’m arguing (confidence>preparation) I’d have to say that all teenagers today have a seemingly fragile mind. That makes sense to why so many teams get to have a playoff shirt every year. It makes sense to why there are so many kids who are on All District lists. I’m afraid that the days of challenging kids in an attempt to make them want to be better..are behind us. It seems to me that (according to my coaching friends around the state) it’s easier to either quit or not play at all rather than do something that might be physically or mentally painful. Is the mindset that fragile at Hardin? Probably so.

Not that I care.. but I doubt there is a schedule that could’ve been made nor a coach in the state that could beat EC, OF, or Buna with what Hardin has to work with. so actually.. yeah.. Being just good enough to beat the Warrens, Anahuacs, and Kirbyvilles of the district doesn’t sound like a bad plan.

When two teams of relatively equal talent play each other.. I’m betting on the team that’s used to winning. Those kids don’t care who’s on the schedule. I truly believe that the only reason Hardin beat a couple equally talented teams in football was because of the fact that they went into the game with a winning record. You can make whatever argument you want.. EC is better than they were last year..yet Hardin played them just as “close”. Warren had a tougher preseason schedule..exponentially. Yet they lost to Hardin who had a cupcake schedule. I’m not condoning scheduling all cupcakes because I believe you do need to put your team in some uncomfortable situations..but at the end of the day, if you want the team to trust that the coach is doing what it takes to win games then it needs to reflect that on the schedule.

Told ya..teenage kids don’t care about playing tough games to prepare. They see those games as losses. I think you guys are understanding how weak the mind of a teenager is. confidence > preparation

Confidence > preparation

Lol!! Knew it wouldn’t take long. There was literally not a more successful high school football coach that could have taken the BH job. This proves my point that I’ve made too many times to count.

Guys.. it was never gonna happen. Longview has more students to choose from. Bigger enrollment always wins. Oh.. they don’t? I can’t explain it then. In all seriousness.. great season Westbrook. There isn’t a team in the state that wouldn’t take a lead in the title game and take their chances with that. Nothing to be ashamed of.

I have no doubt that freshmen won't succeed on varsity. Is .500 the norm for Kountz JH teams?.. because that doesn't seem like the kind of success that'll carry over even when they become upper classmen.

Hard to "right the ship" if the ship is taking on water. I don't think Kountze has had a very good JH team in a while. We seem to be seeing that now.

I was thinking that as well..but it wouldn't make sense to let someone on LaRue's staff to take over. 6A programs that aren't "successful" usually bring in from outside the box. If someone comes from out of the school they don't want any of the current staff. I wouldn't think anyway.. This whole things seems kind of crazy to me.

That ^^ is how you get a 29-year-old Special Teams Coordinator as a 6A Head Coach. Good job LP.

Well, somebody said earlier that they thought Warren and Kountze were on about the same level. I don’t know.. just thinking that if there’s any truth to that then they might be in the mix as well.

What about Warren?

Which school has the largest enrollment? I heard that the school with the most kids to pick from wins every time. In fact.. you could almost say it isn't fair.

Posting a 6A football job where the HFC has to teach 2 classes is guaranteed to .. well .. just exactly how good of a coach (experienced winner) are they expecting to get? I'm sure coaches from all over the state will be lined up to run a 6A football program and a grade book all at the same time.. (eyes rolled) Come on LaPorte.. try not to SeTx so hard.

I think he meant Anahuac, KV, and Hardin are bottom 3. Kountze and Warren being evenly matched for the 4th spot.

No Bueno

It would be moved. Happens pretty often.. teams like Canadian are often going into the state basketball tournament with a 15-0 record (or something like that).

If Newton doesn't have a better offensive strategy than what was displayed against EB then they might be unpleasantly surprised this week. "Get the ball to the athlete" and out athlete everybody may have worked for pretty much all season but I don't know if that's enough anymore.

Well that just can’t be true. Not only do they have more kids to choose from... but I’m sure they had home field advantage. Surely you’re mistaken.

They already do. People that move to the area for work with kids... look at options for sending their kids to school. Baytown? Lol

I don't think any of them played for Joubert though. Maybe the youngest...I don't know what years they went through.

When did I say he wasn't a good coach?