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By saying that they were in a different classification... but with the same head coach... for justification as two bad years... you're actually helping solidify my point. That a lot can change in a year. Believe it or not, a decent senior class can have just as much impact on the next year's success or lack thereof as a classification change. If you don't understand the point, then perhaps your intellect is about as sharp as a spoon.

I love the internet.. I love how you left out the fact that Murphy went 2-8 in 94. and then 0-10 in 95. Whoops. Or that during the 96 season, 3 of those 5 wins were by a margin of a touchdown or less. That matters.. especially if you have some key upperclassmen but may the other team doesn't. Either way.. my point remains. It's literally a different team every year (potentially) depending on which or how many impact players graduate.

Was there a classification change? Was there a schedule change? 97 is an odd year.. so probably. Maybe. Surely there were seniors that graduated.. were there any impactful ones that they lost? A lot of things change year to year other than a new coach and new philosophy. It's never mentioned how many things need to go right..

Imagine thinking you can predict the success of a high school football team based on the previous 5 years. Literally 5 groups of seniors gone and 2 and a half potential classification changes. Not to mention move ins, possible injuries, coaching changes, etc.. This is hilarious. I'm patiently waiting for the conversation to turn to who has a better personality based on astrological sign. This has, "we're gonna be good because we won a state title in the 80s" vibes all over it.

Well done, gents. Being the best at scoring the least is still the best at something. Silver lining.

What about quadruplets? Asking for another poster... #4horsemen

You know what he's saying..

What's your take on this hire? Seems to me that you're implying that it's the kind of hire people should seek. Right? This season will be telling for sure.. MV lost a D1 prospect of a QB to injury before this season ended.. and is losing probably the best RB in the state for that classification. Both of whom were huge parts of their offensive prowess.. even the RB solo after the QB went down. I have a friend from that area that thinks MV may struggle for the next little while. Unless your philosophy on coaches holds true to form.. or if he brings some talent with him. We'll see. I never count out schools that are traditionally good or are in an area conducive to move ins.

It's hilarious to me. The Orangefield Coach/Team was emphatically congratulated on the season they had... while running the Slot-T. Coincidentally, the predicted front runner and spread team of the district (Anahuac).. had their season ended by eventual state champ and another Slot-T team (Franklin). It's almost as if people don't realize the irony.

I was being facetious. Coincidentally.. I like the Slot-T. I also like the spread.. and I like most offensive schemes when ran successfully. None of them are designed to fail. No coach says, "We're going to run this offense.. and hope for a few yards or even getting back to the line of scrimmage. And if not, we'll just punt and try again next drive." They're all designed to lead into substantial gains.. Having said that, the slot-t isn't good for playing catchup. So when you need quick scores or to make up ground, it's not good. But, the slot-t wins state titles every year. Hard to say it isn't effective. I like to think coaches do what they feel puts the team in the best situation to win games based on either their personnel or knowledge.

"We need to spread it out because we have speed." - SeTx

It was a joke.. you know how they like to throw around the past. I just figured somebody might say something about historical something in bobcat land (still might).

Who from that list of applicants posted ^ would you have hired? Just curious. Remember... if a person didn't apply, they probably don't want the job. So who is your pick from the list of applicants?

Hull Daisetta fans enter the conversation in .. 3. .. 2 .. 1 ..

But.. but.. he's not elite..

Personally... I think that the state championship games should be at the best venue. That's Cowboy's stadium... sorry. Disclaimer: I perfectly understand the argument to rotate stadiums. If my opinion mattered, though, I would suggest just rotating between Houston and DFW. I like the idea of every classification cycle as well. Every two year. (that way Aledo and Carthage can have their kids win twice at NRG as well) lol

That's pretty cool.

I meant didn't law enforcement come in and discover that there was nothing to be charged for? The coach didn't get arrested, did he? I would think that if a coach did something to hospitalize some kids then there would be something. Even if under the guise of "working out". Right? I'm truly asking..

Of course not.. I'm just suggesting that there may be more to this. And no, I don't believe that a 15 year old kid can do 368 pushups and an athletic workout in an hour. I remember that HF story.. didn't that turn out to be overexaggerated?

My 2 cents: My biggest and really only complaint to this list is the same one I have sinse the "watered down pansies" took over. There should only be 5 on 1st team and 5 on 2nd team. That's literally what it means. If a "1st Team" was selected by the coaches to go play another district, there'd be 5. This is basketball. 1st teamers are "starters" and 2nd teamers are "backups". If it was really done like intended (like college and NBA) then the superlatives would come off of said teams. But whatever. Strange, but I have no problem with the Kountze kid getting MVP. The coaches voted for it... and the kid can definitely play. It's odd that the district champ didn't have one of the top 3 supers (mvp, off-mvp, def-mvp). But they did get COY. I'm just glad there aren't any Co anything.. I can't stand that. Also, Newcomer is always weird. You guys are putting too much into that.. it's literally a person that wasn't varsity last year. I doubt there were very many options.

I read it. I just mean it doesn't quite add up.. 368 pushups over the course of 60 minute athletic period along with doing an athletic workout. You know there was a few minutes to get dressed.. and another few to get dressed to leave (or whatever). I just mean the math isn't mathing. I'm sure there was muscle failure from fatigue at some point which means that the pushups were either hideous in form or not done. I read that marines typically have to do 200 perfect pushups in a DAY. You're telling me these high school kid had to do over 350 in an hour? Plus an athletic workout that was long enough for 23 mistakes to have been made? Just not adding up to me.

Is the article saying that an excessive number of push ups is possibly the cause of what they were diagnosed with? That doesn't seem like a big thing to me. 16 pushups for a made mistake... I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something.

Push ups? ....

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It doesn't take that for a large number of the coaching community to know what jobs are open or gonna be open. The coaches that people might wish to take the job don't care that it's open.