Rez

Offense should be Nguyen. 

8 hours ago, pine curtain said:

Is that why PN-g fired Faircloth?

Sounds like it 

19 hours ago, Brubaker said:

I’m also wondering what happens if you don’t win another within the next 7 years… if not is it because they get content and lazy, were they just lucky?  Do you get stripped of stature if you don’t validate in 7 years?  

I don’t see it as about stature so much as a way to judge where things are likely going. If, seven years from winning a state championship, a team hasn’t been back to state, it’s roughly safe to say they aren’t likely to be back to state any time soon. But, I take a more broad approach - Getting to state is nearly as useful an indicator as winning state, and getting at least to the semifinals means you had a team that was capable of getting to state. So if I had a coach getting to semifinals or to state seven years in a row, never winning state, I’d think long and hard before firing him on the hope that a new guy can replicate that success. A coach that can get you that far is one of the best coaches in the state. 

But, I like the seven year rule because in seven years you have an idea of what is a coach’s “normal” (statistically) outcome. 

13 minutes ago, outanup said:

ST is a must this year....He has a whole new system to implement as well as evaluate personnel. As the AD  its on him to make sure ALL that play football participate, as much as possible. Football puts A$$3s in the seats and fills the coffers. 

Agreed 100%. He needs to plant his flag as soon as possible to send out the message that things are full-circle different now. Best way to do that is actually play football. There needs to be a Nederland spring game. 

Any thoughts on how soon he’ll select DC and OC? 

Seven year clock starts right now !

Seems to me Nederland and PNG might be running very similar offenses now. MCM is about to be a bullfight - power runs and disciplined defense. Going to be mirrors of each other. 

15 minutes ago, baddog said:

Can we get back to talking about Nederland’s new football coach? I know very little about him. I don’t feel like reading every post. Thanks. 

Congrats on the new coach! 

8 minutes ago, outanup said:

That's good stuff..... and don't forget the coaching staff is undefeated, and 1-0 in post game bar fights.   

You better believe it. We’re hiring Mr T and Chuck Norris next. 

30 minutes ago, KF89 said:

Many make the same statement about Barrow, but he lost his job. Similar season outcomes the last few years in a few Nederland sports so where is the outrage for other head coaches firings & hiring coaches that can win district titles, beat png & make regular playoff runs(wins)?

No sport has nearly the aggregate amount of emotion around it like football. When PNg won state in baseball (also, I’m just realizing PNG won state in two sports in a six year stretch - That’s pretty cool) everyone was extremely excited and proud. But it wasn’t even close to the near-religious, transcendent breath of joy that opened up across the entire PNG community when we won in football. Football is king at most schools. If coaches chose their jobs only on lack of pressure, they’d all be fighting for non-football spots. 

39 minutes ago, GoPro said:

It should be the DC from Desoto , but they will mess this up 

I haven’t heard as much about the Katy guy, but re: the Desoto coach, the idea of a local guy who was DC at the best team in the state last year sounds too good to be true. Maybe when we learn more about the Katy guy, he’s just as good. If I had a vote, I’d be falling over myself to hire the de Soto guy. 

4 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Aaron Babino

Is that a prediction or an announcement? 

15 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

I heard this was the UIL punishment for using a home town ref during the state championship game.

Is that based on good info?

24 minutes ago, BBfan061 said:

Jasper 2024 Non District Schedule

Week 1: Chapel Hill
Week 2: Palestine
Week 3: Lumberton
Week 4: Beaumont United
Week 5: Carthage
Week 6: Open

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

 

Awesome 

45 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

I thought the only way for PN-g to make it to state was to lose the first game to PAM.

If it ain’t broke, don’t schedule Klein Oak

Just now, AshlyHasBeen said:

District 10 (Waco/Killeen) is Region 3. And District 8 (PNG/NED, etc) go Region 2. How does that make sense? 

It doesn’t. Waco is so much closer to Dallas than the District 8 teams, and isn’t nearly as close to Houston as the district 8 teams. The entire concept of “regions” demands at least some geographic logic. 

7 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

those are not in order.

Now that you mention it, the district list is just in alphabetical order. I didn’t notice that. 

I’m assuming these are listed in order. 
 

Pre-season 
Klein Oak

Beaumont United

La Porte 

District

Dayton

Huntsville 

Montgomery 

Montgomery Lake Creek

Nederland

New Caney West Fork

Splendora

Anyone know anything about Klein Oak?
 

I’m slightly sad we don’t get our annual PAM game. 

9 minutes ago, Crazyfrog23 said:

Pretty absurd to compare the two considering Neumann had a significantly higher amount of experience as head coach. Compare Neumanns first several years and I’m sure the record would be similar to Barrow’s. 

I think Neumann started in 1993. In his first seven years, he was 4-3 vs PNG, and it only got worse for PNG from there. 

44 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Think again 😂

Well, they’ll have to actually travel, is what I mean, probably won’t get their Dallas area refs, and probably will have a smaller crowd than they get at At&T, facing a not-at-all smaller PNG crowd. 

6 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

I guess the Liberty Hill folks got tired of getting beat by PN-g and had some connections.

Just think at least if y'all play SOC it will not be in Dallas

And it does seem like things ended up good for Liberty Hill. I don’t know if the UIL was trying to treat them well,  but they get to stay in the district closest to them (almost no travel) even though it makes their district have 9 teams, leaving a neighboring district (that isn’t very far) with only 6. And, to top it off, nearly all of LH’s recent competition in region 3 (all of the regional semifinalists except for Richmond Randle) got moved to the other side of the bracket when they moved over. 

5 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

I guess the Liberty Hill folks got tired of getting beat by PN-g and had some connections.

Just think at least if y'all play SOC it will not be in Dallas

SOC will hate that lol

23 minutes ago, CS. said:

PNG and Ned got absolutely hosed.

District 11 (currently region 3) should be in either region 1 or region 4 (if in region 4, move district 14 to region 1). And why would Liberty Hill be in district 11 (9 teams) instead of district 10 (six teams, and makes roughly as much geographic sense)? 

District 4 (currently region 1) should be in region 2.

District 8 (png & Ned, currently region 2) should be in region 3.
 

The right solution was under their noses. How do we go from a Houston area school to a Dallas area school? There are two entire districts closer to Dallas that could be in those northern regions. How does Liberty Hill moving into our region bump us to the entire other side of the bracket?
 

Regardless, PNG will be a good team and this alignment makes for some interesting matchups, both in district and in the playoffs. 

28 minutes ago, bulldawg64 said:

Uil has no clue!

5ad2 makes no sense. 

5 minutes ago, PhatMack19 said:

I like PNG’s non district schedule the last few years. 
 

- 1 decently easy win.  You can get some different kids in and try some new things. 
 

- 1 team that’s pretty equal.  You have to play a complete game to win. 

-1 team that’s better than you.  
 

You can learn a lot about your from all 3 of those type games.  I’m not a fan of scheduling 0-3 and getting beat up before district.  Monte still may have a job if he didn’t schedule 0-3 starts the last few years.  

Also with the out of town districts, I doubt coaches will be looking to travel much for non district games.  We’ve had enough early releases from school the last few years….. 

Those are good points