Rez

I agree with what you said in the first part of chapter 3 that the Tigers' will get better as the season goes on. PN-G will be a good test to start.

Wow thanks for the update!  Agreed even knowing this is just a scrimmage being dominated by a lower class team like that can’t be good for the Rangers. On the other hand hearing that the Eagles not only moved the ball, but was stingy on Defense in encouraging for the Eagles.

Sterling was really bad, BH scored 7 times to Sterlings zero. Sterling didn’t even get a first down till the third quarter. The scrimmage ran four 10 min quarters with a five min half. The Rangers are in for a long year. BH looked good but it’s hard to tell considering the opponent. 
 
Sterling needs to do whatever they can to make sure that when realignment happens They get out of 6A. 

You would think WO-S would run away with this just based on the overwhelming physical speed they possess...

PNG wins against Silsbee -- 48-22. 

In any case, Crosby is guaranteed a win against PNG because we'll find out someone had a 27-inch TV streaming playback of the game up in the press box. 

Well, they did make good progress on it this week and it appears to be fully installed.  Operational?  I don't know.
It is not as big as Texan Drive, the Rez or the others.  But it is there.

 

Well, remember, Coach Riordan is a HUGE believer in the use of social media to hype his team and the athletic program.  He did so big time at Crosby and continues to do so at Chapel Hill.  I have simply, so far anyway, not seen Coach Prieto as prone to use social media as much as Riordan did.
I agree with Eagle...everything is fine in Crosby.  Folks just being cautious with a new coach in town.  After their scrimmage tomorrow, you'll probably hear more from them.

Agreed! I would not place money on the Eagles at the Rez, but I do think they can win. At that point in district health is a big factor and we seem to have a hard time staying healthy. We got you last year when boy wonder was back and our starting QB was out! that's part of the game though … cant wait to see some football!

Correct BH has never beaten PNG. As of last year Ned has never beaten BH , but they pulled it out after being behind the whole game then took the lead with 2 min left. You can’t use history to predict the outcome of future games! Different players , coaches etc. BH will be at PNG and NEd this year , so both will be very tough outs for the Eagles

BH beat Ned in 2010 and 2011

Same apologies for taking so long to respond. We shared in a piece of the pie for two years prior to Roschon arriving. It is true that we won't have Roschon. But neither will Nederland. There is no reason, absent evidence from actual gameplay, to assume that PNG is going to have a drastic drop-off, while assuming, with the same not-any-evidence, that other teams are going to rocket forward. I tend to wish that coaching would be better, but I also have to acknowledge the good things the coaches are doing. Based on comparisons within the district, PNG's coaches are among the best in the district. A lot of us look at what PNG is not doing and say "Wow, the coaching is terrible," without acknowledging that we might not be even as good as we are but for the coaching. We definitely have room to improve, but so does Nederland, and so do the others. We have strong youth coming up, one of the top linemen in the country, and a proven, solid quarterback. We are going to score, and if we can put a defense together from the pieces remaining from last year's stronger-than-normal defense, we are going to be dangerous. In other words, my point in this and in my last post is not that PNG is going to win state, but that in reference to the DISTRICT, no one has shown any reason to project a drop-off year for PNG, OR to except a huge improvement from PNG, for that matter. I say, let's reserve judgment unless there is something substantive to support a prediction one way or the other.  

@KB24 if you want to talk about the racial issues within the actual school district, you should take that discussion to the political or locker room forum.  We're  discussing the actual football team (2019) here.

Stop avoiding each other and play. Period. 

Without doing some research, last time I can think of a team beating us 2 years in a row was lamarque in the playoffs 95, 96, 97. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 

Yeah.... but at there was a WOS in it. When Lumberton and Splendora are the big fish, you know you’re in a small pond. 
I don’t have very high expectations this year. Hope I’m wrong. 

WO-S' district before Silsbee got there. It wasn't much of a head-scratcher trying to figure out who would win that district. 

I love this post.

What's the basis for PNG not winning district?
The way I see it, PNG is bringing back a solid core from a solid defense and a solid core from a solid offense. Yes, we won't have Roschon anymore, but we have a good QB coming up who has already proven, at the varsity level, an ability to be accurate in passing, smart with the ball, and a strong runner. We will be a tough team. We also have one of the top offensive linemen in the state. Defense seems to be looking up. Don't count out the Indians -- We've had a piece of every district championship of the last 5 years (Co-District in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018). So it's not exactly far-fetched to suggest we end up at the top again.
I see the district a lot like I did at the beginning of last year -- I think the champion will be either Nederland, PNG, or Crosby (even with all of their recent problems). 
I'm more skeptical about Silsbee beating West Orange. I'm not sure anyone has ever beaten West Orange two years in a row, at least not in the last 20 years or so. Someone tell me if I'm wrong about that. Silsbee will be hungry and they have the momentum of a state-championship run, but West Orange isn't going anywhere until they show us otherwise. 

Would you really say Calvin Tyler?  Remember, he's a Beaumont kid that went to school there one year.  Just FYI...

This says it all -- I think this is the best answer to the thread's initial question. A school whose leaders build failure into the coaching system by forcing the coach to hire people based on personal politics can hardly complain about a football team that fails. I'm guessing Westbrook doesn't do this kind of stuff. Change this one thing at United and all of the other things we've been talking about don't matter near as much. Get even a mildly decent coach and get out of his way, and Beaumont would have TWO solid teams. 

A lot of us former Jaguars were not happy about the season.  Central wasn't any world beaters but the teams always got out there and competed.  Some people are use to 2-8 seasons...
Todd Peterman was a top notch coach that applied but he didn't go to Antioch or Ozen with the current Superintendent.  He actually came down an interviewed, wanted the job but she wouldn't let him bring his OC and DC.  He would have had to use all the coaches already at the school.

To the extent students/families have some choice as to which school to attend, I think there is something to be said for past successes providing an incentive for students to go to one school over another, which leads to that school being better in the future, which leads to more success later. I don't think this is the whole explanation, but I think it is a part of it.
If kids know that Westbrook tends to be more stable, organized, funded, supported, and has tended to win more games in the past, kids are more likely to (1) want to go, and (2) buy into whatever system Westbrook has that lead to that success, and then Westbrook has success, which cycles into students wanting to be there and buying into Westbrook's programs. If a school isn't like that, it's the same cycle, just in reverse. Though, I should add: This theory only makes sense to the extent students/families are choosing where to live based on what school they want to attend. There are definitely other things that go into what makes one school more consistently competitive than other schools, but this is one big one that I think helps explain part of it. 
 

To the extent students/families have some choice as to which school to attend, I think there is something to be said for past successes providing an incentive for students to go to one school over another, which leads to that school being better in the future, which leads to more success later. I don't think this is the whole explanation, but I think it is a part of it.
If kids know that Westbrook tends to be more stable, organized, funded, supported, and has tended to win more games in the past, kids are more likely to (1) want to go, and (2) buy into whatever system Westbrook has that lead to that success, and then Westbrook has success, which cycles into students wanting to be there and buying into Westbrook's programs. If a school isn't like that, it's the same cycle, just in reverse. Though, I should add: This theory only makes sense to the extent students/families are choosing where to live based on what school they want to attend. There are definitely other things that go into what makes one school more consistently competitive than other schools, but this is one big one that I think helps explain part of it. 
 

Beaumont United should stay 6A after the next realignment and if our district stays the same as it currently is...
Scrimmage #1:  Huntsville
Scrimmage #2: Crosby
Week 1:  Port Neches-Groves (Well we have the Bulldogs on the schedule, why not add the Indians?)
Week 2:  Nederland (they will always be a competitive opponent)   
Week3:  Port Arthur Memorial (Besides WB, the only other real rivalry for us)
 
No 6A competition but pretty tough 5A competition getting us ready for district.