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I am sure as badly as the dad wants to coach the son, the son wants to be coached by his dad. If the story about the icy reception is true, coupled with Barrow talking like the son was the primary reason for pursuing the dad, I am not surprised they decided to go elsewhere. Honestly, I would've preferred they just stayed in Anahuac to see what they could've done there. I think that team was primed to make some deep runs the next two years. I hope wherever they end up works out for them.

Liberty should have standing reservations in Austin by this point.

Sounds like an opportunity to bring Dylan Varnon back.

According to Elam, yes.

Is there a chance of them staying in Anahuac? Seems odd that their potential leaving is being so publicly discussed if he had an avenue back.

Sorry Toby.

Keep your eyes on Luke Smith from Crosby at UMHB. He's the kind of guy who will go there and thrive in that offensive system, as well as compete for national championships each year. That program is one of the best in the nation and the facilities are second to none for that level of NCAA. This is a much better landing spot for Luke, even without a scholarship, than getting a scholly to some directional school in Oklahoma.

Interesting. Don't know much about the guy. Seems to be a nomad with a somewhat troublesome Facebook news feed if I were a parent of a kid in that program. We shall see I guess.

What's going to happen here? I know they were teetering on the verge of eliminating the football program all together a couple of years ago. Does Taylor leaving this late put that consideration back on the table? Especially with the Superintendent retiring and presumably not really putting a ton of effort into hiring the next coach?

Care to share? I could use a good laugh this morning! lol

The main problem is, many parents can't see that their kid is not college football material and they are dumbfounded when their child doesn't get a scholarship. It's not always a "lack of promotion by coaches" issue, it's a "my kid isn't good enough" problem.

Also fairly sure WH had a bond overwhelmingly fail recently. Probably was a factor in the decision to move along. Unfortunately, I feel this may signal the end of the WH football program. They were hanging on for dear life as it was anyway.

Oh man, this is wild. Taylor was all in at WH. I am curious what happened here.

The joke that never dies! lol

Who did the voicemail message say it was?

Search Anahuac Sports Live on youtube. Should have all of last years games on there. See for yourself.

Very clever of you sir. Honest question though, why would Taylor take this job? Seems like quite the dumpster fire in Hardin right now and he is certainly taking a pay cut to make the move considering he is losing the AD title. I heard what you said earlier about 2025, but with the current state of Hardin athletics and the parents who damn near revolted this year because the coaching was so poor in all sports except volleyball, he may not survive in that job until 2025!

So then Taylor from one of the two school that fit that distance radius. Why didn't you just say so! lol I'll let yall guess which one!

Man I certainly hope that isn't the case. Crosby could be a destination school for coaches if they'd get out of the coaches way and let him do his thing. Allowing Prieto to resign right now is risky. Maybe they do go find the next OC savant and stay as relevant as they've been, or maybe they miss badly and fall into absolute obscurity due to the move to the next division up. Time will tell. This superintendent will make or break herself with this hire.

I hear you, and what you are saying is true, but there was also a significant speed and talent difference between Hardin 8th grade football and 3A varsity football, and he navigated that pretty well. Let's just wait and see before we start to bury the kid on this board. I like the conversations also, but I can't help but think about the potential of the kid in question reading these posts and how that might affect him. We all love this sport and are passionate about our teams, but we are also all passionate about supporting all kids from SETX to succeed on every night except the one when they oppose our city! lol. Good luck Coach and Son. We're all rooting for your success.

I am looking forward to digging this thread back up in October and revisiting these strong opinions all you guys have.

What you meant to say was you didn't know who Prieto was before he hired in at Crosby. He was well known as a great OC and had a ton of success at CC Vets.

There ain't no other town 7 miles from Hardin sir.

His best work was during his first stint as a head coach at Brazos. Caney Creek was Caney Creek and the Hardin program was beginning to show signs of life in the lower levels while he was there. You'd have to go back to before his HC records to really see the impact he had. He was at Jasper for quite a few years prior to taking the Brazos job, had stints at Cleveland, Hull-Daisetta and a few others sprinkled in over the years.

I thought it was said that Barrow didn't have an OC last year.