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Heard the community wants Fedora back. Don't know if that'll happen though because he retired last year.

Former DC. He’s somewhere else now. You don’t even know which Washington you’re talking about. Kevin? Right. I know why you’re claiming him. I don’t know what’s more frustrating. Watching you or your wife post on here. Congrats to Shepherd. The kids, staff, and community deserve something like this. I wish you could just congratulate them without the good ole boy Coldspring routine. It’s kinda pathetic.

Where do you keep coming up with “most of them”. 2. You went to HS with 2 of the coaches. Last time I checked they had way more than that. I wish you could congratulate them without bringing up the whole Coldspring dynamic.

What you two rocket surgeons don't realize is that coaches read these message boards and avoid places like Coldspring now because of the headaches people cause from there. Also...how many kids have gone on to play collegiate sports over the past 10 years from Coldspring vs Shepherd? No, you don't get to count the Dean kid since he left y'all.

All of Shepherd’s coaches are Coldspring alum? Hogwash! There are 2 and only 2. And when you say “led the JV in…” all I hear is “he’s too scared to play on varsity”. Of all the Coldspring faithful, why can’t you admit that Shepherd is just better? All of the years I’ve been on this message board you say kids aren’t being utilized correctly… Y’all will go through ADs like socks but there’s one thing that consistently remains and that’s the fact that Coldspring is nowhere as close as they used to be athletically. Bring Nick Saban or even Deion in and they’ll be lucky to win 4-5 games consistently.

Refs and injuries. Maybe Shepherd has better athletes than Coldspring does? Coldspring, athletically, is nowhere near what the faithful think they are. Also, maybe, Coldspring is just ready to hit the gym.

Unfortunately you’d think so but sometimes these guys are set in their ways and can’t think any other way than what the Marine Corps told them to do.

But when junior high helmets have mud left on them after the season when they’re put up, that’s below the line.

How hard is it to find a coach who takes pride in taking care of the equipment room? I’ve heard of one with a very large presence on his staff who can’t quite seem to get it figured out.

This is the first time I've been on here since football season. I think it's ironic that my question got answered 2 years later and they have one post...

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Coldspring ready to run out the guy currently at Whitney because he’s “the wrong coach”? And how’s he doing? The Coldspring faithful are out of touch with reality. Coldspring, in the grand scheme of 3A high school football is average. The community thinks just because they have a higher average income they’re better than the communities around them. I’m also going to point out that whoever Coldspring keeps or brings in will already be at a disadvantage because the kids will never fully buy into the program because parents won’t fully support a coach. And those parents that consistently won’t support whoever the coach is are the cancer from keeping Coldspring from getting over mediocrity. You can sit here and say “but the right guy can…” all you want but until there’s a genuine shift in the community’s mindset Coldspring will always be crying out for the next one.

And he did all that basically raw compared to what kids are using today with some of the bench shirts and squat suits.

Because Beaumont is a cesspool? The entire city is apathetic? It's more Western Louisiana instead of East Texas? That entire school district is a septic wound that continually gets covered with a wart bandaid. They keep making "upgrades" that "are best for the kids" but don't want to admit the adult decision makers are screwing it up for the kids. I also noticed the question never mentioned if the infinite change in administration that can't allow for consistency.

So this Tarkington thing is still going? There were 2 things I always heard from coaches. Never take coach by a town by water because it's typically infested with river feeders or the retirement crew. The 2nd thing I've heard from coaches is don't take a job when the school has a lot of online chatter.

The casual fan doesn't see that though. Their focus is on how coaching can fix things because that's the easiest thing to be replaced.