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I see a big win for LU. No let down or looking ahead. 86-60.

Is this game going to be on any of the online networks?

Why would he leave Gilmer? They could win the next three state titles from what I am told with all of the talent they have returning and his son will be on those teams. Why would he want to start over while his son is in HS? I wish he would, but not going to happen.

Flanigan has one of the top young QB's in the state in Merka (Soph. this year). I don't think he will be going anywhere for a few years. I agree Alvarez would be way higher on my list over Haynes. He appears to be a great motivator. Also heard a few weeks back that Alvarez was contacted by PNG officials??

If Haynes was so great then why is he now at 2A Hardin after being at Clearlake, Crosby and Lumberton? Besides the ony coach to ever win a Lumberton is Credeur! Don't want him. We can do better! He wouldn't even be top 5 locally!

I hope a certain PNG group heads up to Lufkin to catch this one. First hand look at coach Traylor...How old is he? Go Stangs.

I hope he is kidding? I am thinking someone outside like Jeff Traylor at Gilmer (3A). Wide open offense and has created one of the great programs in the state over the past 8 years.

I don't think you understand..Not that I want Long over all others, just of the local legitimate coaching candidates, I like what Long brings to the table most. But I thnk there will be a nice list outside of the GT forming and will be very interested to see who is on it. I would love C. Stump, but he ain't gonna leave WB without throwing a bunch of money at him, more than we could afford! If Stump is not who you were refering to, then let us have it...Who?

Well put liltex...I like that... "The Tradition in Transition"

I think what ryker is saying just solidifies why MB is not the "Head of the Tirbe" anymore. Those outside the district don't realize it, but from the Middle Schools on up something has been amiss the past 5 or 6 years. Those of us that attend every game see it. We realize that change is needed sooner rather than later.

dirty D 17. D=Dustin 17 was your #. ;D I would like to see Long back as well. I don't put a whole lot of stock in this years Kelly record because he was starting over with a lot of Freshman and Sophomores. I just think of the local candidates he would be my first choice. I think he and Dustin would work hard to develop our young skilled position talent and develop a pipeline much like Dodge and Ledbetter before him did at Carroll high. I am though very interested in the list of applicants from outside the GT.

God forbid any of you guys favorite HS team ever fire your HC! I love all of these people from outside this district who have not seen PNG play in years and just assume he was "DONE WRONG". The guy had one great season and you all thaught he was Lombardi. He had maybe the best HS QB this area has ever seen that season and the QB and the offense was being coached by his father. MB had nothing to do with that offense. He did what he does best and coached the defense and let Mike do his thing. I saw it first hand. Without Dustin MB won just barely over 50% of the time. They made 4 playoff appearences in 12 years around the D. Long years. Imagine if WOS or Nederland or Newton went to the playoffs 4 times in the next 12 years. Gone would be Hooks, Neuman, and Barbay. Like it or not the board made the right call. It was time for a change of philosophy and if MB was not going to adjust then the change needed to be made at the top. I said many times on this board that I would like for MB to stay and make the neccessary changes at the OC and at other areas and allow those coaches the freedom to do what they felt was best for the talent they had, because MB was purple through and through, but it just wasn't going to happen.

If AC is seriously going to consider going to LM as second fiddle to Jordan for what couldn't be more than 70K a year, then the PNG HC job at 90K+ must look like a dream come true. I just don't see Lumberton letting him go that easy. For their sake I hope they keep him. The better the district the better the winners perform in the playoffs!

So because you worked in a school district and have examples you know for a fact that the new position would not have been created had MB not been needing to be reassigned? You do realize how ridiculous that sounds, right? What you have is speculation that it was created for MB based on past history that you have witnessed. Again that is S-P-E-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N...Not F-A-C-T. I was told that the position was discussed last year when the renovations began. But that was not fact.

Actually this was his 3rd season and they are 23-10 under AC. Still pretty good considering where they were the 40 years before!

No. School districts do that to give the person a chance to finish out thier contracts. And you know this to be fact?

Should be free chicken night

Don't want either of them...But we'll take Stewart! ;D

Yeah...And one of 'em just became a reality.

96-64 record in 15 years. Made the playoffs in 6 out of 15 years with three teams going. 66-57 in the 12 years without D. Long. Made the playoffs 4 out of those 12 seasons. If your team went to the playoffs 4 times in 12 years you would have run the HC out of town on a rail! I hear rumors that he will be on staff at LU coaching the D Line after next year when his contract runs out, which is what he excelled at. That would be a great move for both parties.

How could they pay him well enough as an assistant to leave Lumberton? This just sounds like AC is using LM to get more money out of LTown.

I hear Muschamp was approached, thus the need for Mack Brown to name him his successor at UT! ;D

I think each of those candidates brings something different to the table. Alvarez is firey with a good recent track record. Long will develop skill players at the lower levels. Crueder to me is a lot like MB (power offense and tuff defense), but he really pays attention to his feeder programs. Barbay is a Barbay! And appears to have Coldspring on the up turn. Sure would make his daddy proud for him to get the PNG job!

There is no $$ at Kelly. Just because it is a private school doesn't mean they are loaded or that the coaches are paid well. Actually my understanding is the opposite. I hear that he is short staffed due to lack of money and I would bet he isn't making much more than 60K. The PNG job will pay 85K+. I think if offered he would jump on it. Just not sure he will be offered. If MB is not coming back and the search begins, I would look for these local candidates: Alvarez - HC @ K'Ville Long - HC @ Kelly (former OC @ PNG) Crueder - HC @ Lumberton (Former coach @ PNG) Barbay - HC @ Coldspring Outside of the GT ? Will be interesting to see what the HC community thinks of the PNG job. The facilities will be a big sell, but the PNG mistique may be diminished.

None! But he was at PNG.