Best Coach??

[BMTSoulja1]

You said in Jaguar history...Dont' know, kid.  Remember a kat named Suggs?  Remember, 3 rounds deep is the farthest any Jaguar team went.  Even though the offense was mediocre, that defense was killer.

[alceues]

there 2 best HC central ever had stowers and suggs.some pretenders have became central HC im not going to say no names yall know who yall are jackson oops that slip no more pretenders BISD stop being so cheap pay HC more money.

[vpdestroyer19]

mathews from vidor needs more credit ive been through alot of coaches growin up and he is one that cares and wouldnt do nething that he didnt think was productive we came very close 2 winnin most of our games this year most of em were decided in the last 3 mins

[WOS92]

With all due respect, I disagree on the Mathews front. Vidor is slightly better than they once were, but still are usually cellar dwellers in the district. Mathews is not a BAD coach, but not one of the top 10 in the area, in my books. I'd certainly put him behind Hooks, Barbay, Stowers, Stump, Neumann, Credeur, Burnett and even Moody. The demographics in Vidor are pretty much the same as those in Nederland and PN-G, and I'd venture to say that they even do much better size-wise. Yet they continue to underachieve. I guess I just expected a genuine "turnaround" early on, and it's never happened. But certainly, as a player, if the coach is one that seems to care more about you as a person and player, then you know a lot more than I do. Obviously there's more to coaching than winning, but I think that's what we're basing this on.

One of the things that is the mark of a good coach is getting his kids to the next level. Once again, I'd like to put Hooks out there for this reason. With a little ol 3A enrollment, he's sent five to Division I schools (Beasley (Texas), Thomas (Texas), K. Franks (Texas A&M), J. Franks (Texas Tech), White (Houston)) over the past three years.

[SilsbeeD]

With all due respect, I disagree on the Mathews front. Vidor is slightly better than they once were, but still are usually cellar dwellers in the district. Mathews is not a BAD coach, but not one of the top 10 in the area, in my books. I'd certainly put him behind Hooks, Barbay, Stowers, Stump, Neumann, Credeur, Burnett and even Moody. The demographics in Vidor are pretty much the same as those in Nederland and PN-G, and I'd venture to say that they even do much better size-wise. Yet they continue to underachieve. I guess I just expected a genuine "turnaround" early on, and it's never happened. But certainly, as a player, if the coach is one that seems to care more about you as a person and player, then you know a lot more than I do. Obviously there's more to coaching than winning, but I think that's what we're basing this on.

One of the things that is the mark of a good coach is getting his kids to the next level. Once again, I'd like to put Hooks out there for this reason. With a little ol 3A enrollment, he's sent five to Division I schools (Beasley (Texas), Thomas (Texas), K. Franks (Texas A&M), J. Franks (Texas Tech), White (Houston)) over the past three years.

With all do respect i dont think those kids didnt need much help to get to the next level.

[Bigdog]

mathews from vidor needs more credit ive been through alot of coaches growin up and he is one that cares and wouldnt do nething that he didnt think was productive we came very close 2 winnin most of our games this year most of em were decided in the last 3 mins

His overall record is well under .500 and he's made the playoffs once and got beat in the first round.  The difference between a average coach and a great one is to win the close games in the last few minutes.  (See the NED vs LCM game this year)

[WOS92]

Didn't Mathews beat Nederland in the last few minutes this year?

[Bigdog]

For the first time in about 5 years, and proceeded to lose out the last five games.

[bmtdc1996]

My vote goes to Hooks and if Andy Evans was still in the area he would definitely be in the top 3-4 of the area. 

[rapayne]

8)This list needs to be worked on to even be taken seriously!