GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 The 2004 state-semifinalist team at Richlands had all home grown talent... Is that the last time??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Get yourself better and have a Merry Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,424 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Is that the last time??? Hell if I know. It is the last time I cared though. mriguy74, Bigrhsfan and GMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaderFan 39 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Exactly like him...I don't get on here and say he is a giles person from the start...dad married giles girl...but that's two brothers compared to your how many? Ive never seen anyone from Richlands claim a transfer as their own. They are more open about them than any other team ive seen. I wouldnt think thats the only transfers Giles has had but i get what youre saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Not really family ties in this situation...this is like "that's my cousin by marriage" type thing Plus I know for a fact we don't go looking for players...some teams do and I know this for fact also but oh well what can you do Still considered family using the Richlands Corollary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Larry 530 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Whatever happened to taking your 11 and playing our 11??? Richlands takes their 6, adds 5 from somewhere else, and then plays... And still can't win the big one. Which is hilarious. GMan and Canes00 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 And still can't win the big one. Which is hilarious. I still wonder how history would be different if Richlands hadn't blocked that FG to beat an 8-5 team in the 2006 title game. GMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconVoice 38 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 The 2004 state-semifinalist team at Richlands had all home grown talent... And beat the piss out of me in the process. rhsfan88, rvtne216 and cityofRaven 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado99 345 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thanks to countless "recruits"...oh, excuse me, transfers with "family ties" to Richlands... I would reference 2004-2008 as successful with homegrown talent citing semifinal and final appearances with one state championship. The Timmy Brown led teams and my senior season (1998) were also strong playoff teams, but not juggernaut by any means. That shows the vast improvement with homegrown talent. It's tough to win it all, as most teams will attest post 2000. In a previous thread, we discussed how teams in SWVA weren't winning as many state titles. Again, I am in agreement with UVAOBSERVER's post that we would still be solid, but the transfers help. I would be blind not to see it helps, as every program has benefitted at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canes00 434 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'd rather go 0-10 and play my heart out with my childhood friends in front of my family and hometown fans than transfer to a team that has a chance to win a title. EH31, redtiger and GMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Vitale 342 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'd rather go 0-10 and play my heart out with my childhood friends in front of my family and hometown fans than transfer to a team that has a chance to win a title. Spoken like a true Cane fan lol parsons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,546 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 The Johnsons were the first to transfer here, and that started with Cody in I believe 2009. Those 04, 05, 06, and 07 teams (that all went to the state semis and the last 3 went to the finals) were strictly Richlands players. Funny how back then, before "recruiting" was the new hot-button topic here, you guys were all complaining because Ben Addison was an 8th grade holdback. It doesn't matter what is said or done, Richlands is winning and therefore hated. Graham was hated during their run. Bluefield was hated. Powell Valley was hated. If you are successful, regardless of who is on your team, you're gonna be hated. I try my best to be respectful on here. When you give respect, I give it right back. I've only had 2 or 3 spats on here; far less than the average. Yet, for all of that, I've had people on here Facebook me, text me, PM me, whatever medium you want to insert, to openly mock my team and the boys I love. I don't do that to any other school. In fact, I pull for every single school that this board covers in the playoffs. If you don't believe me, my twitter account will prove it. I led the charge last year for Union on twitter. I was the FIRST person to congratulate Marion on their volleyball championship last month. In all honesty, I'm getting tired of personal attacks simply because I'm a fan of a high school that I attended. I grew up here. I was a part of Friday nights here. I still am. Nothing is going to change that. But sometimes it gets old defending myself from personal attacks and ridicule because of a high school team. Bigrhsfan, swva_havok_fan, Val and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWVAgridiron 1,469 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 In response to NaderFan: Being a Spartan I will admit that the Biedelman brothers were brought to Giles in 2014 in hopes of winning a championship. I worked with their dad at Volvo. Yes they are good athletes but are not program changing athletes. But look at the Giles state team in 2013 or 2005 and see how many transfers helped us win state. I cannot think of any. Graham nor Richlands can argue with each other this season about transfers because they both had athletes, especially Graham that changed the program. Graham has other talent besides Cousin, but lets face it, he gave them the spark they needed. And Richlands offense centered around Howie, just look at the stats. All schools have transfers somewhere down the line, so we cant bash Richlands, Graham, Giles, Appo, or anyone else. fishfan, BlueRazor and Val 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swvasportscommenter 2 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'm afraid I will have to pass! The last opinion I shared on a Richlands topic, Cody Howie, an overly sensitive Richlands follower called my employer to complain. Sensitive lot, those Richlands followers! Good times! I thought this was a Richlands board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barondawg77 115 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I've often wondered why there isn't much talk of dual qb situations, fumbles, botched special teams play, ejections, and other costly mistakes by all the transfers since 2009 that have cost Richlands dearly in key situations. Not to mention the injuries that have occurred to some of the players that have made the switch. EH31, GMan and SpillBoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil'sBlues 2,147,483,609 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Richlands does not recruit. Its not recruiting when kids see a program winning and those kids are sick of losing. Kids want to be winners and want to play at places that win, which gives these kids the best chances to play at the next level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canes00 434 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Richlands does not recruit. Its not recruiting when kids see a program winning and those kids are sick of losing. Kids want to be winners and want to play at places that win, which gives these kids the best chances to play at the next level LOL!!! Deleted Account 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRazor 1,147 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well...so much for the love and want of all our SWVA Sports teams to succeed when the playoffs come. I have stuck my neck out many times and defended Canes, G-man and many others through the years. Took my beatings and the HAMMER like a man and learned from it. I really enjoy the " verbal jousting" and banter that we all do. I don't understand these thoughts right after we get our butts kicked though. If that's what it takes to make everybody else happy...then just keep letting us have it. I will continue to back your school's players and fans because I truly want all to be successfull. I do however want us to be 1 point better when we meet...lol. I especially backed the GMen here and on another board very vigorously this year. I think it's great what is happening there. I fully expect them to continue with their success and get even better. I want to wish a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone on the board. I think this board is the best...period!!! Good luck to you and yours. mv91, Bigrhsfan, Val and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 In response to NaderFan: Being a Spartan I will admit that the Biedelman brothers were brought to Giles in 2014 in hopes of winning a championship. I worked with their dad at Volvo. Yes they are good athletes but are not program changing athletes. But look at the Giles state team in 2013 or 2005 and see how many transfers helped us win state. I cannot think of any. Graham nor Richlands can argue with each other this season about transfers because they both had athletes, especially Graham that changed the program. Graham has other talent besides Cousin, but lets face it, he gave them the spark they needed. And Richlands offense centered around Howie, just look at the stats. All schools have transfers somewhere down the line, so we cant bash Richlands, Graham, Giles, Appo, or anyone else. You have no clue Brought in to win a title haha that's funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsons 178 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'd rather go 0-10 and play my heart out with my childhood friends in front of my family and hometown fans than transfer to a team that has a chance to win a title.Guess you had better build a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canes00 434 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Guess you had better build a wall. I'll let trump take care of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneWarning 212 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Spoken like a true Cane fan lol We play with what we got baby. Spoken like Dick Vitale. Canes00 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,514 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 . Kids want to be winners and want to play at places that win, which gives these kids the best chances to play at the next level Kids don't want to work to get better to beat Richlands, it's just easier to join them. Also if you think that transferring to Richlands for your last year or 2 of school gives you an advantage of making it to the next level then you're lost. GMan, Canes00, SpillBoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Please.... The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with the customary interpretation of enrollment boundaries - we did. I'm now placing you on double secret probation.... RichlandsAlum and 1inStripes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local_insight 146 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I imagine everyone already knew about the navy guys kid from flordia coming, but i cant wait to see how wild yall get when the other 2 transfers get out lol. Ryan4VT and parsons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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