BigWinners

I think Graham gets the most respect and rightfully so. They should. 
 

When did Todd Bowles get the Bayside job? lol

Awesome thanks! I wasn’t sure if 93.5 was going up there or not. 

WAXM 93.5 has the Union vs Abingdon game on the radio tonight https://waxm.com/

1843. Last shared it in 1911. 

1843. Last shared it in 1911. 

1843. Last shared it in 1911. 

Always one in every crowd! 😂 

1843. Last shared it in 1911. 

1843. Last shared it in 1911. 

My god that’s what I have to look forward to? I have family doing the band now and I’ve never been around it at all. We have McChesney tmrw, and since they hosting they don’t play til the end, when will I be able to watch UT/Bama? I’ve bout given up on Penn State at Ohio State, I know I’ll miss it. 

This game is super interesting to me. If RV wins going away, I feel much better about Union going to Abingdon. If this is a dog fight or Falcons wins, I’m gonna be real worried when Union goes to the Nest. 

I’m sure everyone has their version, but I’ll offer mine. 
 He has blossomed into an absolute STUD at DB, it looks like he has an extremely bright future and who knows how high he will go. FCS and up maybe??
 
At Union, his arm talent was always elite. It was 2nd to none. Obviously I’m not at practice so I can’t critique every moment. With that being said, when he got varsity action at the U, you never really saw what he’s showing now. It wasn’t crisp. Maybe that was due to playing time and not getting first team reps. Heck, maybe DB can just develop QB’s that way. I don’t know. 
 
Either way, I’m SO happy and so proud of him for keeping his head down and working, and proving us (particularly me) wrong about his choice to go to DB. I hope nothing but the best for him. 

I agree about Huff because he does it on offense defense and special teams.  He should be first team in Region at all three 

Honaker is a HOSS. The team not the player, although he’s a hoss too lol

That’s exactly how I feel after last night. F’n Brave offense just disappeared. 

Quite frankly, what’s the big deal if Union FANS are talking about having a shot at a state title? I mean my god, look at Vols and Cowboy fans!

I don’t know anyone from BSG who thought that this year was a realistic shot at a deep playoff run. Very young on both sides, lotta young kids get a lot of playing time. Experienced QB back and there’s for sure talent but I think most thought a run to Salem was more possible in two years. 

It's a coach who believes that he is reinventing the wheel thing. 

you’re saying you don’t want to come to that friendly, welcoming facility up there??

Yes

I did not know that, that’s a great fun fact. 

Unless I’m mistaken, PV’s first ever playoff appearance was in 1982. That coincided with their first state title. Prior to that PV was considered a good program, but not elite in any sense of the word. The P-Nut program had been in place since 1970…I think (but may be mistaken) that it was started under Cecil Maddux’s watch. But, besides1984 and 1991, I can’t remember a single year Phil missed the playoffs. The second title in 1985 was a team completely built by Phil because all of Bolling’s guys were gone. Phil gets undercut a lot with people claiming he had this and that without knowing exactly what he had. One thing he DID have was the ability to prepare players to play at an elite level. You were never on the field in a PV uniform not knowing what to do or not knowing exactly what your assignments and adjustments were. That’s where he excelled. He was a cerebral coach with a great ability to teach the game and scenarios. He was also second to none in assessing and knowing where each player would help the team the most. There have been a lot of great coaches in SWVA over the years, but it ain’t like Phil was handed the keys to a Cadillac that autopiloted itself for 30 years. The man knew what he was doing.

Imo Turners greatest strength was as a motivator, its already been said but he relished that underdog role of Appalachia against the world, and it paid off in big ways. Lets not forget that Appy was absolutely loaded with talent, especially for a school of that size. Idk the admin. numbers but id be willing to bet almost every time they faced a team in the State Semis or Finals they were the smaller school (the games against Bath Co being the only ones that come to mind where Appy was the larger school). Turner always had a good staff around him and for many years that staff remained virtually unchanged with a bunch of diehard Bulldogs, that helps.
Now Phil is a different story. He was handed a complete program, from Little League up everything was ready made and he did a great job of keeping the program on course and taking them to the next level. I think he comes up short in terms of play calling but truth be told he was smart enough to give the ball to his studs and build a offense around them while also not being predictable. Phil was the leader and deserves a ton of credit but the hard nosed attitude of PV came from Barry Jones. If I was handed the keys to a race car could I drive it? Sure, but there's a great chance id put it in the ditch, Phil never did.  
Fry and Colobro are near the top, GC was a machine under Colobro. Carlock has to be mentioned, Graham was stout and then some under him. Cummins deserves a nod too, Clintwood had a ton of success under him. I dont think any of those 4 have the rings to take the top 2 spots from Turner or Robbins.

For those who say Phil Robbins inherited a great program, I'm not sure that is completely true. He inherited some great players and should have won more titles than he did early on. However Appy was 12-9 vs P.V before Tom took over. After Tom took over they went and 6 - 19 - 1 vs P.V. Head to head Phil was 18 - 5 against Tom.
To quote Ric Flair "To be the man, You got to beat the man!".  That's why I wouldn't put Tom ahead of Phil.