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There is no doubt the Falcons will be considered underdogs this week. Just like every week before and yet they seem to come ready to play. Lord Botetourt will be a tough task for any team. I'm still going with the home town boys.
Round 2 and back to the scene of the crime so to speak. Falcons been rolling with the run game and ferocious defense. Botty been dominating teams with a power run game. I know nobody will give the Falcons a chance and for sure they will be underdogs. But haven't the been that all season.
Yeah. Back to the scene of the crime so to speak. Jamie Harless was at game tonight scouting. They said Abingdon/Botty going to play next Saturday. Time TBD.
Reed changed their culture. Abingdon has always been knows as soft..he toughened them up and some of the kids and parents probably had a hard time adjusting. The kids that are still there are tough because of reed and his staff. Give them a couple years...they be back to being soft again.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion and I totally respect it. But the facts are not what you may think they are. The kids you are speaking of learned toughness from many other things. Reed didn't show up one day and Jake Sturgill was a 2 time all state QB. Matthew Fulton wasn't beast of a running back. Derrick Yates didn't just become a college prospect because he showed up and the list could go on.
The current list of players who are seniors and started out in Reed's system didn't become tough and hard nosed because of his system. That trait came from playing together since they were 6 years old in flag football. That trait came from them becoming a band of brothers all the way through their youth league days, middle school, and JV. There were many other factors involved than saying "he toughened them up".
Consider this:
2014 8-2 Colobro/ Amburgey on staff the year Reed is named head coach
2015 9-1 Colobro/ Amburgey on staff
2016 9-1 Colobro/ Amburgey on staff
2017 6-4 Colobro/ Amburgey NOT on staff
2018 8-2 Amburgey named head coach
On a footnote: "Give them a couple years...they be back to being soft again" This sounds like wishful thinking.
Condolences and prayers for his family and the entire Richlands community. Sad to hear someone so young has past with the future and life ahead of them.
Is there a better candidate out there than Darren reed? He knows gc football. Hc experience. Abingdon still riding his coattails. They will drop off next year. If he don’t get the job... then Scott county school board is even dumber than what we think they are. Give him a chance. Give him at least 3 years. That’s what Akers got. If he can’t do it. Then give houseright his chance. If neither of those 2 work then scratch the program.
That is laughable. Sorry but there isn't a snowballs chance that Abingdon finishes this season 8-2 this year doing the same thing we did last season. Let alone winning games against Union and Ridgeview and being the 3 seed to host a playoff game. And before you say something to the effect I don't know.. My son is a senior and I've been around the program long enough to know.
Hidden Valley has to make the trip back down the interstate to open the playoffs with Abingdon, who they beat earlier in the year. Abingdon has reeled off 5 in a row and is playing their best football right now.
The Warriors(Central) reeled off enough wins at the end of the regular season to get in and kudos to them. But the train stops here. The Warriors(Chilhowie) win this one going away.
I would fully expect Abingdon to beat Hidden Valley. The loss earlier in the season to them kind of was a wake up call and the Falcons have responded in the manner one would expect. Hidden Valley probably can't beat the likes of Ridgeview or Union. They would certainly struggle with Virginia High and Richlands. But who knows, That's why they play the game.
I've said in recent weeks Abingdon is peaking at the right time. Going into the playoffs and playing your best ball makes a team very dangerous. Especially when people might be overlooking you cause your not in the Roanoke Valley.
You know who's name should be out there. Garrett Amburgey. granted he isn't a 1A or 2A coach but the only 3A team in the coverage area usually gets overlooked.
Amburgey has only lead a team to much success this season that a lot of people considered out and in a rebuilding year with the coach getting the job 2 days before two a days. Regardless of what people think, Amburgey has lifted Abingdon to new heights and energized the fan-base.
I disagree. Talent is there. They did not want to play. And even at that the ones that did play should have and could have been 5-5 teams. Battle, lee, wise. Should never lose those. Other games besides Richlands. Union and rv most years should at least be competitive. Should be beating south also.
The sheer arrogance of this post ventures on the absurd. You saying that GC should never lose to one of those teams? Really? So those teams aren't allowed to get better just because they have to lose to GC year in and year out.
1 hour ago, 50kw said:
How is this determined? Is this in an unofficial handbook of high school football? Where can I get a copy?
Yes I agree with this. I will need to see a copy of the handbook where it states that.
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