I can’t help but think this rain coming through will only help the underdogs, especially in single A. It will be interesting to see if it will slow down the speedy running attack of PH and we all know Chillhowie loves a nasty forecast.
You've only posted 9 times and you come out with this! No Mance should coach at Richlands until HE feels its time to hang it up. We've all been spoiled by the last 10 years or so of winning, and many feel that if a Mance coached team doesn't win every game he should hang it up. Back in my time at Richlands, (many, many, moons ago) we felt good if we won 3 or 4 games a year, and many times we gauged our teams not by wins, but by how well we played Gate City or Bluefield. I remember getting beat by both teams by several points and saying we had a good game. We Richlands fans have focused so mush on win, win, win, and have sometimes forgotten that a winning season is so much sweeter after a loosing season. I for one don't enjoy loosing, but I've noticed over the years that SWVA talent comes and goes in cycles, and Richlands talent is on the down side of that cycle, not the fault of coaching, or the effort of the players, just the same old usual talent cycle. As Arron Rodgers told the Packers fans a few years ago, "Stay Calm". Mance is still the best coach for the Blues and will be until he decides to walk away, and then we can be in the stands wishing we had him back, and remembering how good a coach he was.
My bad, I am new to the site and didn't realize that you have to have made a certain number of posts before asking a hard question. Obviously, I feel like the guy was a great coach with a great track record but eventually old father time will catch up to us all. At some point Blue72, I am sure your forum posting game will slip a little bit and you will not be able to jump all over a new member asking a simple question like you did so well here.
I think PH will role in this one and I doubt that we see much of Brown or Smith in the second half. I will be excited to see if Brown can do what he did with his first touch as a freshman and return the opening kickoff.
Can tell you for sure Abingdon an Patrick Henry played 1st string for the 1st half an score was 7-0 Abingdon, The other scores were done by the other 42 that Abingdon has on the team.
I was at that game and you were exactly right. PH gave Abingdon everything they wanted in the first half and could have easily been 7-6 if PH chose to kick the ball on 4th down each time they had it in the redzone instead of going for it. Now that being said, I think it speaks more to PH having a better set of starters than most expect than it does to Abingdon being down. Also, I don't think PH could have kept up with them in the second half due to the number of quality subs that one team has and the other does not. Also, I think Abingdon rolls Battle on Friday and then PH does the same later in the year.
Curious Bearcat Dad what you think of the current defensive staff? I know Price has jumped around in various positions at different schools. Do you think he has what it takes to be successful there?
Most of you know the drill. One point per pick. 3 points for the correct GotW pick and 2 points if you correctly guess the combined total score in the game of the week.
From a talent standpoint I do think Brown is a better ball carrier. They do have very different styles where Humphrey’s was more of a smash mouth bowling ball type of running, Brown is an upright runner with strong vision and top speed once he gets on the outside. Brown came close to some of Dakota’s numbers with about 150 less carries last year. He also is someone to watch in the return game, having returned several for six.
Anybody see any other region d 1a teams? JIB, twin springs, eastside holston or PH? Or any body get to see Galax?
I was at PH/Roanoke Catholic. I will say that I feel like PH is legit this season. They were able to control the line of scrimmage most of the day especially with the 1's in. I thought that may be a problem with some of there losses from last year but that didn't seem to be the case on Saturday. Also, they are opening up the playbook a little more as well. IMO, Brown was the best player on the field and feel like he could have another great season. This is a kid that ran for 2k yards and scored over 30 TDs last season so the expectations should be very high.
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PH shocks everyone on this board today! 34-24