NotJustin23

First of all, im not a Narrows advocate or anything of the sorts. I was just pointing out to another poster that he misread a comment (as he typically does) and yeah the pioneer is bad but Narrows don't really have many options geographically that would allow them a district of similar sized schools. Could switch to the MED and play teams a lot larger that wasn't even in the same playoff classification until recently. Not sure what would be the benefit in that honestly. Its hard to say what would happen if Narrows was in the Cumberland? We dont have a lot to go on other than the common opponents and based on that solely, Narrows would be competitive i think. They've played Holsten, Chilhowie, and Honaker in recent years and the scores to those games would suggest that Narrows would be around the same level as Rye Cove, Eastside, and Twin Springs routinely.

Against much much larger schools? I would say that's correct.

Same could be said for a lot of other teams i would imagine....

Nobody said Narrows was dominant? I said that little league team that won the championship should continue to be fairly dominant this upcoming season. But the stats would suggest Narrows does have a very solid program. In the last 8 years, they have 65 wins and only 23 losses and 8 playoff wins. With that being said, the playoffs classification changing and schools dropping down to 1A has certainly put the actual small schools at a disadvantage. There's probably only a handful of teams locally that's won more games over the past several years than Narrows. For example, the other team in the same county only has 37 wins and only 2 playoff wins during that same time frame.

I think youth leagues show the direct talent within a certain area prior to outside influences such as off-season weight lifting programs, culture, etc as they develop through the high-school ranks. Youth leagues directly correspond with the amount of speed and talent and will likely translate to success if it's continued to be harnessed. A couple examples I can think of right now, Pembroke won NRV 6-7 grade championship several years ago and it translated to 3 wins for Giles as that class became seniors. This years Narrows team won the 4-5th championship that same year and stills looks like it could be fairly dominant this upcoming season. The rosters of most youth teams will likely change quiet a bit too as teams will add/subtract several players over the years. One thing I can say for certain is having a strong youth program should be a base for every program. Another example is Auburn which generally has a very competitive youth program annually and can hardly field a varsity football team.

You were still wrong about both Garden and Grundy....nice try Bro

Galax fell off the planet awful fast. Amazing what a coach leaving or a new coach being hired can do to a program.

Its awesome that local kids are getting the opportunity to go to the next level especially at higher level programs

I would agree with some of these points honestly. Im unsure how fact a based rebuttal makes me seem "angrily arrogant?" Either way, yes Ragsdale was an absolute LEGEND and Giles was elite for a long long time. Giles enrollment has since dipped but also their classification. How does that not balance out? Sure, you lost some potential talent but Giles is still a decent size 1A school right? Teams that used to be almost a bye week for Giles now beats them with regularity (even smaller schools) so either every student Giles lost in enrollment was awesome football players or they as a program just aren't creating the type of talent they once did. Williams certainly did not get it done till the end though. He quit on tje program years ago and wasn't anything but a figure head from what I seen honestly.

So there's been like 4 or 5 answers covering a 40 year timespan??? 2 were obviously wrong and ridiculous that went all the way back to the 80's. So we have 2-3 promotions that turned struggling teams around out of hundreds right? Wow, they really got ya bud!

You get zero points for either of those two. 1 one hit wonder season doesn't classify as turning a program around. Rife for Garden only had 2 winning seasons in 9 years....not exactly a turnaround I would say? Im assuming you're talking about Rowe for Grundy who had 10 winning seasons in 24 years.

What difference does it make? We could all make a wish list of people who obviously didn't apply. Likely Williams planned it this way to ensure the next good ol boy got hired. Sam is obviously gonna get the position and nobody even said he wouldn't do a good job. He's definitely a step up from Williams and it'll show his first year. Some of the current staff/assistant coaches have said hes probably not head coach material so we'll see in time. He definitely needs to get some thicker skin and if he's gonna take that position though. Criticism comes with the territory and whoever should focus on winning a damn football game instead of what's said on this forum.

Nobody will be. Case in point, Giles is no longer a football school and the powers to be don't hire coaches anymore just to win football games with the exception of a few schools. Its nice to show up at kickoff though and find a seat. Wasn't always the case.

Giles, in all honesty have played horrible football for the past 7 seasons so why hire someone to take over the program that was there as a part of it the entire time? Giles has a chance to revamp the program now. An internal hire could be just an extension of the program they have been recently. Not even sure Sam has the football pedigree which most schools might look at in a hire? Played for a terrible program all through H.S, didn't learn football playing in college, and to my knowledge has never been a head coach. All things considered.......

That pick in a coach would be Giles just being satisfied and continuing the status quo imo. The entire good Ole boy coaching staff would stay in place and continue doing what they have been. Not a chance they drop the single wing if that's who they end up hiring.