So let me get this straight; in your parallel universe, where you take touchdowns off the board from one team and give them to the other, you still have your side losing? Dang, you would think imaginary land would produce a victory over those mighty Gladiators. But no. Make Believe land still gives you the L.
Do we want modify the stat of Harris while we are at it? Take out his longest catches? Then see what he's got?
You are like the radio announcers for that game. Everything bad for green has an excuse. "Throwing into the wind", or "just over throws the receiver" when the ball is 20 yards past him and out of the back of the endzone. I understand swva is apparently it's own entity, with it's own record book and it's own message board, but the rest of us are playing for a VHSL trophy. We can show you a few next September when you are up for the game.
Tell you what, Harris can have his 20 receptions again next year. That's fine with me. It won't produce a loss for the Gladiators. They will just run their starters 10 or less times, put up 50, and then get the young guys some run again. At least I know the team I am watching weekly is here to win ball games and not just accumulate individual stats. (Even though they just happen to rack up a bunch of individual stats in the process)
What else could Tazewell have done? That is a legit question. They were outmatched by the players RHS actually dressed out for this one, but I'll take the bait. Mix it up a touch like having a balanced attack. Not allow the Red DB's to sit back and get 4 "once in a generation" interceptions in the game. Taz did average 6 yards a carry (Now, that doesn't have me negating their longest runs or anything, so I don't know if you think that is legit or not) Maybe see if other receivers are open earlier in the game. Seems like that Mullins kid had some ability, but again, do we count his long touchdowns or not?
I guess my point, which I apparently didn't drive home, is that receptions is not some spectacular statistic on it's own. Only when paired with yards or points produced does it start to impress me. In this case, I was not impressed with the production. I am glad the coaches kid got the ball a bunch. I can see that on Saturday mornings at the little league games too. I would be more optimistic how college scouts would view him if he turned those 20 opportunities into game altering plays. In all honesty, I have no problem with the kid. Glad he is a good player and hope he plays for as long as he can. I just don't understand the pedestal this performance is being put on. Let's talk about the time he scored a bunch of TDs or when he took them up and down the field and got the win over a good team. If I were in your shoes, I would want to stop talking about the 37 point loss, at home, in front of my home crowd. You don't hear Fuente talking about that Duke loss.
But for real, the only thing you said that I take issue with is you thinking I am a yankee fan. Don't you put thta evil on me.