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Agree. But those coaches who can make it seem like its not work are the truly rare ones.

Well, shit. Who do I have to buy a beer for to make this happen?

ALCON: I posted in earlier in the thread.

I'm I the only one missing Bandana's commentary? Can we get him back? Can't we all be friends? 🤣I would love to hear his insight on this.

The fall of 2022? Ridgeview beat them fairly soundly that year. I would argue that Ridgeview was the second best team in 2A in 2022 and the only team that gave Graham problems offensively. If the RV DC would have made an adjustment to the wildcat that Region Championship game would have been a lot more interesting.

Hmmm......positive correlation with the most tenured coaches also being the two most sound programs?

I understand your Gate City apprehension but I’ll give you something to consider. They consistently rank as the 4th best team in a 7 team district. Additionally, I could be wrong but I don’t think they have won a M7 title yet, either. That might warrant at least a warm seat.

One of my favorite leaders in the military was a 1SG Jones. I was one of his platoon sergeants and he was hard on us but that cat had an energy and charisma about him. I busted my ass for him and took my ass-chewings with pride. I had my platoon squared away and Top (what we call 1SG) pulled me aside and said "Keep that shit up....you're the standard now. I need to focus on the other platoons but I'll be on your ass if you slip an inch." Hooah!!! Our platoon motto after that was "Never slippin'!" and every time we sounded off with that he would yell "Damn Right!" I found out near the end of my tour that his younger brother was Walter Jones, the All-Pro OT with the Seahawks. Dude never said a word about it but had a small picture of the two of them in his office. The point is that building a connection goes a long way in how much your team or people will put out for you.

Hmmm.....a responsible request followed by a questionable reaction followed by an unreasonable response. I have to think this wasn't an isolated incident....if it was, that's a bad response by the parents. Everyone jumps the gun on this. What if she had arm fatigue and didn't want to tell the coach out of trying to "tough it out" and dad stepped in? Man, there are so many layers to this. Everyone wants to blame the parents but it is the parents job to help guide their kids. Here are a few things that coaches did that I considered very questionable but opted to stay out of it. You tell me if the coach was in the right: With very little practice time (about 7-10 days) and zero pre-season workouts, a varsity baseball coach decided it was a good idea to pitch my oldest son for 110 pitches in 40 degree weather in an opening game after pitching two days earlier in a scrimmage. He throw over 50 pitches in the scrimmage. Same son took a hard fall and hit his head against the turf out of bounds on a pass play during a football game. He was squirming all around and the HC never went to check on him. He went back in the game and after the game his teammate told me "I was worried about him....when I got to him his eyes were rolled back in his head." I was told they did a concussion test on him but after watching the game tape.....I never saw one administered. My senior year I received a severe concussion in a football game. I had to leave the game....didn't know any of the plays, who I was and did not recognize people...had no idea where I was at and was completely out of it for almost three hours. I was taken to the hospital after the game and after the bus ride home. I was at practice on Monday and the only pre-caution the following week was that I would only play defense and return punts and kicks and forego playing offense. Now, there are waaaay more stories about obstructionist parents, for sure and that is trending up. But, I just wanted to share a different perspective.

He was my coach in college.....wasn't my favorite.....no connection with him at all. That was just my experience. Some of the others liked him.

I think it was 6-0. RV just can't piece together consecutive baseball classes. They are freshman heavy with a few juniors..one starting senior and I don't think any sophomores....probably will start 4-5 freshman and 5-6 will see playing time. They have a talented middle school team that is very heavy with 7th graders with three quality 8th graders. They will struggle this year, will be better next year and, I believe, considerably better in two seasons. When the current freshman class are juniors and seniors, it will probably be the most competitive team RV has fielded.

If Central doesn't exist I still think a M7 wins in their stead about 3-4 of those championships (Ridgeview and Gate City specifically). That is crazy.

If not for Central, Ridgeview girls have 2-3 additional state championships. Timing is such a big factor.

The irony is that Graham fans are mad about a coach recruiting players and bringing them in from other schools. I mean....a bit of self-reflection? 😜 That being said, VHSL has to do something about John Marshall. At least the G-Men are relegated to two states and 3-4 county recruiting footprint.

So, they have now made 1st Team actually two teams and 2nd Team two teams as well and still do an Honorable mention?? Folks, we have jumped the shark. Am I the only that things the same people who complain about participation trophies are the ones recognizing almost 25 kids for district honors. How about three Gs and 3 F/C for 1st team and 2nd team each and then give 5 Honorable mention. Is that too stringent?