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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?

I don't think the SWD folks realize how brutal the M7 conference is in girls basketball. The girls M7 athletics might be the best in 2A...boys or girls....remember they just won the state volleyball title. Half of the teams (Abingdon is 3A) have won a state title in the past 10 years and Central, Gate City, Ridgeview and Union have played for a title (4 out of 6 teams). Mountain 7 has won eight of the last ten state titles, losing in the championship game the other two years and have won 9 out of the past 13 state titles (starting in 2011). Mountain 7 has placed a team in the state championship game in 13 consecutive years! Since 2012 Central has played in nine title games, Gate City has played in four Ridgeview has played in one and Union has played in one. If not for Central, Gate City wins another, maybe two, and Ridgeview probably gets one or two more. Pure domination 24-Central 23-Clarke County beats Central 22-Central 21-Luray beats Gate City 20-Gate City 19- Central 18- Central 17- Central 16 - Ridgeview beat Union 15 - Central 14 - Central beats Gate City 13 - Floyd County beats Central 12 - Meridian beats Gate City

That's awesome! Any chance he tries to walk on or is he done with football after highschool?

Did the Creasey kid get any college looks? I've not heard anything about him or O'Quinn.

Did you watch their volleyball team the past couple of seasons? Geezus. I felt bad for the rest of the girls. Back row sets 90% of the time on her rotation when you had very capable hitters on the team in the front row. Makes that state championship banner that is sitting in Ridgeview that much sweeter.

Sooooo.......you gonna share? Lol.

They can run and drive to the basket. They just don’t have natural shooters…that can create off the dribble and/ or hit consistent jumpers from 10-15 feet out.

I watched some of his film and how the team uses him in Maryland. He would be better served to stay in Maryland, IMHO. They are running a modern offense and design plays to get him the ball. In BSG, he will always be weapon #3 as that offense will be built around Chandler and then Bostic. Family and friendships will come into play....but I like the way they use him up there.

Not a shooter to be found amongst them.

Ridgeview Wolfpack 2025 Football Schedule Scrimmages: Aug 15th: @ Letcher County (KY) Cougars Aug 21st: Lebanon Pioneers (Benefit) Regular Season: Aug 29th: Grundy Golden Wave Sept 5th: @ Honaker Tigers Sep 12th: @ Central Warriors Sep 19th: OPEN Sep 26th: Lee High Generals (Homecoming) Oct 3: @ Paintsville (KY) Tigers Oct 10th: @ Union Bears Oct 17th: @ John Battle Trojans Oct 25th: Abingdon Falcons Oct 31st: Perry Central (KY) Commodores Nov 7th: Gate City Blue Devils Bolded games denote Mountain 7 District games Drop: Virginia High, Richlands and JI Burton Pickup: Honaker, Paintsville and Perry Central

He has been the DC for a while so I would expect no changes on that side of the ball. It will be interesting to see what they do on offense. Does he keep the OC or bring on someone new. If they are going to change offenses this is the time to do it...new QB. I expect that to stay a 3/4 wide offense although I think they have the pieces to be a power running team.

Yep, several times...all deep shots and they did a good job isolating a back on our OLB and running down the sideline for a TD pass. They had the game in hand and tried a deep shot to Palmer with two minutes left and to this day, I'm not sure why I didn't pick it instead of just knocking it down....although it was fourth down. Our coaches were pissed that they did that....I remember Snake not being happy about it.

Lol. I saw myself on some of the clips. You can't really tell...but it was extremely muddy on that field (Ernie Hicks).....had a good showing against the G-man that game....10 tackles and a PBU.

I don't agree with it the more I think about it. There are clear positions on the field. It is saved for skill position players only and, realistically, is always going to be a running QB that doesn't pass much/well or a WR that doubles as a RB on occasion. What about an OL that moves down the line due to injuries? What about an OL that plays C and then bumps out to OT for some reason? Two very different positions. I guess the reason I don't agree with it is you already have RB, WR, QB, KR and PR designated.

Merry Christmas and Happy NY to all you f&#*ers on the board.

Can someone explain why there is an offensive all-purpose? I don't understand the concept. If you are not 1st/2nd team as a QB, WR or RB how do you get to be 1st team all-purpose? Now...if a kid literally plays several offensive positions, I'd understand more but still wouldn't agree. Is this a new thing? I don't remember having this when I played....but that was a long time ago.

RV is extremely cliquish. You’re either in or not. Tester, if smart, can grab some of those kids by promising a fair and open competition for starting positions.

It was always going to be Grant because his son is on the team, IMO. The real question is who he tabs as the OC. Does he keep younger Stanley or find someone else. I'm assuming he stays DC and focuses on that. I don't think this moves the needle up or down in terms of threatening Union/Graham in the region.