ghs73

hey koolaid i have not said anything bad about you and i think i deserve the same and i do know more about graham high football than you will ever know. i have been around it and coach since coach came to graham. and i was at the game in discussion and i know that coach did not try to run up the score on richlands and i took offense in those that think that was the reason. and it is football and i thought that the name of the game is to stop your opponet from scoring no matter when or where it is in the game. no team should ever think that the other team is going to take a knee and let the clock run out. you defend your goal the entire game. as far as your comments about me i take them with the same grain of salt that you do mine. i will always stand up for graham and coach until the day i die. you may be or may not be someone from graham and if you are you need to rethink your attitude about graham high school. you should never forget that game because of all the flack that graham got over that game. people in the swd do not and have not liked graham because they do win and win with class. and that all is because of carlock and how he tought his kids.

not trying to lay guilt trip on anyone richlands people brought it up and i think that it is disrespectful of coach because he is a man that would not run up a score no matter what. nor would he let his players

graham wont play 1 a schools because graham will not play down. wonder why graham had to play beaver 2 times this year. if as everyone thinks graham is not good you would think that many 2 a teams would want to play them to get the easy win. graham has nothing against a 1 a school, they just play bigger schools to get ready for playoffs. if graham wanted just a win why not schedule pocahontas or montcalm. not saying that on any given day these teams could not win a game but not very likely.and if it is as you say because of points for playoffs then maybe the richlands coaches need to follow the graham model and play up not down in classification.

the back up qb is just as good as workman and in anyother season he would be the starter. go on underestimate him and graham. love it when you do.

to me it seems funny that the mighty and great tornados need something that happened years ago to get fired up to play graham. what does that say for the team. if they need something like that or the graham graffiti on the mtn in richland to get fired up. if they are as good as everyone says then they dont need any other motivation to play the graham gmen.

it would not be a suprise to me if the coaches at richlands would not exchange films with graham. they have always wanted to beat graham however they could and what better way than not to exchange films like all schools do. but only the coaches at richland know if they did or did not do that. and they are the ones that live with decisions that they make from year to year.

and i agree but it is not like richlands has never ever done something like that and as for the qb calling a play on his own at graham that would not happen and if it did the coaching staff would take it up with them after the game. but reguardless of how you put it you say that graham did it on purpose well who was the head coach of graham at that time. and i know for a fact that coach would not do that to embarass a team just to embarass them. to say that is wrong. coach could have run up scores on many teams but chose not to. and no matter what spin you put on it, still comes across that coach did this on purpose. no other way to take what you said.

it doesnt matter who did it first second to who or last yes it was not very good to do but i dont think coach was trying to run up the score because over the years he could have against many teams but always chose not to to play his second team. i think that year the team was a good team but the first team had to play the whole game and we will never know for sure but i feel he wanted to toughen them up for a time when the points really meant a win or a loss in a tight game. and this game was not a blow out by any stretch of the word. but it is a little funny that after the passing of coach everyone got on here and was saying their goodbyes and at the same time saying what a class act he was and now saying that was classless lol. it really doesnt matter and most of these kids probably dont remember it. so should not have a bearing on the game at all.

it would be closer for graham to play teams in your area instead of going to tenn or danville or mt view (which is closer but road much worse) but they find tough teams to play. which helps in playoffs.

how far do you think it is from graham to greenville tenn.

richlands has a four lane to drive to get to interstate 77 just a little further. graham drove several years ago to greenville tenn to play games and played several tenn teams. so they drove past richlands to get there. they drove down rt 52 one of the worst roads around to play mt view high school several years ago. so travel on good roads should not be a issue to richlands. not to hard to get to 460 for them. then a 4 lane in either direction for them. i would much rather drive 460 to blacksburg or roanoke than the road to gatecity or honaker any day. but again that is the coaches choice as to who they play. but please dont use the good road excuse for a reason why they go to gc or others in that area. because you have access to 460 to go anydirection you want. just like graham does.drive down here and play beaver or princeton not a lot further than graham. they are all good teams and beaver needed a couple of games this year and still only have 9 games on their schedule. i am sure that the beavers would love to play richlands next year or so. ask and see.

my point exactly. graham plays who the coaches find and they try to find 2 A or larger to play. but this year graham is 4-0 and on other post people have said that graham has not played anyone because blfd is 1-3 beating grundy who richlands killed. and marion and blacksburg and martinsville are not undefeated or even close but all are good schools. i just dont understand why some have to knock graham and richlands for who they play . sometimes playing up helps you sometimes it doesnt. this game will come down to who wants it the most and who has the most to prove to the rest of the district.

that is what i am saying about the difference in play from 1 a and 2 a some 1 a schools are good. but for the most part does nothing to help your team to get ready for the district and playoffs. and points make the difference and the level of play does also. a few years ago graham played gw danville a 3 a school in va granted that year not a real good 3 a school but good enough to beat most 2 a and 1 a schools because of shear numbers. but that year graham was better but because of the level of competition. now that being said i am not saying anything about the level of competiton of richlands they are a good team. but graham is a different team than they have played so far this year

that is true and if you look at enrollment a few of the 1 a schools are bigger than graham and graham petitions to play up they would not if at all possible play down. that is one reason graham plays beaver 2 times this year. they probably could have found a 1 a school to play but for the most part they have not played a 1 a school when a school drops to 1 a graham drops them from their schedule. look at teams like giles narrows gatecity lebanon all went to 1 a and graham does not play them anymore.

but to be honest i dont ever think the vhsl would let a small 1 a size school play in 3 a

what it sounds like is the one guy thinks that richlands asked to go to div 3 and that instead of complaing they should have petitioned to stay and that mayor is saying that no one petitioned to drop which i dont know if you can petition to drop division or move up in division. but i know that graham has to petition to stay 2 a div 3 because their enrollment is actually 1 a size.

think what he was refering to is why didnt richlands petition the vhsl to stay in division 4 instead of dropping to division 3

not refering to you just to those that say look at who graham has played that they only have a combined 1 or 2 wins or so. not knocking who anyone plays but the higher up you play in class the tougher usually the competition is with the exception of marion on grahams schedule.

no the vhsl does not make them. if that were the case then graham would be in 1 a long time ago. they chose to play up in classification. i dont think graham would ever go to 1a unless vhsl said either go or dont play football anymore or grahams enrollment went down to that of pocahontas.

yes workman is out but yost is a good qb and would have started if workman was not there. yost give the reps with the first team will do just fine runing the offense of graham. richlands will have more to worry about with graham than just one running back. that will put more pressure on their defense and grahams defense is a good defense. they hang in there and will hit you just ask the teams that they have played. richlands is a good team you have to be to be 4-0 at this point does not matter who you beat to be 4-0 is hard any season. but give graham some credit they are also 4-0 and against good teams also

i am not dismissing the wins no more than richlands fans are dismissing grahams wins this year because of the records of the teams that they beat. but you have to look at the teams that these teams have played also. i dont think any of the teams that graham beat has played a 1 a team. and yes those teams over the years have been good in 1 a and gate city was in 2 a until they dropped to 1 a like lebanon but graham never has dropped down in class nor play a 1 a team. no matter how good a 1 a team is there is a difference in competition for the most part except in the case of gc. but please do not say that i am dismissing richlands wins when richlands people come here and dismiss all of grahams wins against the 2a schools. dont ask me to do something that you wont ask the rest of the people from richlands and others to do and that is not to dismiss grahams wins. i bet if you asked the teams that graham beat they would not dismiss grahams wins against them.

that is true and that is why i feel the others play down.

travel should not be a problem if you want to play the tough teams to make your team a better team but the 1 a teams that you talk about dominate for the most part 1 a and would with the exception of gate city who was a good 2 a school would not do as good in 2 a and use the travel to stay 1 a i feel. but that is my opinion.

i dont think that anyone in the swd wants to or does give graham any credit for how they are playing this year or who they have played. yea the teams that they have played have not won many games but they are all good teams and could with the exception of marion i feel beat any of the teams that richlands has beat this year. as could graham, if graham plays to their ability.i am not knocking who richlands has played they are good 1 a teams. but they are still 1 a teams. and which are all bigger than graham but will not play up to 2 a and it shows why when they play good 2 a teams. i have nothing against 1 a teams but the play is not that of 2 a just like 2 a is not the quality of 3 a schools. that being said i am not saying that a 1 a cannot beat a 2 a or a 2 a beat a 3 a but if the larger school plays to their ability unless they are flat out terriable the bigger school will usually win. i just find it funny that everyone wants to talk about who graham has played because of the record. and the record of those that richlands has played. lets see grundy and abingdon 2 a schools with grundy 1 win against ky school abingdon what 2 wins against who. wins and losses do not define how good a team can be. beaver is a good team but has had some bad luck and played against good teams. i dont think richlands would do good against princeton this year but beaver hung in there against them. so dont put a lot of faith into records.

most of the schools that are 1a that you mentioned are bigger than graham in fact i would dare say with exception to the smaller class in 1a a lot are bigger than graham. but why do they play 1a ball and graham stays 2a you would have to ask them but fro graham they like playing bigger schools because when play off time comes that does help you. myself i think that the schools that are larger than graham should ask to play 2 a but most use the travel distance to not. but look at graham where they have gone to play games over the years greenville tenn martinsville welch they will go to where ever they have to to find a team that will play them.