cityofRaven

Gosh, there's so many things...
 
Culture of instant gratification.
Dertrimentally indulgent parenting.
Undue self importance.
Lack of loyalty.
Lack of gumption.
Contempt for jurisdictional rules.
Tail wagging the dog.
Sports above education.
Me Me Me.
Turning your back on your friends.
Turning your back on your teammates.
 
And most importantly...
 
A mistake.

Hey, we're getting a new Dollar General, the sky is the limit for the Raven area in the near future!

Kids will always jump. Graham has lost far more to Bluefield than to Richlands, btw.
 
The main thing here is that if you have a chance to go win a ring, most kids are going to want to help achieve it. There's only team in the county who is capable of winning a title this season. Not bragging or boasting, but we return a team that didn't lose much at all on a defense that was killer down the stretch last year.
 
The tide will one day turn. Kids will leave Richlands to go play for Tazewell and Graham and Honaker etc. And they will do it in the name of a state title.
 
It is what it is.

The worst part of all this transfer business that has been going on in Tazewell county for several years now is the parenting...Yes, I agree the coaching in both places has been in shambles for quite some time. I agree with barondawg77 that Coach Allen has invested a lot into the program to get it back on track, and has done an admirable job. Richlands has had consistency in their coaching, and that has made a difference on the field. The travesty that exists is when the parents of these kids that transfer allow it to happen, and in some cases, even promote it happening! What are they teaching their children and their siblings? That when you don't get things you want, or things don't go your way, pack up and leave your family, teammates, friends behind and go try something else? Especially when it involves kids going into their senior years. Take the 3 years you have just spent and throw it all away? Many parents claim that the reason they move down the road is for the opportunities it provides their children to go to college. How many of those kids that have transferred down the road have went on to play scholarship football at the next level? How many of those guys are in the pros now? 
 
10, 20, 30 years from now will it matter how many games you won? Will it matter if you started on your varsity football team? Will it matter that you turned your back on your childhood friends, coaches, and sometimes your family? Which class reunion will you attend? The one where you only spent one year and barely know anyone, or the one where you grew up playing in the backyard with all you friends pretending you would be a Bulldog or a G-man one day? You know, those same "friends" you turned you back on when things didn't go exactly like they were planned to do? The one your siblings, your cousins, your mom and dad, even your grandmother and grandfather went to?
 
Sorry for the rant...Just something that needed to be said...

Hey, don't forget the Huddle House we're getting in Richlands.  GOOD things happening in the big R I'm sure they just want to be part of it.

Hey, we're getting a new Dollar General, the sky is the limit for the Raven area in the near future!

Hey, we're getting a new Dollar General, the sky is the limit for the Raven area in the near future!

I cannot blame any family for chasing the limitless variety of diverse business opportunities that exist in the Cedar Bluff, Pounding Mill, Richlands, Raven, Bandy, and Jewell Ridge zip codes of Tazewell County.  I further cannot blame people who wish to contribute to the population explosion occurring in that fertile crescent.

Just to address this one subject; MD wont be discussed on here because we arent near MD, very few kids cross over from KY, there is plenty of discussion about WV kids, and NC wont be discussed too much since Grayson, Galax and Carroll are the only schools represented here that NC applies to and I dont believe that many come over.
 
The fact is your Tennessee kid should be attending school in TN

I can't even...
 

Lambeau Fields was a great coach, with a coaching tree that resembled a light pole!

I know the list is long, but does anybody have the tree on Merrill Gainer? Off the top of my head would be Carlock, Hicks, Rider, and thats just a few. I would love to see that list!

Interesting, how about Dennis Vaught? Football only
Bryan Stinespring VA tech
Greg Mance and his coaching tree
Ritchie Thomas PH's most successful coach
Brian Johnson Head Coach PH
BI Salyers former head coach of St Paul, Castlewood, JJ Kelly and currently D coor at DB
Jason White Player for Ritchie Thomas former head coach Rockbridge County High School
Mark Palmer head coach of PH (curently)

If they were beating GC nothing would be said.  It's more about getting beat than the other.

We need to just annex the state of Virginia west of Roanoke, the state of West Virginia south of Beckley and Kentucky east of I75 and make a new state...

Yep, lets get the government involved!
 
I propose a two house legislative body for the VHSL.
2 Votes per school District in one house
and
1 Vote per each 1,000 students per school district in the 2nd house.
 
all proposed bills must be passed in both houses and approved by the GRAND POOBA in order to go into effect.
 
 
SARCASM INTENDED

Sounds a bit like the Martinsville-Graham game, only this time Martinsville was Graham...

The weather didn't change the boys game...Graham losing to Martinsville and Dan River taking care of Grundy moved the boys game...

Grew up with Thad, played baseball, basketball and football with the guy since we were about 10. He is a student of the game and I wouldn't be shocked if he has a long, successful coaching career.

Where's bearcatbob now???
 
Good job Grundy!

Grew up with Thad, played baseball, basketball and football with the guy since we were about 10. He is a student of the game and I wouldn't be shocked if he has a long, successful coaching career.

Grew up with Thad, played baseball, basketball and football with the guy since we were about 10. He is a student of the game and I wouldn't be shocked if he has a long, successful coaching career.

Grew up with Thad, played baseball, basketball and football with the guy since we were about 10. He is a student of the game and I wouldn't be shocked if he has a long, successful coaching career.