1. Phil had two NFL tailbacks. Not one but TWO! Granted he was smart enough to give them the football.
2. He also had several and I mean several D 1 athletes on those teams. Is anyone saying he wasn't a good coach? No I am not.
3. Just curious about what Phil's records were before he got to Powell Valley? Go ahead and check that stat. Plus, PV had a state title under their belt with James B. The groundwork had already been established.
I agree...I think it is way too far fetched with small schools having to face schools with double the enrollment. The people making these decisions should go and watch a practice at a small single A school. Keep a balance with hard numbers is the most logical thing in my opinion, but when does logic apply in our world today.
Well there are those times when really good teams struggle from time to time but find a way to get it done. Let's not act like Giles is the Giles of old.
Let me get this straight....I am just trying to figure out what all was meant by the earlier post.
14 hours ago, vtdavis4321 said:
Sure, I credit Holston's Coaching Staff, but I'm beginning to wonder what kind of talent they might have down there. Can't put my finger on it, but something tells me they seem to be a little more supplied in the "very good football player" department compared to most of their Class 1D peers. They lost one of the best QB's in SWVA last year and had a coaching change, and the guy they lost we now understand is the real deal and he can flat out coach, and no disrespect to Akers and his staff, but when you lose a QB like that and a Coach like that at a Class 1 school, your not supposed to be undefeated or 7-0, or 8-0. I'm beginning to wonder if they aren't closer to Galax than Giles. I thought for sure Giles was the second best team in the Class 1 West. I'm not so sure Holston isn't better than us, and the second best team in the West, and possibly, may give Galax a battle. Still, there is no question that 1D is way down, so hard to tell. One thing I'm fairly certain of.......Holston has some talent down there.
1. VHS is now a juggernaut? Patterson did weather a miserable start at Holston and had some success. Congrats to him and VHS. I will say that took a lot of perseverance on his part. I will also say this, they do have some DUDES on that team; however, they did give up 93 points in two games. I am just saying that they have a very favorable schedule. I am not sure they are the second best team in Region 2D or the fifth best team in 2D. You shouldn't count out Union, Ridgeview, and Wise Central. Graham is different. I guess anyone is beatable on any given night.
2. What does no disrespect to Akers mean? That makes absolutely no sense at all with what you said. They lost the region D player of the year and the WCYB player of the year and they have the best record at Holston they have had since 1983 or 1984? Are you saying that his coaching has nothing to do with it? I believe that they only are giving up 7 points a game. I actually saw them play earlier and they would be giving up less than that without subbing in the second half. I will say this about Akers... everyone on here listens to the All Great and Knowing Wizards of Gate City, you know they invented football down there... Look at Fort now compared to where they were a few months ago. You can bash every coach on this board over something, but at the end of the day, the coach doesn't block, the coach doesn't tackle, and the coach sure doesn't fumble the football.
3. Giles barely beat a mediocre Grayson team.
4. Giles beat a miserable Blacksburg team.
5. In other words, don't crown Giles just yet because they did give up 21 to a winless Fort team.
I was at the game in 2019 between the two. In my opinion, had Galax not thrown the interception before the half for the TD, the game would and could have ended differently. Riverheads had no answer for the ground game of Galax with the Brown kid carrying the rock.
So what you are saying Falconfan1 is that the Lee High job is going to be like the Tennessee job? Fans want it fixed overnight and it is going be an ongoing rebuild forever? Lol. Just messing with you. All kidding aside if lots of players are going to Union, somehow the new coach needs to get them to stay home.
I am definitely not one of those fans. I would like to see Lee become competitive again and I do think it is a shame when kids can't stay and help be a part of the solution to a problem. Can't always run to the greener pastures all of the time. It takes a lot of pride and hard work to fix something that is broken.
I personally believe it is going to be tough for anyone to walk in and fix it right away. The people are going to have to be patient and supportive of the new guy. I am not sure anyone in Lee County wants to hear that.
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Be careful what you wish for....
1. Phil had two NFL tailbacks. Not one but TWO! Granted he was smart enough to give them the football.
2. He also had several and I mean several D 1 athletes on those teams. Is anyone saying he wasn't a good coach? No I am not.
3. Just curious about what Phil's records were before he got to Powell Valley? Go ahead and check that stat. Plus, PV had a state title under their belt with James B. The groundwork had already been established.