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If moved radford will play at Blacksburg ....the crist connection

FINAL
Loris Lions  31
Georgetown Bulldogs  7
 

Same ...glad to see you actually made it to the game tonight. Maybe you'll be a little more informed during discussion this week

Thank you sir for the clarity on the subject.  It's been 20+ years since I last watched a game at the Stone Castle and the memory was getting a little fuzzy on the specifics.  I do remember some older VA High folks playfully talking trash about that banner like Narrows hears about their banners from the 30's. 

Right we should be paid with all these nuggets we're dropping each week

What do coaches on this board make? LOL

Oh it was just a question...calm down 

Oh we've had many that didn't play over the year because of the AD/JV coach...and a bunch could have helped us....and parents are part of the problem too

Oh it was just a question...calm down 

What do coaches on this board make? LOL

What do coaches on this board make? LOL

Narrows plays nobody in their district....pioneer is pretty much over once the first day of practice starts

Amongst others......

Interesting enough that Giles J.V. success has a very low translation rate to varsity?!?! At J.V age its about natural talent and once they get passed by every other school that has emplemented an actual off-season program, the excuses get made about the kids, the parents, the weather, etc etc etc.....it shouldn't be that hard to figure out what Giles problem is at this point 

Wow, this is a lot to take in as I'm late to the conversation. My experiences with Giles is the following and I'm a fairly trusted source as I have talked to numerous players in my living room for 5 years now along with my own personal observations. My first observation was the off-season workouts were almost non-existent compared to our competition and was told "it's a family" thing or whatever excuse they used to not have a decent off-season program which hasn't really improved in 5 years. Thing's progressed through j.v. and I have zero negative to say about the AD or his staff during the JV years. J.v. years didn't exactly last long as ...varsity was really struggling with numbers and talent. Varsity football is a train wreck at Giles. Here's the list of problems that I know personally exists... off-season program is terrible and nobody on staff is willing to take charge and hold kids accountable, the kids don't like or respect a coach that doesn't coach but only belittles them, Xs and Os are not as good as they once were, kids play different positions every single week and are yelled at because they don't always know what to do or have practiced the position. These are my opinions.. participation is probably held back by the fact that the kids don't like the coach and Giles has losing records for the last 5 out of 6 years. Losing breeds losing and it's a vicious cycle. Once the culture changes it's impossible without a major change to right the ship. I've read on FB the senior spotlights for players for years and they all mention every coach making an impact on them except the head coach?! It's no secret which coaches the players respect. Play calling has become exceptionally bad and it's telegraphed at this point, Clock management is terrible, and plays are called it seems to give certain players the ball regardless of whether they have the "hot hand" or not. Not sure what the parents have to do with anything as all I've seen is unwaivering support for a busted program. The only thing negative I would say about the AD is the scheduling absolutely puts Giles at a disadvantage scheduling teams year after year we have absolutely no business playing. Giles needs a hungry coach that wants to win above all things and plain and simply we don't have. In fact, the believe he handcuffs some of his staff that wants these things. RIP for a long standing dominant program that was once envied by the entire state. 

Oh we've had many that didn't play over the year because of the AD/JV coach...and a bunch could have helped us....and parents are part of the problem too

There's truth to this.  I enjoy the tailgates at VT more than I do the games at this point and I don't drink alcohol.  What's that say about VT's on-field product?  Well, it ain't good.  
Giles issues are a combination of things, not single variant, and anyone educated enough (60 minute man) would know that also, but you Think you know, and what do you do?  You do the classic black and white, all or none approach to a multivariant problem just like the side opposite of your opinion.  What does that make you?  It makes you THE SAME, no different, and it also doesn't mean you are correct.  The issues at Giles are talent, it is leadership, it is coaching dedication in the off season, it is parent dedication in the offseason, it is player dedication in the offseason, it is the times we live in (We are closer to Blacksburg, a little more left of center in ideology) compared to years ago.  I'm not saying that's "bad" either.  I'm saying....a little bit less parental interest in football, don't quite want to start them as early because of CTE, a little more interest in soccer and non contact sports, etc.  Lower numbers that what we had.  And no question, some....not all.......some of this falls on the coaches.  It's Multivariant as to our decline and like most problems.......the cause and solution isn't single variant, but there are multiple factors at play.  
My point is .....it's far, far more than......"Blame the Coaches or Not Blame the Coaches."  It would be so easy....so nice.....so simple to be able to do that because we get empowered.  We get control.  We feel like that single variant problem gets a quick single variant fix and whooolllaaaa, it's all fixed.  It doesn't work that way with many things, and this is one of those things where it will not work this way.   Notice I didn't say a coaching change is not needed or needed.  What I am saying is.....staying with the same coach or not staying with same coach WILL NOT fix the problem until the other variables above are also addressed, and addressing those other variables above is absolutely NOT all on the coaching staff (present or new).  Much of it is the parents and it comes down to will.  How willing are parents and community willing to fix the problem.  You can lead animal to water.  They have to drink themselves. 
Finally, this post is my OPINION, just like everyone else has.  I would argue this point strongly.  For any side arguing its 100 % purely coaching related or it's absolutely 100% not coaching related are both......wrong.  Multivariant boys.....and multivariant problems such something God awful because they are tough to fix.

Another blowout
I think some of our players already mailed it in 

My take is Bluefield is better than their record and Grayson isn't quite as good as their record indicates. I think Bluefield pulls out the win against 2A Grayson...ummm I mean 1A. 

1. Nathan Tanner. His experience and success at coaching speaks for itself.
2. Toss up between Ricky Cook/Austin Cooper. Ricky is one of the best to wear red and I like the emotion he shows. The kids respect him. Austin has head coaching experience. He had some good seasons at Hurley before coming back to Giles as an assistant. From following him on fbook I could tell the impact he made because the Hurley community was devastated when he left. However he is the varsity basketball coach so I’m assuming he would have to give it up since football season runs into basketball season. 
 
3. Trey Freeman. I’ve won many National Championships and Super Bowls on NCAA14 and Madden 23.

Absolutely zero senior leadership also....zero

Ragsdale wins 7 games with this team with little doubts. Next year isn't looking real hot either as it's a senior dominated team. 

I couldn't agree more!!

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