You've only posted 9 times and you come out with this! No Mance should coach at Richlands until HE feels its time to hang it up. We've all been spoiled by the last 10 years or so of winning, and many feel that if a Mance coached team doesn't win every game he should hang it up. Back in my time at Richlands, (many, many, moons ago) we felt good if we won 3 or 4 games a year, and many times we gauged our teams not by wins, but by how well we played Gate City or Bluefield. I remember getting beat by both teams by several points and saying we had a good game. We Richlands fans have focused so mush on win, win, win, and have sometimes forgotten that a winning season is so much sweeter after a loosing season. I for one don't enjoy loosing, but I've noticed over the years that SWVA talent comes and goes in cycles, and Richlands talent is on the down side of that cycle, not the fault of coaching, or the effort of the players, just the same old usual talent cycle. As Arron Rodgers told the Packers fans a few years ago, "Stay Calm". Mance is still the best coach for the Blues and will be until he decides to walk away, and then we can be in the stands wishing we had him back, and remembering how good a coach he was.
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1 hour ago, Tiger 2000 said:
I’ve got 199 reasons Mance can stay as long as he wants.
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We, ( Richlands fans ) have been so spoiled over the last 20 or so years that most have forgotten or too young to remember what the 70's and most of the 80's were like as a Blues fan, but I have a bad feeling that when coach Mance does decide to move on or retire, everyone will remember VERY quickly !
If the school systems are considered as being paid well, then you are definitely in trouble. Our school systems in this area pay much less than other parts of the state.
That is so true. My wife has taught in this area for 33 years and we can attest to that as far as the pay goes compaired to the eastern part of the state ! But I will say that we are still blessed because it does pay better that a lot of other jobs in this area
Pretty sure that it originated with Navy back in 2012 for the Army game. It's been adopted by more than a few teams since (including Virginia Tech). I agree that it's pretty sharp. TW's logo and color scheme work well for the concept.
Glad you pointed that out to me, I had forgot about Navy having that design. I liked it then also. Have always been a bit of a Navy fan.
Congrats to Graham on their win yesterday ! Way to rep yourselves, your fanbase and our area ! I want to wish you guys good luck and hope you bring home another state championship !
I've been blessed to watch and even play football in high school with some guys who went on to play on Sundays, and to this day the one player that could take over in all 3 facets of the game was Ahmad Bradshaw. He could take a handoff and break a big run for a TD, receive a punt or kickoff and run it back, and on D deliver a big hit or intercept a pass and score on that ! He was truely a MAN amoung boys out there !
I kinda feel this way about it. I liken it to being brothers...........well, maybe stepbrothers........in that I can say things about you and we can beat up on each other, but we stand together when it comes to the rest of the state. I know that some on both sides may feel different, I will always pull for the Tazewell teams when we are out of it, and if there are no Tazewell Co. teams left then I will be pulling for region D teams. Besides that, I played ball with D.Palmer in high school and I'm still good friends with him so I wish him the best !
I will be a Graham fan this week and the next and hope they bring the championship back to Tazewell Co !
Grew up a Baltimore Colt fan. Our family had season tickets until the move, but the Chiefs were always my 2nd favorite team. Back when Len Dawson, Ed Podolak and Willie Lanier. And now my daughter practices law in Kansas City and has season tickets. They are a fun team to watch, but need to get better on D. GREAT place to tail gate !!
Wow Ryan, hadn't heard about that ! God Bless her family and friends ! This sounds like the year I graduated from Richlands wayyyyy back in 77. We lost several kids that year also, 3 of them were really close friends of mine. I so hate this so much for our community.
Graham has to much speed for us. I think Richland's will play better this time but I think Graham is just better than we are this year.
Mance will have them ready. You still have to play the game... you never know with High school football. That's why we all love it.
This^^^^^ I would love to see nothing more than for Richlands to upset them, but being realistic, Graham has a lot of speed and the D has been playing lights out for the past several games. When you have an athlete at QB that is as good as Cam on a high school team, he can just about carry a team when the D is playing like they are.
I think we have a punchers chance and we do have a fantastic coach and staff, but Graham has been playing some great football this year..........but anything can happen !
Thanks 2000wave, if I don't get to try it this trip, I will make sure to try it next time. We come down here several times a year, so always like tring out new places !
I'm so proud of these Coaches and Players...they've been through so much the last few weeks... CONGRATS, from one very proud Blue Tornado fan !!!! Coach Mance's 199th win...
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And this ^^.......enough said !
We, ( Richlands fans ) have been so spoiled over the last 20 or so years that most have forgotten or too young to remember what the 70's and most of the 80's were like as a Blues fan, but I have a bad feeling that when coach Mance does decide to move on or retire, everyone will remember VERY quickly !