UnionGuy2017 182 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Union_Fan said: I'm sure some of the kids were still a little weak, but that doesn't explain some of the coaching decisions, as already mentioned. Just not a good performance for Union at all, while GC played very consistent with almost no miscues. The Bears getting out coached is becoming a common theme. Enjoy this while you can GC because it won't be pretty next week. I guess we can thank the Blue Devils for saving us from a beat down in Bluefield. There's always next year! One of my favorites parts of the game today was watching you play what seemed to be peace maker down there 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 minute ago, UnionGuy2017 said: One of my favorites parts of the game today was watching you play what seemed to be peace maker down there 🤣 Lol. Yep! I think it was just a misunderstanding with what the GC AD was trying to convey, but that mama was hot. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, goose111874 said: How'd you like those 2 timeouts in 2nd half one was on 3rd and 27 to save a delay just take the penalty We have NEVER been able to manage the clock. Wasn't any different today! BigWinners 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCAT 10 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Just a really bad day for our coaching staff. With the kids giving everything they had and the coaches just not making the best decisions is just hard. We were really lucky to even be in that game. College WV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaterHater 89 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, Union_Fan said: Lol. Yep! I think it was just a misunderstanding with what the GC AD was trying to convey, but that mama was hot. 😂 Try to convey....he was a special kind of stupid coming into the Union crowd telling someone to stop blowing a hand held horn. BandanaVTDavis4321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 minute ago, foosballer said: Try to convey....he was a special kind of stupid coming into the Union crowd telling someone to stop blowing a hand held horn. He was told by the white hat to enforce the VHSL rule of not blowing an artificial noise maker( battery operated air horn in this case) while teams were at the line of scrimmage. It was being blown while both GC and Union were on the ball. He even stated "I don't want to be over here, I like as much noise as possible, but the white hat sent me." It is the AD's job to enforce the rules, so he felt he had no choice. It was my understanding that nobody complained, but the white hat. He was just asking for the horn not to be blown after the teams broke the huddle. I think the mama thought he was coming to take the horn and refused to give it up. He took it as they were refusing to stop blowing the horn. I know the GC AD, and one of the deputies that came over, so I interjected myself because I saw the misunderstanding. The horn owners kept the horn and agreed not to blow it "inappropriately", so the AD and deputies went on their way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg pride 4 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 WE NEED A NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND A NEW OL COACH ASAP College WV and Union_Fan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwvaOG 601 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 21 hours ago, Union_Fan said: We have NEVER been able to manage the clock. Wasn't any different today! To be fair….who would you say is really good at managing the clock? Ridgeview sure the heck isn’t and I’ve not come away from too many high school games where I was talking about superior clock management. It’s the old “fog of war” adage. There are a lot of things going on the sidelines during a game. The difference is that in college and pro they have pre-game planned a lot of this and have rehearsed the scenarios or have a decision tree they follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE 239 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 anymore, you've got at least 6 "get back" coaches on every sideline. one is bound to be able to alert someone when there is 20 seconds left and the play hasn't left the sideline. being a play ahead is winning, or at least having one ready might help. I miss the 80s and 90s when wideouts/flankers brought them in. In today's modern offense, your stud might be fresher longer if he weren't going to the sideline and back, even at a jog 50x a game. At the same rate, I could not do the flash cards and silly signs all game long. It's high school football, speak in simple terms and interpret when you have to. Football fundamentals are becoming a thing of the past and it gets harder to watch yearly. Bad teams and good teams only separated by speed, size, and raw ability more often than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf1207 239 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE said: anymore, you've got at least 6 "get back" coaches on every sideline. one is bound to be able to alert someone when there is 20 seconds left and the play hasn't left the sideline. being a play ahead is winning, or at least having one ready might help. I miss the 80s and 90s when wideouts/flankers brought them in. In today's modern offense, your stud might be fresher longer if he weren't going to the sideline and back, even at a jog 50x a game. At the same rate, I could not do the flash cards and silly signs all game long. It's high school football, speak in simple terms and interpret when you have to. Football fundamentals are becoming a thing of the past and it gets harder to watch yearly. Bad teams and good teams only separated by speed, size, and raw ability more often than not. The running of the QB to the sideline is the most annoying thing I’ve seen. This is the cause of at least 2 time outs a game on both teams in a given game. BigWinners 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 hour ago, SwvaOG said: To be fair….who would you say is really good at managing the clock? Ridgeview sure the heck isn’t and I’ve not come away from too many high school games where I was talking about superior clock management. I know when dealing with HS kids, coaches are always going to burn timeouts because too few or too many kids are on the field, someone isn't lined up properly or something of that nature. However, I've yet to see a team that routinely burn timeouts after: another timeout, change of possession, change of quarter or delay of game on a punt. Union has at least one of those per game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke2015 451 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 4 hours ago, SwvaOG said: To be fair….who would you say is really good at managing the clock? Ridgeview sure the heck isn’t and I’ve not come away from too many high school games where I was talking about superior clock management. It’s the old “fog of war” adage. There are a lot of things going on the sidelines during a game. The difference is that in college and pro they have pre-game planned a lot of this and have rehearsed the scenarios or have a decision tree they follow. We called a TO on 1st and 20 and 3rd and 27 in one drive to save a delay of game in the third quarter. Beat that lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke2015 451 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Wolf1207 said: The running of the QB to the sideline is the most annoying thing I’ve seen. This is the cause of at least 2 time outs a game on both teams in a given game. At Appalachia in peanut football at 10 years old we had a better system than running QB to sideline every play it’s simple use a receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TaterHater 89 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 9 hours ago, College WV said: The straight truth is one simple thing!!!!!! I’m not from Union or that area. I watched the game because I thought we would be playing Union and not Gate City. You have a defensive coordinator that don’t have a clue about high school football. The Defense line coach is a 2 time all American at a college level and played Pro football but yet he’s not even involved. Then I see a head coach from Thomas Joker playing his buddies son that shouldn’t be on the field getting smoked. All jokes aside we will crush Gate City and blessed not to play Union because pride got in the way. Union community open your eyes and see what you have. Certain coaches are toxic to your program. Head coaches don’t become assistant coaches for a reason. Go G Men!!!!!!!! I don't blame the defensive coach for the loss. You can have the right scheme and still get beat because of poor execution. The long run by GC QB on a busted play gave them the shot of Mojo-mentum they needed to turn the tide of the game. If anything went wrong on the coaching side, I'd say Union should have played more power football and ran the ball more north - south with the T when they had a lead. The field conditions were perfect for that kind of play after the 1st half. I guess GC realized that when they out Union'd, Union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol Hater 276 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 9 hours ago, College WV said: The straight truth is one simple thing!!!!!! I’m not from Union or that area. I watched the game because I thought we would be playing Union and not Gate City. You have a defensive coordinator that don’t have a clue about high school football. The Defense line coach is a 2 time all American at a college level and played Pro football but yet he’s not even involved. Then I see a head coach from Thomas Joker playing his buddies son that shouldn’t be on the field getting smoked. All jokes aside we will crush Gate City and blessed not to play Union because pride got in the way. Union community open your eyes and see what you have. Certain coaches are toxic to your program. Head coaches don’t become assistant coaches for a reason. Go G Men!!!!!!!! Been saying this for 2 years about DC plus Thomas walker and Rye Cove former HC's on staff. It will eventually cost Turner his job or he will leave for greener pastures. But you what to know who they run off not these bum coaches. They ran off 1 of their biggest supporters in UnionsHammer and the train horn crew. Because he hurt Edward's and Bostics feelings. I work with him and its a shame that dude never had anyone play and has more football knowledge in his little pinky toe then Edward's and Bostic have together. But anyways we will get ready to watch the crap show again in 10 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 Something tells me you are not a Graham person CollegeWV Ryan4VT and TaterHater 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 This thread has the potential to go as long as the Chris Akers thread from a few years ago! I am proud of the Blue Devils they don't do anything extraordinary except grind out wins. Are they state championship contenders, NO! not even close. They have 8 wins and have helped to restore the brand and should be at least decent for the next few seasons. To all the Union supporters the sun will come up tomorrow and be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. You are one bad hire from years of being irrelevant! Mountain Football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 11 hours ago, College WV said: The straight truth is one simple thing!!!!!! I’m not from Union or that area. I watched the game because I thought we would be playing Union and not Gate City. You have a defensive coordinator that don’t have a clue about high school football. The Defense line coach is a 2 time all American at a college level and played Pro football but yet he’s not even involved. Then I see a head coach from Thomas Joker playing his buddies son that shouldn’t be on the field getting smoked. All jokes aside we will crush Gate City and blessed not to play Union because pride got in the way. Union community open your eyes and see what you have. Certain coaches are toxic to your program. Head coaches don’t become assistant coaches for a reason. Go G Men!!!!!!!! I kind of feel like you’re a Union person dissatisfied with the coaching staff & no really a Graham fan. 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said: I kind of feel like you’re a Union person dissatisfied with the coaching staff & no really a Graham fan. 😂😂😂 I kinda feel like he's on the Union coaching staff... but what do I know?🤷♂️ Mountain Football and Gridiron60 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ryan4VT said: I kinda feel like he's on the Union coaching staff... but what do I know?🤷♂️ You could be right 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said: You could be right 😂😂😂 Actually, not a coach. But certainly not a Graham fan haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 I just wonder how good it made him feel to say "Go Gmen!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, Ryan4VT said: Actually, not a coach. But certainly not a Graham fan haha. Yeah, I don’t know of any Graham fan who is that interested in Union’s coaching staff or who played pro-ball or whose kid gets preferential playing time, lol. But hey, if he wants to come cheer on the GMen against Gate City, I’ll save him a seat 😂😂😂😂. “Go GMen”! Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 His screen name has "WV" in it, so I just assumed Union's problems were so glaring they could be seen from Bluefield. haha Union's coaching staff is a hot mess right now. It's become the Island of Misfit Toys. 🤦♂️ Ryan4VT and Vol Hater 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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