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If he is no smarter than the rest of that family, he may have trouble spelling cak.

$$ and moms. Take some pictures with the uniform on - for moms. Coaches try to not get anyone hurt in jamborees. Moms love that talk. BTW, both $$ and moms are important.

Great story govman. It is good to know another wb grad is helping with the murvil tradition. You may want to spread that love around to heritage and wb this year. Can you bottle it up and sell it?

There needs to be a keg party thrown for all the "haters" here on coacht. Maybe do it on the magic carpet. Once everyone got good and toasted, the bu!!$&!t would get pretty deep. As for moving up or staying put - IMO - I don't think it affects a kids development much at all. They miss out on a year and those memories at one place, and they gain a year and other memories somewhere else. If they are good enough, they will likely get a chance to play. UNLESS, the coach wants to play returning players who have "earned" it when those returners are not as good. Hate it when that happens, but it sometimes happens.

Is anybody else tired of discussing the positives and negatives about fort craig? I think that ship has sailed. Timing is everything and the timing wasn't great, probably never would have been. Regardless, it is over. No one at fort craig was superior to anyone. I sent kids there and then kids to foothills. Then I would take kids after school from both to sam houston for tutoring! There is good and bad in every school. I did like the post of someone acknowledging fort craig somehow at the new stadium. Maybe that would help heal some wounds, maybe not. I doubt the school board would ever let it happen. Whatever, time goes on. Regardless, it is now time for the murvil mystique. A few days until kickoff and I hear benny monroe is back for cleveland and alcoa is feeling really good about themselves. Benny won't fear the red and black. We need to do something to jumpstart the mystique this year. Maybe bring back some old coaches for a pregame run (or cart ride) onto the field? Anything special planned for the alcoa game? That 7-10 point mystique may be much needed this year. Any ideas...?

Amen, APB, GO GOVS!

I must apologize to you mlreb. I mistakenly thought the 11-12's were the "little rebs", not the 7-8's. I haven't seen a 7-8 year old game in years, and will say that I have heard mostly positives about your group, fairview's, and others in that young age group. Having coached some younger kids over the years, all of you hopper coaches deserve a huge pay raise. I see much more of the olders play and have not exaggerated anything I have written about that age. I think there is plenty of credit and blame to go all around in that group. All coaches in every sport should realize the imact they may have on kids lives. I remember nearly all of my youth coaches, mainly the good, but also the bad. I also remember the coaches on the other side of the field and my impressions of them. IMO - When we decide to lead a group of young kids, we must realize we are setting examples on both sides of the field. Sometimes we fall short, but that should not keep us from trying. Most of the youth coaches in our area do just that. To them I will say THANK YOU!

Heard about that 70. Embarrassing. Also embarrassing when lil rebs put our starters back in during final minutes to keep a 13 player rockford team (with 2 girls) from scoring to preserve our shutout record and the 54-0 victory. Anyone else there for that? Just curious... The actions of those two programs may be why the high school coaches send their kids to the titans/cubs/bears. Mmmm... GQ wont do it, but some revenge from that whoopin cleveland gave us way back when would be ok with me.

Who has been at enough practices/scrimmages to talk about our D? IMO - Curtis, Johns, and Yoakum are really going to be missed. Who are the newer guys that we should watch out for? Is Shinsky back? Is he playing D or O or both? How many we got starting both ways? This sr class should have some size (maybe not guierllmo size) and has always been pretty deep. There should be some guys getting their first real taste of responsibility. You know those kids have got to have the butterflies.

I was there oldreb. It was quite a whipping. I heard Benny was wanting to make a point that night - and I think he did. Regardless, it is embarrassing whenever it happens.

Cruel but very funny!

Been called alot over the years, but not usually arrogant. And as an alumni, I do feel more embarrassment than pride when I drive down broadway and see the field, and then I cut over by our 300 yr old sam houston elementary school. I am sure I will eventually get used to it. Have the same feeling when we hang 60 on somebody/anybody. That may be arrogance to some. I never was much for vocabulary or spelling. IMO - the people who enjoy scoring 60+ on someone are the pr%^s. Again, to each his own.

I doubt they were at the baseball field. Parks and rec had the sandy springs fields reserved for an appreciation day for all of those who make the underhand men's softball tourney possible every year. I wonder what else they could have been doing?

Weaklin - I would call it more a a hair than a burr, but to each his own. That pendulum always swings the other way eventually. And I hope my kids have graduated by that time. I'm not sure our next coach will be able to round up 500K to replace that rug. You or I should start a thread on the top 10 reasons blount/knox county grads send their kids to murvil high. Second thought, that may be a better thread for william blount week.

No doubt about that frydaddy. What are those young kids gonna do if they get mad? Change schools? Go to webb, cak, or grace? I doubt it. No guarantee of a ring over there. Just suck it up boys and be glad you still even have a school. IMO - the days of the public schools are about to end anyway. Countryreb, what kinda seat did that $20 donation get you? Was it enough to get your picture made with the coaching staff? If so, post a copy on here. You are right oldreb. It is not murvil's ad's responsibility to host every game every time it rains. But it sure would have been a great gesture - just like the high school scrimmages. Sounds like poor planning on someone's part - no real surprise. So my govs looked good only giving up 17 to alcoa - surprise there that alcoa didn't score 28. My rebels held up to not pour it on hairtage - surprise there after we scored 60+ on them last year. Maybe the magic carpet will make a difference this year! How did the field look?

Ummm..on second thought, why is it canceled? Could it not also be moved to the magic carpet?

That makes sense. Thanks APB.

Maybe Carpenters or Union Grove could host the middle school jamboree? It seems to be a shame those kids don't have a field to play on saturday. Anybody know of a nice new field that drains water real well?

It won't be the middle schoolers. I hear they are being disbanded - no field to play on. Maybe their midget team will enter the game late.

I think MY GOVS are pretty excited to get to play on the magic carpet. Who plays the first qtr? I hope alcoa don't get to score the first TD on the new field. That would definitely suck. Is the middle school jamboree on saturday also being moved from hairtage to murvil? If not, does anyone know why?

Is he a junior now? Where has he been?

I am almost positive grey did not mean to compare GQ's coaching to grandma's. I am sure he will clear that up himself. In addition to all the names that have been thrown out, I will add some more - McCord, Lowe, Garrett, and Sloan. My sorcees predict a strong class. I have seen the McCord kid play football and basketball, but missed his soccer and rugby. He is a super athlete with a great motor. Stars - your sorcees are right about Goss. Very special kid right now. Time will tell what he will be like in 2-3 years, just like all the rest of them. Just make sure you don't miss a week on his garbage collection. He may end up being the real difference maker out of this class.

G91 - I agree on the sophs being just as good. IMO - A coach should play his best eleven most of the time, regardless of age. Alot of folks believe if two kids are even the older one should play. I am just the opposite - if they are even, play the younger one (unless there are some needed team leadership issues). Don't vent all your anger this year toward the coaching staff. It is my understanding that the administration has not done everything possible to help the head coach fill his staff as well as he would like. So save a little anger for the admin folks. Good luck to the govs.

I understand your point, but I have sat and watched too many games at alnwick where the other team was up 14 to 28 points late in the 4th and the sr qb was still playing - for example - or the backup was a sr and he got some time. Meanwhile the top guys in your district are playing their sophs in the same situations. The whole keeps getting bigger.

Yeah great point. This is a gov thread. How many do the govs have out this year? IMO - they have 3-4 who could play for anybody, but they must keep those guys healthy. It seems like the "pressure" is always on that staff to win this year. Therefore, they play their upperclassmen late into games to win or to keep from being blown out. I think the staff should focus on winning two years from now and play the young kids. They don't blow out many teams, so they may have to sacrifice some wins this year to build for down the road. GO GOVS!