warrior94

I agree with this. I hate both the democratic party/CNN and republican party/FOX. I just wish that people could disagree and have a debate instead of a shouting match. I see it all day on social media where people are at each other's throats instead of really trying to share opinions. Instead of trying to learn from someone's opposing view, they try to persuade the opposition.

There are plenty of problems in America. There are more churches than schools, there are several hate groups, many politicians are corrupt, etc. However, I think that the biggest problem in America is the inability for people to allow others to have an opinion different than their own. I will always stand for the national anthem because I believe that it represents the blood shed to have a land meant for freedom, even if it has much room for improvement. However, if someone kneels during it, they are exercising their right to speech that our soldiers have fought and died for. From what I understand, they kneel in protest because they don't see America as a land of the free, not in protest to the soldiers. I may not agree with them, but their actions don't cause me or anyone else any consequences. Until we can learn to ask questions and try to understand each other, instead of just putting others down for an opinion that we disagree with we, we will never come closer to being united, and instead, we will just be more and more divided

I know that I said I wasn't going to argue, but I feel my thoughts are important on this topic (I played for HV in the 2010 & 2011 seasons when we won). Lunsford and his staff do a poor job of play calling, but they do coach the players well. Their plays are always predictable, but they take advantage of Hampton's (usually) better athletes, It seemed to me that if a team is more physical or athletic than Hampton, then they would have a high chance of beating them. the 2010 game was probably my favorite game that I have played in though, and it was definitely the most physical one.

I think you misunderstand him. I'm not arguing about who's going to win, but from my point of view, he was referencing the fact that HV beat cloudland 45-0 5 weeks ago. That, and the fact that HV had an easy game so they may be more well rested than Hampton is what I assume he was referencing when he said that. No one thinks Unaka is better than Cloudland, but a tough game can lead to some tough practices.

No doubt, Hampton has played better teams than HV (minus SN), but they still left Hampton untested. I just created an account really to answer the original question though. I don't like arguing about who will beat who, I'm just happy to watch a good football game and sometimes see my old classmates haha

I don't understand how you get that. Hampton hasn't been tested yet. Hampton very well may be better than Happy Valley, but neither team has played the SAME tough opponents. A good team can look great against a bad team. I haven't seen Hampton play and I've only seen one HV game so far (I don't live in the area anymore), but I'll defintely go to the HV vs Hampton matchup because I believe it'll be the best game of the year for HV

To be totally honest with you, as someone who has played while Larry Shively was head coach (even the first year, when we almost beat Elizabethton), the difference in HV football is that Coach Jarrett took over last season. He had coached me as an assistant coach in middle school and high school and had always been phenomenal. Coach Justin Cruz who coach the offensive and defensive line in 2010 and 2011 seasons, in my opinion, was also phenomenal, but left after the 2011 season. Our first year with Shively, in which we did pretty well, he followed his assistant's advice and let them be coaches of their respective groups pretty well. throughout the season, he let the team's success get to his head. By the second season, he had an ego that wouldn't allow him to really listen to the other coaches. Offseason workouts only got weaker. During a few offseason workouts, he would end the workouts with a mile run, but while the coming up freshmen were still running them, he would end practice, having the rest of the team breakdown. Without getting into more detail, I'm sure you can see that what started out as a great coach (via having great assistants) turned into having a coach who believed only in himself. Fast forward a few years, Larry Shively resigned from the team. Last season was Jarrett's first season as coach, and though it was fairly unimpressive, it was a step up from the year before. However, this season has been very impressive. Even knowing how good a coach Jarrett was by playing under him, I am still impressed that he has turned the team around that quickly. So, I don't think it was necessarily the athletes on the team, but the coaches that had been at HV.