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Nice Butch. Glad you discovered the preseason all-state team the week before the state championship! :lol::lol:

 

 

Hold up one moment. Don't hate on this topic because something interesting can be brought from it. What's that??? Look at the All-State Selections from back during the summer and look at the players who really excelled in each classification this year. Which of those picks were truly deserving of All-State recognition and which were total busts because they either didn't perform on the field this year OR they were hampered by injuries this year which really hurt their teams chances as well.

 

I'll start and give an example right away. Look at the Class 3A All-State team and you'll see a quarterback on there by the name of Kellen Gower (Marshall County). Kellen had a big year statistically last year as a junior but got hurt this preseason in a scrimmage (broken collarbone). He came back for a limited amount of time and re-injured that collarbone on what would have been his fourth game back in the lineup. Injuries crushed his senior year and his All-State chances are therefore eliminated. Also take a look at where Marshall County was ranked in both Murphy Fair's Preseason Poll (Top 5) as well as Region 5-3A's Coaches Picks (#2). They finished at 3-7 overall and finished fifth in the region meaning that they did not even make the postseason in 2006. Now did Kellen Gower's injury directly relate to the Tigers football team underacheiving this year????? I think that it certainly hampered the team's overall performance on the field :thumb:

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Hold up one moment. Don't hate on this topic because something interesting can be brought from it. What's that??? Look at the All-State Selections from back during the summer and look at the players who really excelled in each classification this year. Which of those picks were truly deserving of All-State recognition and which were total busts because they either didn't perform on the field this year OR they were hampered by injuries this year which really hurt their teams chances as well.

 

I'll start and give an example right away. Look at the Class 3A All-State team and you'll see a quarterback on there by the name of Kellen Gower (Marshall County). Kellen had a big year statistically last year as a junior but got hurt this preseason in a scrimmage (broken collarbone). He came back for a limited amount of time and re-injured that collarbone on what would have been his fourth game back in the lineup. Injuries crushed his senior year and his All-State chances are therefore eliminated. Also take a look at where Marshall County was ranked in both Murphy Fair's Preseason Poll (Top 5) as well as Region 5-3A's Coaches Picks (#2). They finished at 3-7 overall and finished fifth in the region meaning that they did not even make the postseason in 2006. Now did Kellen Gower's injury directly relate to the Tigers football team underacheiving this year????? I think that it certainly hampered the team's overall performance on the field :lol:

Actually they just got around to giving out the awards is the reason for my post. And aint it interesting to be at this point of the season and see who he picked and what they did? :thumb:

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Nice Butch. Glad you discovered the preseason all-state team the week before the state championship! :lol::thumb:

 

 

Well with only seven posts on CoachT, Let me be the first to congratulate u on your rookie season. :D:o Look at the names and then think of the games. Or did you just start liking football because your alma mater is playing well? Huh? :lol:

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He didn't just get around to picking preseason. I saw that list...well...in the preseason.

 

 

Antwan I didn't say he just picked the team. I was trying to say the awards just got delivered to my kid and i looked it up on Murphy Fair.com. I thought it was interesting so I posted it here. It is interesting to look back and see the nomination and to see how the kid's did. I hate that you think I'm that stupid to think this just happened. I was unaware that Murphy Fair had a All State Team posted until the award came home. :thumb:

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Antwan I didn't say he just picked the team. I was trying to say the awards just got delivered to my kid and i looked it up on Murphy Fair.com. I thought it was interesting so I posted it here. It is interesting to look back and see the nomination and to see how the kid's did. I hate that you think I'm that stupid to think this just happened. I was unaware that Murphy Fair had a All State Team posted until the award came home. :thumb:

 

Don't sweat over it. Congrats to your son on a job well done and congrats to you for raising such an outstanding young citizen :lol:

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Antwan I didn't say he just picked the team. I was trying to say the awards just got delivered to my kid and i looked it up on Murphy Fair.com. I thought it was interesting so I posted it here. It is interesting to look back and see the nomination and to see how the kid's did. I hate that you think I'm that stupid to think this just happened. I was unaware that Murphy Fair had a All State Team posted until the award came home. :thumb:

 

You didn't say anything. What were we to think? All you had to do was post this post first.

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