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Post by gp37 on Apr 21, 2024 18:09:51 GMT -6
I think that should be taken care of in the off season. The Coaches have drills to improve agility even though my favorite is jump rope. This may be the most experienced Coaching staff GP has ever had. coach Brent Davis 36 Yrs. Coach Mark Chester GP Retread 19 years and got his degree at that Football power house ,Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Coach Jonathan Nance GP Retread 14 Years, Got his Kinesiology degree at that Football power house ,Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Coach Greg Winder 34 Yrs and has the most impressive background. Coach Richard Ouelette 30 yrs. Coach Sean Sullivan 20 yrs. came from Refugio. Most of the other coaches have. 7 to 10 years. The players from GP should get better coaching than what they are getting. This is how I jumped rope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xyh6EwSfjw. I can still button my 1955 Golden Gloves Jacket. I have apicture of me doing the Alli Shuffle long before anyone heard of Muhammed Ali/Cassius Clay. I’m sold. Anastacio is the greatest coach since Gordon Wood. The NFL should rename the Super Bowl trophy the Anastacio trophy. GP should fire all their coaches and BEG Anastacio to come back. I would go for that. Coach Vince Lombardi did not meet my standards. He was a Coach Bobby Knight type and dictator type coaching. I saw Coach Bobby Knight slap a Texas Tech basketball player up side of his face in a game one time. Coach Matt Anastacio was strong on discipline and learned it from Coach Darren Allman. Coach Vince Lombardi did not play college ball but he did coach a high school team in a game that Joe Paterno was playing defense for the other team. I think it was in New Jersey or a eastern team. Since you mention Coach Gordon Wood, I just posted a comment on Facbook about Coach Wood and Coach Jimmy Keeling who became the winningest coach in Hardin Simmons history. When Coach Jimmy Keeling was Coach at Dublin his first Head coaching job, he would come over to Brownwood to watch Brownwood prepare for the playoff. Coach Jimmy Keeling took over the Lubbock Estacado job when it was a startup school and played Brownwood on Thanksgiving when a cold front came in. Coach jimmy Keeling bought up all the mud cleats in town and Coach Gordon Wood could not find any for his players. Brownwood slipped and slide all game. Coach Jimmy Keeling beat Brownwood the worst in history. Coach Jimmy Keeling went on and beat Refugio for the state Title. The last time I heard of Coach jimmy Keeling, I was in Abilene and his wife was injured in a auto accident. I was born at my aunts house out on Buffalo Gap highway in 1937 and my two aunts delivered me. I think it was a dirt road back then. My mom and dad had been to a ball game and could not make it to the hospital and stopped at my aunts house. n
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Post by sotex on Apr 21, 2024 18:55:44 GMT -6
I Coach Vince Lombardi did not meet my standards. Nobody cares about your standards. Quite possibly the dumbest post ever here. I guess Bear Bryant didn't meet your standards as well. As far as Anastacio, he's a GP retread and I thought you disliked retreads.
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Post by gp37 on Apr 21, 2024 19:50:15 GMT -6
I Coach Vince Lombardi did not meet my standards. Nobody cares about your standards. Quite possibly the dumbest post ever here. I guess Bear Bryant didn't meet your standards as well. As far as Anastacio, he's a GP retread and I thought you disliked retreads. sosotex how do you know that nobody cares about my standards Mr butinsky. If you speak for everybody, then there is no reason for anybody else to be on this blog speaking of dumbest post. Coach Bear Bryant said the reason he left Texas because he did not like being the second best coach in Texas to Coach Gordon Wood. Actually Coach Bear Bryant and Coach Gordon Wood were friends. I was able to hear Coach Bear Bryant's side of the story on his clash with Ken Hall the sugarland express. Coach Bryant felt like he mishandled Ken Hall who later played pro ball. I'm not sure why I waste my time on here. The Junction Boys is another story of Coach bear Bryant and then the Southern Cal game with running back Sam Bam Cunningham beating Alabama bad. The story about what Coach Bear Bryant did asking Sam Cunningham to come to the Alabama dressing room after the game and told his players this is what a football player is supposed to look like. It changed recruiting at Alabama and elsewhere for that matter. Coach Paul Bear Bryant was pretty special. Let me add. If NFL had instant replay back then,, Coach Vince Lombardi would have one less championship and Coach Tom Landry would have one more. I think they called it the Ice Bowl.
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Post by warcat82 on Apr 21, 2024 22:38:09 GMT -6
I counted 11 athletes on the GP side of the ball. I saw a so called stripped ball. I saw a blocked kick. I saw a fumble down on the Boerne goal. Math was not my best subject but I think that is about 21 point difference despite the poor secondary coverage. My thoughts. That may all be true, however did you honestly see athletes who could run and change direction consistently with the athletes Boerne and Flour Bluff placed on the field. I know I'm not a GP guy, but I did look at the game unbiased and as a coach. What I saw was not necessarily that GP had a lack of talent. It had more to do with coaching and technique. Here is my unbiased take if you don't mind me sharing. 1. GP has some great looking kids as far as size. They should be stronger than they appear to be based on that size, but that is coaching. 2. GP QB has a strong arm, but his accuracy downfield was his weak spot. He needed better touch. 3. The O-line didn't seem to hold their blocks very long. To me that's a strength issue, but also a coaching issue as far as technique. 4. On defense, I wanted to scream! I don't know what they were doing... 5. The D-line was not playing their reads at all. They were running upfield way too often to be doing any reads. Had they played any kind of reads, Boerne backs could have been held to minimal yards. But instead they would run past the backs and not even notice they had the ball. Again this is coaching! Coaches can see this or should be seeing this and fix it immediately. 6. The Linebackers had the same issue with reads. They would fly upfield more often than not, or jump in the wrong hole. I'm not sure what they were watching 90% of the time because it wasn't the guards or a back. Once again, this is coaching! Fix it immediately, if it's not being fixed that coach needs to be replaced immediately. 7. The DBs had their eyes in the backfield way too often. Playing press on a receiver, and having eyes in the backfield is a terrible game plan! Again this is coaching. You have to teach eyes on the receiver and press him then turn at the last possible moment to find the ball. The kids looked fast enough, but their technique and coaching killed them. 8. Tackling! Oh my gosh!!! The angles and the techniques are terrible... this has to be fixed. Once again if the defensive coordinator isn't fixing this immediately, he needs a new job. I can understand why the kids were getting hurt. If thats how they are being taught, they are being taught to get injured. That is not the new safe techniques. That isn't even the old ways... I cringed at some of those tackles, hoping no one got hurt. 9. On a major positive note, the kids have a ton of heart and are tremendous athletes. They have a ton of upside and all the things I saw are fixable with proper coaching. If they can get coaches in there that are 100% bought in to go with the 100% bought in kids, GP will be dangerous.
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Post by bluecat on Apr 22, 2024 5:07:57 GMT -6
That may all be true, however did you honestly see athletes who could run and change direction consistently with the athletes Boerne and Flour Bluff placed on the field. I know I'm not a GP guy, but I did look at the game unbiased and as a coach. What I saw was not necessarily that GP had a lack of talent. It had more to do with coaching and technique. Here is my unbiased take if you don't mind me sharing. 1. GP has some great looking kids as far as size. They should be stronger than they appear to be based on that size, but that is coaching. 2. GP QB has a strong arm, but his accuracy downfield was his weak spot. He needed better touch. 3. The O-line didn't seem to hold their blocks very long. To me that's a strength issue, but also a coaching issue as far as technique. 4. On defense, I wanted to scream! I don't know what they were doing... 5. The D-line was not playing their reads at all. They were running upfield way too often to be doing any reads. Had they played any kind of reads, Boerne backs could have been held to minimal yards. But instead they would run past the backs and not even notice they had the ball. Again this is coaching! Coaches can see this or should be seeing this and fix it immediately. 6. The Linebackers had the same issue with reads. They would fly upfield more often than not, or jump in the wrong hole. I'm not sure what they were watching 90% of the time because it wasn't the guards or a back. Once again, this is coaching! Fix it immediately, if it's not being fixed that coach needs to be replaced immediately. 7. The DBs had their eyes in the backfield way too often. Playing press on a receiver, and having eyes in the backfield is a terrible game plan! Again this is coaching. You have to teach eyes on the receiver and press him then turn at the last possible moment to find the ball. The kids looked fast enough, but their technique and coaching killed them. 8. Tackling! Oh my gosh!!! The angles and the techniques are terrible... this has to be fixed. Once again if the defensive coordinator isn't fixing this immediately, he needs a new job. I can understand why the kids were getting hurt. If thats how they are being taught, they are being taught to get injured. That is not the new safe techniques. That isn't even the old ways... I cringed at some of those tackles, hoping no one got hurt. 9. On a major positive note, the kids have a ton of heart and are tremendous athletes. They have a ton of upside and all the things I saw are fixable with proper coaching. If they can get coaches in there that are 100% bought in to go with the 100% bought in kids, GP will be dangerous. Thank you WarCat for breaking it down and exposing the obvious. As for the GP QB during the 23/24 season he injured his shoulder early in the season and his accuracy was definately off a bit from the year before.
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Post by bluecat on Apr 22, 2024 7:34:14 GMT -6
I know I'm not a GP guy, but I did look at the game unbiased and as a coach. What I saw was not necessarily that GP had a lack of talent. It had more to do with coaching and technique. Here is my unbiased take if you don't mind me sharing. 1. GP has some great looking kids as far as size. They should be stronger than they appear to be based on that size, but that is coaching. 2. GP QB has a strong arm, but his accuracy downfield was his weak spot. He needed better touch. 3. The O-line didn't seem to hold their blocks very long. To me that's a strength issue, but also a coaching issue as far as technique. 4. On defense, I wanted to scream! I don't know what they were doing... 5. The D-line was not playing their reads at all. They were running upfield way too often to be doing any reads. Had they played any kind of reads, Boerne backs could have been held to minimal yards. But instead they would run past the backs and not even notice they had the ball. Again this is coaching! Coaches can see this or should be seeing this and fix it immediately. 6. The Linebackers had the same issue with reads. They would fly upfield more often than not, or jump in the wrong hole. I'm not sure what they were watching 90% of the time because it wasn't the guards or a back. Once again, this is coaching! Fix it immediately, if it's not being fixed that coach needs to be replaced immediately. 7. The DBs had their eyes in the backfield way too often. Playing press on a receiver, and having eyes in the backfield is a terrible game plan! Again this is coaching. You have to teach eyes on the receiver and press him then turn at the last possible moment to find the ball. The kids looked fast enough, but their technique and coaching killed them. 8. Tackling! Oh my gosh!!! The angles and the techniques are terrible... this has to be fixed. Once again if the defensive coordinator isn't fixing this immediately, he needs a new job. I can understand why the kids were getting hurt. If thats how they are being taught, they are being taught to get injured. That is not the new safe techniques. That isn't even the old ways... I cringed at some of those tackles, hoping no one got hurt. 9. On a major positive note, the kids have a ton of heart and are tremendous athletes. They have a ton of upside and all the things I saw are fixable with proper coaching. If they can get coaches in there that are 100% bought in to go with the 100% bought in kids, GP will be dangerous. Thank you WarCat for breaking it down and exposing the obvious. As for the GP QB during the 23/24 season he injured his shoulder early in the season and his accuracy was definately off a bit from the year before. 37, I think that Davis needs to evaluate every coach on his staff and do what needs to happen to make his program even better. Calling for a wholesale house cleaning would be a huge mistake when everyone can see the good things that are happening starting at the middle school on up.
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Post by warcat82 on Apr 22, 2024 7:38:10 GMT -6
I know I'm not a GP guy, but I did look at the game unbiased and as a coach. What I saw was not necessarily that GP had a lack of talent. It had more to do with coaching and technique. Here is my unbiased take if you don't mind me sharing. 1. GP has some great looking kids as far as size. They should be stronger than they appear to be based on that size, but that is coaching. 2. GP QB has a strong arm, but his accuracy downfield was his weak spot. He needed better touch. 3. The O-line didn't seem to hold their blocks very long. To me that's a strength issue, but also a coaching issue as far as technique. 4. On defense, I wanted to scream! I don't know what they were doing... 5. The D-line was not playing their reads at all. They were running upfield way too often to be doing any reads. Had they played any kind of reads, Boerne backs could have been held to minimal yards. But instead they would run past the backs and not even notice they had the ball. Again this is coaching! Coaches can see this or should be seeing this and fix it immediately. 6. The Linebackers had the same issue with reads. They would fly upfield more often than not, or jump in the wrong hole. I'm not sure what they were watching 90% of the time because it wasn't the guards or a back. Once again, this is coaching! Fix it immediately, if it's not being fixed that coach needs to be replaced immediately. 7. The DBs had their eyes in the backfield way too often. Playing press on a receiver, and having eyes in the backfield is a terrible game plan! Again this is coaching. You have to teach eyes on the receiver and press him then turn at the last possible moment to find the ball. The kids looked fast enough, but their technique and coaching killed them. 8. Tackling! Oh my gosh!!! The angles and the techniques are terrible... this has to be fixed. Once again if the defensive coordinator isn't fixing this immediately, he needs a new job. I can understand why the kids were getting hurt. If thats how they are being taught, they are being taught to get injured. That is not the new safe techniques. That isn't even the old ways... I cringed at some of those tackles, hoping no one got hurt. 9. On a major positive note, the kids have a ton of heart and are tremendous athletes. They have a ton of upside and all the things I saw are fixable with proper coaching. If they can get coaches in there that are 100% bought in to go with the 100% bought in kids, GP will be dangerous. Thank you WarCat for breaking it down and exposing the obvious. As for the GP QB during the 23/24 season he injured his shoulder early in the season and his accuracy was definately off a bit from the year before. GP has talented kids for sure. The shoulder injury could explain the deep ball issues I was seeing. One other thing that could make them better is explosiveness training. It takes their already good speed and elevates it. Looking at the film they are not doing it at GP. There is a lot of wasted movements, it teaches to get rid of those and maximize effort into specific movements and man oh man do you see results! Almost all if not all the top programs do them not only for football but all sports especially track.
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Post by bluecat on Apr 22, 2024 7:57:12 GMT -6
Thank you WarCat for breaking it down and exposing the obvious. As for the GP QB during the 23/24 season he injured his shoulder early in the season and his accuracy was definately off a bit from the year before. GP has talented kids for sure. The shoulder injury could explain the deep ball issues I was seeing. One other thing that could make them better is explosiveness training. It takes their already good speed and elevates it. Looking at the film they are not doing it at GP. There is a lot of wasted movements, it teaches to get rid of those and maximize effort into specific movements and man oh man do you see results! Almost all if not all the top programs do them not only for football but all sports especially track. There is an excellent young coach currently at Rockport that coaches exactly that training. GP has the openings now with the couple coaches who took HC jobs elsewhere.
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Post by gp37 on Apr 22, 2024 14:50:42 GMT -6
warcat82/bluecat you have posters chiming in that don't keep up with or they are only interested in thrashing GP. Passion for the job is the most important aspect of taking a coaching job and I bet warcat82 has had that expierience. GP has had a string of Coaches such as Coach George Harrris came from Refugio because he had a house in Portland and was only suppose to take the job for two years. Then it became a padding retirement thing. Coach Matt Anastacio came in had fire in his belly a the status quo run him out of town in favor of Coach D=Rick Rhoades who was padding his retirement. He got talked out of retirement by YOE and that extended his non playoff coaching. Coach Brent Davis comes in for his last rodeo where he has family for his soon exit to retirement. I'm ready to bring in Coach Darren Allman for a AD and maybe Coach Todd Dodge has a grandson ready to graduate and take over at HC at GP(tongue in cheek). It looks like with the big bucks GP has they could bring in a top secondary coach for starters.
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Post by warcat82 on Apr 22, 2024 15:29:14 GMT -6
warcat82/bluecat you have posters chiming in that don't keep up with or they are only interested in thrashing GP. Passion for the job is the most important aspect of taking a coaching job and I bet warcat82 has had that expierience. GP has had a string of Coaches such as Coach George Harrris came from Refugio because he had a house in Portland and was only suppose to take the job for two years. Then it became a padding retirement thing. Coach Matt Anastacio came in had fire in his belly a the status quo run him out of town in favor of Coach D=Rick Rhoades who was padding his retirement. He got talked out of retirement by YOE and that extended his non playoff coaching. Coach Brent Davis comes in for his last rodeo where he has family for his soon exit to retirement. I'm ready to bring in Coach Darren Allman for a AD and maybe Coach Todd Dodge has a grandson ready to graduate and take over at HC at GP(tongue in cheek). It looks like with the big bucks GP has they could bring in a top secondary coach for starters. GP37, I don't agree with your assessment of coach Rhoades, but I know neither he nor Anastacio were given the proper power to change the staff the way they would like. I did not know Anastacio so I will not bash him, but I did watch video of his teams play because I coached against his teams. They under achieved big time. They were not well coached teams during that time frame. George Harris was a good coach, did he maybe stay a season too long? Possibly... I can tell you this though, the GP teams under his leadership had fight in them. They were scrappy and didn't give up. They made you earn every inch and every point. Davis is a great coach, his assistants need to do their jobs. If he doesn't fix that, then yes he needs to move on honestly because if he's not going to hold the coaches to a higher standard and get them fixed, then the kids are not going to reach their potential. As for the other guys you mentioned, honestly, none of them would be a success at GP if the assistants don't their jobs. Same thing happened at Calallen this season. The OC was not doing his job, and he cost them dearly. At GP, it appears the defensive coaches are not doing what needs to be done. I don't know the reason they are not adjusting or teaching better techniques, but the talent they have deserves better coaching.
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Post by bluecat on Apr 22, 2024 18:06:53 GMT -6
warcat82/bluecat you have posters chiming in that don't keep up with or they are only interested in thrashing GP. Passion for the job is the most important aspect of taking a coaching job and I bet warcat82 has had that expierience. GP has had a string of Coaches such as Coach George Harrris came from Refugio because he had a house in Portland and was only suppose to take the job for two years. Then it became a padding retirement thing. Coach Matt Anastacio came in had fire in his belly a the status quo run him out of town in favor of Coach D=Rick Rhoades who was padding his retirement. He got talked out of retirement by YOE and that extended his non playoff coaching. Coach Brent Davis comes in for his last rodeo where he has family for his soon exit to retirement. I'm ready to bring in Coach Darren Allman for a AD and maybe Coach Todd Dodge has a grandson ready to graduate and take over at HC at GP(tongue in cheek). It looks like with the big bucks GP has they could bring in a top secondary coach for starters. GP37, I don't agree with your assessment of coach Rhoades, but I know neither he nor Anastacio were given the proper power to change the staff the way they would like. I did not know Anastacio so I will not bash him, but I did watch video of his teams play because I coached against his teams. They under achieved big time. They were not well coached teams during that time frame. George Harris was a good coach, did he maybe stay a season too long? Possibly... I can tell you this though, the GP teams under his leadership had fight in them. They were scrappy and didn't give up. They made you earn every inch and every point. Davis is a great coach, his assistants need to do their jobs. If he doesn't fix that, then yes he needs to move on honestly because if he's not going to hold the coaches to a higher standard and get them fixed, then the kids are not going to reach their potential. As for the other guys you mentioned, honestly, none of them would be a success at GP if the assistants don't their jobs. Same thing happened at Calallen this season. The OC was not doing his job, and he cost them dearly. At GP, it appears the defensive coaches are not doing what needs to be done. I don't know the reason they are not adjusting or teaching better techniques, but the talent they have deserves better coaching. 37,I guess Rhoades wanted to prove something when he signed on again at Yoe. After he left Yoe to come to GP many of his coaches left to other schools and Yoe became a shell of its former program. I had be keeping up with Yoe on this and other boards. They had problems without Rhoades there to hold it together. What he thought he could do to revive the old program in 2-3 short years did not work, they just didnt have the studs anymore. Now they have a new HC/AD who came from a top program in Desoto.Even that young coach will learn there’s not 4&5 star athletes behind every bush in small town America. It takes time and the right kind of coaches to make it happen.Hopefully he can develop the kind of talent they used to have at Yoe, USA.
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Post by warcat82 on Apr 22, 2024 19:34:44 GMT -6
GP37, I don't agree with your assessment of coach Rhoades, but I know neither he nor Anastacio were given the proper power to change the staff the way they would like. I did not know Anastacio so I will not bash him, but I did watch video of his teams play because I coached against his teams. They under achieved big time. They were not well coached teams during that time frame. George Harris was a good coach, did he maybe stay a season too long? Possibly... I can tell you this though, the GP teams under his leadership had fight in them. They were scrappy and didn't give up. They made you earn every inch and every point. Davis is a great coach, his assistants need to do their jobs. If he doesn't fix that, then yes he needs to move on honestly because if he's not going to hold the coaches to a higher standard and get them fixed, then the kids are not going to reach their potential. As for the other guys you mentioned, honestly, none of them would be a success at GP if the assistants don't their jobs. Same thing happened at Calallen this season. The OC was not doing his job, and he cost them dearly. At GP, it appears the defensive coaches are not doing what needs to be done. I don't know the reason they are not adjusting or teaching better techniques, but the talent they have deserves better coaching. 37,I guess Rhoades wanted to prove something when he signed on again at Yoe. After he left Yoe to come to GP many of his coaches left to other schools and Yoe became a shell of its former program. I had be keeping up with Yoe on this and other boards. They had problems without Rhoades there to hold it together. What he thought he could do to revive the old program in 2-3 short years did not work, they just didnt have the studs anymore. Now they have a new HC/AD who came from a top program in Desoto.Even that young coach will learn there’s not 4&5 star athletes behind every bush in small town America. It takes time and the right kind of coaches to make it happen.Hopefully he can develop the kind of talent they used to have at Yoe, USA. It helped that several bluechippers left temple and belton because they didn't like the staff at that time and helped build Yoe up. Then Temple got a great staff so they came back, but now they may consider going back that way with how Temple is heading.
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Post by wfcoyote on Apr 22, 2024 20:48:14 GMT -6
Coach Matt Anastacio played defense at Hardin Simmons and finished 5th on their all time tackle list with 118 tackles. They had some top tacklers over the years at that school. Coach Gordon Wood graduated there years before I was born. Coach Anastacio came to GP and had all of Coach Harris holdovers that he could not fire. His OC was Coach Argeho misspelled who had been a defense coach at several other schools. I disagree with you on Coach Harris but enough beating on a dead dog. GP has never had the talent that Coach Harris had since he was coaching. Coach Ray Akins had the best talent and best DC but that all ended with the crash of the oil patch when there was an exodus at Portland. Back to the Boerne game. It would have been worse if it had not been for Colton Harrison.
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Post by warcat82 on Apr 22, 2024 21:52:29 GMT -6
Coach Matt Anastacio played defense at Hardin Simmons and finished 5th on their all time tackle list with 118 tackles. They had some top tacklers over the years at that school. Coach Gordon Wood graduated there years before I was born. Coach Anastacio came to GP and had all of Coach Harris holdovers that he could not fire. His OC was Coach Argeho misspelled who had been a defense coach at several other schools. I disagree with you on Coach Harris but enough beating on a dead dog. GP has never had the talent that Coach Harris had since he was coaching. Coach Ray Akins had the best talent and best DC but that all ended with the crash of the oil patch when there was an exodus at Portland. Back to the Boerne game. It would have been worse if it had not been for Colton Harrison. No problem with disagreeing with each other. That's what makes the world go around. It don't bother me that you have a differing opinion about Harris. Akins was during my childhood mainly. GP definitely had some salty teams back then! No matter who the coach is, if they have to retain an entire staff from the previous regime, it's difficult for them to succeed unless that staff is 10 time state champs. So to do a home grown guy that way is really bad. As for Harrison being a difference maker, he definitely was.
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Post by FB fan on Apr 23, 2024 10:57:22 GMT -6
Coach Matt Anastacio played defense at Hardin Simmons and finished 5th on their all time tackle list with 118 tackles. They had some top tacklers over the years at that school. Coach Gordon Wood graduated there years before I was born. Coach Anastacio came to GP and had all of Coach Harris holdovers that he could not fire. His OC was Coach Argeho misspelled who had been a defense coach at several other schools. I disagree with you on Coach Harris but enough beating on a dead dog. GP has never had the talent that Coach Harris had since he was coaching. Coach Ray Akins had the best talent and best DC but that all ended with the crash of the oil patch when there was an exodus at Portland. Back to the Boerne game. It would have been worse if it had not been for Colton Harrison. No problem with disagreeing with each other. That's what makes the world go around. It don't bother me that you have a differing opinion about Harris. Akins was during my childhood mainly. GP definitely had some salty teams back then! No matter who the coach is, if they have to retain an entire staff from the previous regime, it's difficult for them to succeed unless that staff is 10 time state champs. So to do a home grown guy that way is really bad. As for Harrison being a difference maker, he definitely was. Keep digging you're almost there. Akins coached before the oil crash and the exodus it caused. Hint it's Jimmys and Joes more than Xs and Os.
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