OK...I'm in an undisclosed town in New England now, so no one can physically attack me for anything I say.

That said: Robbins is a modern coach. Words like "great" are ignorant in and of themselves. You can just throw them around without defining them. By modern I mean he is a scholar--look at his bunch and rub schemes, or even his classic sit-down route (which is a simplified variant of Coverdale's mesh package--Coverdale coaches Indiana prep football.) I have talked with coaches away from home including out of state, and they know of Robbins, they have learned from him. He is an influence beyond the LPD--ie Wise County.

Let me remind you, I am an old General. When the Friday night lights turn on, I am a rabid Viking hater. (By the way, what happened to scoring 80 on my Gens?) Nonetheless, Robbins is a different animal behind closed doors. He is a PR master. He personally talked to me about coaching, eventually persuading me to follow suite. Several coaches know this.

Many persons back SW dislike Robbins' playing out of state perenials, like Seymour, but that is the trend, look at Hoover High (AL), Byrnes HS (SC), Lakewood Carrol (TX), or De LaSalle (CA). Heck the Cali school flew out to play the Tewxas one.

Ultimately, the only persons who can honestly comment on the quality of any coach are the players he has worked with over the years. I have heard too many players defend Robbins to deny him his status. We can all have our own opinions--mine actually being that winning at all costs is not good coaching--but ultimately we cannot deny his record, which ranks among the top in Virginia prep history.