Exact point I was trying to make. You did it much better than I could have.
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Exact point I was trying to make. You did it much better than I could have.
You still don't get it. Appy with 32 players and probably less caliber athletes wins 5 state titles against bigger and badder schools. Norton with 45 or 50, and some dang good skilled people would have 2 or 3 titles with a new approach.
Again Burrhead its like this
Appy wins their state titles against teams that are 100 students bigger
Norton is playing against teams more than double.
Its like us playing GC now, we can have a really good team but you match us up against them when they're good and we're good, and they're going to get us 18/20 if not more.
Unless of course you're now going on the size doesn't matter argument [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Have you really crossed over to the Blue...?
Your right I don't get it.... By the way this is the first year Burton has had 49 players. Normally it is around 25-35 on a good season.. And what do you mean Appy had less caliber athletes, Travis Turner (If I remember correctly he could carry any team in the LPD on his shoulders when he played), Travis Clark, Jamie Jessee, any of those players could have played for PV or any team for that matter.. Those Appy teams used to beat down of PV, Gate City, the Old Lee High, not todays Lee High.... What approach would you suggest?
I would have liked to have seen what Tom would have done with the talent that Norton has had over the last few years. Jimbo is a good coach, but it would have been interesting.
Burrhead Appy played teams in the state finals that had 350 enrollments. JIB is facing 450+ enrollments now in a lot of cases.
Your right Coach Turner is a legend anybody would have liked to see what he would have done with that talent, but, with Nortons speed and talent, his smashmouth, run you over, beat your brains in style of play would not have worked with the athletes that Norton has IMO.
The whole Raider team is gifted with skill. Appalachia had 3 or 4 a team. Just my opinion. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Your crazy if you think they had just 3 of 4 a team. Especially in the 90s.
Tom was smart enough to have made adjustments. B.I. has figured it out this year at Wise, dumping the veer and installing the wishbone. Good coaches do what they have to.