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[imported_Counts]

Is this true?

[TheBeast]

I was at the game and didn't see a whole lot out of Roger but Travis was all over the place. Roger may be taking lessons from Tom, I remeber him doing alot of standing around and letting Travis and the others take care of everyting the past few years and coming over and saying something to one of them every now and then.

Roger's the head coach guys.
And it wasn't as much the coaching as not a lot of fire. Didn't want to open things up alot. But we just came out flat. And can't take away from Rye Cove. They come into a bad situation and didn't let it explode on them, with the emotional things.
Personally i just didn't see the fire i wanted to. And i wish we had done a few things differently which Burton had people there since they seen Appy scrimmage Lee and i knew we wouldn't show alot.
Was just flat mostly. Just kind of like going through the motions.
Which that is Appy football as you all know. We did what we needed to do to win. I think you have heard those words before. It wasn't pretty but it was effective. But we will have to play alot better this week.

[Dawg4_Life]

Life goes on. Tom is gone.... that is a very mean thing to say so yeah it may be true but you dont need to say it. The guys need our support not all this " well tom would have done this or that " junk.. our guys need encouragement from everyone... not criticism

[Ironlung]

True. But several of the morons can't get over things that happend over a decade ago. I wish Coach Austin the best, but I think he's in a no win situation.

[imported_burrhead]

Hey bud, my mom died at age 49. I miss her terribly. She is not coming back. Life does go on. Didn't mean it in a bad way at all. People need to try and adjust to life's bad situaions. Not everything is meant in a harmful way. Tom is gone and as the bible says---"The dead knoweth nothing". Maybe not exact quote, but it references that. I'm so happy my mom doesn't see all the horrendous things going on down here.

Things are fine. Folks have got to realize. The changes your seeing didn't happen just because Tom passed away.
Tom was implementing them in practices a year or so ago.
Just was slowly bring some of the players up to speed, to get them to adjust to it. It's something that Travis and Tom and Roger all talked about.
Just now able to really work on it and have most healthy enough to do it.
My only concern was what i seen from the players. No sense of urgency at times in crucial moments. That will change to.
It's a new era. People have to learn to adjust.
How hard is that. Very hard.
Some need to remember Tom had done retired so there was going to be a change of some kind. Im just glad those in the program, got to keep going, with what they had been working on for a year or so.
It could of really took a more wild turn. Think about it.
But we will be fine as usual. It's a way of life. Nothing we haven't seen or been through. We will be fine.

[bellyright]

Your reply may be the very root of the problem. Of course we see who you are a fan of.It takes more than 1 player to win ballgames. getting on here & pointing fingers is exactly what these kids do not need to see. very immature

[StateChamps92]

Appalachia is Roger Austin's team. Tom's memories and teachings will be at Appy forever. But people need to support Roger, not belittle him on here. I always thought that Roger was the most "passionate" coaches I had. He got fired up on the sidelines. When I was on the field and seen that, I was ready to got 100% HARDER. Roger has the ability to keep Appy growing. But, he has to have support as well. He has coached long enough to ignore the "ney sayers". But a pat on the back helps alot. If you get on here and read this Roger, good job Friday night. Get those boys fired up for JIB and take it to them. Good luck.

[SBG]

I was not pointing fingers at any one individual. I've said it before and I'll say it again for you...Football is a team sport. Only when the entire team comes together can they really succeed. I just read what Chubz posted that Cody overthrew some passes and was merely trying to show him that it wasn't just Cody, but Cody AND the receivers who couldn't connect. I also said it's hard for a QB to pass well in the face of a rush. A rush that was allowed by the O line. But there in again, it takes a team to win. If the the line holds, the QB has time to throw, and the receivers get to the ball more than likely it'll be a completed pass. A team effort. I never pointed fingers or anything immature. Try again?