Just curious...but what was there to gain by strouth tranferring from pound to kelly anyways?...that is what puzzled me...that is about like transferring from vanderbilt to ole miss..
...And if you ain't down with that, I got 2 words for ya....
At the end of the season, look at the win totals and do the math.
He has a slew of friends at Wise, family lived near Wise, and (drumroll please) HE PLAYS BASEBALL. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]
Whoa, I forgot that the world in SWVA only thinks about football [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]
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What's Baseball??...Oh that spring sport that barely gets covered. I just think excuses for transfer are a cop out...if all your friends go to a school..and you want to play ball for a school, you'll start your HS years at that school. Seriously, I could care less about this matter..but I think Chris had as much right to say what he did as any other coach put in the same situation. Remember..he is Kelly alum as well.
...And if you ain't down with that, I got 2 words for ya....
Baseball gets no coverage in this area gets no coverage because of where we are. Football is king in this area. As for excuses, there is no excuses when what you are doing is legal. Chris will play on a winning football team, a loaded baseball team, and a vastly improved basketball team this year. There is nothing wrong with that.
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when are they closing pound?
I never said it wasn't legal...doesn't mean it doesn't smell fishy when it happens (if it's not out of necessity) or it doesn't appear somewhat underhanded. As for Kelly having a winning football team, that is still up in the air...has been since 1981. They could win 6, they could win 3...who knows. But, it's not like they are going to be in the post season. And they may make some noise in basketball and baseball...but really that has nothing to do with my point. My whole point is, unless it is absolutely necessary, I don't see the point in transfers. I coached at a local school where we had an influx of good athletes from a TN school...and really I thought they should all have been ruled ineligible cuz they had no good reason for transferring. It wasn't necessary for them to play. Furthermore, in the preseason, some looked like all americans. But, in the long run they hurt about as much as they helped...cuz there were kids that had been in the program that had to sit so they could play..even though the local kids had stuck with rebuilding that program for 3-4 years. And I still see nothing wrong with Chris Crabtree's comments...he has a right to say and do whatever it takes to make his team better. I've known him fr years, and I respect his judgement.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R0cketer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, Strouth may be motivated as crap, but I'm sure that there will be some motivation from Pound to show him he made a mistake. As a coach, he has to worry about the team he has, not the player he doesn't have, and if he offends a former player a bit, then so be it.
We all gripe about it when it happens to one we get, and support it when its one we lose.
As a coach, he should be firing the guys he has up. Is there some bitterness, some wishing they had, not just Strouth but others who transferred? I'd guarantee that, but at this point, the one thing they shouldn't do is make him or any other transfer happy. </div></div>
I am not going to get on this board and bash Mr.Crabtree. I have never called his house or said the first bad thing about him. I have shown him respect, but I will say to everyone on this board that we have not recieved it back. Now I am not going to get on here and tell the whole story about everything. I don't feel like I have to resort to that to make anyone believe anything on here. To the comment about this whole thing being blown up, that is a lie. You don't know me or anything to do with anything, who are you to say anything. He may be your friend, I respect that, but don't judge me in a bad way because of your relationship with Mr.Crabtree.
To Rock, as far as your comment about if you was the boys at Pound you would show Chris that he made a mistake. Who are you to say my son made a mistake about anything???????????????
Also the comment about who ever from Pound blocking for him, you are crazy and don't even know what you are talking about. Why don't you just go ask them boys at Pound who blocked for who. While your at it, ask them what has been said to them at practice just because they have remained friends with my son.
No, the boys at Pound are not mad at Chris, in fact if they could they would have transferred also. I dare you to go ask the boys at Pound anything about Chris, because you will be shocked to find out what they say is not what you are thinking or writing on this board. It is quite the opposite. I know cause they have been here to my house, helped me move and they are not out for revenge like your wishful thinking says.
Judge Chris and us if you want to for transferring, you have fell into the same category as Mr.Crabtree makeing his little smart comments about selfishness. Chris Strouth is not selfish in any way in this decision. My God if he wanted all the glory then everyone at Pound knows he could have stayed at Pound and been the top dog. But he went somewhere else where he isn't the top dog. He is just another player on the team. He went for quite the opposite reasons you all have spoken about on here.
None of you know Chris Strouth personally. How can you sit on here and justify anything Mr.Crabtree said in the paper. Mr.Crabtree tryed like hell to get Chris back, even tells me himself that Pound probably wouldn't win a game without him. Then in the paper he calls out Chris and Dakota being selfish.
He is no different IMO, he was a coach at Ervington. He left his boys went to Texas, called by the Lord to go he said, but now he is back and in the LPD. He made those decisions because he wanted to. Same with my son, he made this decision. Who am I to question what Mr.Crabtree decides for his family and where they should go? That is how I feel about my sons decision too, who is anyone to question that?
For the comment about Chris being "motivated as crap", yeah you better believe he is motivated. Seems like everyone outside of Pound is the ones who has a problem about it. For the most part the community of Pound has called me and came to me to tell me that they support Chris in whatever decision he makes. Even had several say they would be there at his games too.
Just so everyone knows, I've had several players on Pound's team come to my house here and say they was thinking about quitting. I myself have encouraged them to not quit because they love the sport. I have told them to respect their coaches and do whatever was asked of them. But I am human and there is a line when an Adult Coach feels like he has to say smart comments about a highschool teenager to his players. Mr.Crabtree is at Pound to coach and teach, he is not there to verbally say anything negative about my son. Now if any of you want to let any adult talk trash about your child then by all means go ahead. But I will not. It is a sad day when any coach has to "offend" a kid that isn't even his player. How many of you would stand and let someone offend you, your wife, your child?
To those who have no kids, don't even post to me about this. You are one speaking about what my son should do or not do, what is right for him or not. Please wait until you have a child and there is someone that speaks out against him/her in a decision they make. Especially on a board where some of his own players and friends read it. There should be some kind of respect shown by you Rock, you are a mod. Actually you was one who said you would have liked to seen Chris come to Clintwood.
People move, things change sometimes, that don't mean Chris or we are against Pound. I love Pound with all my heart, just because I move out of Pound don't mean I've changed my feelings about them. For goodness sakes, this is highschool football, not some big deal it has become. Pound shouldn't hate, be mad or feel ill feelings toward a kid.
One last thing, should Pound run all over my son, then so be it. I will still love them and wish them the best.
excellent post
I work with a relative of your husband and he was telling me some of the stuff that was going on. I find it ridiculous and I think that the guy needs to be punished. He's acting like a spoiled brat because a kid that has never played a down for him decided to go to another school. I thought he was a piss poor coach at Ervinton and said so on here many a time. He's showing now that he's also a piss poor human being. It's time he grow up, mind his own business, and act like a professional. Best of luck to your son this year in his athletic endeavors. I hope he rushes for 300 yds against Pound and has 15 sacks. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]
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he's a perfect fit for pound...just like 90% of them
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