Anybody else see this about Grundy?

**imported_mega** · December 18th, 2007, 06:54 PM

Who cares who is closer for Grundy, we could put about any team in the district including Richlands and it be a better/closer option. F Grundy. Let them play Hurley 10 games a year. We dont want them.

**Jason** · December 18th, 2007, 06:58 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mega</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Who cares who is closer for Grundy, we could put about any team in the district including Richlands and it be a better/closer option. F Grundy. Let them play Hurley 10 games a year. We dont want them. </div></div>

Hell you need them! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] We (CMD) wouldnt want them either. They actually make a great fit for the BDD Power and size wise.

**imported_mega** · December 18th, 2007, 07:31 PM

If Grundy joins the district, Im starting a barf bag business. I'll be able to retire in a weeks time. Ive never ever felt good by the time I made it to Grundy. The 96-97 Raider basketball team filled up a whole box of treat bags that the cheerleaders made us with vomit. We had nothing left to drop on Hurley, it was the dry heaves the rest of the way [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif[/img]

**imported_Counts** · December 18th, 2007, 07:53 PM

I had heard Grundy was dropping but I figured they would join the BDD....I don't mind them joining the LPD the trip there is closer for Clintwood than the trip to GC was [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

**pvfan** · December 18th, 2007, 11:24 PM

Only team in the LPD that might support this at all would be Clintwood. Grahm "supposedly" is wanting to drop down soon and petition to play in Region C. I think in 5 years we'll have Grundy/Tazwell/Richlands and Region C will have Marion and Grahm as new members in Single A. It's going to be really hard for the LPD to compete at the Region D level in anything other than D1 Football. Agreed about Grundy on a school bus it's rough the only time we went over there when I was in high school was 2001, and needless to say I felt like barfing when we got there.

**NotSoSilentBob** · December 18th, 2007, 11:26 PM

Graham, Tazewell, and Marion are natural matches for Region C. Richlands is iffy (seeing as how Hurley is RD).

I would like to see consistant geographical boundaries for the regions. Battle has absolutely no reason to be C.

**pvfan** · December 18th, 2007, 11:32 PM

There just upset that they cant compete in the CMD.

**imported_Counts** · December 19th, 2007, 12:11 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PVFAN</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There just upset that they cant compete in the CMD. </div></div>

That is my thought as well

I have heard that all the Tazwell schools will stay in the same district (Not sure how Pocahonas fits into it though)

IMHO Grahm/Tazwell/Richlands would fit well in the CMD if Lee were somewhere else

But the BDD needs at least 2 new teams so who the heck knows......could be that the Region needs to redo all its districts

**greenwavefan92** · December 19th, 2007, 12:23 AM

i heard from 2 lpd principals that they voted grundy down for the lpd

**pvfan** · December 19th, 2007, 12:23 AM

The BDD needs to at least get one more D2 school involved, it's not fair to the rest of the Region that Honaker can get into the playoffs by beating 3 D1 schools. Two of which who are normally two of the worst in the state. Geographically it would work out better if Clintwood moved to the BDD and Lee moved to the LPD. It's hard for me to imagine the LPD without Clintwood though. The system in general is terrible, especially if you look at it from a non football viewpoint. The VHSL is currently asking St. Paul to compete with Lee High in every sport but Football and starting this season Basketball. That alone is terrible, and that is not even mentioning the problems you have in the numbers from Region B compared to Region D.

Buffalo Gap would've been the largest school in the LPD yet they get to play CW for the state title, while Clintwood has to petition to play D1. The VHSL is poorly set up, to me the purpose of the VHSL should be to provide student athletes with an equal opportunity to compete. They should imo do whatever is needed to make the Divisional Setup fair or remove the setup all together. Anytime you have a system where a team can win a state title in one division and that school be larger than a team in another division it's a flawed system. The population gap in this state poses a so called huge problem yet Region A schools such as Coloinal Beach with less than 200 kids are playing D1 in Region A and WC a legit D1 school is playing Region B, both schools were beaten this year by Buffalo Gap in football a school that is pushing 600 students.

To me it would be better if they did a 1-16 system. I understand the travel problem in football but at least student athletes would be able to compete on equal footing.