powell valley football problems

[ta1971]

was wandering what has happened to the powell valley football program anyway. from little league to high school they are really struggling. last nights gate city powell valley middle school game was a blowout for gate city. it was 22 to 0 in the first quarter at one point in the game. looks like burton has took control of the football in that area now .

[Bostic]

Seems to me like just doesnt have the talent pool PV once had, but i dont look for the vikings to be down long they will be back stronger than ever

[ta1971]

where are the good players going to come from. from 6th grade up there is not much talent from what i have seen.

[Bostic]

you cant look at them that young they are still learning the game if they havent improved by the time they reach the JV level that is when you have the concern

[ta1971]

good point, however look at the middle school game last night. 58 to 20 . now i am not a genius here but they did not even compete and the gate city middle school team is pretty young compared to the last few years. i think powell valley is in one of those 4 to 5 year downcycles if not more, perhaps 6 to 8 years.

[Bostic]

that could be pretty bad, but could also be that GC has a very good team coming up as well depends on how the other games have gone this year as well.

[imported_regiondsports.com]

Sports begin and end in talent you can draw up all the X's and O's in the world, but if you have no talent you can throw it all out the window.

[sup-rbeast]

GC has blasted everyone they've played...but they do most every year in 8th grade and JV. I wouldn't read too much into it.

[ta1971]

i don't think i was mentioning how good Gate City is going to be. that was the other poster. i am saying what has happened to the state of Powell Valley football. nobody wants to step up to the plate from BSG and admit it but it is TRUE and they know it and you know it...

[sup-rbeast]

Not exactly...some of the best teams that PV has ever had on the varsity level lost some JV games. It's the nature of the beast. IMO, you know nothing about a player til he steps on the field during a varsity game. JV has too many variables. Schools include different grade levels on their teams, run limited offenses, players play positions they end up not playing on varsity, etc.