Turf in Region D championship games??

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November 5th, 2003, 04:14 AM
soulstorm_27_m

Didn't know if this has been discussed yet or not, but Phil Robbins has stated the both the D-1 and D-2 Region D title games will be played at UVA-Wise on the turf this year... on the same day, just wondered what people thought about it, good, bad?

This could work in Haysi's favor if they get that far... because I am sure we could deal without the rowdy crowd of a packed Legion Field...
November 5th, 2003, 04:25 AM
Haysi_5

Don't count your chickens before they hatch, Haysi my not even get to the regional finals if everything shakes out the way they supposed too.

But I agree 100% that the regional games should be at UVA@Wise, basically cause it gives the regional champ a good feel on turf if they make it all the way.
November 5th, 2003, 02:48 PM
soulstorm_27_m

If we play Rye Cove in round 1, there is no way we CAN'T make it that far.... ;-)
November 5th, 2003, 08:17 PM
hhstigerfan

If Honaker outpoints Powell Valley, we will play Haysi first round. Hopefull Honaker can then obtain the ULTIMATE redemption lol. But, if Honaker outpoints Powell Valley and Rye Cove wins the Cumberland, Haysi will play Rye Cove first round and Honaker plays Gate City.
November 5th, 2003, 08:48 PM
I-Catching

...and if Rye Cove loses to Twin Springs & Powell Valley outpoints Honaker, then Haysi will face Powell Valley in the first round.
November 5th, 2003, 11:03 PM
Haysi_5

Ahhhh, so many possibilities!!
November 5th, 2003, 11:56 PM
Trench_man

Yeah, but Rye Cove shouldn't even be in the playoffs. Like it or not, Clintwood should be in there somewhere. They beat Haysi in Wk. 2 or 3?
November 6th, 2003, 03:42 AM
Dunduin

Well if they want in the playoffs so bad maybe they need to join a different district and try to win it instead of whining about weak schedules. I agree they should be in but thats not how the system works
November 9th, 2003, 02:51 AM
GC_Quincy

Phil Robbins is as full of "sheet" as a Christmas turkey. I bet if PV beats GC and could host the Region D Championship game he wouldn't be pushing for the game to be played on turf. I don't see it happening anyway, and honestly, why move it?
November 9th, 2003, 12:20 PM
LPDfanincarolina

Haysi should be in the regional finals but I can not see Powell Valley beating Gate City in the first round of the playoffs. However IF they did pull off the impossible and sent Gate City home for the season, I truly feel that Phil Robbins would want to play the Regional final on turf. Why wouldn't he? Afterall the state championship game (if any region "D" team gets that far) will be on turf, and there is no better way for any team to get accustomed to turf then to play a live game on it.
I would think that the coaching staffs of all the teams involved would want as much experience on turf as possible. If for no other reason then the safty issues at hand. Playing the regional finals at Gate City (vs Haysi or Rye Cove)or Haysi (vs Powell Valley), gives the region "D" champion a maxium of 8 1/2 days of practise on turf. Whereas playing the regional championship game on turf would give them 12 days practise and one real game to prepare for the unfamiliar tendencys of the artificial turf.
I understand the home field advantage issues also. Back when I played football I loved playing on our home field, but then again we never made it to the playoffs either. Looking at the BIG picture here, this could reduce the disadvange that the region "D" champion could face later on in the playoffs. It is my understanding that it is not uncommon for teams in regions "A" & "B" to occasionally play on turf. Pitting two evenly matched team together on turf with one team having some exerience on turf (region A or B) and the other team with no playing time on turf (region D), I could not give the HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE to the less experienced region "D" teams.
I apologize for rambling on, but this is just my views on this issue.
November 9th, 2003, 02:07 PM
gobigred

the regional championship will not be played on turf this season..they principals voted on it last week sometime..it may be next season but not this year
November 9th, 2003, 02:34 PM
GC_Quincy

I wouldn't want to risk the injuries that turf fields create, especially in the regional championship when there are still 2 games remaining. That stuff is nasty and they should do away with it.
November 9th, 2003, 04:19 PM
Dunduin

I've always wanted to play on turf but i'd rather have home feild advantage
November 9th, 2003, 10:41 PM
I-Catching

Colorist, of course Phil Robbins would want to play the game on turf at UVA-Wise if they are to defeat GC in the first round. That would take away Haysi's home field advantage that they rightfully earned from the regular season. Face it, Robbins isn't used to having to travel for playoff games. He lost last year at Honaker in the first round and all that was heard from him was excuses after the game. The man is the biggest sore loser in all of SWVA. If he doesn't have the home field advantage, he doesn't want anyone else to have it either.

[ November 09, 2003 06:42 PM: Message edited by: I-Catching ]
November 9th, 2003, 10:51 PM
hhstigerfan

Yeah lol. Everyone in Honaker caused it to rain that day, and of course Powell Valley whined about it, what with our ability to control the weather and all. We also made sure we put that special kind of dirt that turns into mud when it gets wet on our field, PV's field is Scotch Guard protected. [img]wink.gif[/img] I remember seeing the headline after the game (in the Kingsport Times or Bristol Herald-Courier), "Honaker Defeats Powell Valley; in a Quagmire" [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
November 9th, 2003, 11:59 PM
Dunduin

I remember my dad telling me about when he played PV and they beat them by a few points Phill Robbins got in the news paper and talked about what a horrible game PV played and how much better they were than that. His words were "instead of the super bowl we played the toilet bowl". My dad has hated that man ever since hahaha
November 10th, 2003, 12:07 AM
LPDfanincarolina

My previous post was not from Phil Robbins view point, it was from a departmental supervisor point of view. Like any coach to his team, I am responsible in educating and cross training my employees.
Before introducing any new chemicals or materials to my men, I always talk to the supplier and learn everything I can about the product. I study the MSDS sheets, and review each one with all affected employees.
Like myself to my guys it is a coaches responsibility to give his team the tools needed to do thier job properly. The most important tools in either case is safty and knowledge. Playing on turf in round two can only assist in educating either team if they are fortunate enough to advance to the state championship game.
In a quick review of my original post one might find that the fist line indicated that I do not even expect Phil Robbins to be coaching in the second round. If Powell Valley can not compete with Gate City at Bullitt, I am unable to conceive that they can dethrone the Blue Devils at Leagion. Haysi has an excellent chance of understanding why Gate City has suffered only one home defeat sinse returning to the single "A" ranks. I am not saying that Haysi will lose, but in order to return from Scott County with a victory any team better play a near perfect game.
Good luck to all the region "D" teams in the playoffs, both Div 1 & Div 2.
November 11th, 2003, 01:06 AM
likevt45

IF CLINTWOOD HAD BEATEN POWELL VALLEY THEY WOULD BE IN.SO WHY DO YOU SAY THAT RYE COVE DOESN'T BELONG.YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE AT GATE CITY AND POWELL VALLEY. SO NEXT YEAR WIN YOUR DISTRICT,SO YOU WANT HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE IF WE WIN GAME 10. 3 OF OUR FIVE LOSSES WERE TO CLOUDLAND HAYSI AND HONAKER.PRETTY GOOD TEAMS WOULDN'T YOU SAY.THE SMALLEST SCHOOL EVER IN DIV-2 PLAYOFFS.
November 11th, 2003, 11:38 PM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by Trench_man:
Yeah, but Rye Cove shouldn't even be in the playoffs. Like it or not, Clintwood should be in there somewhere. They beat Haysi in Wk. 2 or 3?

you little whinning baby.i watched you play gate city and powell valley you had your chance.i agree that you and honaker\ both should be but to say rye cove and what the school and team went threw this year is not right.so if you got in you would have got beat anyway.we did not choose to be in div-2 so win your district next year and prove you deserve to be there'until then
you have no right to say we do not belong.
November 12th, 2003, 12:24 AM
hhstigerfan

Quote:

Originally posted by likevt45:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Trench_man:
Yeah, but Rye Cove shouldn't even be in the playoffs. Like it or not, Clintwood should be in there somewhere. They beat Haysi in Wk. 2 or 3?

you little whinning baby.i watched you play gate city and powell valley you had your chance.i agree that you and honaker\ both should be but to say rye cove and what the school and team went threw this year is not right.so if you got in you would have got beat anyway.we did not choose to be in div-2 so win your district next year and prove you deserve to be there'until then
you have no right to say we do not belong.<hr /></blockquote>If Rye Cove played in the LPD would they be in the playoffs? Now I'm not sayin Honaker and Haysi prob couldn't do better than 3rd place, which is how Clintwood did this year, but this thread is about Rye Cove, now isn't it?? I would rank the 3rd best team in the Lonesome Pine over the best in the Cumberland any day. [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img] They seriously need to re-do the districts, and I think the Cumberland needs to be the first to be looked at. Move Gate City and maybe Lebanon to the Cumberland, see if Rye Cove can "get the job done" then. But like there would be a chance in hell those schools would wanna join the CD anyway. Heck, look how far down the toilet sports in Castlewood went after they left the HOGO for the CD.

[ November 11, 2003 08:26 PM: Message edited by: honaker tiger fan ]
November 12th, 2003, 03:03 AM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by honaker tiger fan:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by likevt45:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Trench_man:
Yeah, but Rye Cove shouldn't even be in the playoffs. Like it or not, Clintwood should be in there somewhere. They beat Haysi in Wk. 2 or 3?

you little whinning baby.i watched you play gate city and powell valley you had your chance.i agree that you and honaker\ both should be but to say rye cove and what the school and team went threw this year is not right.so if you got in you would have got beat anyway.we did not choose to be in div-2 so win your district next year and prove you deserve to be there'until then
you have no right to say we do not belong.<hr /></blockquote>If Rye Cove played in the LPD would they be in the playoffs? Now I'm not sayin Honaker and Haysi prob couldn't do better than 3rd place, which is how Clintwood did this year, but this thread is about Rye Cove, now isn't it?? I would rank the 3rd best team in the Lonesome Pine over the best in the Cumberland any day. [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img] They seriously need to re-do the districts, and I think the Cumberland needs to be the first to be looked at. Move Gate City and maybe Lebanon to the Cumberland, see if Rye Cove can "get the job done" then. But like there would be a chance in hell those schools would wanna join the CD anyway. Heck, look how far down the toilet sports in Castlewood went after they left the HOGO for the CD.

[ November 11, 2003 08:26 PM: Message edited by: honaker tiger fan ]<hr /></blockquote>tell me something then why did your school schedule rye cove twin springs and clintwood scheduled st paul on your schedules then i will tell you why so you would have a easy win.as for the cumberland schools no they cannot compete with larger schools.your coach needs to beef up his schedule that way next year you might make the playoffs.if we could play you again you would probably beat us but not by 40-6.i wish that you and clintwood had made the playoffs because any team that goes9-1 and8-2 should not be left out.it is a sorry system the vhsl came up with because if we were still in div-1 we would be the top seed and be at home not on the road but we were like you our atheletic director went there but to no advale.we have 194 students. how many do you and clintwood have.do i make my point.we scheduled cloudland you and haysi to make us a better football team when we started our district schedule.take appy look at how many larger schools they play then look on their website and see how many championships they have won by playing these tough schedules.see5-5 was good enough to get us in.i always root for the underdog look what happened to colts this weekend against jacksonville,sometimes the best team dont win.
November 12th, 2003, 11:49 AM
hhstigerfan

Yea, your exactly right. Coach Hubbards run through the Cumberland didn't get his team very far after we hit that nice big stumblin block called Haysi. I completely agree with you, our schedule this season was an absolute joke, just like it is every season. We had the best team since Heath Miller's senior year and we pissed it all away. Heck, if we had at least kept Rural Retreat and Grayson county instead of droppin em for St Paul and Twin Springs we coulda been playin GC this saturday. Oh well.
November 12th, 2003, 03:48 PM
soulstorm_27_m

Wow... so much fire and determination on everyone's part. I like it. But, yeah if Rye Cove beats us this Saturday... then it is because we thought we won the game before we got on the field... something Haysi almost let happen to them over at Castlewood this year.... they won't make the same mistake twice I'm afraid... sorry Rye Cove fans.
November 12th, 2003, 04:18 PM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by soulstorm_27_m:
If we play Rye Cove in round 1, there is no way we CAN'T make it that far.... ;-)

II SEE YOU HAVE ALREADY BEAT RYE COVE BEFORE SAT.YOU WILL SEE A MUCH BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM THAN YOU DID IN WEEK FOUR.SO I WOULDNT COUNT MY CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH BECAUSE THIS WILL BE ATHRILLER WAIT AND SEE. YOU CAN STOP COMPARING THE SCORE WHEN YOU BEAT US 27-8 BACK 7-GAMES AGO, AA WAY WAY BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM NOW.
November 13th, 2003, 10:21 PM
hhstigerfan

Haysi seems to me like they play to the competitioin of the team they are playin. Case in point, they played right up with Honaker and pulled it off in the last seconds. They played close with Rye Cove and Castlewood, Honaker absolutely ran all over both teams. Hey VT, would you please quit putting quotes into ALL of your comments???
November 14th, 2003, 03:08 AM
Dunduin

I wouldnt call three touchdowns ahead close but it certainly wasnt good
November 14th, 2003, 04:11 AM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by soulstorm_27_m:
Wow... so much fire and determination on everyone's part. I like it. But, yeah if Rye Cove beats us this Saturday... then it is because we thought we won the game before we got on the field... something Haysi almost let happen to them over at Castlewood this year.... they won't make the same mistake twice I'm afraid... sorry Rye Cove fans.

WHAT WAS THE SCORE BETWEEN YOU AND CASTLEWOOD.
November 14th, 2003, 11:52 AM
hhstigerfan

Well true. Everyone just kinda thought it would be worse I reckon. Maybe Haysi just didn't wanna run up the score. I swear if VT replies with another quote, I will go crazy!
November 14th, 2003, 11:54 AM
hhstigerfan

Quote:

Originally posted by honaker tiger fan:
Well true. Everyone just kinda thought it would be worse I reckon. Maybe Haysi just didn't wanna run up the score. I swear if VT replies with another quote, I will go crazy!

WOO!!!
November 14th, 2003, 03:38 PM
Dunduin

Hahaha oh that vtfan. Our new whipping boy
November 15th, 2003, 02:24 AM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by honaker tiger fan:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by honaker tiger fan:
Well true. Everyone just kinda thought it would be worse I reckon. Maybe Haysi just didn't wanna run up the score. I swear if VT replies with another quote, I will go crazy!

WOO!!!<hr /></blockquote>gone crazy yet
November 15th, 2003, 02:48 AM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by Dunduin:
Hahaha oh that vtfan. Our new whipping boy

you have to be a very sick individual to talk about my mom like
you have.tommorrow rye cove will give you your whippin'-boy.also God above knows what you said about my mother. since i do not know where you live other than haysi, someday you will stand before "GOD"and give account for what you said. see this is just a football game nothing what soever to do with my mom whom i loved very much.how would you like for someone to talk about your mother like you have mine.i will pray for you .i didn't know you took football so seriously.
November 15th, 2003, 01:18 PM
Dunduin

I do but I didnt take the conversation seriously lol it was a joke. And I guess your going to have to stand before god and tell him you cussed at a high school student. hahahaha if you cant take the heat dont post
November 15th, 2003, 03:20 PM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by Dunduin:
I do but I didnt take the conversation seriously lol it was a joke. And I guess your going to have to stand before god and tell him you cussed at a high school student. hahahaha if you cant take the heat dont post

i do not think that talking about "filling" somebody's mom should be considered a joke.everbody has to stand before GOD for things they have said or done.are you an 8th grader or what.also you said so that why she didn' move.a high school student should know better.when you have children is this how you will teach them.i have been through alot more things so i can stand alot of heat.do you play football for haysi.anyone on the post sees what you wrote knows that was getting back at me nothing to do with football.i think you are "pervert" or you need your butt whipped by your parents.they need to remove you from this forum for what you said about my mother. i will pray for you and good luck today .ihope god is on your side come 1-30.
November 15th, 2003, 09:12 PM
tiger_football_30

Yes God was on our side as he gave us a 46-0 win!!!
November 15th, 2003, 10:47 PM
hhstigerfan

lol, looks like Haysi said their prayers before they went to bed friday night.
November 16th, 2003, 03:48 AM
Dunduin

sure did. but we're going to have to pray extra hard if we want to come out with a victory next saturday
November 16th, 2003, 04:06 PM
likevt45

Quote:

Originally posted by Dunduin:
sure did. but we're going to have to pray extra hard if we want to come out with a victory next saturday

sound like you may have a good chance to play with gate city. iwatched them play clintwood and wasn't much of a game.i wish you good luck next week.they may be good enough to win state.clintwood turned the ball over to much early to even have a chance.

[ November 16, 2003 04:25 PM: Message edited by: likevt45 ]