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Post by captain on Oct 29, 2003 19:43:15 GMT -6
did boots & MHS1 attend the same meeting?
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Post by Boots on Oct 29, 2003 20:06:42 GMT -6
I don't know what he heard, but Mike clearly said that he would be on the field after the 14th of Nov. In fact, he told one parent whose son is on NOSA and will be doing Raleigh, that he would evaluate him the Monday after he got back, which is Nov 17th. Who cares what day it is as long as we get him working with the players. did boots & MHS1 attend the same meeting?
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Post by MHS1 on Oct 29, 2003 20:18:43 GMT -6
Since you are saying that he has to go to class on the Saturday Nov. 15, but not pass the test, MHS needs to have its first practice on Saturday, November 15 at 3 pm. Then Sunday at 3 pm. We open district that Friday with St Pauls, a team with the 2 best forwards in the state! OMG Tryouts -- Tell me this, can a JV baseball coach evaluate soccer talent for tryouts? (can a soccer coach evaluate baseball talent) Of course not! Why doesn't Whitaker at least use last year's coach, or even the girls coach this year to conduct the tryouts?
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Post by captain on Oct 29, 2003 20:40:39 GMT -6
why not have try-outs asap & have Cooper sit in his truck on skipper drive & take notes. who would know. anything would be better than the jv baseball guy, who we all know, does not care about soccer.
OR call alford (X-FHS coach), since he is in administration, he could do it legal.
maybe returning players could vote on the team. although some un-named players would vote for only themselve
anyway, then the team could start practice now & not wait for Cooper. we are sure they could organize themselves & have a meaningful workout.
district is coming faster than you think mandy. better get with it. no mercy.
oh yes, poor jv players. red headed step children again. no need to worry about the future when you have here & now to be concerned with!
SORRY TIMEAUS.
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Post by Boots on Oct 29, 2003 21:47:43 GMT -6
If Cooper got caught it would put the whole program in deep trouble. Mike Alford is almost as bad as the baseball coach (Just ask FHS kids) If Rocky Detoma had not stepped in the team would be just on their own. Alford is an ego just like Skip Curtis. You're right the boys would do better by themselves. Alot of the boys are not even practicing yet, especially the good ones. Cochran may be in doubt because of his back problem and who knows where the others are and who is going to play. why not have try-outs asap & have Cooper sit in his truck on skipper drive & take notes. who would know. anything would be better than the jv baseball guy, who we all know, does not care about soccer. OR call alford (X-FHS coach), since he is in administration, he could do it legal. maybe returning players could vote on the team. although some un-named players would vote for only themselve anyway, then the team could start practice now & not wait for Cooper. we are sure they could organize themselves & have a meaningful workout. district is coming faster than you think mandy. better get with it. no mercy. oh yes, poor jv players. red headed step children again. no need to worry about the future when you have here & now to be concerned with! SORRY TIMEAUS.
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Post by MHS1 on Oct 29, 2003 21:52:32 GMT -6
Good idea about Alford until Cooper can walk on the field. Whitaker is a 1 (out of 10) on a soccer knowledge scale, while I give Alford a 4. At least Alford seemed to care about his players and the sport.
JV will play only 3 games and then season-ending tournament on Dec 20 at CYSA.
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Post by captain on Oct 29, 2003 22:12:39 GMT -6
one last thought;
A.C. told me that last years coach was given one order by skip, make sure the head cases are controled. obviously that was done. Surprise, the drill sargent knew something about soccer & took the team to the quarters. had the head cases not partied during the parade the night before, would LHS gone on?
was the administration affraid that if the coach , a non-faculty member, was allowed back for a 2nd year, more success would follow & it would be a war to ever get rid of him or was it because the baseball coach could not handle the thrashings for stepping out of line?
or could it be, as told to me at a game @ pelican, that droury did not want the coach back because of an observation made regarding his sons by the coach? And therefore pushed to get rid of the coach?
you know, someone could make alot of money turning the mandy team & goings on into a soap & sell it to foxsportsworld. sorry, my bad, they already have the dream team.
anything & everything to keep the boys from being a success. why doesn't someone have the guts to put a stop to all the foolishness.
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Post by MHS1 on Oct 29, 2003 23:04:58 GMT -6
You want someone with guts to confront the powerful Skip Curtis and Bruce Bundy? No way, we have to go to school there. They have one "sports" goal in mind - have the football season end up with a winning record, maybe have a playoff game, and one player, Brant Linde, get a football scholarship to a major D-1 program like Mississippi Southern in Hattaisburg. Then everyone will say, "way to go Skip and Brucie, yall the greatest."
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Post by MHS9 on Oct 30, 2003 17:36:44 GMT -6
I have tried to get Ron to coach and something happened that i dont know about and wouldnt allow him to coach or something. He would love to coach us, but it just didnt happen. We will be ready for our first district game, i have played with both of the BEST forwards in the state and know how they play very well. We will be ready,and leadership from the seniors and drorys and tyler will get things done at practice and will prepare us for our games until mike comes into the picture.
nick mcdonald
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Post by Boots on Oct 30, 2003 19:26:22 GMT -6
You are right---Ron wanted to coach but Mr Drory didn't want anyone to discipline his little babies, so he was the one who pushed to get Mike and to get Ron not to come back. By the way, I thought your Premier Team was going to Raleigh? What happened? I have tried to get Ron to coach and something happened that i dont know about and wouldnt allow him to coach or something. He would love to coach us, but it just didnt happen. We will be ready for our first district game, i have played with both of the BEST forwards in the state and know how they play very well. We will be ready,and leadership from the seniors and drorys and tyler will get things done at practice and will prepare us for our games until mike comes into the picture. nick mcdonald
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Post by MHS9 on Oct 30, 2003 20:39:33 GMT -6
I play for the U-18 slidell and kids from st pauls are on our team, and BRO TIM didnt want his st pauls players missing high school practice to go to north carolina. So bro tim said if you go then your not going to play high school. So our Premier team decided not to go to north carolina because our whole team couldnt go and we would be short players. so we will be here the whole time.
Nick McDonald
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Post by captain on Oct 30, 2003 20:54:43 GMT -6
Boots: good to see someone understood what i wrote above.
if those persons were not so concerned with their own hidden agendas, but were concerned for the good of the team, this garbage would not manifest itself every single year.
so, if the majority continue to sit back and allow the few to destroy the foundation of the previous year each & every year, mandy will never reach the top again.
it makes the whole mandy program (what program) a joke. You would think someone, a parent, could pull a majority together & say enough is enough. the players are always cheated. its time to put a stop to this.
if the players, the real heart of the team, stand up & say enough, we will not play. you can bet you would get everyones attention.
but no one in HS soccer expects anyone at mandy to do anything but let a few special interest have there way. mandy is what mandy is.
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Post by MHS10 on Oct 31, 2003 17:29:43 GMT -6
If you honestly think it was Ron's coaching that got us to the quarterfinals, I would be amazed. Instruction was minimal and that instruction wasn't exactly good. We coached ourselves basically and the players got the team to the quarterfinals, not the coach. Ron is not back because he had a 1-year contract, it ran out, and the school isn't interested in paying for an outside coach when there's a volunteer one. Because Mike Cooper is coaching is one of the main reasons why i'm playing high school this year. I wouldn't have played if Ron or Whitaker (by himself) was coaching, and I imagine others felt the same way. Also, your comment about controlling our headcases is typical of someone who doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. We had a few players who crossed the line occassionally, but most of the time it was our coach stirring up the trouble by treating players like children or blowing things out of proportion.
Tyler Cochran
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Post by MHS1 on Oct 31, 2003 18:13:11 GMT -6
Hmmmm . . . 4 or 5 seniors last year would have caused any coach problems, and they tried their best. I give Ron credit for keeping our team focused despite the shenanagans. This year he would have done better with the talent coming back. Advantage Ron
Cooper is also a good coach and the price is right. Ron is a good coach, and came at a price. Advantage Cooper, except for the fact that he can't coach for 18 more days.
Regarding the Drory boys last year -- they were active, athletic 10th graders. Played with their head down, no possession, forced everything and gave the ball away too much. They played behind 8 or 9 seniors. This year they are much improved and passing is crisp and accurate. Confident on the ball. Will again be active and this year will provide service to the frontrunners - Tyler, Andre and John T if he decides to play.
This team has talent and a positive attitude. Question- who will provide the leadership? If someone emerges, could challenge Covington and St Pauls.
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Post by captain on Oct 31, 2003 18:35:38 GMT -6
i guess the moderator objected to my statements to #10. so I will make it simple. if mandy got to the quarters will such a poor coach last year, is #10 going to step out & declare mandy state champs before they hava try-outs or an official practice. good luck. try to make an impact this year #10, we are struggling to remember just exactly what your contribution was to get your team as far as they got.
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Post by Boots on Oct 31, 2003 18:48:45 GMT -6
Too bad--seems like no one will get a looked at by any college coaches 'cause that and Disney are the two biggest in the winter. Anyone going to either? I play for the U-18 slidell and kids from st pauls are on our team, and BRO TIM didnt want his st pauls players missing high school practice to go to north carolina. So bro tim said if you go then your not going to play high school. So our Premier team decided not to go to north carolina because our whole team couldnt go and we would be short players. so we will be here the whole time. Nick McDonald
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Post by Boots on Oct 31, 2003 18:55:17 GMT -6
How's your back??---Take it easy and work yourself back. We all want to see you play in the Springquote author=MHS10 link=board=general&thread=1060716376&start=52#3 date=1067642983]If you honestly think it was Ron's coaching that got us to the quarterfinals, I would be amazed. Instruction was minimal and that instruction wasn't exactly good. We coached ourselves basically and the players got the team to the quarterfinals, not the coach. Ron is not back because he had a 1-year contract, it ran out, and the school isn't interested in paying for an outside coach when there's a volunteer one. Because Mike Cooper is coaching is one of the main reasons why i'm playing high school this year. I wouldn't have played if Ron or Whitaker (by himself) was coaching, and I imagine others felt the same way. Also, your comment about controlling our headcases is typical of someone who doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. We had a few players who crossed the line occassionally, but most of the time it was our coach stirring up the trouble by treating players like children or blowing things out of proportion.
Tyler Cochran[/quote]
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Post by MHS1 on Nov 1, 2003 15:41:37 GMT -6
Tryouts ended Thursday and the list was put up Friday. Everyone who tried out made the team. About 3 seniors tried out. Sadly, not much interest at MHS for soccer tryouts because the football team gets the glory and is headed for the playoffs. No practice on Friday so Whitaker could go to the football game at 7 pm. Next week will again have maybe 3 practices, and 3 the next week until Cooper comes out. The juniors better be good cause they will carry this team. Has a goalkeeper showed up? Can one of the Drory's/juniors step up and play goalie?
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Post by MHS10 on Nov 1, 2003 18:32:24 GMT -6
i guess the moderator objected to my statements to #10. so I will make it simple. if mandy got to the quarters will such a poor coach last year, is #10 going to step out & declare mandy state champs before they hava try-outs or an official practice. good luck. try to make an impact this year #10, we are struggling to remember just exactly what your contribution was to get your team as far as they got. You're right, being the second-leading scorer on the team while seeing limited minutes so seniors could play is not an impact. Being chosen for second-team all-district is no impact at all. Not only did I have a bad season last year by my standards, I never played a high school game at more than 75% healthy. And we do have goalkeepers so we will not have to put a field player in goal. One is a junior who has all the qualities needed to play keeper, just needs to learn technique. The other is, I believe, a 10th grader who looked pretty good from what little I saw at tryouts. Probably the tallest player on the team, I think he has a good chance of starting varsity, but I won't be able to really say until we start practicing.
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Post by captain on Nov 1, 2003 19:40:13 GMT -6
sad to hear mhs1. unfortunate the head soccer coach does not have time for the team. i guess they could play a few baseball games until the new asst. coach starts.
any idea who the keepers are that tyler talks about. i heard a field player from last year would start & raymond (soph), a good keeper would be jv & back up varsity.
where is the teams 1st game? i would guess mandy will skip the st.p tourney.
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