Vidor had 2 above average seasons due to the QB/LB. That type of player does not come through a program very often. Without the QB/LB, Vidor will return to .500 or below. Those beloved Pirates with their Hall of Fame coaching staff have only beaten Coach Faircloth 1x. The Pirate offense is nothing special and neither is their coaching staff. Take away the Dustin Long years and what would Coach Burnett's record be? 65-59, which is a tad above .500. Let's not even bring up Coach Burnett's overall record vs. Nederland [Hint: it is really scary minus the Dustin Long era]. The PN-G faithful that cling to 1974-1977 and the year 1999 love to wear those purple shaded sunglasses and tend to forget the years when 5-5 or worse was the norm. PN-G's program lost good coaches over the past 2 years, i.e., the ones that Coach Faircloth brought with him. If the lower classification talent pools are all that they are made out to be, then we should enjoy a return to playoff football. If not, then I'm sure most of you will get your wish and Coach Faircloth will move on to another program. Even if we do win, all of the Debbie-downers will find something else to complain about. I can hear it now, "Ethridge's team did it differently in 1977" or "if we only had Coach Burnett, we would have converted that 3rd and 3 with student body left, student body right, and up the middle." Just wait until PN-G has enrollment numbers on the lower end of 4A football and we return to .500 football and the mobs want to fire whoever the coach may be...then we can drop down in classification and find a Wing-T coach from Vidor to dominate 3A and 2A football.
People love to use this forum to complain...be it the Multipurpose Activity Center and its funding (or lack thereof), who will maintain the Multipurpose Activity Center, who will pay for the maintenance, the Booster Club, coaches, or team results. Here's an idea, be proactive...contribute to the funding, join the Booster Club, talk to the coaching staff, send your questions to the PN-GISD school board, and get involved with PN-GISD.
Frustrating rant...over...Go Indians. Peace.